Rajiv Saxena, Immunology Laboratory, SLS, JNU, students, Apurva Sarin, Uday Kumar, Anila Prabhu, Valsala Haridas, Niti Puri, B. Chandrasekhar, Aparna Raval, Sohita Dhillon, Vidita Choudhry, S. M. Siddiqui, Shamik Ghosh, Asmita Das, Tuhina Gupta, Mithilesh Mishra, Deepak Sharma, Hemant Agrawal, Sudha Kumari, Shazia Khanam, Kriti Rakesh, Harshvardhan

Age dependent changes in CD147 expression on mouse erythrocytes

Phagocytosis of nanodiamonds by lung epithelial cells

Nanodiamonds uptake by lung epithelial cells


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Regular classroom teaching: A two credit course on Basic Immunology for M.Sc. students and a 3 credit course on Advances in Immunology for M.Phil / Ph.D, and laboratory exercises in Immunology, each year.

Students awarded Ph.D.:

Dr. Apurva Sarin	(May 1989) Interleukin-2 Induced Activation of MHC Non-restricted Killer Lymphocytes in Rat System.
Dr. Uday Kumar	(May 1990) Characterization of specific antibodies and immune complexes in the sera of tuberculosis patients.
Dr. Anila Prabhu	(Jan. 1993) Modulation of Immune Reactivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens by chemical and Enzymatic Modifications.
Dr. Valsala Haridas	(Feb. 1995) Role of Major Histocompatibility Antigens in Determining the Susceptibility of Tumor Target Cells to Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells.
Dr. Niti Puri	(July 1996) Purification and Characterization of Two Novel Cytokines Released by Activated Mouse Spleen Cells.
Dr. B. Chandrasekhar	(Feb. 1998) Homeostatic erythrocidal mechanisms in primary and secondary lymphoid organs.
Dr. Aparna Raval	(June. 1998) Purification of a novel human cytokine which augments class I MHC expression on tumor cells and comparison of its mechanism of action with gamma interferon.
Dr. Sohita Dhillon	(April 1999) Modulation of interleukin-2 activation of natural killer cells by tumor cells and tumor derived factors.
Dr. Vidita Choudhry	(Feb. 2001) Analysis of antigens secreted by M. tuberculosis and their detection in body fluids of tuberculosis patients.
Dr. S. M. Siddiqui	(Dec. 2001) Immune response to culture filtrate proteins of some contemporary Indian clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis.
Dr. Shamik Ghosh	(Nov. 2002) Modulation of macrophage function due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Dr. Asmita Das	(Nov. 2003) Modulation of NK activation by interaction with tumor target cells.
Dr. Tuhina Gupta	(Feb 2006) Localized immune responses in lungs of mice intratracheally infected with BCG (Bacillus Calmatte - Guerin): Modulation by air borne fine particulate matter.
Dr. Sanjay Khandelwal	(Oct 2007) Turnover of circulating murine erythrocytes: Role of CD47 and CD147 expression and phosphatidyl serine asymmetry in cell membrane

Four others currently working for their Ph.D. Degrees

M.Sc. dissertations:

Mr. Mithilesh Mishra	(1999) Solid-Phase extraction of urinary proteins for use in Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis.
Mr. Deepak Sharma	(2000) A study of interactions between tumor cells and erythrocytes.
Mr. Hemant Agrawal	(2002) Preparation of molecular probes for TLR-2 and TLR-4 genes and their use in monitoring the expression of these receptors.
Ms. Sudha Kumari	(2003) Appearance of T cells bearing receptors for IL-12 and IL-18 during early phase of inflammatory response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mouse peritoneal cavity.
Ms. Shazia Khanam	(2003) Effect of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on the expression of different toll like receptors on murine peritoneal cells.
Ms. Kriti Rakesh	(2003) Modulation of B7.1 and Fas expression on RAW 264.7 mouse macrophage cell line by Residual oil fly ash.
Mr. Harshvardhan	(2004) Survival of allogenic and xenogenic erythrocytes in mice.