Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

College of Pharmacy
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Rohit Kolhatkar, Ph.D.

Rohit Kolhatkar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutics


Contact Information
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy at Rockford
1601 Parkview Avenue
Rockford, Illinois 61107,Room N302
Office:  (815) 395-5922
Email: rohitk@uic.edu


Education

Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences - Wayne State University - 2004



Publications (2005-2009)

Rohit B Kolhatkar, Lota A, Khambati H. Active tumor targeting of nanomaterials using folic acid, transferring and integrin receptors. Current Drug Discovery Technology. 8(3) 197-206, 2011.

Borgman MP, Coleman T, Kolhatkar RB, Geyser-Stoops S, Line BR, Ghandehari H. Tumor targeted HPMA copolymer-(RGDfK)-(CHX-A''-DTPA) conjugates show increased kidney accumulation. Journal of Controlled Release. 2008 December 18; 132(3); 193-9.DOI

Rohit Kolhatkar, Peter Swaan and H Ghandehari. Potential Oral delivery of 7-Ethyl-10-Hydroxy-Camptothecin (SN-38) using Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers Pharmaceutical Research 2008 25(7) 1723-29. DOI

Rohit B. Kolhatkar, Deborah Sweet and Hamidreza Ghandehari. Functionalized Dendrimers as Nanoscale Drug Carriers. In Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers, V. Torchilin (ed),2008.

Kelly M. Kitchens, Rohit B. Kolhatkar, Peter W. Swaan and Hamidreza Ghandehari. Endocytosis inhibitors Prevent Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimer Internalization and permeability across Caco-2 cells. Molecular Pharmaceutics 2008; 5(2):364-9. DOI

Manoj Mishra, Rohit Kolhatkar, Juan Zhen, Ingrid Parrington, Maarten Reith, Aloke Dutta. Structure Activity Relationship Study of cis-(6-Benhydryl-piperidin-3-yl)-benzyl-amine and its constrained counterpart 1,4-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivative: Study on influence of exocyclic hydroxyl function on affinity for monoamine transporters. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Journal 2008;16(6):2769-78 DOI

Rohit B. Kolhatkar, Kelly M Kitchens, Peter W Swaan and H Ghandehari. Surface Acetylation of Poly (Amidoamine) (PAMAM) Dendrimers Decreases Cytotoxicity while Maintaining Membrane Permeability. Bioconjugate Chemistry 2007; 18(6),2054-60 DOI

Kelly M. Kitchens, Amy B. Foraker, Rohit B. Kolhatkar, Peter W. Swaan and Hamidreza Ghandehari. Endocytosis and Interaction of Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers with Caco-2 Cells. Pharmaceutical Research 2007; 24(11), 2138-45 DOI

Kelly M. Kitchens, Rohit B. Kolhatkar, Peter W. Swaan, Natalie D. Eddington, and Hamidreza Ghandehari. Transport of Poly (Amidoamine) Dendrimers across Caco-2 Cell Monolayers: Influence of Size, Charge and Fluorescent Labeling. Pharmaceutical Research 2006; 23(12),2818-26 DOI