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- amiya.patra@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Amiya Patra
Lecturer in Cancer Immunity
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
Role
Research
Teaching
Supervision
Qualifications
Ph. D.
Immunology
Professional membership
International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR)
International Cytokine Society (ICS)
German Society for Immunology (DGFI)
European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
Research interests
Haematopoietic stem cell maintenance and lineage differentiation
Lymphocyte development
Erythropoiesis and anemia
Cancer
Cytokine signaling
Grants & contracts
1. PostDocPlus Funding, 2014, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
2. German Jose Carreras Leukemia Foundation (DJCLS), 2015.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2018
'NFAT-mediated defects in erythropoiesis cause anemia in Il2-/- mice'
Oncotarget
9,
(11)
9632-9644
, DOI
2017
'Interleukin-2-regulatory T cell axis critically regulates maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells'
Oncotarget
, DOI
2016
'A threshold level of NFATc1 activity facilitates thymocyte differentiation and opposes notch-driven leukaemia development'
Nature Communications
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Corrigendum: NFATc1 supports imiquimod-induced skin inflammation by suppressing IL-10 synthesis in B cells'
Nature Communications
7,
12421-12421
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'NFATc1 releases BCL6-dependent repression of CCR2 agonist expression in peritoneal macrophages from Saccharomyces cerevisiae infected mice'
European Journal of Immunology
46,
(3)
634-646
, DOI
2016
'NFATc1 supports imiquimod-induced skin inflammation by suppressing IL-10 synthesis in B cells'
Nature Communications
7,
11724-11724
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Interleukin-2 critically regulates bone marrow erythropoiesis and prevents anemia development'
European Journal of Immunology
45,
(12)
3362-3374
, DOI
2014
'Architecture and Expression of the Nfatc1 Gene in Lymphocytes'
Frontiers in Immunology
5,
, DOI
2014
'NF-κB factors control the induction of NFATc1 in B lymphocytes'
European Journal of Immunology
44,
(11)
3392-3402
, DOI
2013
'NFATc1 Induction in Peripheral T and B Lymphocytes'
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
190,
(5)
2345-2353
, DOI
2012
'An alternative NFAT-activation pathway mediated by IL-7 is critical for early thymocyte development'
Nature Immunology
14,
(2)
127-135
, DOI
2011
'NFATc1 affects mouse splenic B cell function by controlling the calcineurin–NFAT signaling network'
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
208,
(4)
823-839
, DOI
2006
'PKB rescues calcineurin/NFAT-induced arrest of rag expression and pre-T cell differentiation'
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
177,
(7)
4567-4576
, DOI
2004
'Active protein kinase B regulates TCR responsiveness by modulating cytoplasmic-nuclear localization of NFAT and NF-kappa B proteins'
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
172,
(8)
4812-4820
, DOI
2003
'Constitutively active protein kinase B enhances Lck and Erk activities and influences thymocyte selection and activation'
Journal of Immunology
PEARL
Conference Papers
2016
'NFATc1 promotes imiquimod-induced skin inflammation by negatively controlling IL-10 production in B cells'
E26-E26
2013
'Interleukin-7-mediated NFAT activation sets the threshold for T cell development'
289-289
, DOI