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Dr. Reena Rajput

Dr. Reena Rajput, Ph.D.

Professor , Department of Biotechnology

Experience

  • August 2002- June 2006
    Research Fellow (ICMR-JRFship)

    National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India

  • Jan 2008- June 2010
    Research Associate

    NIPER-A, India

  • July 2010 - May 2018
    Assistant Professor

    Research Associate

  • May 2018 - March 2022
    Associate Professor

    Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India

  • March 2022 - Nov 2025
    Professor

    Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India

  • Dec. 2025- till date
    Professor

    National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), Gandhinagar, India

Honours

  • Elected FIMSA Council Member (2024-2027).
  • Awarded Undergraduate Faculty Grant by American Association of Immunologists.
  • Received Young Investigator Award under the DBT, India – Rapid Grant for Young Investigators (RGYI’s).
  • Received NET Fellowship from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2002-2006).
  • Gold Medalist for M.Sc. Biotechnology from Guru Ghasi Das University, Bilaspur.
  • Secured 1st rank in the merit list of B.Sc. from Guru Ghasi Das University, Bilaspur.
  • Received Travel Award from American Association of Immunologists.
  • Received International Travel Grant from SERB, Government of India and ICMR-DHR.

Publications

  • Dalai P, Shah D, Shah J, Soni K, Mohanty A, Thanki K, Dave H, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Antagonists of CD39 and CD73 potentiate doxycycline repositioning to induce a potent antitumor immune response.
    Cell Signal. 2025 Jan;125:111507.
  • Yadav S, Gowda S, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    CSF-1R blockade to alleviate azithromycin mediated immunosuppression in a mouse model of intracellular infection.
    Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Dec 25;143(Pt 2):113477.
  • Challagundla N, Shah D, Dalai SK, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    IFNγ insufficiency during mouse intra-vaginal Chlamydia trachomatis infection exacerbates alternative activation in macrophages with compromised CD40 functions.
    Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Apr 20;131:111821.
  • Yadav S, Dalai P, Gowda S, Nivsarkar M, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Azithromycin alters Colony Stimulating Factor-1R (CSF-1R) expression and functional output of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages: A novel report.
    Int Immunopharmacol. 2023 Jul 25;123:110688.
  • Challagundla N, Chrisophe-Bourdon J, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Chlamydia trachomatis infection co-operatively enhances HPV E6-E7 oncogenes mediated tumorigenesis and immunosuppression.
    Microb Pathog. 2023 Feb;175:105929.
  • Shah D, Challagundla N, .., Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Berberine mediates tumor cell death by skewing tumor-associated immunosuppressive macrophages to inflammatory macrophages.
    Phytomedicine. 2021 Dec 22;99:153904.
  • Patel D, Challagundla N, Mandaliya D, Yadav S, Naik O, Dalai P, Shah D, Vora H, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Caspase-1 inhibition by YVAD generates tregs pivoting IL-17 to IL-22 response in β-glucan induced airway inflammation.
    Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol. 2022 Feb 28:1-10.
  • Challagundla N, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    microRNAs (miR 9, 124, 155 and 224) transdifferentiate mouse macrophages to neurons.
    Exp Cell Res. 2021 May 1;402(1):112563.
  • Patel D, Gaikwad S, Challagundla N, Nivsarkar M, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibition ameliorates airway inflammation through modulation of NLRP3 inflammosome and Th17/Treg axis.
    Int. Immunopharmacol. 2018;54:375-384.
  • Gaikwad S., Patel D. and Agrawal-Rajput R.
    CD40 Negatively Regulates ATP/TLR4 Activated Inflammasome in Microglia.
    Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. Cell Mol. Neurobiol. 2017 Mar;37(2):351-359.
  • Naveen CR, Gaikwad S, Agrawal-Rajput R.
    Berberine induces neuronal differentiation through inhibition of cancer stemness and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in neuroblastoma cells.
    Phytomedicine. 2016 Jun 15;23(7):736-44.
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