Dr. Kavitha Sankaranarayanan

Senior Scientist
Anna University, India


Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Ion Channels from National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Ion Channel
Electrochemotherapy
Aquaglyceroporins
Harvest Indices

Selected Publications

  1. Sreedharan, S., G. Kothandan and K. Sankaranarayanan, 2016. Structural insights into the Aedes aegypti aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins - an in silico study. J. Recept Signal Transduct. Res., 36: 543-557.
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  2. Sampath, B. and K. Sankaranarayanan, 2016. Glu106 targeted inhibitors of ORAI1 as potential Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel blockers - molecular modeling and docking studies. J. Recept. Signal Transduct Res., 36: 572-585.
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  3. Ramakrishnan, A.M. and K. Sankaranarayanan, 2016. Understanding Autoimmunity: The Ion Channel Perspective. Autoimmun. Rev., 15: 585-620.
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  4. Pachamuthu, S., V,. Jothi, R.P. Ramachandran, K, Sankaranarayanan and R. Sundararajan, 2016. Influence of Electrodes on Electric Field Distribution forEffective Electrochemotherapy. J. Cancer Prev. Curr Res., .
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  5. Kasiviswanathan, L., P. Sundaresan,V. Kathirvel, P. Veeriah, K. Dutta Sankaranarayanan, R. Gupta and S. Chatterjee, 2016. Harvesting clues fromgenome wide transcriptome analysis for exploring thalidomide mediated anomalies in eye development of chick embryo: nitric oxide rectifies the thalidomide mediated anomalies by swinging back the system to normal transcriptome pattern. Biochimie, 121: 253-267.

  6. Vinnakota R, A.M. Ramakrishnan, A, Samdani, M.A. Venugopal and B.S.Ram,et al, 2015. A comparison of aquaporin function in mediating stomatal aperture gating among drought-tolerant and sensitive varieties of rice (Oryza sativa l.). Protoplasma, 253: 1593-1597.
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  7. Sampath, B., V. Sivakumar, K. Sankaranarayanan, I. G. Camarillo, W.Y. Lin, A. Natarajan and R. Sundararajan, 2014. Breast cancer treatment using curcumin, the natural herbal biodielectric. Electr. Insul. Dielectr. Phenom., 10.1109/CEIDP.2014.6995780.
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  8. Sankaranarayanan, K., 2013. Generating a biological pacemaker – tackling arrhythmias the stem cell way. (Invited review). Recent pat. Regener. Med., 3: 111-131.

  9. Priyadarshan, K., R.G. Kumar and S. Kavitha, 2013. A computational prediction of conserved microrna targets of ion channels in vertebrates. Current. Bioinf., 8: 93-111.
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  10. Tekkatte, C., G.P. Gunasingh, K.M. Cherian and K. Sankaranarayanan, 2011. Humanized stem cell culture techniques: The animal serum controversy. Stem. Cells Int., 10.4061/2011/504723.
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  11. Sankaranarayanan, K., S. Radhakrishnan S. Kanagaraj, R. Rajendran and S.Shahid, 2011. Effect of irreversible electroporation on cell proliferation in fibroblasts. Proc. ESA. Annu. Meeting Electrostat., .
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  12. Kavithaa, S., R.R. Prabhub,K. Raghavanb, M. Sinthub and S.M. Usmanb, 2011. Effective electro-chemo-therapy for proliferation control of adult human mesenchymal stem cells. J. Electrostat., 69: 267-274.
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  13. Sankaranarayanan, K., R.P. Ramachandran, M.S. Kumar, V.M. Kumar and S. Vignesh,et al 2010. Electro-molecular therapy using adult mesenchmal stem cells. Proc. ESA. Annu.Meeting Electrostat., .
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  14. Mathapati, S., S. Galla, K. Sankaranarayanan, R.S. Verman and K.M. Cherian, 2010. Qualitative and quantitative detection of sodium deoxycholic acid in decellularized tissue. Indian J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., 26: 129-131.
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  15. Sundararajan, R., F. Xiao, N. Lenarduzzi, I.G. Camarillo and J. Leary,et al 2009. Efficient and economical electro-drug delivery. Science and Technology for Hu..., .
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  16. Sankaranarayanan, K., H. Usman and M.K. Mathew, 2009. Fast inactivation in potassium channels: An interplay of cytoplasmic domains. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 388: 490-495.
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  17. Kumar, R., S. Muralitharen, S. M. Usman, R.P. Ramachandran, R. Sundararajan, S. Madhivan and K. Sankaranarayanan, 2009. Electrically-enhanced proliferation control in adult human mesenchymal stem cells. Electr. Insu. Dielectr. Phenom.CEIDP., 10.1109/CEIDP.2009.5377703.
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  18. Kavitha S., A. Varshney and M.K. Mathew, 2005. N- type inactivation in human kv channels -role of a c-terminal helical stretch. Mol. Membr. Biol., 22: 389-400.

  19. Varshney, A., S. Kavitha and M.K. Mathew, 2000. Modulation of voltage sensitivity by n-terminal cytoplasmic residues in human kv1.2 channels. Eur. Biophys. J. 31: 365-372.
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