Sourav Ghosh, PhD
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Sourav Ghosh, Ph.D. obtained a M.Sc. in Zoology at the University of Calcutta, where he studied Drosophila and mosquito genetics. Next, he completed his graduate studies on cell cytoskeleton and protein trafficking under the direction of John V. Cox at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Subsequently, Dr. Ghosh did his postdoctoral research on cell signaling at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies under the guidance of Tony Hunter. In 2007, Dr. Ghosh joined University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor, and in 2014 he moved to Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Ghosh and Dr. Carla Rothlin co-direct a lab studying the regulation of inflammation (Rothin, Ghosh et al. Cell, 2007, Carrera Silva et al. Immunity, 2013, Bosurgi et al. Science, 2017). While inflammation is a cardinal feature for immune defense, the magnitude and period of the inflammatory response has to follow the ‘Goldilocks Principle’ wherein inflammation would be detrimental if its amplitude is too little or too much, or its period too short or too long. Drs. Rothlin and Ghosh investigates the principles and molecular mechanisms that negatively regulate inflammation and ensure that the amplitude and period of inflammation is ‘just right’. Defects in these molecular circuits can manifest as wide ranging clinical problems including chronic or pathological inflammation, autoimmunity and pathological wound healing, while harnessing these checkpoints can improve anti-cancer immunity.
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- Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2007)
- PhD
- University of Tennessee, Molecular Sciences (2000)
- MSc
- University of Calcutta, Zoology (1992)
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Carla Rothlin, PhD
Joseph Craft, MD
Bony De Kumar, PhD
Yong Kong, PhD
Anita Huttner, MD
Aurobind Vidyarthi, PhD
Inflammation
Cell Death
Glioblastoma
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Tissue-specific modifier alleles determine Mertk loss-of-function traits
Akalu YT, Mercau ME, Ansems M, Hughes LD, Nevin J, Alberto EJ, Liu XN, He LZ, Alvarado D, Keler T, Kong Y, Philbrick WM, Bosenberg M, Finnemann SC, Iavarone A, Lasorella A, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S. Tissue-specific modifier alleles determine Mertk loss-of-function traits. ELife 2022, 11: e80530. PMID: 35969037, PMCID: PMC9433089, DOI: 10.7554/elife.80530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAnti-tumor immunityKO miceRetinal pigment epitheliumRetinal degenerationPigment epitheliumPro-inflammatory tumor microenvironmentSyngeneic mouse tumor modelsKO mice displayEarly-onset retinal degenerationSevere retinal degenerationMouse tumor modelsFailure of macrophagesKnockout mouse modelPhotoreceptor outer segmentsMouse modelMice displayTumor modelTumor microenvironmentMacrophage phagocytosisReceptor tyrosine kinasesMiceCritical roleDegenerationMerTKImmunityCell death in development, maintenance, and diseases of the nervous system
Mercau ME, Patwa S, Bhat KPL, Ghosh S, Rothlin CV. Cell death in development, maintenance, and diseases of the nervous system. Seminars In Immunopathology 2022, 44: 725-738. PMID: 35508671, DOI: 10.1007/s00281-022-00938-4.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCell deathTissue-level responsesNervous system homeostasisNervous systemCentral nervous system tumorsMolecular modalitiesAcute brain injuryNervous system tumorsChronic neurodegenerative diseasesSystem homeostasisDead cellsNew therapeutic strategiesNeurodegenerative diseasesMechanisms of disposalGlial cellsNovel understandingAdult neurogenesisSystem tumorsBrain injuryPathological responseDisease statesTherapeutic strategiesCellsRecent studiesDeathDNA methylation of the promoter region at the CREB1 binding site is a mechanism for the epigenetic regulation of brain-specific PKMζ
Pramio D, Vieceli F, Varella-Branco E, Goes C, Kobayashi G, da Silva Pelegrina D, de Moraes B, El Allam A, De Kumar B, Jara G, Farfel J, Bennett D, Kundu S, Viapiano M, Reis E, de Oliveira P, Dos Santos E Passos-Bueno M, Rothlin C, Ghosh S, Schechtman D. DNA methylation of the promoter region at the CREB1 binding site is a mechanism for the epigenetic regulation of brain-specific PKMζ. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 2023, 1866: 194909. PMID: 36682583, PMCID: PMC10037092, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2023.194909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsInternal promoterNeuronal differentiationEpigenetic mechanismsDNA methylationUpstream promoterProtein kinase C ζHuman neuronal differentiationSite-specific hypermethylationAberrant DNA hypermethylationPluripotent stem cellsEpigenetic regulationSame epigenetic mechanismsLong-term memory formationDNA hypermethylationDemethylated regionsEpigenetic factorsPromoter regionTissue specificityMolecular mechanismsPRKCZ geneDifferentiated neuronsPromoterProtein kinase M zetaLong-term potentiationWhen aging gets on the way of disposal: Senescent cell suppression of efferocytosis
