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Class of 1997
Name
Alves, Pedro M. S.
Nationality
Portuguese
E-Mail
alvespms@yahoo.co.uk
1st Degree
Biology
University (1st Degree)
Oporto University
About the PhD
Field of Research
Tumor Immunology
Supervisor(s)
Kostas Kosmatopoulos, MD
Co-Supervisor(s)
Eduardo Guimaraes MD PhD; Angelo A Cardoso MD PhD
University
Porto
Laboratory
Dana-Farber Cancer Research (USA); INSERM (FRANCE); Ludwig Inst. For Cancer Research (SWITZERLAND); Inst. Suisse pour la Recherche du Cancer (SWITZERLAND); Univ. Catholique de Louvain - Inst. Christian de Duve (BELGIUM)
Date of Thesis Defence
2003-03-27
After the PhD (Current Situation)
Position
Head Clinical Immunology, Cancer Immunotherapeutics BU.
Institution
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
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City
Rixensart
Country
Belgium

Relevant Publications
ALVES PM, FAURE O, GRAFF-DUBOIS S, GROSS DA, CORNET S, CHOUAIB S, MICONNET I, LEMONNIER FA, KOSMATOPOULOS K. EphA2 as target of anticancer immunotherapy: identification of HLA-A*0201-restricted epitopes. Cancer Res. 2003 Dec 1;63(23):8476-80.
PEDRO MS ALVES, OLIVIER FAURE, STEPHANIE GRAFF-DUBOIS, SEBASTIEN CORNET, IRENA BOLONAKIS, DAVID-ALEXANDRE GROSS, ISABELLE MICONNET, SALEM CHOUAIB, FRANCOIS A LEMONNIER, KOSTAS KOSMATOPOULOS. STEAP, an overexpressed tumor antigen of prostate, can be target of human CD8+ T cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, in press.
Alves PM, Levy N, Bouzourene H, Viatte S, Bricard G, Ayyoub M, Vuilleumier H, Givel JC, Halkic N, Speiser DE, Romero P, Levy F.
Molecular and immunological evaluation of the expression of cancer/testis gene products in human colorectal cancer.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2007 Jun;56(6):839-47
Alves PM, Viatte S, Fagerberg T, Michielin O, Bricard G, Bouzourene H, Vuilleumier H, Kruger T, Givel JC, Levy F, Speiser DE, Cerottini JC, Romero P.
Immunogenicity of the carcinoembryonic antigen derived peptide 694 in HLA-A2 healthy donors and colorectal carcinoma patients.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2007 Nov;56(11):1795-805
Viatte S, Alves PM, Romero P.
Reverse immunology approach for the identification of CD8 T-cell-defined antigens: advantages and hurdles.
Immunol Cell Biol. 2006 Jun;84(3):318-30

Publications
CARVALHO F, DAVID L, AUBERT JP, LOPEZ-FERRER A, DE BOLOS C, REIS CA, GARTNER F, PEIXOTO A, ALVES P, SOBRINHO-SIMOES M.Mucins and mucin-associated carbohydrate antigens expression in gastric carcinoma cell lines.Virchows Arch. 1999 Nov;435(5):479-85.
P ALVES, P SOARES, E FONSECA, M SOBRINHO-SIMOES. Papillary thyroid carcinoma overexpressed fully and underglycosylated mucins together with native and sialylated simple mucins antigens and histoblood group antigens. Endocrine Pathology. 1999; 10: 315 -324
P ALVES, P SOARES, S ROSSI, E FONSECA, M SOBRINHO-SIMOES. Clinicopathologic and prognostic significance in the expression of mucins, simple mucins antigens and histoblood group antigens in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Endocrine Pathology. 1999; 10: 305 -314.
SCARDINO A., ALVES P., GROSS D.A., TOURDOT S., GRAFF-DUBOIS, S., CHOUAIB S., LEMMONIER F., NADLER L.M., CARDOSO A.A., KOSMATOPOULOS K. Identification of Novel HER-2/neu immunogenic epitopes presented by renal cell carcinoma and other epithelial tumors. Eur. J. Immunol. 2001 Nov;31(11):3261-70.
SCARDINO A, GROSS DA, ALVES P, SCHULTZE JL, GRAFF-DUBOIS S, FAURE O, TOURDOT S, CHOUAIB S, NADLER LM, LEMONNIER FA, VONDERHEIDE RH, CARDOSO AA, KOSMATOPOULOS K. HER-2/neu and hTERT cryptic epitopes as novel targets for broad spectrum tumor immunotherapy. J Immunol. 2002 Jun 1;168(11):5900-6.

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