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Sanjay Tyagi is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Cancer Research.

Their recent publications address a range of topics including immune responses, gene expression, and viral infections. Key papers include:

  • Glutamine Is Required for M1-like Polarization of Macrophages in Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (2022, mBio)
  • Reduction in gene expression noise by targeted increase in accessibility at gene loci (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Multiplex PCR Assays for Identifying all Major Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants (2022, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics)
  • CD169-mediated restrictive SARS-CoV-2 infection of macrophages induces pro-inflammatory responses (2022, PLoS Pathogens)
  • SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV encode circular RNAs of spliceosome-independent origin (2022, Journal of Medical Virology)

Their work covers prominent research topics such as:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Selvakumar Subbian
  • Lanbo Shi
  • Ryan J. Dikdan
  • Salvatore A. E. Marras
  • Qingkui Jiang

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in notable venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • mBio
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Molecular Beacons: Probes that Fluoresce upon Hybridization

    Sanjay Tyagi;Fred Russell Kramer

  • IMAGING INDIVIDUAL mRNA MOLECULES USING MULTIPLE SINGLY LABELED PROBES

    Arjun Raj;Sanjay Tyagi

  • Stochastic mRNA Synthesis in Mammalian Cells

    Arjun Raj;Charles S Peskin;Daniel Tranchina;Diana Y Vargas

  • Multicolor molecular beacons for allele discrimination

    Sanjay Tyagi;Diana P. Bratu;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Thermodynamic Basis of the Enhanced Specificity of Structured DNA Probes

    Grégoire Bonnet;Sanjay Tyagi;Albert Libchaber;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Efficiencies of fluorescence resonance energy transfer and contact-mediated quenching in oligonucleotide probes

    Salvatore A. E. Marras;Fred Russell Kramer;Sanjay Tyagi

  • Molecular beacon sequence analysis for detecting drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Amy S. Piatek;Sanjay Tyagi;Arno C. Pol;Amalio Telenti

  • Assays and kits incorporating nucleic acid probes containing improved molecular switch

    Paul M. Lizardi;Fred R. Kramer;Sanjay Tyagi;Cesar E. Guerra

  • Multiplex detection of four pathogenic retroviruses using molecular beacons

    Jacqueline A. M. Vet;Amit R. Majithia;Salvatore A. E. Marras;Sanjay Tyagi

  • Visualizing the distribution and transport of mRNAs in living cells

    Diana P. Bratu;Byeong-Jik Cha;Musa M. Mhlanga;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Differential expression of 10 sigma factor genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Riccardo Manganelli;Eugenie Dubnau;Sanjay Tyagi;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Wavelength-shifting molecular beacons

    Sanjay Tyagi;Salvatore A.E. Marras;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Multiplex detection of single-nucleotide variations using molecular beacons.

    Salvatore A.E. Marras;Fred Russell Kramer;Sanjay Tyagi

  • Nucleic acid detection probes having non-FRET fluorescence quenching and kits and assays including such probes

    Sanjay Tyagi;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Imaging intracellular RNA distribution and dynamics in living cells

    Sanjay Tyagi

  • Expression of Th1-mediated immunity in mouse lungs induces a Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription pattern characteristic of nonreplicating persistence

    Lanbo Shi;Yu-Jin Jung;Sanjay Tyagi;Maria Laura Gennaro

  • Race-specific HIV-1 disease-modifying effects associated with CCR5 haplotypes

    Enrique Gonzalez;Mike Bamshad;Naoko Sato;Srinivas Mummidi

  • Mechanism of mRNA transport in the nucleus

    Diana Y. Vargas;Arjun Raj;Salvatore A. E. Marras;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Real-time assays with molecular beacons and other fluorescent nucleic acid hybridization probes.

    Salvatore A.E. Marras;Sanjay Tyagi;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Thermodynamic basis of the enhanced specificity of structured DNA probes (molecular beaconsyf luorescence quenchingyphase diagramymismatch discriminationymolecular recognition)

    Sanjay Tyagi;A Lbert Libchaber;Fred Russell Kramer

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Russell Kramer
Fred Russell Kramer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Saibal Mukhopadhyay
Saibal Mukhopadhyay Georgia Institute of Technology
Leslie E. Orgel
Leslie E. Orgel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gerald F. Joyce
Gerald F. Joyce Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Arjun Raj
Arjun Raj University of Pennsylvania
Maria Laura Gennaro
Maria Laura Gennaro Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David Alland
David Alland Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ulf Landegren
Ulf Landegren Uppsala University
Issar Smith
Issar Smith Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Muthiah Vaduganathan
Muthiah Vaduganathan Brigham and Women's Hospital

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