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Email

Positions

Professor

Pathology & Immunology
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

BS from Tufts University

05/1994 - Sommerville, Massachusetts, United States

PhD from ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Of Medicine

02/2001 - Houston, Texas, United States

Professional Interests

• Cancer immunotherapy
• Dendritic cell vaccination
• TH polarization
• Innate immune signaling

Websites

Selected Publications

• Liang D, Tian L, You R, Halpert MM, Konduri V, Baig YC, Paust S, Kim D, Kim S, Jia F, Huang S, Zhang X, Kheradmand F, Corry DB, Gilbert BE, Levitt JM, Decker WK. " " Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 15; 8 : 1801.
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• Tian L, Goldstein A, Wang H, Ching Lo H, Sun Kim I, Welte T, Sheng K, Dobrolecki LE, Zhang X, Putluri N, Phung TL, Mani SA, Stossi F, Sreekumar A, Mancini MA, Decker WK, Zong C, Lewis MT, Zhang XH. " " Nature. 2017 Apr 13; 544 (7649) : 250-254.
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• Decker WK, da Silva RF, Sanabria MH, Angelo LS, Guimarães F, Burt BM, Kheradmand F, Paust S. " " Front Immunol. 2017 Aug 2; 8 : 829.
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• Konduri V, Halpert MM, Liang D, Levitt JM, Cruz-Chan JV, Zhan B, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Jones KM, Decker WK. " " Infect Immun. 2017 Aug 18; 85 (9) : e00127-17.
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• Halpert MM*, Konduri V*, Liang D, Chen YC, Wing JB, Paust S, Levitt JM, Decker WK. " " Stem Cell Dev. 2016 ; 25 : 774-787.
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• Konduri V, Li D, Halpert MM, Liang D, Liang Z, Chen Y, Fisher WE, Paust S, Levitt JM, Yao Q*, Decker WK. " " Oncoimmunology. 2016 Jul 22; 5 (9) : e1213933.
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• Decker WK, Xing D, Li S, Robinson SN, Yang H, Steiner D, Komanduri K, Shpall EJ. " " Blood. 2009 ; (113) : 4213-4223.
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• Yang H, Eaves C, de Lima M, Lee MS, Champlin RE, McMannis JD, Robinson SN, Niu T, Decker WK, Xing D, Ng J, Li S, Yao X, Eaves AC, Jones R, Andersson BS, Shpall EJ. " " Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 ; (37) : 575-582.
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• Decker WK*, Qiu J*, Farhangfar F, Hester JH, Altieri DC, Lin AY. " " Cancer Lett. ; (237) : 45-55.
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• Tian L, Welte T, Kim IS, Wang H, Goldstein A, Duan Z, Lo HC, Zhang X, Decker WK, Lewis MT, Zhang XHF. " Activated CD4+ T cells promote tumor vessel normalization and mitigate hypoxia. " Nature. 2017 ;
• Shahi P, Park D, Pond AC, Seethammagari M, Chiou S-H, Cho K, Carstens JL, Decker WK, McCrea PD, Rosen JM, Spencer DM. " " PLoS One. 2012 ; (7) : e30814.
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• Xing D, Decker WK, Li S, Robinson SN, Yang H, Segall H, O’Connor S, Yao X, Komanduri KV, McMannis JD, Jones RB, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ. " " Cytotherapy. 2006 ; (8) : 95-104.
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• Shah N, Martin-Antonio B, Yang H, Ku S, Lee DA, Cooper LJN, Decker WK, Li S, Robinson SN, Takuya S, Parmar S, Gribben J, Wang M, Rezvani K, Yvon E, Najjar A, Burks J, Kaur I, Champlin RE, Bollard CM, Shpall EJ. " " PLoS One. 2013 ; 8 : e76781.
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• Goodson WH III et al and the Halifax Project Contributing Authors including Decker WK. " " Invited Review Article. Carcinogenesis. 2015 ; (36) : S254-S296.
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• Yang H, Robinson SN, Lu J, Decker WK, Xing D, Steiner D, Parmar S, Shah N, Champlin RE, Munsell M, Leen A, Bollard CM, Simmons PJ, Shpall EJ. " " Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 ; (45) : 1000-1007.
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• Decker WK, Safdar A. " " Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2009 ; (20) : 1271-1281.
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• Kravchenko,Corsini,Williams MA, Decker W, Manjili MH, Otsuki T, Singh N, Al-Mulla F, Al-Temaimi R, Amedei A, Colacci AM, Vaccari M, Mondello C, Scovassi AI, Raju J, Hamid RA, Memeo L, Forte S, Roy R, Woodrick J, Salem HK, Ryan EP,Brown,Bisson, Lowe,Lyerly. " " Invited Review Article. Carcinogenesis. 2015 ; (36) : S111-S127.
