Chirag Vasavda

Chirag Vasavda


Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

BS, Duke University

Snyder Lab

2014

Associated BCMB Faculty Member(s)

Name Lab Website
Solomon H. Snyder Lab website

Publications

  • Vasavda C, Ho BK, Davison A., 2020, “Socially Distant Medical Education in the Face of COVID-19.” Med Sci Educ. 2020 Oct 21:1-3. doi: 10.1007/s40670-020-01127-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33106763; PMCID: PMC7577518. PubMed

  • Vasavda C, Ho BK, Snyder SH., 2020, “Ease restrictions on U.S. blood donations.” Science. 2020 May 29;368(6494):957. doi: 10.1126/science.abc2322. No abstract available. PMID: 32467382 PubMed.

  • Meixiong J, Vasavda C, Snyder SH, Dong X., 2019 May 21. "MRGPRX4 is a G protein-coupled receptor activated by bile acids that may contribute to cholestatic pruritus." Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 116(21):10525-10530. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1903316116. PMCID: PMC6535009 PubMed.

  • Patel SP, Vasavda C, Ho B, Meixiong J, Dong X, Kwatra SG., 2019, “Cholestatic pruritus: Emerging mechanisms and therapeutics”, J Am Acad Dermatol. pii: S0190-9622(19)30627-9. Review. PubMed

  • Meixiong J, Vasavda C, Green D, Zheng Q, Qi L, Kwatra SG, Hamilton JP, Snyder SH, Dong X., 2019, "Identification of a bilirubin receptor that may mediate a component of cholestatic itch." Elife. 8. pii: e44116. PubMed

  • Scherer, PC., Zaccor, NW., Neumann, NM., Vasavda, C., Barrow, R., Ewald, AJ., Rao, F., Sumner, CJ. and Snyder, SH., 2017, “TRPV1 is a physiological regulator of μ-opioid receptors,”  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(51):13561-13566. PMCID: PMC5754810  PubMed

  • Vasavda, C., Zaccor, NW., Scherer, PC., Sumner, CJ. and Snyder, SH., 2017, 2017, “Measuring G-protein-coupled Receptor Signaling via Radio-labeled GTP Binding,” mJ Vis Exp. 2017 Jun 9;(124). PMID: 28654029 PubMed

  • Peng, YJ., Zhang, X., Gridina, A., Chupikova, I., McCormick, DL., Thomas, RJ., Scammell, TE., Kim, G., Vasavda, C., Nanduri, J., Kumar, GK., Semenza, GL., Snyder, SH. and Prabhakar, NR., 2017, “Complementary roles of gasotransmitters CO and H2S in sleep apnea,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. pii: 201620717. PMCID: PMC5307452 PubMed

  • Yuan, G., Peng, YJ., Khan, SA., Nanduri, J., Singh, A., Vasavda, C., Semenza, GL., Kumar, GK., Snyder, SH. and Prabhakar, NR., 2016, "H2S production by reactive oxygen species in the carotid body triggers hypertension in a rodent model of sleep apnea," Sci Signal. 9(441):ra80. PMID: 27531649 PubMed

  • Yuan, G.*, Vasavda, C.*, Peng, YJ.*, Makarenko, VV.*, Raghuraman, G., Nanduri, J., Gadalla, MM., Semenza, GL., Kumar, GK., Snyder, SH. and Prabhakar, NR., 2015, "Protein kinase G-regulated production of H2S governs oxygen sensing," Sci Signal. 8(373):ra37. *equal contribution  PubMed​