Dr Sehgal completed his at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh (UK) (2013-2017), where he developed a long-term research passion for investigating gut homeostasis and what happens during dysfunction and disease. In 2018, Dr Sehgal joined the Mater Research Insitute as a Research Officer to research the role of macrophages in growth and development. In October 2022, Dr Sehgal joined Wesley Research Institute as Senior Research Officer within the Coeliac Disease and Immune Health Program where he is leading translatable Coeliac Disease research.
In order to determine how our immune system maintains health homeostasis, it is essential to fully understand the underlying biological mechanisms that regulate immune responses. Dr Sehgal's research combines exploratory discovery-based research and translational research to understand triggers, disease progression, and both intestinal and extraintestinal maifestations of gastrointestinal disorders such as Coeliac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Using this approach, he aims to understand the interlinked networks that regulate immune responses during disease. For more information about Dr Sehgal's work, please get in touch at anuj.sehgal@wesleyresearch.org.au.
Muir, Richard, Sehgal, Anuj, Tye‐Din, Jason A and Daveson, A James M (2023). Undiagnosed coeliac disease identified by active case finding in first degree relatives of people with coeliac disease in Australia: a prospective observational study. Medical Journal of Australia, 219 (8), 371-373. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52105
Conference Publication: From enemies to friends: Exploring the capacity of novel compounds secreted by "pathobiont" gut bacteria to attenuate inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease
Reed, H., Sehgal, A., Morrison, M. and Begun, J. (2023). From enemies to friends: Exploring the capacity of novel compounds secreted by "pathobiont" gut bacteria to attenuate inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2—5 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Journal Article: The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche
Sehgal, Anuj, Donaldson, David S., Pridans, Clare, Sauter, Kristin A., Hume, David A. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2018). The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1272, 1272. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03638-6
Microbial Regulation of Host Inflammatory Pathways in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Doctor Philosophy
The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche
Sehgal, Anuj, Donaldson, David S., Pridans, Clare, Sauter, Kristin A., Hume, David A. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2018). The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1272, 1272. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03638-6
Mabbott, Neil A., Sehgal, Anuj and Donaldson, David S. (2015). M Cells. eLS. (pp. 1-9) Chichester, United kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0026239
Muir, Richard, Sehgal, Anuj, Tye‐Din, Jason A and Daveson, A James M (2023). Undiagnosed coeliac disease identified by active case finding in first degree relatives of people with coeliac disease in Australia: a prospective observational study. Medical Journal of Australia, 219 (8), 371-373. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52105
Sehgal, Anuj, Carter‐Cusack, Dylan, Keshvari, Sahar, Patkar, Omkar, Huang, Stephen, Summers, Kim M., Hume, David A. and Irvine, Katharine M. (2023). Intraperitoneal transfer of wild‐type bone marrow repopulates tissue macrophages in the Csf1r knockout rat without contributing to monocytopoiesis. European Journal of Immunology, 53 (8) 2250312, e2250312. doi: 10.1002/eji.202250312
CSF1R as a therapeutic target in bone diseases: obvious but not so simple
Hume, David A., Batoon, Lena, Sehgal, Anuj, Keshvari, Sahar and Irvine, Katharine M. (2022). CSF1R as a therapeutic target in bone diseases: obvious but not so simple. Current Osteoporosis Reports, 20 (6), 516-531. doi: 10.1007/s11914-022-00757-4
Stables, Jennifer, Green, Emma K., Sehgal, Anuj, Patkar, Omkar L., Keshvari, Sahar, Taylor, Isis, Ashcroft, Maisie E., Grabert, Kathleen, Wollscheid-Lengeling, Evi, Szymkowiak, Stefan, McColl, Barry W., Adamson, Antony, Humphreys, Neil E., Mueller, Werner, Starobova, Hana, Vetter, Irina, Shabestari, Sepideh Kiani, Blurton-Jones, Matthew M., Summers, Kim M., Irvine, Katharine M., Pridans, Clare and Hume, David A. (2022). A kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy has a dominant inhibitory impact on CSF1R signalling. Development, 149 (8) dev200237. doi: 10.1242/dev.200237
