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Faculty Name:

Shekhar Patel, Ph.D.


Title:

Research Assistant Professor

PUBMED Link:

Patel CV

Research:

Molecular regulation of vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells.

Recent Publications:

  • Marc S. Penn, Chandrashekhar V. Patel, Mei Zhen Cui, Paul E. DiCorleto and Guy M. Chisholm (1999) LDL increases inactive tissue factor on vascular smoth muscle cell surfaces; hydrogen peroxide activates latent cell surface tissue factor. Circulation 99, 1753-1759.
  • Chandrashekhar V. Patel, Rajesh Sharangpani and Paul E. DiCorleto (1999) Endothelial cells express a novel TNF-alpha regulated varient of HOXA9. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 1415-1422.
  • Chandrashekhar V. Patel, Indhira Handy, Tiffany Goldsmith, and Rekha C. Patel (2000) PACT, a stress-modulated cellular activator of interferon-induced double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase, PKR. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 37993-37998.
  • Rekha C. Patel, Indhira Handy, and Chandrashekhar V. Patel (2002) Contribution of double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase toward antiproliferative actions of heparin on vascular smooth muscle cells.
  • Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 221, 439-1444.
  • Steven Fasciano, Rekha C. Patel, Indhira Handy, and Chandrashekhar V. Patel (2005) Regulation of vascular smooth muscle proliferation by heparin: Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase activity by p27kip1. J. Biol. Chem. 280(16),15682-15689.
  • Chinmay Trivedi, Rekha C. Patel, and Chandrashekhar V. Patel (2006) Homeobox gene HOXA9 inhibits nuclear factor-kappaB dependent activation of endothelium. J. Biol. Chem. (under revision for re-submission).

Education:

  • Gujrat State University B.S. 1979 Microbiology
  • M. S. University of Baroda ( Baroda, India ) M.S. 1981 Microbiology
  • Indian Institute of Science ( Bangalore, India) Ph.D. 1987 Molecular Biology
  • Case Western Reserve University ( Cleveland, USA) Post-Doc 1987-1990 Molecular Biology
  • Case Western Reserve University ( Cleveland, USA) Res. Ass. 1990-1993 Molecular Biology

Contact Information:

Chandrashekhar V. Patel
Email: patelc@gw.med.sc.edu
Phone: 803-733-3274
Address: Building 4 Room C-11
USC School of Medicine
Columbia, SC 29209

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