The University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 1089
Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone: (773) 702-6755 ffitch@uchicago.edu
Research Interests
My research activities were devoted to understanding the regulatory processes
that control T lymphocyte immune responses and to characterizing the mechanisms
involved in growth and differentiation of T cells which are members of functionally
and phenotypically distinct subsets.
Selected Publications
Fields PE, Gajewski TF, Fitch FW. Blocked Ras activation in anergic CD4+
T cells. Science. 1996 Mar 1;271(5253):1276-8.
Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Diebold J, Flandrin G, Muller-Hermelink HK, Vardiman
JW, Lister TA, Bloomfield CD. World Health Organization Classification of
neoplastic diseases of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Report of
the Clinical Advisory Committee Meeting - Airlie House, Virginia. Modern
Pathology 2000; 13:193-207
Selected Publications (continued)
Lancki DW, Fields P, Qian D, and Fitch FW. Induction of lytic pathways in
T cell clones derived from wild-type or protein tyrosine kinase Fyn mutant
mice. Immunol. Rev. 146:117-144, 1995.
Lancki DW, Qian D, Fields P, Gajewski T, and Fitch FW. Differential requirement
for protein tyrosine kinase Fyn in the functional activation of antigen-specific
T lymphocyte clones through the TCR or Thy-1. J. Immunol. 154:4363k-4370, 1995.
Gajewski TF, Fields P, and Fitch FW. Induction of the increased Fyn kinase
activity in anergic T helper type 1 clones requires calcium and protein synthesis
and is sensitive to cyclosporin A. Eur. J. Immunol. 25:1836-1842, 1995.