Poster Session C

Poster Session C
Friday, December 16
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

In alphabetical order, not board assignment order

• A functional assay to identify cancer stem cells, Rohit Nagare, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
• A significant correlation between TGFβ variants and miR-21 expression levels in bladder cancer, Hamideh Monfared, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
• ADXS11-001 immunotherapy targeting HPV-E7: preliminary safety data from a phase 2 study in Indian women with recurrent/refractory cervical cancer, Partha Basu, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
• Analysis of histopathological high risk factors in retinoblastoma post chemotherapy: A retrospective study, Lata Singh, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi India
• Anti cancer potentiality of Quinacrine in breast cancer cells through inhibition of topoisomerase activity, Ranjan Preet, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Orissa, India
• Antiproliferation and Induction of Apoptosis by Hydroalcholic Extract of Cassia alata Linn, Viral Patel, JSS college of pharmacy, Ooty, Tamilnadu India
• Antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of carvacrol against diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced hepatocellular carcinogenesis in albino rats, Jayakumar Subramaniyan, University of madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
• Antitumor and antiproliferative potential of geraniol against 4-nitro quinoline 1-oxide induced oral carcinogenesis in rats, Madan Kumar , University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
• Assessing therapeutic responses in pancreatic cancer using genetically engineered mouse models, Mallika Singh, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA United States
• Association of genetic variants of Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) pathway genes with Gallbladder Cancer Susceptibility, Kiran Sharma, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, UP India
• Association of IL-1RN (VNTR) and IL-1 β (-511C>T) genotypes with tumour histology in Lung cancer, ANAND Srivastava, Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow, U.P. India
• Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) – α Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) with the treatment of Multiple Myeloma by Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone, Wesley Jose, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India
• Chemopreventive Curcumin induces DNA damage and anti-oxidant protein in squamous cell lung carcinoma in vitro, Sudip Sen, Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Cholesterol : A key player in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia cell proliferation, Shrimanjunath Sankanagoudar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Cholesterol in cancer - Culprit or victim, Govind Singh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Chromosomal copy-number alterations in breast cancer significantly affect gene modules involved in cancer progression, Mishi Kaushal, National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, India
• Cloning ,expression and partial purification of β-galactoside binding protein (β -GBP/β-Gal/Gal-1) on Oral Cancer cell lines, S. Aggarwal, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Concurrent chemo-RT with biweekly paclitaxel, following initial anthracycline based chemotherapy: a phase II study, D. Vijaykumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita, India
• CYP1A1, NQO1 and NAT2 gene polymorphisms and risk of oral cancer in Northeast India: Tobacco consumption as risk modulator, Dhirendra Yadav, National Institute of Pathology (ICMR), New Delhi, Delhi India
• CYP1B1 mediated activation DMU212 in human ovarian cancer cell lines A-2780 and SK-OV-3, Marek Murias, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
• Dendrosome–encapsulated curcumin alters the expression of OCT4 variants in bladder cancer cell line, M. Tahmasebi, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
• Differential mechanisms of GSK-3β inhibition by IGF-1 and Lithium chloride in MCF-7 cells: A comparative study, Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Taramani campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
• Discovery of a novel family of pyrrolizidine derivatives that suppress tumor cell proliferation, invasion and induce apoptosis by modulating STAT3/JAK2 signalling pathway, S. Swamy, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Karnataka, India
• Dual mechanism of hpip action confers taxol resistance in breast cancer cells, Bramanandam Manavathi, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
• Early Marriage and Premenopause as a risk factor for Breast Cancer, Ranjit Kumar, Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Patna, Bihar India
• Elucidating the antitumor mechanism of biguanides in prostate cancer, Akash Patniak, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA United States
• Erufosine simultaneously induces apoptosis and autophagy by modulating the mTOR signaling pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma, Vaishali Kapoor, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
