Tuesday, 20th December 2005

10:30 – 11:00
13:30 – 14:00
16:00 – 16:30

Poster Session – 2                 (Kailas)

76 Expression of antiapoptotic protein p53 and Bcl2 in papillomavirus infected Cervical Cancer Lesions.

Prishla Varghese and Bhudev C Das

77 Antitumor effect of Aegle marmelos in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells is mediated via induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death.

Rajesh Radhakrishnan1*, Sunilkumar S1, Suraj K George1, Vijaylekshmi N R2 and Prabha Balaram11

78 Involvement of the death receptor pathway in N-alkylated prodigiosin analogue induced apoptosis in lymphocytes.

Ruchi Pandey1, Ramesh Chander2 and Krishna B Sainis3

79 Triphala, an anti cancer ayurvedic drug enhanced apoptosis in irradiated MCF-7 cells.

T Sandhya and K P Mishra

80 Study on the effect of a plant lectin in no-small cell lung cancer cell line in view of apoptosis.

Sangeeta Mehta, S C Sharma, D Behera, S Majumdar, S Radhika and S Ghosh

81 Apoptosis Induction by Curcumin in HCT116 Colon Carcinoma Cells: Relative Roles of p53, p21 and Bax.

Sathish Kumar Mungamuri and Kumaravel Somasundaram

82 Withania somnifera lead molecule suppresses antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 activates Bax and cytochrome c release leading to apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway in HeLa cervical cancer cells.

Senthil V 1, Ramadevi S, Jis C Joy, Giridharan P, R A Vishwakarma2, Balakrishnan A1

83 Induction of apoptosis by a herbal composition comprising of lignans.

Shashank K Singh*, Reena Singh, Ajit K Saxena and G N Qazi

84 Induction of apoptosis by Plumbago zeylanica in DEN induced hepatocarcinoma bearing male Wistar rats through mitochondrial and caspase pathways-a chronic study.

V Sivakumar and S Niranjali Devaraj

85 Induction of Apoptosis in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemic Cells by Chlorogenic acid.

Srabanti Rakshit , Jayashree Bagchi Chakraborty and Santu Bandyopadhyay

86 Synergistic effect of paclitaxel and curcumin against cervical carcinogenesis.

Sreekanth C N, Smitha V Bava Ruby John Anto

87 Potentiation of Taxol-induced apoptosis - Significance of anti-apoptotic factors.

Smitha V Bava, Vineshkumar T Puliappadamba and Ruby John Anto

88 Tumor Suppressor SMAR1 decreases Apoptotic threshold by directing Gene Targeting specificity through MARs.

Surajit Sinha, Kamini Singh and Samit Chattopadhyay

89 5,7 Dihydroxyflavanone (Pinocembrin) induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells by both mitochondrial and caspase 8 mediated death signaling.

M A Suresh Kumar, Mangalam S Nair, P S Hema, T R Santhosh Kumar and *Mohan John

90 The Protective Role Of Squalene Against N-Nitrosodiethylamine Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Rats.

Titto A Augustine*, Ramakrishnan G and Devaki T

91 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) triggered caspase 2 activation and feedback amplification loop in beta carotene induced apoptosis in human leukemic cells.

Vandna Prasad, Anmol Chandele, Jayashree C Jagtap, Sudheer Kumar P, Padma Shastry

92 Histone H1 induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines.

G Vani a,S Devipriya a, C S Shyamaladevia

93 PERK,pAkt and pBad: Role in cell proliferation and sustained cellular survival during tumorigenesis and tumor progression in ENU induced transplacental glioma rat model.

Vasanth Kumar Bhaskara1, Sundaram Challa2 and Prakash Babu Phanithi*1

94 Indukantha Ghritha, A Polyherbal Ayurvedic Preparation Induces Cell Death Through P53 Mediated Apoptosis.

Vino T Cheriyan, Rajesh R, Suraj K George, Sunilkumar S and Prabha Balaram

95 In vitro Characterization of Plumbagin as a radiosensitizer for cervical cancer cells.

SreekalaNair1, Priya Srinivas2, Reghuram Nair1 and M Radhakrishna Pillai2

96 Antitumor effect of fish venom (Pterous volitans) on Erhlich ascites carcinoma bearing mice.

Sri Balasubashini M, Karthigayan S, Somasundaram S T,Balasubramanian T and Venugopal P Menon

97 Proloned exposure to sub-lethal concentration of cisplatin leads to increased alu Mediated recombination.

Tapasya Srivastava, Parthaprasad Chattopadhyay and Subrata Sinha

98 Differential Expression of Oncostatin M Receptor-ß in Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Tasneem kausar1,Rinu Sharma1, T K Chattopadhyay2, Siddharth Datta Gupta3 and Ranju Ralhan1

99 Plumbagin induces RAB 18 in the absence of BRCA1 in ovarian cancer cells.

Thansi KA*, Srinivas G and Priya Srinivas

100 Detection of PCD & Apoptotic bodies in Root Apical meristem of Saffron (Crocus sativus) after Treatment with Fusaric Acid.

