Swayam Prakash
Assistant Researcher, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine
Biography
Swayam Prakash, MS, PhD, FRSB, is Assistant Research Professor in the Cellular and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine at the University of California Irvine. He received his PhD in Biotechnology from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, India, where his dissertation examined the molecular profiling of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and their HLA Class-I ligands in end stage renal disease. His research focuses on vaccine development and immunogenetics, particularly developing immunotherapeutic strategies against herpes simplex virus and SARS-CoV-2 infection. At UCI, he has led projects developing multi-epitope and large-sequence Pan-Coronavirus vaccines now in advanced preclinical trial stages, which have resulted in multiple NIH funding awards including an R01 and an SBIR grant. He has also contributed to identifying HLA-A*0201-restricted CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes from herpes simplex virus tegument proteins as foundations for a new class of human herpes vaccines.
Prakash is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and has published 75 original research articles and review papers in vaccine development, immunogenetics, molecular biology, and emerging infectious diseases. His publications from the last decade have garnered approximately 53,726 citations with an h-index of 30, and he has been recognized by the AD Scientific Index among the world's top 3% cited scientists in 2023, 2024, and 2025. He serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Aging and Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Immunology and as Review Editor for more than 15 Journals including Viruses, and Vaccines. His work applies single-cell RNA-sequencing, bulk RNA-sequencing, and computational biology approaches to study biological pathways associated with viral pathophysiology and to design vaccine constructs using immunoinformatics and molecular dynamics simulation.
Prior to joining UCI, Prakash served as Research Associate at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, where he conducted genome-wide association studies to identify biomarkers associated with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and investigated the role of microRNAs in end-stage renal disease and renal allograft dysfunction. He is a member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee and Maximum Allowable Quantities Steering Committee at UCI, and serves as Regional Representative for the West Coast of the USA and India for the International Society for Vaccines. He has mentored 26 pre-med undergraduate students at UCI, with 17 subsequently joining medical schools and four joining dental schools in the United States.
Return to topEducation
- PhD in Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, 2016
- MSc in Biotechnology, Utkal University, 2010
- BSc in Biotechnology, Utkal University, 2008
Distinctions
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), 2025
- Senior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Medical Research, 2014
- Junior Research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, 2012
- AD Scientific Index - World's Top 3% Cited Scientists, 2023-2024
Areas of Expertise
- Immunogenetics and Vaccine Development
- Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Design
- Herpes Simplex Virus Immunotherapy
- Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Polymorphisms
- Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis
- Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells
- Long COVID Biomarker Discovery
Recent Publications
- Hawa Vahed, Aziz A Chentoufi, Swayam Prakash, Afshana Quadiri, Sweta Karan, Yassir Lekbach, Etinosa Omorogieva, Swena Patel, Jimmy Tadros, Emma Jane Liao, Lauren Lau, Delia F Tifrea, Izabela Coimbra Ibraim, Lbachir BenMohamed, “CXCL13/CXCR5 chemokine axis promotes antiviral CXCR5+CD19+ B Cells and follicular/effector CXCR5+CD4+ T Cells in the lungs associated with protection from severe and fatal COVID-19 following infection with pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.” (opens in new tab), Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), vol. 215, no. 3, pp. vkag017, 2026.
- Lekbach, Y., Chentoufi, A. A., Prakash, S., Karan, S., Quadiri, A., Hormi-Carver, K. K., Dorotta, J. C., BenMohamed, L., “Role of mucosal chemokines in the development of tissue-resident CD4+ and CD8+ TRM cells to fend off herpes simplex infections.” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in immunology, vol. 17, pp. 1661640, 2026.
- Prakash S, Karan S, Lekbach Y, Tifrea DF, Figueroa CJ, Ulmer JB, Young JF, Glenn G, Gil D, Jones TM, Redfield RR, BenMohamed L, “Insights into Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Reservoirs in Chronic Long COVID” (opens in new tab), Viruses, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 1310, 2025.
- Vahed H, Prakash S, Quadiri A, Ibraim IC, Omorogieva E, Patel S, Tadros J, Liao EJ, Lau L, Chentoufi AA, Nesburn AB, Kuppermann BD, Ulmer JB, Gil D, BenMohamed L, “A pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine bearing conserved and asymptomatic B- and T-cell epitopes protects against highly pathogenic Delta and highly transmissible Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants” (opens in new tab), Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 2527438, 2025.
