PREMENDU PRAKASH MATHUR

 

Nationality                        Indian

 

Present position                        
                       Professor, School of Life Sciences

                        Pondicherry University

                        Pondicherry 605 014, India

                        Tel: (0413) 2655212 (Office) ; 2253883 (Home)

                        Fax: (0413) 2655211; 2655265

                        E-mail:ppmathur@yahoo.com/ ppmathur@hotmail.com

                                      ppmathur@rediffmail.com

                       

Permanent address     B-32, Brij Enclave, Varanasi-221 005, India

         

Examinations passed

 

EXAMINATION          UNIV./BOARD          YEAR          DIVISION

 

High School          U.P.Board, Allahabad          1970          FIRST

 

Pre-University (Sc.)          Banaras Hindu Univ.          1971          FIRST

 

B.Sc.           Banaras Hindu Univ.          1974          FIRST

 

M.Sc. (Zoology) Spl. in          Banaras Hindu Univ.          1976          FIRST

     Biochemistry

 

Ph.D. (Zoology)          Banaras Hindu Univ.          1980          Excellent

                                            Reports

U.G.Diploma in French          Banaras Hindu Univ.          1977          62.7%

         (I year)

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

1.      After joining as a Reader in October 1988 and later as a Professor in Pondicherry University since September 1997 I helped the School in organizing the teaching and research programme and introduced several new courses at M.Sc. and M.Phil. levels. Offered courses in Biochemistry, Instrumentation, Intermediary Metabolism, Research Methodology, Bioinformatics, Reproductive Endocrinology and Biotechnology. I am currently offering some of these courses under Choice Based Credit System.

2.      Taught M.Sc. and M.Phil. classes at the Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (February 1982 - October 1988). Offered courses in Biochemistry, Physiology, Reproductive Physiology, Research Methodology and General Zoology.

 

 

Research experience

 

1.      Research experience since July 1976. Title of the Ph.D. thesis is "Functional Study of Steroidogenic Activity in Testis".

 

2.      Successfully completed an ICMR training course on ' Hormone Assays' and a WHO/ICMR Workshop on ' Immunofluorescence' conducted by Dr. Senga Whittingham (Australia) at the Institute for Research in Reproduction, Bombay.

 

3.      Participated in a workshop on 'Protein and enzyme purification and kinetics' at the University of Delhi, Delhi.

 

4.      I have received financial support (US $ 27,000) from the Population Council, New York to work on some newly discovered testicular proteins. Currently I have a major research project from the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (Rs. 16 lakhs).

 

5.      I have received grants from Indian funding agencies like DST, CSIR, UGC, ICMR, DBT, Lady Tata Trust towards my research activities.

 

6.      I have experience of guiding several M. Phil. and doctoral dissertations. At present I am guiding 4 Ph.D. and 1 M. Phil. candidates.

 

 

Research positions held

 

1.      Banaras Hindu University Research Scholarship (August - October 1976).

 

2.      Junior, Senior and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships from the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi (November 1976-February 1982).

 

3.      Rockefeller Foundation Special Postdoctoral Fellowship Award at The Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, The Rockefeller University, New York, U.S.A. (September 1985 - September 1987). 

 

4.      The Population Council Visiting Scientist Award at its Center for Biomedical Research, New York, U.S.A. (May 1990 - August 1990).

 

5.      The Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Award to visit the Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, The Rockefeller University, New York, to learn various techniques in Biotechnology (May-July 1992; May-August, 1993; May-July, 1994).

 

6.      The INSA-German Academy (DFG) Exchange Award to visit the Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Münster, Germany (March-May, 1998).

 

7.      The Population Council Visiting Scientist at its Center for Biomedical Research, New York, U.S.A. (May 1999).

 

8.      Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine of the University, Münster, Germany (June 1999).

 

9.      Coordinator, National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan (NBSAP), U.T. of Pondicherry, funded by UNDP-GEF through the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India (2000-2002).

 

10.    Visiting Scientist at the Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, U.S.A. (July-August 2002).

 

 

Awards / Honours received

 

1.      Received Young Scientist's Award of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985).

 

2.      Rockefeller Foundation Special Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (1985-1987).

 

3.      Population Council Visiting Scientist Award (1990).

 

4.      Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Award (1992-1994).

