Radiation Medicine

Vivek Rangnekar, Ph.D.
Professor and Research Scientist
Combs Research Building
744 Rose Street 326
Lexington, KY 40536
Phone: (859) 257-2677
Email: vivek@ms.uky.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Cancer
• Apoptosis
• Tumor Suppressors
• Cell Signaling

EDUCATION:

• B.S., University of Bombay, 1976
• M.S., University of Bombay, 1979
• Ph.D., University of Bombay, 1983

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Book Chapters (invited, non-peer-reviewed)

J. M. D. Plate and V. M. Rangnekar (1988), Immunoprecipitation of interleukin-1 receptors  from murine  cell lines. Progress in Leukocyte Biology Volume 8,  Monokines and Other Non-Lymphocytic  Cytokines, (Alan R.  Liss, Inc., New York.) pp.167-174. Editors : M. C. Powanda,  J. J. Oppenheim, M. J. Kluger, and C. A. Dinarello.

V. M. Rangnekar* and M.P. Mattson (2000), Pivotal role of the leucine zipper domain protein Par-4 in neuronal cell apoptosis: in Recent Research Developments in Neurochemistry (Research Signpost, Trivandrum). Volume 3, 125-134. * corresponding author.

V. M. Rangnekar (2001), Apoptosis by Par-4 protein. Programmed Cell Death: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms. (Elsevier Science, Inc., NY). Editors: M. P. Mattson, S. Estus, and V. M. Rangnekar. volume 1, pp.215-236.

P. Ranganathan and V. M. Rangnekar (2005) Regulation of Cancer Cell Survival by Par-4.   Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1059, 76-85.