- Elfatimi E, Lekbach Y, Prakash S, BenMohamed L, “Artificial intelligence and machine learning in the development of vaccines and immunotherapeutics-yesterday, today, and tomorrow” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 8, pp. 1620572, 2025.
- Elfatimi E, Lekbach Y, Prakash S, Karan S, Garcia A, Suoth BS, Dorotta JC, Maurya C, Liao E, Omorogieva EY, Ng SX, Chow RA, BenMohamed L, “Artificial Intelligence-, Organoid-, and Organ-On-Chip-Powered Models to Improve Pre-Clinical Animal Testing of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics: Potential, Progress, and Challenges” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 8, pp. 1681106, 2025.
- Quadiri A, Lekbach Y, Elfatimi El, Prakash S, Vahed H, Karan S, Rehman A, Ng S, Maurya C, Chow R, BenMohamed L, “The Path Towards Effective Long-Lasting Tissue-Targeted Prime/Pull/Keep Herpes Simplex Therapeutic Vaccines” (opens in new tab), Vaccines, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 908, 2025.
- Zayou L, Prakash S, Vahed H, Dhanushkodi NR, Quadiri A, Belmouden A, Lemkhente Z, Chentoufi A, Gil D, Ulmer JB, BenMohamed L, “Dynamics of spike-specific neutralizing antibodies across five-year emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern reveal conserved epitopes that protect against severe COVID-19” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 16, pp. 1503954, 2025.
- Quadiri A, Prakash S, Zayou L, Dhanushkodi NR, Chilukuri A, Ryan G, Wang K, Vahed H, Chentoufi AA, BenMohamed L, “A Spike-Based mRNA Vaccine Encapsulated in Phospholipid 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-PhosphoEthanolamine Containing Lipid Nanoparticles Induced Potent B- and T-Cell Responses Associated with Protection Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19-like Symptoms in Hamsters” (opens in new tab), Vaccines, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 47, 2025.
- Chentoufi AA, Prakash S, Vahed H, Karan S, Quadiri A, Nesburn AB, BenMohamed L, “A tissue-targeted prime/pull/keep therapeutic herpes simplex virus vaccine protects against recurrent ocular herpes infection and disease in HLA-A*0201 transgenic rabbits” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. e0013525, 2025.
- Quadiri A, Prakash S, Vahed H, Tadros JM, Sun M, Hormi-Carver KK, Patel SJ, BenMohamed L, “Therapeutic mucosal vaccination of herpes simplex virus type 2 infected guinea pigs with an adenovirus-based vaccine expressing the ribonucleotide reductase 2 and glycoprotein D induces local tissue-resident CD4+ and CD8+ TRM cells associated with protection against recurrent genital herpes” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 16, pp. 1568258, 2025.
- Prakash S, Dhanushkodi NR, Zayou L, Ibraim IC, Quadiri A, Coulon PG, Tifrea DF, Suzer B, Shaik AM, Chilukuri A, Edwards RA, Singer M, Vahed H, Nesburn AB, Kuppermann BD, Ulmer JB, Gil D, Jones TM, BenMohamed L, “Cross-protection induced by highly conserved human B, CD4+, and CD8+ T-cell epitopes-based vaccine against severe infection, disease, and death caused by multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 15, pp. 1328905, 2024.
- Coulon PG, Prakash S, Dhanushkodi NR, Srivastava R, Zayou L, Tifrea DF, Edwards RA, Figueroa CJ, Schubl SD, Hsieh L, Nesburn AB, Kuppermann BD, Bahraoui E, Vahed H, Gil D, Jones TM, Ulmer JB, BenMohamed L, “High frequencies of alpha common cold coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive functional CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cells are associated with protection from symptomatic and fatal SARS-CoV-2 infections in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 15, pp. 1343716, 2024.
- Dhanushkodi NR, Prakash S, Quadiri A, Zayou L, Srivastava R, Shaik AM, Suzer B, Ibraim IC, Landucci G, Tifrea DF, Singer M, Jamal L, Edwards RA, Vahed H, Brown L, BenMohamed L, “Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Effect of RAGE-Ig Protein against Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Demonstrated in K18-hACE2 Mouse and Syrian Golden Hamster Models” (opens in new tab), Journal of Immunology, vol. 212, no. 4, pp. 576-585, 2024.
