Bhaskar Saha, Ph.D.
Scientist E
National Centre for Cell Science
NCCS Complex, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind
Pune - 411 007
Maharashtra
E-mail: sahab@nccs.res.in
Phone: +91-20-25708139, 25708000, Extn. 8139
URL: http://www.nccs.res.in/saha1.html
Positions Held:
Position
Affiliation
Time Period
Scientist E
National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India
Present
Area of Specialization:
Immunology
Research Summary:
Leishmania-macrophage interaction
Characterization of neonatal immune response
Dendritic cell subset mediated priming against prostate cancer
Development and regulation of regulatory T cells in leishmaniasis
Dendritic cell subsets in leishmaniasis and regulation of T cell response
Publications:
1.
Paila, Y. D., Saha, B. and Chattopadhyay, A. Amphotericin B inhibits entry of Leishmania donovani into primary macrophages. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2010. 399, 429-433. [PubMed]
2.
Martin, S., Agarwal, R., Murugaiyan, G. and Saha, B. CD40 expression levels modulate regulatory T cells in Leishmania donovani infection. Journal of Immunology. 2010. 185, 551-559. [PubMed]
3.
Bhattacharya, P., Bhattacharjee, S., Gupta, G., Majumder, S., Adhikari, A., Mukherjee, A., Majumdar, S. B., Saha, B. and Majumdar, S. Arabinosylated lipoarabinomannan-mediated protection in visceral leishmaniasis through up-regulation of toll-like receptor 2 signaling: an immunoprophylactic approach. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2010. 202, 145-155. [PubMed]
4.
Martin, S., Pahari, S., Sudan, R. and Saha, B. CD40 signaling in CD8+CD40+ T cells turns on contra-T regulatory cell functions. Journal of Immunology. 2010. 184, 5510-5518. [PubMed]
5.
Bhardwaj, S., Srivastava, N., Sudan, R. and Saha, B. Leishmania interferes with host cell signaling to devise a survival strategy. Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology. 2010. 2010, 109189. [PubMed]
6.
Khan, A. A., Priya, S. and Saha, B. IL-2 regulates SEB induced toxic shock syndrome in BALB/c mice. PLoS One. 2009. 4, e8473. [PubMed]
7.
Murugaiyan, G. and Saha, B. Protumor vs antitumor functions of IL-17. Journal of Immunology. 2009. 183, 4169-4175. [PubMed]
8.
Wadhone, P., Maiti, M., Agarwal, R., Kamat, V., Martin, S. and Saha, B. Miltefosine promotes IFN-gamma-dominated anti-leishmanial immune response. Journal of Immunology. 2009. 182, 7146-7154. [PubMed]
9.
Rub, A., Dey, R., Jadhav, M., Kamat, R., Chakkaramakkil, S., Majumdar, S., Mukhopadhyaya, R. and Saha, B. Cholesterol depletion associated with Leishmania major infection alters macrophage CD40 signalosome composition and effector function. Nature Immunology. 2009. 10, 273-280. [PubMed]
10.
Khan, A. A., Martin, S. and Saha, B. SEB-induced signaling in macrophages leads to biphasic TNF-alpha. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2008. 83, 1363-1369. [PubMed]
11.
Gupta, S., Boppana, R., Mishra, G. C., Saha, B. and Mitra, D. Interleukin-12 is necessary for the priming of CD4+ T cells required during the elicitation of HIV-1 gp120-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte function. Immunology. 2008. 124, 553-561. [PubMed]
12.
Gupta, S., Boppana, R., Mishra, G. C., Saha, B. and Mitra, D. HIV-1 Tat suppresses gp120-specific T cell response in IL-10-dependent manner. Journal of Immunology. 2008. 180, 79-88. [PubMed]
13.
Murugaiyan, G., Martin, S. and Saha, B. CD40-induced countercurrent conduits for tumor escape or elimination? Trends in Immunology. 2007. 28, 467-473. [PubMed]
14.
Dey, R., Khan, S. and Saha, B. A novel functional approach toward identifying definitive drug targets. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 2007. 14, 2380-2392. [PubMed]
15.
