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saparna pai

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University
Verified email at jcu.edu.au
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IL-1β breaks tolerance through expansion of CD25+ effector T cells

BJ O'Sullivan, HE Thomas, S Pai… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
IL-1 is a key proinflammatory driver of several autoimmune diseases including juvenile
inflammatory arthritis, diseases with mutations in the NALP/cryopyrin complex and Crohn’s …

[HTML][HTML] Current evidence for a role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in multiple sclerosis

…, G Sundaram, NF Franco, ML Ng, S Pai… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The kynurenine pathway (KP) is the major metabolic pathway of the essential amino acid
tryptophan (TRP). Stimulation by inflammatory molecules, such as interferon-γ (IFN-γ), is the …

Immune deficiency or hyperactivity-Nf-κb illuminates autoimmunity

S Pai, R Thomas - Journal of autoimmunity, 2008 - Elsevier
Nuclear factor (NF)-κB is a transcription factor family which transmits signals from the cell
surface to the nucleus, resulting in transcriptional effects on genes involved in inflammation, …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time imaging reveals the dynamics of leukocyte behaviour during experimental cerebral malaria pathogenesis

S Pai, J Qin, L Cavanagh, A Mitchell… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
During experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) mice develop a lethal neuropathological syndrome
associated with microcirculatory dysfunction and intravascular leukocyte sequestration. …

Abnormal NF-κB function characterizes human type 1 diabetes dendritic cells and monocytes

ZUA Mollah, S Pai, C Moore, BJ O'Sullivan… - The Journal of …, 2008 - journals.aai.org
Dendritic cell (DC) differentiation is abnormal in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). However,
the nature of the relationship between this abnormality and disease pathogenesis is unknown…

Natural-product-based solutions for tropical infectious diseases

O Adegboye, MA Field, A Kupz, S Pai… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
About half of the world’s population and 80% of the world’s biodiversity can be found in the
tropics. Many diseases are specific to the tropics, with at least 41 diseases caused by …

Perivascular macrophages create an intravascular niche for CD8+ T cell localisation prior to the onset of fatal experimental cerebral malaria

…, T de Koning‐Ward, GER Grau, S Pai - Clinical & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The immunologic events that build up to the fatal neurological stage of experimental
cerebral malaria (ECM) are incompletely understood. Here, we dissect immune cell …

What lies beneath the airway mucosal barrier? Throwing the spotlight on antigen‐presenting cell function in the lower respiratory tract

S Pai, V Muruganandah, A Kupz - Clinical & Translational …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The global prevalence of respiratory infectious and inflammatory diseases remains a major
public health concern. Prevention and management strategies have not kept pace with the …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma‐associated Epstein–Barr virus‐encoded oncogene latent membrane protein 1 potentiates regulatory T‐cell function

S Pai, B O'sullivan, I Abdul‐Jabbar… - Immunology and cell …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Sequence variation in the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1)
oncogene structure may affect antigen‐presenting cell (APC) function of infected B cells and …

[HTML][HTML] BCG vaccination prevents reactivation of latent lymphatic murine tuberculosis independently of CD4+ T cells

HD Sathkumara, S Pai, MJ Aceves-Sánchez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem causing significant mortality and
morbidity. In addition to ~10.4 million cases of active TB annually, it is estimated that about …