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Sunil C. Kaul is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on molecular biology and complementary and alternative medicine among other subfields.

Their scientific work includes contributions to the following subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Insect Science

Kaul's research addresses a variety of main topics including:

  • Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Heat shock proteins research

The scientist has published frequently in certain journals and venues, such as:

  • Cancers
  • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomolecules

Some recent publications demonstrate the range and focus of their research. Examples include:

  • Withanone and Withaferin-A are predicted to interact with transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) and block entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells, 2020, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • Withanone and caffeic acid phenethyl ester are predicted to interact with main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 and inhibit its activity, 2020, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • Experimental Evidence for Therapeutic Potentials of Propolis, 2021, Nutrients
  • Photothermogenetic inhibition of cancer stemness by near-infrared-light-activatable nanocomplexes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Combination of Withaferin-A and CAPE Provides Superior Anticancer Potency: Bioinformatics and Experimental Evidence to Their Molecular Targets and Mechanism of Action, 2020, Cancers

Kaul has collaborated extensively with certain frequent co-authors, including:

  • Renu Wadhwa
  • Durai Sundar
  • Jaspreet Kaur Dhanjal
  • Vipul Kumar
  • Anissa Nofita Sari

Best Publications

  • Ski is a component of the histone deacetylase complex required for transcriptional repression by Mad and thyroid hormone receptor

    Teruaki Nomura;Matiullah Khan;Sunil C. Kaul;Hai Dong Dong

  • An Hsp70 family chaperone, mortalin/mthsp70/PBP74/Grp75: what, when, and where?

    Renu Wadhwa;Kazunari Taira;Sunil C. Kaul

  • Free radical scavenging potential of L-proline: evidence from in vitro assays.

    S. Kaul;S. S. Sharma;I. K. Mehta

  • Upregulation of mortalin/mthsp70/Grp75 contributes to human carcinogenesis.

    Renu Wadhwa;Syuichi Takano;Kamaljit Kaur;Custer C. Deocaris;Custer C. Deocaris

  • Selective Toxicity of MKT-077 to Cancer Cells Is Mediated by Its Binding to the hsp70 Family Protein mot-2 and Reactivation of p53 Function

    Renu Wadhwa;Takashi Sugihara;Akiko Yoshida;Hitoshi Nomura

  • Three faces of mortalin: a housekeeper, guardian and killer.

    Sunil C. Kaul;Custer C. Deocaris;Custer C. Deocaris;Renu Wadhwa;Renu Wadhwa

  • Inactivation of tumor suppressor p53 by mot-2, a hsp70 family member

    Renu Wadhwa;Syuichi Takano;Martin Robert;Akiko Yoshida

  • Nanogel-quantum dot hybrid nanoparticles for live cell imaging

    Urara Hasegawa;Shin Ichiro M. Nomura;Sunil C. Kaul;Takashi Hirano

  • The Ski Protein Family Is Required for MeCP2-mediated Transcriptional Repression

    Kenji Kokura;Sunil C. Kaul;Renu Wadhwa;Teruaki Nomura

  • On the brotherhood of the mitochondrial chaperones mortalin and heat shock protein 60.

    Custer C. Deocaris;Sunil C. Kaul;Renu Wadhwa;Renu Wadhwa

  • Identification of a novel member of mouse hsp70 family. Its association with cellular mortal phenotype.

    R Wadhwa;S C Kaul;Y Ikawa;Y Sugimoto

  • Hsp70 family member, mot-2/mthsp70/GRP75, binds to the cytoplasmic sequestration domain of the p53 protein.

    Renu Wadhwa;Tomoko Yaguchi;Md.K. Hasan;Youji Mitsui

  • Selective killing of cancer cells by leaf extract of Ashwagandha: identification of a tumor-inhibitory factor and the first molecular insights to its effect.

    Nashi Widodo;Kamaljit Kaur;Bhupal G. Shrestha;Yasuomi Takagi

  • Extramitochondrial localization of mortalin/mthsp70/PBP74/GRP75.

    Qitao Ran;Renu Wadhwa;Rena Kawai;Sunil C. Kaul

  • Protective Role of Ashwagandha Leaf Extract and Its Component Withanone on Scopolamine-Induced Changes in the Brain and Brain-Derived Cells

    Arpita Konar;Navjot Shah;Rumani Singh;Nishant Saxena

  • Complement-mediated inhibition of neovascularization reveals a point of convergence between innate immunity and angiogenesis

    Harald F. Langer;Kyoung-Jin Chung;Kyoung-Jin Chung;Valeria V. Orlova;Eun Young Choi

  • Quantum dots in bio-imaging: Revolution by the small

    Harinder Arya;Zeenia Kaul;Renu Wadhwa;Kazunari Taira

  • 5-Bromodeoxyuridine induces senescence-like phenomena in mammalian cells regardless of cell type or species.

    Michishita Eriko;Kazuhiko Nakabayashi;Toshikazu Suzuki;Sunil C. Kaul

  • Expression of MUC-1 Epitopes on Normal Bone Marrow: Implications for the Detection of Micrometastatic Tumor Cells

    Wolfram Brugger;Hans-Jörg Bühring;Frank Grünebach;Wichard Vogel

  • The Ski Protein Family Is Required for MeCP2-mediated

    Kenji Kokura;Sunil C. Kaul;Renu Wadhwa;Teruaki Nomura

Frequent Co-Authors

Renu Wadhwa
Renu Wadhwa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Youji Mitsui
Youji Mitsui Tokushima Bunri University
Kazunari Taira
Kazunari Taira University of Tokyo
Roger R. Reddel
Roger R. Reddel Children's Medical Research Institute
Chae-Ok Yun
Chae-Ok Yun Hanyang University
Tetsuro Ishii
Tetsuro Ishii University of Tsukuba
Yoshikazu Sugimoto
Yoshikazu Sugimoto Keio University
Makoto Miyagishi
Makoto Miyagishi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hitoshi Iwahashi
Hitoshi Iwahashi Gifu University

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