Dr. Kothari successfully defended her PhD thesis, “HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Etiology and Determinants of Radiation Sensitivity” under the guidance of Dr. Natalia Isaeva!
Publications
Noncanonical HPV carcinogenesis drives radiosensitization of head and neck tumors.
Schrank TP, Kothari A, Weir WH, Stepp WH, Rehmani H, Liu X, Wang X, Sewell A, Li X, Tasoulas J, Kim S, Yarbrough G, Xie Y, Flamand Y, Marur S, Hayward MC, Wu D, Burtness B, Anderson KS, Baldwin AS, Yarbrough WG, Issaeva N. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Aug 8;120(32):e2216532120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2216532120. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37523561
Direct Comparison of HPV16 Viral Genomic Integration, Copy Loss, and Structural Variants in Oropharyngeal and Uterine Cervical Cancers Reveal Distinct Relationships to E2 Disruption and Somatic Alteration.
Schrank TP, Kim S, Rehmani H, Kothari A, Wu D, Yarbrough WG, Issaeva N. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Sep 16;14(18):4488. doi: 10.3390/cancers14184488. PMID: 36139648
Comprehensive Viral Genotyping Reveals Prognostic Viral Phylogenetic Groups in HPV16-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx.
Schrank TP, Landess L, Stepp WH, Rehmani H, Weir WH, Lenze N, Lal A, Wu D, Kothari A, Hackman TG, Sheth S, Patel S, Jefferys SR, Issaeva N, Yarbrough WG. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Oct 4;20(10):1489-1501. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-21-0443. PMID: 35731223
Coagulation Signaling through PAR1 as a Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Kothari A, Flick MJ. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 12;22(10):5138. doi: 10.3390/ijms22105138. PMID: 34066284
Honors, Awards, Highlights
Pharmacology Scholar Award 2023
Congratulations to 2023 Pharmacology Annual Award Winners!
Scholar in Training Award from American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) in October 2023
We wish you all the best, Aditi!