Tathagata Choudhuri, PhD

	Tathagata Choudhuri, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow 202A Johnson Pavilion 3610 Hamilton Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6076 (215) 746-0116 tathagat@mail.med.upenn.edu
Research Projects	EBNA3C Targeting of the Alpha Integrin Promoter :The Potential Molecular Link Between EBV and Metastisis
Publications:

• Lan K, Choudhuri T, Murakami M, Kuppers DK, Robertson ES. Intracellular Activated Notch1 Is Essential for the Proliferation of KSHV Associated B cell Lymphoma in vitro.(2006) J Virology , 80 (13), 6411-6419
• Lan K, Murakami M, Choudhuri T, Kuppers DA, Robertson ES. Intracellular-activated Notch1 can reactivate Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus from latency. (2006) Virology., 351 (2) , 393-403
• Choudhuri T , Verma SC, Lan K, Ro bertson ES . Expression of Alpha v integrin is Modulated by the Epstein - Barr virus Nuclear Antigen 3C and the Metastasis Suppressor Nm23-H1 through interaction with the GATA 1 and Sp1 Transcription Factors (2006). Virology, 351(1), 58-72.

• Verma SC , Lan K, Choudhuri T, Robertson ES. KSHV encoded LANA modulates K1 Expression through its cis-acting elements within the Terminal Repeats. (2006) J Virol.80 (7), 3445-3458.
• Verma SC , Choudhuri T, Kaul R, Robertson ES (2006). Latency Associated Nuclear Antigen of Kaposi’s sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus Interacts with Origin Recognition Complexes at the LANA Binding Sequence within the Terminal Repeats. J Virol.80(5), 2243-2256
• Kaul R, Verma SC, Murakami M, Lan K, Choudhuri T, Robertson ES (2006). Epstein - Barr virus protein can up-regulates Cyclooxygenase-2 expression through Association with the Suppressor of Metastasis Nm23-H1. J Virol. 80 (3).1321-1331
• Pal S, Bhattacharyya S, Choudhuri T, Datta GK, Das T, Sa G. (2005) Amelioration of immunosupression and potentiation of depressed detoxification system of tumor-bearing mice by Curcumin. Cancer Detect Prev. 29(5), 470-4788.
• Mandal D, Bhattacharyya A, Lahiry L ,Choudhuri T ,Sa G, Das T (2005). Failure in peripheral immunosurveillance due to thymic atrophy: Importance of thymocyte maturation and apoptosis in adult tumor bearer. Life Sci.77 (21),2703-2716.
• Choudhuri T , Pal S, Das T, Sa G ( 2005) Curcumin selectively induces apoptosis in deregulated cyclin D1-expressed cells at G2 phase of cell cycle in a p53-dependent manner . J Biol Chem. 280(20): 20059-68
• Bhattacharyya A, Choudhuri T, Suman Pal, Chattopadhyay S, Datta GK, Sa G, Das T (2003) Apoptogenic Effects of Black Tea on Ehrlich’s Ascites Carcinoma Cell. Carcinogenesis 24(1), 75-80
• Choudhuri T, Pal S, Agwarwal ML, Das T & Sa G. (2002) Curcumin induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells through p53-dependent Bax induction. FEBS Lett 512: 334-340
• Pal S, Choudhuri T, Chattopadhyay S, Bhattacharya A, Datta GK, Das T and Sa G. (2001) Mechanisms of curcumin-induced apoptosis of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma cells. Biochem Biophys. Res. Commun. 288, 658-665
• Sa G, Pal S, Choudhuri T. Curcumin: A journey from spice to cancer chemoprevention in Emerging Pollutants: Impact on Agriculture, Environment and Health (Ed. De A and Gupta S), Allied Publishers, India(In press)