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• Badhiwala J, Decker WK, Berens ME, Bhardwaj RD. " " Expert Rev Neurother. 2013 ; (13) : 405-424.
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• Safdar A*, Decker WK*, Li S, Xing D, Robinson SN, Yang H, Steiner D, Rodriguez G, Shpall EJ, Bollard CM. " " Vaccine. 2009 ; (27) : 1479-1484.
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• Xing D*, Ramsay AG*, Gribben JG, Decker WK, Burks JK, Munsell M, Li S, Robinson SN, Yang H, Steiner D, Shah N, McMannis JD, Champlin RE, Hosing CM, Zweidler-McKay PA, Shpall EJ, Bollard CM. " " J Immunother. ; (33) : 684-696.
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• Decker WK, Safdar A. " " Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2011 ; (22) : 177-187.
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• Decker WK, Li S, Xing D, Robinson SN, Yang H, Steiner D, Komanduri KV, Bollard CM, Shpall EJ. " " J Immunother. ; (31) : 157-165.
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• Decker WK, Xing D, Shpall EJ. " " Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. ; (12) : 113-125.
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• Decker WK, Safdar A. " " Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 ; (9) : 721-730.
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• Block KI et al and the Halifax Project Contributing Authors including Decker WK. " " Invited Review Article. Semin Cancer Biol. 2015 ; (35) : S276-S304.
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• Block KI et al and the Halifax Project Contributing Authors including Decker WK. " " Invited Review Article. Semin Cancer Biol. 2015 ; (35) : S276-S304.
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• Decker WK, Xing D, Li S, Robinson SN, Yang H, Yao X, Segall H, McMannis JD, Komanduri KV, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ. " " Vaccine. 2006 ; (24) : 3203-3216.
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• Robinson SN, Simmons PJ, Thomas MW, Brouard N, Javni JA, Trilok S, Shim J-S, Yang H, Steiner D, Decker WK, Xing D, Shultz LD, Savoldo B, Dotti G, Bollard CM, Miller L, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Zweidler-McKay PA. " " Exp Hematol. 2012 ; (40) : 445-456.
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• Wu S, Sampson MJ, Decker WK, Craigen WJ. " " Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 ; (1452) : 68-78.
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• Yang H, Robinson SN, Nieto Y, Jones RJ, Gocke CD, Lu J, Giralt SA, Jones RB, Decker WK, Xing D, Steiner D, Champlin RE, McMannis JD, Ng J, Thomas MW, Shah N, Parmar S, Shpall EJ. " " Cancer Res. 2011 ; (71) : 5040-5049.
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• Parmar S, Robinson SN, Komanduri K, St. John L, Decker WK, Xing D, Yang H, McMannis JD, Champlin RE, deLima M, Molldrem J, Bonyhadi M, Berenson R, Shpall EJ. " " Cytotherapy. 2006 ; (8) : 149-157.
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• Hanley P, Cruz CR, Savoldo B, Leen AM, Stanojevic M, Khalil M, Decker WK, Molldrem JJ, Liu H, Gee AP, Rooney CM, Heslop HE, Dotti G, Brenner MK, Shpall EJ, Bollard CM. " " Blood. 2009 ; (114) : 1958-1967.
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• Decker WK, Shah N, Xing D, Lapushin R, Li S, Robinson SN, Yang H, Parmar S, Halpert MM, Keating MJ, Gribben JG, Molldrem JJ, Shpall EJ, Wierda WG. " " PLoS One. 2012 ; 7 : e51390.
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• Shah N*, Decker WK*, Lapushin R, Xing D, Robinson SN, Yang H, Parmar S, Tung SS, O’Brien S, Fernandez-Viña M, Shpall EJ, Wierda WG. " " Leukemia. 2011 ; (25) : 1036-1039.
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• Peri,Tian,Marini,Silva,Zheng,Baimbridge,Quan,Fernandes,Gahremanpour,Young,Paolillo,Mukhopadhyay,Borne,Uthamanthil, Brammar,Jackson,Decker WK,Najjar,Thomas MW,Soghomonyan,Jeong,Rios, Steiner,Robinson,Mawlawi,Pan T,Stafford,Kundra,Li C,Alauddin,Shpall,et al. " " PLoS One. 2011 ; (6) : e22949.
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• Sampson MJ, Decker WK, Beaudet AL, Ruitenbeek W, Hicks MJ, Craigen WJ. " " J Biol Chem. 2001 ; (276) : 39206-39212.
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• Vinay ,Ryan ,Pawelec ,Talib, Stagg, Elkord, Lichtor T, Decker WK, Whelan RL, Kumara HM, Signori E, Honoki K, Georgakilas,Amin, Helferich, Boosani, Guha, Ciriolo,Chen,Mohammed, Azm,Keith,Bisland,Bhatka,Halicka,Fujii,Aquilano,Ashraf,Nowsheen,Yang,Choi,Kwon. " " Invited Review Article. Semin Cancer Biol. 2015 ; (35) : S185-S198.