- Quadiri A, Prakash S, Dhanushkodi NR, Singer M, Zayou L, Shaik AM, Sun M, Suzer B, Lau LSL, Chilukurri A, Vahed H, Schaefer H, BenMohamed L, “Therapeutic prime/pull vaccination of HSV-2-infected guinea pigs with the ribonucleotide reductase 2 (RR2) protein and CXCL11 chemokine boosts antiviral local tissue-resident and effector memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and protects against recurrent genital herpes” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. e0159623, 2024.
- Ranjan P, Ghoshal U, Prakash S, Pandey A, Shukla R, “Genetic variability of histidine-rich protein 2 repeat sequences: Misleading factor in true determination of Plasmodium falciparum in different population” (opens in new tab), Indian J Med Microbiol, vol. 49, pp. 100616, 2024.
- Zayou L, Prakash S, Dhanushkodi NR, Quadiri A, Ibraim IC, Singer M, Salem A, Shaik AM, Suzer B, Chilukuri A, Tran J, Nguyen PC, Sun M, Hormi-Carver KK, Belmouden A, Vahed H, Gil D, Ulmer JB, BenMohamed L, “A multi-epitope/CXCL11 prime/pull coronavirus mucosal vaccine boosts the frequency and the function of lung-resident memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and enhanced protection against COVID-19-like symptoms and death caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 97, no. 12, pp. e0109623, 2023.
- Dhanushkodi NR, Prakash S, Quadiri A, Zayou L, Srivastava R, Tran J, Dang V, Shaik AM, Chilukurri A, Suzer B, Vera P, Sun M, Nguyen P, Lee A, Salem A, Loi J, Singer M, Nakayama T, Vahed H, Nesburn AB, et al., “Mucosal CCL28 Chemokine Improves Protection against Genital Herpes through Mobilization of Antiviral Effector Memory CCR10+CD44+CD62L-CD8+ T Cells and Memory CCR10+B220+CD27+ B Cells into the Infected Vaginal Mucosa” (opens in new tab), Journal of Immunology, vol. 211, pp. 118-129, 2023.
- Prasad N, Yadav B, Prakash S, Yadav D, Singh A, Gautam S, Bhadauria D, Kaul A, Patel MR, Behera MR, Kushwaha RS, Yachha M, “Association of Human Leucocyte Antigen Polymorphism with Coronavirus Disease 19 in Renal Transplant Recipients” (opens in new tab), Vaccines (Basel), vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 1840, 2022.
- Dhanushkodi NR, Prakash S, Srivastava R, Coulon PA, Arellano D, Kapadia RV, Fahim R, Suzer B, Jamal L, Vahed H, BenMohamed L, “Antiviral CD19+CD27+ Memory B Cells Are Associated with Protection from Recurrent Asymptomatic Ocular Herpesvirus Infection” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 96, no. 5, pp. e0205721, 2022.
- Chentoufi AA, Dhanushkodi NR, Srivastava R, Prakash S, Coulon PA, Zayou L, Vahed H, Chentoufi HA, Hormi-Carver KK, BenMohamed L, “Combinatorial Herpes Simplex Vaccine Strategies: From Bedside to Bench and Back” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 13, pp. 849515, 2022.
- Prakash S, Srivastava R, Coulon PG, Dhanushkodi NR, Chentoufi AA, Tifrea DF, Edwards RA, Figueroa CJ, Schubl SD, Hsieh L, Buchmeier MJ, Bouziane M, Nesburn AB, Kuppermann BD, BenMohamed L, “Genome-Wide B Cell, CD4+, and CD8+ T Cell Epitopes That Are Highly Conserved between Human and Animal Coronaviruses, Identified from SARS-CoV-2 as Targets for Preemptive Pan-Coronavirus Vaccines” (opens in new tab), Journal of Immunology, vol. 206, pp. 2566-2582, 2021.
- Dhanushkodi NR, Srivastava R, Coulon PG, Prakash S, Roy S, Bagnol D, Eveleth D, BenMohamed L, “Healing of Ocular Herpetic Disease Following Treatment With an Engineered FGF-1 Is Associated With Increased Corneal Anti-Inflammatory M2 Macrophages” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 12, pp. 1296, 2021.
