Research Papers

# Denotes equal contribution           * Corresponding author

2024

93. Biligiri KK, Sharma NR, Mohanty A, Sarkar DB, Vemula PK, Rampalli S.* "A cytoplasmic form of EHMT1N methylates viral proteins to enable inclusion body maturation and efficient viral replication" PLoS Biology 2024, in press

92. Mohan MK, Thorat K, Puthiyapurayil TP, Sunnapu O, Chandrashekharappa S, Ravula V, Khader R, Sankaranarayanan A, Muhammad H, Vemula PK.* "Oxime-functionalized anti-insecticide fabric reduces insecticide exposure through dermal and nasal routes, and prevents insecticide-induced neuromuscular dysfunction and mortality" Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4844. Link 

91. Paul S, Ashrit P, Kumar M, Mete S, Ghosh S, Vemula PK,* Mukherjee A,* De P.* "Photostimulated extended nitric oxide (NO) release from water-soluble block copolymers to enhance antibacterial activity" Biomacromolecules 2024, 25, 77-88. Link 

90. Ravula V, Murupiti V, Kumar A, Wang L-F, Vemula PK, Patri SV.* “DOTAP mediated formulations of aminoacid based cationic liposomes for improved gene delivery and cell viability” ChemMedChem 2024, e202400324. Link 

89. Pradeep A, Mathew AI, Vemula PK, Bhat SG, Narayanan S. “Investigating the pro-inflammatory differentiation of macrophages with bacterial ghosts in potential infection control” Archives of Microbiology 2024206, 361. Link 

88. Reghu G, Vemula PK, Bhat SG, Narayanan S. “Harnessing the innate immune system by revolutionizing macrophage-mediated cancer immunotherapy” J. Biosci. 202449, 63. Link 

87. Narayanan S,* Baburajan AP, Muhammad M, Joseph A, Vemula PK, Bhat SG. “Demonstrating the immunostimulatory and cytokine-augmentation effects of bacterial ghosts to natural killer cells and Caenorhabditis Elegans” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2023, 1-12. Link

2023

86. Rajendran K, Pahal S, Badnikar K, Nayak MM, Subramanyam DN, Vemula PK, Krishnan UM.* “Methotrexate delivering microneedle patches for improved therapeutic efficacy in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis” Int. J. Pharm2023642, 123184. Link

85. Kotla NG,* Isa ILM, Larranaga A, Maddiboyina B, Swamy SK, Sivaraman G,* Vemula PK.* "Hyaluronic acid-based bioconjugate systems, scaffolds, and their therapeutic potential" Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2023e2203104. Link

2022

84. Pandey S,# Mahato M,# Srinath P, Bhutani U, Goap TJ, Ravipati P, Vemula PK.* "Intermittent scavenging of storage lesion from stored red blood cells by electrospun nanofibrous sheets enhances their quality and shelf-life" Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 7394. Link

83. Ghate V,* Renjith A,* Badnikar K, Pahal S, Jayadevi SN, Nayak MM, Vemula PK,* Subramanyam DN. "Single step fabrication of hollow Microneedles and an experimental package for controlled drug delivery" Int. J. Pharm. 2022, 122546 Link

82. Pahal S,* Boranna R, Tripathy A, Goudar VS, Veetil VT, Kurapati R, Prashant GR, Vemula PK.* "Nanoarchitechtonics for free-standing poly electrolyte multilayers films: Exploring the flipped surfaces" ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202200462 Link 

81. Sunnapu O, Subramanian S, Vemula PK, Karuppannan S.* "Zingerone-encapsulated solid lipid nanoparticles as oral drug delivery systems to potentially target inflammatory diseases" ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202200388 Link

80. Sunnapu O, Khader R, Dhanka M, Vemula PK,* Karuppannan S.* "Enzyme-responsive hydrogel for delivery of an anti-inflammatory agent zingerone" ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202200334 Link 

79. Ghosh S, Singh R, Vanwinkle ZM, Guo H, Vemula PK, Goel A, Haribabu B, Jala VR.* "Microbial metabolite restricts 5-Fluorouracil-resistant tumor progression by sensitising transporters via regulation of FOXO3-FOXM1 axis" Theranostics 2022, 12, 5574-5595. Link

