Rahul Ray PhD
Voluntary Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
Voluntary Research Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
85 E. Newton St | (617) 638-8199bapi@bu.edu

Sections
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
Centers
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Expertise includes: Nanomedicine; Cancer drug therapeutics; Targeted drug delivery.
Other Positions
Education
PhD, Washington State University, 1980
MSc, University of Calcutta, 1974
BSc, Presidency College, 1972
Publications
Gari HH, DeGala GD, Ray R, Lucia MS, Lambert JR. PRL-3 engages the focal adhesion pathway in triple-negative breast cancer cells to alter actin structure and substrate adhesion properties critical for cell migration and invasion. Cancer Lett. 2016 Oct 01; 380(2):505-12. PMID: 27452906.
Published on 3/29/2016Gari HH, Gearheart CM, Fosmire S, DeGala GD, Fan Z, Torkko KC, Edgerton SM, Lucia MS, Ray R, Thor AD, Porter CC, Lambert JR. Genome-wide functional genetic screen with the anticancer agent AMPI-109 identifies PRL-3 as an oncogenic driver in triple-negative breast cancers. Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 29; 7(13):15757-71. PMID: 26909599.
Published on 10/1/2014Gari HH, Ray R, Lucia S, Porter CC, Gearheart CM, Fosmire S, Degala GD, Fan Z, Ru Y, Thor AD, Lambert JR. Cancer Research. Abstract 4604: PTP4A3 is oncogenic and modulates triple negative breast cancer growth. 2014; 74(19):4604.
Published on 9/13/2013Datta-Mitra A, Mitra A, Ray R, Raychaudhuri SP, Kundu-Raychaudhuri S. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-3-bromoacetate, a novel vitamin D analog induces immunosuppression through PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling cascade. Int Immunopharmacol. 2013 Nov; 17(3):744-51. PMID: 24036370.
Published on 1/11/2013Datta Mitra A, Raychaudhuri SP, Abria CJ, Mitra A, Wright R, Ray R, Kundu-Raychaudhuri S. 1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin-D3-3-bromoacetate regulates AKT/mTOR signaling cascades: a therapeutic agent for psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 Jun; 133(6):1556-64. PMID: 23314787.
Published on 3/1/2012Ray R, Banks M, Abuzahra H, Eddy VJ, Persons KS, Lucia MS, Lambert JR, Holick MF. Effect of dietary vitamin D and calcium on the growth of androgen-insensitive human prostate tumor in a murine model. Anticancer Res. 2012 Mar; 32(3):727-31. PMID: 22399584.
Published on 3/1/2012Sadler S, Ray R, Jones GB. Designed PDT agents: Synthesis and biological evaluation of steroid-porphyrin conjugates. 2012.
Published on 6/1/2011Sadler S, Persons KS, Jones GB, Ray R. Internalization of a C17a-alkynylestradiol-porphyrin conjugate into estrogen receptor positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Aug 1; 21(15):4638-41. PMID: 21704522.
Published on 2/18/2011Ray R, Lambert JR. 1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-3ß-bromoacetate, a potential cancer therapeutic agent: synthesis and molecular mechanism of action. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Apr 15; 21(8):2537-40. PMID: 21392983.
Published on 1/1/2011Ray R, Lambert JR, Persons KS, Eddy VJ. Cancer Research. Abstract 5533: Anti-proliferative and anti-tumor effects of a novel vitamin D derivative, either alone or in a liposomal formulation in malignancies of kidney, pancreas and prostate. 2011; 70(8):5533.