Mitnala Sasikala

Dr,  Director, Research 

Location: India

Consulting Services


Areas Of Interest

Islet Cell Pancreatitis, Acute Biochemistry Stem Cell

Professional Narrative


Employment

Director, Research, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology 2007

Education

PhD, MAMS, FRSB, Osmania University 2002

Referees


Publications

  • Kalyan Reddy Kannan, Kshiraja Damerla, Sasikala Mitnala, Venkata Krishna Vemula Naveen Reddy P, Ravikanth Vishnubhotla, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvur. Low dose dexamethasone in combination with Remdesivir does not cause immune dysregulation. Research Square (Pre-Print)
  • Apoorva M, Sasikala M, Deepika G, Anand V Kulkarni, Krishna VV, Ismail MD, Ledo T, Ravikanth VV, Nageshwar Reddy D. Duration of Immunity against COVID-19 after vaccination in Indian subcontinent. (Pre-Print)
  • Bhanu Prakash Reddy Attunuru, Podduturi Naveenchander Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, Gujjarlapudi Deepika, Sadhana Yelamanchili Veturi, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy. Safety and immunogenicity of            mix-match       of         vaccines - covishield and covaxin – A pilot study. Research Square (Pre-Print)
  • Jagadeesh Kumar V, Sofia Banu, Mitnala Sasikala, Kishore V. L. Parsa, Divya Tej Sowpati, Rupali Yadav, Karthik Bharadwaj Tallapaka, Archana Bharadwaj Siva, Ravikanth Vishnubhotla, G. V. Rao, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy. Effectiveness of REGEN-COV antibody cocktail against the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2: A cohort study. Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022, 291;380-383.
  • Ravikanth Vishnubhotla, Mitnala Sasikala, Vijayasarathy Ketavarapu, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy. High‐resolution HLA genotyping identifies alleles associated with severe COVID‐19: A preliminary study from India. Immun Inflamm Dis. 2021;9:1781–1785.
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  • Mitnala Sasikala, Jaggaiahgari Shashidhar, Gujjarlapudi Deepika, Vishnubhotla Ravikanth, Vemula Venkata Krishna, Yelamanchili Sadhana, Kottapalli Pragathi, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy.  Immunological memory and neutralizing activity to a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine in previously infected individuals. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021;(108):183-186.
  • Vishnubhotla Ravikanth, Mitnala Sasikala, Vankadari Naveen, Sabbu Sai Latha, Kishore Venkata Laxmi Parsa, Ketavarapu, Vijayasarathy, Ramars Amanchy, Steffie Avanthi, Bale Govardhan, Kalapala Rakesh, Daram Sarala Kumari, Bojja Srikaran, Guduru Venkat Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. A variant in TMPRSS2 is associated with decreased disease severity in COVID-19. MetaGene. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mgene.2021.100930. 2021
  • Mitnala Sasikala, Yelamanchili Sadhana, Ketavarapu Vijayasarathy, Anand Gupta, Sarala kumari Daram, Podduturi Naveen chander Reddy, Duvvur Nageshawar Reddy. Comparison of Saliva with Healthcare Workers- and Patient-Collected Swabs in the Diagnosis of COVID-19 in a Large Cohort. BMC Infectious Diseases. (2021) 21:648:1-7. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-132301/v1. 2021
  • Anand V Kulkarni, Sowmya Tirumalle, Madhumita Premkumar, Karan Kumar, Syeda Fatima, Bindu Rapole, Venu Simhadri, Baqar Ali Gora, Mitnala Sasikala, Deepika Gujjarlapudi, Sadhana Yelamanchili, Mithun Sharma, Rajesh Gupta, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy. Primary Norfloxacin Prophylaxis for APASL-Defined Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Apr 1;117(4):607-616.
  • Mugdha V. Joglekar, Subhshri Sahu1, Wilson KM Wong, Sarang N. Satoor Charlotte X. Dong, Ryan J Farr, Michael D. Williams, Prapti Pandya, Gaurang Jhala, Sundy N.Y. Yang, Yi Vee Chew, Nicola Hetherington, Dhan Thiruchevlam, Sasikala Mitnala, Guduru V Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy, Thomas Loudovaris, Wayne J. Hawthorne, Andrew G. Elefanty, Vinay M. Joglekar, Edouard G. Stanley, David Martin, Helen E. Thomas, David Tosh, Louise T. Dalgaard, and Anandwardhan A. Hardika. A pro-endocrine pancreatic transcriptional program established during development is retained in human gallbladder epithelial cells. CMGH:8;2022

 