B Sh Behboodi & L Samadi

101 Radiation-sensitization in the absence of Bax/Bak.

Kwang Woon Kim, Carolyn Cao, Jeffrey M Albert, and Bo Lu1

102 Natural Triterpenoid Cancer Drug Amooranin from Amoora rohituka Stem Bark Induces Apoptosis in Human Tumor Cells.

Cheppail Ramachandran1,2, P K Raveendran Nair1, Sonia Rodriguez1, Enrique Escalon3, Ziad Khatib3 and Steven J Melnick2

103 Oxidative DNA Damage in Thyroid Cancer Tissue Decreases with De- Differentiation of Thyroid Epithelial Cells.*

E Gaspar1, A Varkonyi2, C Hoang-Vu3, G Levay4, B E Wenzel1

104 Apoptosis in embryogenesis of Filarial parasites.

Alok Das Mohapatra*, Bikash Ranjan Sahoo, Santosh Kumar Panda, Balachandran Ravindran

105 ER stress mediated Apoptosis: The critical role of Bcl2 proteins and Heat Shock Proteins.

Bhavya B C*,T R Santhosh Kumar

106 Diospyrin and its Diethylether Derivative Induce Calcium Dependent- and Cyclosporin A Sensitive- Opening of Permeability Transition Pore in High-Conductance State of the Mitochondrial Membrane.

Binod Kumar*, K P Mishra1 and Banasri Hazra

107 Thalidomide interferes with Nitric oxide signaling of angiogenesis.

S Geethapriya, K P Tamilarasan, G K Kolluru, S Chatterjee

108 Osteopontin Regulates VEGF Dependent Tumor Angiogenesis through Autocrine and Paracrine Pathways.

Goutam Chakraborty*, Hema Rangaswami, Madhumita Pradhan and Gopal C Kundu

109 Mitochondrial deletion as a possible cause of cell death: Protective effects of L-Carnitine and DL- -lipoic acid in skeletal muscle of aged rats.

Jeyavelu Tamilselvan and C Panneerselvam

110 Free radical mediated DNA damage during age associated hypercholesterolemia and Myocardial Infarction of rat heart: Role of L-Carnitine.

Kesavan Jayachandran and S Niranjali Devaraju

111 Proangiogenic Effect of Curcumin.

Kiran MS1, Rajashekaran KN2 & Sudhakaran PR11

112 Protective role of glutathione monoester on mitochondrial induced Oxidative stress in aged rats.

Kumarasamy Sivarajan and C Panneerselvam

113 Impairment of mitochondrial energy generating system in HIV-1 induced Tcell apoptosis.

Manoj K Tripathy, Jayashree S Ladha and Debashis Mitra

114 Critical role of bax/bcl xl in prevention of caspase dependent and independent apoptotic siganlling in quercetin induced apoptosis.

Mohan John*, Santhosh Kumar T R

115 Oxidative stress mediated apoptotic cell death during aging of rat brain: Role of L -Carnitine and DL- -Lipoic acid.

Muthuswamy Anusuya Devi and C Panneerselvam

116 Induction of apoptosis in activated hepatic stellate cells by curcumin.

Priya S & P R Sudhakaran,

117 The anti-apoptotic effects of low grade repetitive stress is reversed by Tea polyphenol Epigallocatechin 3-gallate through inhibition of Akt and NF-kB survival pathways.

Prosenjit Sen, Prabir Kumar Chakraborty
and Sanghamitra Raha

118 Of humans and canines: A comparative evaluation of heat shock- and apoptosis-associated proteins in mammary tumours.

Ramasamy Kumaraguruparan1, Devarajan Karunagaran2
Chidambaram Balachandran3,
Baktavachalam Murali Manohar
and Siddavaram Nagini1*

119 Inhibition of MMP-9 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from inflammation induced rabbits by Curcumin.

K Saja and P R Sudhakaran

120 Curcumin restores tumor-induced immunodepletion through cytokine-dependent and -independent pathways involving Jak-3/Stat-5 and NF

B Sankar Bhattachcaryya*, Debaprasad Mandal,
Lakshmishri Lahiry, Gaurisankar Sen, Abhijit Bhattacharya,
Shuvomoy Banerjee, Juni Chakraborty,
Pallab Ray, Tanya Das and Gaurisankar SA

121 Induction of Angiogenic Markers in Endothelial cells by Lactate.

V B Sameer Kumar, Viji R I and P R Sudhakaran

122 Differential gene expression during apoptosis induced by a serum factor: role of mitochondrial f0-f1 ATP synthase complex.

