Ashwani Sood

Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States of America

Academician Oncology
Biography

Dr. Ashwani K. Sood joined the staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1983 as a cancer research scientist in the Department of Immunology. In 2001 he was named as assistant member of the department. He also participates as a faculty member with the University at Buffalo. Previous to joining RPCI he was a member of the Department of Human Genetics at Yale University.

Research Intrest

To evaluate PDEF as an antigen for primary prevention of breast cancer, To develop PDEF based vaccines and T cell therapies against metastatic breast cancer, To identify PDEF regulated genes and determine their role in breast cancer, To develop PDEF induced proteins as additional targets of vaccine/immunotherapy of breast cancer

List of Publications
Sood AK, Wang J, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Jana B, Liang P, et al. (2009) Sam-pointed domain containing Ets transcription factor in luminal breast cancer pathogenesis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomar & Pev 18: 1899-1903
Sood AK, Saxena R, Groth J, Desouki MM, Cheewakriangkrai C, et al. (2007) Expression characteristics of PDEF support a role in breast and prostate cancer progression. Hum. Pathol 38: 1621-1627
Ghadersohi A and Sood AK, (2001) Prostate epithelium-derived Ets transcription factor mRNA is over expressed inhuman breast tumors and is a candidate breast tumor marker and a breast tumor antigen. Clin. Cancer Res 7: 2731-2738