Peter Kurre, MD
Areas of expertise: Bone marrow failure, Fanconi anemia, Stem cell gene therapy, Shwachman Diamond Syndrome, Blackfan Diamond Anemia
Locations: Main Building
About Peter Kurre, MD
With extended training in pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, Dr. Kurre’s clinical work is focused on children with hematopoiesis failure (i.e., bone marrow failure) across a wide spectrum of inherited and acquired conditions that lead to loss of blood formation. As a physician-scientist, his clinical and scientific goals are directed at improving our understanding and broadening our treatment options for patients with bone marrow failure.
Dr. Kurre's clinical interests focus on diagnosis and treatment of bone marrow failure, specifically on improving diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Along with colleagues at other institutions, he is spearheading efforts to leverage molecular technologies toward the development of tests that improve diagnostic certainty and timeliness of genetic hematopoiesis failure conditions. Dr. Kurre’s laboratory has longstanding expertise in Fanconi anemia (FA), a rare inherited genetic condition with prominent hematologic complications. The long-term goal is to improve our understanding of the progressive hematopoietic failure that occurs in patients with FA. His other lab projects are focused on stem cell regulation by trafficking of extracellular vesicles in the bone marrow microenvironment.
Visit the Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center research page for more information.
Titles
Director, Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center
Certifications
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2018, Hyundai Scholar, Hyundai 'Hope on Wheels' Foundation
2014-2017, Hyundai Scholar, Hyundai 'Hope on Wheels' Foundation
2012, Hyundai Scholar, Hyundai 'Hope on Wheels' Foundation
2009, Judge, American Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students Phoenix, Travel Award
2005, Moderator, Simultaneous Session, American Society of Hematology, 47th Annual Meeting, 2005, Atlanta, GA
2000, Travel Award, American Society of Hematology, 42nd Annual Meeting
1999, Travel Award, American Society of Hematology, 41st Annual Meeting
1998, Travel Award, American Society of Hematology, 40th Annual Meeting
1995, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. (AMSPDC) Frontiers in Science Program, Annual Meeting, invited housestaff (1/69)
1993, Doctoral Thesis: Urea Kinetic Modeling in End Stage Renal Disease
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
International
2013-present, North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium
- 2017-present, Executive Committee
- 2013-present, Steering Committee
2011-present, International Society for Extracellular Vesicles
National
2003-present, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology
2001-present, American Society of Hematology
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2017, Editorial Board, Current Stem Cell Reports
2017-present, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing)
Research Interests
Hematopoiesis failure in Fanconi anemia Developmental hematopoiesis in bone marrow failure conditions Hematopoietic stem cell biology Stem cell gene therapy Extracellular vesicle biology
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Internship
Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Residency
Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fellowship
University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Publications
Publications
2019
Abdelhamed S, Butler JT, Doron B, Halse A, Nemecek E, Wilmarth PA, Marks DL, Chang BH, Horton T, Kurre P. Extracellular vesicles impose quiescence on residual hematopoietic stem cells in the leukemic niche. EMBO Rep. 2019 Jun 17. pii: e47546. doi: 10.15252/embr.201847546. [Epub ahead of print]
Rogers ZR, Nakano TA, Olson TS, Bertuch AA4, Wang W, Gillio A, Coates TD, Chawla A, Castillo P, Kurre P Immunosuppressive Therapy for Pediatric Aplastic Anemia: A North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium Study. Haematologica. 2019 Apr 4. pii: haematol.2018.206540. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.206540.
Doron B, Abdelhamed S, Butler JT, Hashmi SK, Horton TM, Kurre P. Transmissible ER stress shapes the leukemic microenvironment. Leukemia. 2019 Apr;33(4):918-930.
2018
Doron Ben, Abdelhamed S, Butler JT, Hashmi SK, Horton TM, Kurre P. Transmissible ER stress reconfigures the AML bone marrow compartment. Leukemia. 2018 Sep 11. doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0254-2. [Epub ahead of print]
Butler JT, Abdelhamed S, Kurre P. Extracellular vesicles in the hematopoietic microenvironment. Haematologica. 2018 Mar;103(3):382-394. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2017.183335. Epub 2018 Feb 8.
