Publications
Research Publications
1. Singh T., Chhokar A., Thakur K., Aggarwal, N., Pragya P., Yadav J., Tripathi T., Bhat A., Jadli M., Kumar A., Gupta P., Khurana A., & Bharti A.C.## (2021). Targeting aberrant expression of STAT3 and AP-1 oncogenic transcription factors and HPV oncoproteins in cervical cancer by Berberis aquifolium, Frontiers in Pharmacology, DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.757414 (IF:5.8)
2. Bhat A., Yadav J., Thakur K., Tripathi T., Chhokar A., Aggarwal, N., Singh T., Jadli, M., Veerapandian V., Hutchin A.P., & Bharti A.C.## (2020). Transcriptome analysis of cervical cancer exosomes and detection of HPVE6*I transcripts in exosomal RNA, BMC Cancer (IF:3.4)
3. Aggarwal, N., Yadav J., Chhakara S., Janjua D., Tripathi T., Chaudhary A., Chhokar A., Thakur K., Singh T., & Bharti A.C.## (2021). Phytochemicals as Potential Chemopreventive and Chemotherapeutic Agents for Emerging Human Papillomavirus-driven Head and Neck Cancers: Current Evidence and Future Prospects, Frontiers in Pharmacology, doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.699044. (IF:5.8)
4. Bhat A., Yadav J., Thakur K., Aggarwal, N., Tripathi T., Chhokar A., Singh T., Jadli, M., Sharma A., & Bharti A.C.## (2021). Exosomes from cervical cancer cells facilitate pro-angiogenic endothelial reconditioning through transfer of Hh signalling components, Cancer Cell International. 21(1):319. PMID: 34167524. (IF:5.7)
5. Aggarwal, N., Yadav J., Thakur K., Bibban R., Chhokar A., Tripathi T., Bhat A., Singh T., Jadli, M., Singh U., Kashyap M., & Bharti A.C.## (2020). Human papillomavirus infection in head and neck cancers: Transcriptional triggers and changed disease patterns, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:537650. PMID: 33344262. (IF:5.2)
6. Jadli, M., Thakur K., Aggarwal, N., Chhokar A., Bibban R., Singh T., Bhat A., & Bharti.A.C.## (2020). Delineating role of NF-κB and interacting cytokines during prostate cancer induced osteoclastogenesis, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 122(2):259- 276. PMID: 33053226. (IF:4.4)
7. Tripathi A., Kashyap A., Tripathi G., Yadav J., Bibban R., Aggarwal N., Thakur K., Chhokar A., Verma Y., Zayed H., Husain A., Bharti A.C.,## & Kashyap M.* (2021), Tumor Reversion: a dream or a reality, Biomarker Research, 9(1):31. PMID: 33958005. (IF: 8.6)
8. Thakur K, Janjua D, Shishodia G, Chhokar A, Aggarwal N, Yadav Joni, Tripathi T, Chaudhary A, Senrung A and Bharti A.C.## (2022). Investigation of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway in HPV-induced Cervical Carcinogenesis using ‘Omics’ Approach. Medical Oncology, 2022 Oct 12;39(12):255. doi: 10.1007/s12032-022-01854-1. PMID: 36224441. (IF: 3.29)
9. Singh T., Aggarwal, N., Thakur K., Chhokar A., Yadav J., Tripathi T., Jadli M., Bhat A., Kumar A., Narula R.H., Gupta P., Khurana A., & Bharti A.C.## (2022). Evaluation of therapeutic potential of selected plant-derived homeopathic medicines for their action against cervical cancer. Homeopathy. (Accepted) (IF: 1.5)
Book Chapters
1. Yadav J., Aggarwal, N., Chaudhary A., Tripathi T., Baruah, D., Chhakara S., Janjua D., Chhokar A., Thakur K., Senrung, A., Bharti A.C## (2022). Role of Exosomes in Tumor Induced Neo-Angiogenesis, Tumor Angiogenesis, InTech Open, ISSN 0192303X.
2. Bharti, A. C.##, & Chhokar A. (2019). Need for a better cervical cancer screening tool for ‘elimination’ of cervical cancer, ISSRF Newsletter, Issue 24, ISSN 23952806.
Conference Organization/ Presentations
Conferences, Symposia and Workshops Organized
1. International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25th Februrary, 2022 (Member of Organizing Team)
2. 5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on “Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022 (Member of Organizing Team)
Number of Papers presented in conferences/Proceedings (Total -32)
1. Alok Chandra Bharti##, Anjali Bhat, Aman Sharma, Mohit Jadli, Tejveer Singh, Kulbhushan Thakur, Kavita Bagel, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Ujala Singh, Rakhi Bibban, & Arun Chhokar, “Exploration of Exosomal Cargo from Cervical Cancer Cells and its Functional Relevance” International Symposium on “Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Prevention & Therapeutics” School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, February 08-09, 2019.
2. Alok Chandra Bharti##, Anjali Bhat, Joni Yadav, Ujala Singh, Mohit Jadli, Tejveer Singh, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Rakhi Bibban, & Arun Chhokar, “Role of Exosomes in carcinogenic signaling in cervical cancer” National symposium on basic and translation research in cancer biology, IAR Gandhinagar, September 11-13, 2019.
