Research Overview
Research Memory T-cell model in mice developed in the lab of Donna Farber Phd Characterization of Memory t-cell responses in mice in the lab of Donna Farber Phd Regulatory t-cell function in allogenic tolerance and the generation of memory regulatory t-cells in an allogenic model Research Support 1. Weill Cornell Division of Transplantation 2008 2009, Principle Investigator: David B Leeser-- develop model of memory regulatory t-cells in an allogenic model 2. U.S. Naval Grant 2003 2007, Co-investigator and Director of Islet Transplant Project: David Leeser Bibliography Tang AL, Bingaman AW, Kadavil EA, Leeser DB, Farber DL. Generation and functional capacity of polyclonal alloantigen-specific memory CD4 T cells. Am J Transplant. 2006 Jun;6(6):1275-84. Moulton VR, Bushar ND, Leeser DB, Patke DS, Farber DL. Divergent generation of heterogenous memory CD4 cells. J. Immunol. 177(2), 2006. Cunningham SC, Poliakova L, Farney AC, Bartlett ST, Philosophe B, Silver K, Leeser DB. Treating refractory chronic pancreatitis with autoislet transplantation. Contemporary Surgery,4(61), 2005. Leeser DB. Effects of Pancreas Transplantation on People with IDDM. Winter, 2004 issue of Insulin-FreeTIMES (e-publication of www.DiabetesPortal.com)http://www.insulinfreetimes.org/04_winter/leeser.htm. Leeser DB, and Bartlett ST. Evolving Surgical Strategies for Pancreas Transplantation. Current Diabetes Reports, 4(4), 2004. Leeser DB, Bingaman AW, Poliakova L, Shi Q, Gage F, Bartlett ST, Farney AC. Pulsatile pump perfusion of pancreata before human islet cell isolation. Transplant Proc. 2004 May;36(4):1050-1. Farma J, Leeser D, Furukawa S and Dempsey DT. Laparoscopic repair of diaphragmatic hernia after left ventricular assist device. J Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, 3(13), 2003. Leeser DB, Jeevanadum V, Furukawa S, Eisen H, Mather P, Silva P, Guy S, Foster CE. Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation in patients with end-stage heart and renal failure. Am J of Transplantation, 1(1), 2001. Leeser DB, Rolandelli R. Resident education hits the web. Philadelphia Chapter of the ACS Newsletter, Oct 2000. Leeser DB, Kagan SA, Ball DS. Multidisciplinary treatment of complicated aortic dissection. Vascular Surgery, 33(6), 1999. Chapters Leeser DB, Bartlett ST. Pancreas Transplantation in Shackelfords Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Ed: Charles J Yeo, 2007. Leeser DB, Bartlett ST. Surgical Issues in the Transplant Recipient in Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation, Ed:Matthew R. Weir, 2005. Leeser DB, Foster CE. Basilic Vein Transposition in Vascular Access: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition. Ed: Samuel E. Wilson, 2002.
