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Rajesh Agarwal is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing primarily on molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, plant science, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist has authored numerous publications addressing a range of topics, including silymarin and mushroom poisoning, pesticide exposure and toxicity, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, gut microbiota and health, neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms, mast cells and histamine, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

Rajesh Agarwal has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Chapla Agarwal
  • Komal Raina
  • Neha Mishra
  • Rama Kant
  • Neera Tewari-Singh

The scientist's work has appeared in various journals, with repeated publications in venues such as:

  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Carcinogenesis
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Some of the recent published papers by Rajesh Agarwal include:

  • Exosomes secreted by prostate cancer cells under hypoxia promote matrix metalloproteinases activity at pre-metastatic niches, 2020, Molecular Carcinogenesis
  • Silibinin and non-melanoma skin cancers, 2020, Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
  • Dietary Rice Bran-Modified Human Gut Microbial Consortia Confers Protection against Colon Carcinogenesis Following Fecal Transfaunation, 2021, Biomedicines
  • Pathophysiology and inflammatory biomarkers of sulfur mustard-induced corneal injury in rabbits, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Phytochemicals as Immunomodulatory Molecules in Cancer Therapeutics, 2023, Pharmaceuticals

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

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

  • Green Tea Constituent Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate and Induction of Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Carcinoma Cells

    Nihal Ahmad;Denise K. Feyes;Rajesh Agarwal;Hasan Mukhtar

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

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

  • Multitargeted therapy of cancer by silymarin.

    Kumaraguruparan Ramasamy;Rajesh Agarwal

  • Role of p53 in silibinin-mediated inhibition of ultraviolet B radiation-induced DNA damage, inflammation and skin carcinogenesis.

    Cynthia M. Rigby;Srirupa Roy;Srirupa Roy;Gagan Deep;Gagan Deep;Ruth Guillermo-Lagae

  • Protective Effects of Silymarin Against Photocarcinogenesis in a Mouse Skin Model

    Santosh K. Katiyar;Neil J. Korman;Hasan Mukhtar;Rajesh Agarwal

  • Enhancement of antioxidant and phase II enzymes by oral feeding of green tea polyphenols in drinking water to SKH-1 hairless mice: possible role in cancer chemoprevention.

    Sikandar G. Khan;Santosh K. Katiyar;Rajesh Agarwal;Hasan Mukhtar

  • Anti-tumor-promoting activity of a polyphenolic fraction isolated from grape seeds in the mouse skin two-stage initiation-promotion protocol and identification of procyanidin B5-3'-gallate as the most effective antioxidant constituent.

    Jifu Zhao;Jiannong Wang;Yingjie Chen;Rajesh Agarwal

  • Anticancer potential of silymarin: from bench to bed side.

    Rajesh Agarwal;Charu Agarwal;Haruyo Ichikawa;Rana P. Singh

  • A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of silybin-phytosome in prostate cancer patients.

    Thomas W. Flaig;Daniel L. Gustafson;Lih-Jen Su;Joseph A. Zirrolli

  • Exosomes secreted under hypoxia enhance invasiveness and stemness of prostate cancer cells by targeting adherens junction molecules

    Anand Ramteke;Harold Ting;Chapla Agarwal;Chapla Agarwal;Samiha Mateen

  • Cell signaling and regulators of cell cycle as molecular targets for prostate cancer prevention by dietary agents.

    Rajesh Agarwal

  • Inhibition of tumor promotion in SENCAR mouse skin by ethanol extract of Zingiber officinale rhizome.

    Santosh K. Katiyar;Rajesh Agarwal;Hasan Mukhtar

  • Green tea in chemoprevention of cancer.

    Hasan Mukhtar;Nihal Ahmad

  • Milk thistle and prostate cancer: differential effects of pure flavonolignans from Silybum marianum on antiproliferative end points in human prostate carcinoma cells.

    Paula R. Davis-Searles;Yuka Nakanishi;Nam-Cheol Kim;Tyler N. Graf

  • Silibinin Strongly Synergizes Human Prostate Carcinoma DU145 Cells to Doxorubicin-induced Growth Inhibition, G2-M Arrest, and Apoptosis

    Anil K Tyagi;Rana P Singh;Chapla Agarwal;Daniel C F Chan

  • Anticancer and Cancer Chemopreventive Potential of Grape Seed Extract and Other Grape-Based Products

    Manjinder Kaur;Chapla Agarwal;Rajesh Agarwal

  • A Flavonoid Antioxidant, Silymarin, Affords Exceptionally High Protection against Tumor Promotion in the SENCAR Mouse Skin Tumorigenesis Model

    Moushumi Lahiri-Chatterjee;Santosh K. Katiyar;Rajiv R. Mohan;Rajesh Agarwal

  • Antimetastatic efficacy of silibinin: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential against cancer

    Gagan Deep;Rajesh Agarwal

  • Protection against ultraviolet B radiation-induced photocarcinogenesis in hairless mice by green tea polyphenols.

    Zhi Y. Wang;Rajesh Agarwal;David R. Bickers;Hasan Mukhtar

Frequent Co-Authors

Rana P. Singh
Rana P. Singh Jawaharlal Nehru University
Gagan Deep
Gagan Deep Wake Forest University
Hasan Mukhtar
Hasan Mukhtar University of Wisconsin–Madison
Santosh K. Katiyar
Santosh K. Katiyar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carl W. White
Carl W. White University of Colorado Denver
Nicholas H. Oberlies
Nicholas H. Oberlies University of North Carolina at Greensboro
David J. Orlicky
David J. Orlicky University of Colorado Denver
David R. Bickers
David R. Bickers Columbia University
Mohammad Athar
Mohammad Athar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alvin M. Malkinson
Alvin M. Malkinson University of Colorado Denver

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