3. Alok Chandra Bharti, Tejveer Singh, Arun Chhokar, Kulbhushan Thakur, Rakhi Bibban, Nikita Aggarwal, Mohit Jadli, Anjali Bhat, “Possibilities of repurposing homeopathic formulations based on Berberis aquifolium treatment of cervical cancer” International conference on nutraceuticals and chronic diseases(INCD), IIT Guwahati, September 23-25, 2019.
4. Mohit Jadli, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Rakhi Bibban, Tejveer Singh, Anjali Bhat, Alok Chandra Bharti “Prostate cancer-induced osteoclastogenesis mediated by activators of NF-κB signalling as a model for nutraceutical screening for cancer-induced osteoporesis” International conference on nutraceuticals and chronic diseases(INCD), IIT Guwahati, September 23-25, 2019.
5. Ujala Singh*, Kavita Baghel, Joni Yadav, Arun Chhokar, Kulbhushan Thakur, Rakhi, Tejveer Singh, Nikita Aggarwal, Mohit Jadli and Alok C. Bharti# “To understand molecular mechanisms of miRNA mediated drug resistance in lung cancer for their targeting by nutraceuticals” International conference on nutraceuticals and chronic diseases(INCD), IIT Guwahati, September 23-25, 2019.
6. Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Rakhi Bibban, Joni Yadav, Mohit Jadli, Tejveer Singh, Anjali Bhat, Alok Chandra Bharti##, “Activated STAT3 signaling in cervical carcinogenesis: its role in HPV transcription, replication and integration in the host genome” in 8th International Translational Cancer Research Conference, Varanasi, February 13-16, 2020.
7. Alok Chandra Bharti##, Arun Chhokar, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Rakhi Bibban, Joni Yadav, Mohit Jadli, Tejveer Singh, Anjali Bhat “Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities for Early Detection and Prevention” ISSRF2020: World Congress on Reproductive Health with Emphasis on Reproductive Cancers, Infertility and Assisted Reproduction at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, February 14-16, 2020.
8. Anjali Bhat, Joni Yadav, Aman Sharma, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Rakhi Bibban, Arun Chhokar, Mohit Jadli, Tejveer singh, Alok Chandra Bharti##, “Exploration of HPV specific cargo from cervical and oral cancer cells: Implications in modulation of tumor microenvironment” 13th International Symposium on "Cancer Prevention and Treatment" at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India, February 20-21, 2020.
9. Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Anjali Bhat, Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Choudhary, Tejveer singh, Alok Chandra Bharti##, Transcriptional Regulation of Human Papillomavirus in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells, International Colloquium on “Regulatory Mechanisms underlying Behaviour, Physiology and Development” 25th-26thMarch, 2021
10. Arun Chhokar, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Choudhary, Tejveer singh, Alok Chandra Bharti##, Innovative screening tool for Progressive Cervical Cancer Lesions: Early Detection, Prevention and Elimination, International Colloquium on “Regulatory Mechanisms underlying Behaviour, Physiology and Development” 25th-26thMarch, 2021
11. Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Choudhary, Tejveer singh, Alok Chandra Bharti##, Deciphering STAT3 regulatory mechanism(s) in HPV transcription in cervical carcinogenesis, International Colloquium on “Regulatory Mechanisms underlying Behaviour, Physiology and Development” 25th-26thMarch, 2021
12. Joni Yadav, Anjali Bhat Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Choudhary, Tejveer singh, Alok Chandra Bharti##, Intracellular Communication Through Exosomal Compartment in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Transfer of Transcription Factor STAT3, International Colloquium on “Regulatory Mechanisms underlying Behaviour, Physiology and Development” 25th-26thMarch, 2021.
13. Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Joni Yadav, Divya Janjua, Tanya Tripathi, Suhail Chhakara, Apoorva Chaudhary, Anjali Bhat, & Alok Chandra Bharti##, Direct and Indirect Interaction(s) of STAT3 with HPV, International conference on “CANCER BIOLOGY: Advances and Challenges” November 11th to 13th, 2021.
14. Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Divya Janjua, Tanya Tripathi, Suhail Choudhary, Apporva Choudhary, Anjali Bhat, & Alok Chandra Bharti##, Oncogenic Transcriptional (Dys)regulation During Human Papillomavirus Infection, International conference on “CANCER BIOLOGY: Advances and Challenges” November 11th to 13th, 2021.