• Evaluation of expression levels of p38α, a signalling protein in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and design of peptide inhibitors against the same, Kamaldeep Gill, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Evaluation of novel Phospholipase C epsilon 1 (PLCE1) genetic variants identified in published Esophageal cancer Genome wide association studies with susceptibility and prognosis of Esophageal cancer, Meenakshi Umar, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
• Folate deficiency and elevated homocysteine modulates 5-Fluorouracil sensitivity in cancer cell lines, Ravishankara Bsa, Manipal Life Sciences Centre, Manipal, Karnataka India
• Gene expression of NF-KB in Prostate Carcinoma: A novel molecular marker for cancer diagnosis & therapy, Shailendra Dwivedi, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
• Gene expression profile of non-small cell lung cancer in high risk population from North
  East India, Rakhshan Ihsan, National Institute of Pathology (ICMR), New Delhi, Delhi India
• Gene expression profiling indicates a link between cholesterol synthesis and STAT6 silencing in lung cancer cell lines, Richa Dubey, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
• Gene expression profiling of gastric adenocarcinoma in high risk north east region of India, Regina Thoudam, National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, Delhi India
• Genetic polymorphisms in COX-2 gene and oral cancer susceptibility in Indians, Manasi Mittal, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Genetic polymorphisms in fas, vdr, tp53 and birc5 genes and risks of carcinomas of upper aero digestive tract in North Indians, Sarvendra Singh, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
• Genetic variation in MicroRNA and miRNA processing genes and risk of Leukoplakia and Oral cancer, Roshni Roy, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal India
• Green synthesis and anticancer effect of selenium nano particles, Thirunavukkarasu C, Pondicherry University; Dept. Biochem. & Mol. Biol., Puducherry, Puducherry India
• Hepatitis B virus X protein mediated down regulation of ATAD5 leads to development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Alip Ghosh, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, WB India
• High prevalence of Gallbladder Cancer cases in the Gangetic basin of Bihar: A hospital based study, Arun Kumar, Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Patna, Bihar India
• Histone code in DNA damage response and oncogenesis, Tej Pandita, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX United States
• HPV16 E2 Potentiates NF-κB Activation Induced by TNF-α Through STAT3, Devarajan Karunagaran, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu India
• Impact of gene polymorphisms in cyclophosphamide metabolizing pathway on treatment related toxicity in breast cancer patients, Sonam Tulsyan, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, UP India
• Indo-US partnership to accelerate botanicals and biologics drug development for cancer Chemoprevention: In silico Drug Development Model, Nagi Kumar, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc., Tampa, FL United States
• Induction of apoptosis and change of expression of bcl-2 and bax by carotenoids of Iranian Saffron on ags human gastric cancer cells, Reyhaneh Hooshyar, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
• Induction of apoptosis by sesbania grandiflora in human leukemia U937 cells, Rajneeta Roy, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Induction of apoptosis by arsenic trioxide in human uveal melanoma cells, Sandeep Goswami, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Influence of chloride cadmium on activity an alpha-amylase in adult rats, N. Ergashev, Inst. of Physiology and Biophysics, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Inhibition of Ligase IV as a Rationale for Preventing Tumor Progression via Blocking Nonhomologous DNA End Joining, Mrinal Srivastava, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka India
• Keratin profile of cancer of buccal mucosa, Amit Fulzele, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi-Mumbai, India
• Mechanisms of activity of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor PCI-32765 in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), Sriram Balasubramanian, Pharmacyclics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA United States
• Microarray-based copy number analysis of neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1)-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNSTs) reveals a role for Rho-GTPase pathway genes in NF1 tumorigenesis, Meena Upadhyaya, Institute of Medical Genetics, Heath Park, Cardiff Wales
• Micronutrients in the global fight against cancer, M. Waheed Roomi, Dr. Rath Research Institute, Santa Clara, CA United States
• Mitochondrial DNA Genome as Biomarker in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma from Northeast India, Rosy Mondal, Assam University, Silchar, Assam India
• NM23H2 mediated control of TGF beta pathway constitutes a switch for mesenchymal to epithelial transition in breast cancer, Akinchan Kumar, IGIB, New Delhi, Delhi India
• Novel 4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl)propyl)piperidine derivatives: potent antileukemic agents, K. Rangappa, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
• Ocular adnexal mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT): A clinicopathological analysis, Mansi Bhardwaj, Dr.R.P.Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi India
