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Zahir A. Shaikh
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
zshaikh@uri.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Canada, 1972
  • M.Sc., Univeristy of Karachi, 1967
  • B.Sc., Univeristy of Karachi, 1965

Research Interests:

  • Toxicity of metals
  • Nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity
  • Oxidative stress as a mediator of toxic response
  • Transcription factors and apoptosis

Publications:

  • Tang, W., Xie, J., and Shaikh, Z.A. (2006) Protection of renal tubular cells against the cytotoxicity of cadmium by glycine. Toxicology, 223, 202-208.

  • Xie, J. and Shaikh, Z.A. (2006) Cadmium-induced apoptosis in rat kidney-epithelial cells involves modulation of nuclear factor-kappa-B activity. Toxicol. Sci., 91, 299-308.

  • Xie, J. and Shaikh, Z.A. (2006) Cadmium induces cell cycle arrest in rat kidney epithelial cells in G2M phase. Toxicology, 224, 56-65.

 


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