Rama Soundararajan, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Division of Nephrology
University of California, San Francisco
Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall
600 16th Street, N274H
Box 2140
San Francisco, CA 94107-2140
Phone: 415.502.4326
Fax: 415.502.8644
E-mail: rsoundararajan@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
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College: |
University of Madras, Madras, India (M.Sc.)
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Other Graduate Training:
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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Ph.D.)
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Postdoctoral Fellowship:
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1. Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Madras, India
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2. University of California, San Francisco
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Interests
Research: Signaling mechanisms governing epithelial sodium transport and hypertension; Mechanisms of aldosterone and insulin action; Growth-factor signaling
Scholarly and Creative Activities (selected)
Selected Original Research Publications:
Rama Soundararajan, Jian Wang, Daniël Melters and David Pearce. Differential activities of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper protein (GILZ) isoforms. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(50): 36303-36313, (2007).
Alan C Pao, James A McCormick, Hongyan Li, John Siu, Cedric Govaerts, Vivek Bhalla, Rama Soundararajan and David Pearce. NH2-terminus of serum-and-glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 binds to phosphoinositides and is essential for isoform-specific physiological functions. American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology. 292(6): F1741-50, (2007).
Rama Soundararajan, Ting Ting Zhang, Jian Wang, Alain Vandewalle and David Pearce. A novel role for glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper protein (GILZ) in ENaC-mediated sodium transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(48): 39970-83991, (2005).
Rama S, Petrusz P and Rao A J. Hormonal regulation of human trophoblast differentiation: A possible role for 17β-Estradiol and GnRH. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 218(1-2): 79-94, (2004).
Rama S, Suresh Y and Rao A J. TGFβ1 induces multiple independent signals to regulate human trophoblastic differentiation: mechanistic insights. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 206(1-2): 123-136, (2003).
Rama S, Suresh Y and Rao A J. Regulation of telomerase during human placental differentiation: a role for TGF β1. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 182(2): 233-248, (2001).
Selected Review Articles:
Vivek Bhalla, Rama Soundararajan, Alan C Pao, Hongyan Li and David Pearce. Disinhibitory pathways for control of sodium transport: Regulation of ENaC by SGK1 and GILZ. American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, 291(4): F714-F721, (2006).
Rama Soundararajan and A Jagannadha Rao. Trophoblast ‘pseudo-tumorigenesis’: significance and contributory factors. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2(1): 15, (2004).
Rama S and Rao A J. Regulation of growth and function of the human placenta. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 253(1-2): 263-268, (2003).
Rama S and Rao A J. Embryo implantation and GnRH antagonists: The search for the human placental GnRH receptor. Human Reproduction, 16(2): 201-205, (2001).
For more publications (since 2002): PubMed for Soundararajan, Rama
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Deborah Adey, MD
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Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH
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Kerry Cho, MD
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Andy Choi, MD
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Lynda Frassetto, MD
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Stephen L. Gluck, MD
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Michael H. Humphreys, MD
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Peter Haggie, PhD
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Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, MSc
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Harlan Ives, MD, PhD
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Sam James, MD
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Kirsten Johansen, MD
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Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD, MCR
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David H. Lovett, MD
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Ming Lu, PhD
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Denise Marciano, MD, PhD
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R. Curtis Morris, MD
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David Pearce, MD
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Mei Zhu Peng, MD
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Suma Prakash, MD
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Ramin Sam, MD
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Eric Savransky, MD
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Olga Schmidlin, MD
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Anthony Sebastian, MD
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Nitin Sonawane, PhD
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Rama Soundararajan, PhD
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Manjula Tamura, MD, MPH
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Anitha Toke, MD
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Stephen J. Tomlanovich, MD
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Alan S. Verkman, MD, PhD
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Flavio Vincenti, MD
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Julie Yabu, MD
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Baoxue Yang, MD, PhD
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