Brann's Lab:
Dr. Darrell W. Brann (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Quan-Guang Zhang (Assistant Research Scientist)
Ms. Liesl De Sevilla (Lab Manager/Research Associate)
Ms. Limor Raz (Graduate Student)

Collaborators

Dr. Wen-Cheng Xiong
Dr. Virendra B. Mahesh
Dr. Ratna Vadlamudi (UTHSC, San Antonio)

Dr. Ruimin Wang (North China Coal Medical University)

Recent Publications

Dhandapani KM, Khan MM, Wade FM, Wakade c, Mahesh VB, Brann, DW (2007) Induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 by basic fibroblast growth factor in glioma and astrocytes is medicated by MEK/ERK signaling and AP-1 activation. J Neurosci Res, 85:1033-1045. [Abstract]

Khan MM, Hadman M, De Sevilla L, Mahesh VB, Buccafusco J, Hill WD, Brann DW (2007) Cloning, Distribution and Colocalization of MNAR/PELP1 with Glucocorticoid Receptors in Primate and Non-Primate Brain. Neuroendocrinology, 84:317-329.

Brann, DW, Dhandapani K, Wakade C, VB Mahesh, Khan MM (2007) Neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions of estrogen: Basic mechanisms and clinical implications. Steroids, 72:381-405.

Raz L, Khan M, Mahes VB, Vadlamudi RK, Brann, DW.  (2008) Rapid estrogen signaling in the brain. Neurosignals, 16:140-153.

Rajhans R, Nair HB, Nair SS, Cortez V, Ikuko K, Kirma NB, Zhou D, Holden AE, Brann DW, Chen S, Tekmal RR, Vadlamudi RK (2008) Modulation of in situ estrogen synthesis by proline-, glutamic acid-, and leucine-rich protein-1: potential estrogen receptor autocrine signaling loop in breast cancer cells. Mol Endocrinol. 22(3):649-64

Wakade C, Khan MM, De Sevilla LM, Zhang QG, Mahesh VB, Brann DW (2008) Tamoxifen neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia involves attenuation of kinase activation and superoxide production and potentiation of mitochondrial superoxide dismutase. Endocrinology 149(1):367-79

Dhandapani KM, Mahesh VB, Brann DW (2007) Curcumin suppresses growth and chemoresistance of human glioblastoma cells via AP-1 and NFkappaB transcription factors. J Neurochem 102(2):522-38.

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Medical College of Georgia
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May 8, 2005