Dil A. Sultana

Dil A. Sultana

Lecturer
Department of Biological Sciences
Education

Postdoctoral, NIA, National Institute of health.
Postdoctoral, University of Pennsylvania,  Perelman School of Medicine.
PhD, University of Tokushima (Immunology)
MS, University of Dhaka (Microbiology)
BS, University of Dhaka (Microbiology)
 

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About

Areas of Interest:

  • Microbiology
  • Clinical Microbiology
  • Host-pathogen interaction
  • Immunology
  • Transcriptional control in immune responses
  • Hematopoietic progenitors' migration and Immune cells
  • Thymus development

Publications:

Shen X, Liang M, Chen X, Pasha MA, D'Souza SS, Hidde K, Howard J, Sultana DA, Fung ITH, Ye L, Pan J, Liu G, Drake JR, Drake LA, Zhu J, Bhandoola A, Yang Q. Cutting Edge: Core Binding Factor β Is Required for Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation.  J Immunol. 2019 Feb 6.

Uddin MN, Sultana DA, Lorentsen KJ, Cho JJ, Kirst ME, Brantly ML, Califano D, Sant'Angelo DB, Avram D. Transcription factor Bcl11b sustains iNKT1 and iNKT2 cell programs, restricts iNKT17 cell program, and governs iNKT cell survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jul 5.

Gottimukkala KP, Jangid R, Patta I, Sultana DA, Sharma A, Misra-Sen J, Galande S. Regulation of SATB1 during thymocyte development by TCR signaling. Mol Immunol. 2016 Sep.

Berga-Bolanos R, Sharma A, Steinke FC, Pyaram K, Kim YH, Sultana DA, Fang JX, Chang CH, Xue HH, Heller NM and Sen JM. β-Catenin is required for the differentiation of iNKT2 and iNKT17 cells that augment IL-25-dependent lung inflammation.  BMC Immunology 2015.

De Obaldia ME, Bell JJ, Wang X, Harly C, Ohtani Y Y, Delong J, Zlotoff DA, Sultana DA, Pear S W and Bhandoola A. T cell development requires constraint of C/EBPα by Notch target gene and transcriptional repressor Hes1.  Nature Immunology, November 2013.

Sharma A, Berga-Bolanos R, Sultana DA and Sen JM. IL-4 and IL-4 receptor expression is dispensable for the development and function of natural killer T cells. PLoS ONE 2013.

Sultana DA, Zang SL, Todd SP and Bhandoola A. Expression of functional PSGL-1 is developmentally regulated in hematopoietic progenitor cells. J Immunol. 2012 May.

Sultana DA, Bell JJ, Zlotoff DA, De Obaldia ME, Bhandoola A. Eliciting the T cell fate with Notch. Semin Immunol. 2010 Oct.

Sultana DA, Shuhei Tomita, Michito Hamada, Yasuyuki Iwanaga, Yuki Kitahama, Nguyen Van Khang, Shuichi Hirai, Izumi Ohigashi, Sachiko Nitta, Takashi Amagai, Satoru Takahashi, and Yousuke Takahama. Gene expression profile of third pharyngeal pouch reveals the role of mesenchymal MafB in embryonic thymus development. Blood. 2009