Steve Cole is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the UCLA School of Medicine. His research studies the biological pathways by which social environments influence gene expression by viral, cancer, and immune cell genomes. Dr. Cole received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1993 and subsequently completed 5 years of Post-Doctoral Fellowship research in psycho-neuro-immunology at UCLA. He subsequently served as an Assistant Research Biologist (1998), Assistant Professor (2001), Associate Professor (2006), and Professor of Medicine (2011) at UCLA. In addition to his appointments in the Division of Hematology-Oncology in the UCLA Department of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dr. Cole is also a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Norman Cousins Center, the UCLA AIDS Institute, and the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. Dr. Cole also serves as Director of the UCLA Social Genomics Core Laboratory, and provides consulting support on social regulation of gene expression to the Institute of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems, and the MacArthur Foundation, among others.
Contact information
Mailing Address:
11-934 Factor Building
UCLA School of Medicine
Campus - 167817
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Work Address:
Office
Factor
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Work Address:
Laboratory
Factor
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Research Interests
Social Regulation of Gene Expression
Dr. Cole's research uses computational modeling to analyze the biological pathways through which social environments influence human health. His laboratory studies social regulation of gene expression by viral genomes, cancer cells, and human immune cells.
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Publications
Chang M, Brown H, Symensma T, Tanaka L, Arevalo J, Collado-Hidalgo A, Galic Z, Deng H, Zack J, Sun R, Cole S Beta-adrenergic stimulation of HHV-8 lytic gene expression via PKA-dependent control of viral RTA.
Under review
2004;
.
Zhou X, Rao NP, Cole SW, Mok SC, Chen Z, Wong DTW Current progress in concurrent analysis of loss of heterozygosity and comparative genomic hybridization utilizing high density oligonucleotide polymorphism arrays..
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
2004;
.
Zhou X, Cole SW, Cheng Z, Li Y, Wong DTW Identification of partial chromosomal deletion through binary recursive partitioning of microarray differential expression data.
Journal of Medical Genetics
2004; In press.:
.
Cole SW The complexity of dynamic host networks.
The complexity of dynamic host networks
2003;
.
Cole SW, Kemeny ME Psychosocial influences on the progression of HIV infection.
Psychoneuroimmunology
2001; 2:
583-612.
Cole S, Knutson B, Wolkowitz O, Reus V Serotonergic neurotransmission modulates socially inhibited personality characteristics in normal humans..
Under review
2001;
.
Cole SW, Jamieson BD, Zack JA cAMP externalizes lymphocyte CXCR4: Implications for chemotaxis and HIV infection..
Journal of Immunology
1999; 162:
1392-1400.
Cole SW, Korin YD, Fahey JL, Zack JA Norepineprhine accelerates HIV replication via progein kinase A-dependent effects on cytokine production..
Journal of Immunology
1998; 161:
610-616.
Cole SW, Knutson BD, Wolkowitz OL, Reus VI Serotonergic neurotransmission modulates socially inhibited personality characteristics in normal humans.
1998;
.
Cole SW Blind T cell homeostasis and HIV infection..
Immunology Today
1997; 18:
505-506.
Cole SW, Kemeny ME, Taylor SE, Visscher BR, Fahey JL Accelerated course of human immunodeficiency virus infection in gay men who conceal their homosexual identity..
Psychosomatic medicine. .
1996; 58(3):
219-31.
Fuligni Andrew J, Telzer Eva H, Bower Julienne, Irwin Michael R, Kiang Lisa, Cole Steve W Daily family assistance and inflammation among adolescents from Latin
American and European backgrounds..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2009; 23(6):
803-9.
Garcia-Ortiz José Elias, Pelosi Emanuele, Omari Shakib, Nedorezov Timur, Piao Yulan, Karmazin Jesse, Uda Manuela, Cao Antonio, Cole Steve W, Forabosco Antonino, Schlessinger David, Ottolenghi Chris Foxl2 functions in sex determination and histogenesis throughout mouse
ovary development..
BMC developmental biology.
2009; 9(6):
36.
Cole Steve W, Mendoza Sally P, Capitanio John P Social stress desensitizes lymphocytes to regulation by endogenous
glucocorticoids: insights from in vivo cell trafficking dynamics in
rhesus macaques..
Psychosomatic medicine.
2009; 71(6):
591-7.
Fuligni Andrew J, Telzer Eva H, Bower Julienne, Cole Steve W, Kiang Lisa, Irwin Michael R A preliminary study of daily interpersonal stress and C-reactive
protein levels among adolescents from Latin American and European
backgrounds..
