Dr. Varun Rawat

Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Southern California, USA


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of Texas, USA

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Alzheimera`s Disease
Molecular Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Biotechnology

Selected Publications

  1. Rawat, V., A. Boehm-Cagan, D.M. Michaelson, H.C. Chui and A.N. Fonteh et al., 2018. In vitro, in vivo and cerebrospinal fluid studies implicate decreased ABCA-1 activity with APOE4. Neurology, Vol. 90. .
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  2. Yassine, H.N., E. Croteau, V. Rawat, J.R. Hibbeln and S.I. Rapoport, S.C. Cunnane and J.C. Umhau, 2017. DHA brain uptake and APOE4 status: A PET study with [1-11C]-DHA. Alzheimer’s Res. Ther., Vol. 9. .
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  3. Yassine, H.N., V. Rawat, W.J. Mack, J.F. Quinn and K. Yurko-Mauro et al., 2016. The effect of APOE genotype on the delivery of DHA to cerebrospinal fluid in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's Res. Ther., Vol. 8. .
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  4. Yassine, H.N., Q. Feng, I. Azizkhanian, V. Rawat and K. Castor et al., 2016. The association of serum docosahexaenoic acid with cerebral amyloidosis. JAMA Neurol., 73: 1208-1216.
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  5. Rawat, V., W. Goux, M. Piechaczyk and R.D. Santosh, 2016. C-fos protects neurons through a noncanonical mechanism involving HDAC3 interaction: Identification of a 21-amino acid fragment with neuroprotective activity. Mol. Neurobiol., 53: 1165-1180.
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  6. Bardai, F.H., P. Verma, C. Smith, V. Rawat, L. Wang and S.R. D'Mello, 2013. Disassociation of histone deacetylase-3 from normal huntingtin underlies mutant huntingtin neurotoxicity. J. Neurosci., 33: 11833-11838.
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  7. Dastidar, S.G., F. Bardai, C. Ma, V. Price and V. Rawat et al., 2012. Isoform-specific toxicity of Mecp2 in postmitotic neurons: Suppression of neurotoxicity by FoxG1. J. Neurosci., 32: 2846-2855.
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