 

5.      INSA-German Academy (DFG) Exchange Award (1998).

 

6.      Member, Research Board of Advisors American Biographical Institute Inc., U.S.A. (1999).

 

7.      Member, National Academy of Medical Science, India (2000).

 

8.      Dr. P.N. Shah Memorial US Vitamin (India) Oration Award (2002).

 

 

Memberships in Committees

 

1.      Member, International Consortium on Male Contraception, Population Council, New York, U.S.A. (1998-99).

 

2.      Member, Minority Affairs Committee of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, U.S.A. (1997-98).

 

3.      Member, Board of Directors, International Institute for Scientific and Academic Collaboration Inc. (IISAC), New Jersey, U.S.A.

 

4.      Member, Task Force on Bioinformatics and Infrastructure Facilities of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (2000-2002).

 

5.      Member, peer teams of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore.

 

6.      Member, Tenth Plan Visiting Committee of the University Grants Commission.

 

7.      Member, Advisory Committee of COSIST programme of Devi Ahilya University, School of Life Sciences, Indore.

 

8.      Member, Executive Committee, Bioinformatics Centre, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, Chennai.

 

9.      Member, Governing Council, Bharathiyar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikal.

 

10. Member, Advisory Committee, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Port Blair.

 

11. Executive Member, Society for Reproductive Biotechnology & Medicine, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

 

12. Member, Executive Committee, Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility.

 

13. Joint Secretary/ Member, Executive Committee, Endocrine Society of India.

 

14. Member, Biotechnology Park Committee, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Pondicherry.

 

15. Member of selection committees of Public Service Commissions., Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bharathidasan University, Pondicherry University, etc.

 

16. Member, P.G. Boards of Studies in Biochemistry, Zoology and Bioinformatics of various Universities.

 

17. Member, Instruments Purchase Committee of the Vector Control Research Centre and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry.

 

 

Memberships of learned Societies

 

1.      American Society of Animal Science  (U.S.A.)

 

2.      Society for the Study in Reproduction (U.S.A.)

 

3.      American Society of Andrology (U.S.A.)

 

4.      American Association for the Advancement of Science (U.S.A.)

 

5.      Indian Society for Study of Reproduction & Fertility

 

6.      Indian Society for General & Comparative Endocrinology

 

7.      Indian Society for Reproductive Biology & Comparative Endocrinology

 

8.      Endocrine Society of India

 

 

Techniques known

 

    Radioimmunoassay of hormones; protein purification; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; two dimensional gel electrophoresis; western blot; lectin staining and immunostaining; immunoelectrophoresis; chromatography-column, thin layer and HPLC; kinetic studies; immunofluorescent antibody technique; ligand binding studies; basic histological and histochemical techniques; cannulation of brain; recombinant DNA technology; gene cloning; PCR technology; tissue culture; capillary electrophoresis.

 

 

Seminars/ Workshops conducted

 

1.      Director of a Workshop on “Techniques in Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology” sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India at Pondicherry University (September 8-28, 1998).

 

2.      Organized sixteen national and regional seminars/ workshops on various aspects of computer applications in molecular biology and bioinformatics at Pondicherry University (1992- 2003).

 

3.      Helped in the organization of an international symposium on ‘Brain-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Interrelationships’, B.H.U., Varanasi (November 6-8, 1978) and a symposium on ‘Recent Advances in Endocrinology’, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry (October 16-18, 1989).

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Contribution to teaching/ academic environment/ Institutional/ Corporate Life

 

1.      I have helped the University in developing and strengthening various teaching programmes. I have acted as the Head of the School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry (July 2000-July 2001, November/ December 2001and September/October 2002).

 

2.      I have been serving on various academic committees such as Academic Council, Boards of Studies, Programme Committees, Library Committees, etc. and served on various inspection committees of Pondicherry University.

 

3.      I was responsible for planning and organization of Bioinformatics Centre funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India as its Coordinator since 1991. Now the Centre has become a full-fledged national facility and has taken a lead in teaching students and training manpower in Bioinformatics. The Centre has been offering an Advanced PG Diploma in Bioinformatics with the support of DBT. It had also offered PG Diploma Course in Bioinformatics under the auspices of Community College, Pondicherry University.

 

4.      I have been helping the University in getting internet connectivity through procurement of Micro-Earth Station and further up-gradation of the facility by 1 Mbps radio link.

