Research

The vision of Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy (an eminent gastroenterologist and Padma Bhushan awardee) to unravel etiopathogenesis of GI diseases and evolve treatment modalities for Indian patients culminated in the establishment of Asian Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in 2008 that is recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (GOI). AHF conducts research in frontier areas of gastrointestinal diseases in close association with the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG). AHF symbolizes a synergistic combination of clinical expertise and scientific talent in translating research findings into clinical practice. The availability of clinical material and sophisticated instrumentation facilities offer enormous scope for researchers to address important questions in translating research findings to patient benefits.

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology is a tertiary care referral centre for gastrointestinal diseases that is attended by patients not only from India but also from neighbourhood countries (10,000 outpatients and 1,500 in-patients per month). It has the credit of being the largest referral centre in Asia for Therapeutic Endoscopy, conducting the largest number of ERCP procedures in the world. In its up-coming new premises (15,00,000 sqft area) located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, the Institute would meet the ever increasing demands for extending modern approaches to patient care.

RESEARCH AREAS

Genetics & genomics
Stem Cells Biology
Pancreatogenic Diabetes
Viral Hepatitis
Non- alcoholic fatty liver disease
Gut Microbiome
Cytotherapy Including islet transplantation

TEAM

D Nageshwar Reddy
G V Rao
Manu Tandan
P N Rao
Mithun Sharma
R. Pradeep
Sundeep Lakhatia
Rajesh Gupta
Rupa Banerjee
Mohan J Ramchandani
G. Deepika
K. Rakesh
Rohit Dama
M. Sasikala
Rupjyoti Talukdar
R M Mukherjee
V V Ravi Kanth
H V V Murthy
C Ramji
Prof C Subramanyam
Smitha Mathews
T. Ranjeet
P. Pavan Kumar
P. Balkumar Reddy
J. Aparna
V. Sharanya
Urmila Steffie Avanthi
S. Venu
U. Krishna Reddy
B. Govardhan
B.G. Ramya
B. Papa Rao
V.V. Krishna
A. Kalyani
N. Srikanth Reddy
Meesala Karthik
Sanjana Reddy
Aditi Reddy
Poorna

