Selected Publications:

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Luo P, Jousheghany F, Torres-Quinones M, Cunto-Amesty G, Artaud C, Kieber-Emmons T. A mimic of tumor rejection antigen-associated carbohydrates mediates an antitumor cellular response. Cancer Res. 2004 Mar 15;64(6):2162-6.

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Luo P, Cunto-Amesty G, Jousheghany F, Pashov A, Weissman D, Kieber-Emmons T. (2004) Fucosylated lactosamines participate in adhesion of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein to dendritic cells. Arch Virol. Jan;149(1):75-91. Epub 2003 Sep 19.

Agadjanyan MG, Chattergoon MA, Holterman MJ, Monzavi-Karbassi B, Kim JJ, Dentchev T, Wilson D, Ayyavoo V, Montaner LJ, Kieber-Emmons T, Sekaly RP, Weiner DB. (2003) Costimulatory molecule immune enhancement in a plasmid vaccine model is regulated in part through the Ig constant-like domain of CD80/86. J Immunol. Oct 15;171(8):4311-9.

Cunto-Amesty G, Luo P, Monzavi-Karbassi B, Lees A, Alexander J, del Guercio MF, Nahm MH, Artaud C, Stanley J, Kieber-Emmons T. (2003) Peptide mimotopes as prototypic templates of broad-spectrum surrogates of carbohydrate antigens. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). Mar;49(2):245-54.

Cunto-Amesty G, Monzavi-Karbassi B, Luo P, Jousheghany F, Kieber-Emmons T. Strategies in cancer vaccines development. Int J Parasitol. 2003 May;33(5-6):597-613.

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Shamloo S, Kieber-Emmons M, Jousheghany F, Luo P, Lin KY, Cunto-Amesty G, Weiner DB, Kieber-Emmons T. Priming characteristics of peptide mimotopes of carbohydrate antigens. Vaccine. 2003 Jan 30;21(7-8):753-60

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Cunto-Amesty G, Luo P, Kieber-Emmons T (2002). Use of surrogate antigens as vaccines against cancer. Hybrid Hybridomics. Apr;21(2):103-9. Review.