Psychosomatic medicine.
2009; 71(3):
329-33.
Lee Jeong-Won, Shahzad Mian M K, Lin Yvonne G, Armaiz-Pena Guillermo, Mangala Lingegowda S, Han Hee-Dong, Kim Hye-Sun, Nam Eun Ji, Jennings Nicholas B, Halder Jyotsnabaran, Nick Alpa M, Stone Rebecca L, Lu Chunhua, Lutgendorf Susan K, Cole Steve W, Lokshin Anna E, Sood Anil K Surgical stress promotes tumor growth in ovarian carcinoma..
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
2009; 15(8):
2695-702.
Lutgendorf Susan K, DeGeest Koen, Sung Caroline Y, Arevalo Jesusa M, Penedo Frank, Lucci Joseph, Goodheart Michael, Lubaroff David, Farley Donna M, Sood Anil K, Cole Steve W Depression, social support, and beta-adrenergic transcription control
in human ovarian cancer..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2009; 23(2):
176-83.
Miller Gregory, Chen Edith, Cole Steve W Health psychology: developing biologically plausible models linking
the social world and physical health..
Annual review of psychology.
2009; 60(2):
501-24.
Miller Gregory E, Rohleder Nicolas, Cole Steve W Chronic interpersonal stress predicts activation of pro- and
anti-inflammatory signaling pathways 6 months later..
Psychosomatic medicine.
2009; 71(1):
57-62.
Armaiz-Pena Guillermo N, Lutgendorf Susan K, Cole Steve W, Sood Anil K Neuroendocrine modulation of cancer progression..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2009; 23(1):
10-5.
Lutgendorf Susan K, Lamkin Donald M, Jennings Nicholas B, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Penedo Frank, DeGeest Koen, Langley Robert R, Lucci Joseph A, Cole Steve W, Lubaroff David M, Sood Anil K Biobehavioral influences on matrix metalloproteinase expression in
ovarian carcinoma..
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
2008; 14(21):
6839-46.
Cole Steve W Social regulation of leukocyte homeostasis: the role of glucocorticoid
sensitivity..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 22(7):
1049-55.
Irwin Michael R, Wang Minge, Ribeiro Denise, Cho Hyong Jin, Olmstead Richard, Breen Elizabeth Crabb, Martinez-Maza Otoniel, Cole Steve Sleep loss activates cellular inflammatory signaling..
Biological psychiatry.
2008; 64(6):
538-40.
Miller Gregory E, Chen Edith, Sze Jasmen, Marin Teresa, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Doll Richard, Ma Roy, Cole Steve W A functional genomic fingerprint of chronic stress in humans: blunted
glucocorticoid and increased NF-kappaB signaling..
Biological psychiatry.
2008; 64(4):
266-72.
Kato Pamela M, Cole Steve W, Bradlyn Andrew S, Pollock Brad H A video game improves behavioral outcomes in adolescents and young
adults with cancer: a randomized trial..
Pediatrics.
2008; 122(2):
e305-17.
Collado-Hidalgo Brad H, Bower Brad H, Ganz Brad H, Irwin Brad H, Cole Brad H Cytokine gene polymorphisms and fatigue in breast cancer survivors:
Early findings..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 122(2):
.
Capitanio John P, Abel Kristina, Mendoza Sally P, Blozis Shelley A, McChesney Michael B, Cole Steve W, Mason William A Personality and serotonin transporter genotype interact with social
context to affect immunity and viral set-point in simian
immunodeficiency virus disease..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 22(5):
676-89.
Sloan Erica K, Capitanio John P, Tarara Ross P, Cole Steve W Social temperament and lymph node innervation..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 22(5):
717-26.
Cole Steve W Psychosocial influences on HIV-1 disease progression: neural,
endocrine, and virologic mechanisms..
Psychosomatic medicine.
2008; 70(5):
562-8.
Fouse Shaun D, Shen Yin, Pellegrini Matteo, Cole Steve, Meissner Alexander, Van Neste Leander, Jaenisch Rudolf, Fan Guoping Promoter CpG methylation contributes to ES cell gene regulation in
parallel with Oct4/Nanog, PcG complex, and histone H3 K4/K27
trimethylation..
Cell stem cell.
2008; 2(2):
160-9.
Sloan Erica K, Nguyen Christina T, Cox Benjamin F, Tarara Ross P, Capitanio John P, Cole Steve W SIV infection decreases sympathetic innervation of primate lymph
nodes: the role of neurotrophins..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 22(2):
185-94.
