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| Poona University, Poona, India | B.Sc. |
1955 |
Chemistry, Physics, Botany and Zoology | |
| Poona University, Poona, India | B.S. (Hon) |
1956 |
Chemistry | |
| Poona University, Poona, India | M.Sc. |
1958 |
Biochemistry | |
| Indian Institute of Science, India | Ph.D. |
1963 |
Biochemistry | |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1963-1964 Postdoctoral Fellow, University Grant Commission, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1965-1966 Post Doctoral Fellow, United States Public Health Service, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
1966-1972 Research Associate, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1972-1978 Senior Research Associate, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
BS Baliga, D Kitchens and S Kuvibidila. The effects of iron deficiency and iron repletion on protein kinase C activity in mice; Implication on impaired lymphocyte proliferation associated with iron deficiency. AM J CLINICAL NUTRITION (1998).
S Kuvibidila, BS Baliga, RP Warrier, and RM Suskind. Iron deficiency reduces the hydrolysis of cell membrane phospholipid during the early phase of splenic lymphocyte activation in C57BL/6 mice. J NUTRITION (1998).
A Ferry, BS Baliga, C Monteiro and B Pace. g -Globin gene silencing in primary erythroid cultures: An inhibitory role of IL-6. J BIOL CHEM 1997; 272:20030-20037.
YM Yang, B Pace, D Kitchens, A Shah, SK Ballas, and BS Baliga. BFU-E colony growth in response to hydroxyurea: Correlation between in vitro and in vivo fetal hemoglobin induction. AM J HEMATOLOGY 1997; 56:252-258.
S Kuvibidila, BS Baliga, RP Warrier and RM Suskind. Reduced hydrolysis of cell mem ogenitors and their DNA-synthesis stage to Fetal Hemoglobin Levels in Hydroxyurea treated patients with Sickle Cell Anemia. AM J HEMATOLOGY 1994; 46:259-263.
BS Baliga, M Mankad, AK Shah and VN Mankad. Mechanism of Growth and Differentiation of Human Erythroleukemic Cell Line K562 by Hemin. CELL PROLIFERATION 1993; 26: 519-529.
BS Baliga, KK Phillips, Z Aliabadi and VN Mankad. A Novel Nuclear Protein which binds to Gd and Ad globin promoters and modulate hemoglobin synthesis in K562 cells. J CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 49: 394-398.
BS Baliga, K Isoyama, G Longmore, YM Yang, AK Shah, VN Mankad. A Simple Method for Hemoglobin Measurement In Cell Culture System. BLOOD CELLS 1992;18:187-193.
K Isoyama, BS Baliga, AK Shah and VN Mankad. Relationship Between Cell-cycle State of erythroid Progenitors and Fetal Hemoglobin Synthesis. AMERICAN J HEMATOLOGY 1992; 39: 65-66.
Kuvibidila, BS Baliga, KK Murthy. Impaired protein kinase-C activation as one of the possible mechanisms of reduced lymphocyte proliferation in iron deficiency. AMERICAN J CLINICAL NUTRITION 1991; 54: 944-950(66).
K Isoyama, BS Baliga, AK Shah and VN Mankad. Increase Response of Erythroid progenitors to Interleukin-3 in Sickle Cell Anemia: CFU-E like behavior of circulating erythroid progenitors in liquid culture. AMERICAN J HEMATOLOGY 1991; 38:101-107.
LJ Sindel, BS Baliga, A Bendich and VN Mankad. Nutritional deficiencies associated with vitamin E deficiency in Sickle cell patients: The effect of vitamin E supplementation. NUTRITION RESEARCH 1990; 10: 267-274.
BS Baliga, SM Borowitz and SM Barnard. Modulation of epidermal growth factor receptors by phorbol receptor in small intestinal crypt cells. BIOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL 1990;20 (1):161-168.
LJ Sindel, JF Dishuck, BS Baliga and VN Mankad. Micronutrient Deficiency and Neutrophil Function in Sickle cell Disease. THE NEWYORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1989;844:108-115.
BS Baliga, SM Borowitz and SM Barnard. Effects of epidermal growth factor and phorbol ester on proliferation of small intestine epithelial cells in culture. BIOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL 1989; 19:1045-1056.
BS Baliga, LJ Sindel, CJ Smith, LD Jenkins and VM Mankad. Chemiluminescence response of polymorphonuclear leukocytes from sickle cell patients. NUTRITION REPORTS INTERNATIONAL 1989; 39: 761-771.
JN Walterspiel, BS Baliga, EC Toren and GD McIntire. Significant loss of amphotericin-B (AMB) bioactivity (BIAC) after passage through iv lines. (Twenty-eighth Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Los Angeles, CA, 1988, Oral Presentation).
FO Bastian, BS Baliga and HM Pollock. Evaluation of 3H-thymidine uptake method for studying growth of spiroplasmas under various conditions. J CLIN MICROBIOL. 1988; 26:2124-2126.
BS Baliga and SM Borowitz. Effects of growth and differentiation inducing factors on protein kinase-C in small intestinal epithelial cells. BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN 1988; 154:278-284.
EA Manci, BS Baliga, WC Isphording and WR Blackburn. Sampling the human placenta for elemental analysis. LAB INVEST 1987; 56(1):4P.
BS Baliga, LJ Sindel, LD Jenkins, S Rashatwar and MA Artman. Inhibition of T-lymphocyte activation by amiloride. J CELL BIOCHEM 1987; 33:151-160.
BS Baliga, SD Rohrer, AE Maumenee and RDA Peterson. Biosynthesis of macrophage activation factor. LYMPHOKINE RES 1986; 5:141-156.
BS Baliga, LJ Sindel, LD Jenkins and JB Sachen. Effect of polymyxin-B on T-lymphocyte protein synthesis. BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN 1986;135:649-654.
DA Mark, BS Baliga and RM Suskind. All-trans retinoic acid reverses immune related hematological changes in the vitamin A deficient rat. NUTR REP INT 1983; 28:1245-1252.
S Kuvibidila, BS Baliga and RM Suskind. The effect of iron deficiency anemia on cytolytic activity of mice spleen and peritoneal cells against allogenic tumor cells. AM J CLIN NUTR 1983; 38:238-244.
S Kuvibidila, KM Nauss, BS Baliga and RM Suskind. Impairment of blastogenic response of splenic lymphocytes from iron deficient mice: In vitro repletion by hemin, transferrin and ferric chloride. AM J CLIN NUTR 1983; 37:557-565.
S Kuvibidila, KM Nauss, BS Baliga and RM Suskind. Impairment of blastogenic response of splenic lymphocytes from iron deficient mice. AM J CLIN NUTR 1983; 37:15-25.
S Kuvibidila, BS Baliga and RM Suskind. Generation of plaque forming cells in iron deficient anemic mice. NUTR REP INT 1982; 26:861-871.
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