 

5.      I am coordinating development and hosting of web-pages of Pondicherry University.

 

6.      I am member of the Editorial Committee of Pudhumai, the Newsletter of Pondicherry University.

 

7.      I have acted as Member-Secretary of the Academic and Administrative Audit Committee of Pondicherry University.

 

8.      I am co-ordinating the “Study Abroad” Programme of the International Institute of Scientific and Academic Collaboration (IISAC), U.S.A. at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry as its convenor.

 

9.      I am acting as Member-Secretary of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.

 

10. I am serving as the Chairman of the Central Computer Purchase Committee, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.

 

11. I helped in administration of students’ hostels as a tutor in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. 

 

 

Additional information

 

1.      Abstractor for the BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (1979 - 1995).

 

2.      Editor, Binfo-track, a newsletter of Bioinformatics Centre, Pondicherry University.

 

3.      Nominated on the Editorial Boards of “Biobytes”, published by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and “Annals of Biology”, Ludhiana, India.

 

4.      Published over sixty articles on popular science in Hindi and English periodicals and delivered talks on All India Radio.

 

5.      Selected to participate in the BIOMERIT “Hands-on” Workshop in DNA sequencing organized by CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Padua, Italy (7-12 September 1992).

 

6.      Invited to deliver several scientific talks and chair scientific sessions in various national and international conferences. Delivered scientific lectures in various Universities, Academic Staff Colleges and interdisciplinary lectures to wide audience.

 

7.      Received a fellowship award to participate in the XVI International Congress of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, New Delhi, India (19-22 September, 1994).

 

8.      Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and by International Biographical Centre, U.K.

 

9.      Reviewer for various journals like Reproduction (UK), Journal of Andrology (U.S.A.), Asian Journal of Andrology, Medical Science Monitor, Journal of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (CSIR), Indian Journal of Medical Sciences and for various research projects submitted to funding agencies like U.G.C., D.S.T, D.B.T. and Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy.

 

Seminars / Symposia attended

1.      International Symposium on Host-Virus Interactions, Varanasi, 1976

2.      International Symposium on Venoms and Toxins, Bombay, 1977

3.      Fifth International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, New Delhi, 1978

4.      International Symposium on Brain-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Interrelationships,Varanasi, 1978

