Dr. Shripad A. Patil
Professor
Department of Neuro-Microbiology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
India
Biography
Dr. Shripad A. Patil is a professor and head of the department of Neuro-Microbiology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. Dr. Patil obtained his master’s degree in microbiology from the Karnatak University, Dharwad and a PhD in microbiology from the Agra University, Agra. He worked as a visiting scientist at the Division of infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and at the Central Jalma Institute of Leprosy in Agra. His present research interests are in the area of molecules that cause auto-immune nerve disorders like Myasthenia gravis. Dr. Patil is an author over fifty research publications in national and international peer reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Patil is the recipient of Sir C.V. Raman award in medical sciences by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003.
Research Interest
Immunology of autoimmune diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system including leprosy. Development of immuno diagnostics for chronic infectious diseases of CNS with special reference to TB meningitis and Neurocysticercosis.
Publications
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Bansal K, Elluru SR, Narayana Y, Chaturvedi R, Patil SA, Kaveri SV, Bayry J, Balaji KN. PE_PGRS antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce maturation and activation of human dendritic cells. The Journal of Immunology. 2010 Apr 1;184(7):3495-504.
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Patil SA, Katoch K, Ramu G, Sengupta U. Detection of antibodies against phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1), 35-kDa and 30-40-kDa components of Mycrobacterium leprae in the cerebrospinal fluid of leprosy patients. Journal of medical microbiology. 1995 Aug 1;43(2):115-9.
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Bansal K, Sinha AY, Ghorpade DS, Togarsimalemath SK, Patil SA, Kaveri SV, Balaji KN, Bayry J. Src homology 3-interacting domain of Rv1917c of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces selective maturation of human dendritic cells by regulating PI3K-MAPK-NF-κB signaling and drives Th2 immune responses. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2010 Nov 19;285(47):36511-22.
