Education and Training

• B.Sc.: Wilson College, University of Mumbai
• M.Sc.: LTMM College, University of Mumbai
• Ph.D.: University of Louisville

Research Interests

• Epigenetics
• HIV and Liver Disease

Featured Publications

• Ghare S, Singhal R, Bryant V, Gautam S, Tirumala CC, Srisailam PK, Reyes-Vega A, Ghooray D, McClain CJ, Hoffman K, Petrosino J, Bryant K, Govind V, Cohen R, Cook RL, Barve S. Age-Associated Gut Dysbiosis, Marked by Loss of Butyrogenic Potential, Correlates With Altered Plasma Tryptophan Metabolites in Older People Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Feb 1;89(Suppl 1):S56-S64. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002866. PMID: 35015746; PMCID: PMC8751293.
• Hamorsky KT, Bushau-Sprinkle AM, Kitterman K, Corman JM, DeMarco J, Keith RJ, Bhatnagar A, Fuqua JL, Lasnik A, Joh J, Chung D, Klein J, Flynn J, Gardner M, Barve S, Ghare SS, Palmer KE. Serological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first wave of the pandemic in Louisville Kentucky. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 14;11(1):18285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97423-z. PMID: 34521900; PMCID: PMC8440627.
• Morrissey SM, Geller AE, Hu X, Tieri D, Ding C, Klaes CK, Cooke EA, Woeste MR, Martin ZC, Chen O, Bush SE, Zhang HG, Cavallazzi R, Clifford SP, Chen J, Ghare S, Barve SS, Cai L, Kong M, Rouchka EC, McLeish KR, Uriarte SM, Watson CT, Huang J, Yan J. A specific low-density neutrophil population correlates with hypercoagulation and disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. JCI Insight. 2021 May 10;6(9):e148435. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.148435. PMID: 33986193; PMCID: PMC8262329.
• Singhal R, Donde H, Ghare S, Stocke K, Zhang J, Vadhanam M, Reddy S, Gobejishvili L, Chilton P, Joshi-Barve S, Feng W, McClain C, Hoffman K, Petrosino J, Vital M, Barve S. Decrease in acetyl-CoA pathway utilizing butyrate-producing bacteria is a key pathogenic feature of alcohol-induced functional gut microbial dysbiosis and development of liver disease in mice. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1946367. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1946367. PMID: 34369304; PMCID: PMC8354657.
• Ghare SS, Chilton PM, Rao AV, Joshi-Barve S, Peyrani P, Reyes Vega A, McClain CJ, Bryant K, Cook RL, Freiberg M, Barve S. Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying HIV-Infection Induced Susceptibility of CD4+ T Cells to Enhanced Activation-Induced FasL Expression and Cell Death. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Jan 1;86(1):128-137. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002526. PMID: 33093334; PMCID: PMC8384352.
• Hong KU, Doll MA, Lykoudi A, Salazar-González RA, Habil MR, Walls KM, Bakr AF, Ghare SS, Barve SS, Arteel GE, Hein DW. Acetylator Genotype-Dependent Dyslipidemia in Rats Congenic for N-Acetyltransferase 2. Toxicol Rep. 2020 Sep 28;7:1319-1330. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.09.011. PMID: 33083237; PMCID: PMC7553889.
• Donde H, Ghare S, Joshi-Barve S, Zhang J, Vadhanam MV, Gobejishvili L, Lorkiewicz P, Srivastava S, McClain CJ, Barve S. Tributyrin Inhibits Ethanol-Induced Epigenetic Repression of CPT-1A and Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis and Injury. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;9(4):569-585. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.10.005. Epub 2019 Oct 22. PMID: 31654770; PMCID: PMC7078548.
• Barve A, Vega A, Shah PP, Ghare S, Casson L, Wunderlich M, Siskind LJ, Beverly LJ. Perturbation of Methionine/S-adenosylmethionine Metabolism as a Novel Vulnerability in MLL Rearranged Leukemia. Cells. 2019 Oct 25;8(11):1322. doi: 10.3390/cells8111322. PMID: 31717699; PMCID: PMC6912509.
• Chen WY, Zhang J, Ghare S, Barve S, McClain C, Joshi-Barve S. Acrolein Is a Pathogenic Mediator of Alcoholic Liver Disease and the Scavenger Hydralazine Is Protective in Mice. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 May 27;2(5):685-700. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.05.010. PMID: 28119953; PMCID: PMC5042858.
• Ghare SS, Donde H, Chen WY, Barker DF, Gobejishvilli L, McClain CJ, Barve SS, Joshi-Barve S. Acrolein enhances epigenetic modifications, FasL expression and hepatocyte toxicity induced by anti-HIV drug Zidovudine. Toxicol In Vitro. 2016 Sep;35:66-76. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 May 26. PMID: 27238871; PMCID: PMC4938746.