Publications

Total google scholar citations: 1383     Total impact factor: 176        H Index: 21

1. Yan, Nana; Xia, Yangliu; Zhang, Yang; Sawaswong, Vorthon; Xu, Xi; Saito, Yoshifumi; Nanduri, Ravikanth et al. Hepatocyte CEBPA-ORM1 axis restricts alcohol-associated liver disease. Hepatology ():10.1097/HEP.0000000000001737, March 9, 2026.

2. Kombe Kombe AJ, Fotoohabadi L, Gerasimova Y, Nanduri R, Lama Tamang P, Kandala M, Kelesidis T. The Role of Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Viral Respiratory Infections. Microorganisms. 2024 Dec 7;12(12):2526.      

3. Kombe Kombe, A.J.; Fotoohabadi, L.; Nanduri, R.; Gerasimova, Y.; Daskou, M.; Gain, C.; Sharma, E.; Wong, M.; Kelesidis, T. The Role of the Nrf2 Pathway in Airway Tissue Damage Due to Viral Respiratory Infections. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 7042.

4. Daskou M, Fotooh Abadi L, Gain C, Wong M, Sharma E, Kombe Kombe AJ, Nanduri R, Kelesidis T. The Role of the NRF2 Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Viral Respiratory Infections. Pathogens. 2023 Dec 31;13(1):39.

5. S. Kumar, R. Arora,  S. Gupta,  N. Ahuja,  E. Bhagyaraj,  R. Nanduri,  R. Kalra,  A.K. Khare, S. Kumawat,  V. Kaushal,  M. Sharma,  P. Gupta. Nuclear Receptor Rev-erbα Role in Fine-Tuning Erythropoietin Gene Expression. Blood Adv. 2024 Jul 23;8(14):3705-3717.

6. B. He, T. Furusawa, R. Nanduri, M. Ishikawa, P. Zhang, B. Amendt, Y. Yamada, M. Bustin. Epigenetic regulation of ameloblast differentiation by HMGN proteins. J Dent Res . 2024 Jan;103(1):51-61.

7. R. Nanduri*, T. Furusawa, A. Lobanov, B. He, C. Xie, O. Gavrilova, F. J. Gonzalez, M. Bustin*. Epigenetic Regulation of White Adipose Tissue Plasticity and Energy Metabolism By Nucleosome Binding HMGN Proteins. (Co-corresponding author). Nature Communications 2022 Nov 26;13(1):7303.

8. B. He, I. Zhu, Y. Postnikov, T. Furusawa, L. Jenkins, R. Nanduri, M. Bustin, D. Landsman, Multiple epigenetic factors co-localize with HMGN proteins in A-compartment chromatin. Epigenetics Chromatin 2022 Jun 27;15(1):23.

9. D. Tiwari, N. Ahuja, S. Kumar, R. Kalra, R. Nanduri, S. Gupta, A. K. Khare, E. Bhagyaraj, R. Arora, P. Gupta, Nuclear receptor Nr1d1 alleviates asthma by abating GATA3 gene expression and Th2 cell differentiation. Cell Mol Life Sci 79, 308 (2022)

10. R. Nanduri, Epigenetic Regulators of White Adipocyte Browning. Epigenomes 2021 Jan 12;5(1):3. (Invited Review).

11. S. Kumar, R. Nanduri, E. Bhagyaraj, R. Kalra, N. Ahuja, A. P. Chacko, D. Tiwari, K. Sethi, A. Saini, V. Chandra, M. Jain, S. Gupta, D. Bhatt, P. Gupta, Vitamin D3-VDR-PTPN6 axis mediated autophagy contributes to the inhibition of macrophage foam cell formation. Autophagy 2021 Sep;17(9):2273-2289. (Co-first author) 

12. R. Nanduri, T. Furusawa, M. Bustin, Biological Functions of HMGN Chromosomal Proteins. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jan 10;21(2):449. (Invited Review).

13. A, Saini, S. Mahajan, E. Bhagyaraj, R. Kalra, R. Nanduri, R. Gupta, N. Khatri, P. Gupta, An Accord of Nuclear Receptor Expression in CD4(+) T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Immunohorizons 3, 402-411 (2019).

14. R. Nanduri, R. Kalra, E. Bhagyaraj, A. P. Chacko, N. Ahuja, D. Tiwari, S. Kumar, M. Jain, R. Parkesh, P. Gupta, AutophagySMDB: a curated database of small molecules that modulate protein targets regulating autophagy. Autophagy 2019 Jul;15(7):1280-1295. (Co-corresponding author)

15. E. Bhagyaraj, N. Ahuja, S. Kumar, D. Tiwari, S. Gupta, R. Nanduri, P. Gupta, TGF-beta induced chemoresistance in liver cancer is modulated by xenobiotic nuclear receptor PXR. Cell Cycle 2019 Dec;18(24):3589-3602.

