Department Name

Ricardo F. Ungaro
Biological Scientist

University of Florida
Department of Surgery
1600 SW Archer Rd., Room 6116
Gainesville, FL 32610-0286
Telephone: (352) 265-0494
Fax: (352) 265-0676
E-mail: ungaro@surgery.ufl.edu

Education: 

B.S., 2000
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Professional Experience: 

Senior Laboratory Technician
University of Florida Department of Surgery
Department of Surgery Research Laboratories
Lyle L. Moldawer, Ph.D., Director
Gainesville, Florida
2001 - 2002

Biological Scientist
University of Florida Department of Surgery
Laboratory of Inflammation Biology and Surgical Science
Lyle L. Moldawer, Ph.D., Director
Gainesville, Florida
2002 - Present


Publications: 

1) Oberholzer A, Oberholzer C, Bahjat KS, Ungaro R, Tannahill CL, Murday M, Bahjat FR, Abouhamze Z, Tsai V, LaFace D, Hutchins B, Moldawer LL, Clare-Salzler MJ. Increased survival in sepsis by in vivo adenovirus-induced expression of IL-10 in dendritic cells. J Immunol. 2002 Apr 1;168(7):3412-8.

2) Efron PA, Martins A, Minnich D, Tinsley K, Ungaro R, Bahjat FR, Hotchkiss R, Clare-Salzler M, Moldawer LL. Characterization of the systemic loss of dendritic cells in murine lymph nodes during polymicrobial sepsis. J Immunol. 2004 Sep 1;173(5):3035-43.

3) Matsumoto T, Efron PA, Tsujimoto H, Tschoeke SK, Ungaro R, Fujita S, Foley DP, Hemming A, Moldawer LL. Splenic transposition is superior to caudal shunt as a model of murine total hepatic ischemia.
Lab Invest. 2005 Jan;85(1):90-8.

4) Efron PA, Tsujimoto H, Bahjat FR, Ungaro R, Debernardis J, Tannahill C, Baker HV, Edwards CK, Moldawer LL. Differential maturation of murine bone-marrow derived dendritic cells with lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Endotoxin Res. 2005;11(3):145-60.

5) Oberholzer A, Oberholzer C, Efron PA, Scumpia PO, Uchida T, Bahjat K, Ungaro R, Tannahill CL, Murday M, Bahjat FR, Tsai V, Hutchins B, Moldawer LL, Laface D, Clare-Salzler MJ. Functional modification of dendritic cells with recombinant adenovirus encoding interleukin 10 for the treatment of sepsis. Shock. 2005 Jun;23(6):507-15.

6) Scumpia PO, McAuliffe PF, O'Malley KA, Ungaro R, Uchida T, Matsumoto T, Remick DG, Clare-Salzler MJ, Moldawer LL, Efron PA. CD11c+ dendritic cells are required for survival in murine polymicrobial sepsis. J Immunol. 2005 Sep 1;175(5):3282-6.

7) Tsujimoto H, Uchida T, Efron PA, Scumpia PO, Verma A, Matsumoto T, Tschoeke SK, Ungaro RF, Ono S, Seki S, Clare-Salzler MJ, Baker HV, Mochizuki H, Ramphal R, Moldawer LL. Flagellin enhances NK cell proliferation and activation directly and through dendritic cell-NK cell interactions. J Leukoc Biol. 2005 Oct;78(4):888-97. Epub 2005 Jul 20.

8) McAuliffe PF, Murday ME, Efron PA, Scumpia PO, Ungaro R, Abouhamze A, Tannahill CL, Hutchins B, Laface D, Moldawer LL. Dose-dependent improvements in outcome with adenoviral expression of interleukin-10 in a murine model of multisystem organ failure. Gene Ther. 2005 Oct 27.