Sarmistha Das Banerjee,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute 
                           
                                                                              
                            Metabolic Regulation 
                           
                                                                              
                            37, S. P. Mukherjee Road 
                           
                                                    
                            Kolkata - 700 026                                 
                           
                                                    
                            West Bengal                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: sarmistha.dasbanerjee@cnci.org.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-33-24765101, Extn.330 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-33-4757606  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
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                                  Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                                  Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Oncology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Physiological roles of AMPK during carcinogenesis. 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Role of smoking & smokeless tobacco in the progression of tobacco related cancer with special emphasis on EMT 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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				Pal, D., Banerjee, S. , Indra, D., Mandal, S., Dum, A., Bhowmik, A., Panda, C. K. and Das, S.  Influence of regular black tea consumption on tobacco associated DNA damage and HPV prevalence in human oral mucosa. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.  2007.  8, 263-266. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Banerjee, S. , Manna, S., Mukherjee, S., Pal, D., Panda, C. K. and Das, S.  Black tea polyphenols restrict benzopyrene-induced mouse lung cancer progression through inhibition of Cox-2 and induction of caspase-3 expression. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.  2006.  7, 661-666. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Das, R. K., Banerjee, S.  and Bhattacharya, S.  Amelioration of benzo (a) pyrene-induced lung carcinogenesis in strain A mice by diphenylmethyl selenocyanate. Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology.  2007.  58, 351-360. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Banerjee, S. , Panda, C. K. and Das, S.  Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L., a potential chemopreventive agent for lung cancer. Carcinogenesis.  2006.  27, 1645-1654. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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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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				Banerjee, S. , Manna, S., Saha, P., Panda, C. K. and 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. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	
		
			
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				Rastogi, S., Banerjee, S. , Chellappan, S. and Simon, G. R.  Glut-1 antibodies induce growth arrest and apoptosis in human cancer cell lines. Cancer Letters.  2007.  257, 244-251. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kinkade R, Rizwani W, Banerjee, S. , Kovacs M, Haura E, Coppola D and Chellappan S. Administration of nicotine by intraperitoneal injection or dermal patches promotes tumor growth and metastasis in mouse models of lung cancer. PLoS ONE .  2009. 4, e7524 
		 
		
			
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				Dasgupta P, Rizwani W, Pillai S, Kinkade R, Rastogi S, Banerjee, S. , Kovacs M, Melanie C, Kim E, Haura E, Coppola D and Chellappan S. Nicotine induces cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in a variety of human cancer cell lines. International Journal of Cancer.  2008. 124, 36-45. 
		 
		
			
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				Manna S, Banerjee, S. , Mukherjee S, Das S and Panda CK. Epigallocatechin gallate induced apoptosis in sarcoma 180 cells in vivo: mediated by p53 pathway and inhibition in U1B, U4-U6 UsnRNAs expression. Apoptosis . 2006. 11, 2267-2276. 
		 
		
			
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				Banerjee, S.  and Das S. Anticarcinogenic effect of aqueous infusion of clove on skin carcinogenesis. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . 2005. 6, 304-308. 
		 
		
			
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				Saha P, Banerjee, S. , Ganguly C, Manna S, Panda CK, Das S. Black tea extract can modulate protein expression of p53, Bcl-2, H-Ras and c-Myc genes during hyperplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma in situ in BP induced lung carcinogenesis. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology . 2005. 24, 211-224. 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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