Shanta Persaud Explained

Shanta Jean Persaud is a diabetes researcher and academic.^{[1] [2]} She is professor of diabetes and endocrinology at King's College London, England.^[3]

Career

Persaud obtained a BSc degree in physiology and pharmacology and a PhD in the area of islets of langerhans. She started working at King's College London in 1989. Her current research focuses in the area of islet β-cells, receptors in islet function, and insulin secretagogues. According to Scopus, she has published over 198 scientific research documents with 5677 citations, and has an h-index of 45.^[4]

Selected publications

• Faria, Alyssa; Persaud, Shanta J (2017). "Cardiac oxidative stress in diabetes: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential". Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 172: 50–62.^[5]
• Atanes P., Ruz-Maldonado I., Olaniru O.E., Persaud S.J. (2020). "Assessing Mouse Islet Function". In: King A. (eds) Animal Models of Diabetes. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2128. Humana, New York, NY.
• Altaf Al-Romaiyan, Bo Liu, Shanta Persaud, Peter Jones (2020). "A novel Gymnema sylvestre extract protects pancreatic beta-cells from cytokine-induced apoptosis". PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH. 34, 1, p. 161-172.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Persaud, Shanta Jean. Intracellular signalling in the regulation of insulin release from rat islets of Langerhans. 1989. English. 1124155494.
2. Web site: Over £6.8 million committed to new research projects across UK in the last year. 2020-07-12. Diabetes UK. en.
3. Web site: Professor Shanta Persaud. 2020-07-11. www.kcl.ac.uk. en-GB.
4. Web site: Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Persaud, Shanta Jean). 2020-07-15. www.scopus.com.
5. Faria. Alyssa. Persaud. Shanta J. 2017-04-01. Cardiac oxidative stress in diabetes: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 172. 50–62. 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.11.013. 27916650. 207365920. 0163-7258.
6. Al‐Romaiyan. Altaf. Liu. Bo. Persaud. Shanta. Jones. Peter. 2020. A novel Gymnema sylvestre extract protects pancreatic beta-cells from cytokine-induced apoptosis. Phytotherapy Research. en. 34. 1. 161–172. 10.1002/ptr.6512. 31515869. 1099-1573. free.