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
URL: http://www.cnci.org.in/research/research_main.html#
Positions Held:
Position
Affiliation
Time Period
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
Publications:
1. Davis, R., Rizwani, W., Banerjee, S., Kovacs, M., Haura, E., Coppola, D. and Chellappan, S. Nicotine promotes tumor growth and metastasis in mouse models of lung cancer. PloS One. 2009. 4, e7524. [PubMed] 2. Dasgupta, P., Rizwani, W., Pillai, S., Kinkade, R., Kovacs, M., Rastogi, S., Banerjee, S., Carless, M., Kim, E., Coppola, D., Haura, E. and Chellappan, S. Nicotine induces cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in a variety of human cancer cell lines. International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer. 2009. 124, 36-45. [PubMed] 3. 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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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]
2.
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]
4.
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]
5.
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]
8.
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.
Education
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M.Sc.
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Ph.D.