Research Summary

Dr. Peter Sayre specializes in adult bone marrow transplantation and other treatments for leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease.

Sayre is a director of clinical research at UCSF. His research interests focus on allogeneic stem cell transplants (which use cells from a matching donor) and leukemia in older adults. His work on these subjects has been widely published in medical and other scientific journals.

Sayre earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale College, graduating magna cum laude. He earned his medical degree at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and he earned a doctorate in immunology at Harvard University. He completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UCSF before joining the faculty in 1996.

Research Funding

  • May 1, 1999 - April 30, 2002 - STRUCTURE BASED DESIGN OF TARGETED VIRAL ENV PROTEINS , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K08CA079851

Education

Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar, 1996 - Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, - , University of California, San Francisco

Selected Publications

  1. Pan D, Kumar A, Lipof JJ, Chung A, Wolf JL, Martin TG, Arora S, Sayre PH, Chari A. Emerging GPRC5D-Targeted therapies for multiple myeloma: a comprehensive review. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2025 May 28; 1-11.  View on PubMed
  2. Othman T, Lo MM, Andreadis CB, Damon LE, Ferng TT, Gaensler KML, Lee JC, Martin TG, Olin RL, Sayre PH, Smith CC, Logan AC. Single-center experience with nelarabine, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide in adults with relapsed/refractory T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2025 May 07; 1-4.  View on PubMed
  3. Shaked O, Demetris J, Levitsky J, Feng S, Loza BL, Punch J, Reyes J, Klintmalm G, Jackson W, DesMarais M, Sayre P, Shaked A, Reddy KR. Impact of Donor and Recipient Clinical Characteristics and Hepatic Histology on Steatosis/Fibrosis Following Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022 01 01; 106(1):106-116.  View on PubMed
  4. Wang VE, Blaser BW, Patel RK, Behbehani GK, Rao AA, Durbin-Johnson B, Jiang T, Logan AC, Settles M, Mannis GN, Olin R, Damon LE, Martin TG, Sayre PH, Gaensler KM, McMahon E, Flanders M, Weinberg V, Ye CJ, Carbone DP, Munster PN, Fragiadakis GK, McCormick F, Andreadis C. Inhibition of MET Signaling with Ficlatuzumab in Combination with Chemotherapy in Refractory AML: Clinical Outcomes and High-Dimensional Analysis. Blood Cancer Discov. 2021 09; 2(5):434-449.  View on PubMed
  5. Uy GL, Aldoss I, Foster MC, Sayre PH, Wieduwilt MJ, Advani AS, Godwin JE, Arellano ML, Sweet KL, Emadi A, Ravandi F, Erba HP, Byrne M, Michaelis L, Topp MS, Vey N, Ciceri F, Carrabba MG, Paolini S, Huls GA, Jongen-Lavrencic M, Wermke M, Chevallier P, Gyan E, Récher C, Stiff PJ, Pettit KM, Löwenberg B, Church SE, Anderson E, Vadakekolathu J, Santaguida M, Rettig MP, Muth J, Curtis T, Fehr E, Guo K, Zhao J, Bakkacha O, Jacobs K, Tran K, Kaminker P, Kostova M, Bonvini E, Walter RB, Davidson-Moncada JK, Rutella S, DiPersio JF. Flotetuzumab as salvage immunotherapy for refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2021 02 11; 137(6):751-762.  View on PubMed
  6. Santos AF, Du Toit G, O'Rourke C, Becares N, Couto-Francisco N, Radulovic S, Khaleva E, Basting M, Harris KM, Larson D, Sayre P, Plaut M, Roberts G, Bahnson HT, Lack G. Biomarkers of severity and threshold of allergic reactions during oral peanut challenges. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 08; 146(2):344-355.  View on PubMed
  7. Tsilochristou O, du Toit G, Sayre PH, Roberts G, Lawson K, Sever ML, Bahnson HT, Radulovic S, Basting M, Plaut M, Lack G, Immune Tolerance Network Learning Early About Peanut Allergy Study Team. Association of Staphylococcus aureus colonization with food allergy occurs independently of eczema severity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 08; 144(2):494-503.  View on PubMed
  8. Wieduwilt MJ, Pawlowska N, Thomas S, Olin R, Logan AC, Damon LE, Martin T, Kang M, Sayre PH, Boyer W, Gaensler KML, Anderson K, Munster PN, Andreadis C. Histone Deacetylase Inhibition with Panobinostat Combined with Intensive Induction Chemotherapy in Older Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Phase I Study Results. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 08 15; 25(16):4917-4923.  View on PubMed
