| 1. | Pujari, R., Eligar, S. M., Kumar, N., Barkeer, S., Reddy, V., Swamy, B. M., Inamdar, S. R. and   Shastry, P.  Rhizoctonia Bataticola Lectin (RBL) Induces Caspase-8-Mediated Apoptosis in Human T-Cell Leukemia Cell Lines but Not in Normal CD3 and CD34 Positive Cells. PloS One. 2013.  8, e79311. [PubMed] | 
2. | Shah, R. D., Jagtap, J. C., Mruthyunjaya, S., Shelke, G. V., Pujari, R., Das, G. and   Shastry, P.  Sodium valproate potentiates staurosporine-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells via Akt/survivin independently of HDAC inhibition. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2013.  114, 854-863. [PubMed] | 3. | Londhe, J. S., Devasagayam, T. P., Foo, L. Y., Shastry, P. and   Ghaskadbi, S. S.  Geraniin and amariin, ellagitannins from Phyllanthus amarus, protect liver cells  against ethanol induced cytotoxicity. Fitoterapia. 2012.  83, 1562-1568. [PubMed] | 4. | Inamdar, S. R., Savanur, M. A., Eligar, S. M., Chachadi, V. B., Nagre, N. N., Chen, C., Barclays, M., Ingle, A., Mahajan, P., Borges, A., Shastry, P., Kalraiya, R. D., Swamy, B. M., Rhodes, J. M. and   Yu, L. G.  The TF-antigen binding lectin from Sclerotium rolfsii inhibits growth of human colon cancer cells by inducing apoptosis in vitro and suppresses tumor growth in  vivo. Glycobiology. 2012.  22, 1227-1235. [PubMed] | 5. | Pujari, R., Eligar, S. M., Kumar, N., Nagre, N. N., Inamdar, S. R., Swamy, B. M. and   Shastry, P.  CD45-mediated signaling pathway is involved in Rhizoctonia bataticola lectin (RBL)-induced proliferation and Th1/Th2 cytokine secretion in human PBMC. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2012.  419, 708-714. [PubMed] | 6. | Lokwani, D., Shah, R., Mokale, S., Shastry, P. and   Shinde, D.  Development of energetic pharmacophore for the designing of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine derivatives as selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors. Journal of Computer-aided Molecular Design. 2012.  26, 267-277. [PubMed] | 7. | Mruthyunjaya, S., Rumma, M., Ravibhushan, G., Anjali, S. and   Padma, S.  c-Jun/AP-1 transcription factor regulates laminin-1-induced neurite outgrowth in  human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: role of multiple signaling pathways. FEBS Letters. 2011.  585, 1915-1922. [PubMed] | 8. | Das, G., Shiras, A., Shanmuganandam, K. and   Shastry, P.  Rictor regulates MMP-9 activity and invasion through Raf-1-MEK-ERK signaling pathway in glioma cells. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 2011.  50, 412-423. [PubMed] | 9. | Kale, A., Kale, S., Yadav, P., Gholap, H., Pasricha, R., Jog, J. P., Lefez, B., Hannoyer, B., Shastry, P. and   Ogale, S.  Magnetite/CdTe magnetic-fluorescent composite nanosystem for magnetic separation  and bio-imaging. Nanotechnology. 2011.  22, 225101. [PubMed] | 10. | Nagre, N. N., Chachadi, V. B., Eligar, S. M., Shubhada, C., Pujari, R., Shastry, P., Swamy, B. M. and   Inamdar, S. R.  Purification and characterization of a mitogenic lectin from cephalosporium, a pathogenic fungus causing mycotic keratitis. Biochemistry Research International. 2010.  2010, 854656. [PubMed] | 11. | Pujari, R., Nagre, N. N., Chachadi, V. B., Inamdar, S. R., Swamy, B. M. and   Shastry, P.  Rhizoctonia bataticola lectin (RBL) induces mitogenesis and cytokine production in human PBMC via p38 MAPK and STAT-5 signaling pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 2010.  1800, 1268-1275. [PubMed] | 12. | Nagre, N. N., Chachadi, V. B., Sundaram, P. M., Naik, R. S., Pujari, R., Shastry, P., Swamy, B. M. and   Inamdar, S. R.  