Elco, Christopher

Christopher Elco

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Expertise/Certifications: Dermatopathology, Hematopathology, Surgical pathology
Office number: 444-5152
(Lab Customer Service: 401-793-4242)

Dr. Elco is Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Dermatology, at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. He received his B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in New Haven CT, and his M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH. He is board-certified in anatomic pathology, dermatopathology and hematopathology, and studies prognostic markers in cutaneous T cell lymphomas utilizing next generation sequencing, and the effects of Toll-Like Receptors on tumor pathogenesis in melanoma and other cancers. His work has been funded by the NIH and private foundations.

Prior academic appointments:
Dermatopathology Fellow, Harvard University
Hematopathology Fellow, Harvard University
Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Pathology and Dermatology, Harvard University

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Kleffel S, Lee N, Lezcano C, Wilson BJ, Sobolewski K, Saab KR, Mueller H, Zhan Q, Posch C, Elco CP, DoRosario A, Garcia SS, Thakuria M, Wang YE, Wang LC, Murphy GF, Frank MH, Schatton T. "ABCB5-Targeted Chemoresistance Reversal Inhibits Merkel Cell Carcinoma Growth." Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 136, no. 4, 2016, pp. 838-46.

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Watanabe R, Gehad A, Yang C, Scott LL, Teague JE, Schlapbach C, Elco CP, Huang V, Matos TR, Kupper TS, Clark RA. "Human skin is protected by four functionally and phenotypically discrete populations of resident and recirculating memory T cells." Science Translational Medicine, vol. 7, no. 279, 2015, pp. 279ra39.

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Kleffel S, Posch C, Barthel SR, Mueller H, Schlapbach C, Guenova E, Elco CP, Lee N, Juneja VR, Zhan Q, Lian CG, Thomi R, Hoetzenecker W, Cozzio A, Dummer R, Mihm MC Jr, Flaherty KT, Frank MH, Murphy GF, Sharpe AH, Kupper TS, Schatton T. "Melanoma Cell-Intrinsic PD-1 Receptor Functions Promote Tumor Growth." Cell, vol. 162, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1242-56.

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Kirsch IR, Watanabe R, O'Malley JT, Williamson DW, Scott LL, Elco CP, Teague JE, Gehad A, Lowry EL, LeBoeuf NR, Krueger JG, Robins HS, Kupper TS, Clark RA. "TCR sequencing facilitates diagnosis and identifies mature T cells as the cell of origin in CTCL." Science Translational Medicine, vol. 7, no. 308, 2015, pp. 308ra158.

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Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
2008	MD	Case Western Reserve University
2006	PhD	Case Western Reserve University
1998	BS	Yale University

Researchers@Brown

Researchers@Brown

Christopher Elco

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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