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- 1Abdualmjid,Reem J
- 1Abdurrahim, Amna E.
- 1Airo, Adriana M
- 1Araya, Luam Ellen
- 1Azad, Abul
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Spring 2012
In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), pro-constrictive, pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic diatheses converge to produce contraction and excessive proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC), a hallmark of PAH-vascular remodeling. The increased afterload causes right...
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An investigation of aminoglutethimide cytotoxicity and its role in activation of cell death signaling pathways
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Aminoglutethimide (AG), a drug used for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancers, is known to cause toxicities such as agranulocytosis. To investigate its toxicity mechanisms, we have used quantitative proteomic analysis to gain insight into the proteome of Human Leukemia 60 (HL-60) treated...
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Fall 2017
Flaviviruses are important human pathogens that have an enormous impact on global health. Examples that have been studied in my research include dengue virus (DENV), West Nile virus (WNV) and most recently, Zika virus (ZIKV). Currently, there are very few vaccines against or therapeutic...
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Anthocyanins and Gingerols Exhibit Synergism in their Anticancer and Antioxidant Effects in Vitro
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Anthocyanins and gingerols are naturally occurring phenolic compounds abundant in berries and ginger, respectively. They have been reported to induce antioxidant effects, inhibit the growth of different cancer cell lines, and stimulate apoptosis by modulating different cellular signal pathways....
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Fall 2012
Taxane chemotherapy is widely used in the treatment of breast cancer. Despite its widespread clinical use, the molecular mechanisms of paclitaxel induced apoptosis remain unclear. Our laboratory has identified an important role for the BH3-only protein, BAD, in the paclitaxel induced cell death...
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Fall 2012
One of the most notable features of poxviruses is their ability to regulate cellular signaling pathways, including the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Ubiquitin plays a crucial role in the fate of a protein. Typically poly-ubiquitinated proteins are degraded by the 26S proteasome. The Skp1,...
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Spring 2014
The introduction of WNV into North America in 1999 was followed by rapid spread throughout the continent. Today, WNV is an endemic pathogen in the west, with thousands of cases of severe infection reported annually. In addition to traditional vaccine research, there is an urgent need to...
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Fall 2015
Many cellular processes are regulated by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), which utilizes the polypeptide ubiquitin to mark proteins for destruction via the 26S proteasome. Since the UPS plays an important role in cellular homeostasis, many viruses have evolved strategies to regulate the...
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Characterization of the response of melanoma cell lines to inhibition of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins
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Malignant melanoma is resistant to almost all conventional forms of chemotherapy. Recent evidence suggests that anti-apoptotic proteins of the Bcl-2 family are overexpressed in melanoma and may contribute to melanoma’s striking resistance to apoptosis. ABT-737, a small-molecule inhibitor of...