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Masayuki Yamashita, MD, PhD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Masayuki Yamashita, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology

MS 355

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-6570(phone)

Affiliations

Department of Hematology

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hematological Malignancies Program

Education

Ph.D. (Medicine) – School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan M.D. – The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan B.S. – The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

  • Cell death programs that control hematopoietic stem cell survival vs. elimination
  • Role of TNFα in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis
  • Crosstalk between hematopoietic stem cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes
  • Novel therapies specifically targeting mutant hematopoietic stem cells

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