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Savita Khanna is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed significantly to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, neurology, rehabilitation, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas with a focus on wound healing and treatments, mesenchymal stem cell research, extracellular vesicles in disease, pressure ulcer prevention and management, angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, periodontal regeneration and treatments, and botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chandan K. Sen, Sashwati Roy, Kanhaiya Singh, Subhadip Ghatak, and Nandini Ghosh.

Khanna has published extensively in several journals. The most frequent publication venues are Scientific Reports, Diabetes, Nature Communications, Molecular Therapy, and Antioxidants and Redox Signaling.

Their recent papers include:

  • Urolithin A augments angiogenic pathways in skeletal muscle by bolstering NAD+ and SIRT1, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Nanotransfection-based vasculogenic cell reprogramming drives functional recovery in a mouse model of ischemic stroke, 2021, Science Advances
  • Genome-wide DNA hypermethylation opposes healing in patients with chronic wounds by impairing epithelial-mesenchymal transition, 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Electroceutical fabric lowers zeta potential and eradicates coronavirus infectivity upon contact, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Novel Bacterial Diversity and Fragmented eDNA Identified in Hyperbiofilm-Forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rugose Small Colony Variant, 2020, iScience

Best Publications

  • Tocotrienols: Vitamin E Beyond Tocopherols

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy

  • MicroRNA expression in response to murine myocardial infarction: miR-21 regulates fibroblast metalloprotease-2 via phosphatase and tensin homologue

    Sashwati Roy;Savita Khanna;Syed-Rehan A. Hussain;Sabyasachi Biswas

  • Macrophage dysfunction impairs resolution of inflammation in the wounds of diabetic mice.

    Savita Khanna;Sabyasachi Biswas;Yingli Shang;Eric Collard

  • Copper-induced vascular endothelial growth factor expression and wound healing.

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Mika Venojarvi;Prashant Trikha

  • Dermal Wound Healing Is Subject to Redox Control

    Sashwati Roy;Savita Khanna;Kishore Nallu;Thomas K. Hunt

  • TOCOTRIENOLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: THE OTHER HALF OF THE NATURAL VITAMIN E FAMILY

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy

  • Redox Modification of Ryanodine Receptors Contributes to Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Chronic Heart Failure

    Dmitry Terentyev;Inna Györke;Andriy E. Belevych;Radmila Terentyeva

  • Molecular Basis of Vitamin E Action TOCOTRIENOL POTENTLY INHIBITS GLUTAMATE-INDUCED pp60c-Src KINASE ACTIVATION AND DEATH OF HT4 NEURONAL CELLS

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy;Lester Packer

  • Oxidant-induced Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Human Keratinocytes and Cutaneous Wound Healing

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Bernard M. Babior;Thomas K. Hunt

  • Molecular basis of vitamin E action: tocotrienol modulates 12-lipoxygenase, a key mediator of glutamate-induced neurodegeneration.

    Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy;Hoon Ryu;Praveen Bahadduri

  • Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells by Macrophages: A Role of MicroRNA-21 in the Resolution of Wound Inflammation

    Amitava Das;Kasturi Ganesh;Savita Khanna;Chandan K. Sen

  • Hypoxia inducible microRNA 210 attenuates keratinocyte proliferation and impairs closure in a murine model of ischemic wounds

    Sabyasachi Biswas;Sashwati Roy;Jaideep Banerjee;Syed-Rehan A. Hussain

  • Oxygen, Oxidants, and Antioxidants in Wound Healing

    Chandan K. Sen;Savita Khanna;Gayle Gordillo;Debasis Bagchi

  • Neuroprotective Properties of the Natural Vitamin E α-Tocotrienol

    Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy;Andrew Slivka;Tara K.S. Craft

  • MicroRNA in ischemic stroke etiology and pathology.

    Cameron Rink;Savita Khanna

  • Dermal wound healing properties of redox-active grape seed proanthocyanidins.

    Savita Khanna;Mika Venojarvi;Mika Venojarvi;Sashwati Roy;Nidhi Sharma

  • miR-200b targets Ets-1 and is down-regulated by hypoxia to induce angiogenic response of endothelial cells

    Yuk Cheung Chan;Savita Khanna;Sashwati Roy;Chandan K. Sen

  • Anti-angiogenic property of edible berries.

    Sashwati Roy;Savita Khanna;Helaine M Alessio;Jelena Vider

  • Exercise training modulates heat shock protein response in diabetic rats.

    Mustafa Atalay;Niku K.J. Oksala;David E Laaksonen;Savita Khanna

  • Significance of brain tissue oxygenation and the arachidonic acid cascade in stroke.

    Cameron Rink;Savita Khanna

Frequent Co-Authors

Chandan K. Sen
Chandan K. Sen University of Pittsburgh
Sashwati Roy
Sashwati Roy The Ohio State University
Debasis Bagchi
Debasis Bagchi University of Houston
Lester Packer
Lester Packer University of Southern California
Manashi Bagchi
Manashi Bagchi Creighton University
Daniel J. Wozniak
Daniel J. Wozniak The Ohio State University
Jay L. Zweier
Jay L. Zweier The Ohio State University
Kurt R. Stenmark
Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Christopher D. Byrne
Christopher D. Byrne University of Southampton

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