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Name UPENDER MANNE
Director, Translational Anatomic Pathology
Co-Director, UAB Tissue Bioreposity		  
Campus Address SHEL 811
Phone  (205) 934-4276
E-mail  upendermanne@uabmc.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Clinical Pathology  Anatomic Pathology Professor
Secondary  Epidemiology  Epidemiology Professor
Secondary  Surgery - General Surgery  Surgery - Gen Surg Gastrointestinal Section Professor
Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor
Center  Minority Health & Research Center  Minority Health & Research Center Professor
Center  Nutrition Sciences Research  Nutrition Obesity Res Ctr (NORC) Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Cancer Biology 
Integrative Biomedical Sciences 
Medical Scientist Training Program 
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Program 
Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine 

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Manne earned his M.S. in Biochemistry, Histochemistry, Parasitology, and Zoonosis, as well as his Ph.D. in energy metabolic pathways of an endoparasite from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. His postdoctoral training included molecular immunology and vaccine development for malaria at the Malaria Research Center in Delhi, India; research on Helicobacter infections and mucosal immunology in the Department of Microbiology, at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and extensive work in histopathology, tissue sciences, molecular tumor biology, cancer biomarker development, experimental therapeutics, computational biology, and preclinical translational research of human malignancies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Additionally, he earned certification in bioinformatics at UAB. Dr. Manne’s research on demographic differences in colorectal and breast cancers and population-based biomarker development has received significant national and international recognition. In 2009, as part of the President’s Cancer Panel, he focused on ‘Biologic Differences Among Ancestry Groups and Their Clinical Implications in Cancer Care,’ contributing to the 2010 President’s Report titled ‘America’s Demographic and Cultural Transformation: Implications for the Cancer Enterprise.’ For over two decades, he serves as the Principal Investigator of a Comprehensive Cancer Research Partnership (U54) between the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL), and Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA). In recent years, he also led a partnership (P20) with Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL) to reduce cancer burden through innovative, multidisciplinary, collaborative, population-based cancer control and prevention research. These programs, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have contributed significantly to education, training, and community outreach.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Association for Cancer Research  Active member   
American Society of Clinical Oncology  Active member   
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Translational research in grastrointestinal malignancies and breast cancer
Description
Dr. Manne’s current research focuses on population-based translational studies in human malignancies, with an emphasis on gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including colorectal, pancreatic, and liver cancers, as well as breast cancer. His laboratory, funded by the NCI and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, investigates molecular markers to identify molecular targets, aggressive tumor phenotypes, predict chemotherapy efficacy, and assess clinical outcomes. His collaborative research group comprises experts in molecular biology, clinical oncology, pathology, epidemiology, statistics, and bioinformatics. His studies have demonstrated that the clinical utility of molecular biomarkers varies based on tumor location, stage, ancestry, age, and gender (male and female). To validate these findings, his lab evaluates hundreds of GI cancer samples from African American and non-Hispanic Caucasian patients collected from multiple institutions. By integrating molecular markers with epidemiological, environmental, and socio-economic data, his team aims to understand region-specific and ancestry-based differences in cancer biology. These biomarker discovery and bioinformatics approaches will aid in developing predictive models for personalized patient care. Dr. Manne’s research interests also extend to genomics, proteomics, and computational biology for the identification of early-stage cancer biomarkers. Specifically, his work focuses on identifying molecular signatures in benign colonic epithelium at risk of developing colorectal neoplasms, as well as pre-malignant lesions in various cancers. These studies will contribute to the evaluation of molecular and pathological characteristics of cancer specimens and aid in the development of assays for early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Bovell L, Shanmugam C, Katkoori VR, Zhang B, Vogtmann E, Grizzle WE, Manne U.miRNAs are stable in colorectal cancer archival tissue blocks.Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2012 Jan 1;4:1937-40.  22202009 
Samuel T, Fadlalla K, Mosley L, Katkoori V, Turner T, Manne U.Dual-mode Interaction between Quercetin and DNA-damaging Drugs in Cancer Cells.Anticancer Res. 2012 Jan;32(1):61-71.  22213289 
Katkoori VR, Shanmugam C, Jia X, Vitta SP, Sthanam M, et al. () Prognostic Significance and Gene Expression Profiles of p53 Mutations in Microsatellite-Stable Stage III Colorectal Adenocarcinomas. PLoS ONE, 2012;7(1): e30020. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030020  22276141 
Gales D, Clark C, Manne U, Samuel T.The Chemokine CXCL8 in Carcinogenesis and Drug Response. ISRN Oncol. 2013;2013:859154 (Review).   24224100 
Katkoori VR, Manne K, Vital-Reyes VS, Rodríguez-Burford C, Shanmugam C, Sthanam M, Manne U, Chatla C, Abdulkadir SA, Grizzle WE.Selective COX-2 inhibitor (celecoxib) decreases cellular growth in prostate cancer cell lines independent of p53. Biotech Histochem. 2013 Jan;88(1):38-46.  23167625 
Bovell LC, Putcha BD, Samuel T, Manne U.Clinical implications of microRNAs in cancer.Biotech Histochem. 2013 Oct;88(7):388-96  23647010 
Vogtmann E, Shanmugam C, Katkoori VR, Waterbor J, Manne U.Socioeconomic status, p53 abnormalities, and colorectal cancer.J Gastrointest Oncol. 2013 Mar;4(1):40-4.   23450636 
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Keywords
Colorectal Cancer, GI malignancies, Breast Cancer, Molecular Biomarkers, Ancestry Differences, Population-based Studies, ancer Control & Prevention