Dr. Varghese is a retired biomedical scientist who served at different universities in the U.S.A . He lives in Connecticut and enjoys writing poetry,

Research

Selected Publications:

Note: Over 60 meeting abstracts presented at different national and international meetings are not included in the list below.

S Varghese.  Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in bone:  an overview of regulation and functions.  Front Biosci 11, 2949-2966, 2006.

S Varghese, S Rudziel and E Canalis.  Bone morphogenetic protein-2 suppresses collagenase-3 promoter activity in osteoblasts through a runt domain factor 2 binding site (J Cell Physiol, 202: 391-399, 2005).

N Wyzga, S Varghese, S Wikel, E Canalis and FA Sylvester.  Effects of activated T cells on osteoclastogenesis depend on the method of activation and interferon-g production (Bone, 35:614-620, 2004).

S Varghese and L Liang.Thymosinb4: a highly conserved and regulated multifunctional peptide, elevated in tumor cells (Recent Res Devel Cancer, 6: 317-326, 2004).

S Varghese and E Canalis.Transcriptional regulation of collagenase-3 by interleukin-1 alpha in osteoblasts.J Cell Biochem 90: 1007-1014, 2003.

S Varghese, N Wyzga and F Sylvester.Direct effects of serum from children with Crohn’s disease on bone formation.J PediatrGastroenterolNutr35: 641-648, 2002.

S Varghese.Collagenase in skeletal remodeling.Recent Res DevelEndocrinol 1: 165-176, 2000

S Varghese and E Canalis.  Alendronate stimulates collagenase-3 expression in osteoblasts by post-transcriptional mechanisms.  J Bone Miner Res 15: 2345-2351, 2000.

S Varghese, S Rydziel and E Canalis.  Basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates collagenase-3 promoter activity in osteoblasts through an activator protein-1 binding site.  Endocrinology  141: 2185-2191, 2000.

S Varghese, K Yu and E Canalis.  Leukemia inhibitory factor and oncostatin M stimulate collagenase-3 expression in osteoblasts.  Am J Physiol ,276: E465-E471, 1999.

J Xu, DS Cissel, S Varghese, DL Whipkey, JD Blaha, GM Graeber and PE Keeting.  Cytokine regulation of adult human osteoblast-like cell prostaglandin biosynthesis.J Cell Biochem, 64: 618-631, 1997.

S Varghese and E Canalis.Regulation of interstitial collagenase by bone morphogenetic protein-2 in bone cell cultures.Endocrinology, 138: 1035-1040, 1997.

S Rydziel, S Varghese and E Canalis.  Transforming growth factor b1 inhibits collagenase 3 expression by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms in osteoblast cultures.  J Cell Physiol, 170: 145-152, 1997.

S Varghese, AM Delany, L Liang, B Gabbitas, JJ Jeffrey and E Canalis.  Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of interstitial collagenase synthesis by platelet-derived growth factor BB in bone cell cultures.Endocrinology 137: 431-437, 1996.

S Varghese, ML Ramsby, JJ Jeffrey and E Canalis.  Basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates expression of interstitial collagenase and inhibitors of metalloproteinases in rat bone cells.  Endocrinology 136: 2156-2162, 1995.

E Canalis, S Rydziel, AM Delany, S Varghese and JJ Jeffrey.  Insulin-like growth factors inhibit interstitial collagenase synthesis in bone cell cultures.  Endocrinology 136: 1348-1354, 1995. 

S Varghese, S Rydziel, J Jeffrey and E Canalis.Regulation of interstitial collagenase expression and collagen degradation by retinoic acid in bone cells.Endocrinology 134: 2438-2444, 1994.   

E Canalis, J Pash, B Gabbitas, S Rydziel and S Varghese.  Growth factors regulate the synthesis of insulin-like growth factor-I in bone cell cultures.  Endocrinology 133: 33-38, 1993.

E Canalis, J Pash and S Varghese.Skeletal growth factors.Crit Rev Euk Gene Exp 3: 155-166,1993.

E Canalis, S Varghese, TL McCarthy and M Centrella.  Role of platelet derived growth factor in bone cell function.  Growth Regulation, 2: 151-155, 1992.

S Varghese and HM Kronenberg.  Rat thymosinb4 gene:  Intron-containing gene and multiple retroposons.  J BiolChem  266:14256-14261, 1991.

S Varghese, LL Deaven , YC Huang, RK Gill, AM Iacopino and S Christakos.  Transcriptional regulation and chromosomal assignment of the mammalian calbindin D28k gene.MolEndocrinol 3:495-502, 1989.

TL Wood, Y Kobayashi, G Frantz, S Varghese, S Christakos and AJ Tobin.  Molecular cloning of mammalian 28,000 Mr vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein (calbindin D28k):  Expression of calbindin D28k RNAs in rodent brains and kidney.  DNA 7:585-593, 1988.

S Varghese, S Lee, YC Huang and S Christakos.Analysis of rat calbindin D28k gene expression.J BiolChem 263:9776-9784, 1988.

S Christakos, T Wood, S Varghese and AJ Tobin.  Molecular cloning and regulation of the mammalian 28,000 Mr vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein (calbindin D28k).  In:  Norman AW, Vanamen TL, Means A. (eds.) Calcium-binding proteins in health and disease, Academic Press, Inc., New York.  276-284, 1987.

S Varghese and S Christakos.  A quantitative immunobinding assay for vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein (calbindin D28k) using nitrocellulose filters.  Anal Biochem 165:183-189, 1987.

GA Skowronski, S Varghese, SB Gertner and SI Sherr.  Lung lipoprotein lipase: Inhibition by barbiturates.  Pharmacol Res Commun 15:661-673, 1983.

EB Cunningham, S Varghese, S Lee, R Brissette and NI Swislocki.Modulation of the activity of the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase of the human erythrocyte.BiochemBiophysActa 731:378-383, 1983.

S Varghese and EB Cunningham.  The influence of adenosine 3’5′-monophosphate upon the activity of membrane associated (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase of the human erythrocyte.  BiochemBiophysActa 596:468-471, 1980.