  9. Winters A, Bahnson HT, Ruczinski I, Boorgula MP, Malley C, Keramati AR, Chavan S, Larson D, Cerosaletti K, Sayre PH, Plaut M, Du Toit G, Lack G, Barnes KC, Nepom GT, Mathias RA, Immune Tolerance Network LEAP Study Team. The MALT1 locus and peanut avoidance in the risk for peanut allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 06; 143(6):2326-2329.  View on PubMed
  10. Jucaud V, Shaked A, DesMarais M, Sayre P, Feng S, Levitsky J, Everly MJ. Prevalence and Impact of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies During a Multicenter Immunosuppression Withdrawal Trial in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients. Hepatology. 2019 03; 69(3):1273-1286.  View on PubMed
  11. Shaked A, DesMarais MR, Kopetskie H, Feng S, Punch JD, Levitsky J, Reyes J, Klintmalm GB, Demetris AJ, Burrell BE, Priore A, Bridges ND, Sayre PH. Outcomes of immunosuppression minimization and withdrawal early after liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2019 05; 19(5):1397-1409.  View on PubMed
  12. Dabisch PA, Xu Z, Boydston JA, Solomon J, Bohannon JK, Yeager JJ, Taylor JR, Reeder RJ, Sayre P, Seidel J, Mollura DJ, Hevey MC, Jahrling PB, Lackemeyer MG. Quantification of regional aerosol deposition patterns as a function of aerodynamic particle size in rhesus macaques using PET/CT imaging. Inhal Toxicol. 2017 09; 29(11):506-515.  View on PubMed
  13. du Toit G, Sayre PH, Roberts G, Lawson K, Sever ML, Bahnson HT, Fisher HR, Feeney M, Radulovic S, Basting M, Plaut M, Lack G, Immune Tolerance Network Learning Early About Peanut Allergy study team. Allergen specificity of early peanut consumption and effect on development of allergic disease in the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy study cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 04; 141(4):1343-1353.  View on PubMed
  14. Nash RA, Hutton GJ, Racke MK, Popat U, Devine SM, Steinmiller KC, Griffith LM, Muraro PA, Openshaw H, Sayre PH, Stuve O, Arnold DL, Wener MH, Georges GE, Wundes A, Kraft GH, Bowen JD. High-dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous HCT for relapsing-remitting MS. Neurology. 2017 Feb 28; 88(9):842-852.  View on PubMed
  15. Shaked A, Chang BL, Barnes MR, Sayre P, Li YR, Asare S, DesMarais M, Holmes MV, Guettouche T, Keating BJ. An ectopically expressed serum miRNA signature is prognostic, diagnostic, and biologically related to liver allograft rejection. Hepatology. 2017 01; 65(1):269-280.  View on PubMed
  16. Khoury SJ, Rochon J, Ding L, Byron M, Ryker K, Tosta P, Gao W, Freedman MS, Arnold DL, Sayre PH, Smilek DE, ACCLAIM Study Group. ACCLAIM: A randomized trial of abatacept (CTLA4-Ig) for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2017 Apr; 23(5):686-695.  View on PubMed
  17. Feeney M, Du Toit G, Roberts G, Sayre PH, Lawson K, Bahnson HT, Sever ML, Radulovic S, Plaut M, Lack G, Immune Tolerance Network LEAP Study Team. Impact of peanut consumption in the LEAP Study: Feasibility, growth, and nutrition. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Oct; 138(4):1108-1118.  View on PubMed
  18. Du Toit G, Sayre PH, Roberts G, Sever ML, Lawson K, Bahnson HT, Brough HA, Santos AF, Harris KM, Radulovic S, Basting M, Turcanu V, Plaut M, Lack G, Immune Tolerance Network LEAP-On Study Team. Effect of Avoidance on Peanut Allergy after Early Peanut Consumption. N Engl J Med. 2016 Apr 14; 374(15):1435-43.  View on PubMed
  19. Mannis GN, Martin TG, Damon LE, Andreadis C, Olin RL, Kong KA, Faham M, Hwang J, Ai WZ, Gaensler KML, Sayre PH, Wolf JL, Logan AC. Quantification of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Clonotypes in Leukapheresed Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cells Predicts Relapse Risk after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 06; 22(6):1030-1036.  View on PubMed
  20. Mannis GN, Martin TG, Damon LE, Logan AC, Olin RL, Flanders MD, Ai WZ, Gaensler KM, Kaplan LD, Sayre PH, Smith CC, Wolf JL, Andreadis C. Long-term outcomes of patients with intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia treated with autologous hematopoietic cell transplant in first complete remission. Leuk Lymphoma. 2016 07; 57(7):1560-6.  View on PubMed

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