Shubhada V. Chiplunkar,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Principal Investigator  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer 
                           
                                                                              
                            Chiplunkar Lab 
                           
                                                                              
                            Khanolkar Shodhika, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector-22, Kharghar 
                           
                                                    
                            Navi Mumbai - 410 210                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: schiplunkar@actrec.gov.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-27405032 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-27412894  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://actrec.gov.in/pi-webpages/ShubhaChiplunkar/Home.html  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
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                                  Principal Investigator  
                                  Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Navi Mumbai, India  
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Post Doctoral Fellowship  
                                  Max Planck Institute for Immunology, Freiburg, Germany 
                                  
								  1984-1986 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
                          
  
     
    Immunology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Understanding the immunobiology of γδ T cells with reference to anti–tumor immunity 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Mechanism of immune dysfunction in patients– Role of CD3–zeta chain and Cox 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Clonality of TCR and immunoglobulin genes in leukemias and lymphomas 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Crosstalk of NKT cells and regulatory T cells  
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	 
	
		
			
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				Dhar, S. and Chiplunkar, S. V.   Lysis of aminobisphosphonate-sensitized MCF-7 breast tumor cells by Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells. Cancer Immunity.  2010.  10, 10. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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								Shukla, S., Bharti, A. C., Mahata, S., Hussain, S., Hedau, S., Sharma, R., Pillai, M. R., Krishna, S., Chiplunkar, S. , Tongaonkar, H. and Das, B. C.  Application of a multiplex PCR to cervical cells collected by a paper smear for the simultaneous detection of all mucosal human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and typing of high-risk HPV types 16 and 18. Journal of Medical Microbiology.  2010.  59, 1303-1310. [PubMed]  
						 
					 
				
			 
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, R. M., Babu, J. M., Jissa, V. T., Lakshmi, S., Chiplunkar, S. V. , Patkar, M., Tongaonkar, H., Reddy, K. B., Chakka, K. N., Siddiqui, M., Roychoudury, S., Abraham, P., Peedicayil, A., Gnanamony, M., Subashini, J., Ram, T. S., Dey, B., Singh, N., Singh, A., Jain, S. K. and Jayshree, R. S.  Region-wise distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus types in squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix in India. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer .  2010.  20, 1046-1051. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chiplunkar, S. , Dhar, S., Wesch, D. and Kabelitz, D.  gammadelta T cells in cancer immunotherapy: current status and future prospects. Immunotherapy.  2009.  1, 663-678. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Patel, S. and Chiplunkar, S.   Host immune responses to cervical cancer. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology.  2009.  21, 54-59. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kulkarni, D. P., Wadia, P. P., Pradhan, T. N., Pathak, A. K. and Chiplunkar, S. V.   Mechanisms involved in the down-regulation of TCR zeta chain in tumor versus peripheral blood of oral cancer patients. International Journal of Cancer.   2009.  124, 1605-1613. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Wadia, P., Rao, D., Pradhan, T., Pathak, A. and Chiplunkar, S.   Impaired lymphocyte responses and their restoration in oral cancer patients expressing distinct TCR variable region. Cancer Investigation.  2008.  26, 471-480. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bhairavabhotla, R. K., Verm, V., Tongaonkar, H., Shastri, S., Dinshaw, K. and Chiplunkar, S.   Role of IL-10 in immune suppression in cervical cancer. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics.  2007.  44, 350-356. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Patel, S. and Chiplunkar, S.   Role of cyclooxygenase-2 in tumor progression and immune regulation in lung cancer. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics.  2007.  44, 419-428. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chiplunkar S. V.   Immunology in India. European Journal of Immunology.  2007.  37, 2675-2679. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	
		
			
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				Atre, N., Thomas, L., Mistry, R., Pathak, K. and Chiplunkar, S.   Role of nitric oxide in heat shock protein induced apoptosis of gammadeltaT cells. International Journal of Cancer.   2006.  119, 1368-1376. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Wadia, P., Atre, N., Pradhan, T., Mistry, R. and Chiplunkar, S.   Heat shock protein induced TCR gammadelta gene rearrangements in patients with oral cancer. Oral Oncology.  2005.  41, 175-182. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kode, J., Dudhal, N., Banavali, S., Advani, S. and Chiplunkar, S.   Clonal T-cell receptor gamma and delta gene rearrangements in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia at diagnosis: predictor of prognosis and response to chemotherapy. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2004.  45, 125-133. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dadke, D., Jaganath, P., Krishnamurthy, S. and Chiplunkar, S.   The detection of HBV antigens and HBx-transcripts in an Indian fibrolamellar carcinoma patient: a case study. Liver.  2002.  22, 87-91. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Thomas, M. L., Badwe, R. A., Deshpande, R. K., Samant, U. C. and Chiplunkar, S. V.   Role of adhesion molecules in recruitment of Vdelta1 T cells from the peripheral blood to the tumor tissue of esophageal cancer patients. Cancer Immunol Immunotherapy.  2001.  50, 218-225. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chiplunkar, S.V.  The immune system and cancer. Current Science . 2001. 81(5), 542-546. 
		 
		
			
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				Pichan, D., Thomas, M. L., Damodaran, A., Fakih, A. R. and Chiplunkar, S. V.   Characterization of tumor-associated antigens on human oral squamous cell carcinomas using monoclonal antibody 3F8E3. Tumori.  2000.  86, 64-69. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kode, J., Advani, S. and Chiplunkar, S.   T-cell receptor gamma and delta gene rearrangements in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Indian patients. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2000.  36, 331-338. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Thomas, M. L., Samant, U. C., Deshpande, R. K. and Chiplunkar, S. V.   gammadelta T cells lyse autologous and allogenic oesophageal tumours: involvement of heat-shock proteins in the tumour cell lysis.  Cancer Immunol Immunotherapy.  2000.  48, 653-659. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kode, J.A., Dudhal, N.V., Banavali, S.D., Chiplunkar, S.V.  T-cell receptor and junctional region gene rearrangements as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Leukemia and Lymphoma . 2000. 47(4),769-70. 
		 
		
			
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				Chatterjee, S., Singh, S., Sohoni, R., Kattige, V., Deshpande, C., Chiplunkar, S.  Kumar, N. and Sharma, S. Characterization of domains of the phosphoriboprotein PO of Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular Biochemical Parasitology . 2000. 107,143-154 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Indian Society of Cell Biology                         
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research                         
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                        
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                      Head and Neck 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Oral cavity                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                      Female genital system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Cervix