RECENT Publications

Characterization of the Functional Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Channels 1 to 4 in Human Corneal Endothelial Cells

Jacquelyn Akepogu, Deep Shikha, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Sirisha Senthil, Shrikant R Bharadwaj, Chandan Goswami, Charanya Ramachandran

Targeted screening and rational optimization of bazedoxifene analogs as pan-variant SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitors with improved pharmacokinetics 

Binita Patra, Nirmal Das, Akshay Joshi, Sahil Kumar, Renuga Devi Muruganantham, Biswajit Kundu, Nanda Kumar Raja, Israful Hoque, Soupayan Pal, Anindita Dey, Jafar Sarif, Nittu Singh, Nandha Kumaar, Ravneet Singh Chawla, Uddipta Ghosh Dastidar, Alna Kuriyickal Martin, Kanagasabai Balamurugan, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Rajesh P. Ring, Dipyaman Ganguly, Krishan Gopal Thakur, Arindam Talukdar

Ready Access to Benzodiazocines from Tryptamines: A Druggable Scaffold toward Antiviral Agents

N Sathya Sai Saranya, Rahul Choudhury, Ganesh Routholla, Prathmesh R Supekar, Nandhakumaar R, Alna Kuriyickal Martin, Renuga Devi Muruganantham, Bokara Kiran Kumar, D Srinivasa Reddy

Immunohistochemical study of transient receptor potential Vanilloid (TRPV1-4) channels expression in human and rat corneas

Akepogu Jacquelyn, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Sirisha Senthil, Charanya Ramachandran

Peroxiredoxin Depletion and Oxidative Stress by Cyclometalated Ir(III)-Isatin Complexes Renders Ferroptosis and Autophagic Cell Death in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Sujato Mukherjee, Shilpendu Ghosh, Renuga Devi Muruganantham, Souryadip Roy, Shantanu Saha Roy, Moulinath Acharya, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Arindam Mukherjee

Programmed cell revival from imminent cell death enhances tissue repair and regeneration

Kollori Dhar, Kautilya Kumar Jena, Subhash Mehto, Rinku Sahu, Krushna C Murmu, Atharva Anand Mahajan, Sibaram Behera, Ravi Kiran Putchala, Reuben Jacob Mathew, Ramyasingh Bal, Soumya Kundu, Santosh Kumar Das, Swati Chauhan, Sameekshya Satapathy, Rina Yadav, Swatismita Priyadarsini, Khyathi Ratna Padala, Prashanth Namdigalla, Sanchita Mishra, Prerana Muralidhara, Kushagra Bansal, Kesavardhana Sannula, Punit Prasad, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Divya Tej Sowpati, Anindya Ghosh-Roy, Pravati Kumari Mahapatra, Rohan Jayant Khadilkar, Ramesh Yelagandula, Santosh Chauhan

Peptide Epitope-Based Avian IgY Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike: A Cost Effective Approach for Viral Detection and Neutralization 

G. N. Pramod, Prasan Havlad, Nalina Murthy, Abdul Majid, Jessie Thomas, M. Ghalib Enayathullah, Yogesh Sardana, P. K. Sreeram, S. P. Muthukumar, Tanaji Kudre, Pananghat Gayathri, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Gopinath M. Sundaram, Lakshmikanth Mariyanna, Poornima Priyadarshini 

Comparative assessment of structural and tear film alterations in rabbit meibomian gland dysfunction models using chemical and electrocauterization techniques

Deeksha Prasad, Saumya Jakati, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh, Pragnya Rao Donthineni 

Strategic Design and Optimization of Umifenovir Analogues: Balancing Antiviral Efficacy and hERG Toxicity against SARS-CoV-2

Israful Hoque, Nittu Singh, Uddipta Ghosh Dastidar, Alna Kuriyickal Martin, Akshay Joshi, Yogesh Sardana, Ravneet Singh Chawla, Nirmal Das, Binita Patra, Renuga Devi Muruganantham, Satyajeet Das, Dipankar Das, Sahil Kumar, Rajesh P Ringe, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Krishan Gopal Thakur, Arindam Talukdar

Development of acylhydrazone linked thiazoles as non-covalent dual inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 proteases

Vidya Jyothi Alli, Shubham Kumar Singh, Mounika Darna, Vavilapalli Suresh, Swapnil Anil Sule, Aruna Jangam, Bhavita Kattula, Sarva Lakshmi Pusarapu, Jessie Thomas, Yogesh Sardana, Krishna Prasad Gundla, Amarender Goud Burra, Kunta Chandra Sekhar, Samata Sai Patnaik, Bharati Reddi, Kathirvel Muralidharan, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Anthony Addlagatta, Surender Singh Jadav 

Doxycycline-integrated silk fibroin hydrogel: preparation, characterizations, and antimicrobial assessment for biomedical applications

Kranti Kiran Reddy Ealla, Chandra Sri Durga, Vikas Sahu, Neema Kumari, Jayachandran Venkatesan, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Pratibha Ramani, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Karthikeyan Ramalingam

Simvastatin-loaded gelatin-capped polycaprolactone nanoparticles for the post-operative management of breast cancer

Paras Famta, Saurabh Shah, Dadi A. Srinivasarao, Anamika Sharma, Rahul Kumar, Ganesh Vambhurkar, Giriraj Pandey, Sajja Bhanu Prasad, Akshay Shinde, Amit Asthana, P Khyathi Ratna, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Dilip Kumar Arya, P.S. Rajinikanth, Saurabh Srivastava 

