Dr. Rohit Gundamaraju

Postdoc. Fellow
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from University of Tasmania, Australia

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Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
Phytochemical Studies
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacognosy
Cancer Prevention

Selected Publications

  1. Gundamaraju, R. and W.C. Chong, 2021. Consequence of distinctive expression of MUC2 in colorectal cancers: How much is actually bad? Biochim. Biophys. Acta (BBA) Rev. Cancer, Vol. 1876. 10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188579.
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  2. Chattopadhyay, I., R. Ambati and R. Gundamaraju, 2021. Exploring the crosstalk between inflammation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer. Mediators Inflammation, Vol. 2021. 10.1155/2021/9918379.
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  3. Wilson, R., R. Gundamaraju, R. Vemuri, C. Angelucci, D. Geraghty, N. Gueven and R.D. Eri, 2020. Identification of key pro-survival proteins in isolated colonic goblet cells of Winnie, a murine model of spontaneous colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Dis., 26: 80-92.
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  4. Gundamaraju, R., W. Lu, I. Azimi, R. Eri and S.S. Sohal, 2020. Endogenous anti-cancer candidates in GPCR, ER stress, and EMT. Biomedicines, Vol. 8. 10.3390/biomedicines8100402.
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  5. Gundamaraju, R., W. Lu and R. Manikam, 2020. CHCHD2: The power houses potential prognostic factor for cancer? Front. Cell Dev. Biol., Vol. 8. 10.3389/fcell.2020.620816.
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  6. Gundamaraju, R., R. Vemuri, W.C. Chong, A.C. Bulmer and R. Eri, 2019. BILIRUBIN attenuates ER stress-mediated inflammation, escalates apoptosis and reduces proliferation in the LS174T colonic epithelial cell line. Int. J. Med. Sci., 16: 135-144.
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  7. Vemuri, R., T. Shinde, M.D. Shastri, A.P. Perera and S. Tristram et al., 2018. A human origin strain Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS-1 exhibits superior in vitro probiotic efficacy in comparison to plant or dairy origin probiotics. Int. J. Med. Sci., 15: 840-848.
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  8. Vemuri, R., R. Gundamaraju, M.D. Shastri, S.D. Shukla and K. Kalpurath et al., 2018. Gut microbial changes, interactions, and their implications on human lifecycle: An ageing perspective. BioMed Res. Int., Vol. 2018. 10.1155/2018/4178607.
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  9. Perera, A.P., R. Fernando, T. Shinde, R. Gundamaraju and B. Southam et al., 2018. MCC950, a specific small molecule inhibitor of NLRP3 inflammasome attenuates colonic inflammation in spontaneous colitis mice. Sci. Rep., Vol. 8. 10.1038/s41598-018-26775-w.
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  10. Gundamaraju, R., R. Vemuri, W.C. Chong, S. Myers, S. Norouzi, M.D. Shastri and R. Eri, 2018. Interplay between endoplasmic reticular stress and survivin in colonic epithelial cells. Cells, Vol. 7. 10.3390/cells7100171.
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  11. Gundamaraju, R., R. Vemuri, W.C. Chong, D.P. Geraghty and R. Eri, 2018. Cell stress signaling cascades regulating cell fate. Curr. Pharm. Des., 24: 3176-3183.
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  12. Vemuri, R., R. Gundamaraju and R. Eri, 2017. Role of lactic acid probiotic bacteria in IBD. Curr. Pharm. Des., 23: 2352-2355.
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  13. Gundamaraju, R., R. Vemuri, R. Eri, H.M. Ishiki and E. Coy-Barrera et al., 2017. Metabolomics as a functional tool in screening gastro intestinal diseases: Where are we in high throughput screening? Comb. Chem. High Throughput Screening, 20: 247-254.
