Tao Zou, M.D., Ph.D.

Internal Medicine - Hematology/Oncology

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Education & Training

Fellowship - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2016-2021), Hematology Oncology
Graduate School - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (2005-2012)
Medical School - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (2005-2013)
Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital (2013-2016), Internal Medicine

Books & Publications

Publications
- PACT prevents aberrant activation of PKR by endogenous dsRNA without sequestration.
  Ahmad S, Zou T, Hwang J, Zhao L, Wang X, Davydenko A, Buchumenski I, Zhuang P, Fishbein AR, Capcha-Rodriguez D, Orgel A, Levanon EY, Myong S, Chou J, Meyerson M, Hur S, Nature communications 2025 Apr 16 1 3325
- XRN1 deletion induces PKR-dependent cell lethality in interferon-activated cancer cells.
  Zou T, Zhou M, Gupta A, Zhuang P, Fishbein AR, Wei HY, Capcha-Rodriguez D, Zhang Z, Cherniack AD, Meyerson M, Cell reports 2024 Feb 43 2 113600
- Circulating Tumor DNA Provides a Sneak Peek into Treatment Responses in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
  Zou T, Meyerson M, Cancer research 2019 Mar 79 6 1038-1040
- Identification of ADAR1 adenosine deaminase dependency in a subset of cancer cells.
  Gannon HS, Zou T, Kiessling MK, Gao GF, Cai D, Choi PS, Ivan AP, Buchumenski I, Berger AC, Goldstein JT, Cherniack AD, Vazquez F, Tsherniak A, Levanon EY, Hahn WC, Meyerson M, Nature communications 2018 Dec 9 1 5450
- Mechanistic Insights into Transmissible Cancers of Mammals.
  Bullman S, Zou T, Meyerson M, Cancer cell 2018 Apr 33 4 543-544
- Association between insurance status at diagnosis and overall survival in chronic myeloid leukemia: A population-based study.
  Perry AM, Brunner AM, Zou T, McGregor KL, Amrein PC, Hobbs GS, Ballen KK, Neuberg DS, Fathi AT, Cancer 2017 Jul 123 13 2561-2569
- More valuable than platinum: first-line pembrolizumab in advanced stage non-small-cell lung cancer.
  Zou T, Awad MM, Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 2017 Apr 28 4 685-687
- Both retention and recirculation contribute to long-lived regulatory T-cell accumulation in the thymus.
  Yang E, Zou T, Leichner TM, Zhang SL, Kambayashi T European journal of immunology 2014 Jun
- Diacylglycerol kinase ζ limits the generation of natural regulatory T cells.
  Schmidt AM, Zou T, Joshi RP, Leichner TM, Pimentel MA, Sommers CL, Kambayashi T, Science signaling 2013 Nov 6 303 ra101
- Cutting edge: IL-2 signals determine the degree of TCR signaling necessary to support regulatory T cell proliferation in vivo.
  Zou T, Satake A, Corbo-Rodgers E, Schmidt AM, Farrar MA, Maltzman JS, Kambayashi T Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2012 Jul 189 1 28-32
- Oral ivermectin as an unexpected initiator of CreT2-mediated deletion in T cells.
  Corbo-Rodgers E, Staub ES, Zou T, Smith A, Kambayashi T, Maltzman JS, Nature immunology 2012 Feb 13 3 197-8
- Cellular therapies supplement: the role of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor and dendritic cells in regulatory T-cell homeostasis and expansion.
  Zou T, Satake A, Ojha P, Kambayashi T, Transfusion 2011 Nov 51 Suppl 4 0 4 160S-168S
- Requirements for eomesodermin and promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger in the development of innate-like CD8+ T cells.
  Gordon SM, Carty SA, Kim JS, Zou T, Smith-Garvin J, Alonzo ES, Haimm E, Sant'Angelo DB, Koretzky GA, Reiner SL, Jordan MS, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2011 Apr 186 8 4573-8
- Understanding signal integration through targeted mutations of an adapter protein.
  Zou T, May RM, Koretzky GA, FEBS letters 2010 Dec 584 24 4901-9
- T-cell receptor signals direct the composition and function of the memory CD8+ T-cell pool.
  Smith-Garvin JE, Burns JC, Gohil M, Zou T, Kim JS, Maltzman JS, Wherry EJ, Koretzky GA, Jordan MS, Blood 2010 Dec 116 25 5548-59
- Dendritic cells induce regulatory T cell proliferation through antigen-dependent and -independent interactions.
  Zou T, Caton AJ, Koretzky GA, Kambayashi T, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2010 Sep 185 5 2790-9
- MLL-AF9-induced leukemogenesis requires coexpression of the wild-type Mll allele.
  Thiel AT, Blessington P, Zou T, Feather D, Wu X, Yan J, Zhang H, Liu Z, Ernst P, Koretzky GA, Hua X, Cancer cell 2010 Feb 17 2 148-59
- Inducible MHC class II expression by mast cells supports effector and regulatory T cell activation.
  Kambayashi T, Allenspach EJ, Chang JT, Zou T, Shoag JE, Reiner SL, Caton AJ, Koretzky GA, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2009 Apr 182 8 4686-95
- Coregulation of CD8+ T cell exhaustion by multiple inhibitory receptors during chronic viral infection.
  Blackburn SD, Shin H, Haining WN, Zou T, Workman CJ, Polley A, Betts MR, Freeman GJ, Vignali DA, Wherry EJ, Nature immunology 2009 Jan 10 1 29-37
- Indirect involvement of allergen-captured mast cells in antigen presentation.
  Kambayashi T, Baranski JD, Baker RG, Zou T, Allenspach EJ, Shoag JE, Jones PL, Koretzky GA, Blood 2008 Feb 111 3 1489-96

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