Post-Doctoral Researchers
 

Sanjay Batra
Senior Research Associate/
Senior Post-doctoral Researcher

Lung Biology Laboratory
(Jeyaseelan)

 

Phone: 225-578-9694
Fax:
225-578-9701
sbatra@lsu.edu

 

 

Education:
B.S. Lucknow University, Lucknow, India • M.S. Lucknow University • Ph.D. Lucknow University

Previous Positions

08/2007—12/2008

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas

FIELD OF STUDY: Cancer & Inflammation, Chemoprevention

 

05/2006—07/2007

Post Doctoral Researcher

Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, USA

FIELD OF STUDY: Cancer & Inflammation, Chemoprevention

 

01/2002—01/2004

Post Doctoral Researcher (visiting scientist)

Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry & Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

 

02/1993—05/2006

Junior Biochemist

Department of Biochemistry, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
FIELD OF WORK: Routine Clinical Biochemistry, Special Investigations, Supervision, Administration and Research

07/1990—01/1993

Senior Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Department of Biochemistry, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
FIELD OF STUDY: Role and Metabolism of oxygen in helminth parasites and their hosts

 

06/1987—07/1990

Junior Research Fellow (For Ph.D.)

Department of Biochemistry, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India


Selected Publications:

Wood, K.L., Voss, O.H., Huang, Q., Parihar, A., Mehta, N., Batra, S., Porcu, P. and Doseff, A.I. (2010). The Small Heat Shock Protein 27 is a Key Regulator of CD8+CD57+ Lymphocyte Survival. Journal of Immunology . doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0902953.

Cai , S., Batra, S., Sergio A. Lira, Jay K. Kolls and Jeyaseelan S. (2010). CXCL1 Induced by IL-17 regulates NF-?B, MAP Kinases, CXCL2 and CXCL5 in the Lungs During Klebsiella Pneumonia. Journal of Immunology. (In Press)

Batra,S., Ravi P. S., Khandala, P.K. and Srivastava, S.K. (2010). Benzyl isothiocyanate mediated post activation turn-off of NF-?B in pancreatic cancer cells leads to the onset of apoptosis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 1535-7163.MCT-09-1146; Published OnlineFirst May 18, 2010.

Ravi P.S., Batra, S., Brown T.L. and Srivastava, S.K. (2010). Mutation in K-Ras gene is associated with resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in pancreatic and lung cancer cell lines. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. (In Press)

Wood, K.L., Nunley, D.R., Bruce, S.M., Harman,A.P., Huang, Q., Shamo, E.N., Philips, G.S., Baran, C., Batra, S., Marsh, C.B. and Doseff, A.I. (2010). The Role of Heat Shock Protein 27 in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome after Lung Transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.03.004

Balamayooran, G., Batra, S., Balamayooran, T., Cai*, S. and Jeyaseelan S. (2010). Mice lacking MCP-1 show impaired neutrophil-mediated host defense in the lung against E. coli . Journal of Immunology (In Revision)

Balamayooran, G., Batra, S., Fessler, M.B., Happel, K.H. and Jeeyaseelan, S. (2009). Mechanisms of Neutrophil Accumulation in the Lungs Against Bacteria. (Translational Review). American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2009-0047TR, September 8.

Cai , S., Batra, S., Shen, L., Wakamatsu, N., and Jeyaseelan S. (2009). Both TRIF-dependent and independent signaling contribute to survival and bacterial clearance in Pulmonary Klebsiella infection. Journal of Immunology. October 21, 2009, doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0901033

Sahu, R.P., Zhang, R., Batra, S., Shi. Y. and Srivastava, S.K. (2009). Benzyl isothiocyanate mediated generation of reactive oxygen species causes cell cycle arrest and induces apoptosis via activation of MAPK in human pancreatic cancer cells. Carcinogenesis, doi:10.1093/carcin/bgp157, June 23

Sahu, R.P., Batra, S. and Srivastava, S.K. (2009). Activation of ATM/Chk1 by curcumin causes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells. British Journal of Cancer 100, 1425 – 1433.

Nicholas, C.*, Batra, S.*, Vargo, M.A. *, Voss, O.H., Gavrilin, M.A., Wewers, M.D., Guttridge, D., Grotewold, E., and Doseff, A.I. (2007). Apigenin blocks lipopolysaccharide-induced lethality in vivo and proinflammatory cytokines expression by inactivating NF-ĸB through the suppression of p65 phosphorylation. Journal of Immunology 179 (10), 7121-7127. [*Shared First Authorship]

Voss, O.H. *, Batra, S.*, Kolattukudy, S.J., and Doseff, A.I. (2007). Binding of caspase-3 prodomain to heat shock protein 27 regulates monocyte apoptosis by inhibiting caspase-3 proteolytic activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (34), 25088-25099. [*Shared First Authorship]

Chandra, J., Jain, V., Narayan, S., Sharma, S., Singh, V., Batra, S. and Dutta, A.K. (2006). Tremors and thrombocytosis during treatment of megaloblastic anaemia. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 26(2), 101-105.

Huang, W., Batra, S., Korrapati, S., Mishra, V., and Mehta, K.D. (2006). Selective repression of low-density lipoprotein receptor expression by SP600125: coupling of histone H3-ser10 phosphorylation and Sp1 occupancy. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 26(4): 1307-1317.

Ojha, R.K., Singh, S.K., Batra, S., Sreenivas, V. and Puliyel, J.M. (2006). Lactate: creatinine ratio in babies with thin meconium staining of amniotic fluid. BMC Pediatrics 6(13), 1-9.

Huang, W., Batra, S., Atkins, B.A., Mishra, V., and Mehta, K.D. (2005). Increases in intracellular calcium dephosphorylate histone H3 at Serine 10 in human hepatoma cells: Potential role of protein phosphatase 2A-protein kinase CeII complex. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 205(1): 37-46.

Huang, W., Mishra, V., Batra, S., Dillon I., and Mehta, K.D. (2005). Phorbol ester promotes histone H3-Ser10 phosphorylation at low density lipoprotein receptor promoter in a protein kinase C-dependent manner in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Journal of Lipid Research, 45: 1519-1527.

Arora, P., Kumar, V., Batra, S. (2002). Vitamin A status in children with asthma. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 13: 223-226.

Batra, S.#, Kumar, R., Seema, A.K., Kapoor, A.K., Ray, G.N. (2000). Alterations in antioxidant status during neonatal sepsis. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 20: 27-33. [# Corresponding Author]

Ray, G.N., Aneja, S., Jain, M., Batra, S.# (2000). Status of free radicals in childhood meningitis. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 20: 115-120. [ #Corresponding Author]

Ray, G.N., Batra, S., Shukla, N.K., Deo, S., Raina, V., Ashok, S., Husain, S.A. (2000). Lipid peroxidation, free radical production and antioxidant status in Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 1586: 1-10.

 




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