Teacher Details

Richa Ashma Shashi

Department of Zoology

richaashma@unipune.ac.in


1)    Yadav, A.M., Patil, G., Zende, S., Bhumkar, S., Sagarkar, S., Saha, B., Ashma, R. (2026). Hormone- and cytokine-mediated signalling in the maintenance of bone balance. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 76 (2), ISSN(print/online): 0952-5041/1479-6813, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/JME-25-0123
2)    Jonnalagadda, M., Bhumkar, S., Ozarkar, S., Ashma, R. (2026). Determinants of Vitamin D in Indian Populations: Understanding the Interplay of Skin Pigmentation, Sun Exposure, and Genetic Variants. American Journal of Human Biology, 38 (3), 1-16. ISSN(print/online): 1042-0533/1520-6300, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70228
3)    Potbhare, R., RaviKumar, A., Munukka, E., Lahti, L., Ashma, R. (2025). Skin microbiota variation in Indian families. PeerJ, 13 (2), e18881. ISSN(print/online): 2167-8359, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18881
4)    Shetye, K., Sagarkar, S., Shewale, S., Sakharkar, A., Bhargava, S., Ashma, R. (2025). Photoperiod-dependent expression of ‘Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide’ and ‘Neuropeptide Y’ in the brain of anuran Minervarya syhadrensis. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 373, 114820. ISSN(print/online): 0016-6480/1095-6840, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2025.114820
5)    Bhumkar, S., Jonnalagadda, M., Taunk, K., Rapole, S., Ashma, R., Gosavi, S. (2025). Sweat-prints of COVID-19: unique metabolite signatures. Biomarkers in Medicine, 19 (24), ISSN(print/online): 1752-0363/1752-0371, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17520363.2025.2600706
6)    Kadam, D.A., Kalamkar, S., Gajjar, V., Divate, U., Karandikar-Iyer, S., Ghaskadbi, S., Ashma, R. (2024). Genetic polymorphisms in Nrf2 and FoxO1: implications for antioxidant enzyme activity in diabetes. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 42 (20), 11270-11284. ISSN(print/online): 0739-1102/1538-0254, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2023.2262580
7)    Kadam, D.A., Kalamkar, S.D., Saraf, A., Pathan, I., Acharya, J., Pekhale, K., Shouche, Y., Lole, K., Ghaskadbi, S., Ashma, R. (2023). SNPs in the catalase promoter: a study based on Indian diabetic individuals. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 43, 155–162. ISSN(print/online): 0973-3930/1998-3832, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13410-022-01051-w
8)    Ghumnani, S., Barvkar, V.T., Mhaske, S., Saha, B., Ashma, R.S. (2023). Plumbagin modulates RANKL-induced osteoclast and osteoblast differentiation. Phytomedicine Plus, 3 (2), 100429. ISSN(print/online): 2667-0313, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2023.100429
9)    Kalamkar, S.D., Thorve, A.M., Gajjar, V., Divate, U., Karandikar-Iyer, S., Goel, P., Shouche, Y., Ashma, R., Ghaskadbi, S. (2023). Single nucleotide polymorphism in glutathione synthetase gene in Indian population with type 2 diabetes. Chronicle of Diabetes Research and Practice, 2 (2), 67-72. ISSN(print/online): 2773-1316/2773-1324.
10)    Yadav, A.M., Bagade, M.M., Ghumnani, S., Raman, S., Saha, B., Kubatzky, K.F., Ashma, R. (2022). The phytochemical plumbagin reciprocally modulates osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Biological Chemistry, 403 (2), 211-229. ISSN(print/online): 1431-6730/1437-4315, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2021-0290
11)    Jonnalagadda, M., Bharti, N., Kasibhatla, S.M., Wagh, M.A., Joshi, R., Ozarkar, S., Ashma, R. (2022). MC1R diversity and its role in skin pigmentation variation in West Maharashtra, India. American Journal of Human Biology, 34 (7), e23734. ISSN(print/online): 1042-0533/1520-6300, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23734
12)    Ruuskanen, M.O., Vats, D., Potbhare, R., Ravikumar, A., Munukka, E., Ashma, R., Lahti, L. (2022). Towards standardized and reproducible research in skin microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (9), 3840-3860. ISSN(print/online): 1462-2912/1462-2920, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15945
13)    Potbhare, R., RaviKumar, A., Munukka, E., Lahti, L., Ashma, R. (2022). Skin microbiota diversity among genetically unrelated individuals of Indian origin. PeerJ, 10, e13075. ISSN(print/online): 2167-8359, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13075
14)    Ahuja, S.G., Shahu, A., Rath, S., Adkar, N., Shouche, Y., Ghaskadbi, S., Ashma, R. (2022). Polyalanine polymorphism in the signal peptide of Glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1) gene & its association with osteoporosis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 156 (4-5), 640-647. ISSN(print/online): 0971-5916/0975-9174, URL/DOI: https://journals.lww.com/ijmr/fulltext/2022/10000/polyalanine_polymorphism_in_the_signal_peptide_of.12.aspx
15)    Sultanli, S., Ghumnani, S., Ashma, R., Kubatzky, K. F. (2021). Plumbagin, a Biomolecule with (Anti)Osteoclastic Properties. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (5), 2779. ISSN(print/online): 1661-6596/1422-0067, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22052779
16)    Raje, M.M., Ashma, R. (2019). Epigenetic regulation of BMP2 gene in osteoporosis: a DNA methylation study. Molecular Biology Reports, 46 (2), 1667-1674. ISSN(print/online): 0301-4851/1573-4978, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04615-y
17)    Jonnalagadda, M., Faizan, M. A., Ozarkar, S., Ashma, R., Kulkarni, S., Norton, H. L., Parra, E. (2019). A genome-wide association study of skin and iris pigmentation among individuals of South Asian ancestry. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11 (4), 1066-1076. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1759-6653, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz057
18)    Moulvi, A., Minz, P., Rath, S., Ashma, R (2018). Characterization of chemical constituents of human sweat: a study based on Indian population. American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 39 (2), 141-147. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0195-7910/1533-404X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000388
19)    Jonnalagadda, M., Ozarkar, S., Ashma, R., Kulkarni, S. (2016). Skin pigmentation variation among populations of West Maharashtra, India. American Journal of Human Biology, 28 (1), 36-43. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1042-0533/1520-6300, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22738
20)    Jonnalagadda, M., Norton, H., Ozarkar, S., Kulkarni, S., Ashma, R. (2016). Association of genetic variants with skin pigmentation phenotype among populations of west Maharashtra, India. American Journal of Human Biology, 28 (5), 610-618. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1042-0533/1520-6300, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22836
21)    Botre, C., Shahu, A., Adkar, N., Shouche, Y., Ghaskadbi, S., Ashma, R. (2015). Superoxide dismutase 2 polymorphisms and osteoporosis in asian Indians: A genetic association analysis. Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters, 20 (4), 685-697. ISSN(print/online): 1425-8153/1689-1392, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cmble-2015-0041
22)    Raje, M., Botre, C., Ashma, R. (2013). Genetic epidemiology of osteoporosis across four microsatellite markers near the VDR gene. International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, 4 (2), 101-108. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1948-1756, URL/DOI: http://www.ijmeg.org/files/ijmeg1212002.pdf
  