2017
Goloviznina Natalya A, Verghese Santhosh Chakkaramakkil, Yoon Young Me, Taratula Oleh, Marks Daniel L, Kurre Peter: Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote myeloid-biased multipotent hematopoietic progenitor expansion via Toll-like receptor engagement. The Journal of biological chemistry 292(8): 3541, Feb 2017.
2016
Yoon Young Me, Storm Kelsie J, Kamimae-Lanning Ashley N, Goloviznina Natalya A, Kurre Peter: Endogenous DNA Damage Leads to p53-Independent Deficits in Replicative Fitness in Fetal Murine Fancd2(-/-) Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells. Stem cell reports 7(5): 840-853, Nov 2016. PMCID: PMC5106485
Goloviznina Natalya A, Verghese Santhosh Chakkaramakkil, Yoon Young Me, Taratula Oleh, Marks Daniel L, Kurre Peter: Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Myeloid-biased Multipotent Hematopoietic Progenitor Expansion via Toll-Like Receptor Engagement. The Journal of biological chemistry 291(47): 24607-24617, Nov 2016. PMCID: PMC5114412
Chakkaramakkil Verghese Santhosh, Goloviznina Natalya A, Kurre Peter: Phenotypic correction of Fanconi anemia cells in the murine bone marrow after carrier cell mediated delivery of lentiviral vector. Stem cell research & therapy 7(1): 170, Nov 2016. PMCID: PMC5116221
Hornick Noah I, Doron Ben, Abdelhamed Sherif, Huan Jianya, Harrington Christina A, Shen Rongkun, Cambronne Xiaolu A, Chakkaramakkil Verghese Santhosh, Kurre Peter: AML suppresses hematopoiesis by releasing exosomes that contain microRNAs targeting c-MYB. Science signaling 9(444): ra88, Sep 2016.
Viola Shelton, Traer Elie, Huan Jianya, Hornick Noah I, Tyner Jeffrey W, Agarwal Anupriya, Loriaux Marc, Johnstone Brian, Kurre Peter: Alterations in acute myeloid leukaemia bone marrow stromal cell exosome content coincide with gains in tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance. British journal of haematology 172(6): 983-6, Mar 2016. PMCID: PMC4755922
2015
Hornick Noah I, Huan Jianya, Doron Ben, Goloviznina Natalya A, Lapidus Jodi, Chang Bill H, Kurre Peter: Serum Exosome MicroRNA as a Minimally-Invasive Early Biomarker of AML. Scientific reports 5: 11295, Jun 2015. PMCID: PMC4650871
Geng Huimin, Hurtz Christian, Lenz Kyle B, Chen Zhengshan, Baumjohann Dirk, Thompson Sarah, Goloviznina Natalya A, Chen Wei-Yi, Huan Jianya, LaTocha Dorian, Ballabio Erica, Xiao Gang, Lee Jae-Woong, Deucher Anne, Qi Zhongxia, Park Eugene, Huang Chuanxin, Nahar Rahul, Kweon Soo-Mi, Shojaee Seyedmehdi, Chan Lai N, Yu Jingwei, Kornblau Steven M, Bijl Janetta J, Ye B Hilda, Ansel K Mark, Paietta Elisabeth, Melnick Ari, Hunger Stephen P, Kurre Peter, Tyner Jeffrey W, Loh Mignon L, Roeder Robert G, Druker Brian J, Burger Jan A, Milne Thomas A, Chang Bill H, Müschen Markus: Self-enforcing feedback activation between BCL6 and pre-B cell receptor signaling defines a distinct subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer cell 27(3): 409-25, Mar 2015. PMCID: PMC4618684
Kamimae-Lanning Ashley N, Krasnow Stephanie M, Goloviznina Natalya A, Zhu Xinxia, Roth-Carter Quinn R, Levasseur Peter R, Jeng Sophia, McWeeney Shannon K, Kurre Peter, Marks Daniel L: Maternal high-fat diet and obesity compromise fetal hematopoiesis. Molecular metabolism 4(1): 25-38, Jan 2015. PMCID: PMC4314531
2014
