Stanford School of Medicine
Multidiciplinary Program in Immunology–

Shoshana Levy

Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shoshana_Levy/
Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor (Research)
Medicine - Oncology
Member
Bio-X
Member
Cancer Center
  
Postdoctoral Advisees
Yael Sagi
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Research Interests

Our research focuses on the mechanism of action of tetraspanins, an evolutionary conserved, widely expressed multi-gene family. We study a prototype, CD81, a molecule implicated in the pathogenesis of two major human diseases: hepatitis C virus (HCV) and malaria.

Publications
  • Shoham T, Rajapaksa R, Kuo CC, Haimovich J, Levy S "Building of the tetraspanin web: distinct structural domains of CD81 function in different cellular compartments." Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26: 4: 1373-85 More »
  • Kanter G, Yang J, Voloshin A, Levy S, Swartz JR, Levy R "Cell-free production of scFv fusion proteins: an efficient approach for personalized lymphoma vaccines." Blood 2006; More »
  • Nakajima H, Cocquerel L, Kiyokawa N, Fujimoto J, Levy S "Kinetics of HCV envelope proteins' interaction with CD81 large extracellular loop." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 328: 4: 1091-100 More »
  • Levy S, Shoham T "The tetraspanin web modulates immune-signalling complexes." Nat Rev Immunol 2005; 5: 2: 136-48 More »
  • Natkunam Y, Lossos IS, Taidi B, Zhao S, Lu X, Ding F, Hammer AS, Marafioti T, Byrne GE, Levy S, Warnke RA, Levy R "Expression of the human germinal center-associated lymphoma (HGAL) protein, a new marker of germinal center B-cell derivation." Blood 2005; 105: 10: 3979-86 More »
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