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Positions

Assistant Professor, Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Co-Director, Immune Evaluation Laboratory

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Addresses

Immune Evaluation Laboratory (Lab)

Methodist Neurosensory Bldg.
4th Floor Room: NA-404
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-3005
Lab Website

Education

Research Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania

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PhD from Texas Tech University

Lubbock

Biology

MSc from Shivaji University

Kolhapur, India

Biochemistry

BSc from Shivaji University

Kolhapur, India

Microbiology

Clinical Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Professional Interests

• HLA Typing
• Anti-HLA antibodies
• Chimerism

Websites

Selected Publications

• Jamie L. Duke, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Deborah Ferriola, Nilesh Chitnis, Taishan Hu, Nikolaos Tairis, David J. Margolis, Dimitri S. Monos. " Resolving MiSeq-generated ambiguities in HLA-DPB1 typing by using the Oxford Nanopore technology. " Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. ;
• Chitnis NS, Shieh M, Monos D. " Regulatory noncoding RNAs and the major histocompatibility complex. " Human Immunology. ;
• Shieh M, Chitnis N, Clark P, Johnson FB, Kamoun M, Monos D. " Shieh M, Chitnis N, Clark P, Johnson FB, Kamoun M, Monos D. Computational Assessment of miRNA Binding to Low and High Expression HLA-DPB1 Allelic Sequences. " Human Immunology. ;
• Shieh, M., Hayeck, T. J., Dinh, A., Duke, J. L., Chitnis, N., Mosbruger, T., Morlen, R. P., Ferriola, D., Kneib, C., Hu, T., Huang, Y., Monos, D. S.. " Complex Linkage Disequilibrium Effects in HLA-DPB1 Expression and Molecular Mismatch Analyses of Transplantation Outcomes. " Transplantation. ;
• Mengkai Shieh, Nilesh Chitnis, Dimitri Monos. " HLA and Disease Associations: A Broader Perspective. " Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. ;
• P. M. Clark, N. Chitnis, M. Kamoun, F. B. Johnson, D. Monos. " Novel and Haplotype Specific MicroRNAs Encoded by the Major Histocompatibility Complex. " Scientific Reports. ;
• Bu Y, Yoshida A, Chitnis N, Altman BJ, Tameire F, Oran A, Gennaro V, Armeson KE, McMahon SB, Wertheim GB, Dang CV, Ruggero D, Koumenis C, Fuchs SY, Diehl JA. " A PERK-miR-211 axis suppresses circadian regulators and protein synthesis to promote cancer cell survival. " Nature Cell Biology. ;
• Chitnis N, Clark PM, Stolle C, Kamoun M, Johnson FB, Monos D. " An expanded role for HLA genes: HLA-B encodes a miRNA that regulates IgA and other Immune response transcripts. " Front Immunol. ;
• Xu Z, Bu Y, Chitnis N, Fuchs S., Koumenis K, Diehl JA. " miR-216b-dependent regulation of c-Jun mediates GADD153/CHOP-dependent apoptosis. " Nature Communications. ;
• Xie W, Pariollaud M, Wixted WE, Chitnis N, Fornwald J, Truong M, Pao C, Liu Y, Ames RS, Callahan J, Solari R, Sanchez Y, Diehl A, Li H. " Identification and characterization of PERK activators by phenotypic screening and their effects on NRF2 activation. " PLOS One. ;

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