Roberta Pelanda
PhD
- Integrated Department of Immunology
- Associate Professor
- Address: Rm K814, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO-80206
- Phone
- 303-398-1451
- Fax
- 303-270-2325
- Email
- pelandar@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Female
Specialties
Research
Autoimmunity/Rheumatology, Basic Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor of Immunology
Professional Memberships/Societies
AAI
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Research Interests
Immunology
B cell biology
Autoimmunity
Signal transduction
Education & Training
Education
- University of Milan, Italy
- PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1992
Fellowships
- Max-Planck Institute for Immunobiology (Freiburg, Germany)
- 1997-2001
- Institute for Genetics (Cologne, Germany)
- 1993-1996
Awards & Recognition
Harmon Foundation Award for Arthritis Research
Arthritis Foundation, Rocky Mountain Chapter Grant
Recent or Important Publications
Velez M.G., Kane M., Liu S., Gauld S.B., Cambier J.C., Torres R.M., and Pelanda R., 2007. Ig allotypic inclusion does not prevent B cell development or response, J Immunol, 179:1049-1057.
Liu S., Velez M.G., Humann J., Rowland S., Conrad F.J., Halverson R., Torres R.M., and Pelanda R., 2005. Receptor editing can lead to allelic inclusion and development of B cells that retain antibodies reacting with high avidity autoantigens. J Immunol, 175:5067-5076.
Halverson, R,. R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2004. Receptor editing is the primary mechanism of B cell tolerance toward membrane antigens. Nature Immunology, 5(6):645-50.
Pelanda R., U. Braun, E. Hobeika, M.C. Nussenzweig, and M. Reth. 2002. B Cell Progenitors Are Arresred in Maturation but Have Intact VDJ Recombination in the Absence of Ig-a and Ig-b. J Immunol, 169:865-872.
Pelanda, R., S. Schwers, E. Sonoda, R.M. Torres, D. Nemazee, and K. Rajewsky. 1997. Receptor editing in a transgenic mouse model: site, efficiency, and role in B cell tolerance and antibody diversification. Immunity 7, no. 6:765-75.
Curriculum Vitae
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