Sloan Erica K, Capitanio John P, Cole Steve W Stress-induced remodeling of lymphoid innervation..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 22(1):
15-21.
Landen Charles N, Lin Yvonne G, Armaiz Pena Guillermo N, Das Pamela D, Arevalo Jesusa M, Kamat Aparna A, Han Liz Y, Jennings Nicholas B, Spannuth Whitney A, Thaker Premal H, Lutgendorf Susan K, Savary Cherylyn A, Sanguino Angela M, Lopez-Berestein Gabriel, Cole Steve W, Sood Anil K Neuroendocrine modulation of signal transducer and activator of
transcription-3 in ovarian cancer..
Cancer research.
2007; 67(21):
10389-96.
Bower Julienne E, Ganz Patricia A, Aziz Najib, Olmstead Richard, Irwin Michael R, Cole Steve W Inflammatory responses to psychological stress in fatigued breast
cancer survivors: relationship to glucocorticoids..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2007; 21(3):
251-8.
Irwin Michael R, Olmos Luis, Wang Minge, Valladares Edwin M, Motivala Sarosh J, Fong Tim, Newton Tom, Butch Anthony, Olmstead Richard, Cole Steve W Cocaine dependence and acute cocaine induce decreases of monocyte
proinflammatory cytokine expression across the diurnal period:
autonomic mechanisms..
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.
2007; 320(2):
507-15.
Cole Steve W, Hawkley Louise C, Arevalo Jesusa M, Sung Caroline Y, Rose Robert M, Cacioppo John T Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes..
Genome biology.
2007; 8(9):
R189.
Collado-Hidalgo Alicia, Sung Caroline, Cole Steve Adrenergic inhibition of innate anti-viral response: PKA blockade of
Type I interferon gene transcription mediates catecholamine support
for HIV-1 replication..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2006; 20(6):
552-63.
Irwin Michael R, Wang Minge, Campomayor Capella O, Collado-Hidalgo Alicia, Cole Steve Sleep deprivation and activation of morning levels of cellular and
genomic markers of inflammation..
Archives of internal medicine.
2006; 166(16):
1756-62.
Sloan Erica K, Tarara Ross P, Capitanio John P, Cole Steve W Enhanced replication of simian immunodeficiency virus adjacent to
catecholaminergic varicosities in primate lymph nodes..
Journal of virology.
2006; 80(9):
4326-35.
Chang Margaret, Brown Helen J, Collado-Hidalgo Alicia, Arevalo Jesusa M, Galic Zoran, Symensma Tonia L, Tanaka Lena, Deng Hongyu, Zack Jerome A, Sun Ren, Cole Steve W beta-Adrenoreceptors reactivate Kaposi's sarcoma-associated
herpesvirus lytic replication via PKA-dependent control of viral RTA..
Journal of virology.
2005; 79(21):
13538-47.
Cole Steve W, Yan Weihong, Galic Zoran, Arevalo Jesusa, Zack Jerome A Expression-based monitoring of transcription factor activity: the
TELiS database..
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England).
2005; 21(6):
803-10.
Cole SW, Yan W, Galic Z, Arevalo J, Zack JA Expression-based monitoring of transcription factor activity: the TELiS database..
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) .
2005; 21(6):
803-10.
Chen Edith, Cole Steve W, Kato Pamela M A review of empirically supported psychosocial interventions for pain
and adherence outcomes in sickle cell disease..
Journal of pediatric psychology.
2004; 29(3):
197-209.
Chen Hongying, Zha Junli, Gowans Reginald E, Camargo Paulo, Nishitani Junko, McQuirter Joseph L, Cole Steve W, Zack Jerome A, Liu Xuan Alcohol enhances HIV type 1 infection in normal human oral
keratinocytes by up-regulating cell-surface CXCR4 coreceptor..
AIDS research and human retroviruses.
2004; 20(5):
513-9.
Chen H, Zha J, Gowans RE, Camargo P, Nishitani J, McQuirter JL, Cole SW, Zack JA, Liu X Alcohol enhances HIV type 1 infection in normal human oral keratinocytes by up-regulating cell-surface CXCR4 coreceptor..
AIDS research and human retroviruses. .
2004; 20(5):
513-9.
Richlin Vanessa A, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Zack Jerome A, Cole Steve W Stress-induced enhancement of NF-kappaB DNA-binding in the peripheral
blood leukocyte pool: effects of lymphocyte redistribution..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2004; 18(3):
231-7.
