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Jasti S. Rao is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with 29 publications related to Medicine and 20 in Neuroscience. The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of their research center on Spinal Cord Injury Research, with 22 publications addressing this area. Other key topics covered in their work include Nerve injury and regeneration, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Jasti S. Rao has contributed papers to a variety of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biomedicines
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Science Progress
  • Scientific Reports

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Chronic spinal cord injury repair by NT3-chitosan only occurs after clearance of the lesion scar, 2022, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Importance of brain alterations in spinal cord injury, 2021, Science Progress
  • NT3 treatment alters spinal cord injury-induced changes in the gray matter volume of rhesus monkey cortex, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Neural regeneration therapy after spinal cord injury induces unique brain functional reorganizations in rhesus monkeys, 2022, Annals of Medicine
  • Rehabilitation Training after Spinal Cord Injury Affects Brain Structure and Function: From Mechanisms to Methods, 2023, Biomedicines

Jasti S. Rao frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Can Zhao
  • Shu-Sheng Bao
  • Zhaoyang Yang
  • Ting Feng
  • Wen Zhao

Best Publications

  • Cathepsin B as a cancer target.

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  • Specific interference of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene expression induced by double-stranded RNA results in decreased invasion, tumor growth, and angiogenesis in gliomas

    Sajani S. Lakka;Christopher S. Gondi;Dzung H. Dinh;William C. Olivero

  • Inhibition of invasion, angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis by adenovirus-mediated transfer of antisense uPAR and MMP-9 in non-small cell lung cancer cells.

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  • Upregulation of PTEN in Glioma Cells by Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells Inhibits Migration via Downregulation of the PI3K/Akt Pathway

    Venkata Ramesh Dasari;Kiranpreet Kaur;Kiran Kumar Velpula;Meena Gujrati

  • Adenovirus-mediated transfer of siRNA against MMP-2 mRNA results in impaired invasion and tumor-induced angiogenesis, induces apoptosis in vitro and inhibits tumor growth in vivo in glioblastoma

    Odysseas Kargiotis;Chandramu Chetty;Christopher S. Gondi;Andrew J. Tsung

  • Proteases and Glioma Angiogenesis

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  • Axonal remyelination by cord blood stem cells after spinal cord injury.

    Venkata Ramesh Dasari;Daniel G. Spomar;Christopher S. Gondi;Christopher A. Sloffer

  • MMP-9 Induces CD44 Cleavage and CD44 mediated Cell Migration in Glioblastoma Xenograft Cells

    Chandramu Chetty;Sravan K. Vanamala;Christopher S. Gondi;Dzung H. Dinh

  • Downregulation of uPA, uPAR and MMP-9 using small, interfering, hairpin RNA (siRNA) inhibits glioma cell invasion, angiogenesis and tumor growth

    Christopher S. Gondi;Sajani S. Lakka;Dzung H. Dinh;William Charles Olivero

  • MMP-2 siRNA Inhibits Radiation-Enhanced Invasiveness in Glioma Cells

    Aruna Venkata Badiga;Chandramu Chetty;Divya Kesanakurti;Deepthi Are

  • Downregulation of MMP-9 in ERK-mutated stable transfectants inhibits glioma invasion in vitro

    Sajani S. Lakka;Sushma L. Jasti;Christopher Gondi;Douglas D Boyd

  • Targeting MMP-9, uPAR, and cathepsin B inhibits invasion, migration and activates apoptosis in prostate cancer cells.

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  • Localization of uPAR and MMP-9 in lipid rafts is critical for migration, invasion and angiogenesis in human breast cancer cells.

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  • Role of MMP-2 in the Regulation of IL-6/Stat3 Survival Signaling via Interaction With α5β1 Integrin in glioma

    Divya Kesanakurti;Chandramu Chetty;Dzung H. Dinh;Meena Gujrati

  • Downregulation of uPA inhibits migration and PI3k/Akt signaling in glioblastoma cells

    Nirmala Chandrasekar;Sanjeeva Mohanam;Meena Gujrati;William C Olivero

  • Expression of antisense uPAR and antisense uPA from a bicistronic adenoviral construct inhibits glioma cell invasion, tumor growth, and angiogenesis.

    Christopher S Gondi;Sajani S Lakka;Niranjan Yanamandra;Khawar Siddique

  • Adenovirus-mediated expression of antisense MMP-9 in glioma cells inhibits tumor growth and invasion

    Sajani S Lakka;Mannari Rajan;Christopher Gondi;Niranjan Yanamandra

  • Downregulation of uPAR and Cathepsin B Induces Apoptosis via Regulation of Bcl-2 and Bax and Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt Pathway in Gliomas

    Ramarao Malla;Sreelatha Gopinath;Kiranmai Alapati;Christopher S. Gondi

  • Blockade of cathepsin B expression in human glioblastoma cells is associated with suppression of angiogenesis.

    Niranjan Yanamandra;Krishna V Gumidyala;Kevin G Waldron;Meena Gujrati

  • Down-regulation of uPAR and uPA activates caspase-mediated apoptosis and inhibits the PI3K/AKT pathway

    Christopher S Gondi;Neelima Kandhukuri;Dzung H Dinh;Meena Gujrati

Frequent Co-Authors

Dzung H. Dinh
Dzung H. Dinh University of Illinois at Chicago
Francis Ali-Osman
Francis Ali-Osman Duke University
Gregory N. Fuller
Gregory N. Fuller The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Raymond Sawaya
Raymond Sawaya The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Donald C. Foster
Donald C. Foster Just Biotherapeutics (United States)
Ziya L. Gokaslan
Ziya L. Gokaslan Brown University
Walter Kisiel
Walter Kisiel University of New Mexico
Garth L. Nicolson
Garth L. Nicolson University of Helsinki
Katherine S. Panageas
Katherine S. Panageas Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lisa M. DeAngelis
Lisa M. DeAngelis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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