  • Mithun Sharma, Pavan Kumar Pondugala, Shashidhar Jaggaihgari, Sasikala Mitnala, Vemula Venkata Krishna, Ganesh Jaishetwar, Pragati Naik, Pramod Kumar, Anand Kulkarni, Rajesh Gupta, Jagdeesh Rampal Singh, Santosh Darisetty, Anuradha Sekharan, DuvurrNageshwar Reddy, GuduruVenkat Rao, Fatima Syeda, Nitin Jagtap, Padaki Nagaraja Rao. Safety assessment of autologous stem cell combination therapy in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a pilot study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. S0973-6883(21)00062-1
  • K. Murali Manohar, M. Sasikala, S. Anuradha, C. Ramji, R. B. Sashidhar, G. V. Rao, R. Pradeep, D. Nageshwar Reddy. MUC1, CK20, and CDX2 immunohistochemical markers can sub‑classify periampullary carcinomas into pancreaticobiliary, intestinal, and mixed subtypes. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021, 3: 14.98.173.170
  • Mithun Sharma, Anand Kulkarni, Mitnala Sasikala, Pramod Kumar, Shasidhar Jaggaiahgari, Kumar Pondugala, Ganesh Jaishetwar, Santosh Darisetty, Nitin Jagtap, Rajesh Gupta, Jagadeesh Rampal Singh, Syeda Fatima, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Guduru Venkat Rao, Duvurr Nageshwar Reddy. Long-term Outcome of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Infusion in Cirrhosis: Waning Effect over Time. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology 2020, vol: 9; 1–6
  • Rupa Banerjee, Vishnubhotla Venkata Ravikanth, Partha Pal, Govardhan Bale, Urmila Steffie  Avanthi, Idan Goren, B. Ganesh Girish, Sasikala Mitnala, D. Nageshwar Reddy. NUDT15 C415T variant compared with TPMT genotyping in predicting azathioprine-induced leucopenia: prospective analysis of 1014 inflammatory bowel disease patients in India. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020;00:1–12.
  • Anand V. Kulkarni, Mithun Sharma, Pramod kumar, Venu Simhadri , Tirumalige R. Sowmya , Sasikala Mitnala, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy  , Padaki Nagaraja Rao. Adipocyte Fatty Acid–Binding Protein as a Predictor of Outcome in Alcohol-induced Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2021;11(2),201-208

 

 

  • Govardhan Bale, Ravikanth V Vishnubhotla, Sasikala Mitnala, Mithun Sharma, Rao N Padaki, Smita C Pawar, Reddy N Duvvur. Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies a Variant in Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase Gene to be Associated With Lean-Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology; Volume 9, Issue 5,  2019: 561-568
  • Smitha Mathews, Arish Naqvi, Mitnala Sasikala, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Mithun Sharma, Ganesh Jaishetwar, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Micronuclei Signify the Quality of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Bone Marrow in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis. HSOA Journal of Cytology and Tissue Biology. 2019, 6: 022
  • Dr. M. Sasikala. Islet Transplantation. Indian Perspectives. Current Science, Vol. 116, No. 2, 25 January 2019
  • Kulwinder Dua, Sasikala M: Repairing the human esophagus with tissue engineering.Gastrointestinal endoscopy: 2018;Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 579–588
  • P. Balkumar Reddy, P. N. Rao, R.M. Mukherjee, M. Sasikala, Mithun Sharma, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Escalating trend in predominance of hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in Indian patients: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, India. Communicated to Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2018
  • Panyala Balkumar Reddy, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Mitnala Sasikala, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Mithun Sharma, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Diagnosis Escape Variants of Hepatitis B Virus are Predominant in Inactive Carriers and Display Varied Therapeutic Response in Treatment Eligible Patients. EC Gastroenterology and Digestive System 5.10 (2018): 805-815
  • Ravi Kanth Vishnubhotla Venkata, Urmila Steffie Avanthi, Aviral Jain, Govardhan Bale, Sasikala Mitnala, Rao Guduru Venkat, Pradeep Rebala, Murthy H. V. V, Ramji C, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru,. PTGIS and LYVE1 gene expression predicts response to chemotherapy in Indian colorectal cancer. Communicated to Scientific Reports.2018

 

