Dr. Vincent Dammai

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

NIH (NCI): Cellular Factors Promoting Renal Cell Carcinoma, $277,400/year, 2007 to 2012.
Department of Defense: Proteomic Studies to Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets for Treatment of Kidney Cancers, $85,783, 2004 to 2006.

• Champion KJ, Guinea M, Dammai V, Hsu T (Jun 2008) Endothelial function of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene: control of fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling., Cancer research, 68 (12), 4649-57
• Mahajan S, Dammai V, Hsu T, Kraft A (Jun 2008) Hypoxia-inducible Factor-2{alpha} Regulates The Expression of TRAIL Receptor DR5 in Renal Cancer Cells., Carcinogenesis
• Nallamothu G, Woolworth JA, Dammai V (co-communicating author), Hsu T (2008) Awd, the homolog of metastasis suppressor gene Nm23, regulates Drosophila epithelial cell invasion., Molecular and Cellular Biology, 28 (6), 1964-73
• Chintalapudi MR, Markiewicz M, Kose N, Dammai V, Champion KJ, Hoda RS, Trojanowska M, Hsu T (2008) Cyr61/CCN1 and CTGF/CCN2 mediate the pro-angiogenic activity of VHL mutant renal carcinoma cells., Carcinogenesis, 29 (4), 696-703
• Dammai V. (2007) Endosomal Compartments, Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Germany, Springer (bookchapter)
• Hsu T, Adereth Y, Kose N, Dammai V (2006) Endocytic function of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein regulates surface localization of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 and cell motility., The Journal of biological chemistry, 281 (17), 12069-80
• Adereth Y, Dammai V, Kose N, Li R, Hsu T (2005) RNA-dependent integrin alpha3 protein localization regulated by the Muscleblind-like protein MLP1., Nature cell biology, 7 (12), 1240-47
• Kumar R, Dammai V, Yadava PK, Kleinau S (2005) Gene targeting by ribozyme against TNF-alpha mRNA inhibits autoimmune arthritis., Gene therapy, 12 (20), 1486-93
• Adereth Y, Champion KJ, Hsu T, Dammai V (2005) Site-directed mutagenesis using Pfu DNA polymerase and T4 DNA ligase., BioTechniques, 38 (6), 864-868
• Dammai V, Adryan B, Lavenburg KR, Hsu T (2003) Drosophila awd, the homolog of human nm23, regulates FGF receptor levels and functions synergistically with shi/dynamin during tracheal development., Genes & development, 17 (22), 2812-24
• Dammai V, Hsu T (2003) EGF-dependent and independent activation of MAP kinase during Drosophila oogenesis., The anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology, 272 (1), 377-82
• Yadava R.,, Dammai V.,, Kumar R.,, Yadava PK (2003) Application of ribozymes in therapy and developing disease model., Trends in Animal Biotechnology, Oxford University Press, 42-59 pages (bookchapter)
• Subramani S., Dammai V.,, Hazra, P.,, Suriapranata I.., Lee S. (2002) Import of proteins into peroxisomes., Protein targeting, transport and translocation, Academic Press, 268-292 pages, ISBN=9780122007316 (bookchapter)
• Dammai V, Subramani S (2001) The human peroxisomal targeting signal receptor, Pex5p, is translocated into the peroxisomal matrix and recycled to the cytosol., Cell, 105 (2), 187-96