Laurence Turka
Scientific Co-Director, Transplant Research Center · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Transplant Research Center · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Research
bcl-x, a bcl-2-related gene that functions as a dominant regulator of apoptotic cell death
Cell · 1993 · 2,990 citations
Rescue of exhausted CD8 T cells by PD-1-targeted therapies is CD28-dependent
Science · 2017 · 844 citations
Deacetylase inhibition promotes the generation and function of regulatory T cells
Nature Medicine · 2007 · 778 citations
- MS
43 papers
24 papers
- BN
17 papers
14 papers
11 papers
10 papers
- EM
10 papers
9 papers · 2 as a resident
Grants
- 2020
New Approaches to Cardiothoracic Tolerance Induction
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · P01
Project lead · $2.4M · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1998–2019
Training in Transplantation Biology
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · T32
Contact PI · $534.1K · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2016–2018
Control of Regulatory T Cell Stability and Function by the Foxo1 Transcription Factor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $256.5K · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2015–2016
Cellular Therapy with Allospecific Tregs in Liver Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R34
Contact PI · $279.7K · Massachusetts General Hospital