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Ashok K. Shetty is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has a significant body of research focusing on biomedical sciences, particularly within medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields, including molecular biology, neurology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and immunology.

The scientist's research interests are reflected through various main topics, such as:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research
  • Long-term effects of COVID-19
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders

Published papers authored or co-authored by Ashok K. Shetty cover various biomedical topics, including:

  • "Astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles: Neuroreparative properties and role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Extracellular vesicles from human iPSC-derived neural stem cells: miRNA and protein signatures, and anti-inflammatory and neurogenic properties," 2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Metformin treatment in late middle age improves cognitive function with alleviation of microglial activation and enhancement of autophagy in the hippocampus," 2021, Aging Cell
  • "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion Shows Promise for Combating Coronavirus (COVID-19)- Induced Pneumonia," 2020, Aging and Disease
  • "The Interstitial System of the Brain in Health and Disease," 2020, Aging and Disease

Frequent co-authors of Ashok K. Shetty include:

  • Leelavathi N. Madhu
  • Maheedhar Kodali
  • Bing Shuai
  • Sahithi Attaluri
  • Shama Rao

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Aging and Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Aging Cell

Ashok K. Shetty has also contributed to book publications, notably a title published by Frontiers Media:

  • Advances in Adult Neurogenesis (2024)

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Efficacy of doublecortin as a marker to analyse the absolute number and dendritic growth of newly generated neurons in the adult dentate gyrus.

    Muddanna S. Rao;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Chromatographically isolated CD63+CD81+ extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stromal cells rescue cognitive impairments after TBI

    Dong-ki Kim;Hidetaka Nishida;Su Yeon An;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Intranasal MSC-derived A1-exosomes Ease Inflammation, and Prevent Abnormal Neurogenesis and Memory Dysfunction After Status Epilepticus

    Qianfa Long;Dinesh Upadhya;Bharathi Hattiangady;Dong-Ki Kim

  • Characterization of neuronal/glial differentiation of murine adipose-derived adult stromal cells

    K M Safford;S D Safford;J M Gimble;A K Shetty

  • Stem/progenitor cell proliferation factors FGF‐2, IGF‐1, and VEGF exhibit early decline during the course of aging in the hippocampus: Role of astrocytes

    Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Geetha A. Shetty

  • Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with severely declined dentate neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Bharathi Hattiangady;Muddanna S. Rao;Muddanna S. Rao;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, phosphorylated cyclic AMP response element binding protein and neuropeptide Y decline as early as middle age in the dentate gyrus and CA1 and CA3 subfields of the hippocampus

    Bharathi Hattiangady;Muddanna S. Rao;Muddanna S. Rao;Geetha A. Shetty;Geetha A. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Reactive astrocytes express the embryonic intermediate neurofilament nestin

    Scott R. Clarke;Ashok K. Shetty;Jennifer L. Bradley;Dennis A. Turner

  • Aging does not alter the number or phenotype of putative stem/progenitor cells in the neurogenic region of the hippocampus.

    Bharathi Hattiangady;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • The window and mechanisms of major age-related decline in the production of new neurons within the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus.

    Muddanna S. Rao;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Newly born cells in the ageing dentate gyrus display normal migration, survival and neuronal fate choice but endure retarded early maturation.

    Muddanna S. Rao;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Ali Abdel-Rahman;Dirk P. Stanley;Dirk P. Stanley

  • Predictable Chronic Mild Stress Improves Mood, Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Memory

    Vipan K. Parihar;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Ramkumar Kuruba;Ramkumar Kuruba;Bing Shuai;Bing Shuai

  • Astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles: Neuroreparative properties and role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders.

    Raghavendra Upadhya;Winston Zingg;Siddhant Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Progress in Neuroprotective Strategies for Preventing Epilepsy

    Munjal M. Acharya;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Chronic alcohol exposure reduces hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic growth of newborn neurons.

    Jun He;Kimberly Nixon;Ashok K. Shetty;Fulton T. Crews

  • Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Neural Stem Cells in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Ramkumar Kuruba;Ramkumar Kuruba;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bharathi Hattiangady;Ashok K. Shetty;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Resveratrol prevents age-related memory and mood dysfunction with increased hippocampal neurogenesis and microvasculature, and reduced glial activation.

    Maheedhar Kodali;Maheedhar Kodali;Vipan K. Parihar;Vipan K. Parihar;Bharathi Hattiangady;Vikas Mishra;Vikas Mishra

  • Mood and Memory Deficits in a Model of Gulf War Illness Are Linked with Reduced Neurogenesis, Partial Neuron Loss, and Mild Inflammation in the Hippocampus

    Vipan K Parihar;Bharathi Hattiangady;Bing Shuai;Ashok K Shetty

  • Stress and combined exposure to low doses of pyridostigmine bromide, DEET, and permethrin produce neurochemical and neuropathological alterations in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum.

    A. Abdel-Rahman;Suzanne M. Abou-Donia;Eman M. El-Masry;Ashok K. Shetty

  • Extracellular vesicles from human iPSC-derived neural stem cells: miRNA and protein signatures, and anti-inflammatory and neurogenic properties

    Raghavendra Upadhya;Leelavathi N. Madhu;Sahithi Attaluri;Daniel Leite Góes Gitaí

Frequent Co-Authors

Bharathi Hattiangady
Bharathi Hattiangady United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Dennis A. Turner
Dennis A. Turner Duke University
Kunlin Jin
Kunlin Jin University of North Texas Health Science Center
Wilkie A. Wilson
Wilkie A. Wilson Duke University
Doodipala Samba Reddy
Doodipala Samba Reddy Texas A&M University
Fiona Crawford
Fiona Crawford Roskamp Institute
Roger D. Madison
Roger D. Madison Duke University
Kimberly Nixon
Kimberly Nixon The University of Texas at Austin
Dafin F. Muresanu
Dafin F. Muresanu Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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