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Ramesh Selvaraj
Assistant Professor Education: Discipline(s): Publications: Selvaraj RK, Geiger TL (2007). A Kinetic and Dynamic Analysis of Foxp3 Induced in T Cells by TGF-beta. J. Immunol. 178, 7667-7677. Selvaraj RK, Klasing KC (2006) Lutein and EPA interact to modify iNOS mRNA levels through PPARγ and RXR pathway. J. Nutr. 136: 1610-1616. Selvaraj RK, Calvert C, Klasing K (2004) Dietary lutein and fat interact to modify macrophage nitrite production in chicks hatched from carotenoid deplete or replete eggs. J. Anim. Physiol. Nutr. 90:70-80. Selvaraj RK, Cherian G (2004) Changes in delayed type hypersensitivity, egg antibody content and immune cell fatty acid composition of layer birds fed conjugated linolenic acid, n-6 or n-3 fatty acids. Can. J. Ani. Sci. 84:221-228. Selvaraj RK, Cherian G (2004) Dietary n-3 fatty acids reduce the delayed hypersensitivity reaction and antibody production more than n-6 fatty acids in broiler birds. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 106:3-10. Selvaraj RK, Purushothaman MR (2004) Nutritive value of full-fat sunflower seeds in broiler diets. Poult. Sci. 83:441-446. Cherian G, Selvaraj RK, Goeger MP, Stitt PA (2002) Muscle fatty acid composition and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances of broilers fed different cultivars of sorghum. Poult. Sci. 81:1415-1420.
Species: Dr. Selvaraj’s research interests are to evaluate the poultry’s immune regulatory cells and their applications to boost to immune response to fight infection or to suppress excessive pro-inflammatory immune response to decrease mortality. His goal is to understand the nuclear hormone receptor signaling as influenced by dietary factors. Nuclear hormone receptors play a central role in many intracellular signaling pathways including those pathways that are involved in a cell recognizing a pathogen and the cell’s response to that pathogen. Dietary modification of this pathway is very attractive for the poultry industry as dietary modifications are cheap, easy and generally doesn’t involve federal agency approvals. In addition Dr. Selvaraj’s lab looks at ways to enrich poultry products with nutrients like lutein, CLA, omega-3 fatty acids. |
209 Gerlaugh Hall 330-263-3793 selvaraj.7@osu.edu |