Rothlin C, Ghosh S. When aging gets on the way of disposal: Senescent cell suppression of efferocytosis. Journal Of Cell Biology 2023, 222: e202212023. PMID: 36602762, PMCID: PMC9827511, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202212023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricInflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium drives early-onset photoreceptor degeneration in Mertk-associated retinitis pigmentosa
Mercau M, Akalu Y, Mazzoni F, Gyimesi G, Alberto E, Kong Y, Hafler B, Finnemann S, Rothlin C, Ghosh S. Inflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium drives early-onset photoreceptor degeneration in Mertk-associated retinitis pigmentosa. Science Advances 2023, 9: eade9459. PMID: 36662852, PMCID: PMC9858494, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumEarly-onset photoreceptor degenerationPR degenerationPigment epitheliumPhotoreceptor degenerationMERTK-associated retinitis pigmentosaJAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinibMicroglia activationMonocyte infiltrationInhibitor ruxolitinibMouse modelInflammationLoss of functionDefective phagocytosisInflammation drivesRetinitis pigmentosaDegenerationHypomorphic expressionMiceEpitheliumPhagocytosisRuxolitinibPigmentosaSeverity
2024
Feeding the wrath with myelin
Ghosh S, Rothlin C. Feeding the wrath with myelin. Trends In Immunology 2024, 45: 729-731. PMID: 39341708, PMCID: PMC11471388, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2024.09.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsStem cells tightly regulate dead cell clearance to maintain tissue fitness
Stewart K, Abdusselamoglu M, Tierney M, Gola A, Hur Y, Gonzales K, Yuan S, Bonny A, Yang Y, Infarinato N, Cowley C, Levorse J, Pasolli H, Ghosh S, Rothlin C, Fuchs E. Stem cells tightly regulate dead cell clearance to maintain tissue fitness. Nature 2024, 633: 407-416. PMID: 39169186, PMCID: PMC11390485, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07855-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsStem cellsImmune-privileged nicheHair follicle stem cellsStem cell functionFollicle stem cellsTissue fitnessMesenchymal tissue cellsBillions of cellsDendritic cellsTissue stemProgenitor cellsPreserving tissue integrityDead cell clearanceClearance genesCell clearanceCell functionFunctional evidenceDying cellsHealthy counterpartsCell deathNon-motileTissue cellsHair cycleProfessional phagocytesApoptotic corpsesThe amalgam of naive CD4+ T cell transcriptional states is reconfigured by helminth infection to dampen the amplitude of the immune response
Even Z, Meli A, Tyagi A, Vidyarthi A, Briggs N, de Kouchkovsky D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Waizman D, Rice T, De Kumar B, Wang X, Palm N, Craft J, Basu M, Ghosh S, Rothlin C. The amalgam of naive CD4+ T cell transcriptional states is reconfigured by helminth infection to dampen the amplitude of the immune response. Immunity 2024, 57: 1893-1907.e6. PMID: 39096910, PMCID: PMC11421571, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsT cell receptorImmune responseNaive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cellsCD4<sup>+</sup> T cellsIFN-IHelminth infectionsNippostrongylus brasiliensis infectionDecreased immune responseType I interferonNaive TT cellsMemory-likeUnrelated antigensTranscriptional changesExtracellular matrixSPF miceCell receptorsI interferonGerm-freeResponse to certain environmental cuesInfectionMiceFunctional changesCell transcriptional statesTranscriptional heterogeneityIn the Eyes of the Beholder—New Mertk Knockout Mouse and Re-Evaluation of Phagocytosis versus Anti-Inflammatory Functions of MERTK
Ghosh S, Finnemann S, Vollrath D, Rothlin C. In the Eyes of the Beholder—New Mertk Knockout Mouse and Re-Evaluation of Phagocytosis versus Anti-Inflammatory Functions of MERTK. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 5299. PMID: 38791338, PMCID: PMC11121519, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25105299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesFamily of receptor tyrosine kinasesTAM family of receptor tyrosine kinasesEarly-onset photoreceptor degenerationKnockout mouse modelMolecular functionsNegative regulator of inflammationKnockout phenotypesNegative regulatorMouse geneticsRegulation of inflammationMolecular approachesEmbryonic stem cellsAnti-inflammatory functionsRetinal degenerationTyrosine kinasePhotoreceptor degenerationKnockout miceKnockout modelsMouse modelRodent modelsTAM familyMerTK functionStem cellsAllelesTREM2 function in glioblastoma immune microenvironment: Can we distinguish reality from illusion?
Ghosh S, Rothlin C. TREM2 function in glioblastoma immune microenvironment: Can we distinguish reality from illusion? Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: 840-842. PMID: 38290471, PMCID: PMC11066908, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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