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Rajvir Dahiya is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specialized focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology.

The scientific contributions of Rajvir Dahiya concentrate on several key research topics including cancer-related molecular mechanisms, microRNA in disease regulation, circular RNAs in diseases, prostate cancer treatment and research, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, mercury impact and mitigation studies, and molecular biology techniques and applications.

Frequent co-authors in Rajvir Dahiya's research include:

  • Yutaka Hashimoto
  • Yuichiro Tanaka
  • Marisa Shiina
  • Varahram Shahryari
  • Soichiro Yamamura

Their research is regularly published in several notable scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in the following:

  • Cancer Research
  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • BMC Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cell Death and Disease

Some representative recent papers from Rajvir Dahiya's body of work include:

  • LncRNA CDKN2B-AS1/miR-141/cyclin D network regulates tumor progression and metastasis of renal cell carcinoma, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • A lncRNA TCL6-miR-155 Interaction Regulates the Src-Akt-EMT Network to Mediate Kidney Cancer Progression and Metastasis, 2021, Cancer Research
  • Genistein Represses HOTAIR/Chromatin Remodeling Pathways to Suppress Kidney Cancer, 2020, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
  • MicroRNA determinants of neuroendocrine differentiation in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, 2020, Oncogene
  • Activation of the Erk/MAPK signaling pathway is a driver for cadmium induced prostate cancer, 2020, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • MethPrimer: designing primers for methylation PCRs

    Long Cheng Li;Rajvir Dahiya

  • MicroRNA-373 induces expression of genes with complementary promoter sequences

    Robert F Place;Long-Cheng Li;Deepa Pookot;Emily J Noonan

  • Small dsRNAs induce transcriptional activation in human cells

    Long-Cheng Li;Steven T. Okino;Hong Zhao;Deepa Pookot

  • Heterogeneity of Mucin Gene Expression in Normal and Neoplastic Tissues

    Samuel B. Ho;Gloria A. Niehans;Carolyn Lyftogt;Pei Sha Yan

  • Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 promotes aggressive renal cell carcinoma through Ezh2 and interacts with miR-205.

    Hiroshi Hirata;Yuji Hinoda;Varahram Shahryari;Guoren Deng

  • Hormonal, cellular, and molecular control of prostatic development.

    Paul C Marker;Annemarie A Donjacour;Rajvir Dahiya;Gerald R Cunha

  • miR-449a targets HDAC-1 and induces growth arrest in prostate cancer

    E. J. Noonan;R. F. Place;D. Pookot;S. Basak

  • Establishment and characterization of an immortalized but non-transformed human prostate epithelial cell line: BPH-1

    S. W. Hayward;R. Dahiya;G. R. Cunha;J. Bartek

  • KNOCKDOWN OF ASTROCYTE ELEVATED GENE-1 INHIBITS PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION THROUGH UPREGULATION OF FOXO3a ACTIVITY

    Nobuyuki Kikuno;Hiroaki Shiina;Shinji Urakami;Ken Kawamoto

  • Regulatory Role of mir-203 in Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis

    Sharanjot Saini;Shahana Majid;Soichiro Yamamura;Z. Laura Tabatabai

  • MicroRNA‐205–directed transcriptional activation of tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer

    Shahana Majid;Altaf A. Dar;Sharanjot Saini;Soichiro Yamamura

  • Epigenetic Changes in Prostate Cancer: Implication for Diagnosis and Treatment

    Long-Cheng Li;Peter R. Carroll;Rajvir Dahiya

  • Interaction and cross-talk between non-coding RNAs

    Soichiro Yamamura;Mitsuho Imai-Sumida;Mitsuho Imai-Sumida;Yuichiro Tanaka;Yuichiro Tanaka;Rajvir Dahiya;Rajvir Dahiya

  • Reproduction of functional smooth muscle tissue and partial bladder replacement

    M. Probst;R. Dahiya;S. Carrier;E.A. Tanagho

  • Genistein mediated histone acetylation and demethylation activates tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer cells.

    Nobuyuki Kikuno;Hiroaki Shiina;Shinji Urakami;Ken Kawamoto

  • PEYRONIE'S DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-beta PROTEIN EXPRESSION

    Ahmed I. El-Sakka;Howayda M. Hassoba;Rao J. Pillarisetty;Rajvir Dahiya

  • A single nucleotide polymorphism in the E-cadherin gene promoter alters transcriptional activities.

    Long Cheng Li;Richard M. Chui;Masahiro Sasaki;Koichi Nakajima

  • Methylation and Inactivation of Estrogen, Progesterone, and Androgen Receptors in Prostate Cancer

    Masahiro Sasaki;Yuichiro Tanaka;Geetha Perinchery;Abhipsa Dharia

  • BTG3 tumor suppressor gene promoter demethylation, histone modification and cell cycle arrest by genistein in renal cancer

    Shahana Majid;Altaf A. Dar;Ardalan E. Ahmad;Hiroshi Hirata

  • Genistein Inhibits Prostate Cancer Cell Growth by Targeting miR-34a and Oncogenic HOTAIR

    Takeshi Chiyomaru;Soichiro Yamamura;Shinichiro Fukuhara;Hirofumi Yoshino

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Carroll
Peter R. Carroll University of California, San Francisco
Hideki Enokida
Hideki Enokida Kagoshima University
Yuji Hinoda
Yuji Hinoda Yamaguchi University
Masayuki Nakagawa
Masayuki Nakagawa Kagoshima University
Emil A. Tanagho
Emil A. Tanagho University of California, San Francisco
Christopher J. Kane
Christopher J. Kane University of California, San Diego
Tom F. Lue
Tom F. Lue University of California, San Francisco
Gerald R. Cunha
Gerald R. Cunha University of California, San Francisco
Simon W. Hayward
Simon W. Hayward NorthShore University HealthSystem
Badrinath R. Konety
Badrinath R. Konety University of Minnesota

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