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Arati Sharma
Title Assistant Professor
Institution College of Medicine
Department Pharmacology
Address 500 University Drive Hershey PA 17033
Mailbox: CH74
Telephone 7175310003 x285464
Email
Background
PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

SECONDARY APPOINTMENT(S)/ INSTITUTE(S)/ CENTER(S):

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute

EDUCATION:

M.Sc., Life Sciences, Gujarat University, 1991-1992
M.Phil., Life Sciences, Gujarat University, 1992-1993
Ph.D., Gujarat University, 2001
Postdoctoral Training, Penn State College of Medicine, 2002-2007

NARRATIVE:

Dr. Sharma’s research is focused on melanoma, the most aggressive and metastatic form of skin cancer. Despite one American dying of melanoma every hour, there is no effective long-term treatment for patients' suffering from the advanced stages of this terrible disease. To be able to effectively treat melanomas, we need to understand the biology of melanoma, proteins and signaling pathways involved in melanoma progression and development. In this respect, very few globally important melanoma causing genes or pathways have been identified, and it is only with this knowledge that we can tailor and develop more effective treatments to repair the defects that are seen in melanoma cells. Our laboratory has been focused on process of target identification and validation, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent development and elucidating the mechanism of action.
Publications
1. Sharma A, Madhunapantula SV, Gowda R, Berg A, Neves RI, Robertson GP. Identification of Aurora Kinase B and Wee1-Like Protein Kinase as Downstream Targets of (V600E)B-RAF in Melanoma. Am J Pathol. 2013 Apr; 182(4):1151-62.
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2. Singh S, Sharma A, Robertson GP. Realizing the clinical potential of cancer nanotechnology by minimizing toxicologic and targeted delivery concerns. Cancer Res. 2012 Nov 15; 72(22):5663-8.
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3. Sharma A, Madhunapantula SV, Robertson GP. Toxicological considerations when creating nanoparticle-based drugs and drug delivery systems. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2012 Jan; 8(1):47-69.
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4. Cheng Y, Ren X, Zhang Y, Patel R, Sharma A, Wu H, Robertson GP, Yan L, Rubin E, Yang JM. eEF-2 kinase dictates cross-talk between autophagy and apoptosis induced by Akt Inhibition, thereby modulating cytotoxicity of novel Akt inhibitor MK-2206. Cancer Res. 2011 Apr 1; 71(7):2654-63.
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5. Nguyen N, Sharma A, Nguyen N, Sharma AK, Desai D, Huh SJ, Amin S, Meyers C, Robertson GP. Melanoma chemoprevention in skin reconstructs and mouse xenografts using isoselenocyanate-4. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Feb; 4(2):248-58.
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6. Huh SJ, Liang S, Sharma A, Dong C, Robertson GP. Transiently entrapped circulating tumor cells interact with neutrophils to facilitate lung metastasis development. Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 15; 70(14):6071-82.
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7. Huh SJ, Chung CY, Sharma A, Robertson GP. Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 regulates melanoma vascular development. Am J Pathol. 2010 Jun; 176(6):2948-57.
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8. Mathew R, Jia W, Sharma A, Zhao Y, Clarke LE, Cheng X, Wang H, Salli U, Vrana KE, Robertson GP, Zhu J, Wang S. Robust activation of the human but not mouse telomerase gene during the induction of pluripotency. FASEB J. 2010 Aug; 24(8):2702-15.
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9. Desai D, Madhunapantula SV, Gowdahalli K, Sharma A, Chandagaludoreswamy R, El-Bayoumy K, Robertson GP, Amin S. Synthesis and characterization of a novel iNOS/Akt inhibitor Se,Se'-1,4-phenylenebis(1,2-ethanediyl)bisisoselenourea (PBISe)--against colon cancer. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Mar 15; 20(6):2038-43.
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10. Sharma A, Sharma AK, Madhunapantula SV, Desai D, Huh SJ, Mosca P, Amin S, Robertson GP. Targeting Akt3 signaling in malignant melanoma using isoselenocyanates. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Mar 1; 15(5):1674-85.
