Laboratory of Oral Mucosal Immunity at U of MN

Shashwata is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Oral Mucosal Immunology, where he focuses on T cell immunology and mucosal immune responses. Since his medical school, he has been interested in immunological studies. He earned his PhD in immunology from Kumamoto University, Japan, where he investigated mechanism of antibody development against conformational epitope (of HIV-1). His current work explores the role of T cells in oral mucosal health and disease, contributing to a deeper understanding of immune regulation at periodontitis site.


Shashwata's Publications

Synlett
Synthesis of a 5,6-Dihydropyran-2-one Derivative with Dual Anti-Cell-Migration and Anticancer Activity
Ahmed K. Hamdy, Masami Otsuka, Hiroshi Araki, Hiroshi Tateishi, Tsugumasa Toma, Mohamed O. Radwan, Shashwata Biswas, Takeo Kuwata, Shuzo Matsushita, Mikako Fujita, Shin-ichiro Niwa
Synlett  ·  28 Apr 2025  ·  doi:10.1055/a-2595-7004
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eBioMedicine
Induction of IGHV3-53 public antibodies with broadly neutralising activity against SARS-CoV-2 including Omicron subvariants in a Delta breakthrough infection case
Takeo Kuwata, Yu Kaku, Shashwata Biswas, Kaho Matsumoto, Mikiko Shimizu, Yoko Kawanami, Ryuta Uraki, Kyo Okazaki, Rumi Minami, Yoji Nagasaki, Mami Nagashima, Isao Yoshida, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, Seiya Yamayoshi, Masaki Imai, Terumasa Ikeda, Kei Sato, Mako Toyoda, Takamasa Ueno, Takako Inoue, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kanako Tarakado Kimura, Takao Hashiguchi, Yukihiko Sugita, Takeshi Noda, Hiroshi Morioka, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Shuzo Matsushita, Jumpei Ito, Naoko Misawa, Arnon Plianchaisuk, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo Hina, Keiya Uriu, Kaoru Usui, Wilaiporn Saikruang, Spyridon Lytras, Ryo Yoshimura, Shusuke Kawakubo, Luca Nishimura, Yusuke Kosugi, Shigeru Fujita, Luo Chen, Jarel Elgin M. Tolentino, Lin Pan, Wenye Li, Maximilian Stanley Yo, Kio Horinaka, Mai Suganami, Adam P. Strange, Mika Chiba, Keiko Iida, Naomi Ohsumi, Kaho Okumura, Shiho Tanaka, Eiko Ogawa, Kyoko Yasuda, Tsuki Fukuda, Rina Osujo, Takasuke Fukuhara, Tomokazu Tamura, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Hayato Ito, Keita Matsuno, Hirofumi Sawa, Naganori Nao, Shinya Tanaka, Masumi Tsuda, Lei Wang, Yoshikata Oda, Zannatul Ferdous, Kenji Shishido, Keita Mizuma, Isshu Kojima, Jingshu Li, Tomoya Tsubo, Shuhei Tsujino, So Nakagawa, Kotaro Shirakawa, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Kayoko Nagata, Ryosuke Nomura, Yoshihito Horisawa, Yusuke Tashiro, Yugo Kawai, Kazuo Takayama, Rina Hashimoto, Sayaka Deguchi, Yukio Watanabe, Ayaka Sakamoto, Naoko Yasuhara, Tateki Suzuki, Kanako Kimura, Jiei Sasaki, Yukari Nakajima, Hisano Yajima, Yoshitaka Nakata, Hiroki Futatsusako, Takashi Irie, Ryoko Kawabata, Kaori Tabata, Hesham Nasser, Ryo Shimizu, MST Monira Begum, Michael Jonathan, Yuka Mugita, Otowa Takahashi, Kimiko Ichihara, Chihiro Motozono, Sharee Leong, Akatsuki Saito, Maya Shofa, Yuki Shibatani, Tomoko Nishiuchi, Hiroyuki Asakura, Jiri Zahradnik, Prokopios Andrikopoulos, Miguel Padilla-Blanco, Aditi Konar
eBioMedicine  ·  01 Dec 2024  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105439
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Immunology
Idiotopes of antibodies against HIV‐1 CD4‐induced epitope shared with those against microorganisms
Shashwata Biswas, Takeo Kuwata, Soichiro Yamauchi, Kyo Okazaki, Yu Kaku, Md Zahid Hasan, Hiroshi Morioka, Shuzo Matsushita
Immunology  ·  16 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1111/imm.13742
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Frontiers in Virology
Development and characterization of a panel of anti-idiotype antibodies to 1C10 that cross-neutralize HIV-1 subtype B viruses
Yu Kaku, Kaho Matsumoto, Takeo Kuwata, Hasan Md Zahid, Shashwata Biswas, Miroslaw K. Gorny, Shuzo Matsushita
Frontiers in Virology  ·  30 Aug 2022  ·  doi:10.3389/fviro.2022.932187
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Retrovirology
Functional analysis of a monoclonal antibody reactive against the C1C2 of Env obtained from a patient infected with HIV-1 CRF02_AG
Hasan Md Zahid, Takeo Kuwata, Shokichi Takahama, Yu Kaku, Shashwata Biswas, Kaho Matsumoto, Hirokazu Tamamura, Shuzo Matsushita
Retrovirology  ·  21 Aug 2021  ·  doi:10.1186/s12977-021-00568-y
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Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by antibodies induced in convalescent patients with COVID-19
Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by antibodies induced in convalescent patients with COVID-19
Yu Kaku, Takeo Kuwata, Hasan Md Zahid, Takao Hashiguchi, Takeshi Noda, Noriko Kuramoto, Shashwata Biswas, Kaho Matsumoto, Mikiko Shimizu, Yoko Kawanami, Kazuya Shimura, Chiho Onishi, Yukiko Muramoto, Tateki Suzuki, Jiei Sasaki, Yoji Nagasaki, Rumi Minami, Chihiro Motozono, Mako Toyoda, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hiroto Kishi, Kazuhiko Fujii, Tsuneyuki Tatsuke, Terumasa Ikeda, Yosuke Maeda, Takamasa Ueno, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hajime Iwagoe, Shuzo Matsushita
Cell Reports  ·  01 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109385
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Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology
Investigation of Antioxidant, In-vitro Cytotoxic, and In-vivo Antitumor Effects of Leaf Extracts of Annona Reticulata
Shashwata Biswas, Mohammad Shahriar, Jahan Ara Khanam, Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan
Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology  ·  25 Jun 2016  ·  doi:10.3329/bjm.v29i2.28439
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