Full Name and Degrees:
Beverly Torok-Storb, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Member Role:
Lead Principal Investigator
Institutional affiliation:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Recent publications:
Long-term regulation of genetically modified primary hematopoietic cells in dogs. Okazuka K, Beard BC, Emery DW, Schwarzwaelder K, Spector MR, Sale GE, von Kalle C, Torok-Storb B, Kiem HP, Blau CA. Mol Ther. 2011 Jul;19(7):1287-94. doi: 10.1038/mt.2011.8. Epub 2011 Feb 15. Erratum in: Mol Ther. 2011 Nov;19(11):2102PMID:21326218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21326218
The role of the marrow microenvironment in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ramakrishnan A, Torok-Storb BJ. Cell Ther Transplant. 2010 Apr 1;2(7):7-12. PMID:21243120[PubMed]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21243120
Pharmacological immunosuppression reduces but does not eliminate the need for total-body irradiation in nonmyeloablative conditioning regimens for hematopoietic cell transplantation. Mielcarek M, Torok-Storb B, Storb R. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Aug;17(8):1255-60. Epub 2011 Jan 8. PMID:21220032[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21220032
Mesenchymal stromal cells fail to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease and graft rejection after dog leukocyte antigen-haploidentical bone marrow transplantation. Mielcarek M, Storb R, Georges GE, Golubev L, Nikitine A, Hwang B, Nash RA, Torok-Storb B. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Feb;17(2):214-25. Epub 2010 Oct 30. PMID: 20816818 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20816818
Canine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells suppress alloreactive lymphocyte proliferation in vitro but fail to enhance engraftment in canine bone marrow transplantation. Lee WS, Suzuki Y, Graves SS, Iwata M, Venkataraman GM, Mielcarek M, Peterson LJ, Ikehara S, Torok-Storb B, Storb R. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Apr;17(4):465-75. Epub 2010 May 10. PMID:20457265[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20457265