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Published on September 17, 2020 by Wesley Stepp

Wesley Stepp – Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Practice Contact Information

University of North Carolina
170 Manning Drive

Chapel Hill
North Carolina
27514
United States

Phone: 9199663433
Email: wesley@med.unc.edu
Web Site:


Areas of Interest in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery


Biography/Statement

I am a scientist and clinician working at the forefront of head and neck cancer research and treatment. My work has helped to shed light on how human papillomavirus (HPV) blocks the immune system and how doctors can use tumor-specific therapies to improve treatment of the cancers that HPV causes. I am also an inventor on a patent pending approach to predict the aggressiveness of head and neck cancers. I completed my PhD in Microbiology & Immunology through the National Institutes of Health and Georgetown University. I currently work with a multidisciplinary cancer research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the lab, while performing clinical duties in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery. When not in the hospital or lab, I enjoy running, rock climbing and reading historical non-fiction.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published Manuscripts:

Malfitano MJ, Santarelli GD, Gelpi M, Brown WC, Stepp WH, Hernandez S, et al. A Comparison of Sphenoid Sinus Osteoneogenesis in Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2020:1945892420941732. Epub 2020/07/15. doi: 10.1177/1945892420941732. PubMed PMID: 32660262.

Brandon BM, Stepp WH, Basu S, Kimbell JS, Senior BA, Shockley WW, et al. Nasal Airflow Changes With Bioabsorbable Implant, Butterfly, and Spreader Grafts. Laryngoscope. 2020. Epub 2020/05/05. doi: 10.1002/lary.28691. PubMed PMID: 32364619.

Balakrishnan S, Bu R, Waters C, Brandon B, Kimbell J, Stepp WH, et al. Utility of endoscopic anatomical optical coherence tomography in functional rhinoplasty. J Biomed Opt. 2020;25(1):1-11. Epub 2020/01/09. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.25.1.016001. PubMed PMID: 31912688; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC7008596.

Zhang Y, Grant MS, Stepp WH, Clark LH. Clinical characteristics of CNS metastases from primary gynecologic cancers. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2019;30:100518. Epub 2019/12/24. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2019.100518. PubMed PMID: 31867433; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC6906733.

Malfitano MJ, Norris MN, Stepp WH, Santarelli GD, Samulski TD, Senior BA, et al. Nasopharyngeal Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Allergy Rhinol (Providence). 2019;10:2152656719889030. Epub 2019/12/11. doi: 10.1177/2152656719889030. PubMed PMID: 31819807; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC6883668.

Stepp WH, Farquhar D, Sheth S, Mazul A, Mamdani M, Hackman TG, et al. RNA Oncoimmune Phenotyping of HPV-Positive p16-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas by Nodal Status. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018;144(11):967-75. Epub 2018/05/02. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.0602. PubMed PMID: 29710215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC6193859.

Dunn JLM, Kartchner LB, Stepp WH, Glenn LI, Malfitano MM, Jones SW, et al. Blocking CXCL1-dependent neutrophil recruitment prevents immune damage and reduces pulmonary bacterial infection after inhalation injury. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018;314(5):L822-L34. Epub 2018/01/26. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00272.2017. PubMed PMID: 29368547; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC6008131.

Stepp WH, Stamos JD, Khurana S, Warburton A, McBride AA. Sp100 colocalizes with HPV replication foci and restricts the productive stage of the infectious cycle. PLoS Pathog. 2017;13(10):e1006660. Epub 2017/10/03. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006660. PubMed PMID: 28968443; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC5638619.

Porter SS, Stepp WH, Stamos JD, McBride AA. Host cell restriction factors that limit transcription and replication of human papillomavirus. Virus Res. 2017;231:10-20. Epub 2016/11/20. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.11.014. PubMed PMID: 27863967; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC5325803.

Eitas TK, Stepp WH, Sjeklocha L, Long CV, Riley C, Callahan J, et al. Differential regulation of innate immune cytokine production through pharmacological activation of Nuclear Factor-Erythroid-2-Related Factor 2 (NRF2) in burn patient immune cells and monocytes. PLoS One. 2017;12(9):e0184164. Epub 2017/09/09. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184164. PubMed PMID: 28886135; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC5590883.

Van Doorslaer K, Porter S, McKinney C, Stepp WH, McBride AA. Novel recombinant papillomavirus genomes expressing selectable genes. Sci Rep. 2016;6:37782. Epub 2016/11/29. doi: 10.1038/srep37782. PubMed PMID: 27892937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC5125267.

Stepp WH, Meyers JM, McBride AA. Sp100 provides intrinsic immunity against human papillomavirus infection. mBio. 2013;4(6):e00845-13. Epub 2013/11/07. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00845-13. PubMed PMID: 24194542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC3892783.

McBride AA, Sakakibara N, Stepp WH, Jang MK. Hitchhiking on host chromatin: how papillomaviruses persist. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1819(7):820-5. Epub 2012/02/07. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.01.011. PubMed PMID: 22306660; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC3357461.

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