16. R. Kalra, E. Bhagyaraj, D. Tiwari, R. Nanduri, A. P. Chacko, M. Jain, S. Mahajan, N. Khatri, P. Gupta, AIRE promotes androgen-independent prostate cancer by directly regulating IL-6 and modulating tumor microenvironment. Oncogenesis 2018 May 25;7(5):43.

17. E. Bhagyaraj, D. Tiwari, N. Ahuja, R. Nanduri, A. Saini, R. Kalra, S. Kumar, A. K. Janmeja, P. Gupta, A human xenobiotic nuclear receptor contributes to nonresponsiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the antituberculosis drug rifampicin. J Biol Chem 2018 Mar 9;293(10):3747-3757.

18. E. Bhagyaraj, R. Nanduri, A. Saini, H. K. Dkhar, N. Ahuja, V. Chandra, S. Mahajan, R. Kalra, D. Tiwari, C. Sharma, A. K. Janmeja, P. Gupta, Human Xenobiotic Nuclear Receptor PXR Augments Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival. J Immunol 2016 Jul 1;197(1):244-55.

19. R. Nanduri, S. Mahajan, E. Bhagyaraj, K. Sethi, R. Kalra, V. Chandra, P. Gupta, The Active Form of Vitamin D Transcriptionally Represses Smad7 Signaling and Activates Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase (ERK) to Inhibit the Differentiation of a Inflammatory T Helper Cell Subset and Suppress Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. J Biol Chem 290, 12222-12236 (2015).

20. R. Nanduri, I. Bhutani, A. K. Somavarapu, S. Mahajan, R. Parkesh, P. Gupta, ONRLDB--manually curated database of experimentally validated ligands for orphan nuclear receptors: insights into new drug discovery. Database (Oxford) 2015 Dec 4;2015:bav112.

21. S. Mahajan, A. Saini, V. Chandra, R. Nanduri, R. Kalra, E. Bhagyaraj, N. Khatri, P. Gupta, Nuclear Receptor Nr4a2 Promotes Alternative Polarization of Macrophages and Confers Protection in Sepsis. J Biol Chem 2015 Jul 24;290(30):18304-14.

22. M. Hoque, R. Nanduri, J. Gupta, S. Mahajan, P. Gupta, M. Saleemuddin, Oleic acid complex of bovine alpha-lactalbumin induces eryptosis in human and other erythrocytes by a Ca(2+)-independent mechanism. Biochim Biophys Acta 2015 Sep;1850(9):1729-39.

23. V. Chandra, E. Bhagyaraj, R. Nanduri, N. Ahuja, P. Gupta, NR1D1 ameliorates Mycobacterium tuberculosis clearance through regulation of autophagy. Autophagy 2015 Nov 2;11(11):1987-1997.

24. P. Sonkusre, R. Nanduri, P. Gupta, S. Singh, Cemeotra, Improved extraction of intracellular biogenic selenium nanoparticles and their specificity for cancer chemoprevention. Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology 2014, 5:2.

25. H. K. Dkhar, R. Nanduri, S. Mahajan, S. Dave, A. Saini, A. K. Somavarapu, A. Arora, R. Parkesh, K. G. Thakur, S. Mayilraj, P. Gupta, Mycobacterium tuberculosis keto-mycolic acid and macrophage nuclear receptor TR4 modulate foamy biogenesis in granulomas: a case of a heterologous and noncanonical ligand-receptor pair. J Immunol 2014 Jul 1;193(1):295-305.

26. S. Dave, R. Nanduri, H. K. Dkhar, E. Bhagyaraj, A. Rao, P. Gupta, Nuclear MEK1 sequesters PPARgamma and bisects MEK1/ERK signaling: a non-canonical pathway of retinoic acid inhibition of adipocyte differentiation. PLoS One 2014 Jun 24;9(6):e100862. 

27. V. Chandra, S. Mahajan, A. Saini, H. K. Dkhar, R. Nanduri, E. B. Raj, A. Kumar, P. Gupta, Human IL10 gene repression by Rev-erbalpha ameliorates Mycobacterium tuberculosis clearance. J Biol Chem 2013 Apr 12;288(15):10692-702.

28. S. Mahajan, H. K. Dkhar, V. Chandra, S. Dave, R. Nanduri, A. K. Janmeja, J. N. Agrewala, P. Gupta, Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulates macrophage lipid-sensing nuclear receptors PPARgamma and TR4 for survival. J Immunol 2012 Jun 1;188(11):5593-603.

29. S. Mahajan, V. Chandra, S. Dave, R. Nanduri, P. Gupta, Stem bromelain-induced macrophage apoptosis and activation curtail Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence. J Infect Dis 2012 Aug 1;206(3):366-76.

30. S. Dave, N. J. Kaur, R. Nanduri, H. K. Dkhar, A. Kumar, P. Gupta, Inhibition of adipogenesis and induction of apoptosis and lipolysis by stem bromelain in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. PLoS One 2012;7(1):e30831.