Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), UCSF
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Education
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, B.A., 1977, Biology
Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1981, Medicine
Univ of California, San Francisco, CA, Resident, 1981-84, Internal Medicine
Univ of California, San Francisco, CA, Fellow, 1984-87, Hematology/Oncology
Professional Experience
- 1989 - 1991
Instructor in Medicine, UCSF
- 1989 - present
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF
- 1991 - 1992
Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Dr. Y.W. Kan
- 1992 - 2001
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UCSF
- 2001 - 2003
Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UCSF
- 2004 - 2005
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
- 2005 - present
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
- 2006 - present
Member, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Hematopoieitic Malignancies and Pediatric Oncology Programs
Honors & Awards
- 1988-1990
American Cancer Society Fellowship - 1991-1992
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship - 1992-1997
NIH Physician Scientist Award
Selected Publications
- Ito M, Ohba S, Gaensler K, Ronen SM, Mukherjee J, Pieper RO. Early chk1 phosphorylation is driven by temozolomide-induced, DNA double strand break- and mismatch repair-independent DNA damage. PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e62351.
View on PubMed - Falahati R, Zhang J, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Shi Y, Gerson SL, Gaensler KM. Chemoselection of Allogeneic HSC After Murine Neonatal Transplantation Without Myeloablation or Post-transplant Immunosuppression. Mol Ther. 2012 Nov; 20(11):2180-9.
View on PubMed - Mintz PJ, Sætrom P, Reebye V, Lundbæk MB, Lao K, Rossi JJ, Gaensler KM, Kasahara N, Nicholls JP, Jensen S, Haoudi A, Emara MM, Gordon MY, Habib NA. MicroRNA-181a* Targets Nanog in a Subpopulation of CD34(+) Cells Isolated From Peripheral Blood. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2012; 1:e34.
View on PubMed - Alhashem YN, Vinjamur DS, Basu M, Klingmüller U, Gaensler KM, Lloyd JA. Transcription factors KLF1 and KLF2 positively regulate embryonic and fetal beta-globin genes through direct promoter binding. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 15; 286(28):24819-27.
View on PubMed - Hacke K, Falahati R, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Kasahara N, Gaensler KM. Suppression of HLA expression by lentivirus-mediated gene transfer of siRNA cassettes and in vivo chemoselection to enhance hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Immunol Res. 2009; 44(1-3):112-26.
View on PubMed - Damon L, Damon LE, Gaensler K, Kaplan L, Martin T, Rubenstein J, Linker C. Impact of intensive PBSC mobilization therapy on outcomes following auto-SCT for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Nov; 42(10):649-57.
View on PubMed - Keys JR, Tallack MR, Zhan Y, Papathanasiou P, Goodnow CC, Gaensler KM, Crossley M, Dekker J, Perkins AC. A mechanism for Ikaros regulation of human globin gene switching. Br J Haematol. 2008 May; 141(3):398-406.
View on PubMed - Rupon JW, Wang SZ, Gaensler K, Lloyd J, Ginder GD. Methyl binding domain protein 2 mediates gamma-globin gene silencing in adult human betaYAC transgenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 25; 103(17):6617-22.
View on PubMed - Basu P, Morris PE, Haar JL, Wani MA, Lingrel JB, Gaensler KM, Lloyd JA. KLF2 is essential for primitive erythropoiesis and regulates the human and murine embryonic beta-like globin genes in vivo. Blood. 2005 Oct 1; 106(7):2566-71.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Titre D, Brindle M, Bisconte AR, Contag CH, Gaensler KM. Comparison of gene expression after intraperitoneal delivery of AAV2 or AAV5 in utero. Mol Ther. 2003 Jul; 8(1):90-8.
View on PubMed - Gaensler KM, Zhang Z, Lin C, Yang S, Hardt K, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L. Sequences in the (A)gamma-delta intergenic region are not required for stage-specific regulation of the human beta-globin gene locus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 18; 100(6):3374-9.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Gruber CA. In utero delivery of adeno-associated viral vectors: intraperitoneal gene transfer produces long-term expression. Mol Ther. 2001 Mar; 3(3):284-92.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Gaensler KM. Reexpression following readministration of an adenoviral vector in adult mice after initial in utero adenoviral administration. Mol Ther. 2000 Oct; 2(4):374-80.
View on PubMed - May C, Rivella S, Callegari J, Heller G, Gaensler KM, Luzzatto L, Sadelain M. Therapeutic haemoglobin synthesis in beta-thalassaemic mice expressing lentivirus-encoded human beta-globin. Nature. 2000 Jul 6; 406(6791):82-6.
View on PubMed - Gaensler KM, Tu G, Bruch S, Liggitt D, Lipshutz GS, Metkus A, Harrison M, Heath TD, Debs RJ. Fetal gene transfer by transuterine injection of cationic liposome-DNA complexes. Nat Biotechnol. 1999 Dec; 17(12):1188-92.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Sarkar R, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Kazazian H, Gaensler KM. Short-term correction of factor VIII deficiency in a murine model of hemophilia A after delivery of adenovirus murine factor VIII in utero. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Nov 9; 96(23):13324-9.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Gaensler KM. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to the peritoneum and hepatic parenchyma of fetal mice in utero. Surgery. 1999 Aug; 126(2):171-7.
View on PubMed - Lipshutz GS, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Gaensler KM. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in the midgestation fetal mouse. J Surg Res. 1999 Jun 15; 84(2):150-6.
View on PubMed - Chang JC, Lu R, Lin C, Xu SM, Kan YW, Porcu S, Carlson E, Kitamura M, Yang S, Flebbe-Rehwaldt L, Gaensler KM. Transgenic knockout mice exclusively expressing human hemoglobin S after transfer of a 240-kb betas-globin yeast artificial chromosome: A mouse model of sickle cell anemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Dec 8; 95(25):14886-90.
View on PubMed - Porcu S, Kitamura M, Witkowska E, Zhang Z, Mutero A, Lin C, Chang J, Gaensler KM. The human beta globin locus introduced by YAC transfer exhibits a specific and reproducible pattern of developmental regulation in transgenic mice. Blood. 1997 Dec 1; 90(11):4602-9.
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