CSIR - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Principal Scientist
Email: hkrishnan@ccmb.res.in
Phone: +91-040-27192925
I currently use two different viral systems for studies: HCV is a positively sensed RNA virus which is transmitted across humans through blood. HCV infection could lead to chronic infection in more than 70% of the infected persons, which ultimately results in the development of liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). There are no vaccines available against HCV infection and the current treatment regime uses pegylated interferon a with ribovirin. The studies in the lab focus on various signaling pathways induced and manipulated by HCV in hepatocytes. KSHV, a g-herpesvirus has been implicated in the development of Kaposi’ sarcoma which is an angiomatous neoplasm seen in immune suppressed persons such as AIDS patients. Unlike other herpesviruses, KSHV does not induce a true lytic cycle in vitro, however induces an aberrant lytic cycle, and establishes latency. The mechanism by which true lytic cycle is inhibited early on in the infection is being analyzed in his laboratory.
Selected Publications
Krishnan, H.H., et al., 2004. Concurrent expression of latent and a limited number of lytic genes with immune modulation and anti-apoptotic functions by KSHV/HHV-8 early during infection of primary endothelial and fibroblast cells and subsequent decline of lytic gene expression. J Virology: 78:3601-20.
George, A., et al., 2012. Hepatitis C virus NS5A binds to the mRNA Cap binding eIF4F complex and upregulates host translation initiation machinery through 4EBP1 inactivation. J. Biol. Chemistry. 10; 287(7): 5042-58.
Panda, S., et al., 2014. Hepatitis C Virus Protein NS5A Coordinates a Unique Phosphorylation Dependent eIF4E Assembly on 40S Ribosomes That Regulates IRES Activity. Biochemical Journal, Sep 1;462(2):291-302.
Vedagiri, D., et al., 2016. An Atypical System for Studying Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Scientific Reports 6:26282
Parveen, S., et al., 2017. Unconventional MAPK-GSK-3? Pathway Behind Atypical Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition In Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Scientific Reports 7, 8842 (2017)
Education & Experiance
P.G: | Biotechnology ; Cochin University of Science and Technology ; 1998 |
Ph.D: | Anaerobic regulation in V.cholerae ; Jadavpur/Indian Institute of Chemical Biology ; 2003 |
Post.Doc: | Virology ; University of Kansas Medical Center ; 2002-2007 |
Title | Journal | Year |
---|---|---|
Easing diagnosis and pushing the detection limits of SARS-CoV-2 | Biology Methods and Protocols | 2020 |
mTORC1 Restricts Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication Through ULK1-mediated Suppression of miR-122 and Facilitates Post-replication Events. | Journal of General Virology (2019). DOI 10.1099/jgv.0.001356 | 2019 |
An Atypical System for Studying Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. | Sci Rep. 2016 May 20;6:26282. doi: 10.1038/srep26282. | 2016 |
Hepatitis C Virus Protein NS5A Coordinates a Unique Phosphorylation Dependent eIF4E Assembly on 40S Ribosomes That Regulates IRES Activity. | Biochemical Journal 2014 Jun 4. PMID:24894874; doi:10.1042/BJ20131530). | 2014 |
Hepatitis C virus NS5A binds to the mRNA Cap binding eIF4F complex and upregulates host translation initiation machinery through 4EBP1 inactivation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287, NO. 7, 5042 | 2011 |
Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) is critical for Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV-HHV-8) entry into the target cells. | J. Virology. 80. 1167-1180. (Selected in the J.Virology spotlight in the same issue) | 2006 |
Envelope glycoprotein gB of Kaposi's sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) is essential for egress from infected cells | J. Virology. 79. 10952-10967. | 2005 |
ERK1/2 and MEK1/2 induced by Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) early during infection of target cells are essential for the expression of viral genes and for the establishment of infection. | J. Virology. 79. 10308-10329. | 2005 |
Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) modulates the Microtubule Dynamics via RhoAGTP- Diaphenous-2 Signaling and Utilizes the Dynein Motors to deliver its DNA to the Nucleus. | J. Virology. 79. 1191-1206. | 2005 |
Effect of anaerobiosis on expression of virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae. | Infection and Immunity. 72. 3961-3967. | 2004 |
Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) envelope glycoprotein gB induces the integrin dependent focal adhesion kinase-Src-PI-3K-RhoGTPase signal pathways and cytoskeletal rearrangements. | J.Virology. 78: 4207-4223. | 2004 |
Concurrent expression of latent and a limited number of lytic genes with immune modulation and anti-apoptotic functions by KSHV/HHV-8 early during infection of primary endothelial and fibroblast cells and subsequent decline of lytic gene expression. | J Virology: 78:3601-20. | 2004 |
Host gene induction and transcriptional reprogramming in KSHV/HHV-8 infected endothelial, fibroblast and B cells: Insights into modulation events early during infection. | Cancer Research; 64:72-84. | 2004 |
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-PKC-?-MEK-ERK signaling pathway in the target cells early during infection: implications in infectivity | J.Virology. 77:1524-1539. | 2003 |
2925
hkrishnan@ccmb.res.in
2930
mohan_singh@ccmb.res.in
2950
amitkumar@ccmb.res.in
2930
nivedita@ccmb.res.in
2930
dhiviya@ccmb.res.in
2930
parveen@ccmb.res.in
2930
divyagupta@ccmb.res.in
2930
haripriya@ccmb.res.in
2930
vishal.sah@ccmb.res.in
2930
dixitkumar@ccmb.res.in