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Dr Asma Ahmed

PhD

Principal Investigator

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English, Hindi
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Qualification/ Education

PhD Immunology, 2009, Indian Institute of Science

MSc Biochemistry, 2003, Aligarh Muslim University

BSc Biochemistry Hons., 2001, Aligarh Muslim University

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List of projects with S.I. No, Project Title, Project Lead, Year of Initiation, and Status.
S.I. No Project Title Project Lead Year of Initiation Status
1 G2P-Global knowledge exchange to enable in-country risk assessment of SARS-CoV2 variants Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. George D'Souza 2024 ongoing
2 Validating Bacille Calmette-Guerin BCG vaccine for inducing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Mary Dias 2021 completed
3 INDIGO: Effective and Affordable Flu Vaccines for the World Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Mary Dias, Dr. George D'Souza 2021 ongoing
4 Observational Study on immunogenicity and persistence COVID-19 vaccine-induced responses in vaccine-naïve seronegative and seropositive participants Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Mary Dias 2021 completed
5 CARDINNATE: Variation in innate immune activation and cardiovascular disease risk as drivers of immune pathology in COVID19 outcome in South Asians in UK and India Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Mary Dias, Dr. George D'Souza 2021 completed
6 Distinguishing Features of Immune Signatures of BCG Vaccination in Infants at birth and after Revaccination in Young Adults in Bangalore, India Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. George D'Souza, Dr. Mary Dias 2018 completed
7 Characterising Innate Trained Immune Responses induced by BCG revaccination 'vs' natural Mtb infection with focus on metabolic mutants with reduced tolerance to anti-tubercular drugs Dr. Asma Ahmed 2024 ongoing
8 Innate Predictors of adaptive BCG and HBV vaccine-induced responses in Bangalore adolescents Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam 2013 completed
9 Biomarker discovery and validation of blood immune responses following HIV-TB Co-infection Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. George D'Souza 2013 completed
10 Cellular immunotherapy for viral infections in immunocompromised patients Dr. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Alok Srivastava 2026 ongoing
11 Regulation of respiratory viruses-mediated cardiovascular dysfunction via hydrogen sulfide gas Dr. Annapurna Vyakarnam, Dr. Amit Singh 2026 ongoing

BCG vaccination-induced acquired control of mycobacterial growth differs from growth control preexisting to BCG vaccination

Groups and Associations Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Wenchao Li, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Hans J. P. M. Koenen, Leo A. B. Joosten, Annapurna Vyakarnam, Asma Ahmed, Srabanti Rakshit, Vasista Adiga, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Yang Li, Mihai G. Netea & Simone A. Joosten
Nature Communications 2024
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Immune profiling reveals umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells from South India display an IL-8 dominant, CXCL-10 deficient polyfunctional monocyte response to pathogen-associated molecular patterns that is distinct from adult blood cells

Groups and Associations Adiga V, Bindhu H, Ahmed A, Chetan Kumar N, Tripathi H, D'Souza G, Dias M, Shivalingaiah S, Rao S, K N S, Hawrylowicz C, Dwarkanath P, Vyakarnam A.
Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2024 2024
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Differences in Immune Responses in Individuals of Indian and European Origin: Relevance for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Groups and Associations Büsra Geckin, Martijn Zoodsma, Gizem Kilic, Priya A Debisarun, Srabanti Rakshit, Vasista Adiga, Asma Ahmed, Chaitra Parthiban, Nirutha Chetan Kumar, George D'Souza, Marijke P Baltissen, Joost H A Martens, Jorge Domínguez-Andrés, Yang Li, Annapurna Vyakarnam, Mihai G Netea
Microbiology Spectrum 2023
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Polyfunctional CD4 T-cells correlating with neutralising antibody is a hallmark of COVISHIELDTM and COVAXIN® induced immunity in COVID-19 exposed Indians

Groups and Associations Rakshit S, Babji S, Parthiban C, Madhavan R, Adiga V, J SE, Chetan Kumar N, Ahmed A, Shivalingaiah S, Shashikumar N, V M, Johnson AR, Ramesh N, B RG, Asokan M, Mayor S, Kang G, D'souza G, Dias M, Vyakarnam A
NPJ Vaccines. 2023 2023
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BCG revaccination in adults enhances pro-inflammatory markers of trained immunity along with anti-inflammatory pathways

Groups and Associations Ahmed A, Tripathi H, van Meijgaarden KE, Kumar NC, Adiga V, Rakshit S, Parthiban C, Eveline J S, D'Souza G, Dias M, Ottenhoff THM, Netea MG, Joosten SA, Vyakarnam A
Iscience, 2023 2023
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Evidence for the heterologous benefits of prior BCG vaccination on COVISHIELD™ vaccine-induced immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 seronegative young Indian adults

Groups and Associations Rakshit S, Adiga V, Ahmed A, Parthiban C, Chetan Kumar N, Dwarkanath P, Shivalingaiah S, Rao S, D'Souza G, Dias M, Maguire TJA, Doores KJ, Zoodsma M, Geckin B, Dasgupta P, Babji S, van Meijgaarden KE, Joosten SA, Ottenhoff THM, Li Y, Netea MG, Stuart KD, De Rosa SC, McElrath MJ, Vyakarnam A
Frontiers in immunology, 2022 2022
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A century of BCG: Impact on tuberculosis control and beyond

Groups and Associations Ahmed A, Rakshit S, Adiga V, Dias M, Dwarkanath P, D'Souza G, Vyakarnam A
Immunological reviews, 2021 2021
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Emerging patterns of regulatory T cell function in tuberculosis

Groups and Associations A Ahmed , A Vyakarnam
Clinical and Experimental Immunology 2020
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BCG revaccination boosts adaptive polyfunctional Th1/Th17 and innate effectors in IGRA+ and IGRA- Indian adults

Groups and Associations Srabanti Rakshit, Asma Ahmed, Vasista Adiga, Bharath K Sundararaj, Pravat Nalini Sahoo, John Kenneth, George D'Souza, Wesley Bonam, Christina Johnson, Kees Lmc Franken, Tom Hm Ottenhoff, Greg Finak, Raphael Gottardo, Kenneth D Stuart, Stephen C De Rosa, M Juliana McElrath, Annapurna Vyakarnam
JCI Insight 2019
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Circulating HLA-DR+CD4+ effector memory T cells resistant to CCR5 and PD-L1 mediated suppression compromise regulatory T cell function in tuberculosis

Groups and Associations Ahmed A, Adiga V, Nayak S, Uday Kumar JAJ, Dhar C, Sahoo PN, Sundararaj BK, Souza GD, Vyakarnam A
National Library of Medicine 2018
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HIV-TB co-infection: mechanisms that drive reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV infection

Groups and Associations Asma Ahmed, Srabanti Rakshit, Annapurna Vyakarnam
Oral Diseases 2016
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Unbiased Identification of Blood-based Biomarkers for Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Modeling and Mining Molecular Interaction Networks

Groups and Associations Sambarey A, Devaprasad A, Mohan A, Ahmed A, Nayak S, Swaminathan S, D'Souza G, Jesuraj A, Dhar C, Babu S, Vyakarnam A, Chandra N
National Library of Medicine 2016
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No Others Contributions details available.