G. Elizabeth Pluhar, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, USA

G. Elizabeth Pluhar

Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, USA

Research fields

Cancer biology

Personal information

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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.