Department of HLA and Transplantation

Name : Dr. Dr. U. Shankarkumar

Degree: M.Sc, Ph.D

Designation: Scientist ‘D’

Email:Shankar2kumar@rediffmail.com; Shankar-kumar-16@hotmail.com; Shankarkumar16@gmail.com

Education:

Fellowship/Awards/Honors:

• Senior Research Fellowship – CSIR – 1990-1992
• JAPI Award for best correspondence article – 2004

Fields of Interest:

Immunology, Molecular Immunogenetics, Studies in Immunological Mechanisms of antigen presentation, Population Diversity of HLA, Functional Genomics in selected diseases, Immuno-modulation and Vaccines design.

Research Teacher: M.Sc and Ph.D degree for Mumbai University in Applied Biology.

Publications: 133

Chapter in Book/Monograph: 9

International Journals: 73

National Journals: 60

Total Abstracts: 70

International Abstracts: 24

 National Abstracts: 46

Latest 10 Publications:

1. U.Shankarkumar , A.Pawar, K.Ghosh CCR5 Chemokine polymorphism in HIV infected patients from Mumbai, India. J Acuir Immum Defic Syndr.17;2(1)30-31,2011.

2. A.Shankarkumar,U.Shankarkumar. Third National Science Symposium on HIV/AIDS:HIVScience 2010. Ind Journalof Human Genetics 2(1);30-31,2011.

3. S.Saravanan, V.Madhavan, DM. Smith, P.Balakrishnan, KG Murugavel, S.S Solomon, U. Shankarkumar, R.Kantor, D.Katzenstein, N. Kumarasamy, KH Mayer, S.Solomon The Association between HIV-1 Subtype C Antiretroviral Resistance and HLA Prevalence in Southern India. J AIDS 57(1);17-19 2011.

4. U. Shankarkumar A. Shankarkumar ,and K. Ghosh. (2011) CCR5 chemokine receptor polymorphism in HIV-1 Patients from Western India. European Human Genetics 19;supl 2, 81, 2011.

5. U. Shankarkumar , A. Shankarkumar and K. Ghosh. Human Immunodeficiency Virus –therapeutics and pharmacogenomics. Review Article. Indian Journal Human Genetics. 17, supplement 1 S22, 2011.

6. U.Shankarkumar , A.Shankarkumar, Prevalence of HLA B17 in HIV-1 infected patients under antiretroviral treatment. International Journal Human Genetics.11:59-62, 2011.

7. U.Shankarkumar , A.Pawar, S.Bajpai, AR.Pazare, K.Ghosh HLA involvement in nevirepine-induced skin adverse drug reaction in ART treated HIV-1 patients from Mumbai, Maharashtra western India. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics. 2:114-115, 2011.

8. U.Shankarkumar , A.Pawar R.Yadav, S.Patil, S.Bajpai, AR.Pazare, K.Ghosh. Immunogenetic study of HIV-1 infected patients under antiretroviral treatment. Proceedings Int Conf on Fundamental and Translational research on HIV/AIDS: Global Perspectives 183-196, 2010.

9. U.Shankarkumar . Complexities and similarities of HLA antigen distribution in Asian subcontinent. Ind J Human Genetcs. 16:108-110, 2010.

10. U.Shankarkumar , A.Pawar, K.Ghosh, S.Bajpai, AR.Pazare. HLA DRB1 and DQB1 allele associations in HIV-1 infected patients from Mumbai, Western India. International Journal of Immunogenetics 37:199-204, 2010.