Dr. RAJKAMAL TRIPATHI
 
Scientist
Toxicology Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226001
 
Phone No. 91-0522-2612411-18
Fax No. 91-0522-2623405, 2623938
E- mail rajkamalt@yahoo.com
Educational Qualifications M.Sc, Ph.D
Field of Specialization Molecular Immunology, Viral Immunology
 
POST DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
 
1999-2001 Dept. of Immunology, Duke University, Medical Centre Durham, USA
1996-1999 Centre d’ Immunologie(CMIL), Marsille, France
 
GROUP MEMBERS
 
Sudipti (SRF), Dharamsheela (JRF), Pankaj Singh (JRF)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Our area of interest is in understanding the adverse effects of human pharmaceuticals on the immune system in vivo and in vitro. The adverse effect is studied in terms of suppression/enhancement of immune response and understanding the underlying molecular mechanism.
Our interest in viral immunology is to understand the viral and host protein-protein interaction responsible for immune evasion. We have developed a mammalian two hybrid model to study HIV-1 Nef and PACS-1 interaction in eukaryotic cells (HEK293 cells). This interaction essentially activates the pathway in HIV-1 infected cell for MHC-1 down regulation. We have targeted this interaction as potential target for developing alternative HIV-1 therapy.
   
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Design and synthesis of 2-(2,6-dibromophenyl)-3-heteroaryl-1, 3 thiazolidin-4-ones as anti-HIV agents Ravindra K. Rawal a, Rajkamal Tripathi b, S.B. Katti a,*,Christophe Pannecouque c, Erik De Clercq c European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2008 p. 1-7
Synthesis and evaluation of 2-(2,6-dihalophenyl)-3-pyrimidinyl-1,3-thiazolidin-4- one analogues as anti-HIV-1 agents, R. K.Rawal, R. K.Tripathi, S. B. Katti, C. Pannecouque, Erik De Clercq, Bioorganic Med. Chem., 2007, Vol.15, p. 3134-42
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of 2-aryl-3-heteroaryl-1,3- thiazolidin-4-ones as anti-HIV agents Ravindra K. Rawal, Rajkamal Tripathi, S.B. Katti, Christophe Pannecouque and Erik De Clercq, Bioorganic Med. Chem., 2007,Vol. 15, p. 1725-31.
Synthesis and biological evaluation 2,3-diaryl substituted 1,3, tiazolidin-4-ones as anti HIV agents. R. K. Rawal, R. K. Tripathi, S. B. Katti, C. Pannecouque, E. De Clercq, Medicinal Chemistry, 2007 3, 0000
Dengue virus-specific suppressor T cells: current perspectives. Chaturvedi UC, Shrivastava R, Tripathi RK, Nagar R. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 2007 Vol. 3, p. 285-99
Regulation of V(D)J recombination: A dominant role for promoter positioning in gene segment accessibility Michael L. Sikes *, Amber Meade , Rajkamal Tripathi , Michael S. Krangel , and Eugene M. Oltz * , PNAS, 2002, Vol. 99, no. 19, p.12309-12314
A Change in the Structure of V Chromatin Associated with TCR Allelic Exclusion1 Rajkamal Tripathi, Annette Jackson and Michael S. Krangel2 The Journal of Immunology, 2002, Vol. 168, p. 2316-2324
Definition of a T-Cell Receptor Gene Core Enhancer of V(D)J Recombination by Transgenic Mapping RajKamal Tripathi,1 Noëlle Mathieu,1 Salvatore Spicuglia,1 Dominique Payet,1 Christophe Verthuy,1 Gaëlle Bouvier,1 Danielle Depetris,2 Marie-Geneviève Mattei,2 William M. HempeL,1 and Pierre Ferrier1,* Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2000, Vol. 20, p. 42-53
TCRa enhancer activation occurs via a conformational change of a pre-assembled nucleo-protein complex Salvatore Spicuglia, Dominique Payet, RajKamal Tripathi, Pascal Rameil,1 Christophe Verthuy, Jean Imbert,1 Pierre Ferrier,2 and William M. Hempel3 EMBO J. 2000, Vol. 19(9), p. 2034–2045.
Internalization of dengue virus-induced suppressor cytokine during transmission of the suppressor signal via macrophage RajKamal Tripathi ; Khare M.; Chaturvedi U. C.; Indian J. of Experimental Biology, 1997 Vol. 35, p. 850-854