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Department of Pathology

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Bridget Shafit-Zagardo, Ph.D.

Dr. Bridget Shafit-Zagardo

Professor, Department of Pathology

 

Selected Publications

 

Shankar SL, O'Guin K, Kim M, Varnum B, Lemke G, Brosnan CF, Shafit-Zagardo B. 2006.  Gas6/Axl signaling activates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt1 survival pathway to protect oligodendrocytes from tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced apoptosis. J Neurosci. 26(21):5638-5648.

 

Keywords

multiple sclerosis, mouse models of disease, receptor tyrosine kinases and cell signaling, oligodendrocyte and neuronal survival, neurodegeneration

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Contact

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room 524
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.2189
Fax: 718.430.8541
bridget.shafit-zagardo@einstein.yu.edu

 
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Additional Information

Education:

C.W. Post College, Long Island University
Greenvale, New York Biology
B.S. 1973

New York University, Advisor: Dr. Kurt Hirschhorn
Biology
M.S. 1978

City University of New York, Biomedical Sciences Program Human Genetics
M. Phil. 1980

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City.
Advisor: Dr. Robert Desnick, Human Genetics
Ph.D. 1981

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