Sanhita Gupta, Ph.D.

Dr. Sanhita Gupta is Professor of Biological Sciences at KSU: Geauga where she teaches Basic Microbiology, Human Biology, Biological Foundations, Human Genetics, Life on Planet Earth, Lab Experiences in Biology.  Previous to Kent State, Dr. Gupta worked for Case Western Reserve University as a Research Scientist and the City of New Orleans as Research Scientist in Microbiology.  

Dr. Gupta possesses expertise in Microbiology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.  She earned her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) and her Master of Science in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta (Calcutta, India).  In her classes, she enjoys interacting with the nursing students and assisting with practical hands-on activities in the laboratory.  

Her publications include:

1. James R. Bolchalk, and Sanhita Gupta. Effects of Regional Income and Educational Level on Incidence of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Ohio. Ohio J Public Health, 4 (2) 22-33, January 2022.
2. Gupta S, De BP, Banerjee AK. Role of actin in replication of human parainfluenza virus type 3.Indian Journal of physiology and Allied Sciences. Golden jubilee issue, 1-11 (1997).
    
3. Gupta S, De BP, Drazba JA, Banerjee AK. Involvement of actin microfilaments in the replication of human parainfluenza virus type 3. J Virol 1998 Apr; 72(4):2655-62
    
4. Gupta S, Eastman J, Silski C, Ferkol T and Davis, PB. Single chain Fv : a ligand in receptor mediated gene delivery. Gene Therapy 2001 8:586-592.
    
5. Sanhita Gupta, Junxia Xie, Jianjie Ma, and Pamela B Davis. Intermolecular interaction between R domains of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2004 Feb; 30(2): 242-8.
    
6. Sanhita Gupta. Laboratory Announces Riboprinter. Louisiana Morbidity Report. March- April 2004.
    
7. Gupta S, Silski CL, Heacock M, Perez A and Davis PB. Antibodies to the Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor with Different Binding and Trafficking Patterns. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005 Oct; 33(4):363-70
    
8. De BP, Gupta S, Gupta S, Banerjee AK. Cellular protein kinase C isoform zeta regulates human parainfluenza virus type 3 replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995 May 23;92(11):5204-8
    
9. De BP, Gupta S, Zhao H, Drazba JA, Banerjee AK. Specific interaction in vitro and in vivo of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and LA protein with cis-acting RNAs of human parainfluenza virus type 3. J Biol Chem 1996 Oct 4:271(40): 24728-35
    
10. Perez A, van Heeckeren AM, Nichols D, Gupta S, Eastman JF, Davis PB. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in cystic fibrosis lung epithelium. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008
11. Gupta S, Ghosh SK, Scott ME, Bainbridge B, Jiang B, Lamont RJ, McCormick TS,  Weinberg A. Fusobacterium nucleatum associated beta defensin inducer (FAD-I): Identification, isolation and functional evaluation. J.Biol Chem, 2010 285 (47) 36523–36531,       November 19, 2010
     
12. Ghosh SK, Gupta S., Jiang B, Weinberg A. Fusobacterium nucleatum and human beta defensins modulate the release of antimicrobial chemokine CCL20/Mip-3{alpha}. Infect Immun, 79 (11) 4578-4587, 2011