15. Arun Chhokar and Alok Chandra Bharti*, HPV mRNA-based diagnostic tools, AOGIN2021: Elimination of Cervical Cancer: From Research to Practice, 3rd-5th December, 2021
16. Anna Senrung, Tanya Tripathi, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Joni Yadav, Kulbushan Thakur, Divya Janjua, Suhail Chhakara, Apoorva Chaudhary, Khagendra Singh, Nidhi Goswami, Pallavi Sethi2, Amar Jyoti2, and Alok Chandra Bharti## Assessment of Antiangiogenic Potential of Phytochemicals against Glioblastoma in an Ex-Ovo Model System, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
17. Kulbhushan Thakur, Divya Janjua, Arun Chhokar, Joni Yadav, Nikita Aggarwal, Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Suhail Chhakara, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Understanding the Role of STAT3 Signaling in Human Papillomavirus Induced Cervical Cancer via ‘Omics’ Approach, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
18. Nikita Aggarwal, Divya Janjua, Joni Yadav, Kulbhushan Thakur, Suhail Chhakara, Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Raveesh Grewal, Arun Chhokar, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Development of a Transcription Signature Based Biosensor for Prediction of HNSCC Treatment Outcome, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
19. Joni Yadav, Nikita Aggarwal, Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Apoorva Chaudhary, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Chhakara, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Transcriptome Analysis of Head and Neck Cancer Exosomes Using ‘‘Omics” Approach, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
20. Arun Chhokar1*, Kulbhushan Thakur1, Tanya Tripathi1, Divya Janjua1, Apoorva Chaudhary1, Joni Yadav1, Nikita Aggarwal1, Suhail Chhakara1, Anna Senrung1, Shalini Rajaram2, Bindiya Gupta2, Vinita Jaggi3, and Alok Chandra Bharti1##, Development of Novel STAT3 and HPV16 mRNA-based Detection Method for Early Detection of Progressive Cervical lesions, , International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
21. Tanya Tripathi, Arun Chhokar, Anna Senrung, Nikita Aggarwal, Apoorva Chaudhary, Kulbhushan Thakur, Joni Yadav, Divya Janjua, Suhail Chhakara, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Development of Cancer Stem Cell-targeted Therapy against Cervical Cancer, , International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
22. Divya Janjua*, Kulbhushan Thakur, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Suhail Chhakara, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Investigating the Self-seeding Capacity of Circulating Tumor Cells in Cancer of Uterine Cervix Using Single Cell ‘Omics’ Approach, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
23. Apoorva Chaudhary, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Suhail Chhakara, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##,Standardization of Exosome Isolation using in-house PEG Based Method, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
24. Suhail Chhakara, Nikita Aggarwal, Kulbhushan Thakur, Joni Yadav, Arun Chhokar, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Apoorva Chaudhary, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti## Homeopathic Preparations with Anti-Cervical Cancer and Anti-HPV Activity, International Colloquium on “Deciphering Bioregulatory Mechanism in Health and Disease using ‘omics’ Approach” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 24th-25thFebrurary, 2022.
25. Joni Yadav, Apoorva Chaudhary, Nikita Aggarwal, Tanya Tripathi, Arun Chhokar, Divya Janjua, Udit Joshi, Kulbhushan Thakur, Anna Senrung, Nupur Sharma, Jaswinder Singh Maras and Alok Chandra Bharti, Comparative Proteomics Analysis of HPV-Positive vs. HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer Exosomes, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
26. Tanya Tripathi, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Anna Senrung, Joni Yadav, Apoorva Chaudhary, Kulbhushan Thakur, Divya Janjua, Udit Joshi, and Alok Chandra Bharti, Phytochemicals with Cancer Stem Cell Targeting Potential against Cervical Cancer, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
27. Anna Senrung, Tanya Tripathi, Nikita Aggarwal, Divya Janjua, Arun Chhokar, Joni Yadav, Apoorva Chaudhary, Kulbhushan Thakur, Udit Joshi and Alok Chandra Bharti*, Anti-angiogenic Potential of Trans-Chalcone in vivo: ATP Antagonist to VEGFR with predicted blood-brain barrier permeability, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
28. Kulbhushan Thakur, Divya Janjua, Arun Chhokar, Nikita Aggarwal, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Dissecting the Direct/ Indirect Interactions of STAT3 with Human Papillomaviruses and its Implications in HPV Transcriptional Control in Cervical Carcinogenesis, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
29. Divya Janjua, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Udit Joshi, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Investigating the role of microRNA regulators targeting JAK/STAT signaling in HPV-induced Cervical carcinogenesis, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
30. Apoorva Chaudhary, Joni Yadav, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Kulbhushan Thakur, Nikita Aggarwal, Arun Chhokar, Udit Joshi, Anna Senrung, and Alok Chandra Bharti##, Comparative analysis of different exosome isolation protocols, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
31. Nikita Aggarwal, Kulbhushan Thakur, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Joni Yadav, Apoorva Chaudhary, Arun Chhokar, Udit Joshi, Anna Senrung & Alok Chandra Bharti##, Prediction of Treatment Outcome in HNSCC by a Transcription Signature-based Biosensor, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.
32. Arun Chhokar, Udit Joshi, Kulbhushan Thakur, Tanya Tripathi, Divya Janjua, Apoorva Chaudhary, Joni Yadav, Nikita Aggarwal, Anna Senrung, Shalini Rajaram, Bindiya Gupta, Vinita Jaggi, Alok Chandra Bharti##, Setting up an In situ-Hybridisation based Assay for Co-detection of Active HPV Infection and STAT3 Expression in Cervical Cancer Cell, “5th International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2022) on Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases” Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7th-9th October, 2022.