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  14. Vemuri, R.C., R. Gundamaraju, T. Shinde and R. Eri, 2016. Therapeutic interventions for gut dysbiosis and related disorders in the elderly: Antibiotics, probiotics or faecal microbiota transplantation? Benefic. Microbes, 8: 179-192.
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  15. Aggarwal, B., R.K. Singla, M. Ali, V. Singh, J.O. Igoli, R. Gundamaraju and K.H. Kim, 2015. Triterpenic and monoterpenic esters from stems of Ichnocarpus frutescens and their drug likeness potential. Med. Chem. Res., 24: 1427-1437.
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  16. Vemuri, R.C., R. Jarecha, K.K. Hwi, R. Gundamaraju, A. MaruthiKanth, A. Kulkarni and S. Reddy, 2014. Importance of volumetric measurement processes in oncology imaging trials for screening and evaluation of tumors as per response evaluation criteria in solid tumors. Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev., 15: 2375-2378.
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  17. Quah, C.C., K.H. Kim, M.S. Lau, W.R. Kim, S.H. Cheah and R. Gundamaraju, 2014. Pigmentation and dermal conservative effects of the astonishing algae Sargassum polycystum and Padina tenuis on guinea pigs, Human Epidermal Melanocytes (HEM) and Chang cells. Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med., 11: 77-83.
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  18. Gundamaraju, R., R.C. Vemuri, R.K. Singla, R. Manikam, A.R. Rao and S.D. Sekaran, 2014. Strophanthus hispidus attenuates the Ischemia-Reperfusion induced myocardial Infarction and reduces mean arterial pressure in renal artery occlusion. Pharmacogn. Mag., 10: S557-S562.
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  19. Gundamaraju, R., K.K. Hwi, R.K. Singla, R.C. Vemuri and S.B. Mulapalli, 2014. Antihyperlipidemic potential of Albizia amara (Roxb) Boiv. bark against Triton X-100 induced hyperlipidemic condition in rats. Pharmacogn. Res., 6: 267-273.
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  20. Gundamaraju, R., K. Maheedhar and K.K. Hwi, 2014. Exploiting the phenomenal anti-ulcerogenic potential of Talinum portulacifolium ethanolic extract whole plant on Albino Rats: The therapeutic potential of Chinese Herb-ma chi xian ke (Portulacaceae). Pharmacogn. Res., 6: 227-233.
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  21. Gundamaraju, R. and R.C. Vemuri, 2014. Opisthorchis viverrini (liver fluke) as the lot of baleful parasite of tropical region-A replete synopsis. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Dis., 4: 61-66.
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  22. Gundamaraju, R. and R. Vemuri, 2014. Huntington's disease: A perplexing neurological disease. Afr. J. Neurol. Sci., 33: 107-116.
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  23. Gundamaraju, R., 2013. Evaluation of anti-helmintic activity of Ferula foetida Hing-A natural Indian spice aqueous extract. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Dis., 3: 189-191.
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  24. Rohit, G., A.D. Vivian, S.D.S. Helen and C. Ramesh, 2012. Evaluation of anti-obesity activity of Lantana camara var linn on butter induced hyperlipidemia in rats. Res. J. Pharmacol. Pharmacodyn., 4: 315-318.
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  25. Gundamaraju, R., S.B. Mulaplli and C. Ramesh, 2012. Evaluation of anti-obesity activity of Lantana camara var Linn. by progesterone induced obesity on albino mice. Int. J. Pharmacogn. Phytochem. Res., 4: 213-218.
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  26. Gundamaraju, R., D.S. Sheeba and C. Ramesh, 2012. Evaluation of anti-arthritic effects of Lantana camara var Linn. using acute model on albino rats. Int. J. Adv. Pharmaceut. Sci., 3: 272-277.

  27. Gundamaraju, R. and T.M. Verma, 2012. Evaluation of wound healing activity of Crossandra infundibuliformis flower extract on albino rats. Int. J. Pharmaceut. Sci. Res., 3: 4545-4548.
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