5.      National Symposium on General & Comparative Endocrinology, Delhi, 1980

6.      Federation of Asian & Oceanian Biochemists – S.B.C. of India Meeting, Bangalore, 1980

7.      Indian Science Congress Association Annual Meeting, Varanasi, 1981

8.      International Seminar on the Living State, New Delhi, 1981

9.      Endocrine Society of India - Annual Meeting, New Delhi, 1982

10.    International Symposium on Regulation of Androgen Action, Montreal, Canada, 1984

11.    Seventh International Congress of Endocrinology, Quebec City, Canada, 1984

12.    Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, Varanasi, 1984

13.    Indian Science Congress Association Annual Meeting, Lucknow, 1985

14.    Society for the Study of Reproduction (U.S.A.) Annual Meeting, Ithaca, N.Y., 1986

15.    The Endocrine Society (U.S.A.) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 1987

16.    International Symposium on Recent Advances in Male Reproduction, Hyderabad, 1988

17.    National Symposium on Current Status of General & Comparative Endocrinol., Delhi, 1988

18.    National Symposium on Recent Advances in Endocrinology, Pondicherry, 1989

19.    National Symposium on Reproductive Biology, Baroda, 1990

20.    Indian Society for Study in Reproduction & Fertility Annual Meeting, Bangalore, 1990

21.    International Symposium on Primate’s Reproduction, Bangalore, 1990

22.    Workshop on Molecular Modelling, Madurai, 1991

23.    Asia Oceania Congress on Comparative Endocrinology, Delhi, 1991

24.    The Endocrine Society (U.S.A.) 74th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1992

25.    International Conference on Fertility Regulation, Bombay, 1992

26.    The Endocrine Society (U.S.A.) 75th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1993

27.    The Endocrine Society (U.S.A.) 76th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1994

28.    XVI International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Delhi, 1994

29.    International Conference on Molecular and Metabolic Endocrinology and Contraceptive Technology, Madras, 1994

30.    Endocrine Society of India, Annual Meeting, Pondicherry, 1994

31.    XI National Symposium on Developmental Biology, Rohtak, 1995

32.    National CODATA Seminar on Networking and Biological Databanks, Pune, 1996

33.    Indo-Japan Workshop on Information Technology, Bangalore, 1996

34.    Young Scientists Symposium on Frontiers in Reproductive Biology Research, Shimla, 1996

35.    VIII Annual Conf. of Ind. Soc. for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility, Pondicherry, 1996

36.    National Symposium on Comparative Physiology & Endocrinology, Raipur, 1997

37.    VI International Congress of Andrology, Salzburg, Austria, 1997

38.    USEFI-AT&T Workshop on the Use of Technology for Education Advising, Chennai, 1998

39.    X Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility, Trivandrum, 1999

40.    International Symposium on Molecular & Clinical Aspects of the Regulation of Ovarian Functions- Impact on the Reproductive Health of Women, New Delhi, 1999

41.    40th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMSCON) 2001

42.    Int. Symposium on Crystallography & Bioinformatics in Structural Biology, Bangalore, 2001

43.    Society for the Study of Reproduction (U.S.A.) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2002

44.    Endocrine Society of India (ESICON-2002) Annual Meeting, Kolkata, 2002

45.    Indo-U.S. Workshop on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research, New Delhi, 2003

 

Publications

 

1.      S.K. Srivastava, S.K. Sarangi, P.P. Mathur and M.S. Kanungo

         Comparative studies on myosin ATPase of a flying and a non-flying bird, BIOCHIMIE 60: 453-458, 1978.

 

2.      A. Kumar, B. Sharma, S. Kumar, P.P. Mathur and V. Bapat

         Observations on b-glucuronidase activity in normal and azoospermic human semen samples, COMP. PHYSIOL. ECOL. 3: 201-203, 1978.

 

3.      S. Chattopadhyay, P.P. Mathur and U. Chattopadhyay

         Development of a model for in vivo analysis of regulation of steroidogenesis in testis, IND. J. PHYSIOL. PHARMACOL. 22: 65, 1978.

 

4.      S. Chattopadhyay, M. Maitra, U. Chattopadhyay and P.P. Mathur

         Altered stability of epididymal sperm acrosome with changes in circulating corticosterone and prolactin levels, PROC. INT. UNION PHYSIOL SCS.-- XXVIII INT. CONG., BUDAPEST, 14: 354, 1980.

 

5.      P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Functional study of testicular activity during altered levels of prolactin, ABST. NATL. SYMP. GEN. COMP. ENDOCRINOL., DELHI, 1980.

 

6.      P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Involvement of lysosomal enzymes in testicular function, IND. J. BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS. 18 (4) Suppl., 66, 1981.

 

7.      P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Involvement of lysosomal enzymes in flutamide-induced stimulation of rat testis, ANDROLOGIA 14: 171-176, 1982.

 

8.      P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Effect of altered levels of prolactin on physiological status of rat testis PROC. VII ASIA OCEANIA CONG. ENDOCRINOL., p.65, 1982.

 

9.      P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Functional study of testicular activity during altered level of progesterone, J. STEROID BIOCHEM. 17 (3): R48, 1982.

 

10.    B.L. Pandey, P.P. Mathur and P.K. Das

         Is vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) an antiulcer agent? Pharmacological effects on gastric secretion, mucosal barrier and experimental ulcers in albino rats, J. MED. SCI. 1; 56-63, 1983.

 

11.    S. Chattopadhyay, U. Chattopadhyay, P.P. Mathur, K.S. Saini and S. Ghosal

         Effect of Hippadine, an amaryllidaceae alkaloid on the testicular function in rats, PLANTA MEDICA 49: 252-254, 1983.

 

12.    P.P. Mathur

         Role of lysosomal enzymes in testicular functions, PROSTATE 5(3): 368, 1984.

13.    P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Involvement of lysosomal enzymes in testicular functions as altered by pituitary homografts, ABST. VII INT. CONG. ENDOCRINOL., QUEBEC CITY EXCERPTA MEDICA INT. CONG SERIES 652, p.1075, 1984.

 

14.    P.P. Mathur and Archana Narula

         Effect of cadmium on the physiological status of mice testis, SYMP. COMP. ENDOCRINOL. ABST., p. 32, 1984.

 

15.    P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Effect of intratesticular administration of serum on the physiological status of rat testis, ANDROLOGIA 17: 297-300, 1985.

