NAME: Shahriar Koochekpour
DEPT: Microbiology and Immunology/Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
ORGANIZATION: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
ADDRESS: 533 Bolivar Street, CSRB 4-17, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
TELEPHONE No: 504-568-7261
FAX No: 504-568-6888
E MAIL ADDRESS: skooch@lsuhsc.edu
TITLE: Assistant Professor
TOTAL GRANTS: 4
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 32
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience, Asian Journal of Andrology

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Prostate Cancer Biology; Androgen-Independent Progression of Prostate Cancer; Biological Mechanisms Underlying Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone; Influence of Tumor-Stromal Interaction on Prostate Cancer Androgen-Independence; cell-cell/cell-extracellular matrix interactions
DISCIPLINE(S): Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer; Biochemistry; Translational Cancer Research
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Genitourinary System
TISSUES: Prostate
CELL(S): Prostate epithelial and stromal cells; Osteoblasts/osteoclasts
MOLECULE(S): Prosaposin
TECHNIQUE(S): In vitro and in vivo tumorigenesis assays; Laser Capture Microdissection; drug development; cytotoxicity assays; cell adhesion, migration, and invasion assay, proteomic