Address: 2-240 BSB
Phone: (319) 384-4563
Email: prasanna-vaddi@uiowa.edu
Mentor: Songhai Chen, MD, PhD
PhD Institution: University of Mysore, India, 2016
Research Description
Role of wd40 Proteins in Tumorogenesis and Immune Cell Function
Honors and Awards
- Ranbir K. Bhatnagar Scholar Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 2017
Publications
- Paudyal, P, Xie, Q, Vaddi, PK, Henry, MD and Chen S.: Inhibiting G protein βγ signaling blocks prostate cancer progression and enhances the efficacy of paclitaxel. Oncotarget. 8(22):36067-36081, 2017. PMCID: PMC5482639
- Kumar VP, Venkatesh YP.: Alleviation of cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression in Wistar rats by onion lectin (Allium cepa agglutinin). J Ethnopharmacol 186:280-8, 2016. PMID: 27063982
- Kumar VP, Prashanth KV, Venkatesh YP.: Structural analyses and immunomodulatory properties of fructo-oligosaccharides from onion (Allium cepa). Carbohydr Polym 117:115-22, 2015. PMID: 25498616
- Kumar VP, Venkatesh YP. Characterization of onion lectin (Allium cepa agglutinin) as an immunomodulatory protein inducing Th1-type immune response in vitro. Int Immunopharm, 26: 304-313, 2015. (Impact factor : 2.7)
- Kumar VP, Venkatesh YP.: Onion lectin (Allium cepa agglutinin) promotes Th1-type response in murine lymphocytes. Immunology, 143:62–176. (BSI-2014, Abstract No. 216). (Impact factor : 3.7)
- Venkatesh YP, Kumar VP.: Natural antibodies to dietary components. Glob. J. Immunol. Allerg. Dis. 1:1-10, 2013.