Education

Ph.D. in Molecular Medical Biochemistry

1995-2000

Rush-Presbyterain St. Luke's Medical Center

M.S. in Life Sciences

1993

University of Bombay, Bombay, India

B.S. in Life Science and Biochemistry

1992

St. Xavier's College, Bombay, India

Research Interests

Functional analysis of proteins in Perinucleolar Compartment

Diagnostic and Prognostic Features of Perinucleolar Compartment in Cancer

Publications

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Kamath, R. V, Leary, D. J, and S. Huang. 2001. Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein is Uncoupled from RNA Export. Mol. Biol. Cell. In Press.

Bardos Tamas^*, Rajesh V. Kamath^*, Katalin Mikecz, Tibor T. Glant 2001. Anti-inflammatory and Chondroprotective Effect of TSG-6 (Tumor Necrosis Factor Stimulated Gene-6) in Murine Models of Experimental Arthritis. Am. J. of Pathology In Press.(* Equal first authors)

Tamas Bardos, Rajesh V. Kamath, Reinout Stoop, Alison Finnegan, Katalin Mikecz, Tibor, T. Glant. 2000. Proteoglycan-induced progressive polyarthritis of BALB/c mice can adoptively transferred to SCID mice, but requires antigen challenge. Arthritis Rheum. 43:S54

Liu W, Glant TT, Kimura J, Tashman S, Burton-Wurster N, Turner TM, Kamath RV, Cs- Szabo G. 2000. Spontaneous and experimental osteoarthritis in dog: similarities and differences in proteoglycan levels. Trans. ORS

Glant TT, Buzas E, Dennis K, Kamath RV, Mikecz, K. A glycosaminoglycan (Keratan sulphate) side chain of proteoglycan (aggrecan) inhibits the antigen processing mechanisms, and essentially protects animals from development of autoimmune responses and arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 40:S98

Fulop C, Kamath RV, Li Y, Otto JM, Salustri A, Olsen BR, Glant TT, Hascall VC. 1997 Coding sequence, exon-intron structure and chromosomal localization of murine TNF-stimulated gene 6 that is specifically expressed by expanding cumulus cell-oocyte complexes. Gene, 202:95-102. [Medline]