T. R. Santhosh Kumar, Ph.D.
Scientist E1
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Thycaud, Poojappura
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 014
Kerala
E-mail: trsanthosh@rgcb.res.in
Phone: +91-471-2529500
URL: http://rgcb.res.in/departments/cancer_research/t-r-santhosh-kumar/profile.html
Area of Specialization:
Molecular Biology
Research Summary:
Novel cell based assays for large scale screening of plant derived compounds for anticancer property: technology development and preliminary screening
Drug resistance in cancer
Publications:
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Rashmi, R., Santhosh, K. and Karunagaran, D. Human colon cancer cells differ in their sensitivity to curcumin-induced apoptosis and heat shock protects them by inhibiting the release of apoptosis-inducing factor and caspases. FEBS Letters. 2003. 538, 19-24. [PubMed]
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Rashmi, R., Kumar, S. and Karunagaran, D. Ectopic expression of Hsp70 confers resistance and silencing its expression sensitizes human colon cancer cells to curcumin-induced apoptosis. Carcinogenesis. 2004. 25, 179-187. [PubMed]
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Rashmi, R., Kumar, S. and Karunagaran, D. Human colon cancer cells lacking Bax resist curcumin-induced apoptosis and Bax requirement is dispensable with ectopic expression of Smac or downregulation of Bcl-XL. Carcinogenesis. 2005. 26, 713-723. [PubMed]
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Karunagaran, D., Rashmi, R. and Kumar, T. R. Induction of apoptosis by curcumin and its implications for cancer therapy. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 2005. 5, 117-129. [PubMed]
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Kumar, T. R ., Umashankar P.R., Lal, A. V. Effect of oxygen supplementation under xylazine - Ketamine anaesthesia in adult rats. Trends in Biomaterials and artificial Organs . 1996
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Umashankar, P.R., Kumar, S.T.R. , Lal, A. V. Modified Xylazine -Ketamine injectable anaesthesia by atropine sulfate Diazepam premedication in Rabbits for bone implantation. Trends in Biomaterials and artificial Organs .1996
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Kumar, S.T.R. , Krishnan, L.K. Endothelial cell growth factor enmeshed with polymerized fibrin to enhance proliferation of cell on polymeric materials. Biomaterials . 2001
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Santhosh Kumar T. R. & Lissy K.Krishnan.A stable matrix for generation of tissue engineered non-thrombogenic vascular grafts. Tissue Engineering .2002
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Sengupta, S., Smitha S.L, Thomas, N.E., Santhosh Kumar T. R. , Devi, C. and Rajasekharan, K.N. DAT1, A Novel Synthetic Microtubule Inhibitor, Exerts Cytotoxicity and Shows Efficacy Towards Multidrug Resistant Cancer Cell. Mol. Biol. Cell (Suppln) .2003
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Rashmi R., Santhosh Kumar T. R. , Karunagaran D.Ectopic expression of BclXL or Ku70 protects human colon cancer cellc SW 480 aginst curcumin induced apoptosis while their downregualtion potentiates it. Carcinogenesis
Education
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Ph.D.
Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India