78. Dhayani A, Bej S, Mudnakudu-Nagaraju KK, Chakraborty S, Srinath P, Kumar AH, PS AM, Khristi A, Ramakrishnan S,* Vemula PK.* "An amphiphilic double-brush polymer hydrogel for sustained release of small molecules and biologics: Insulin-delivering hydrogel to control hyperglycemia" ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202200184  Link

77. Rachamalla H, Voshavar C, Arjunan P, Mahalingam G, Chowath R, Banerjee R, Vemula PK,* Marepally S.* "Skin permeable nano-lithocholic-lipidoid efficiently alleviates psoriasis-like chronic skin inflammations” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  2022, 14,14859-14870. Link  

76. Kotla NG, Singh R, Baby BV, Rasala S, Rasool J, Hynes SO, Martin D, Egan LJ, Vemula PK, Jala VR, Rochev Y,* Pandit A.* "Inflammation-specific targeted carriers for local drug delivery to inflammatory bowel disease" Biomaterials 2022, 22, 121364 Link 

75. Mukherjee D, Hasan Md-N, Ghosh R, Ghosh G, Bera A, Prasad SE, Hiwale A, Vemula P, Das R, Pal S. "Decoding the Kinetic Pathways Towards Lipid/DNA Complex of Alkyl-alcohol Cationic lipids formed in a Microfluidic Channel" J. Phys. Chem. B. 2022, 126(3), 588-600. Link 

74. Haroon MM,* Palakodeti D, Vemula PK. "Flow cytometry analysis of planarian stem cells using DNA and mitochondrial dyes" Bio-protocol 2022, 12(2), e4299 Link 

2021

73. Mukherjee D, Paul D, Sarker S, Hasan Md-Nur, Ghosh R, Prasad S, Vemula P, Das R, Adhikary A, Pal S, Rakshit T. "PEG Mediated Fusion of Extracellular Vesicles with Cationic Liposomes for the Design of Hybrid Delivery Systems" ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. 2021, 4(12), 8259-8266. Link  

72. Badnikar K,* Jayadevi SN, Pahal S,* Vemula PK, Nayak MM, Subramanyam DN. "Microscale engineering of hollow microneedle tips: Design, manufacturing, optimization and validation" Drug Del. Transl. Res. 2021, doi.org/10.1007/s13346-021-01062-w  Link 

71. Prabhakara C, Godbole R, Sil P, Jahnavi S, Gulzar SEJ, Zanten TS, Sheth D, Subhash N, Chandra A, Shivaraj A, Panikulam P, Ibrahim U, Nuthakki VK, Puthiyapurayil TP, Ahmed R, Najar AH, Lingamallu SM, Das S, Mahajan B, Vemula P, Bharate SB, Singh PP, Vishwakarma R, Guha A, Sundaramurthy V,* Mayor S.* "Strategies to target SARS-CoV-2 entry and infection using dual mechanisms of inhibition by acidification inhibitors" PLoS Pathog. 2021, 17, e1009706 Link

70. Haroon MM, Lakshmanan V, Sarkar SR, Lei K, Vemula PK*, Palakodeti D.* "Mitochondrial state determines functionally divergent stem cell population in planaria" Stem Cell Rep. 2021, 16, 1302-1316. Link

69. Pahal S*, Badnikar K, Ghate V, Bhutani U, Nayak MM, Nayak MM, Subramanyam DN, Vemula PK*. "Microneedles for extended transdermal therapeutics: A route to advanced healthcare" Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2021, 159, 151-169. Link

68. Bej S, Dhayani A, Vemula P, Ramakrishnan S.* "Fine tuning crystallisation-induced gelation in amphiphilic double-brush polymers" Langmuir 2021, 37, 1788-1798. Link 

67. Pooladanda V, Thatikonda S, Sunnapu O, Tiwary S, Vemula PK, Talluri MK, Godugu C. “iRGD conjugated nimbolide liposomes protect against endotoxin induced acute respiratory distress syndrome” Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2021, 33, 102351. Link

2020

66. Mukherjee D, Rakshit T,* Singh P, Mondal S, Paul D, Ahir M, Adhikari A, Puthiyapurayil TP, Vemula PK, Senapati D, Das R,* Pal SK.* “Differential flexibility leading to crucial microelastic properties of asymmetric lipid vesicles for cellular transfection: A combined spectroscopic and atomic force microscopy studies” Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020, 196, 111363. Link 

