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Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond, VA, US

1984-10-29 to present | Professor and Eminent Scholar (Internal Medicine)
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Rakesh Kukreja

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Beyond Hepatoprotection—The Cardioprotective Effects of Bicyclol in Diabetes

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Arun Samidurai; Rakesh C. Kukreja
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Nitric Oxide-cGMP-PKG Signaling in the Cardioprotective Effects of Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Rakesh C. Kukreja; Anindita Das; Saisudha Koka; Arun Samidurai; Lei Xi
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Androgen-deprivation therapy with leuprolide increases abdominal adiposity without causing cardiac dysfunction in middle-aged male mice: effect of sildenafil

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2023-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lei Xi; Donatas Kraskauskas; Sakthivel Muniyan; Surinder K. Batra; Rakesh C. Kukreja
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Treating diabetes with combination of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors and hydroxychloroquine—a possible prevention strategy for COVID-19?

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Rakesh C. Kukreja; Rui Wang; Saisudha Koka; Anindita Das; Arun Samidurai; Lei Xi
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Small molecule inhibitor against onco-mucins disrupts Src/FosL1 axis to enhance gemcitabine efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Cancer letters
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhang C; Atri P; Nallasamy P; Parte S; Rauth S; Nimmakayala RK; Marimuthu S; Chirravuri-Venkata R; Bhatia R; Halder S et al.
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Preclinical model of type 1 diabetes and myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in conscious rabbits-demonstration of cardioprotection with rapamycin.

STAR protocols
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Samidurai A; Ockaili R; Cain C; Roh SK; Filippone SM; Kraskauskas D; Kukreja RC; Das A
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Regulatory role of mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in exosome secretion and osteogenic changes in smooth muscle cells lacking acid ceramidase gene.

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Bhat OM; Yuan X; Kukreja RC; Li PL
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Role of phosphodiesterase 1 in the pathophysiology of diseases and potential therapeutic opportunities.

Pharmacology & therapeutics
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Samidurai A; Xi L; Das A; Iness AN; Vigneshwar NG; Li PL; Singla DK; Muniyan S; Batra SK; Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Ameliorate Doxorubicin-Induced Muscle Toxicity through Counteracting Pyroptosis.

Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Dessouki FBA; Kukreja RC; Singla DK
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

STAT3-miR-17/20 signalling axis plays a critical role in attenuating myocardial infarction following rapamycin treatment in diabetic mice.

Cardiovascular research
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Samidurai A; Roh SK; Prakash M; Durrant D; Salloum FN; Kukreja RC; Das A
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

PDE5 inhibitor sildenafil attenuates cardiac microRNA 214 upregulation and pro-apoptotic signaling after chronic alcohol ingestion in mice

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Arun Samidurai; Lei Xi; Fadi N. Salloum; Anindita Das; Rakesh C. Kukreja
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Sildenafil Potentiates the Therapeutic Efficacy of Docetaxel in Advanced Prostate Cancer by Stimulating NO-cGMP Signaling.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Muniyan S; Rachagani S; Parte S; Halder S; Seshacharyulu P; Kshirsagar P; Siddiqui JA; Vengoji R; Rauth S; Islam R et al.
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Cardiovascular risks and toxicity - The Achilles heel of androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer patients.

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Muniyan S; Xi L; Datta K; Das A; Teply BA; Batra SK; Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Chronic inhibition of phosphodiesterase 5 with tadalafil affords cardioprotection in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome: role of nitric oxide

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Saisudha Koka; Lei Xi; Rakesh C. Kukreja
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A dual PI3 kinase/mTOR inhibitor BEZ235 reverses doxorubicin resistance in ABCB1 overexpressing ovarian and pancreatic cancer cell lines.

Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Durrant DE; Das A; Dyer S; Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Arterial Medial Calcification through Enhanced small Extracellular Vesicle Release in Smooth Muscle-Specific Asah1 Gene Knockout Mice.

