UMDNJ-Rutgers University
CounterACT Research
Center of Excellence

Designing therapies to counteract chemical terrorism.

Michael Gallo , Ph.D.

Professor
Environmental & Occupational Medicine
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Email: magallo@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Room: 408 EOHSI
Phone: 732-445-0175
Fax: 732-445-4161

B.A. Russell Sage College
Ph.D. Albany Medical College
Postdoctoral, Albany Medical College

Investigator, UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Center of Excellence

Research Interests:

Dioxins; Experimental Models; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cytoplasmic Receptors; Hormones; Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis; Cell Surface Receptors; and Chemical Carcinogenesis.

Recent Publications:

Gu X, Ke S, Liu D, Sheng T, Thomas PE, Rabson AB, Gallo MA, Xie W, Tian Y. Role of NF-kappaB in regulation of PXR-mediated gene expression: a mechanism for the suppression of cytochrome P-450 3A4 by proinflammatory agents. (2006) J biol chem, 281(26): 17882-17889. [abstract]

Nair SK, Verma A, Thomas TJ, Chou TC, Gallo MA, Shirahata A, Thomas T. Synergistic apoptosis of MCF-7 breast cancer cells by 2-methoxyestradiol and bis(ethyl)norspermine. (2006) Cancer Lett, epub ahead of print.

Vijayanathan V, Thomas TJ, Nair SK, Shirahata A, Gallo MA, Thomas T. Bending of the estrogen response element by polyamines and estrogen receptors alpha and beta: a fluorescence resonance energy transfer study. (2006) Int J Biochem Cell Biol, 38(7): 1191-1206. [abstract]

Lewis JS, Vijayanathan V, Thomas TJ, Pestell RG, Albanese C, Gallo MA, Thomas T. Activation of cyclin D1 by estradiol and spermine in MCF-7 breast cancer cells: a mechanism involving the p38 MAP kinase and phosphorylation of ATF-2. (2005) Oncol Res, 15(3): 113-128. [abstract]

Lewis JS, Thomas TJ, Pestell RG, Albanese C, Gallo MA, Thomas T. Differential effects of 16alpha-hydroxyestrone and 2-methoxyestradiol on cyclin D1 involving the transcription factor ATF-2 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. (2005) J Mol Endocrinol, 34(1): 91-105. [abstract]

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