Publications

Pierre, A. R. J., Kasirajan, A., Green, S. R., Sivaprakasam, M., Raj, R. S. S., Josyula, J. V. N., ...& Pillai, A. B. (2025). Clinical correlations of plasma sphingosine-1-phosphate and sphingolipid key enzymes in severe dengue using laboratory and machine learning approach. Clinica Chimica Acta, 120335.

Ananthakrishnan, A. I., Mahin, A., Prasad, T. S. K., & Abhinand, C. S. (2025). Transcriptome Profiling and Viral− Human Interactome Insights Into HBV‐Driven Oncogenic Alterations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Microbiology and Immunology.

Lupitha, S. S., Varghese, G. R., Das, L. J., Prabhakaran, P., Ananda, A. M., Mani, R. S., & Sreekumar, E. (2025). Assessing anti-rabies vaccine response in humans: A rapid and high-throughput adaptable, pseudovirus-based neutralization assay as an alternative to rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(4), e0013010.

Pillai, V. S., Ravindran, S., Krishna, G., Abhinand, C. S., Nelson-Sathi, S., & Veettil, M. V. (2025). REST Is Restless in Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Virus Infections: An In Silico Analysis-Based Perspective. Viruses, 17(2), 234.

Srinivasan, R., Ramadoss, R., Kandasamy, V., Ranganadin, P., Green, S. R., Kasirajan, A., & Pillai, A. B. (2025). Exploring the regulatory role of small RNAs in modulating host-pathogen interactions: implications for bacterial and viral infections. Molecular Biology Reports, 52(1), 115.

Aneesh, B., Pillai, S. K., Chippy, P. S., Chandran, M., Jose, A. V., Kailas, L., ... & Sreekumar, E. (2025). Human bocavirus infections in paediatric patients in a tertiary care hospital in Kerala, India. Archives of Virology, 170(2), 1-8.

Castilletti, Di Caro., Arathi Rajan, Gayathri Krishna and Mohanan Valiya Veettil. “Current antivirals and future directions in drug discovery for filovirus infections.” Viral haemorrhagic fevers. Chapter 13. (2025)

Keerthana, C. K., Aiswarya, S. U., Rayginia, T. P., Vijayan, Y., James, S., Shifana, S. C., ... & Anto, R. J. (2024). A Novel Combinatorial Regimen Using Sorafenib and Uttroside B, A US FDA-designated ‘Orphan Drug’, for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 24(19), 1431-1441.

Sadiq, S. C., Joy, M. P., Aiswarya, S. U., Ajmani, A., Keerthana, C. K., Rayginia, T. P., ... & Anto, R. J. (2024). Unlocking nature’s pharmacy: an in-depth exploration of phytochemicals as potential sources of anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory molecules. Exploration of Drug Science, 2(6), 744-784.

Quintana-Feliciano, R., Kottur, J., Ni, M., Ghosh, R., Salas-Estrada, L., Ahlsen, G., ... & Aggarwal, A. K. (2024). Burkholderia cenocepacia epigenetic regulator M. BceJIV simultaneously engages two DNA recognition sequences for methylation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7839.

Athira, A. P., Sreekanth, S., Chandran, A., & Lahon, A. (2025). Dual role of extracellular vesicles as orchestrators of emerging and reemerging virus infections. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 83(1), 159-175.

Karakus, U., Mena, I., Kottur, J., El Zahed, S. S., Seoane, R., Yildiz, S., ... & García-Sastre, A. (2024). H19 influenza A virus exhibits species-specific MHC class II receptor usage. Cell host & microbe, 32(7), 1089-1102.

Rajan, A., Nair, A. S., Pillai, V. S., Kumar, B., Pai, A. R., Benny, B., & Veettil, M. V. (2024). Highly sensitive and quantitative HiBiT-tagged Nipah virus-like particles: A platform for rapid antibody neutralization studies. Heliyon, 10(11).

Gopi, P., Krishna, G., & Veettil, M. V. (2024). Biology of Variola Virus. Poxviruses, 139-149.

Kalishwaralal, K., Nazeer, A. A., Induja, D. K., Keerthana, C. K., Shifana, S. C., & Anto, R. J. (2024). Enhanced extracellular vesicles mediated uttroside B (Utt-B) delivery to Hepatocellular carcinoma cell: Pharmacokinetics based on PBPK modelling. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 703, 149648.

Rajan A, Nair AS, Pillai VS, Kumar B, Pai AR, Benny B, Veettil MV. Highly sensitive and quantitative HiBiT-tagged Nipah virus-like particles: A platform for rapid antibody neutralization studies. Heliyon. 2024 May 24;10(11):e31905. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31905. PMID: 38868026; PMCID: PMC11167343.

Lekshmi VS, Asha K, Sanicas M, Asi A, Arya UM, Kumar B. PI3K/Akt/Nrf2 mediated cellular signaling and virus-host interactions: latest updates on the potential therapeutic management of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Mol Biosci. 2023 Jun 1;10:1158133. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1158133. PMID: 37325475; PMCID: PMC10267462.

Krishna G, Pillai VS, Gopi P, Nair AS, Veettil MV. Epstein-Barr virus infection controls the concentration of the intracellular antioxidant glutathione by upregulation of the glutamate transporter EAAT3 in tumor cells. Virus Genes. 2023 Feb;59(1):55-66. Epub 2022 Nov 7. PMID: 36344769

Gopi P, Anju TR, Pillai VS, Veettil M. SARS-Coronavirus 2, A Metabolic Reprogrammer: A Review in the Context of the Possible Therapeutic Strategies. Curr Drug Targets. 2022;23(8):770-781. doi: 10.2174/1389450122666210917113842. PMID: 34533443

T.R. Anju, S. Parvathy, Mohanan ValiyaVeettil, J. Rosemary, T.H. Ansalna, M.M. Shahzabanu, S. Devika, Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Aloe vera leaf extract and its antimicrobial activity, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 43, Part 6, 2021, Pages 3956-3960,ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr. 2021.02.665

Mohanan ValiyaVeettil, Gayathri Krishna, Vinod Soman Pillai,Chapter 6 - Viral and Host Cellular Factors Used by Neurotropic Viruses,Editor(s): Sunil Kumar,The Molecular Immunology of Neurological Diseases,Academic Press,2021,Pages7583,ISBN978
0128219744, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821974-4.00003-0

Rajan A, Nair AS, Pillai VS, Veettil MV. Nipah Virus: An emerging threat. Advances in Life Science Research. 2022 Vol 1 (2) Web article.

Krishna, G., ValiyaVeettil, M. (2023). Marine Viruses and Their Impact on Ocean Bacterial Biomass. In: Thomas, S., Hosur, M., Pasquini, D., Jose Chirayil, C. (eds) Handbook of Biomass. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6772-6_59-1