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Sara Alonso
Graduate Student
Rutgers PhD program
Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Track
Education
B.A., Biological Sciences - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Memberships
American Physiological Society, Trainee Member
American Association of Immunologists, Trainee Member
Publications
Alonso S, Edelblum KL. “Metabolic regulation of γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes.” Discovery immunology vol. 2,1 (2023): kyad011. doi:10.1093/discim/kyad011.
Jia L*, Wu G*, Alonso S, Zhao C, Lemenze A, Lam YY, Zhao L, Edelblum KL. A transmissible γδ intraepithelial lymphocyte hyperproliferative phenotype is associated with the intestinal microbiota and confers protection against acute infection. Mucosal Immunol 15, 772–782 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41385-022-00522-x.
Sandiford OA, Donnelly RJ, El-Far MH, Burgmeyer LM, Sinha G, Pamarthi SH, Sherman LS, Ferrer AI, DeVore DE, Patel SA, Naaldijk Y, Alonso S, Barak P, Bryan M, Ponzio NM, Narayanan R, Etchegaray JP, Kumar R, Rameshwar P. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Secreted Extracellular Vesicles Instruct Stepwise Dedifferentiation of Breast Cancer Cells into Dormancy at the Bone Marrow Perivascular Region. Cancer Res. 2021 Mar 15;81(6):1567-1582. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-2434. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33500249.
Chapters
Moore CA, Ferrer AI, Alonso S, Pamarthi S, Sandiford O, Rameshwar P. “Exosomes in the Healthy and Malignant Bone Marrow Microenvironment”. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1350:67-89. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-83282-7_3. PMID: 34888844.
Fellowships
New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research Predoctoral Fellowship - COCR23PRF024