Publications

Diane Hardej, Charles R. Ashby, Jr., Nikhil Khadtare, Shridhar S. Kulkarni, Satyakam Singh, Tanaji T. Talele. The synthesis of phenylalanine-derived C5 substituted rhodanines and their activity against selected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. (accepted 9/10)

Tapan Bhavsar, Ming Liu, Diane Hardej, Xianjian Liu, Jerome Cantor. Aerosolized Lysozyme Mitigates P. aeruginosa Pneumonia in Hamsters.  Experimental Lung Research, 36, 1–7. 2010

Radkar ,Vijayalaxmi, Lau-Cam, Cesar , Hardej, Diane and Billack, Blase. The role of surface receptor stimulation on the cytotoxicity of resveratrol to macrophages. Food and Chemical Toxicology.46:3664-3670.2008

Hardej, Diane and Billack, Blase. Ebselen protects brain, skin, lung and blood cells from mechlorethamine toxicity. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 23:209-221. 2007

Radkar, Vijayalaxmi , Hardej, Diane, Lau-Cam, Cesar, and Billack, Blase
Evaluation of resveratrol and piceatannol cytotoxicity in macrophages, T cells and skin cells. Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.58:293-304. 2007

Chan, Grace, Hardej, Diane , Santoro, Michelle, Lau-Cam, Cesar, Billack,Blase
Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ebselen: role of the yeast plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Journal of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology.21(5)252-264. 2007

Hardej, D.,Trombetta,L.D., Metals, in Barile, F., Clinical Toxicology, Principles and Mechanisms. CRC Press, New York, 2003, Chapter 24.

Cao, Z., Hardej D., Trombetta, L.D. and Li, Y.   The role of chemically-induced glutathione and glutathione S-transferase  in protecting against 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal-mediated cytotoxicity in vascular smooth muscle cells. Cardiovascular Toxicology, 03:165-177.2003

Cao, Z., Hardej D., L.D. Trombetta, Trush, M.A. and Y.Li. Induction of  Cellular glutathione and glutathione S-transferase by 3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thione in rat aortic smooth muscle in A19 cells: protection against acrolein-induced toxicity. Atherosclerosis, 166:291-301. 2003.

Hardej, D., Trombetta, L.D. The effects of ebselen on cisplatin and diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) cytotoxicity in rat hippocampal astrocytes. Toxicology Letters. 131/3:215-226. 2002.

Presentations/ Published Abstracts
Lisa Hoffman and Diane Hardej. Investigation of ethylenebisdithiocarbamate pesticide toxicity
in HT-29 and Caco-2 human colon cells. The Toxicologist.114:p402.2010

Diane Hardej and Shalini Roy. Tellurium tetrachloride induces apoptosis in rat hippocampal
Astrocytes. The Toxicologist.114:p 462.2010

Geraldine Boyden, Diane Hardej and Dianella Howarth. Virus-induced Gene Silencing of
Phytoene Desaturase and CYCLOIDEA-Like genes in F. cornucopiae. Gordon Research
Conferences Plant Molecular Biology Holderness, NH and BOTANY 2010 Providence, Rhode
Island 


Roy, Shalini and Hardej, Diane. Evaluation of Tellurium Toxicity in Rat Hippocampal
Astrocytes. The Toxicologist.108:p73.2009

H Bhavsar, T, Hardej, D. Cantor, J.O. Aerosolized Lysozyme Mitigates P. Aeruginosa Pneumonia in Hamsters. American Thoracic Society- San Diego May 2009

Hardej, D., Radkar, V., Lau-Cam, C. and Billack, B. Cytotoxicity of Stilbene Compounds in Transformed Cells. The Toxicologist.102.p147. 2008