Sarvjeet Singh and Ashok Khar

123 Role of apoptosis in emphysema: Prevention by vitamin C.

Shuvojit Banerjee*, Palash Maity, Alok K Sil,
Dhrubo J Chattopadhyay and Indu B Chatterjee

124 Heat shock transcription factors in the regulation of heat induced cell death in a rat histiocytoma.

Kolla P, Jyothi D, Srinivas U K and Sreedhar A S*

125 Thyroid and Interrenal influence of apoptosis in fish gills and skin.

M C Subhash Peter1 and S E Wendelaar Bonga2

126 Death receptors induced responses in two and three dimensional cultures derived from human glioma cells.

Sudheer Kumar P, Anjali Shiras,
Jayashree C Jagtap, Vandna Prasad, Padma Shastry

127 Programmed cell death in the peripheral fat body tissues of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

P Sumithra and M Krishnan

128 NFkB and Gelatinases as mediator of Oral Cancer metastasis.

Tina K Dave*1, Rasheedunnisa Begum2,
Shilin N Shukla1, Pankaj Shah1, Rabhudas S Patel1

129 Overexpression Of Signal Transducer And Activators Of Transcription 3 (STAT3): Correlates With Increased Expression Of p53 And Bcl2 In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Trupti I Trivedi*, Neelam G Shah,
Nandita Ghosh, Jignesh V Goswami,
Rajan A Tankshali, Shilin N Shukla, Pankaj M Shah

130 Role of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in induction of apoptosis in cultured mammalian cells.

Utpal Ghosh* and N P Bhattacharyya

131 Studies on nuclear localization of eNOS in mammalian cells.

Vasudha Lakshman1, Gunjan Mukherjee2,
Michelle Vaz2, L C Padhy2, and Vaijayanti Kale
1

132 Arsenic induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in rat lung: Role of DL- - Lipoic acid and 2,3 meso Dimercapto Succinic Acid.

Vedagiri Kokilavani and C Panneerselvam

133 Upregulation of apoptotic signals in cancer cells invitro by lead molecule from Piper longum.

Venkata Krishnan V, * Ramadevi S,
Pathmanathan K, Giridharan P, Senthil V,
Manjula N, Lakshmi B S, and Arun Balakrishnan

134 Chemotherapeutic properties of Solanum trilobatum Studied in Experimental Lung Cancer.

R Venugopal and D Sakthisekaran

135 Efficacy Of Triterpenoids, Flavonoids And Cell Culture Extracts Of Neem (Azadirachta Indica A. Juss.) On Human Colorectal Cancer Line Hct 116.

Vidhu Sankar Babu*, S Narasimhan and G M Nair

136 Quercetin down regulates matrix metaloproteinases 2 and 9 proteins expression in prostate cancer cells (PC-3).

Vijayababu M R, Arun Kumar A,
Kanagaraj P, Venkataraman P,
Aruldhas M M and Arunakaran J

137 Role of NF-?B And MAP Kinases in Regulating Nicotine Resistance of Lung Cancer Cells.

Vineshkumar T Puliappadamba,
Smitha V Bava, and Ruby John Anto

138 Augmented effect of tamoxifen on Co-admistration with energy modulation vitamins (EMV) with reference to CA 15-3,CEA Hemoglobin and ESR.

S Yuvaraj, V G preamkumar and P Sachdanandam

139 Potential role of a sialic acid specific lectin in cancer.

Sujata Ghosh, S Radhika, R K Marwaha, D Behera, S Majumdar

140 In vitro Cytotoxic and Apoptogenic Effects of Aegle marmelos (L.) CORREA.

Suraj K George1*, Rajesh R1,
Vino T Cheriyan1, Sunil Kumar S1, Prabha Balaram
1

141 BRCA2 Gene Mutations in Familial Breast Cancer Patients in Kerala.

Vani Syamala1*, Ravindran Ankathil1,
Sreeja Leelakumari1, Volga S Syamala1,
Ratheesan Kuttappan2, Rajan Balakrishnan2

142 Role of genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes in familial Breast cancer susceptibility. 1*

Volga S Shymala, Ravindran Ankathil1,
Praveen Kumar B Raveendran1, Ratheesan Kuttappan2,
Beela Sara Mathew2,Rajan Balakrishnan2

143 rYopJ induced apoptosis in macrophages- increased production of NO leads to mitochondrial mediated apoptosis.

Varun Kesherwani, Shikha Tarang,
Puja chauhan, Anurag Tripathy, Ajit Sodhi*

144 Comparison of novel Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors P276-00 and Flavopiridol,a mechanistic study.

Maggie Rathos*1, Kalpana Joshi1,
Meenakshi Sivakumar2, Bansi Lal2
& Bhabatosh Chaudhuri3,1*

145 4.Nitroquinoline 1-Oxide induced experimental model for buccal mucosal carcinogenesis.

Deepak Kanojia*, Sharada S Sawant,
Arvind D Ingle, Shrirang S Pakhale,
Milind M Vaidya

146 NK-T cells are expanded in cancer patients.

Lenka Dubska, Tomas Frgala , Dalibor Valik

147 Modulatory Influence of Brassica compestris and Mentha piperita on DMBA Induced Skin Papillomagenesis in Swiss Albino Mice.

Abha Sharma* and Ashok Kumar

148 Apoptotic Effects of 1'-Acetoxychavicol Acetate on Human Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro

Prasad Krishnan,
Cheryl T Campbell, Victor Kha,
Taylor A Robertson, Heather E Kleiner