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• Couch RB, Decker WK, Utama AJB, Nino D, Feng JQ, Halpert MM, Air GM. " " PLoS One. 2012 ; 7 : e50830.
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• Decker WK, Halpert MM, Konduri V, Hampton CN, Safdar A.. " Immunotherapy for Invasive Mold Disease in Severely Immunosuppressed Patients – Dendritic cell immunotherapy, interferon-gamma, antifungal drugs, recombinant myeloid growth factors, and healthy donor granulocyte transfusion. " A Safdar. 2017 ; Chapter 68
• Decker WK. " " Invited Editorial. Int Rev Immunol. 2015 ; (34) : 365-366.
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• Ni X, Richmond H, Liao X, Decker WK, Shiue LH, Shpall E, Duvic M. " " J Invest Dermatol. 2008 ; (128) : 2631-2639.
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• Huq AHHM, Lovell RS, Sampson MJ, Decker WK, Dinulos MB, Disteche CM, Craigen WJ. " " Genomics. 1996 ; (36) : 530-534.
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• Konduri V*, Decker WK*, Halpert MM, Gilbert B, Safdar A. " " J Infect Dis. 2013 ; 207 : 1764-72.
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• Xu X, Decker W, Sampson MJ, Craigen WJ, Colombini M. " " J Membr Biol. 1999 ; (170) : 89-102.
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• Steiner D*, Gelovani J*, Savoldo B, Robinson SN, Decker WK, Brouard N, Najjar A, Xing D, Yang H, Li S, Marini F, Zweidler-McKay PA, Bollard CM, Shpall EJ, Dotti G, Simmons PJ. " " 2009 ; (27) : 1932-1940.
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• Zhang Y, Qiu J, Zhou Y, Farhangfar F, Hester J, Lin AY, Decker WK. " " Vaccine. 2008 ; (26) : 614-622.
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• Decker WK, Shpall EJ. " " Hum Vacc. 2008 ; (4) : 162-164.
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• Decker WK, Safdar A. " Prophylactic Vaccination of Cancer Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. " A Safdar. 2011 ; Chapter 51
• Ni X, Jorgensen JL, Goswami M, Challagundla P, Decker WK, Kim Y, Duvic MA. " " Clin Cancer Res. 2015 ; 21 : 274-285.
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• Dotti G*, Tian M*, Savoldo B, Najjar A, Cooper LJN, Jackson J, Smith A, Uthamanthil R, Borne A, Brammer D, Paolillo V, Alauddin M, Gonzalez C, Steiner D, Decker WK, Marini F, Kornblau S, Shpall EJ, Gelovani J. " " Mol Imaging. 2009 ; (8) : 230-237.
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• Robinson SN, Simmons PJ, Thomas MW, Brouard N, Javni JA, Trilok S, Shim J-S, Yang H, Steiner D, Decker WK, Xing D, Shultz LD, Savoldo B, Dotti G, Bollard CM, Miller L, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Zweidler-McKay PA. " " Exp Hematol. 2012 ; (40) : 519-520.
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• Pan Y, Decker WK, Huq AHHM, Craigen WJ. " " Genomics. 1999 ; (59) : 282-290.
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• Decker WK, Bowles KR, Schatte EC, Towbin JA, Craigen WJ. " " Mamm Genome. 1999 ; (10) : 1041-1042.
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• Liang V, Halpert MM, Konduri V, Decker WK. " " Review Article. Int Rev Immunol. 2015 ; (34) : 367-381.
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• Robinson SN, Ng J, Niu T, Yang H, McMannis JD, Karandish S, Fu P, Del Angel M, Messinger R, Flagge F, deLima M, Decker W, Xing D, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ. " " Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 ; (37) : 359-366.
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• Decker WK.. " The Role of the Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel in Apoptotic Cell Death: Knowns, Unknowns, and Future Prospects. " ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine. 2001 ;
• Decker WK, Craigen WJ. " " Mol Genet Metab. 2000 ; (70) : 69-74.
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• Sampson MJ, Ross LO, Decker WK, Craigen WJ. " " J Biol Chem. 1998 ; (273) : 30482-30486.
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• Konduri V, Halpert MM, Baig YC, Coronado R, Rodgers JR, Levitt JM, Cerroni B, Piscoya S, Wilson N, DiBernardi L, Omarbekov Z, Seelhoff L, Ravi V, Douglass L, Decker WK. " " Cancer Gene Ther. 2019 ;
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