- Vipin VP, Zaidi G, Watson K, G Colman P, Prakash S, Agrawal S, Bhatia V, Dabadghao P, Bhatia E, “High prevalence of idiopathic (islet antibody-negative) type 1 diabetes among Indian children and adolescents” (opens in new tab), Pediatr Diabetes, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 47-51, 2021.
- Coulon PG, Roy S, Prakash S, Srivastava R, Dhanushkodi N, Salazar S, Amezquita C, Nguyen L, Vahed H, Nguyen AM, Warsi WR, Ye C, Carlos-Cruz EA, Mai UT, BenMohamed L, “Upregulation of Multiple CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion Pathways Is Associated with Recurrent Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection” (opens in new tab), Journal of Immunology, vol. 205, no. 2, pp. 454-468, 2020.
- Srivastava R, Coulon PG, Prakash S, Dhanushkodi N, Roy S, Nguyen A, Alomari N, Mai U, Amezquita C, Ye C, Maillere B, BenMohamed L, “Human Epitopes Identified from Herpes Simplex Virus Tegument Protein VP11/12 (UL46) Recall Multi-Functional Effector Memory CD4+ T_EM Cells in Asymptomatic Individuals and Protect from Ocular Herpes Infection and Disease in "Humanized" HLA-DR Transgenic Mice” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 94, no. 7, pp. e01991-19, 2020.
- Dhanushkodi N, Srivastava R, Prakash S, Roy S, Coulon PG, Vahed H, BenMohamed L, “High Frequency of IFN-g Producing PLZFl+ RORγ+ iNKT1 Cells Infiltrating HSV-1 Infected Cornea is Associated with Protection from Ocular Herpes Infection and Disease” (opens in new tab), J Virol, vol. 94, no. 9, pp. e00140-20, 2020.
- GBD Chronic Kidney Disease Collaboration, “Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 395, no. 10225, pp. 709-733, 2020.
- James SL, “Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Inj Prev, vol. 26, no. Supp 1, pp. i96-i114, 2020.
- Haagsma JA, “Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Inj Prev, vol. 26, no. Supp 1, pp. i12-i26, 2020.
- Dhanushkodi N.R., Srivastava R., Prakash S., Roy S., Coulon P.-G.A., Vahed H., Nguyen A.M., Salazar S., Nguyen L., Amezquita C., Ye C., Nguyen V., BenMohamed L., “High frequency of gamma interferon-producing PLZFloRORγtlo invariant natural killer 1 cells infiltrating herpes simplex virus 1-infected corneas is associated with asymptomatic ocular herpesvirus infection”, Journal of Virology, vol. 94, 2020.
- Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, “Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study” (opens in new tab), JAMA Oncol, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 1749-1768, 2019.
- Vahed H, Agrawal A, Srivastava R, Prakash S, Coulon PA, Roy S, BenMohamed L, “Unique Type I Interferon, Expansion/Survival Cytokines and JAK/STAT Gene Signatures of Multi-Functional HSV- Specific Effector Memory CD8+ T_EM Cells Are Associated with Asymptomatic Ocular Herpes in Humans” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 93, 2018.
- Prakash S, Ranjan P, Ghoshal U, Agrawal S, “KIR-like activating natural killer cell receptors and their association with complicated malaria in north India” (opens in new tab), Acta Trop, vol. 178, pp. 55-60, 2018.
- Prakash S, Patel MR, Agrawal S, Jindal RM, Prasad N, “Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Polymorphism Is Associated With Long-term Kidney Allograft Outcomes” (opens in new tab), Kidney Int Rep, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 321-327, 2018.
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10159, pp. 1789-1858, 2018.
- GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10159, pp. 1736-1788, 2018.
- GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10159, pp. 1923-1994, 2018.
- GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10159, pp. 1859-1922, 2018.
- GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” (opens in new tab), Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10159, pp. 1684-1735, 2018.
- GBD Tuberculosis Collaborators, “Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis, 1990-2016: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2016 Study” (opens in new tab), Lancet Infect Dis, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1329-1349, 2018.
- Prakash S, Sarangi AN, Alam S, Sonawane A, Sharma RK, Agrawal S, “Putative role of KIR3DL1/3DS1 alleles and HLA-Bw4 ligands with end stage renal disease and long term renal allograft survival” (opens in new tab), Gene, 2017.
