Ajay Bommareddy
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Wilkes University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Bommareddy joined the department in the fall of 2009 after completing a two year postdoctoral research work at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology in the area of cancer chemoprevention using naturally occurring phytochemicals. He received his Ph.D in 2007 from South Dakota State University with a specialization in pharmaceutical Sciences where his dissertation focused on investigating “chemoprevntive properties of dietary flaxseed meal on colon tumor development” using cell culture and animal models.
Research Interest
prostate and breast cancer chemoprevention, phytochemicals, cancer growth & development, disease prevention and treatment
Publications
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Xiao D, Bommareddy A, Kim SH, Sehrawat A, Hahm ER, Singh SV. Benzyl isothiocyanate causes FoxO1-mediated autophagic death in human breast cancer cells. PloS one. 2012 Mar 22;7(3):e32597.
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Bommareddy A, Rule B, VanWert AL, Santha S, Dwivedi C. Alpha-santalol, a chemopreventive agent induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells by causing caspase-3 activation.
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Santha S, Bommareddy A, Rule B, Guillermo R, Kaushik RS, Young A, Dwivedi C. Correction: Antineoplastic Effects of α-Santalol on Estrogen Receptor-Positive and Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer Cells through Cell Cycle Arrest at G2/M Phase and Induction of Apoptosis. PloS one. 2013;8(6).
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Bommareddy A, Eggleston W, Prelewicz S, Antal A, Witczak Z, Mccune DF, Vanwert AL. Chemoprevention of prostate cancer by major dietary phytochemicals. Anticancer research. 2013 Oct 1;33(10):4163-74.
