Department of Zoology - Publications

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Faculty has publications in high impact factors international journals. They have also contributed significantly in various conference proceedings, books chapters, editorial reviews and E-Chapters (with ILLL, NISCAIRand TROPICSU). The major publications by faculty member in the year 2019-20 have been listed below:

Publications in Journals/Periodicals

• Singh, M., Bhatt, P., Sharma, M., Varma-Basil, M., Chaudhry, A. & Sharma, S. 2019. Immunogenicity of late stage specific peptide antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Genet Evol. 74:103930.
• Singh, S., Sharma, M., Chaudhry, A. & Sharma, S. 2019. Rv2626c and Rv2032 activate TH1 response and downregulate regulatory T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of tuberculosis patients. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 62: 46-53.
• Pandey, K., Singh, S., Bhatt, P., Medha, Sharma, S., Chaudhry, A. & Sharma, S. 2019. DosR proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis upregulate effector T cells and down regulate T regulatory cells in TB patients and their healthy contacts. Microbial Pathogenesis 126: 399-406.
• Kaur, J. & Jit, S. 2019. Natural Selection and Climate Change. TROP ICSU Project supported by the International Science Council. https://tropicsu.org/lesson-plan-natural-selection 2019.
• Arora, J. 2019. Impact of climate change on Asiatic Elephant: Dwindling habitats, range shifts and rising human-elephant conflicts. NE Scholar magazine, 4 (4): 24-29. (ISSN 2350-0336)
• Sharma, S. 2019. Potential of Probiotics. Food & Beverage Business Review. 17(2): 62-65. Hammer Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
• Sharma, S. 2019. Diet and Gut Microbiota: Implications in Health and Disease. Food & Beverage Business Review. 17(3): 82-85. Hammer Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
• Sharma, S. 2019. Fats, Sugar, salt and the discretionary food. Food & Beverage Business Review 17(5): 2019, 74-75. Hammer Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
• Ranjan, S., & Sharma P.K. 2020. Study of BDNF protein expression in type 2 diabetic model of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Research journal of biotechnology. 15(3): 58-60.
• Yadav. Y., & Shukla. V. 2020. Histopathological effects of dichlorvos on nerve cord and chloragogen tissue of Eisenia fetida. Bulletin of pure and applied sciences- zoology 39 (1): 1-8.

Papers in Conference/Symposia/Seminar Proceedings

• Sharma, M. & Sharma, S. Role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PE_PGRS family protein in modulating host cell survival. EMBO Workshop: Cell death in Immunity and Inflammation, Crete, Greece, 6-9 October, 2019(Oral Presentation).
• Bhatt, P., Singh, M. Sharma, M. & Sharma, S. Designing peptide based vaccines for tuberculosis from dormancy associated genes: An Immunoinformatics Approach. Ninth International Conference: NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 30 September-2 October, 2019.
• Medha, Parul, Sharma, M. & Sharma, S. Immunoinformatic approach to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis late stage specificCD4 and CD8 epitopes for their vaccine candidature -a pilot study. 13th Vaccine Congress, 15-18 September, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Sharma, S., Sharma, M., Medha & Parul. Directing Host-mycobacteria interactions towards host immunity, Keystone Symposia Conference A2: Tuberculosis: Immunity and Immune Evasion, January 16-20, January 2020, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Kaur, D., Aggarwal, V., Shashank, Saraka, Amandeepa, Sharma, M. & Sharma, S. Analyzing RV3083 of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis as a potential drug target. 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Hyderabad, India, 2019. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2019, 23 (10 Suppl 1): S627-S628.
• Priyanka, Chouhan, V., Ritika, Singh, N., Agarwal, M., Kumari R., Hamid, F., Shukla, A., Bhatt, P., Medha, Sharma, S. & Sharma, M. In silico analysis of Proline and Glutamine rich Proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health-2020”, to be held from 27- 29 February, 2020 at University Conference Centre, University of Delhi.