Prosenjit  Saha,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute 
                           
                                                                              
                            Oncogene regulation and Viral associated human cancer 
                           
                                                                              
                            37, S. P. Mukherjee Road 
                           
                                                    
                            Kolkata - 700 026                                 
                           
                                                    
                            West Bengal                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: prosenjit.saha@cnci.org.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-33-24765101, Extn.333 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-33-4757606  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
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                                  Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                                  Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India 
                                  
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                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Links between cancer and transporters 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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				Manna, S., Banerjee, S., Saha, P. , Roy, A., Das, S. and Panda, C. K.  Differential alterations in metabolic pattern of the spliceosomal UsnRNAs during pre-malignant lung lesions induced by benzo(a)pyrene: modulation by tea polyphenols. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.  2006.  289, 149-157. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Saha, P. , Mandal, S., Das, A. and Das, S.  Amarogentin can reduce hyperproliferation by downregulation of Cox-II and upregulation of apoptosis in mouse skin carcinogenesis model. Cancer Letters.  2006.  244, 252-259. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ganguly, C., Saha, P. , Panda, C. K. and Das, S.  Inhibition of growth, induction of apoptosis and alteration of gene expression by tea polyphenols in the highly metastatic human lung cancer cell line NCI-H460. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.  2005.  6, 326-331. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Saha, P. , Banerjee, S., Ganguly, C., Manna, S., Panda, C. K. and Das, S.  Black tea extract can modulate protein expression of H-ras, c-Myc, p53, and Bcl-2 genes during pulmonary hyperplasia, dysplasia, and carcinoma in situ. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology.   2005.  24, 211-224. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Banerjee, S,  Manna, S,  Saha, P. , Kr Panda, C, Das, S. Black tea polyphenols suppress cell proliferation and induce apoptosis during benzo(a)pyrene-induced lung carcinogenesis. European Journal of Cancer  Prevention . 2005, 14, 215-221. 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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