65. Singh R, Chandrashekharappa S, Vemula PK, Bodduluri H, Jala VR. “Microbial metabolite Urolithin B inhibits recombinant human monoamine oxidase A enzyme” Metabolites 2020, 10, 258. Link 

64. Ghate V, Chaudhari P, Maxwell A, Lewis S, Pahal S, Vemula PK. “Rethinking Exosomes: From cell-to-cell courier services to individualized medicines” AAPS 2020, June. Link  (Cover Feature) Invited Review

63. Badnikar K,* Jayadevi SN, Pahal S,* Sripada S, Nayak MM, Vemula PK, Subrahmanyam DM “Generic molding platform for simple, low-cost fabrication of microneedles” Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2020, 2000072. Link  (Cover Feature) 

62. Sunnapu O, Ravipati P, Srinath P, Kalita S, Bhat PP, Harshitha SR, Sekar K, Vemula PK, Mahato M.* “Design of cationic amphiphiles for generating self-assembled soft nanostructures, micelles, and hydrogels” Bull. Mater. Sci. 202043, 172.

61. Mukherjee D, Singh P, Rakshit T, Puthiya-Purayil T, Vemula P, Sengupta J, Das R, Pal S. “Deciphering the response of asymmetry in hydrophobic chains of novel cationic lipids towards biological function” Phy. Chem. Chem. Phy. 2020, 22, 1738-1746. Link  

2019

60. Dhayani A, Kalita S, Mahato M, Srinath P, Vemula PK.* “Biomaterials for topical and transdermal drug delivery in reconstructive transplantation” Nanomedicine 2019, 14, 2713-2733. Link

59. John G,* Nagarajan S, Silverman J, Vemula PK, Pillai CKS.* “Natural monomers: A mine for functional and sustainable materials – Occurrence, chemical modification and polymerization” Prog. Polym. Sci. 201992, 158-209. Link 

58. Singh R, Chandrashekharappa S, Bodduluri SR, Baby BV, Hegde B, Kotla NG, Hiwale AA, Saiyed T, Patel P, Vijay Kumar M, Langille MGI, Douglas GM, Cheng X, Rouchka EC, Waigel SJ, Dryden GW, Alatassi H, Zhang HG, Haribabu B, Vemula PK*, Jala VR*, "Enhancement of gut barrier integrity by a microbial metabolite through the Nrf2 pathway" Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 89. Link

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57. Jain A, Dhiman S, Dhayani A, Vemula PK,* Subi G.* "Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization" Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 450. Link


56. C Anton Fries, Lawson SD, Wang LC, Slaughter KV, Vemula PK, Dhayani A, Joshi N, Karp JM, Rickard RF, Gorantla VS, Davis MR. "Graft-implanted, enzyme responsive, tacrolimus-eluting hydrogel enables long-term survival of orthotopic porcine limb vascularized composite allografts: A proof of concept study" PLoS ONE 2019, 14(1): e0210914. Link 

55. Kotla NG,* Rana S, Sivaraman G, Sunnapu O, Vemula PK, Pandit A, Rochev Y.* “Bioresponsive drug delivery systems in intestinal inflammation: State-of-the-art and future perspectives” Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2019, 146, 248-266 Link

2018

54. Thorat K, Pandey S, Chandrashekharappa S, Vavilthota N, Hiwale AA, Shah P, Sreekumar S, Upadhyay S, Phuntsok T, Mahato M, Mudnakudu-Nagaraju KK, Sunnapu O, Vemula PK.* “Prevention of pesticide-induced neuronal dysfunction and mortality with nucleophilic poly-Oxime topical gel” Sci. Adv. 20184, eaau1780. Link

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53. Rangasami VK, Lochania B, Voshavar C, Rachamalla HR, Banerjee R, Dhayani A, Thangavel S, Vemula PK,* Marepally S.* “Exploring membrane permeability of Tomatidine to enhance lipid mediated nucleic acid transfections” BBA Biomembranes 20191861, 327-334. Link

52. Totiger TM, Srinivasan S, Jala VR, Lamicchane P, Dosch AR, Gaidarski-III AA, Joshi C, Rangappa S, Castellanos J, Vemula PK, Chen X, Kwon D, Kashikar N, VanSaun M, Merchant NB, Nagathihalli S.* “Urolithin A, a natural compound to target PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in pancreatic cancer” Mol. Cancer Ther. 2018, Nov 7. pii: molcanther.0464.2018 Link

