Sharof Tugizov , D.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
Sharof.Tugizov@ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Infectious Diseases
513 Parnassus Avenue Box 0654
San Francisco, CA 94143-0654

Office Location:
Medical Sciences Building, S420

Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of HIV and EBV interactions with mucosal epithelium

Select Publications:

Tugizov S, Herrera R, Veluppillai P, Greenspan J, Greenspan D, Palefsky JM. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected monocytes facilitate dissemination of EBV within the oral mucosal epithelium. J Virol. 2007 Jun;81(11):5484-96.

Xiao J, Palefsky JM, Herrera R, Berline J, Tugizov SM. The Epstein-Barr virus BMRF-2 protein facilitates virus attachment to oral epithelial cells. Virology. 2008 Jan 20;370(2):430-42.

Xiao J, Palefsky JM, Herrera R, Berline J, Tugizov SM. EBV BMRF-2 facilitates cell-to-cell spread of virus within polarized oral epithelial cells. Virology. 2009 Jun 5;388(2):335-43.

Xiao J, Palefsky JM, Herrera R, Sunshine C, Tugizov SM. EBV-positive human sera contain antibodies against the EBV BMRF-2 protein. Virology. 2009 Oct 10;393(1):151-9.

Tugizov SM, Herrera R, Veluppillai P, Greenspan D, Soros V, Greene WC, Levy JA, Palefsky JM.HIV is inactivated after transepithelial migration via adult oral epithelial cells but not fetal epithelial cells. Virology. 2011 Jan 20;409(2):211-22.

Education and Training:

PhD, Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Moscow, 1985

DSc, Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Moscow, 1996