Scientific reports
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Bhat OM; Li G; Yuan X; Huang D; Gulbins E; Kukreja RC; Li PL
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Emerging Role of mTOR Signaling-Related miRNAs in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Samidurai A; Kukreja RC; Das A
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Randomized study of doxorubicin-based chemotherapy regimens, with and without sildenafil, with analysis of intermediate cardiac markers.

Cardio-oncology (London, England)
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Poklepovic A; Qu Y; Dickinson M; Kontos MC; Kmieciak M; Schultz E; Bandopadhyay D; Deng X; Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Physiological role of Kvβ2 (AKR6) in murine skeletal muscle growth and regulation.

Acta physiologica (Oxford, England)
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Chapalamadugu KC; Tur J; Badole SL; Kukreja RC; Brotto M; Tipparaju SM
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Irradiation-Induced Cardiac Connexin-43 and miR-21 Responses Are Hampered by Treatment with Atorvastatin and Aspirin.

International journal of molecular sciences
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Viczenczova C; Kura B; Egan Benova T; Yin C; Kukreja RC; Slezak J; Tribulova N; Szeiffova Bacova B
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Chronic treatment with novel nanoformulated micelles of rapamycin, Rapatar, protects diabetic heart against ischaemia/reperfusion injury.

British journal of pharmacology
2017-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Samidurai A; Salloum FN; Durrant D; Chernova OB; Kukreja RC; Das A
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Exosomes derived from embryonic stem cells inhibit doxorubicin and inflammation-induced pyroptosis in muscle cells.

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Tavakoli Dargani Z; Singla R; Johnson T; Kukreja R; Singla DK
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Potential markers and metabolic processes involved in the mechanism of radiation-induced heart injury.

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology
2017-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Slezak J; Kura B; Babal P; Barancik M; Ferko M; Frimmel K; Kalocayova B; Kukreja RC; Lazou A; Mezesova L et al.
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Corticosteroids and aldose reductase inhibitor Epalrestat modulates cardiac action potential via Kvβ1.1 (AKR6A8) subunit of voltage-gated potassium channel.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Tur J; Badole SL; Cheng F; Das A; Kukreja RC; Tipparaju SM
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Reperfusion Therapy with Rapamycin Attenuates Myocardial Infarction through Activation of AKT and ERK.

Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
2017-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Filippone SM; Samidurai A; Roh SK; Cain CK; He J; Salloum FN; Kukreja RC; Das A
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Long-acting PDE5 inhibitor tadalafil prevents early doxorubicin-induced left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in juvenile mice: potential role of cytoskeletal proteins.

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Nagiub M; Filippone S; Durrant D; Das A; Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

Myriad roles of voltage-activated potassium channel subunit Kvβ1.1 in the heart.

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kukreja RC
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Rakesh Kukreja via Europe PubMed Central

PDE5 Inhibitor Tadalafil and Hydroxychloroquine Cotreatment Provides Synergistic Protection against Type 2 Diabetes and Myocardial Infarction in Mice.

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Wang R; Xi L; Kukreja RC
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Potential Therapeutic Strategies for Hypertension-Exacerbated Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Drugs.

Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Kuriakose RK; Kukreja RC; Xi L
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Beet root juice protects against doxorubicin toxicity in cardiomyocytes while enhancing apoptosis in breast cancer cells.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry
2016-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Das S; Filippone SM; Williams DS; Das A; Kukreja RC
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Sildenafil (Viagra) sensitizes prostate cancer cells to doxorubicin-mediated apoptosis through CD95.

Oncotarget
2016-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Das A; Durrant D; Mitchell C; Dent P; Batra SK; Kukreja RC
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Hydrogen sulfide mediates the cardioprotective effects of gene therapy with PKG-Iα.

Basic research in cardiology
2015-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Das A; Samidurai A; Hoke NN; Kukreja RC; Salloum FN
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Targeted Inhibition of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Doxorubicin without Exacerbating Cardiac Toxicity.