51. Dzhonova D, Olariu R, Leckenby J, Dhayani A, Vemula PK, Prost J-C, Banz Y, Taddeo A,* Reiben R.* “Local release of tacrolimus from hydrogel-based drug delivery system is controlled by inflammatory enzymes in vivo and can be monitored non-invasively using in vivo imaging” PloS ONE 201813, e0203409. Link 

50. Dzhonova D, Olariu R, Leckenby J, Banz Y, Prost J-C, Dhayani A, Vemula PK, Voegelin E, Taddeo A.* Rieben R.* “Local injections of tacrolimus-loaded hydrogel reduce systemic immunesuppression-related toxicity in vascularized composite allotransplantation” Transplantation 2018, 102, 1684.  Link

49. Joshi N, Yan J, Levy S, Bhagchandani S, Slaughter K, Sherman NE, Amirault J, He X, Rui TS, Valic M, Vemula PK, Miranda OR, Levy O, Aliprantis A, Ermann J,* Karp JM.* “Towards an arthritis flare-responsive drug delivery system” Nat. Commun. 20189, 1275. Link

2017

48. Sasidharan V,# Marepally S,# Eliott SA, Baid S, Lakshmanan V, Nayyar N, Bansal D, Sanchez-Alvarado A, Vemula PK,* Palakodeti D.* “The miR-124 family of microRNAs critical for regeneration of the brain and visual system in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea” Development 2017144, 3211-3223.Link

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47. Hiwale AA, Voshavar C, Dharmalingam P, Dhayani A, Muktavaram R, Nadella R, Sunnapu O, Gandhi S, Naidu VGM, Chaudhuri A, Marepally S,* Vemula PK.* “Scaling the effect of hydrophobic chain length on gene transfer properties of di-alkyl, di-hydroxy ethylammonium chloride based cationic amphiphiles” RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 25398-405. Link

46. Lalitha K, Sridharan V, Maheswari CU, Vemula PK, Nagarajan S.* “Morphology transition in the helical tubules of supramolecular gel driven by metal ions” Chem. Commun. 201753, 1538-41. Link

45. Puroshothaman G, Juvale K, Kirubakaran S, Vemula PK, Thiruvenkatam V.* “Structural studies of 1,2-O-cyclohexylidene-myo-inositol: Insights of hydrogen bonding interactions” Acta Crysts. C 2017C73, 20-27. Link 

2016

44. Kurbet AS, Hegde S, Bhattacharjee O, Marepally S, Vemula PK, Raghavan S*. “Sterile inflammation enhances ECM degradation in integrin β1 KO embryonic skin” Cell Reports 201616, 3334-47. Link

[Press/media coverage: The Times of IndiaPharmabizIndian Science JournalBiostandupsinStem& more]

43. Divya KP, Miroshnikov M, Dutta D, Vemula PK,* Ajayan PM, John G.* “In situ synthesis of metal nanoparticle embedded hybrid soft nanomaterials” Acc. Chem. Res. 201649, 1671-1680. (An invited review) Link

42. Vemula PK, Jala VR.* “Colonic crypts are natural gatekeepers of microbial metabolites to protect stem cells” Transl. Cancer Res. 2016, doi: 10.21037/tcr.2016.08.24 (An invited commentary) Link

41. Meka RR, Godeshala S, Marepally S, Thorat K, Rachamalla HKR, Dhayani A, Hiwale AA, Banerjee R, Chaudhuri A, Vemula PK.*  “Asymmetric cationic lipids based non-viral vectors for an efficient nucleic acid delivery.” RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 77841-48. Link

40. Amit I, Baker D, Barker R, Berger B, Bertozzi C, Bhatia S, Biffi A, Demichelis F, Doudna J, Dowdy SF, Endy D, Helmstaedter M, Junca H, June C, Kamb S, Khvorova A, Kim D-H, Kim J-S, Krishnan Y, Lakadamyali M, Lappalainen T, Lewin S, Liao J, Loman N, Lundberg E, Lynd L, Martin C, Mellman I, Miyawaki A, Mummery C, Nelson K, Paz J, Peralta-Yahya P, Picotti P, Polyak K, Prather K, Qin J, Quake S, Regev, A, Rogers JA, Shetty R, Sommer M, Stevens M, Stolovitzky G, Takahashi M, Tang F, Teichmann S, Torres-Padilla M-E, Tripathi L, Vemula P, Verdine G, Vollmer F, Wang J, Ying JY, Zhang F, Zhang T.  “Voices of Biotech.” Nat. Biotechnol. 201634, 270-275. (Feature) Link