Gagne Katelyn E, Ghazvinian Roxanne, Yuan Daniel, Zon Rebecca L, Storm Kelsie, Mazur-Popinska Magdalena, Andolina Laura, Bubala Halina, Golebiowska Sydonia, Higman Meghan A, Kalwak Krzysztof, Kurre Peter, Matysiak Michal, Niewiadomska Edyta, Pels Salley, Petruzzi Mary Jane, Pobudejska-Pieniazek Aneta, Szczepanski Tomasz, Fleming Mark D, Gazda Hanna T, Agarwal Suneet: Pearson marrow pancreas syndrome in patients suspected to have Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood 124(3): 437-40, Jul 2014. PMCID: PMC4102714
Verghese Santhosh Chakkaramakkil, Goloviznina Natalya A, Skinner Amy M, Lipps Hans J, Kurre Peter: S/MAR sequence confers long-term mitotic stability on non-integrating lentiviral vector episomes without selection. Nucleic acids research 42(7): e53, Apr 2014. PMCID: PMC3985655
2013
Skinner Amy M, Chakkaramakkil Verghese Santhosh, Kurre Peter: Cell-cell transmission of VSV-G pseudotyped lentivector particles. PloS one 8(9): e74925, 2013. PMCID: PMC3769293
Sutton Kathryn S, Shereck Evan B, Nemecek Eneida R, Kurre Peter: Immune markers of disease severity and treatment response in pediatric acquired aplastic anemia. Pediatric blood & cancer 60(3): 455-60, Mar 2013.
Kamimae-Lanning Ashley N, Goloviznina Natalya A, Kurre Peter: Fetal origins of hematopoietic failure in a murine model of Fanconi anemia. Blood 121(11): 2008-12, Mar 2013. PMCID: PMC3645055
Huan Jianya, Hornick Noah I, Shurtleff Matthew J, Skinner Amy M, Goloviznina Natalya A, Roberts Charles T, Kurre Peter: RNA trafficking by acute myelogenous leukemia exosomes. Cancer research 73(2): 918-29, Jan 2013.
2012
Skinner Amy M, Grompe Markus, Kurre Peter: Intra-hematopoietic cell fusion as a source of somatic variation in the hematopoietic system. Journal of cell science 125(Pt 12): 2837-43, Jun 2012. PMCID: PMC3434805
Russell Thomas B, Skinner Amy M, Kurre Peter: Programmed vesicle transfer of green fluorescent protein from a stably transduced cell line to primary hematopoietic cells. Blood 119(22): 5330-2, May 2012.
2010
Russell Thomas B, Kurre Peter: Double-negative T cells are non-ALPS-specific markers of immune dysregulation found in patients with aplastic anemia. Blood 116(23): 5072-3, Dec 2010.
O'Neill Lee S, Skinner Amy M, Woodward Josha A, Kurre Peter: Entry kinetics and cell-cell transmission of surface-bound retroviral vector particles. The journal of gene medicine 12(5): 463-76, May 2010. PMCID: PMC2864923
2009
De Mola Rebecca Loret, Kurre Peter: MRI findings in aplastic anemia. American journal of hematology 84(11): 754, Nov 2009.
Zhang Zili, Zhong Wenwei, Hall Mark J, Kurre Peter, Spencer Doran, Skinner Amy, O'Neill Stacy, Xia Zhenwei, Rosenbaum James T: CXCR4 but not CXCR7 is mainly implicated in ocular leukocyte trafficking during ovalbumin-induced acute uveitis. Experimental eye research 89(4): 522-31, Oct 2009. PMCID: PMC2745349
Skinner Amy M, O'Neill S Lee, Kurre Peter: Cellular microvesicle pathways can be targeted to transfer genetic information between non-immune cells. PloS one 4(7): e6219, Jul 2009. PMCID: PMC2704871
Pan Yung-Wei, Kurre Peter: Avoiding lentiviral transduction culture induced MSC senescence. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 13(6): 1186-7, Jun 2009. PMCID: PMC4496114
O'Neill Lee, Skinner Amy M, Kurre Peter: Is hematopoietic stem cell homing deficient in Fanconi anemia? Blood 113(21): 5361; author reply 5362, May 2009. PMCID: PMC2686198
Anur Praveen, Nemecek Eneida R, Kurre Peter: The evolving spectrum of 'non-classical' Diamond-Blackfan anaemia -- a case of eADA positive pancytopenia in a young adult. British journal of haematology 145(3): 428-30, May 2009.
