Rosalba Salcedo, Ph.D.

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Dr. Salcedo's research focuses on the role of chronic inflammation in the promotion of cancer. She is using several genetic and chemical models of skin and colon carcinogenesis to elucidate the protective and detrimental effects of innate immune responses in the induction and subsequent outgrowth of tumors.
1) chronic inflammation, 2) genetic and chemical models
Contact Info
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Building 37, Room 4140
Bethesda, MD 20892
Ph: 240-760-772
salcedor@mail.nih.gov
Our research is focused on the role of chronic inflammation in the promotion of cancer. Several genetic and chemical models of skin and colon carcinogenesis are being used to elucidate the protective and detrimental effects of innate immune responses in the induction and subsequent outgrowth of tumors.
Selected Publications
- Science. 342: 967-70, 2013. [ Journal Article ]
- Methods Mol Biol. 931: 213-57, 2013. [ Journal Article ]
- Trends Immunol. 34: 379-89, 2013. [ Journal Article ]
- Science. 337: 1115-9, 2012. [ Journal Article ]
- Cancer Invest. 30: 343-63, 2012. [ Journal Article ]
Dr. Salcedo received her doctoral training in immunology at the Karolinska Institute at Stockholm, Sweden, graduating in 1996. In 1997, she joined the Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation under Dr. Joost J. Oppenheim and worked on projects regarding the roles of chemokines in angiogenesis and tumorigenesis. In 2002, she began working in the Pediatric Oncology Branch under Dr. Jon M. Wigginton, exploring novel approaches for the treatment of neuroblastoma by utilizing preclinical models. In October 2006, she joined the Cancer and Inflammation Program, under Dr. Giorgio Trinchieri.