39. Saha P, Yeoh BS, Singh R, Chandrasekar B, Vemula PK, Haribabu B, Vijay-Kumar M.* Jala VR.*  “Gut mitochondria conversion of dietary ellagic acid into bioactive phytoceutical urolithin A inhibits heme peroxidases.” PLoS ONE 2016, 1(6): e0156811. Link

38. Mathiyazhakan M, Upputuri PK, Sivasubramanian K, Dhayani A, Vemula PK, Zou P, Pu K, Yang C, Pramanik M, Xu C.* "In situ synthesis of gold nanostars within liposomes for controlled drug release and photoacoustic imaging". Sci. China Mater. 2016, 59, 892-900. Link

37. Selot R, Marepally S, Vemula PK, Jayandharan GR*. Nanoparticle coated viral vectors for gene therapy. Curr. Biotechnol. 20165, 44-53. Link 

2015

36. Zhang S,# Ermann J,# Succi MD, Zhou A, Hamilton MJ, Cao B, Korzenik JR, Glickman JN, Vemula PK, Glimcher LH, Traverso G,* Langer R,* Karp JM.*  “An inflammation-targeting hydrogel for local delivery in inflammatory bowl disease”. Sci. Transl. Med. 20157, 300ra128. (#Denotes equal contribution) Link

35. Sen D, Vemula PK, Jayandharan GR. “Intra-articular gene transfer of miR-15b attenuates molecular mediators of hemophilic arthropathy in a murine model of hemophilia”. Mol. Therapy 201523, S96-S97.

34. Lalitha K, Muthusamy K, Prasad YS, Vemula PK, Nagarajan S.* "Recent developments in beta-C-glycosides: Synthesis and applications". Carbohydrate Res. 2015, 402, 158-171. Link

2014

33. Gajanayake T,# Olariu R,# Leclere FM, Dhayani A, Yang Z, Bongoni AK, Banz Y, Constantinescu MA, Karp JM,* Vemula PK,* Rieben R,* Vogelin E. “A single localized dose of enzyme-responsive hydrogel improves long-term survival of a vascularized composite allograft”. Sci. Transl. Med. 2014, 6, 249ra110. (#Denotes equal contribution) Link

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32. Vemula PK,# Kohler JE,# Blass A, Williams M, Xu C, Chen L, Jadhav SR, John G, Soybel DI,* Karp JM.* “Self-assembled hydrogel fibers for sensing the multi-compartment intracellular milieu”. Sci. Rep. 20144, 4466; DOI:10.1038/srep04466 (#Denotes equal contribution) Link

31. Periera MN, Lang N, Masiakos P, Sundback C, Ouyang B, Cho W, Vemula PK, Langer R,* Ferreira N,* Karp JM.*“Combined surface micropatterning and reactive chemistry maximizes tissue adhesion with minimal inflammation”. Adv. Healthcare Mater. 20143, 565-571. Link

2013

30. Vemula PK,* Wiradharma N, Ankrum JA, Miranda OR, John G, Karp JM.* “Prodrugs as self-assembled hydrogels: a new paradigm for biomaterials”. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 201324, 1174-1182. Link (Invited review)

29. Balachandran VS, Jadhav SR, Vemula PK,* John G.* “Recent advances in cardanol chemistry in a nutshell: from a nut to nanomaterials”. Chem. Soc. Rev. 201342, 427-438. (Cover Feature) Link (Invited review)

2012

28. Xu C, Miranda-Nieves D, Ankrum JA, Matthiesen ME, Phillips JA, Roes I, Wojtkiewicz GR, Juneja V, Kultima JR, Zhao W, Vemula PK, Lin CP, Nahrendorf M, Karp JM.* “Tracking mesenchymal stem cells with iron oxide nanoparticles loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles”. Nano Lett. 201212, 4131-4139. Link

