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Office
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Hershey, PA
500 University Dr, PO Box 180
Hershey, PA 17033Phone+1 717-531-5018
Education & Training
- University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1987 - 1990
- Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1987 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
- NM State Medical License 2002 - 2020
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 262 citationsLipopolysaccharide Regulation of Intestinal Tight Junction Permeability Is Mediated by TLR4 Signal Transduction Pathway Activation of FAK and MyD88Shuhong Guo, Meghali P. Nighot, Rana Al-Sadi, Tarik Alhmoud, Prashant K. Nighot
Journal of Immunology. 2015-11-15 - 45 citationsExpression of Programmed Death-Ligand 1 by Human Colonic CD90+ Stromal Cells Differs Between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease and Determines Their Capacity to Su...Ellen J. Beswick, Carl Grim, Abinav Singh, Jose E. Aguirre, Marissa A. Tafoya
Frontiers in Immunology. 2018-05-30 - 138 citationsLipopolysaccharide-Induced Increase in Intestinal Epithelial Tight Permeability Is Mediated by Toll-Like Receptor 4/Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response 88 (MyD88)...Meghali Nighot, Rana Al-Sadi, Shuhong Guo, Manmeet Rawat, Prashant K. Nighot
The American Journal of Pathology. 2017-12-01
Press Mentions
- ‘There Are Likely More Victims’ of ‘Ketamine Queen’: FedsAugust 23rd, 2024
- Probiotics Offer Protection Against Intestinal DamageAugust 22nd, 2024
- A Potential Pathway May Guide New Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Inflammatory DiseasesAugust 22nd, 2024
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- Fellow
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