Education
Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999
Current position
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota (2008-present)
Publications
Selected peer-reviewed publications
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Goulart, M. R., Pluhar, G. E. and Ohlfest, J. R. (2012). Identification of myeloid derived suppressor cells in dogs with naturally occurring cancer. PLoS One 7(3): e33274.
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Pluhar, G. E., Grogan, P. T., Seiler, C., Goulart, M., Santacruz, K. S., Carlson, C., Chen, W., Olin, M. R., Lowenstein, P. R., Castro, M. G., Haines, S. J. and Ohlfest, J. R. (2010). Anti-tumor immune response correlates with neurological symptoms in a dog with spontaneous astrocytoma treated by gene and vaccine therapy. Vaccine 28(19): 3371-3378.
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Xiong, W., Candolfi, M., Liu, C., Muhammad, A. K., Yagiz, K., Puntel, M., Moore, P. F., Avalos, J., Young, J. D., Khan, D., Donelson, R., Pluhar, G. E., Ohlfest, J. R., Wawrowsky, K., Lowenstein, P. R. and Castro, M. G. (2010). Human Flt3L generates dendritic cells from canine peripheral blood precursors: implications for a dog glioma clinical trial. PLoS One 5(6): e11074.
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Candolfi, M., Kroeger, K. M., Pluhar, G. E., Bergeron, J., Puntel, M., Curtin, J. F., McNiel, E. A., Freese, A. B., Ohlfest, J. R., Moore, P., Lowenstein, P. R. and Castro, M. G. (2007). Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer into the canine brain in vivo. Neurosurgery 60(1): 167-177; discussion 178.
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Oh, S., Pluhar, G. E., McNeil, E. A., Kroeger, K. M., Liu, C., Castro, M. G., Lowenstein, P. R., Freese, A. and Ohlfest, J. R. (2007). Efficacy of nonviral gene transfer in the canine brain. J Neurosurg 107(1): 136-144.
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Candolfi, M., Pluhar, G. E., Kroeger, K., Puntel, M., Curtin, J., Barcia, C., Muhammad, A. K., Xiong, W., Liu, C., Mondkar, S., Kuoy, W., Kang, T., McNeil, E. A., Freese, A. B., Ohlfest, J. R., Moore, P., Palmer, D., Ng, P., Young, J. D., Lowenstein, P. R. and Castro, M. G. (2007). Optimization of adenoviral vector-mediated transgene expression in the canine brain in vivo, and in canine glioma cells in vitro. Neuro Oncol 9(3): 245-258.
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Candolfi, M., Curtin, J. F., Nichols, W. S., Muhammad, A. G., King, G. D., Pluhar, G. E., McNiel, E. A., Ohlfest, J. R., Freese, A. B., Moore, P. F., Lerner, J., Lowenstein, P. R. and Castro, M. G. (2007). Intracranial glioblastoma models in preclinical neuro-oncology: neuropathological characterization and tumor progression. J Neurooncol 85(2): 133-148.
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Pluhar, G. E., Tucker, R. L., Gavin, P. R., Bagley, R. S. and Takeuchi, M. (1997). Cerebral sinus venography in the dog: a new technique. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 38(2): 112-115.
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Bagley, R. S., Harrington, M. L., Pluhar, G. E., Keegan, R. D., Greene, S. A., Moore, M. P. and Gavin, P. R. (1996). Effect of craniectomy/durotomy alone and in combination with hyperventilation, diuretics, and corticosteroids on intracranial pressure in clinically normal dogs. Am J Vet Res 57(1): 116-119.
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Tobias, K. S., Barbee, D. and Pluhar, G. E. (1996). Intraoperative use of subtraction angiography and an ultrasonic aspirator to improve identification and isolation of an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 208(6): 888-890.
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Bagley, R. S., Harrington, M. L., Pluhar, G. E., Keegan, R. D., Greene, S. A., Moore, M. P. and Gavin, P. R. (1996). Effect of craniectomy/durotomy alone and in combination with hyperventilation, diuretics, and corticosteroids on intracranial pressure in clinically normal dogs. Am J Vet Res 57(1): 116-119.
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Pluhar, G. E., Bagley, R. S., Keegan, R. D., Baszler, T. V. and Moore, M. P. (1996). The effect of acute, unilateral transverse venous sinus occlusion on intracranial pressure in normal dogs. Vet Surg 25(6): 480-486.
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Bagley, R. S., Baszler, T. V., Harrington, M. L., Pluhar, G. E., Moore, M. P., Keegan, R. D. and Greene, S. A. (1995). Clinical effects of longitudinal division of the corpus callosum in normal dogs. Vet Surg 24(2): 122-127.
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Bagley, R. S., Pluhar, G. E. and Alexander, J. E. (1994). Lateral intervertebral disk extrusion causing lameness in a dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 205(2): 181-183; discussion 183-185.