2008
Chatham-Stephens Kevin, Devere Theresa, Guzman-Cottrill Judith, Kurre Peter: Metachronous manifestations of Sweet's syndrome in a neutropenic patient with Fanconi anemia. Pediatric blood & cancer 51(1): 128-30, Jul 2008.
Skinner Amy M, O'Neill S Lee, Grompe Markus, Kurre Peter: CXCR4 induction in hematopoietic progenitor cells from Fanca(-/-), -c(-/-), and -d2(-/-) mice. Experimental hematology 36(3): 273-82, Mar 2008. PMCID: PMC2335150
2007
Harkey Michael A, Kaul Rajinder, Jacobs Michael A, Kurre Peter, Bovee Don, Levy Ruth, Blau C Anthony: Multiarm high-throughput integration site detection: limitations of LAM-PCR technology and optimization for clonal analysis. Stem cells and development 16(3): 381-92, Jun 2007.
Pan Yung-Wei, Scarlett Jarrad M, Luoh Tammy T, Kurre Peter: Prolonged adherence of human immunodeficiency virus-derived vector particles to hematopoietic target cells leads to secondary transduction in vitro and in vivo. Journal of virology 81(2): 639-49, Jan 2007. PMCID: PMC1797443
2004
Platzbecker Uwe, Kurre Peter, Guardiola Philippe, Ward Jessica L, Radich Jerald P, Kiem Hans-Peter, Deeg H Joachim: Fanconi anemia type C-deficient hematopoietic cells are resistant to TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand)-induced cleavage of pro-caspase-8. Experimental hematology 32(9): 815-21, Sep 2004.
Kurre Peter, Anandakumar Ponni, Harkey Michael A, Thomasson Bobbie, Kiem Hans-Peter: Efficient marking of murine long-term repopulating stem cells targeting unseparated marrow cells at low lentiviral vector particle concentration. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 9(6): 914-22, Jun 2004.
2003
Kurre Peter, Morris Julia, Thomasson Bobbie, Kohn Donald B, Kiem Hans-Peter: Scaffold attachment region-containing retrovirus vectors improve long-term proviral expression after transplantation of GFP-modified CD34+ baboon repopulating cells. Blood 102(9): 3117-9, Nov 2003.
Guardiola Philippe, Kurre Peter, Vlad Amalia, Cayuela Jean-Michel, Espérou Hélène, Devergie Agnès, Ribaud Patricia, Socié Gérard, Richard Patrice, Traineau Richard, Storb Rainer, Gluckman Eliane: Effective graft-versus-leukaemia effect after allogeneic stem cell transplantation using reduced-intensity preparative regimens in Fanconi anaemia patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukaemia. British journal of haematology 122(5): 806-9, Sep 2003.
Kurre Peter, Pulsipher Michael, Woolfrey Ann, Maris Michael, Sandmaier Brenda, Kiem Hans-Peter, Storb Rainier: Reduced toxicity and prompt engraftment after minimal conditioning of a patient with Fanconi anemia undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-matched unrelated donor. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology 25(7): 581-3, Jul 2003.
2002
Kurre Peter, Anandakumar Ponni, Grompe Markus, Kiem Hans Peter: In vivo administration of interferon gamma does not cause marrow aplasia in mice with a targeted disruption of FANCC. Experimental hematology 30(11): 1257-62, Nov 2002.
Kurre Peter, Morris Julia, Andrews Robert G, Kohn Donald B, Kiem Hans-Peter: Kinetics of fluorescence expression in nonhuman primates transplanted with GFP retrovirus-modified CD34 cells. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 6(1): 83-90, Jul 2002.
Kiem Hans-Peter, Rasko John E J, Morris Julia, Peterson Laura, Kurre Peter, Andrews Robert G: Ex vivo selection for oncoretrovirally transduced green fluorescent protein-expressing CD34-enriched cells increases short-term engraftment of transduced cells in baboons. Human gene therapy 13(8): 891-9, May 2002.