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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
LELAND DOBBS, MD

Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UCSF

CONTACT

dobbs@itsa.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-5995 (voice)
(415) 476-3586 (fax)

Box 1245, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-1245

EDUCATION

Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass, B.A., 1965
College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University, New York, NY, M.D., 1969
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 1969-70, Intern
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 1972-73, Residency

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1970-72

Staff Associate, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda

1973-74

Resident in Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City

1974-75

Fellow in Pulmonary Diseases, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City

1975-76

Fellow in Pulmonary Medicine, UCSF

1976-79

Assistant Research Physiologist, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF

1979-81

Co-Director of Pulmonary Medicine, Peralta Hospital, Oakland, CA, Full time private practice.

1980-93

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF

1982-present

Associate Staff Member, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF

1993-97

Associate Professor of Medicine, Adj., UCSF

1996-97

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Adj., UCSF

1998-present

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Adj., UCSF

HONORS & AWARDS

7/82 to 6/87

NIH Career Development Award

1/82 to 6/82

American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award

1984

Louise & Alston Boyer Young Investigator Award for Laboratory Research

1978-79

American Diabetes Association Research and Development Award

1962-1966

NY State Regents Scholarship

1962-1966

NY State Scholar Incentive Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Guo, D. and Donner, D.B. Tumor necrosis factor promotes phosphorylation and binding of RS-1 to phosphatidyinositol 3-kinase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 271:615-618, 1996.

Marino, M., Dunbar, J.D., Wu, L.W, Ngaiza, J.R., Han, H. M., Guo, D., Matsushita, M., Nairn,A., Zhang, Y., Kolesnick, R., Jaffe, E. & Donner, D.B. Inhibition of TNF signal transduction in endothelial cells by dimethylaminopurine. J. Biol. Chem. 271:28624-28629, 1996.

Warren, R.S., Yuan, H., Matli, M.R., Ferrara, N., and Donner, D.B. Induction of vascular endothelial cell growth factor by insulin-like growth factor 1 in colorectal carcinoma. J. Biol. Chem. 271:29483-29488, 1996.

Dunbar, J.D., Song, H.Y., Guo, D., Wu, L.W. and Donner, D.B. Two-hybrid cloning of a gene encoding TRAP2 a protein that interacts with the intracellular domain of the type 1 TNF receptor. Identity with subunit 2 of the 26S protease. J. Immunol. 158:4252-4259, 1997.

Guo, D., Dunbar, J.D., Chuan, H.Y., Pfeffer, L.M. and Donner, D.B. Induction of Jak/STAT signaling by activation of the type 1 TNF receptor. J. Immunol. 160:2742-2750, 1998.

Vig, E., Green, M., Liu, Y., Donner, D.B., Mukaida, N., Goebl, M. G. and Harrington, M.A. Modulation of tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 dependent NF-B activity by mPLK/IRAK. J. Biol.Chem. 274:13077-13084, 1999.

Ozes, O., Mayo, L.D., Gustin, J.A., Pfeffer, S., Pfeffer, L.M. and Donner, D.B. NF-ÄéB activation by tumour necrosis factor requires the Akt serine-threonine kinase. Nature 401:82-85, 1999.

Pazdernik, N.J., Donner, D.B., Goebl, M.G. and Harrington, M.A. Mouse receptor interacting protein 3 (mRIP3) does not contain a caspase recruiting domain or a death domain, but induces apoptosis and activates NF-ÄéB. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19:6500-6508, 1999.

Felts, S.A., Own, B. A.L., Nguyen, P.M., Trepel, J., Donner, D.B., and Toft, D.O. The hsp90-related protein TRAP1 is a mitochondrial protein with distinct functional properties. J. Biol. Chem. 275:3305-3312, 2000.

Wu, L.W., Mayo, L.D., Dunbar, J.D., Kessler, K.M., Baerwald, M.R., Jaffe, E.A., Wang, D., Warren, R.S., and Donner, D.B. Utilization of distinct signaling pathways by receptors for VEGF and other mitogens in the induction of endothelial cell proliferation. J. Biol. Chem. 275:5096-5103, 2000.

Wu, L.W., Mayo, L., Ozes, O., Jaffe, E.A., Warren, R.S., & Donner, D.B. VRAP is an adaptor protein that binds the cytoplasmic domain of KDR, a receptor for vascular endothelial cell growth factor. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 6059-6062, 2000.

Guo, D., Wu, L-W., Dunbar, J.D., Mayo, L.D., Gustin, J., Jaffe, E.A., Warren, R.S. and Donner, D.B. Tumor necrosis factor inhibits activation of KDR and VEGF-induced endothelial cell proliferation. J. Biol. Chem. 275:11216-11221, 2000.