Publications Before 2011


23)    Trivedi, R., Sahoo, S., Singh, A., Bindu, G., Banerjee, J., Tandon, M., Gaikwad, S., Rajkumar, R., Sitalaximi, T., Ashma, R., Chainy, G.B.N. (2008). Genetic imprints of pleistocene origin of Indian populations: A comprehensive phylogeographic sketch of Indian Y-chromosomes. International Journal of Human Genetics, 8 (1-2), 97-118. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0972-3757/2456-6330, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09723757.2008.11886023
24)    Gaikwad, S., Ashma, R., Kumar, N., Trivedi, R., Kashyap, V.K. (2005). Host microsatellite alleles in malaria predisposition. Malaria Journal, 4 (1), 50. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 1475-2875, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-4-50
25)    Kashyap, V.K., Ashma, R., Gaikwad, S., Sarkar, B.N., Trivedi, R. (2004). Deciphering diversity in populations of various linguistic and ethnic affiliations of different geographical regions of India: Analysis based on 15 mirosatellite markers. Journal of Genetics, 83 (1), 49-63. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0022-1333/0973-7731, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02715829
26)    Kashyap, V.K., Ashma, R. (2003). Microsatellite diversity in HbS carrier and normal individuals of tribal groups of Malaria infested regions. International Journal of Human Genetics, 3 (4), 197-203. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0972-3757/2456-6330, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09723757.2003.11885852
27)    Ashma, R., Kashyap, V.K. (2002). Genetic study of 15 important STR loci among four major ethnic groups of Bihar, India. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47 (5), 1139-1142. Google Scholar Citations, ISSN(print/online): 0022-1198/1556-4029, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/JFS15531J