Dr Agarwal is a clinical and research fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He received his PhD in immunology from the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston and his MD from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Dr Agarwal is a member of both the American College of Rheumatology and the American Association of Immunologists. Additionally, Dr Agarwal has an extensive list of publications, including articles appearing in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, and Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Project title: Role of Synoviocyte Cadherin-11 in Inflammatory Arthritis
Dr Agarwal is researching a novel adhesion molecule recently identified on synovial fibroblasts called cadherin-11. Cadherin-11 is a critical mesenchymal adhesion molecule that plays an important role in tissue morphogenesis as well as cell migration and invasion. Dr Agarwal is investigating how cadherin-11 influences the architecture of the synovial lining and the response of the synovium to inflammatory stimuli. The insights gained from these studies will provide further understanding of the complex physiology of synovial inflammation and have relevance for inflammatory arthritides such as RA.
Selected publications
Agarwal SK, Monach PA, Docken WP, et al. Characterization of relapses in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Clin Rheumatol 2005; Nov 3; 1-6 (Epub ahead of print).