A potent mitogenic lectin from the mycelia of a phytopathogenic fungus, Rhizoctonia bataticola, with complex sugar specificity and cytotoxic effect on human ovarian cancer cells. Glycoconjugate Journal. 2010.  27, 375-386. [PubMed] | 13. | Mruthyunjaya, S., Manchanda, R., Godbole, R., Pujari, R., Shiras, A. and   Shastry, P.  Laminin-1 induces neurite outgrowth in human mesenchymal stem cells in serum/differentiation factors-free conditions through activation of FAK-MEK/ERK signaling pathways. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2010.  391, 43-48. [PubMed] | 14. | Sudheerkumar, P., Shiras, A., Das, G., Jagtap, J. C., Prasad, V. and   Shastry, P.  Independent activation of Akt and NF-kappaB pathways and their role in resistance to TNF-alpha mediated cytotoxicity in gliomas. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 2008.  47, 126-136. [PubMed] | 15. | Kumar, P. S., Shiras, A., Das, G., Jagtap, J. C., Prasad, V. and   Shastry, P.  Differential expression and role of p21cip/waf1 and p27kip1 in TNF-alpha-induced  inhibition of proliferation in human glioma cells. Molecular Cancer. 2007.  6, 42. [PubMed] | 16. | Shiras, A., Chettiar, S. T., Shepal, V., Rajendran, G., Prasad, G. R. and   Shastry, P.  Spontaneous transformation of human adult nontumorigenic stem cells to cancer stem cells is driven by genomic instability in a human model of glioblastoma. Stem Cells. 2007.  25, 1478-1489. [PubMed] | 17. | Prasad, V., Chandele, A., Jagtap, J. C., Sudheer, K. and   Shastry, P.  ROS-triggered caspase 2 activation and feedback amplification loop in beta-carotene-induced apoptosis. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 2006.  41, 431-442. [PubMed] | 18. | Deshpande, P. and   Shastry, P.  Modulation of cytokine profiles by malaria pigment--hemozoin: role of IL-10 in suppression of proliferative responses of mitogen stimulated human PBMC. Cytokine. 2004.  28, 205-213. [PubMed] | 19. | Chandele, A., Prasad, V., Jagtap, J. C., Shukla, R. and   Shastry, P. R.  Upregulation of survivin in G2/M cells and inhibition of caspase 9 activity enhances resistance in staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Neoplasia. 2004.  6, 29-40. [PubMed] | 20. | Shiras, A., Bhosale, A., Shepal, V., Shukla, R., Baburao, V. S., Prabhakara, K. and   Shastry, P.  A unique model system for tumor progression in GBM comprising two developed human neuro-epithelial cell lines with differential transforming potential and coexpressing neuronal and glial markers. Neoplasia. 2003.  5, 520-532. [PubMed] | 21. | Jagtap, J. C., Chandele, A., Chopde, B. A. and   Shastry, P.  Sodium pyruvate protects against H(2)O(2) mediated apoptosis in human neuroblastoma cell line-SK-N-MC. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 2003.  26, 109-118. [PubMed] | 22. | Mahajan, R. G., Patil, S. I., Mohan, D. R. and   Shastry, P.  Pleurotus Eous mushroom lectin (PEL) with mixed carbohydrate inhibition and antiproliferative activity on tumor cell lines. Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics : JBMBB : the Official Journal of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular. 2002.  6, 341-345. [PubMed] | 23. | Shiras, A., Bhosale, A., Patekar, A., Shepal, V. and   Shastry, P.  Differential expression of CD44(S) and variant isoforms v3, v10 in three-dimensional cultures of mouse melanoma cell lines. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 2002.  19, 445-455. [PubMed] | 24. | Jacob, S. S., Shastry, P. and   Sudhakaran, P. R.  Monocyte-macrophage differentiation in vitro: modulation by extracellular matrix  protein substratum. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 2002.  233, 9-17. [PubMed] |