Deborah Veis, MD, PhD

Deborah Veis, MD, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Osteoclasts, the cells responsible for bone turnover, play a central role in skeletal metastasis. My research focuses on understanding the development and activation of these cells using "knockout" mouse models.

Education

  • 1995: MD/PhD, immunology, Washington University, St. Louis

Training

  • 1995 - 1997: Resident, anatomic pathology, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 1997 - 1998: Fellow, surgical pathology, Washington University
  • 1998 - 2000: Research fellow, pathology and immunology, Washington University

Selected Research Publications

Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages.
  • Iglesia MD, Jayasinghe RG, Chen S, [...] Veis DJ, [...] Ding L
  • Nat Cancer 2024
Tumour evolution and microenvironment interactions in 2D and 3D space.
  • Mo CK, Liu J, Chen S, [...] Veis DJ, [...] Ding L
  • Nature 2024
HTLV-1 infected T cells cause bone loss via small extracellular vesicles.
  • Pokhrel NK, Panfil AR, Habib H, [...] Veis DJ
  • J Extracell Vesicles 2024
Senescent CAFs Mediate Immunosuppression and Drive Breast Cancer Progression.
  • Ye J, Baer JM, Faget DV, [...] Veis DJ, [...] Stewart SA
  • Cancer Discov 2024
Senescent CAFs Mediate Immunosuppression and Drive Breast Cancer Progression.
  • Ye J, Baer JM, Faget DV, [...] Veis DJ, [...] Stewart SA
  • Cancer Discov 2024
Osteoclasts, Master Sculptors of Bone.
  • Veis DJ, O'Brien CA
  • Annu Rev Pathol 2023
Does Aging Activate T-cells to Reduce Bone Mass and Quality?
  • Aurora R, Veis D
  • Curr Osteoporos Rep 2022

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