Laura Napolitano , M.D.
Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF
lnapolitano@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
UCSF Box 1230
1650 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

Office Location:
J David Gladstone Institutes, Mission Bay Campus, Room 514

Research Interests:
Regulation of T cell production and function, Immune reconstitution, HIV immunopathogenesis

Select Publications:

Napolitano LA, Grant RM, Deeks S, Schmidt D, De Rosa SC, Herzenberg LA, Herndier, B, Andersson J, McCune JM. (2001) Increased production of IL-7 accompanies HIV-1-mediated T cell depletion: implications for T-cell homeostasis. Nat. Med.  7:73–79.

Napolitano LA, Lo JC, Gotway MB, Mulligan K, Barbour JD, Schmidt D, Grant RM, Halvorsen RA, Schambelan M, McCune JM. (2002) Increased thymic mass and circulating naive CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-1-infected adults treated with growth hormone. AIDS 16: 683–692.

Napolitano, L.A., Stoddart, C.A., Hanley, M.B., Weider, E., and McCune, J.M. (2003) Effects of interleukin-7 on early human thymocyte progenitor cells in vitro and in SCID-hu Thy/Liv mice. J Immunol 171: 645–654.

Napolitano, L.A. Approaches to Immune Reconstitution in HIV Infection. (2003) Topics in HIV Medicine 11(5):160-163.

Hanley, M.B., Napolitano, L.A., McCune, J.M. Growth Hormone-Induced Stimulation of Multilineage Human Hematopoiesis. Stem Cells. 23:1170-119, 2005.

Education and Training:

M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1991

Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1991-1994

Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 1996-1998

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Gladstone Institue of Virology and Immunology, 1997-2001

Relevant Links:

http://www.gladstone.ucsf.edu/gladstone/site/napolitano/