- Jaswani P, Prakash S, Prasad N, Agrawal S, Sharma RK, “Predicting miRNA association with corresponding target genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms in altered renal pathophysiology” (opens in new tab), Microrna, 2017.
- Mastana S, Prakash S, Akam EC, Kirby M, Lindley MR, Sinha N, Agrawal S, “Genetic association of pro-inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms with coronary artery disease (CAD) in a North Indian population” (opens in new tab), Gene, 2017.
- Jaswani P, Prakash S, Dhar A, Sharma RK, Prasad N, Agrawal S, “MicroRNAs Involvement in Renal Pathophysiology: A Bird's Eye View” (opens in new tab), Indian J Nephrol, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 337-341, 2017.
- Prakash S, Sarangi AN, Tripathi G, Sharma RK, Agrawal S, “Prediction of susceptible biomarkers for end stage renal disease among North Indians” (opens in new tab), Nephrology (Carlton), vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 592-600, 2016.
- Prakash S, Agrawal S, “Significance of Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Research in Current Medical Practice”, Curr Drug Metab, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 862-876, 2016.
- Prakash S, Misra MK, Agrawal S, “Non-classical HLA-G allelic diversity among North Indians and their comparison with other populations”, Anthropol Open J, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 27-35, 2016.
- Misra MK, Prakash S, Moulik NR, Kumar A, Agrawal S, “Genetic associations of killer immunoglobulin like receptors and class I human leukocyte antigens on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia among north Indians” (opens in new tab), Hum Immunol, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 41-6, 2016.
- Gupta D, Gupta V, Singh V, Prakash S, Agrawal S, Chawla S, Phadke SR, “Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and association with age related macular degeneration in Indian patients” (opens in new tab), Meta Gene, vol. 9, pp. 249-53, 2016.
- Prakash S, Agrawal S, Kumar S, Prasad N, “Impact of vascular endothelial growth factor single nucleotide polymorphism association on acute renal allograft rejection” (opens in new tab), Nephron, vol. 129, no. 2, pp. 91-6, 2015.
- Alam S, Rangaswamy D, Prakash S, Sharma RK, Khan MI, Sonawane A, Agrawal S, “Impact of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor-human leukocyte antigens ligand incompatibility among renal transplantation” (opens in new tab), Indian J Nephrol, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 27, 2015.
- Agrawal D, Prakash S, Misra MK, Phadke SR, Agrawal S, “Implication of HLA-G 5' upstream regulatory region polymorphisms in idiopathic recurrent spontaneous abortions” (opens in new tab), Reprod Biomed Online, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 82-91, 2015.
- Pandey M, Sarangi AN, Prakash S, Agrawal S, “MASS KIR Analyzer: An In Silico Approach for Analyzing the Killer Immunoglobulin Receptor Gene Content and its Diversity” (opens in new tab), Current Bioinformatics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 292-298, 2015.
- Mishra K, Behari A, Kapoor VK, Khan MS, Prakash S, Agrawal S, “Platelet Derived Growth Factor-B and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Polymorphisms in Gall Bladder Cancer”, Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, vol. 16, no. 14, pp. 5647-54, 2015.
- Prakash S, Alam S, Bharadwaj U, Aggarwal A, Mishra RN, Agrawal S, “Associations of killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors with rheumatoid arthritis among North Indian population” (opens in new tab), Hum Immunol, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 802-7, 2014.
- Prakash S, Alam S, Faridi RM, Sonawane A, Agrawal S, “Killer immunoglobulin like receptor gene content diversity among Northern Indian population” (opens in new tab), Ann Hum Biol, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 540-7, 2014.
- Chauhan TS, Prakash S, Sharma RK, Agrawal S, “Correlation of activating Killer immunoglobulin like receptor genes with the rate of cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplantation cases”, J Genet Genome Res, vol. 1, no. 1, 2014.
- Agrawal S, Prakash S, Sharma RK, “Genetics of familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis”, Clinical Queries: Nephrology, vol. 3, no. 2-4, pp. 57-72, 2014.
- Misra MK, Pandey SK, Kapoor R, Sharma RK, Kapoor R, Prakash S, Agrawal S, “HLA-G gene expression influenced at allelic level in association with end stage renal disease and acute allograft rejection” (opens in new tab), Hum Immunol, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 833-9, 2014.
