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Overview

Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, and a considerable engagement in medical sciences.

The subfields they have contributed to include molecular biology, cell biology, surgery, physiology, and epidemiology.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • RNA modifications and cancer

The scientist's recent publications are as follows:

  • "SHQ1 is an ER stress response gene that facilitates chemotherapeutics-induced apoptosis via sensitizing ER-stress response", 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • "The Ca2+-binding protein sorcin stimulates transcriptional activity of the unfolded protein response mediator ATF6", 2021, FEBS Letters
  • "Sorcin stimulates Activation Transcription Factor 6α (ATF6) transcriptional activity", 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Retraction: Identification and characterization of GRIM-1, a cell-death-associated gene product", 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • "Publisher's Note: Identification and characterization of GRIM-1, a cell-death-associated gene product", 2024, Journal of Cell Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

  • Weihua Xiao
  • Steven Z. Parks
  • Tian Gao
  • Natalia Jimenez Awuapura
  • Joseph Ayathamattam

Their work has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • FEBS Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Transcription factor GATA-4 regulates cardiac muscle-specific expression of the alpha-myosin heavy-chain gene.

    J D Molkentin;D V Kalvakolanu;B E Markham

  • Identification of GRIM-19, a Novel Cell Death-regulatory Gene Induced by the Interferon-β and Retinoic Acid Combination, Using a Genetic Approach

    Jon E. Angell;Daniel J. Lindner;Paul S. Shapiro;Edward R. Hofmann

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The cell death regulator GRIM-19 is an inhibitor of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3

    Jun Zhang;Jinbo Yang;Sanjit K. Roy;Silvia Tininini

  • Activation of Rac1 and the p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway in Response to All-trans-retinoic Acid

    Yazan Alsayed;Shahab Uddin;Nadim Mahmud;Fatima Lekmine

  • Gamma Interferon Augments Macrophage Activation by Lipopolysaccharide by Two Distinct Mechanisms, at the Signal Transduction Level and via an Autocrine Mechanism Involving Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-1

    Thomas K. Held;Xiao Weihua;Liang Yuan;Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu

  • Intratumoral delivery and suppression of prostate tumor growth by attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium carrying plasmid-based small interfering RNAs.

    Ling Zhang;Lifang Gao;Lijuan Zhao;Baofeng Guo

  • ERK1 and ERK2 Activate CCAAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein-β-dependent Gene Transcription in Response to Interferon-γ

    Junbo Hu;Sanjit K. Roy;Paul S. Shapiro;Scott R. Rodig

  • Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase 2 Mediates Growth Suppressive and Apoptotic Effects of Interferon-β in Ovarian Carcinoma Cells

    Bei Hu Morrison;Joseph A. Bauer;Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu;Daniel J. Lindner

  • Inhibition of interferon-inducible gene expression by adenovirus E1A proteins: block in transcriptional complex formation.

    Dhananjaya V. R. Kalvakolanu;Sudip K. Bandyopadhyay;Marian L. Harter;Ganes C. Sen

  • An Overview of the Interferon System: Signal Transduction and Mechanisms of Action

    Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu;Ernest C. Borden

  • NADPH oxidase and ERK signaling regulates hyperoxia-induced Nrf2-ARE transcriptional response in pulmonary epithelial cells

    Srinivas Papaiahgari;Steven R. Kleeberger;Hye-Youn Cho;Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu

  • Down-regulation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 expression using vector-based small interfering RNAs suppresses growth of human prostate tumor in vivo.

    Lifang Gao;Ling Zhang;Jiadi Hu;Feng Li

  • Modulation of Interferon (IFN)-inducible Gene Expression by Retinoic Acid UP-REGULATION OF STAT1 PROTEIN IN IFN-UNRESPONSIVE CELLS

    Venkatadri Kolla;Daniel J. Lindner;Xiao Weihua;Ernest C. Borden

  • Thioredoxin reductase regulates AP-1 activity as well as thioredoxin nuclear localization via active cysteines in response to ionizing radiation.

    Shervin Karimpour;Junyang Lou;Lilie L Lin;Luis M Rene

  • IL-17 receptor signaling inhibits C/EBPbeta by sequential phosphorylation of the regulatory 2 domain.

    Fang Shen;Nan Li;Padmaja Gade;Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu

  • RNase-L-dependent Destabilization of Interferon-induced mRNAs A ROLE FOR THE 2–5A SYSTEM IN ATTENUATION OF THE INTERFERON RESPONSE

    Xiao-Ling Li;John A. Blackford;Carianne S. Judge;Mingjuan Liu

  • Activation of Rac1 and the p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway in Response to Arsenic Trioxide *

    Amit Verma;Mani Mohindru;Dilip K. Deb;Antonella Sassano;Antonella Sassano

  • Alternate interferon signaling pathways.

    Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu

  • A proteomic analysis reveals the loss of expression of the cell death regulatory gene GRIM-19 in human renal cell carcinomas.

    I Alchanati;S C Nallar;P Sun;L Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Sekhar P. Reddy
Sekhar P. Reddy University of Illinois at Chicago
Alan S. Cross
Alan S. Cross University of Maryland, Baltimore
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Jeffrey D. Hasday
Jeffrey D. Hasday University of Maryland, Baltimore
Peter F. Johnson
Peter F. Johnson National Institutes of Health
Amit Verma
Amit Verma Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Saverio Minucci
Saverio Minucci European Institute of Oncology
Gary Fiskum
Gary Fiskum University of Maryland, Baltimore
Steven R. Kleeberger
Steven R. Kleeberger National Institutes of Health
Ernest C. Borden
Ernest C. Borden Cleveland Clinic

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