Wang, D., Donner, D.B. and Warren, R.S. Homeostatic modulation of cell surface KDR and Flt1 expression and expression of the VEGF receptor mRNAs by VEGF. J. Biol. Chem. 275:15905-15911, 2000.

Ozes, O.N., Akca, H., Mayo, L.D., Gustin, J.A., Maehama, T., Dixon, J.E. and Donner, D.B. A PI 3-kinase/Akt/mTOR pathway mediates and PTEN antagonizes TNF inhibition of signaling through IRS-1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 98:4640-4645, 2001.

Yang, C.H., Murti, A., Pfeffer, S.R., Kim, J.G., Donner, D.B. and Pfeffer, L.M. IFNÄÀ/ÄË promotes cell survival by activating NF-ÄéB through phosphatidyinositol 3-kinase and Akt. J. Biol. Chem. 276:13756-13761, 2001.

Gustin, J.A., Maehama, T., Dixon, J.E., and Donner, D.B. The PTEN tumor suppressor protein inhibits TNF induced NF-ÄéB activity. J. Biol.Chem. 276:27740-27744, 2001.

Mayo, L.D., Kessler, K.M., Pincheira, R., Warren, R.S. and Donner, D.B. Vascular endothelial cell growth factor activates CRE-binding protein by signaling through the KDR receptor tyrosine kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 276:25184-25189, 2001.

Mayo, L.D. and Donner, D.B. A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway promotes translocation of Mdm2 from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:11598-11603, 2001.

Wang, D., Lehman, R.E., Donner, D.B., Matli, M.R., Warren, R.S., & Welton, M.L. Expression and endocytosis of VEGF and its receptors in human colonic vascular endothelial cells. Amer. J. Physiol. G1088-G1096, 2002.

Mayo, L.D. and Donner, D.B. The PTEN, Mdm2. p53 tumor suppressor-oncoprotein network. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 27: 462-467, 2002.

Su, J.D., Mayo, L.D., Donner, D.B., and Durden, D.L. PTEN and PI 3-kinase inhibitors up-regulate p53 and block tumor induced angiogenesis; evidence for an effect on the tumor and endothelial compartment. Cancer Res. 63:3585-3592, 2003.

Gustin, J.A., Pincheira, R., Mayo, L.D., Ozes, O.N., Kessler, K.M., Baerwald, M.R. and Donner, D.B. Tumor necrosis factor activates CRE binding protein through a p38 MAPK/MSK1 signaling pathway in endothelial cells. Amer. J. Physiol., Cell. Physiol. 286: C547-C555, 2004.

Gustin, J.A., Ozes, O. N., Akca, H., Pincheira, R., Mayo, L., Li, Q., Rivera Guzman, H., Korgaonkar, C.K., and Donner, D.B. Cell type specific expression of the IÄéB kinases determines the significance of PI 3-kinase/Akt signaling to NF-ÄéB activation. J. Biol. Chem. 279:1615-1620, 2004.

Toussaint-Smith, E., Donner, D.B. and Roman, A. Expression of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins in primary foreskin keratinocytesis is sufficient to alter expression of angiogenic factors. Oncogene 23L2988-2995, 2004.

Ozes, O.N., Gustin, J.A., Mayo, L.D., Pincheira, R., and Donner, D.B., Tumor necrosis factor/receptor signaling through the Akt kinase. In Proinflammatory signaling mechanisms in the pulmonary circulation. Humana Press, NJ, 2005.

Mayo, L.D., Seo, Y.R., Jackson, M.W., Smith, M.L., Rivera Guzman, J., Korgaonkar, C.K., and Donner, D.B. Phosphorylation of human p53 at serine 46 determines promoter selection and whether apoptosis is attenuated or amplified. J Biol Chem. 280:25953-9, 2005.

Matei, D., Emerson, R.E., Lai, Y., Baldrige, L.A., Rao, J., Yiannoutsos, C., and Donner, D.B. Autocrine activation of the PDGFRÄÀ promotes the progression of ovarian cancer. Oncogene, 2005 in press.

Gustin, J.A., Korgaonkar, C., Pincheira, R., Li, Q., and Donner, D.B. Akt induces basal and induced processing of NF-ÄéB2 (p100) to p52. J. Biol. Chem. 2005 in press.

Schmidt, N.W., Mayo, L.D., Donner, D.B., and Kaplan, M.H. p53 regulates Btk-dependent B cell proliferation but no differentiation. J Leuk Biol. 2005 in press

12/12/05

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