  • Rao GV, Pradeep R, Sasikala M, Pavan Kumar P, Krishna VV, Mahesh Shetty G, Talukdar R, Manu Tandan, Jagadeesh R, Nageshwar Reddy D. Distal Pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation in chronic pancreatitis patients: First case series from India: Indian J Gastroenterol. 2018 Sep;37(5):452-456
  • Ratnakar Reddy Bynigeri, Sasikala Mitnala*, Ravikanth Vishnubhotla, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Surya Satyanarayana Singh, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru. Transcriptome profiles and gene expression of min6 cells are altered by pancreatic stellate cells. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 2018, 9, 273-288
  • M. Sasikala, Ravikanth VV, Murali Manohar K, Neha Deshpande, Sandhya Singh, Pavan Kumar P, R. Talukdar, Sudip Ghosh, Mohsin Aslam, GV. Rao, R. Pradeep, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Bach2 repression mediates Th17 cell induced inflammation and associates with clinical features of advanced disease in chronic pancreatitis. United European Gastroenterology Journal 2018, Vol. 6(2) 272–282
  • Govardhan B, Steffie UA, Ravi Kanth VV, Rao PN, Mithun Sharma, Sasikala M, Nageshwar Reddy D. Regional differences in genetic susceptibility to NAFLD in two distinct Indian ethnicities. World Journal of Hepatology 2017;9(26): 1101–1107
  • AparnaJakkampudi, RamaiahJangala, Ratnakar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, G Venkat Rao, RebalaPradeep, D Nageshwar Reddy, Rupjyoti Talukdar. Acinar injury and early cytokine response in human acute biliary pancreatitis. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 10;7(1):15276
  • Sai Manasa Jandhyala, A. Madhulika, G. Deepika, G. Venkat Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy,Chivukula Subramanyam, Mitnala Sasikala, Rupjyoti Talukdar. Altered intestinal microbiota in patients with chronic pancreatitis: implications in diabetes and metabolic abnormalities. Sci Rep. 2017; 7: 43640.
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  • Ratnakar Reddy B, Aparna J, Sasikala M, Subramanyam C, Ramaiah J, Rao GV. Talukdar R, Reddy DN. Pancreatic stellate cell: The pandora’s box for pancreatic disease biology. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2017;21;23(3):382-405
  • K. Murali Manohar, M. Sasikala, P. Pavan Kumar, G.V. Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Dysregulated miRNA associated with transcription factors of insulin gene expression in chronic pancreatitis. Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2016;6:205-227
  • V. V. Ravi Kanth, G.V. Rao, B. Govardhan, M. Sasikala, C. Subramanyam, HVV Murthy, Siva Prasad S, Deepika G, Pradeep R, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Polymorphisms in UGT1A1 gene predispose South Indians to pigmentous gallstones. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2016;6;3:216–223
  • Vishnubhotla Venkata Ravi Kanth, Mitnala Sasikala, Mithun Sharma, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Genetics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from susceptibility and nutrient interactions to management. World J Hepatol 2016 July 18; 8(20): 827-837
  • Neha Deshpande, V. Sharanya, V.V. Ravi Kanth, H.V.V. Murthy, M. Sasikala, Rupa Banerjee, Manu Tandan, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Rapid and ultra-rapid metabolizers with CYP2C19*17 polymorphism do not respond to standard therapy with proton pump inhibitors. Meta Gene. 2016 Jun 18;9:159-64
  • Aparna Jakampudi, Ramaiah Jangala, B Ratnakar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, D Nageshwar Reddy, Rupjyoti Talukdar. NF-kB in acute pancreatitis: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Pancreatology. 2016 Jul-Aug;16(4):477-88
  • Mitnala Sasikala, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Chivkula Subramanyam and Nageshwar Reddy D The Enigma of Type 3c Diabetes in Chronic Pancreatitis. Pancreas Open J. 2016;1(2): 19-21.
  • P. Pavan Kumar, M. Sasikala, K. Mamatha, G. V. Rao, R. Pradeep, R.Talukdar, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Characterization of Islets from Chronic Calcific Pancreatitis Patients of Tropical Region with Distinct Phenotype. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 2016, 7,1-10
  • Rupjyoti Talukdar, Sasikala Mitnala, Pavan Kumar Pondugala,Venkata Rao   Guduru, Pradeep Rebala, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru, T-helper cell mediated islet inflammation contributes to β-cell dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2016 Mar;45(3):434-42
  • P. Pavan Kumar, G. Radhika, G.V. Rao, D. N. Reddy, M. Sasikala. Differentiation of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells in to insulin like cell clusters in chronic pancreatitis. Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2015, 5, 177-183
  • Mithun Sharma, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Mitnala Sasikala, Mamata Reddy Kuncharam, Chima Reddy, Vardaraj Gokak, BPSS Raju, Jagdeesh R Singh, Piyal Nag, D Nageshwar Reddy Autologous mobilized peripheral blood CD34+ cell infusion in non-viral decompensated liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jun 21; 21(23): 7264–7271