• p53 suppresses BRCA2 stimulated strand exchange by RAD51 without affecting the ATP hydrolysis, S. Verma, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra India
• P6433: A potent inhibitor of PI3K-mTOR pathway with anti- tumor activity in prostate cancer xenograft model, Dimple Bhatia, Piramal Life Sciences Ltd., Mumbai, India
• Pathway signatures of indian human breast tumors – a preliminary study, Sunil Trivedi, Receptor & Growth Factor Laboratory, The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat India
• Phosphorylation of Histone H3 at DNA Double Strand Breaks in human cells, Ajit Sharma, CRI-TMC-ACTREC, Navi Mumbai, MH India
• Pomegranate-mediated chemoprevention of experimental mammary carcinogenesis: suppression of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis, Anupam Bishayee, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Admin. Sci., School of Pharmacy, American University of Health Sciences, Signal Hill, CA United States
• Potential role of Survivin in the diagnosis of carcinoma of urinary bladder, A Srivastava, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
• Preliminary results of phase 0 biomarker trial: Curcumin-induced AKT/MTOR pathway changes in head and neck cancer patients, Cherie-Ann Nathan, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA United States
• Pre-microRNA gene polymorphisms and risk of Cervical squamous cell carcinoma, Shruti Srivastava, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, U.P. India
• Proanthocyanidins reduce invasive potential of human non-small cell lung cancer cells by targeting COX-2 expression, PGE2 receptors and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, Santosh Katiyar, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL United States
• Promoter DNA methylation of the inflammatory cytokine leptin gene (lep) in cancer cells, Sagarika Kanjilal, Penn State University, University Park, PA United States
• Role of AAAT Repeats on Human Cathepsin L expression, Lokesh Sharma, All India Institute of Medical, New Delhi, Delhi India
• Role of Endoglin (CD105) in Tumor Angiogenesis, Priya Krishna, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India
• Role of Mitochondria in the chemopreventive action with different dietary ratios of fish oil and corn oil in the experimental colon carcinogenesis, Gayatri Sharma, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh India
• Role of tumor microenvironment in the induction of melanoma subpopulations, Raj Somasundaram, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA United States
• Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF-A) in cancer prostate patients and its correlation with Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), Kirti Jatav, Department of Urology, CSMMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
• Serum Interleukin-18 level in ovarian carcinoma and its significance in diagnosis & therapy, A. Verma, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
• Studies on the role of mitochondrial and mitochondria-associated nuclear gene variations in oral cancer and precancer, Sayantan Datta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
• Systemic Delivery of Guanidine-Based Peptide Nucleic Acids Elicits Antitumor Effects on Cancer Models, Sufi Thomas, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States
• Targeting Caner Stem Cells (CSCs) with Curcumin±RNAi against Stem-Cell markers, In Vitro and In Vivo: Effect on oncogenic-pathways, Pomila Singh, UTMB Health, Galveston, TX United States
• Targeting Hsp27 in breast cancer tumors using combined lentivirus-RNAi technology, Alexzander Asea, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX United States
• Targeting Tumor Microenvironment with Silibinin: Promise and Potential for a Translational Cancer Chemopreventive Strategy, Rajesh Agarwal, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO United States
• Targeting αvβ3 integrins by cyclic RGD affects osteoclast functions, Nisha Geetha, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• Telomere repeat factor 2 (TRF2) induces tumorigenesis by extra-telomeric functions: An emerging ?Jekyll and Hyde? role of TRF2, Anirban Kar, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, Delhi India
• TGF-β1 abrogates whereas TNF-Α enhances resistance to ERK inhibitors in BRAF mutant melanoma cells through TWIST1, Dinoop Ravindran Menon, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria Austria
• The Combination of tamoxifen and rexinoid prevents ER-positive and ER-negative mammary tumors in P53-null mammary gland mice, Abhijit Mazumdar, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX United States
• The Effect of Betel-quid and Tobacco Chewing, GSTM1, Methylation of p16 Gene and Epstein Barr Virus Infection on Oesophageal Carcinoma: A Case Control Study in High Incidence Region of NE India, Fazlur Rahman, Assam University, Silchar, Assam India
• Toxic Effects of Aspartame Leading to Cancer, Mohammad Ali, Mahavir cancer Institute & Research Centre, Patna, Bihar India
• Tumor microenvironment and prostate cancer: Effects of adipocytes on prostate cancer development and progression, Masatoshi Watanabe, Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama Nat, Yokohama, Japan
• Uptake of a randomized breast cancer prevention trial comparing letrozole to placebo in BRCA1/2 mutations carriers: The LIBER trial, Pascal Pujol, University Hospital CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France