Remedios, R., Huilgol, D., Saha, B. , Hari, P., Bhatnagar, L., Kowalczyk, T., Hevner, R. F., Suda, Y., Aizawa, S., Ohshima, T., Stoykova, A. and Tole, S. A stream of cells migrating from the caudal telencephalon reveals a link between the amygdala and neocortex. Nature Neuroscience. 2007. 10, 1141-1150. [PubMed]
16.
Dey, R., Khan, S., Pahari, S., Srivastava, N., Jadhav, M. and Saha, B. Functional paradox in host-pathogen interaction dictates the fate of parasites. Future Microbiology. 2007. 2, 425-437. [PubMed]
17.
Saha, B. , Hari, P., Huilgol, D. and Tole, S. Dual role for LIM-homeodomain gene Lhx2 in the formation of the lateral olfactory tract. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2007. 27, 2290-2297. [PubMed]
18.
Murugaiyan, G., Agrawal, R., Mishra, G. C., Mitra, D. and Saha, B. Differential CD40/CD40L expression results in counteracting antitumor immune responses. Journal of Immunology. 2007. 178, 2047-2055. [PubMed]
19.
Majumder, N., Dey, R., Mathur, R. K., Datta, S., Maitra, M., Ghosh, S., Saha, B. and Majumdar, S. An unusual pro-inflammatory role of interleukin-10 induced by arabinosylated lipoarabinomannan in murine peritoneal macrophages. Glycoconjugate Journal. 2006. 23, 675-686. [PubMed]
20.
Murugaiyan, G., Agrawal, R., Mishra, G. C., Mitra, D. and Saha, B. Functional dichotomy in CD40 reciprocally regulates effector T cell functions. Journal of Immunology. 2006. 177, 6642-6649. [PubMed]
21.
Bodas, M., Jain, N., Awasthi, A., Martin, S., Penke, L., Dandekar, D., Mitra, D. and Saha, B. Inhibition of IL-2 induced IL-10 production as a principle of phase-specific immunotherapy. Journal of Immunology. 2006. 177, 4636-4643. [PubMed]
22.
Mookerjee, B., Mookerjee, A., Sen, P., Bhaumik, S., Sen, P., Banerjee, S., Naskar, K., Choudhuri, S. K., Saha, B. , Raha, S. and Roy, S. Sodium antimony gluconate induces generation of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide via phosphoinositide 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in Leishmania donovani-infected macrophages. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2006. 50, 1788-1797. [PubMed]
23.
Mathur, R. K., Awasthi, A. and Saha, B. The conundrum of CD40 function: host protection or disease promotion? Trends in Parasitology. 2006. 22, 117-122. [PubMed]
24.
Tole, S., Remedios, R., Saha, B. and Stoykova, A. Selective requirement of Pax6, but not Emx2, in the specification and development of several nuclei of the amygdaloid complex. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2005. 25, 2753-2760. [PubMed]
25.
Kaul-Ghanekar, R., Majumdar, S., Jalota, A., Gulati, N., Dubey, N., Saha, B. and Chattopadhyay, S. Abnormal V(D)J recombination of T cell receptor beta locus in SMAR1 transgenic mice. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2005. 280, 9450-9459. [PubMed]
26.
Awasthi, A., Mathur, R. K. and Saha, B. Immune response to Leishmania infection. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2004. 119, 238-258. [PubMed]
27.
Mathur, R. K., Awasthi, A., Wadhone, P., Ramanamurthy, B. and Saha, B. Reciprocal CD40 signals through p38MAPK and ERK-1/2 induce counteracting immune responses. Nature Medicine. 2004. 10, 540-544. [PubMed]
28.
Vyas, A., Saha, B. , Lai, E. and Tole, S. Paleocortex is specified in mice in which dorsal telencephalic patterning is severely disrupted. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2003. 466, 545-553. [PubMed]
Education
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Ph.D.
Member
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Molecular Immunology Forum
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Society of Biological Chemists
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Indian Immunology Society