 

16.    P.P. Mathur

         Effect of ectopic pituitary homograft on the physiological status of rat testis, PROC. 72ND SESSION IND. SCI. CONG., SEC. ZOOL., ENTOMOL., FISHERIES, p. 19, 1985.

 

17.    P.P. Mathur

         VII International Congress of Endocrinology: A Report, INT. SCI. NEWS INSA DEL. REP. 3 (1) 37-40, 1985.

 

18.    P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Effect of ectopic pituitary homograft on the physiological status of rat testis, ANDROLOGIA 18: 84-88, 1986.

 

19.    P.P. Mathur, J. Voglmayr, C.W. Bardin and C.Y. Cheng

         Identification of immunoreactive clusterin in multiple species, BIOL. REPROD. 34: 56, 1986.

 

20.    C.Y. Cheng, P.P. Mathur and J. Grima

         Structural analysis of clusterin and its subunits in ram rete testis fluid, BIOCHEMISTRY (U.S.A.) 27: 4079-4088, 1988.

 

21.    P.P. Mathur and C.Y. Cheng

         Identification and characterization of immunoreactive ram testicular clusterin in the serum of ram and human, PROC. VIII INT. CONG. ENDOCR. 1988.

 

22.    M.S. Stahler, A. Guglielmotti, P.P. Mathur, B. Silverstrini, C.W. Bardin and C.Y. Cheng

         CMB-18 is a new Sertoli cell secretory protein for studying testicular physiology, J. CELL BIOL. 107: 630a, 1988.

 

23.    C.Y. Cheng, P.L. Morris, P.P. Mathur, A. Marshall, J. Grima, T.T. Turner, S. Carreau, K.S.K. Tung and C.W. Bardin

         Identification of a factor in   fractions of Sertoli cell-enriched culture medium containing          CMB-21 that stimulates androgen production by Leydig cells, In NON-STEROIDAL          GONADAL FACTORS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES AND POSSIBILITIES IN          CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT, G. Hodgen, Z. Rosenwachs, J. Speiler (eds.), pp.         192-201, Jones Inst. Press, Norfolk VA, U.S.A., 1988.

 

24.    C.Y. Cheng, A. Marshall, J.Grima, P.P. Mathur

         Tissue distribution and heterogeneity of rat clusterin in the reproductive tract, MOLECULAR ANDROLOGY 2: 74-84, 1990.

 

25.    P.P. Mathur, C.W. Bardin, J. Voglmayr and C.Y. Cheng

         Identification of immunoreactive clusterin in multiple species, MOLECULAR ANDROLOGY, 2: 127-144, 1990.

 

26.    P.P. Mathur and S. Chattopadhyay

         Effect of sleep-deprivation on the physiological status of rat testis ANDROLOGIA 23: 49-51, l991.

 

27.    M. Mukherjee, S. Chattopadhyay and P. P.Mathur

         Effect of flutamide on the physiological status of epididymis and epididymal sperms, ANDROLOGIA 24: 113-116, 1992.

 

28.    D. Malarvizhi, C.V. Ranjitkumar and P.P. Mathur

         Effect of chlormadinone acetate on the epididymis of immature, mature and hemicastrated rats, J. REPROD. BIOL.  COMP. ENDOCRINOL. 4: 94-99, 1992.

 

29.    C.V. Ranjitkumar, D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Effect of chlormadinone acetate on the testis of immature, mature and hemicastrated rats, J. REPROD. BIOL. COMP. ENDOCRINOL. 5: 61-67, 1993.

 

30.    P.P. Mathur, A. Marshall, J. Grima, C.W. Bardin and C.Y. Cheng

         Identification of multiple inhibitory factors from castrated rat ventral prostate that modulate rat Sertoli cell clusterin secretion, In CURRENT CONCEPTS IN FERTILITY REGULATION, C.P. Puri and P.F.A. Van Look (eds.), pp. 521-531, Wiley Eastern Ltd.-New Age International Ltd., Delhi, 1994.

 

31.    P.P. Mathur, M.-Y. Mo, C. Panzironi, B. Silvestrini, J. Grima, C.W. Bardin and C.Y. Cheng

         Rat testicular testibumin is identical to sulfated glycoprotein-1 (SGP-1) whose mRNA expression in the testis is age-but not germ cell-dependent, BIOCHEM. MOL. BIOL. INT. 34: 1063-1071, 1994.