Exploration of Multi-layered Nanofiber Adjuvant Implants of Doxorubicin and Resveratrol to Prevent Post-Surgery Tumor Recurrence and Invasion

Paras Famta, Saurabh Shah, Anamika Sharma, Giriraj Pandey, Ganesh Vambhurkar, Dadi A. Srinivasarao, Amit Asthana, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Saurabh Srivastava 

Developing a model for aqueous deficient dry eye secondary to periglandular cicatrizing conjunctivitis

Swati Singh, Saumya Srivastav, Jilu Jaffet, Deeksha Prasad, Khyathi Ratna Padala, Vivek Singh, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Sayan Basu 

Revisiting rabbit models for keratoconus: A long-term study on collagenase-induced disease progression 

Sujithra Shankar, Minal Thacker, Abhishek Sahoo, Aniruth Reddy Aindla, Khyathi Ratna Padala, Jilu Jaffet, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh 

Development and validation of a reliable rabbit model of limbal stem cell deficiency by mechanical debridement using an ophthalmic burr

Vijay Kumar Singh, Abhinav Reddy Kethiri, Tejaswini Pingali, Abhishek Sahoo, Mohd Salman, Madhuri Amulya Koduri, Deeksha Prasad, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh

Human cornea-derived extracellular matrix hydrogel for prevention of post-traumatic corneal scarring: A translational approach 

Shibu Chameettachal, Animith Venuganti, Yash Parekh, Deeksha Prasad, Vineet P. Joshi, Anviti Vashishtha, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Falguni Pati 

Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors Featuring Novel Histidine alpha-Nitrile Motif

Nilu Vijay Gone, Mohammed Ghalib Enayathullah, Jessie Thomas, Parth Rathee, Rajeev Prabhakar, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Gangadhar J Sanjayan 

A review of rabbit models of meibomian gland dysfunction and scope for translational research

Deeksha Prasad, Mohd Salman, A Aniruth Reddy, Jilu Jaffet, Abhishek Sahoo, Saumya Jakati, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Swati Singh, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh, Pragnya Rao Donthineni

Benzalkonium chloride-induced dry eye disease animal models: Current understanding and potential for translational research

Minal Thacker, Abhishek Sahoo, A Aniruth Reddy, Kiran K Bokara, Swati Singh, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh 

Repeatability of Non-invasive Tear Film Evaluation in Healthy Rabbit Eyes

Swati Singh, Saumya Srivastav, Minal Thacker, Kiran K Bokara, Vivek Singh, Sayan Basu

Assessment of epithelial restoration using limbal allograft transplantation in rabbit model with persistent corneal epithelial defect

Vijay Kumar Singh; Abhinav Reddy Kethiri; Animith Venuganti; Abhishek Sahoo; Mohammed Salman; Kiran Bokara; Sayan Basu; Vivek Singh

A biomimetic hydrogel-based therapeutic approach for preventing corneal scarring

Vivek Singh; Shibu Chameettachal; Animith Venuganti; Yash Parekh; Deeksha Prasad; Abhishek Sahoo; Kiran Bokara; Falguni Pati; Sayan Basu

Theafavin 3-gallate inhibits the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 and reduces its count in vitro

Mahima Chauhan, Vijay Kumar Bhardwaj, Asheesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Pawan Kumar, M Ghalib Enayathullah, Jessie Thomas, Joel George, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Rituraj Purohit, Arun Kumar, Sanjay Kumar

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential of Cissampelos pareira L. identified by connectivity map-based analysis and in vitro studies

Madiha Haider, Vivek Anand, M Ghalib Enayathullah, Yash Parekh, Sushma Ram, Surekha Kumari, Anmol, Gayatri Panda, Manjari Shukla, Dhwani Dholakia, Arjun Ray, Sudipta Bhattacharyya, Upendra Sharma, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Bhavana Prasher, Mitali Mukerji

Neural Stem Cells From Bench to Bedside

Yash Parekh, Ekta Dagar, Khawaja Husnain Haider, Kiran Kumar Bokara

Gramicidin S and melittin: potential anti-viral therapeutic peptides to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Mohammed Ghalib Enayathullah, Yash Parekh, Sarena Banu, Sushma Ram, Ramakrishnan Nagaraj, Bokara Kiran Kumar, Mohammed M. Idris 

Antimicrobial silver nanoparticle-photodeposited fabrics for SARS-CoV-2 destruction

Aditya Kumar, Kalpita Nath, Yash Parekh, M. Ghalib Enayathullah, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Apruba Sinhamahapatra

Prevention of corneal myofibroblastic differentiation in vitro using biomimetic ECM hydrogel for corneal tissue regeneration

Shibu Chameettachal, Deeksha Prasad, Yash Parekh, Sayan Basu, Vivek Singh, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Falguni Pati

Long term observation of ocular surface alkali burn in rabbit models: Quantitative analysis of corneal haze, vascularity and self-recovery

Abhinav Reddy Kethiri, Vijay Kumar Singh, Mukesh Damala, Sayan Basu, Ch Mohan Rao, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Vivek Singh 

Adhatoda Vasica attenuates inflammatory and hypoxic responses in preclinical mouse models: potential for repurposing in COVID-19-like conditions

Atish Gheware, Dhwani Dholakia, Sadasivam Kannan, Lipsa Panda, Ritu Rani, Bijay Ranjan Pattnaik, Vaibhav Jain, Yash Parekh, M. Ghalib Enayathullah, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Venkatesan Subramanian, Mitali Mukerji, Anurag Agrawal,  Bhavana Prasher