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11. Salli U, Fox TE, Carkaci-Salli N, Sharma A, Robertson GP, Kester M, Vrana KE. Propagation of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells with nano-liposomal ceramide. Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Jan-Feb; 18(1):55-65.
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12. Sharma AK, Sharma A, Desai D, Madhunapantula SV, Huh SJ, Robertson GP, Amin S. Synthesis and anticancer activity comparison of phenylalkyl isoselenocyanates with corresponding naturally occurring and synthetic isothiocyanates. J Med Chem. 2008 Dec 25; 51(24):7820-6.
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13. Kester M, Heakal Y, Fox T, Sharma A, Robertson GP, Morgan TT, Altinoglu EI, Tabakovic A, Parette MR, Rouse SM, Ruiz-Velasco V, Adair JH. Calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles for in vitro imaging and encapsulated chemotherapeutic drug delivery to cancer cells. Nano Lett. 2008 Dec; 8(12):4116-21.
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14. Tran MA, Gowda R, Sharma A, Park EJ, Adair J, Kester M, Smith NB, Robertson GP. Targeting V600EB-Raf and Akt3 using nanoliposomal-small interfering RNA inhibits cutaneous melanocytic lesion development. Cancer Res. 2008 Sep 15; 68(18):7638-49.
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15. Cheung M, Sharma A, Madhunapantula SV, Robertson GP. Akt3 and mutant V600E B-Raf cooperate to promote early melanoma development. Cancer Res. 2008 May 1; 68(9):3429-39.
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16. Madhunapantula SV, Desai D, Sharma A, Huh SJ, Amin S, Robertson GP. PBISe, a novel selenium-containing drug for the treatment of malignant melanoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 May; 7(5):1297-308.
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17. Sharma A, Robertson GP. Models of melanoma metastasis: using a transient siRNA-based protein inhibition strategy in mice to validate the functional relevance of pharmacological agents. Curr Protoc Pharmacol. 2007 Sep; Chapter 14:Unit 14.6.
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18. Liang S, Sharma A, Peng HH, Robertson G, Dong C. Targeting mutant (V600E) B-Raf in melanoma interrupts immunoediting of leukocyte functions and melanoma extravasation. Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 15; 67(12):5814-20.
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19. Madhunapantula SV, Sharma A, Robertson GP. PRAS40 deregulates apoptosis in malignant melanoma. Cancer Res. 2007 Apr 15; 67(8):3626-36.
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20. Sharma A, Tran MA, Liang S, Sharma AK, Amin S, Smith CD, Dong C, Robertson GP. Targeting mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase in the mutant (V600E) B-Raf signaling cascade effectively inhibits melanoma lung metastases. Cancer Res. 2006 Aug 15; 66(16):8200-9.
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21. Stover TC, Sharma A, Robertson GP, Kester M. Systemic delivery of liposomal short-chain ceramide limits solid tumor growth in murine models of breast adenocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 May 1; 11(9):3465-74.
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22. Sharma A, Trivedi NR, Zimmerman MA, Tuveson DA, Smith CD, Robertson GP. Mutant V599EB-Raf regulates growth and vascular development of malignant melanoma tumors. Cancer Res. 2005 Mar 15; 65(6):2412-21.
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23. Miller CJ, Cheung M, Sharma A, Clarke L, Helm K, Mauger D, Robertson GP. Method of mutation analysis may contribute to discrepancies in reports of (V599E)BRAF mutation frequencies in melanocytic neoplasms. J Invest Dermatol. 2004 Nov; 123(5):990-2.
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24. Stahl JM, Sharma A, Cheung M, Zimmerman M, Cheng JQ, Bosenberg MW, Kester M, Sandirasegarane L, Robertson GP. Deregulated Akt3 activity promotes development of malignant melanoma. Cancer Res. 2004 Oct 1; 64(19):7002-10.
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25. Stahl JM, Cheung M, Sharma A, Trivedi NR, Shanmugam S, Robertson GP. Loss of PTEN promotes tumor development in malignant melanoma. Cancer Res. 2003 Jun 1; 63(11):2881-90.
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Co-Authors  
Amin, Shantu
Desai, Dhimant
Kester, Mark
Robertson, Gavin
Sharma, Arun
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