Biography and Expertise

To achieve this goal, my research program focuses on three major interconnected themes: i) utilizing transgenic mice expressing MS susceptible and resistant HLA class II molecules (HLA transgenic mice) to understand the mechanisms of disease pathogenesis; ii) to understand the role of gut microbiome and metabolome in the etiopathogenesis of MS; and iii) test therapeutic efficacy of human gut derived bacteria as drug (BRUG) in animal models of MS.

Research

  • To understand the role of gut microbiome and metabolome in the etiopathogenesis of MS
  • Human gut derived commensal as a pof
  • To decipher the mechanism by which HLA class II genes determine susceptibility and resistance to MS

Research interests

  • human commensal as therapeutic agent
  • Cellular immune response
  • immune response
  • cytokines
  • inflammation
  • gut microbiome
  • transgenic mice
  • HLA
  • multiple slcerosis
  • Autoimmune diseases

Keywords: Multiple sclerosis, EAE, MHC, HLA transgenic mice, cytokine, gut mcirobiome, human commensal as therapeutic agent

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Organizational Affiliations

Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Pathology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Pathology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa

Education

Immunology
PhD, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Biotechnology
MS, Devi Ahilya University
Biology
BS, Lucknow University