- Prakash S, Alam S, Sharma RK, Sonawane A, Imran M, Agrawal S, “Distribution of Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor genes in end stage renal disease among North Indian population” (opens in new tab), Hum Immunol, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 1339-45, 2013.
- Misra MK, Prakash S, Kapoor R, Pandey SK, Sharma RK, Agrawal S, “Association of HLA-G promoter and 14-bp insertion-deletion variants with acute allograft rejection and end-stage renal disease” (opens in new tab), Tissue Antigens, vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 317-26, 2013.
- Mishra K, Behari A, Kapoor VK, Khan MS, Prakash S, Agrawal S, “Vascular endothelial growth factor single nucleotide polymorphism in gallbladder cancer” (opens in new tab), J Gastroenterol Hepatol, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1678-85, 2013.
- Prakash S, Prasad N, Sharma RK, Faridi RM, Agrawal S, “Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms in North Indian patients with end stage renal disease” (opens in new tab), Cytokine, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 261-6, 2012.
- Verma PK, Prakash S, Parveen F, Faridi RM, Agrawal S, “Genetic association of adipokine and UCP2 polymorphism with recurrent miscarriage among non-obese women” (opens in new tab), Reprod Biomed Online, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 527-35, 2012.
- Gupta R, Prakash S, Parveen F, Agrawal S, “Association of CTLA-4 and TNF-α polymorphism with recurrent miscarriage among North Indian women” (opens in new tab), Cytokine, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 456-62, 2012.
- Agrawal S, Parveen F, Faridi RM, Prakash S, “Interleukin-1 gene cluster variants and recurrent pregnancy loss among North Indian women: retrospective study and meta-analysis” (opens in new tab), Reprod Biomed Online, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 342-51, 2012.
Most Cited Publications
- Coulon PG, Dhanushkodi N, Prakash S, Srivastava R, Roy S, Alomari NI, Nguyen AM, Warsi WR, Ye C, Carlos-Cruz EA, Mai UT, Cruel AC, Ekmekciyan KM, Pearlman E, BenMohamed L, “NLRP3, NLRP12, and IFI16 Inflammasomes Induction and Caspase-1 Activation Triggered by Virulent HSV-1 Strains Are Associated With Severe Corneal Inflammatory Herpetic Disease” (opens in new tab), Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 10, pp. 1631, 2019.
- Roy S, Coulon PG, Prakash S, Srivastava R, Geertsema R, Dhanushkodi N, Lam C, Nguyen V, Gorospe E, Nguyen AM, Salazar S, Alomari NI, Warsi WR, BenMohamed L, “Blockade of PD-1 and LAG-3 Immune Checkpoints Combined with Vaccination Restores the Function of Antiviral Tissue-Resident CD8+ T_RM Cells and Reduces Ocular Herpes Simplex Infection and Disease in HLA Transgenic Rabbits” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 93, no. 18, pp. e00827-19, 2019.
- Prakash S, Agrawal S, “Significance of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors in autoimmune diseases” (opens in new tab), Clinical Immunology, vol. 216, 2020.
- Srivastava R., Roy S., Coulon P.-G., Vahed H., Prakash S., Dhanushkodi N., Kim G.J., Fouladi M.A., Campo J., Teng A.A., Liang X., Schaefer H., BenMohamed L., “Therapeutic mucosal vaccination of herpes simplex virus 2-infected guinea pigs with ribonucleotide reductase 2 (RR2) protein boosts antiviral neutralizing antibodies and local tissue-resident CD4+ and CD8+ TRM cells associated with protection against recurrent genital herpes” (opens in new tab), Journal of Virology, vol. 93, 2019.
- Prakash S, Roy S, Srivastava R, Coulon PG, Dhanushkodi NR, Vahed H, Jankeel A, Geertsema R, Amezquita C, Nguyen L, Messaoudi I, Burkhardt AM, BenMohamed L, “Unique molecular signatures of antiviral memory CD8+ T cells associated with asymptomatic recurrent ocular herpes” (opens in new tab), Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 13843, 2020.
Contact Information
Website: https://www.swayam-prakash.com/
Email: fswayamp@hs.uci.edu
Phone: (949) 923-0583
Address: Hewitt Hall, Irvine, CA 92697
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