 

32.   J. Grima, P.P. Mathur and C.Y. Cheng

         The expression of testin mRNA is correlated with a rapid turnover of junctional complexes (JC) in the testis, MOL. BIOL. CELL 5: 222a, 1994.

 

33.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Effect of cisplatin on physiological status of normal rat testis, IND. J. EXP. BIOL. 33: 281-283, 1995.

 

34.    P.P. Mathur, C. Panzironi, M.-Y. Mo and C.Y. Cheng

         Development of a strategy for the micropurification of proteins by capillary electrophoresis, In COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES & ADVANCES IN BIOSCIENCES, V.P. Agrawal, C.B. Sharma, S.A.H. Abidi and M.D. Zingde (eds.) pp. 313-324, Society of Biosciences, Muzaffarnagar, 1995.

 

 

35.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Testosterone propionate prevents cisplatin-induced inhibition of renal b-glucuronidase activity in rats, IND. J. EXP. BIOL. 34: 483-485, 1996.

 

36.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Renal b-glucuronidase activity is a bioassay of serum testosterone levels in rats, IND. J. EXP. BIOL. 34: 582-583, 1996.

 

37.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Effects of cisplatin on testicular functions in rats, IND. J. EXP. BIOL. 34: 995-998, 1996.

 

38.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Effects of cisplatin on rat Leydig and Sertoli cells in vitro, BIOMED. LETT. (U.K.) 53: 121-128, 1996.

 

39.    D. Malarvizhi and P.P. Mathur

         Protective effects of testosterone propionate on cisplatin-induced Leydig cell dysfunction in rats, BIOMED. LETT. (U.K.) 53: 173-176, 1996.

 

40.    P.P. Mathur, J. Grima, M.-Y.. Mo, L.-J. Zhu, G.R. Aravindan, K. Calcagno, M. O’Bryan, S. Chung, D. Mruk, W.M. Lee, B. Silvestrini and C.Y. Cheng

         Differential expression of multiple cathepsin mRNAs in the rat testis during maturation and          following lonidamine induced tissue restructuring. BIOCHEM. MOL. BIOL. INT. 42: 217-         233, 1997.

 

41.    C. Latchoumycandane, S.K. Gupta and P.P. Mathur

         Inhibitory effects of hypothyroidism on the testicular functions of postnatal rats, BIOMED.          LETT. (U.K.) 56: 171-177, 1997.

 

42.    D. Malarvizhi, R.R. Manimaran, M.M. Aruldhas and P.P. Mathur

         Quantitative maintenance of spermatogenesis in cisplatin-treated rats by exogenous          administration of testosterone propionate,  J. ENDOCRINOL. REPROD. 1: 67-72, 1998.

 

43.    C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

         Effects of hyperthyroidism on the physiological status of pubertal rat testis,    BIOMED. LETT. (U.K.) 59: 33-41, 1999.

 

44.    P.P. Mathur, C.W. Bardin and C.Y. Cheng

         Expression of rat testicular testibumin (SGP-1) mRNA shows age- but not germ cell-dependence, In RECENT TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, S.K. Gakhar and S.N. Mishra (eds.), pp. 59-69, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 1999.

 

45.    M. Simoni, P.P. Mathur, N. Walther and J. Gromoll

Ligand binding properties of wild type and constitutively active human FSH receptor stably expressed in a mouse Sertoli cell line, EXP. CLIN. ENDOCRINOL. DIABETES Suppl 1, S9-10, 1999.

 

46.        P. Poonkothai, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur                                                       

Effects of short-term triiodothyronine treatment on the testicular functions of immature rats, BIOMED. LETT. 60: 183-190, 1999.

 

47.        K.C. Chitra, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

         Chronic effect of endosulphan on the testicular functions of rat, ASIAN J. ANDROL. 1: 203-206, 1999.

 

48.        P.P. Mathur, A. Marshall and C.Y. Cheng

Protein profiles in various epididymal segments of normal and castrated rats. ASIAN J. ANDROL. 2: 57-64, 2000.

 

49.    P.P. Mathur

Clusterin – its secretion and regulation in testis, In CHRONOPHYSIOLOGY, M. Shedpure (ed.), pp.110-122, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, 2000.

 

50.        M. Mukherjee, S. Chattopadhyay and P.P. Mathur

Effect of sleep deprivation on the physiological status of rat epididymis and epididymal sperms, In REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, R. Mathur and S. Shukla (eds.) pp.356-361, 2000.

