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Ritu Aneja is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, they have specialized in oncology, cancer research, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their main topics of study include cancer genomics and diagnostics, breast cancer treatment studies, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, cancer-related molecular pathways, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, artificial intelligence in cancer detection, and global cancer incidence and screening.

Among their frequent co-authors are Shristi Bhattarai, Emiel A. M. Janssen, Jaspreet Kaur, Jun Kong, and Karuna Mittal. This collaboration network reflects consistent partnerships in cancer research and related biomedical sciences.

Ritu Aneja has published many papers in reputable journals and venues. Some recent notable papers include:

  • "Cancer as a prospective sequela of long COVID-19" (2021, BioEssays)
  • "Polyploid giant cancer cell characterization: New frontiers in predicting response to chemotherapy in breast cancer" (2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology)
  • "Protein Conformational Changes in Breast Cancer Sera Using Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis" (2020, Cancers)
  • "Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Centrosome amplification: a quantifiable cancer cell trait with prognostic value in solid malignancies" (2020, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews)

They have frequently published in a range of journals including:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Medicinal Research Reviews

Best Publications

  • Drugs that target dynamic microtubules: a new molecular perspective.

    Richard A. Stanton;Kim M. Gernert;James H. Nettles;Ritu Aneja

  • Benefits of whole ginger extract in prostate cancer.

    Prasanthi Karna;Sharmeen Chagani;Sushma R. Gundala;Padmashree C. G. Rida

  • Brominated derivatives of noscapine are potent microtubule-interfering agents that perturb mitosis and inhibit cell proliferation.

    Jun Zhou;Kamlesh Gupta;Shefali Aggarwal;Ritu Aneja

  • Synergistic interactions among flavonoids and acetogenins in Graviola (Annona muricata) leaves confer protection against prostate cancer

    Chunhua Yang;Sushma Reddy Gundala;Rao Mukkavilli;Subrahmanyam Vangala

  • Reversal of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance in cancer cells by the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase

    Jun Zhou;Min Liu;Ritu Aneja;Ramesh Chandra

  • The Noscapine Chronicle: A Pharmaco-Historic Biography of the Opiate Alkaloid Family and its Clinical Applications.

    Padmashree C. G. Rida;Dillon LiVecche;Angela Ogden;Jun Zhou

  • Ginger phytochemicals exhibit synergy to inhibit prostate cancer cell proliferation

    Meera Brahmbhatt;Sushma R. Gundala;Ghazia Asif;Shahab A Shamsi

  • Synthesis of microtubule-interfering halogenated noscapine analogs that perturb mitosis in cancer cells followed by cell death.

    Ritu Aneja;Surya N. Vangapandu;Manu Lopus;Vijaya G. Viswesarappa

  • Development of a novel nitro-derivative of noscapine for the potential treatment of drug-resistant ovarian cancer and t-cell lymphoma

    Ritu Aneja;Surya N. Vangapandu;Manu Lopus;Ramesh Chandra

  • Multinucleated polyploidy drives resistance to Docetaxel chemotherapy in prostate cancer

    Karuna Mittal;Shashi Donthamsetty;Ramneet Kaur;Chunhua Yang

  • Polyphenol-rich sweet potato greens extract inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.

    Prasanthi Karna;Sushma R. Gundala;Meenakshi V. Gupta;Shahab A. Shamsi

  • CYLD mediates ciliogenesis in multiple organs by deubiquitinating Cep70 and inactivating HDAC6

    Yunfan Yang;Jie Ran;Min Liu;Dengwen Li

  • HSET overexpression fuels tumor progression via centrosome clustering-independent mechanisms in breast cancer patients

    Vaishali Pannu;Padmashree C.G. Rida;Angela Ogden;Ravi Chakra Turaga

  • Preclinical pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of noscapine, a tubulin-binding anticancer agent.

    Ritu Aneja;Neerupma Dhiman;Jyoti Idnani;Anshumali Awasthi

  • Enhanced noscapine delivery using uPAR-targeted optical-MR imaging trackable nanoparticles for prostate cancer therapy.

    Mohamed O. Abdalla;Prasanthi Karna;Hari Krishna Sajja;Hui Mao

  • Induction of reactive oxygen species-mediated autophagy by a novel microtubule-modulating agent.

    Prasanthi Karna;Susu Zughaier;Vaishali Pannu;Robert Simmons

  • Let's huddle to prevent a muddle: centrosome declustering as an attractive anticancer strategy

    A Ogden;P C G Rida;R Aneja

  • p53 and p21 determine the sensitivity of noscapine-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells.

    Ritu Aneja;Amr M. Ghaleb;Jun Zhou;Vincent W. Yang

  • Hydroxychavicol, a betel leaf component, inhibits prostate cancer through ROS-driven DNA damage and apoptosis.

    Sushma Reddy Gundala;Chunhua Yang;Rao Mukkavilli;Rutugandha Paranjpe

  • Biomarkers Predicting Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer.

    Xiaoxian Bill Li;Uma Krishnamurti;Shristi Bhattarai;Sergey Klimov

Frequent Co-Authors

Emad A. Rakha
Emad A. Rakha University of Nottingham
Ramesh Chandra
Ramesh Chandra University of Delhi
Ian O. Ellis
Ian O. Ellis University of Nottingham
Andrew R. Green
Andrew R. Green University of Nottingham
Min Liu
Min Liu Shandong Normal University
Dulal Panda
Dulal Panda Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Satya Prakash
Satya Prakash McGill University
Leland W.K. Chung
Leland W.K. Chung Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
David S. Stephens
David S. Stephens Emory University
Hongxia Wang
Hongxia Wang Queensland University of Technology

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