Molecular pharmacology
2015-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Durrant DE; Das A; Dyer S; Tavallai S; Dent P; Kukreja RC
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Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin protects against reperfusion injury in diabetic heart through STAT3 signaling.

Basic research in cardiology
2015-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Das A; Salloum FN; Filippone SM; Durrant DE; Rokosh G; Bolli R; Kukreja RC
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Remote ischemic preconditioning for myocardial protection: update on mechanisms and clinical relevance.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry
2015-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Gill R; Kuriakose R; Gertz ZM; Salloum FN; Xi L; Kukreja RC
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Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated kinase: a potential new target for suppressing inflammation in heart failure?

Journal of the American Heart Association
2014-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Kukreja RC
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Tadalafil prevents acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in mice.

Cardiovascular drugs and therapy
2014-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Salloum FN; Chau VQ; Hoke NN; Kukreja RC
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The NHLBI-sponsored Consortium for preclinicAl assESsment of cARdioprotective therapies (CAESAR): a new paradigm for rigorous, accurate, and reproducible evaluation of putative infarct-sparing interventions in mice, rabbits, and pigs.

Circulation research
2014-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Jones SP; Tang XL; Guo Y; Steenbergen C; Lefer DJ; Kukreja RC; Kong M; Li Q; Bhushan S; Zhu X et al.
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Beetroot juice reduces infarct size and improves cardiac function following ischemia-reperfusion injury: Possible involvement of endogenous H2S.

Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Salloum FN; Sturz GR; Yin C; Rehman S; Hoke NN; Kukreja RC; Xi L
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PDE5 inhibitors as therapeutics for heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Pharmacology & therapeutics
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Das A; Durrant D; Salloum FN; Xi L; Kukreja RC
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Induction of microRNA-21 with exogenous hydrogen sulfide attenuates myocardial ischemic and inflammatory injury in mice.

Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
2014-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Toldo S; Das A; Mezzaroma E; Chau VQ; Marchetti C; Durrant D; Samidurai A; Van Tassell BW; Yin C; Ockaili RA et al.
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Chronic inhibition of phosphodiesterase 5 with tadalafil attenuates mitochondrial dysfunction in type 2 diabetic hearts: potential role of NO/SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling.

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
2014-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Koka S; Aluri HS; Xi L; Lesnefsky EJ; Kukreja RC
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PDE5 inhibitors enhance the lethality of standard of care chemotherapy in pediatric CNS tumor cells.

Cancer biology & therapy
2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Roberts JL; Booth L; Conley A; Cruickshanks N; Malkin M; Kukreja RC; Grant S; Poklepovic A; Dent P
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Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) activation mediates sildenafil induced delayed cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice.

PloS one
2014-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Shalwala M; Zhu SG; Das A; Salloum FN; Xi L; Kukreja RC
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition with rapamycin improves cardiac function in type 2 diabetic mice: potential role of attenuated oxidative stress and altered contractile protein expression.

The Journal of biological chemistry
2013-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Das A; Durrant D; Koka S; Salloum FN; Xi L; Kukreja RC
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Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors enhance chemotherapy killing in gastrointestinal/genitourinary cancer cells.

Molecular pharmacology
2013-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Booth L; Roberts JL; Cruickshanks N; Conley A; Durrant DE; Das A; Fisher PB; Kukreja RC; Grant S; Poklepovic A et al.
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Krüppel-like factor 2 is required for normal mouse cardiac development.

PloS one
2013-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Chiplunkar AR; Lung TK; Alhashem Y; Koppenhaver BA; Salloum FN; Kukreja RC; Haar JL; Lloyd JA
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor tadalafil attenuates oxidative stress and protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in type 2 diabetic mice.

Free radical biology & medicine
2013-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Koka S; Das A; Salloum FN; Kukreja RC
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Sildenafil and cardioprotection.

Current pharmaceutical design
2013-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kukreja RC
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Anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects of tadalafil in diabetic mice.

PloS one
2012-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Varma A; Das A; Hoke NN; Durrant DE; Salloum FN; Kukreja RC
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