DR. NAIBEDYA CHATTOPADHYAY
 
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Scientist F & Deputy Director
Scientist-in-Charge

Endocrinology Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow - 226 001, India

 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc ( Presidency College, Calcutta) , Ph.D. ( SGPGI )
Date of Birth 25.04.1965
Phone 091-522-2613894 (O)
Fax 091-522-2623405, 2623938
E-Mail naibedya@cdriindia.org
naibedya@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
 
 POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS
1994 -1998 Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
11/1998- 06/2003 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
07/2003-04/2006 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
 
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Anabolic action(s) of calcium-sensing receptor in osteoblasts.
Chemokine regulation of bone cell function
Calcium-sensing receptor in oligodendrocyte function and myelinogenesis
Calcium-sensing receptor regulation of GnRH neuron migration
Calcium-sensing receptor mediated regulation of PTHrP secretion.
 
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Total no. of publications: 83 [Research articles – 64, invited reviews – 11, proceedings of meeting – 4, book chapters – 3, book(s) edited – 1]

 
Chattopadhyay N. Effects of calcium-sensing receptor on the secretion of parathyroid hormone-related peptide and its impact on humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 290: E761-770, 2006. (Invited review)
Mentaverri R, Yano S, Chattopadhyay N, Cournarie F, Brown EM. The calcium-sensing receptor is directly involved in both osteoclast differentiation and apoptosis. FASEB J (Epub. Oct 31), 2006.
Chattopadhyay N, Jeong K-H, Yano S, Huang S, Ren X, Terwilliger E, Kaiser UB, Vassilev PM, Pollak MR, Brown EM. Calcium receptor stimulates chemotaxis and secretion of MCP-1 in GnRH neurons in vitro: Potential impact on reduced GnRH neuron population in CaR-null mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (Epub. Sep 26) 2006.

Pang JL, Ricupero D, Huang S, Fatma N, Singh DP, Romero JR, Chattopadhyay N. Differential activity of kaempferol and quercetin in attenuating tumor necrosis factor receptor family signaling in bone cells. Biochem Pharmacol 71:818-826, 2006.

Yano S, Mentaverri R, Kanuparthi D, Bandyopadhyay S, Rivera A, Brown EM, Chattopadhyay N. Functional expression of ?-chemokine (C-C) receptors in osteoblasts: role of RANTES in osteoblasts and regulation of its secretion by osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Endocrinology 146:2324-2335, 2005.
Chattopadhyay N, Yano S, Tfelt-Hansen J, Rooney P, Kanuparthi D, Bandyopadhyay S, Ren X, Terwilliger E, Brown EM. Mitogenic action of calcium-sensing receptor on rat calvarial osteoblasts. Endocrinology 145:3451-3462, 2004.
Tfelt-Hansen J, Yano S, Bandyopadhyay S, Carroll R, Brown EM, Chattopadhyay N. Expression of pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) and its binding protein in human astrocytes and astrocytoma cells: function and regulation of PTTG in U87 astrocytoma cells. Endocrinology 145:4222-31, 2004.
Tfelt-Hansen J, Schwarz P, Terwilliger EF, Brown EM, Chattopadhyay N. Calcium-sensing receptor induces mRNA of human securin, pituitary tumor transforming gene, in rat testicular cancer. Endocrinology 144: 5188-5193, 2003.
Nearing J, Betka M, Quinn S, Hentschel H, Elger M, Baum M, Bai M, Chattopadyhay N, Brown EM, Hebert SC, Harris HW. Polyvalent cation receptor proteins (CaRs) are salinity sensors in fish. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:9231-9236, 2002.
Chattopadhyay N, Bai M, Brown EM. Extracellular calcium-sensing receptor. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine; Creighton TE (Ed) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 425-428, 2002. (Chapter)
Hjalm G, MacLeod RJ, Kifor O, Chattopadhyay N, Brown EM. Filamin-1 binds to the carboxy-terminal tail of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaR), an interaction that participates in CaR-mediated activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). J Biol Chem 276: 34880-34887, 2001.
Brown EM, Conigrave A, Chattopadhyay N. Receptors and signaling for calcium ions. In The Parathyroids: Basic and clinical concepts (2nd edition); Bilezikian JP, Marcus R, Levine MA (Eds.). Academic Publishers p.127-142, 2001. (Chapter)