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James Economou, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliations
Deputy Director, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief, Surgical Oncology
Professor, Surgery
Member, JCCC Tumor Immunology Program Area
Education:
Medical Degree: M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1980
Degree: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1980
Certifications:
Medical Board Certification: Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1987
Education:
Residency: Surgery, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center, 1986
Urology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1983
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1982
Internship: Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1981
Contact Information:
Work Email Address: jeconomou@mednet.ucla.edu
Work Address: 54-124 CHS
CAMPUS - 178218
CA
UNITED STATES
Direct Contact Information:
Work Phone Number: (310) 825-2644
Publications:
Schumacher L, Ribas A, Dissette VB, McBride WH, Mukherji B, Economou JS, Butterfield LH Human dendritic cell maturation by adenovirus transduction enhances tumor antigen-specific T-cell responses.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) . 2004; 27(3): 191-200.
Ribas A, Glaspy JA, Lee Y, Dissette VB, Seja E, Vu HT, Tchekmedyian NS, Oseguera D, Comin-Anduix B, Wargo JA, Amarnani SN, McBride WH, Economou JS, Butterfield LH Role of dendritic cell phenotype, determinant spreading, and negative costimulatory blockade in dendritic cell-based melanoma immunotherapy.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) . 2004; 27(5): 354-67.
Mehrotra S, Chhabra A, Chakraborty A, Chattopadhyay S, Slowik M, Stevens R, Zengou R, Mathias C, Butterfield LH, Dorsky DI, Economou JS, Mukherji B, Chakraborty NG Antigen presentation by MART-1 adenovirus-transduced interleukin-10-polarized human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.. Immunology. . 2004; 113(4): 472-81.
Liao YP, Wang CC, Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Ribas A, Meng WS, Iwamoto KS, McBride WH Ionizing radiation affects human MART-1 melanoma antigen processing and presentation by dendritic cells.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) . 2004; 173(4): 2462-9.
Gordon LK, Ribas A, Nusinowitz S, Butterfield LH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS, Straatsma BR Surveillance of the eye and vision in a clinical trial of MART1-transformed dendritic cells for metastatic melanoma.. Controlled clinical trials. . 2004; 25(4): 400-7.
Ribas A, Wargo JA, Comin-Anduix B, Sanetti S, Schumacher LY, McLean C, Dissette VB, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Butterfield LH, Economou JS Enhanced tumor responses to dendritic cells in the absence of CD8-positive cells.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) . 2004; 172(8): 4762-9.
Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Meng WS, Dissette VB, Amarnani S, Vu HT, Seja E, Todd K, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Economou JS T-cell responses to HLA-A*0201 immunodominant peptides derived from alpha-fetoprotein in patients with hepatocellular cancer.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. . 2003; 9(16 Pt 1): 5902-8.
Mehrotra S, Stevens R, Zengou R, Chakraborty NG, Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Dorsky DI, Mukherji B Regulation of melanoma epitope-specific cytolytic T lymphocyte response by immature and activated dendritic cells, in vitro.. Cancer research. . 2003; 63(17): 5607-14.
Ribas A, Butterfield LH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS Current developments in cancer vaccines and cellular immunotherapy.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. . 2003; 21(12): 2415-32.
Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Dissette VB, Amarnani SN, Vu HT, Oseguera D, Wang HJ, Elashoff RM, McBride WH, Mukherji B, Cochran AJ, Glaspy JA, Economou JS Determinant spreading associated with clinical response in dendritic cell-based immunotherapy for malignant melanoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. . 2003; 9(3): 998-1008.
Ribas A, Timmerman JM, Butterfield LH, Economou JS Determinant spreading and tumor responses after peptide-based cancer immunotherapy.. Trends in immunology. . 2003; 24(2): 58-61.


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