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60
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15872
World Ranking
3303
National Ranking
1536

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Suzanne T. Ildstad is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, emphasizing transplantation and hematology, with significant contributions to transplantation, molecular biology, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • HLA molecular mismatches and induced donor-specific tolerance in combined living donor kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, 2024, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Establishment of Durable Chimerism with Minimal GvHD in Highly Mismatched Recipients Receiving an Investigational Facilitated Allo-HSCT, 2021, Blood
  • Evaluation of Immunocompetence and Biomarkers of Tolerance in Chimeric and Immunosuppression-free Kidney Allograft Recipients, 2023, Transplantation
  • LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF A PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL TO INDUCE TOLERANCE IN LIVING DONOR RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, 2020, Transplantation
  • 215.10: Tolerant Kidney Transplant Recipients Display a Unique CTLA-4 Dominant Urinary Cell mRNA Signature, 2022, Transplantation

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Renal and related cancers
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics

Common venues for publication include:

  • Transplantation
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Blood

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Joseph R. Leventhal
  • Nancy Krieger
  • Dianne Belshe
  • Manikkam Suthanthiran
  • Anat R. Tambur

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2014
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1997

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow-derived dendritic cells pulsed with synthetic tumour peptides elicit protective and therapeutic antitumour immunity

    J I Mayordomo;T Zorina;W J Storkus;L Zitvogel

  • Cell migration, chimerism, and graft acceptance

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Noriko Murase;Suzanne Ildstad

  • Reconstitution with syngeneic plus allogeneic or xenogeneic bone marrow leads to specific acceptance of allografts or xenografts

    Suzanne T. Ildstad;David H. Sachs

  • Cell migration and chimerism after whole-organ transplantation: The basis of graft acceptance

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Massimo Trucco;Noriko Murase

  • Cells Expressing Early Cardiac Markers Reside in the Bone Marrow and Are Mobilized Into the Peripheral Blood After Myocardial Infarction

    Magda Kucia;Buddhadeb Dawn;Greg Hunt;Yiru Guo

  • Chimerism and donor-specific nonreactivity 27 to 29 years after kidney allotransplantation.

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Massimo Trucco;Adriana Zeevi

  • Systemic chimerism in human female recipients of male livers.

    T.E Starzl;H Ramos;A Zeevi;C Ricordi

  • Chimerism and Tolerance Without GVHD or Engraftment Syndrome in HLA-Mismatched Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Joseph Leventhal;Michael Abecassis;Joshua Miller;Lorenzo Gallon

  • Phenotypic characterization of a novel bone marrow-derived cell that facilitates engraftment of allogeneic bone marrow stem cells.

    Christina L. Kaufman;Yolonda L. Colson;Sherry M. Wren;Simon Watkins

  • CHIMERISM AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR TYPE IV GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE AND TYPE 1 GAUCHER’S DISEASE

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Massimo Trucco;Camillo Ricordi

  • Characterization of mixed allogeneic chimeras. Immunocompetence, in vitro reactivity, and genetic specificity of tolerance.

    S T Ildstad;S M Wren;J A Bluestone;S A Barbieri

  • Intracellular labeling of T-cells with superparamagnetic contrast agents.

    Tzu Chen Yeh;Weiguo Zhang;Suzanne T. Ildstad;Chien Ho

  • Plasmacytoid precursor dendritic cells facilitate allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell engraftment

    Isabelle J. Fugier-Vivier;Francine Rezzoug;Yiming Huang;Amanda J. Graul-Layman

  • Mixed allogeneic chimerism induced by a sublethal approach prevents autoimmune diabetes and reverses insulitis in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice.

    Hua Li;C. L. Kaufman;S. S. Boggs;P. C. Johnson

  • Cells enriched in markers of neural tissue-committed stem cells reside in the bone marrow and are mobilized into the peripheral blood following stroke.

    M Kucia;Y P Zhang;R Reca;M Wysoczynski

  • Effect of selective T cell depletion of host and/or donor bone marrow on lymphopoietic repopulation, tolerance, and graft-vs-host disease in mixed allogeneic chimeras (B10 + B10.D2----B10).

    S T Ildstad;S M Wren;J A Bluestone;S A Barbieri

  • Tolerance induction in HLA disparate living donor kidney transplantation by donor stem cell infusion: durable chimerism predicts outcome.

    Joseph Leventhal;Michael Abecassis;Joshua Miller;Lorenzo Gallon

  • Orthotopic liver transplantation in the mouse.

    Shiguang Qian;John J. Fung;Anthony J. Demetris;Suzanne T. Ildstad

  • A nonlethal conditioning approach to achieve durable multilineage mixed chimerism and tolerance across major, minor, and hematopoietic histocompatibility barriers.

    Y L Colson;S M Wren;M J Schuchert;K D Patrene

  • Durable mixed allogeneic chimerism and tolerance by a nonlethal radiation-based cytoreductive approach.

    Y L Colson;H Li;S S Boggs;K D Patrene

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariusz Z. Ratajczak
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak University of Louisville
Camillo Ricordi
Camillo Ricordi University of Miami
Jun Yan
Jun Yan University of Louisville
Michael Abecassis
Michael Abecassis University of Arizona
Thomas E. Starzl
Thomas E. Starzl University of Pittsburgh
Anthony J. Demetris
Anthony J. Demetris University of Pittsburgh
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller Northwestern University
Roberto Bolli
Roberto Bolli University of Louisville
Noriko Murase
Noriko Murase University of Pittsburgh
Magda Kucia
Magda Kucia Medical University of Warsaw

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