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Name:

Navjotsingh Pabla

Mentor:

Zeng Dong, Ph.D.

Year of Entry:

2005

Education:

B.S. Biotechnology, S.P. University, India

M.S. Biochemistry, M.S. University of Baroda, India

Honors / Awards

2008 Award for Special Contribution

        Veterans Affairs Medical Center

2007 Excellence in Research Award

        MCG Graduate Research Day

Paragraph Describing Interests:
Previously it has been shown in our lab that p53 is activated during cisplatin induced renal cell death. Currently we are trying to elucidate the upstream events that lead to p53 activation following cisplatin treatment.
Papers / Presentations

1.           Pabla N, Huang S, Mi QS, Daniel R, Dong Z: ATR-Chk2 signaling in p53 activation and DNA damage response during cisplatin-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2008, 283(10):6572-6583.

 

2.           Pabla N, Dong Z: Cisplatin nephrotoxicity: Mechanisms and renoprotective strategies (review). Kidney Int 2008,73(9):994-1007.

 

3.           Jiang M, Pabla N, Murphy RF, Yang T, Yin XM, Degenhardt K, White E, Dong Z: Nutlin-3 protects kidney cells during cisplatin therapy by suppressing Bax/Bak activation. J Biol Chem 2007, 282(4):2636-2645.

 

4.           Wang J, Pabla N, Wang CY, Wang W, Schoenlein PV, Dong Z: Caspase-mediated cleavage of ATM during cisplatin-induced tubular cell apoptosis: inactivation of its kinase activity toward p53. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006, 291(6):F1300-1307.

 

5.           Bhatt K, Feng L, Pabla N, Liu K, Smith S, Dong Z: Effects of targeted Bcl-2 expression in mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum on renal tubular cell apoptosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008, 294(3):F499-507.

 

6.           Jiang M, Wei Q, Pabla N, Dong G, Wang CY, Yang T, Smith SB, Dong Z: Effects of hydroxyl radical scavenging on cisplatin-induced p53 activation, tubular cell apoptosis and nephrotoxicity. Biochem Pharmacol 2007, 73(9):1499-1510.

 

7.           Jiang G, Mysona B, Dun Y, Gnana-Prakasam JP, Pabla N, Li W, Dong Z, Ganapathy V, Smith SB: Expression, subcellular localization, and regulation of sigma receptor in retinal muller cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006, 47(12):5576-5582.

 

 

Poster Presentations
  1. Pabla N, Dong Z (2007) Regulation of Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity by PKCδ: A Novel Target for Renoprotection during Chemotherapy.
    Journal of American Society of Nephrology 18:SA-PO183
  2. Pabla N, Dong Z (2007) Regulation of Cisplatin-Induced p53 Activation and Tubular Cell Apoptosis by ATR-CHK2 Signaling.
    Journal of American Society of Nephrology 18:SA-PO184
  3. Pabla N, Dong Z (2006) ATM and ATR in p53 activation and Cisplatin induced tubular cell apoptosis. Journal of American Society of Nephrology 17:SA-PO643.

 


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August 25, 2006