Zahidunnabi Dewan Shamim

Zahidunnabi Dewan Shamim (Born 25 December 1968) is a Bangladeshi physician, biomedical researcher, politician and social worker.[1]He has been working as a Scientist at New York School Medicine, USA since 2007. He is conducting research on cancer biology and immunology.[2]

Zahidunnabi Dewan Shamim
Born (1968-12-25) 25 December 1968
Bagmara, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Alma materRajshahi Medical College
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician
Biomedical Researcher
InstitutionsNew York University School of Medicine

Biography

Zahidunnabi Dewan Shamim was born on 25 December 1968 to a middleclass Bangali Muslim family in the village of Jamalpur, Gonipur-Bagmara, Rajshahi. His father was A.F. Nurunnabi Dewan and his mother Jahanara Dewan.[3]

His started his early education at village Jamalpur Primary School. He then moved to Dhaka and completed his Secondary and Higher Secondary School Certificate exam and entered in Rajshahi Medical College in 1988.[4] He received his MBBS degree from Rajshahi Medical College in 1995 and PhD in Cancer Biology and Immunology from Tokyo Medical and Dental College, Japan in 2004.[5]

Professional career

After receiving MBBS in 1995, Shamim started his career as a Trainee Medical Officer in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. He started his new job as Emergency Medical Officer at Habiganj District Hospital in 1998. He started working as a scientist at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan after receiving his PhD in 2004. He moved to the United States in 2007 and started work as a scientist at New York University School of Medicine.[6]

Research and publications

His research activities are focused on understanding and investigating the role of NF-kappaB transcription pathway and immune cells (especially T and NK cells) in cancer growth and metastasis and viral infection and to develop a novel anticancer and antiviral therapies (both pharmacological and immunotherapy).[7] He has published more than 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.[8] His research works have been cited by more than 2000 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. His most cited articles are as follows:

1. Fractionated but not single-dose radiotherapy induces an immune-mediated abscopal effect when combined with anti–CTLA-4 antibody

MZ Dewan, AE Galloway, N Kawashima... - Clinical Cancer ..., 2009 – AACR

Cited by 839 Related articles

2. Hematopoietic stem cell–engrafted NOD/SCID/IL2Rγnull mice develop human lymphoid systems and induce long-lasting HIV-1 infection with specific humoral

S Ohta, S Horibata, M Yajima, Y Shiozawa, MZ Dewan... - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org

Cited by 212 Related articles

3. Stromal cell-derived factor-1 and CXCR4 receptor interaction in tumor growth and metastasis of breast cancer

MZ Dewan, S Ahmed, Y Iwasaki, K Ohba, M Toi... - Biomedicine & ..., 2006 – Elsevier

Cited by 187 Related articles

4. Synergy of topical toll-like receptor 7 agonist with radiation and low-dose cyclophosphamide in a mouse model of cutaneous breast cancer

MZ Dewan, C Vanpouille-Box, N Kawashima... - Clinical Cancer ..., 2012 – AACR

Cited by 105 Related articles

5. Overexpressed NF-κB–inducing kinase contributes to the tumorigenesis of adult T-cell leukemia and Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells

Y Saitoh, N Yamamoto, MZ Dewan, H Sugimoto... - Blood, 2008 - Am Soc Hematology Cited by 110 Related articles

6. Rapid tumor formation of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected cell lines in novel NOD-SCID/γcnull mice: suppression by an inhibitor against NF-κB

MZ Dewan, K Terashima, M Taruishi... - Journal of ..., 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol

Cited by 106 Related articles

7. A novel NF‐κB inhibitor DHMEQ selectively targets constitutive NF‐κB activity and induces apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells in vitro and in vivo

M Watanabe, MZ Dewan, T Okamura... - ... journal of cancer, 2005 - Wiley Online Library

Cited by 93 Related articles

8. Efficient intervention of growth and infiltration of primary adult T-cell leukemia cells by an HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir

MZ Dewan, J Uchihara, K Terashima, M Honda... - Blood, 2006 - Am Soc Hematology

Cited by 64 Related articles

9. Role of natural killer cells in hormone-independent rapid tumor formation and spontaneous metastasis of breast cancer cells in vivo

MZ Dewan, H Terunuma, M Takada, Y Tanaka... - Breast cancer research ..., 2007 – Springer

Cited by 61 Related articles

10. Statin-induced inhibition of HIV-1 release from latently infected U1 cells reveals a critical role for protein prenylation in HIV-1 replication

T Amet, M Nonaka, MZ Dewan, Y Saitoh, X Qi... - Microbes and ..., 2008 – Elsevier

Cited by 53 Related articles

References
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  2. "Zahidunnabi Dewan's research works | NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City (NYUMC) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. "Zahidunnabi Dewan". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  4. "Rajshahi Medical College – Responsive Medical Health WordPress Theme". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. "Tokyo Medical and Dental University, National University Corporation". www.tmd.ac.jp. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  6. "Experimental Pathology Research Laboratory Leadership". NYU Langone Health. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  7. "Md Zahidunnabi Dewan's research works | Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo (TMDU) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  8. pubmeddev. "dewan mz - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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