Juhi Bagaitkar

Assistant Professor
Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville
United States of America

Academician Infectious Diseases
Biography

 uhi Bagaitkar  received her Ph.D. at the University of Louisville and is currently a senior postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis in Dr. Mary Dinauer's laboratory. Her work focuses on understating the regulation of host  innate and adaptive immune responses by the superoxide producing enzyme  NADPH oxidase. 

Research Intrest

  To understand the immunological consequences of apoptotic cell clearance during inflammation and infection Delineate the role of NADPH oxidase-derived oxidants in immune-regulation

List of Publications
Bagaitkar J, Demuth DR, Daep CA, Renaud DE, Pierce DL, Scott DA. Tobacco upregulates P. gingivalis fimbrial proteins which induce TLR2 hyposensitivity. PloS one. 2010 May 4;5(5):e9323.
Bagaitkar J, Williams LR, Renaud DE, Bemakanakere MR, Martin M, Scott DA, Demuth DR. Tobacco‐induced alterations to Porphyromonas gingivalis–host interactions. Environmental microbiology. 2009 May 1;11(5):1242-53.
Bagaitkar J, Demuth DR, Scott DA. Tobacco use increases susceptibility to bacterial infection. Tobacco induced diseases. 2008 Dec 18;4(1):12.