2011

27. Sarkar D, Spencer JA, Phillips JA, Zhao W, Schafer S, Spelke DP, Mortensen LJ, Ruiz JP, Vemula PK, Sridharan R, Kumar S, Karnik R, Lin CP, Karp JM.* “Engineered cell homing”. Blood 2011118, e184-e191. Link

26. Vemula PK, Anderson RR, Karp JM.* “Animal models for nickel allergy”. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20116, 533. [Correspondence] Link

25. Vemula PK, Anderson RR, Karp JM.* “Nanoparticles reduce nickel allergy by capturing metal ions”. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20116, 291-295. Link
 

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24. Vemula PK#, Boilard E#, Syed A, Campbell NR, Muluneh M, Weitz DA, Lee DM, Karp JM.* “On-demand drug delivery from self-assembled nanofibrous gels: a new approach for treatment of proteolytic disease”. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A 2011,97A, 103-110. (#denotes equal contribution) Link    
 

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23. Mitsouras D,* Vemula PK, Yu P, Tao M, Nyugen BT, Karp JM, Mulkern RV, Ozaki CK, Rybicki FJ. “Immobilized Contrast Enhanced (ICE) MRI: Gadolinium-based long-term MR contrast enhancement of the vein graft vessel wall”. Magn. Reson. Med. 201165, 176-183. (Cover Feature) Link

2010

22. Nguyen BT#, Vemula PK#, Mitsouras D, Yu P, Tao M, Campagna C, Mulkern RV, Rybicki FJ, Karp JM,* Ozaki CK.*“Immobilization of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles for enhancement of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging - An ex vivo feasibility study”. Bioconjugate Chem. 201021, 1408-1412. (#denotes equal contribution) Link

21. Jadhav SR, Vemula PK, Kumar R, Raghavan SR, John G.* “Sugar derived phase-selective molecular gelators as model oil spills and solidifiers”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201049, 7695-7698. (Cover Feature) Link    
 

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20. Sarkar D, Vemula PK, Zhao W, Gupta A, Karnik R, Karp JM.* “Engineered mesenchymal stem cells with self-assembled vesicles for systemic cell targeting”. Biomaterials 201031, 5266-5274. Link

19. John G,* Shankar BV, Jadhav SR, Vemula PK. "Biorefinery: A design tool for molecular gelators". Langmuir 201026, 17843-17853. (Cover Feature) Link 
 

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2009

18. Vemula PK#, Cruikshank GA#, Karp JM,* John G.* “Self-assembled prodrugs: an enzymatically triggered drug delivery platform”. Biomaterials 200930, 383-393. (#denotes equal contribution) Link

17. Jyothish K, Vemula PK, Jadhav SR, Francesconi LC, John G.* “Self-standing, metal nanoparticle embedded transparent films from multi-armed cardanol conjugates through in situ synthesis”. Chem. Commun. 2009, 5368-5370. (Cover Feature)Link

2008

16. Sarkar D, Vemula PK, Teo GSL, Spelke D, Karnik R, Wee YL, Karp JM.* “Chemical engineering of mesenchymal stem cells to induce a cell rolling response”. Bioconjugate Chem. 200819, 2105-2109. Link

15. Kumar A#, Vemula PK#, Ajayan PM, John G.* “Silver-nanoparticle-embedded anti-microbial paints based on vegetable oil” Nat. Mater. 20087, 236-241. (#denotes equal contribution) Link
 

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14. Vemula PK, Douglas K, Achong C, Kumar A, Ajayan PM, John G.* “Autoxidation induced metal nanoparticles synthesis in biobased polymeric systems: A sustainable approach in hybrid materials development”. J. Biobased Mater. Bioenergy 20082, 218-222. (Cover Feature) Link

13. Vemula PK, John G.* “Crops: a green approach toward self-assembled soft materials”. Acc. Chem. Res. 200841, 769-782.Link

2007

12. Mallia, VA#, Vemula PK#, John G,* Kumar A, Ajayan PM.* “In situ synthesis and assembly of gold nanoparticles embedded glass forming liquid crystals” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 200746, 3269-3274. (#denotes equal contribution) Link
 

