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Prasanna Vaddi, PhD

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

  1. 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 
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. Venkatesh YP, Kumar VP.:  Natural antibodies to dietary components. Glob. J. Immunol. Allerg. Dis. 1:1-10, 2013.