Vassiliki A Boussiotis MD PHD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
100 Blossom St Hematology Oncology Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Vassiliki Boussiotis is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Boussiotis specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Faculty of Medicine Univ of Athens MD
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- CD28 costimulation mediates T cell expansion via IL-2-independent and IL-2-dependent regulation of cell cycle progression.
- Helper T cell anergy: from biochemistry to cancer pathophysiology and therapeutics.
- Interleukin-7 promotes survival and cell cycle progression of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by down-regulating the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(kip1).
- Tob is a negative regulator of activation that is expressed in anergic and quiescent T cells.
- CTLA-4 regulates cell cycle progression during a primary immune response.
- Blockade of B7/CD28 in mixed lymphocyte reaction cultures results in the generation of alternatively activated macrophages, which suppress T-cell responses.
- Prognostic factors in advanced stage Hodgkin's lymphoma: the significance of the number of involved anatomic sites.
- CD28 costimulation mediates down-regulation of p27kip1 and cell cycle progression by activation of the PI3K/PKB signaling pathway in primary human T cells.
- Induction of immunologic tolerance for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
- cAMP inhibits both Ras and Rap1 activation in primary human T lymphocytes, but only Ras inhibition correlates with blockade of cell cycle progression.
- T cell anergy and costimulation.
- Differential localization and function of ADP-ribosylation factor-6 in anergic human T cells: a potential marker for their identification.
- Activation of PI3K is indispensable for interleukin 7-mediated viability, proliferation, glucose use, and growth of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.
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