Pettit, Allison R, Batoon, Lena, Heng, Ostyn, Hume, David, Irvine, Kate, Kaur, Simranpreet, Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Magor, Graham, Millard, Susan, Noll, Jacqueline, Perkins, Andrew, Raggatt, Liza, Sandrock, Cheyenne, Sehgal, Anuj, Sester, David, Opperman, Khatora Shanae, Summers, Kim, Wu, Andy and Zannettino, Andrew (2022). 1015 – APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING: MACROPHAGE FRAGMENTATION CONFOUNDS EX VIVO HAEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE ANALYSIS. Experimental Hematology, 111, S23. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2022.07.018
Millard, Susan M., Heng, Ostyn, Opperman, Khatora S., Sehgal, Anuj, Irvine, Katharine M., Kaur, Simranpreet, Sandrock, Cheyenne J., Wu, Andy C., Magor, Graham W., Batoon, Lena, Perkins, Andrew C., Noll, Jacqueline E., Zannettino, Andrew C.W., Sester, David P., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Hume, David A., Raggatt, Liza J., Summers, Kim M. and Pettit, Allison R. (2021). Fragmentation of tissue-resident macrophages during isolation confounds analysis of single-cell preparations from mouse hematopoietic tissues. Cell Reports, 37 (8) 110058, 110058. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110058
Sehgal, Anuj, Irvine, Katharine M. and Hume, David A. (2021). Functions of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) in development, homeostasis, and tissue repair. Seminars in Immunology, 54 101509, 101509. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2021.101509
CSF1R-dependent macrophages control postnatal somatic growth and organ maturation
Keshvari, Sahar, Caruso, Melanie, Teakle, Ngari, Batoon, Lena, Sehgal, Anuj, Patkar, Omkar L., Ferrari-Cestari, Michelle, Snell, Cameron E., Chen, Chen, Stevenson, Alex, Davis, Felicity M., Bush, Stephen J., Pridans, Clare, Summers, Kim M., Pettit, Allison R., Irvine, Katharine M. and Hume, David A. (2021). CSF1R-dependent macrophages control postnatal somatic growth and organ maturation. PLoS Genetics, 17 (6) e1009605, e1009605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009605
The mononuclear phagocyte system of the rat
Hume, David A., Caruso, Melanie, Keshvari, Sahar, Patkar, Omkar L., Sehgal, Anuj, Bush, Stephen J., Summers, Kim M., Pridans, Clare and Irvine, Katharine M. (2021). The mononuclear phagocyte system of the rat. The Journal of Immunology, 206 (10), 2251-2263. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100136
Kaur, Simranpreet, Sehgal, Anuj, Wu, Andy C., Millard, Susan M., Batoon, Lena, Sandrock, Cheyenne J., Ferrari-Cestari, Michelle, Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Hume, David A., Raggatt, Liza J. and Pettit, Allison R. (2021). Stable colony-stimulating factor 1 fusion protein treatment increases hematopoietic stem cell pool and enhances their mobilisation in mice. Journal of Hematology and Oncology, 14 (1) 3, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s13045-020-00997-w
Grabert, Kathleen, Sehgal, Anuj, Irvine, Katharine M., Wollscheid-Lengeling, Evi, Ozdemir, Derya D., Stables, Jennifer, Luke, Garry A., Ryan, Martin D., Adamson, Antony, Humphreys, Neil E., Sandrock, Cheyenne J., Rojo, Rocio, Verkasalo, Veera A., Mueller, Werner, Hohenstein, Peter, Pettit, Allison R., Pridans, Clare and Hume, David A. (2020). A transgenic line that reports CSF1R protein expression provides a definitive marker for the mouse mononuclear phagocyte system. Journal of Immunology, 205 (11), 3154-3166. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000835
Irvine, Katharine M., Caruso, Melanie, Cestari, Michelle Ferrari, Davis, Gemma M., Keshvari, Sahar, Sehgal, Anuj, Pridans, Clare and Hume, David A. (2019). Analysis of the impact of CSF‐1 administration in adult rats using a novel Csf1r ‐mApple reporter gene. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 107 (2) JLB.MA0519-149R, 221-235. doi: 10.1002/jlb.ma0519-149r
Development of in vitro enteroids derived from bovine small intestinal crypts
Hamilton, Carly A., Young, Rachel, Jayaraman, Siddharth, Sehgal, Anuj, Paxton, Edith, Thomson, Sarah, Katzer, Frank, Hope, Jayne, Innes, Elisabeth, Morrison, Liam J. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2018). Development of in vitro enteroids derived from bovine small intestinal crypts. Veterinary Research, 49 (1) 54. doi: 10.1186/s13567-018-0547-5
The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche
Sehgal, Anuj, Donaldson, David S., Pridans, Clare, Sauter, Kristin A., Hume, David A. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2018). The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1272, 1272. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03638-6
Sehgal, Anuj, Kobayashi, Atsushi, Donaldson, David S. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2017). c-Rel is dispensable for the differentiation and functional maturation of M cells in the follicle-associated epithelium. Immunobiology, 222 (2), 316-326. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2016.09.008
Donaldson, David S., Sehgal, Anuj, Rios, Daniel, Williams, Ifor R. and Mabbott, Neil A. (2016). Increased Abundance of M Cells in the Gut Epithelium Dramatically Enhances Oral Prion Disease Susceptibility. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (12) e1006075, e1006075. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006075
Aging and the mucosal immune system in the intestine
Mabbott, Neil A., Kobayashi, Atsushi, Sehgal, Anuj, Bradford, Barry M., Pattison, Mari and Donaldson, David S. (2015). Aging and the mucosal immune system in the intestine. Biogerontology, 16 (2), 133-145. doi: 10.1007/s10522-014-9498-z
Characterisation of a novel fc conjugate of macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Gow, Deborah J, Sauter, Kristin A., Pridans, Clare, Moffat, Lindsey, Sehgal, Anuj, Stutchfield, Ben M., Raza, Sobia, Beard, Philippa M., Tsai, Yi Ting, Bainbridge, Graeme, Boner, Pamela L., Fici, Greg, Garcia-Tapia, David, Martin, Roger A., Oliphant, Theodore, Shelly, John A., Tiwari, Raksha, Wilson, Thomas L., Smith, Lee B., Mabbott, Neil A. and Hume, David A. (2014). Characterisation of a novel fc conjugate of macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Molecular Therapy, 22 (9), 1580-1592. doi: 10.1038/mt.2014.112
Sauter, Kristin A., Pridans, Clare, Sehgal, Anuj, Bain, Calum C., Scott, Charlotte, Moffat, Lindsey, Rojo, Rocío, Stutchfield, Ben M., Davies, Claire L., Donaldson, David S., Renault, Kathleen, McColl, Barry W., Mowat, Alan M., Serrels, Alan, Frame, Margaret C., Mabbott, Neil A. and Hume, David A. (2014). The MacBlue Binary Transgene (csf1r-gal4VP16/UAS-ECFP) provides a novel marker for visualisation of subsets of monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells and responsiveness to CSF1 administration. PLoS ONE, 9 (8) e105429, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105429
Pleiotropic effects of extended blockade of CSF1R signaling in adult mice
Sauter, Kristin A., Pridans, Clare, Sehgal, Anuj, Tsai, Yi Ting, Bradford, Barry M., Raza, Sobia, Moffat, Lindsey, Gow, Deborah J., Beard, Philippa M., Mabbott, Neil A., Smith, Lee B. and Hume, David A. (2014). Pleiotropic effects of extended blockade of CSF1R signaling in adult mice. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 96 (2), 265-274. doi: 10.1189/jlb.2A0114-006R
Reed, H., Sehgal, A., Morrison, M. and Begun, J. (2023). From enemies to friends: Exploring the capacity of novel compounds secreted by "pathobiont" gut bacteria to attenuate inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2—5 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Batoon, Lena, Keshvari, Sahar, Irvine, Katharine, Caruso, Melanie, Patkar, Omkar, Sehgal, Anuj, Millard, Susan, Hume, David and Pettit, Allison (2023). Mechanisms underlying the rescue of postnatal bone development in CSF1R-deficient rats following wild-type bone marrow cell transfer. 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Austin, TX, United States, 9-12 September 2022. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kaur, Simranpreet, Sehgal, Anuj, Wu, Andy, Millard, Susan, Batoon, Lena, Sandrock, Cheyenne, Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Hume, David, Raggatt, Liza and Pettit, Allison (2020). 3092 – Stable colony stimulating factor 1 fusion protein treatment increases the hematopoietic stem cell pool and enhances their mobilization in mice. 49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology, New York, NY USA, 20-23 August 2020. Philadelphia, PA USA: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2020.09.105
CSF1R_FRed_SupplementaryVideos
Irvine, Katharine, Hume, David and Sehgal, Anuj (2020). CSF1R_FRed_SupplementaryVideos. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/8c6d4ba
Microbial Regulation of Host Inflammatory Pathways in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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