Richlin VA, Arevalo JM, Zack JA, Cole SW Stress-induced enhancement of NF-kappaB DNA-binding in the peripheral blood leukocyte pool: effects of lymphocyte redistribution..
Brain, behavior, and immunity. .
2004; 18(3):
231-7.
Zhou X, Cole SW, Hu S, Wong DT Detection of DNA copy number abnormality by microarray expression analysis..
Human genetics. .
2004; 114(5):
464-7.
Amado Rafael G, Mitsuyasu Ronald T, Rosenblatt Joseph D, Ngok Frances K, Bakker Andreas, Cole Steve, Chorn Nathalie, Lin Lii-Shin, Bristol Gregory, Boyd Maureen P, MacPherson Janet L, Fanning Gregory C, Todd Alison V, Ely Julie A, Zack Jerome A, Symonds Geoff P Anti-human immunodeficiency virus hematopoietic progenitor
cell-delivered ribozyme in a phase I study: myeloid and lymphoid
reconstitution in human immunodeficiency virus type-1-infected
patients..
Human gene therapy.
2004; 15(3):
251-62.
Cole SW, Kemeny ME, Fahey JL, Zack JA, Naliboff BD Psychological risk factors for HIV pathogenesis: mediation by the autonomic nervous system..
Biological psychiatry. .
2003; 54(12):
1444-56.
Symensma Tonia L, Martinez-Guzman DeeAnn, Jia Qingmei, Bortz Eric, Wu Ting-Ting, Rudra-Ganguly Nandini, Cole Steve, Herschman Harvey, Sun Ren COX-2 induction during murine gammaherpesvirus 68 infection leads to
enhancement of viral gene expression..
Journal of virology.
2003; 77(23):
12753-63.
Symensma TL, Martinez-Guzman D, Jia Q, Bortz E, Wu TT, Rudra-Ganguly N, Cole S, Herschman H, Sun R COX-2 induction during murine gammaherpesvirus 68 infection leads to enhancement of viral gene expression..
Journal of virology. .
2003; 77(23):
12753-63.
Cole Steve W, Kemeny Margaret E, Fahey John L, Zack Jerome A, Naliboff Bruce D Psychological risk factors for HIV pathogenesis: mediation by the
autonomic nervous system..
Biological psychiatry.
2003; 54(12):
1444-56.
Cole SW, Galic Z, Zack JA Controlling false-negative errors in microarray differential expression analysis: a PRIM approach..
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) .
2003; 19(14):
1808-16.
Cole Steve W, Galic Zoran, Zack Jerome A Controlling false-negative errors in microarray differential
expression analysis: a PRIM approach..
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England).
2003; 19(14):
1808-16.
Bower Julienne E, Ganz Patricia A, Aziz Najib, Fahey John L, Cole Steve W T-cell homeostasis in breast cancer survivors with persistent fatigue..
Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
2003; 95(15):
1165-8.
Liu Xuan, Zha Junli, Chen Hongying, Nishitani Junko, Camargo Paulo, Cole Steve W, Zack Jerome A Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and replication in
normal human oral keratinocytes..
Journal of virology.
2003; 77(6):
3470-6.
Liu X, Zha J, Chen H, Nishitani J, Camargo P, Cole SW, Zack JA Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and replication in normal human oral keratinocytes..
Journal of virology. .
2003; 77(6):
3470-6.
Arjomand Jamshid, Cole Steve, Evans Chris J Novel orphanin FQ/nociceptin transcripts are expressed in human immune
cells..
Journal of neuroimmunology.
2002; 130(1-2):
100-8.
Cole SW, Kemeny ME, Weitzman OB, Schoen M, Anton PA Socially inhibited individuals show heightened DTH response during intense social engagement..
Brain, behavior, and immunity. .
1999; 13(2):
187-200.
Norman Greg J, Hawkley Louise, Luhmann Maike, Ball Aaron B, Cole Steve W, Berntson Gary G, Cacioppo John T Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene influences neurocardiac
reactivity to social stress and HPA function: A population based
study..
Hormones and behavior.
2012; 61(1):
134-9.
Norman Greg J, Hawkley Louise C, Cole Steve W, Berntson Gary G, Cacioppo John T Social neuroscience: the social brain, oxytocin, and health..
Social neuroscience.
2012; 7(1):
18-29.
Inagaki Tristen K, Muscatell Keely A, Irwin Michael R, Cole Steve W, Eisenberger Naomi I Inflammation selectively enhances amygdala activity to socially
threatening images..
