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Behjatolah M. Karbassi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Research
Behjatolah M. Karbassi, PhD PhD
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Post Doctoral Training
University of Pennsylvania, Philedelphia, PA

Major Interests
Tumor glycobiology and metastasis; Tumor immunotherapy



Email: karbassi@uams.edu



Selected Publications
Korourian S, Siegel E, Kieber-Emmons T, Monzavi-Karbassi B. Expression analysis of carbohydrate antigens in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast by lectin histochemistry. BMC Cancer 2008 May 14;8:136

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Stanley JS, Hennings L, Jousheghany F, Artaud C, Shaaf S, Kieber-Emmons T. Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans as major P-selectin ligands on metastatic breast cancer cell lines.Int J Cancer. 2007 Mar 15;120(6):1179-91

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Hennings L, Jousheghany F, Artaud C, Pashov A, Murali R, Hutchins LF, Kieber-Emmons T. Preclinical studies of carbohydrate mimetic peptide vaccines for breast cancer and melanoma. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3022-31.

Monzavi-Karbassi B, Whitehead T, Jousheghany F, Artaud C, Hennings L, Shaaf S, Slaughter A, Korourian S, Kelly T, Blaszczyk-Thurin M, Thomas Kieber-Emmons. Deficiency in surface expression of E-Selectin ligand promotes lung colonization in a mouse model of breast cancer. Int J Cancer. 2005 Nov 10;117(3):398-408.

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.


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