 

51.    R. Sujatha, K.C. Chitra, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Effect of lindane on the testicular antioxidant system and steroidogenic enzymes in adult rats. ASIAN J. ANDROL. 3: 135-138, 2001.

 

52.        K.C. Chitra, R. Sujatha, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Effect of lindane on antioxidant enzymes in epididymal sperm of adult rats. ASIAN J. ANDROL. 3: 205-208, 2001.

 

53.        B. Gangadharan, M.A. Murugan and P.P.  Mathur

Effect of methoxychlor on antioxidant system of goat epididymal sperm in vitro. ASIAN J. ANDROL. 3: 285-288, 2001.

 

54.        C. Latchoumycandane, K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

The effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the antioxidant system in mitochondrial and microsomal fractions of rat testis. TOXICOLOGY 171: 127-135, 2002.

 

55.        C. Latchoumycandane, K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

Induction of oxidative stress in the rat epididymal sperm after exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. ARCH. TOXICOL. 76: 113-118, 2002.

 

56.    C. Latchoumycandane, K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

The effect of methoxychlor on the epididymal antioxidant system of adult rats. REPROD. TOXICOL. 16: 161-172, 2002.

 

57.     M.A.  Murugan, B. Gangadharan and P.P. Mathur

Antioxidative effect of fullerenol on goat epididymal spermatozoa, ASIAN J. ANDROL.  4: 149-152, 2002.

 

58.    C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

         Effect of methoxychlor on the antioxidant system in mitochondria and microsome-rich     

         fractions of rat testis. TOXICOLOGY 176: 67-75, 2002.

 

59.    K.C. Chitra, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Effect of nonylphenol on the antioxidant system in epididymal sperm of rats. ARCH. TOXICOL. 76: 545-551, 2002.

 

60.    C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Effects of vitamin E on reactive oxygen species mediated 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in rat testis. J. APPL. TOXICOL. 22: 345-351, 2002.

 

61.      C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Induction of oxidative stress in testis of rat after short-term exposure to organochlorine pesticide methoxychlor. ARCH. TOXICOL. 76: 692-698, 2002.

 

62.      P.P. Mathur and C. Latchoumycandane

Effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the epididymal antioxidant system of adult rats. BIOL. REPROD. 66 (Suppl. 1): 224-225, 2002.

 

63.      K.C. Chitra, C. Latchoumycandane and P.P. Mathur

Induction of oxidative stress by bisphenol A in the epididymal sperm of rats, TOXICOLOGY 185:119-127, 2003

 

64.      C. Latchoumycandane, K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

2.3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces oxidative stress in the epididymis and epididymal sperm of adult rats. ARCH. TOXICOL. 77: 280-284, 2003.

 

65.      V. Bindhumol, K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

Bisphenol A induces reactive oxygen species generation in the liver of male rats. TOXICOLOGY 188: 117-124, 2003.

 

66.      K.C. Chitra, K. Ramachandra Rao and P.P. Mathur

Effect of bisphenol A and co-administration of bisphenol A and Vitamin C on the epididymis of adult rats: A histological and biochemical study. ASIAN  J. ANDROL. 5: 203-208, 2003.

 

67.      K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

Vitamin C prevents bisphenol A-induced reactive oxygen species generation in the testis of rat.  In  ADVANCES IN REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, S.C. Joshi and A. A. Ansari (eds),  Pioneer International Publishers, Jaipur  2003.

 

68.      K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

Induction of oxidative stress in epididymis of rats after short-term exposure to bisphenol A, ARCH. MED. RES. 1: 1-16, 2003.

 

69.      K. Strothman, M. Simoni, P.P.  Mathur, S. Siakhamary, E. Nieschlag, and J. Gromoll,

Gene expression profiling of mouse Sertoli cell lines, CELL TISSUE RESEARCH  315: 249-57, 2004.

 

70.      K.C. Chitra and P.P. Mathur

Vitamin E prevents nonylphenol-induced oxidative stress in testis of rats. IND. J. EXP. BIOL. 42: 220-223, 2004.

 

71.    M. Swarnalatha, P.P. Jutur, V. Amouda, P.P. Mathur, A.R. Reddy

Prediction of Transcriptional Regulation by Dlx and Msx homeodomain proteins

ONLINE J. BIOINFORMATICS 5: 132-145, 2004.