Nilesh Sunil Chitnis, Ph.D.
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Nilesh Sunil Chitnis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Co-Director, Immune Evaluation Laboratory
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Co-Director, Immune Evaluation Laboratory
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Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Addresses
- Immune Evaluation Laboratory (Lab)
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Methodist Neurosensory Bldg.
4th Floor Room: NA-404
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-3005
Lab Website
Education
- Research Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia
- Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania
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- PhD from Texas Tech University
- Lubbock
- Biology
- MSc from Shivaji University
- Kolhapur, India
- Biochemistry
- BSc from Shivaji University
- Kolhapur, India
- Microbiology
- Clinical Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia
Professional Interests
- HLA Typing
- Anti-HLA antibodies
- Chimerism
Websites
Selected Publications
- Jamie L. Duke, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Deborah Ferriola, Nilesh Chitnis, Taishan Hu, Nikolaos Tairis, David J. Margolis, Dimitri S. Monos "Resolving MiSeq-generated ambiguities in HLA-DPB1 typing by using the Oxford Nanopore technology." Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.;
- Chitnis NS, Shieh M, Monos D "Regulatory noncoding RNAs and the major histocompatibility complex." Human Immunology.;
- Shieh M, Chitnis N, Clark P, Johnson FB, Kamoun M, Monos D "Shieh M, Chitnis N, Clark P, Johnson FB, Kamoun M, Monos D. Computational Assessment of miRNA Binding to Low and High Expression HLA-DPB1 Allelic Sequences." Human Immunology.;
- Shieh, M., Hayeck, T. J., Dinh, A., Duke, J. L., Chitnis, N., Mosbruger, T., Morlen, R. P., Ferriola, D., Kneib, C., Hu, T., Huang, Y., Monos, D. S. "Complex Linkage Disequilibrium Effects in HLA-DPB1 Expression and Molecular Mismatch Analyses of Transplantation Outcomes." Transplantation.;
- Mengkai Shieh, Nilesh Chitnis, Dimitri Monos "HLA and Disease Associations: A Broader Perspective." Clinics in Laboratory Medicine.;
- P. M. Clark, N. Chitnis, M. Kamoun, F. B. Johnson, D. Monos "Novel and Haplotype Specific MicroRNAs Encoded by the Major Histocompatibility Complex." Scientific Reports.;
- Bu Y, Yoshida A, Chitnis N, Altman BJ, Tameire F, Oran A, Gennaro V, Armeson KE, McMahon SB, Wertheim GB, Dang CV, Ruggero D, Koumenis C, Fuchs SY, Diehl JA "A PERK-miR-211 axis suppresses circadian regulators and protein synthesis to promote cancer cell survival." Nature Cell Biology.;
- Chitnis N, Clark PM, Stolle C, Kamoun M, Johnson FB, Monos D "An expanded role for HLA genes: HLA-B encodes a miRNA that regulates IgA and other Immune response transcripts." Front Immunol.;
- Xu Z, Bu Y, Chitnis N, Fuchs S., Koumenis K, Diehl JA "miR-216b-dependent regulation of c-Jun mediates GADD153/CHOP-dependent apoptosis." Nature Communications.;
- Xie W, Pariollaud M, Wixted WE, Chitnis N, Fornwald J, Truong M, Pao C, Liu Y, Ames RS, Callahan J, Solari R, Sanchez Y, Diehl A, Li H "Identification and characterization of PERK activators by phenotypic screening and their effects on NRF2 activation." PLOS One.;
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