  • Pavan Kumar P, M. Sasikala, GV Rao, R Pradeep, D.Nageshwar Reddy. Interferon γ decreases nuclear localization of Pdx-1 and triggers β-cell dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2015 Jul;35(7):523-9
  • C. Subramanyam, Nitesh Pratap, G. Prasad, Rupjyoti Talukdar, M.Sasikala, HVV Murthy, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Influence of probiotic administration on the fecal microbiota in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2015 May;34(3):275-6
  • Mithun Sharma*, Shasikala Mitnala, Ravi K. Vishnubhotla, Rathin Mukherjee, Duvvur N. Reddy, Padaki N. Rao. The Riddle of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Progression from NAFL to NASH. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology.2015;33(5)452
  • V.V.  Ravikanth, M. Sasikala, PN Rao, Urmila Steffie Avanthie, K. Rajender Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Pooled genetic analysis in ultrasound measured NAFLD in Indian subjects: a pilot study. World Journal of Hepatology,2014,6(6);435-442
  • V. V. Ravi Kanth, Sandeep Bhalsing, M. Sasikala ,G. V. Rao & R. Pradeep & Urmila Steffie Avanthi ,D. Nageshwar Reddy. Microsatellite instability and promoter hypermethylation in colorectal cancer in India. Tumour Biol. 2014 May;35(5):4347-55
  • Sadik Ali Mohammad, Shaik Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, Sasikala M, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Nagaraja Rao P, Nageshwar Reddy D. Circulating visfatin and proinflammatory cytokine levels in non alcoholic fatty liver disease. International Journal of Current Research, 2014;Vol.6, Issue.8, 8159-8162.
  • Mitnala Sasikala , GuduruVenkat Rao, Venkateshan Vijaya lakshmi, Rebala Pradeep, Suresh Pothani, Pondugala Pavan Kumar, Radhika Gaddipati, Ganneru Sirisha, Ramji Cheemalakonda, Chivukula Subramanyam, Seshadri Vasudevan, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Long-term functions of encapsulated islets grafted in nonhuman primates without immunosuppression. Transplantation. 2013 Oct 15;96(7):624-32
  • Uma Mahesh KSS, Murali MK, Sasikala M, Talukdar R, Rao GV, Spandana B, Rajasekhar K, Siva Prasad S, Anuradha S, Ramji C, Pradeep R, Reddy DN. MicroRNA profiling in periampullary carcioma. Pancreatology 2013; 14: 36-47
  • Subba Rao M, Sasikala M, DN Reddy. “Thinking outside the liver”: Induced pleuripotent stem cells for hepatic applications. World Journal of Gastroenterology,2013,19:3385-3396
  • Banerjee R, Balaji M, Sasikala M, Anuradha S, GV Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Granulomas of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease can be differentiated by CD73 cell surface marker expression: a pilot study. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Aug;58(8):2301-7
  • Sadik AM, Siva Prasad S, Guru Prasad M, Sasikala M, Manu Tandan, Rupa Banerjee, Nageshwar Reddy D. Thiopurine methyltransferase as a therapeutic indicator of purine analogues: A preliminary study in southern metropolis. Int. J. Bioassays. 2013; 02(10), 1375-1379
  • M Sasikala, R Talukdar, P Pavan Kumar, C Subramanyam, GV Rao, R Pradeep, DN Reddy. β cell     dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. Digestive Disease Sciences, (2012) 57:1764–1772.
  • P. Pavan Kumar, G. Radhika, G. V. Rao, R. Pradeep, C. Subramanyam, R. Talukdar, D. N. Reddy, M. Sasikala: Interferon γ and glycemic status in diabetes associated with Chronic Pancreatitis: Pancreatology 12 (2012) 65-70.
  • Sasikala M, Surya P, Radhika G, Pavan Kumar P, R.M. Mukherjee, Rao P.N. Rao, Nageshwar  Reddy D. Identification of circulating CD90+ CD73 +cells in cirrhosis of liver. World Journal of stem cells, 2011,3 (7):63-69
  • P. Balkumar Reddy, R. M. Mukherjee, J. Aparna, P. N. Rao, Sasikala Mitnala, R. Gupta and D. N. Reddy.  Detection of diagnosis escape variants of Hepatitis B virus by in house polymerase chain reaction assay. J.Gen.Mol.Virol,3(3):43-48, 2011.
  • Siva Prasad Siddapuram, Rupa Banerjee, Manu Tandan, Nitesh Pratap, Sasikala Mitnala, Nageshwar Reddy D. CYP2C polymorphism as a predictor of personalized therapy in South Indian population. Journal of Physicians of India, 2011,1-7
  • Radhika G, M. Sasikala P. N. Rao, G. V. Rao, Pradeep rabella, Magnus Mansard, Anuradha Sekaran, and D.Nageshwar Reddy. Visceral adipose tissue visfatin in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Annals of Hepatology, 2010; 9 (3):266-270.
  • Sasikala Mitnala, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru, Nitesh Pratap, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Balkumar Reddy Panyala, Anuradha Sekaran, Rupa Benarjee, Bhaskara Reddy Duvvuru .Absence of Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis- specific IS 900 sequence in Intestinal tissues of Crohn’s disease in Indian patients. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2010; 28 (5): 169-74.
  • R M Mukherjee, P Balkumar Reddy, Jyothi Arava, P N Rao, Sasikala Mitnala, R Gupta, D N Reddy: Relationship between serum HBsAg level, HBV DNA level, and peripheral immune cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research: 2010;(2):1-6.