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11. Vemula PK#, Mallia VA#, Bizati K, John G.* “Cholesterol phenoxy hexanoate mesogens: Effect of meta substituents on their liquid crystalline behavior and in situ metal nanoparticle synthesis” Chem. Mater. 200719, 5203-5206. (#denotes equal contribution) Link

10. Vemula PK, Aslam U, Mallia VA, John G.* “In situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles using molecular gels and liquid crystals from vitamin-C amphiphiles” Chem. Mater. 200719, 138-140. Link

2006

9. Vemula PK, Li J, John G.* “Enzyme catalysis: tool to make and break amygdalin hydrogelators from renewable resources: a delivery model for hydrophobic drugs” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006128, 8932-8938. Link
 

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8. Vemula PK, John G.* “Smart amphiphiles: hydro/organogelators for in situ reduction of gold” Chem. Commun. 2006, 2218-2220. (Cover Feature) Link 
 

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7. John G,* Vemula PK.”Design and development of soft nanomaterials from biobased amphiphiles” Soft Matter 20062¸ 909-914. (Cover Feature) [Was selected as Best Cover page of the year-2006 from RSC] Link
 

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2005-2002

6. Bhattacharya S,* Vemula PK. “Effect of heteroatom insertion at the side chain of 5-alkyl-1H-tetrazoles on their properties as catalysts for ester hydrolysis at neutral pH” J. Org. Chem. 200570, 9677-9985. Link

5. Bhattacharya S,* Kumar VP. "Ester cleavage properties of synthetic hydroxybenzotriazoles in cationic monovalent and gemini surfactant micelles” Langmuir 200521, 71-78. Link

4. Kumar VP, Ganguly B,* Bhattacharya S.* “Computational study on hydroxybenzotriazoles as reagents for ester hydrolysis” J. Org. Chem. 200469, 8634-8642. Link

3. Bhattacharya S,* Kumar VP. “Evidence of enhanced reactivity of DAAP nucleophile toward dephosphorylation and deacylation reactions in cationic gemini micellar media” J. Org. Chem. 200469, 559-562. Link

2. Bhattacharya S,* Snehalatha K, Kumar VP. “Synthesis of new Cu (II)-chelating ligand amphiphiles and their esterolytic properties in cationic micelles” J. Org. Chem. 200368, 2741-2747. Link

1. Subramanian S, Kumar VP, Bhattacharya S.* “Synthesis of phospholipids with fatty acid chains containing aromatic units at various depths” ARKIVOC 2002VII, 116-125. Link

 

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6. Gergovska M, Briand E, Karp JM, Jacob SE, Vemula P, Gospodinov D, Kazandjieva J. “Metal sequestering dermal cream exhibits beneficial effects in patients with dyshidrotic eczema associated with nickel induced allergic contact dermatitis - a pilot study” Allergy 201772, 310. Link

5. Singh R, Hegde B, Baby BV, Sandeep C, Kotla N, Chandrasekar B, Marepally S, Bodduluri H, Vemula PK, Jala VR. “Targeted delivery of microbial metabolite, urolithin A protects from chemically (DSS or TNBS) induced colitis in pre-clinical models” J. Immunol 2017198 (1 Supplement), 65-6. Link

4. Wu K, Dhayani A, Slaughter K, Karp JM, Joshi N, Vemula P, Wang L, Cindass R, Lawson S, Gorantla VS, Davis MR. “Graft-implanted tacrolimus-eluting hydrogels prolong survival after vascularized composite allotransplantation” Bri. J. Surgery 2016103, 92.

3. Gajanayake T,* Olariu R, Leclere F, Vemula PK, Yang Z, Bongoni A, Banz Y, Constantinescu M, Vogelin E, Rieben R. "Complement activation in vascularized composite allotransplantation". Mol. Immunol. 201356, 283.

2. Vemula P, Levy O, Valic M, Sanchez OM, Anand P, Aliprantis AO, Karp JM.* "On-demand drug delivery from self-assembled hydrogels: a new approach for treatment of inflammatory arthritis". Ann. Rheum. Dis. 2013, 72, A817.

1. Ozaki CK,* Mitsouras D, Vemula PK, Smiley D, Tao M, Yu P, Campagna C, Zhao W, Mulkern RV, Karp J, Rybicki F. “Novel implantable vein graft contrast yields enhanced outer wall definition in magnetic resonance imaging”. J. Vasc. Surgery 2010, 51, 533. Link