NeuroImage.
2011; 7(1):
.
Moreno-Smith Myrthala, Lu Chunhua, Shahzad Mian M K, Pena Guillermo N Armaiz, Allen Julie K, Stone Rebecca L, Mangala Lingegowda S, Han Hee Dong, Kim Hye Sun, Farley Donna, Berestein Gabriel Lopez, Cole Steve W, Lutgendorf Susan K, Sood Anil K Dopamine blocks stress-mediated ovarian carcinoma growth..
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
2011; 17(11):
3649-59.
Lutgendorf Susan K, DeGeest Koen, Dahmoush Laila, Farley Donna, Penedo Frank, Bender David, Goodheart Michael, Buekers Thomas E, Mendez Luis, Krueger Gina, Clevenger Lauren, Lubaroff David M, Sood Anil K, Cole Steve W Social isolation is associated with elevated tumor norepinephrine in
ovarian carcinoma patients..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2011; 25(2):
250-5.
Capitanio John P, Mendoza Sally P, Cole Steve W Nervous temperament in infant monkeys is associated with reduced
sensitivity of leukocytes to cortisol's influence on trafficking..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2011; 25(1):
151-9.
Bower Julienne E, Ganz Patricia A, Irwin Michael R, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Cole Steve W Fatigue and gene expression in human leukocytes: increased NF-κB and
decreased glucocorticoid signaling in breast cancer survivors with
persistent fatigue..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2011; 25(1):
147-50.
O'Donovan Aoife, Sun Bing, Cole Steve, Rempel Hans, Lenoci Maryann, Pulliam Lynn, Neylan Thomas Transcriptional control of monocyte gene expression in post-traumatic
stress disorder..
Disease markers.
2011; 30(2-3):
123-32.
Yan Weihong, Apweiler Rolf, Balgley Brian M, Boontheung Pinmanee, Bundy Jonathan L, Cargile Benjamin J, Cole Steve, Fang Xueping, Gonzalez-Begne Mireya, Griffin Timothy J, Hagen Fred, Hu Shen, Wolinsky Lawrence E, Lee Cheng S, Malamud Daniel, Melvin James E, Menon Rajasree, Mueller Michael, Qiao Renli, Rhodus Nelson L, Sevinsky Joel R, States David, Stephenson James L, Than Shawn, Yates John R, Yu Weixia, Xie Hongwei, Xie Yongming, Omenn Gilbert S, Loo Joseph A, Wong David T Systematic comparison of the human saliva and plasma proteomes..
Proteomics. Clinical applications.
2009; 3(1):
116-134.
Sloan Erica K, Priceman Saul J, Cox Benjamin F, Yu Stephanie, Pimentel Matthew A, Tangkanangnukul Veera, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Morizono Kouki, Karanikolas Breanne D W, Wu Lily, Sood Anil K, Cole Steven W The sympathetic nervous system induces a metastatic switch in primary
breast cancer..
Cancer research.
2010; 70(18):
7042-52.
Brown Helen J, Peng Li, Harada Josephine N, Walker John R, Cole Steven, Lin Su-Fang, Zack Jerome A, Chanda Sumit K, Sun Ren Gene expression and transcription factor profiling reveal inhibition
of transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein by
gamma-herpesvirus replication and transcription activator..
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2010; 285(33):
25139-53.
Ganz Patricia A, Habel Laurel A, Weltzien Erin K, Caan Bette J, Cole Steven W Examining the influence of beta blockers and ACE inhibitors on the
risk for breast cancer recurrence: results from the LACE cohort..
Breast cancer research and treatment.
2011; 129(2):
549-56.
Irwin Michael R, Cole Steven W Reciprocal regulation of the neural and innate immune systems..
Nature reviews. Immunology.
2011; 11(9):
625-32.
Zhou Xiaofeng, Yu Tianwei, Cole Steven W, Wong David T W Advancement in characterization of genomic alterations for improved
diagnosis, treatment and prognostics in cancer..
Expert review of molecular diagnostics.
2006; 6(1):
39-50.
Cole Steven W, Arevalo Jesusa M G, Manu Kavya, Telzer Eva H, Kiang Lisa, Bower Julienne E, Irwin Michael R, Fuligni Andrew J Antagonistic pleiotropy at the human IL6 promoter confers genetic
resilience to the pro-inflammatory effects of adverse social
conditions in adolescence..
Developmental psychology.
2011; 47(4):
1173-80.