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Surendra Sharma is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses heavily on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. This multidisciplinary approach addresses critical issues related to pregnancy and reproductive health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Surendra Sharma has contributed extensively to the literature with notable recent papers such as:

  • Association Between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Dementia: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022, Hypertension
  • Placental extracellular vesicles and pre-eclampsia, 2020, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Is pregnancy an immunological contributor to severe or controlled COVID-19 disease?, 2020, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Etiological Value of Sterile Inflammation in Preeclampsia: Is It a Non-Infectious Pregnancy Complication?, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Pathogenic Infections during Pregnancy and the Consequences for Fetal Brain Development, 2022, Pathogens

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology (21 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)
  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Hypertension (2 publications)

Surendra Sharma also collaborates regularly with a group of researchers, including:

  • Shi-Bin Cheng (22 co-authored works)
  • Akitoshi Nakashima (15 co-authored works)
  • Nazeeh Hanna (12 co-authored works)
  • Sukanta Jash (12 co-authored works)
  • Shigeru Saito (11 co-authored works)

The research carried out by Sharma centers on understanding the immunological and molecular mechanisms that influence pregnancy outcomes, maternal health, and fetal development. This includes detailed studies on how hypertensive disorders and infections can impact both pregnancy and long-term health.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Gene expression profiling of human decidual macrophages: evidence for immunosuppressive phenotype.

    Charlotte Gustafsson;Jenny Mjösberg;Andreas Matussek;Robert Geffers

  • Immunosuppressive drugs prevent a rapid dephosphorylation of transcription factor NFAT1 in stimulated immune cells

    Karen T. Y. Shaw;Andrew M. Ho;Anuradha Raghavan;Jaime Kim

  • Gestational age-dependent expression of IL-10 and its receptor in human placental tissues and isolated cytotrophoblasts.

    Nazeeh Hanna;Iman Hanna;Marija Hleb;Eric Wagner

  • Cytokine mapping of sera from women with preeclampsia and normal pregnancies

    Yvonne Jonsson;Marie Rubèr;Leif Matthiesen;Göran Berg

  • Interleukin-10: A Multi-Faceted Agent of Pregnancy

    Jessica E. Thaxton;Surendra Sharma

  • Immunology of Preeclampsia

    Leif Matthiesen;Göran Berg;Jan Ernerudh;Christina Ekerfelt

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Facilitates Immune Tolerance and Endovascular Activity of Human Uterine NK Cells at the Maternal-Fetal Interface

    Satyan S. Kalkunte;Teddy F. Mselle;Wendy E. Norris;Charles R. Wira

  • TLR9 Activation Coupled to IL-10 Deficiency Induces Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

    Jessica E. Thaxton;Roberto Romero;Surendra Sharma

  • Pyroptosis is a critical inflammatory pathway in the placenta from early onset preeclampsia and in human trophoblasts exposed to hypoxia and endoplasmic reticulum stressors

    Shi Bin Cheng;Akitoshi Nakashima;Warren J. Huber;Sarah Davis

  • Cytokine secretion patterns of NK cells and macrophages in early human pregnancy decidua and blood: implications for suppressor macrophages in decidua.

    C Lidström;L Matthiesen;G Berg;S Sharma

  • Interleukin-10: a pleiotropic regulator in pregnancy.

    Shi-Bin Cheng;Surendra Sharma

  • The anti-inflammatory limb of the immune response in preterm labor, intra-amniotic infection/inflammation, and spontaneous parturition at term: A role for interleukin-10

    Francesca Gotsch;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Offer Erez

  • Latent membrane protein-1 induces cyclin D2 expression, pRb hyperphosphorylation, and loss of TGF-beta 1-mediated growth inhibition in EBV-positive B cells.

    Leandros Arvanitakis;Nabeel Yaseen;Surendra Sharma

  • A Critical Role of Interleukin-10 in Modulating Hypoxia-Induced Preeclampsia-Like Disease in Mice

    Zhongbin Lai;Satyan Kalkunte;Surendra Sharma

  • Natural killer cells and regulatory T cells in early pregnancy loss

    Surendra Sharma

  • Evidence for interleukin-10-mediated inhibition of cyclo- oxygenase-2 expression and prostaglandin production in preterm human placenta.

    Nazeeh Hanna;Lea Bonifacio;Barry Weinberger;Pradeep Reddy

  • Evidence for Participation of Uterine Natural Killer Cells in the Mechanisms Responsible for Spontaneous Preterm Labor and Delivery

    S.P. Murphy;N.N. Hanna;L.D. Fast;S.K. Shaw

  • Evolution of non-cytotoxic uterine natural killer cells.

    Satyan Kalkunte;Clinton O. Chichester;Francesca Gotsch;Charles L. Sentman

  • TLR-Mediated Preterm Birth in Response to Pathogenic Agents

    Jessica E. Thaxton;Tania A. Nevers;Surendra Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Saito
Shigeru Saito University of Toyama
Jan Ernerudh
Jan Ernerudh Linköping University
Roberto Romero
Roberto Romero National Institutes of Health
Yoel Sadovsky
Yoel Sadovsky University of Pittsburgh
Edward G. Stopa
Edward G. Stopa Brown University
Barbara S. Stonestreet
Barbara S. Stonestreet Brown University
Anjana Rao
Anjana Rao La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
John W. Morgan
John W. Morgan La Trobe University
Fuller W. Bazer
Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University
Peter J. Hansen
Peter J. Hansen University of Florida

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