 

  • Sivaprasad siddapuram, Swapna Mahurkar, D.Nageshwar Reddy, M. Sasikala, Venkat  Rao Guduru, Pradeep Rabella, Magnus Jayaraj Mansard. Hepatic Cholesterol transporter ABCG8 Polymorphisms in Gallstone disease in Indian Population...Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2010; 25: 1093–1098
  • Sasikala Mitnala, Pavan Kumar Pondugala, Venkat Rao Guduru,  Pradeep Rabella, Jayashree Thiyyari, Subramanyam Chivukula, Sadasivudu Boddupalli,  Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru: Reduced Expression of pdx-1 is Associated with Decreased Beta Cell Function in Chronic Pancreatitis: Pancreas, 2010;39 (6):856-862.
  • Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Panyala Balkumar Reddy , Mitnala Sasikala, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Identification of genotype B among Hepatitis B virus – infected patients in Hyderabad.  Ann Hepatol. 2009 Jul-Sep;8(3):269-70.
  • Varadaraj P. Gokak, Sasikala M, Ramji C, Rupa Benerjee, Nagaraja Rao P, Nageshwar Reddy D. Hairdye induced hepatitis: an unusual cause of acute hepatitis. 2009, Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009; 15(2): 138-139.
  • Joglekar M V, Deepak Patil, Vinay M. Joglekar, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, Yogesh Shouche and Anandwardhan A. Hardikar The miR-30 Family microRNAs Confer Epithelial Phenotype to Human Pancreatic Cells. Islets. 2009; 1(2), 1-11,

 

 


Grants,Awards and Certifications

Grants :

  • Proteomic analysis of pancreatic protein plugs in pursuit to identify pathways that lead to ductal obstruction in chronic pancreatitis. PI -  Dr. M. Sasikala. ICMR.
  • Understanding the regulatory role of co-activator binding protein PIMT in the pancreatic β-cells of diabetic animals and T3C diabetic humans. Co-PI -  Dr. M. Sasikala. SERB-DST.
  • Plasma metabolomic profiling to identify metabolic biomarkers for early detection of prediabetes associated with Pancreatogenic diabetes (Type3cDM) in chronic pancreatitis. PI - Dr. M. Sasikala. SERB-DST
  • Molecular characterization of the functional role of ser/thr phosphatase PHLPP in pancreatic beta cells to gain mechanistic insights into diabetes. Co-PI. Dr. M. Sasikala. SERB-DST
  • Nutraceutical and protective influence of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on islet functions in chronic pancreatitis-A proof of concept study in rodents. PI - Dr. M. Sasikala. ICMR
  • Development of macro-encapsulation device for islet cell transplantation for diabetes treatment. PI - Dr. M. Sasikala. IMPRINT Scheme
  • Functional and gene expression studies in islets during progression of chronic pancreatitis. PI - Dr. M. Sasikala. ICMR.
  • Functional assessment of adult     human pancreatic islets following autologus transplantation. CO-PI - Dr. M. Sasikala. DBT

Awards & Prizes :

S. No

 

Name of Award

Awarding Agency

Year

1

National merit scholarship

Govt of India

1980

2

Gold Medal

Andhra University

1982

3

Junior Research Fellowship

Lady Tata memorial research Award

1987

4.

Win Medicare award

Indian Society of Gastroenterology

2011

5.

Award of excellence

Satyasai Central Trust, India

2015


Languages

Language Proficiency :

English (Excellent Spoken and Written)

Translation Services :

English to Telugu (Excellent Spoken and Written)