RESEARCH PUBLICATION

  1. Sasikala, Ravikanth VV, Murali Manohar K, Neha Deshpande, Sandhya Singh, Pavan Kumar P, R. Talukdar, Sudip Ghosh, Mohsin Aslam, GV. Rao, R. Pradeep, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Bach2 repression mediates Th17 cell-induced inflammation and associated with clinical features of the advanced disease in chronic pancreatitis United European Gastroenterology Journal (In Press 2017)
  2. Govardhan B, Steffie UA, Ravi Kanth VV, Rao PN, Mithun Sharma, Sasikala M, Nageshwar Reddy D. Regional differences in genetic susceptibility to NAFLD in two distinct Indian ethnicities. World Journal of Hepatology – 2017
  3. Murali Manohar K, Sasikala M, Kvsrr Y, Sunil V, Talukdar R, Murthy H, Ramji C, Rao GV, Pradeep R, Reddy DN. Plasma microRNA192 in combination with serum CA19-9 as a non-invasive prognostic biomarker in periampullary carcinoma. Tumour Biol. 2017 Mar;39(3):1010428317695018. doi: 10.1177/1010428317695018.
  4. Sai Manasa Jandhyala, A. Madhulika, G. Deepika, G. Venkat Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy, Chivukula Subramanyam, Mitnala Sasikala, Rupjyoti Talukdar. Altered intestinal microbiota in patients with chronic pancreatitis: implications in diabetes and metabolic abnormalities. Scientific Reports 7:43640. DOI: 10.1038/srep43640. Published: 03 March 2017
  5. Neha Deshpande, Radhika Chavan, Govardhan Bale, Urmila Steffie Avanthi, Mohsin Aslam, Mohan Ramchandani, D. Nageshwar Reddy, V. V. Ravikanth. Hereditary persistence of alpha-fetoprotein is associated with -119 G>A polymorphism in AFP gene. ACG Case reports Journal, March 1, 2017;
  6. K. Murali Manohar, M. Sasikala, P. Pavan Kumar, G.V. Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Dysregulated miRNA associated with transcription factors of insulin gene expression in chronic pancreatitis. Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2016;6:205-227
  7. V. V. Ravi Kanth, G.V. Rao, B. Govardhan, M. Sasikala, C. Subramanyam, HVV Murthy, Siva Prasad S, Deepika G, Pradeep R, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Polymorphisms in UGT1A1 gene predispose South Indians to pigment gallstones. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2016;6;3:216–223
  8. Ratnakar Reddy B, Aparna J, Sasikala M, Subramanyam C, Ramaiah J, Rao GV. Talukdar R, Reddy DN. Pancreatic stellate cell: The Pandora’s Box for pancreatic disease biology. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2016
  9. Talukdar R, Lakhtakia S, Nageshwar Reddy D, Rao GV, Pradeep R, Banerjee R, Gupta R, Ramchandani M, Tandan M, Murthy HVV. Ameliorating effect of antioxidants and pregabalin combination in pain recurrence after ductal clearance in chronic pancreatitis: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Sep;31(9):1654-62. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13332.
  10. Talukdar R, Sareen A, Zhu H, Yuan Z, Dixit A, Cheema H, George J, Barlass U, Sah R, Garg SK, Banerjee S, Garg P, Dudeja V, Dawra R, Saluja AK. The release of Cathepsin B in Cytosol Causes Cell Death in Acute Pancreatitis. Gastroenterology. 2016 Oct;151(4):747-758.
  11. Vishnubhotla Venkata Ravi Kanth, Mitnala Sasikala, Mithun Sharma, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Genetics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from susceptibility and nutrient interactions to management. World J Hepatol 2016 July 18; 8(20): 827-837
  12. Neha Deshpande, V. Sharanya, V.V. Ravi Kanth, H.V.V. Murthy, M. Sasikala, Rupa Banerjee, Manu Tandan, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Rapid and ultra-rapid metabolizers with CYP2C19*17 polymorphism do not respond to standard therapy with proton pump inhibitors. MetaGene. 2016 Jun 18;9:159-64
  13. Aparna Jakampudi, Ramaiah Jangala, B Ratnakar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, D Nageshwar Reddy, Rupjyoti Talukdar. NF-kB in acute pancreatitis: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Pancreatology. 2016 Jul-Aug;16(4):477-88
  14. Mitnala Sasikala, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Chivkula Subramanyam and Nageshwar Reddy D The Enigma of Type 3c Diabetes in Chronic Pancreatitis. Pancreas Open J. 2016;1(2): 19-21.
  15. P. Pavan Kumar, M. Sasikala, K. Mamatha, G. V. Rao, R. Pradeep, R.Talukdar, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Characterization of Islets from Chronic Calcific Pancreatitis Patients of Tropical Region with Distinct Phenotype. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 2016, 7,1-10
  16. Rupjyoti Talukdar, Sasikala Mitnala, Pavan Kumar Pondugala, Venkata Rao Guduru, Pradeep Rebala, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru, T-helper cell-mediated islet inflammation contributes to cell dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2016 Mar;45(3):434-42
  17. P. Pavan Kumar, G. Radhika, G.V. Rao, D. N. Reddy, M. Sasikala. Differentiation of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells into insulin-like cell clusters in chronic pancreatitis. Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2015, 5, 177-183
  18. Sai Manasa Jandhyala, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Chivkula Subramanyam, Harish Vuyyuru, Mitnala Sasikala, D Nageshwar Reddy. Role of the normal gut microbiota. World J Gastroenterol 2015 August 7; 21(29): 8787-8803
  19. Steffie Urmila Avanthi, VV Ravi Kanth, Jaya Agarwal, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Karthick Gangineni, GV Rao, DN Reddy, Rupjyoti Talukdar. Association of claudin2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 polymorphisms with idiopathic recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis: A case-control study from India. Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2015 June 25.
  20. Mithun Sharma, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Mitnala Sasikala, Mamata Reddy Kuncharam, Chima Reddy, Vardaraj Gokak, BPSS Raju, Jagdeesh R Singh, Piyal Nag, D Nageshwar Reddy Autologous mobilized peripheral blood CD34+ cell infusion in non-viral decompensated liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jun 21; 21(23): 7264–7271
  21. Pavan Kumar P, M. Sasikala, GV Rao, R Pradeep, D.Nageshwar Reddy. Interferon decreases nuclear localization of Pdx-1 and triggers cell dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2015 Jul;35(7):523-9
  22. C. Subramanyam, Nitesh Pratap, G. Prasad, Rupjyoti Talukdar, M.Sasikala, HVV Murthy, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Influence of probiotic administration on the faecal microbiota in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2015 May;34(3):275-6
  23. Mithun Sharma*, Shasikala Mitnala, Ravi K. Vishnubhotla, Rathin Mukherjee, Duvvur N. Reddy, Padaki N. Rao. The Riddle of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Progression from NAFL to NASH. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology.2015;33(5)452
  24. V.V. Ravikanth, M. Sasikala, PN Rao, Urmila Steffie Avanthie, K. Rajender Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. The pooled genetic analysis in ultrasound measured NAFLD in Indian subjects: a pilot study. World Journal of Hepatology,2014,6(6);435-442
  25. V. V. Ravi Kanth, Sandeep Bhalsing, M. Sasikala, G. V. Rao & R. Pradeep & Urmila Steffie Avanthi, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Microsatellite instability and promoter hypermethylationin colorectal cancer in India. Tumour Biology. 2014 May;35(5):4347-55
  26. R.M. Mukherjee, Gelli Veena Shravanti, P Balkumar Reddy, P N Rao, D N Reddy: Escalated Expression of Autophagy-Related Gene Atg5 in Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Journal of Microbiology Research and Reviews: September 2014: Vol 2 (2).
  27. V V Ravi Kanth, D Nageshwar Reddy: Role of Matrix metalloproteinases in physiological processes and disease: Indian J Med Res. 2014 Nov;140(5):585-7.
  28. Aparna Jakkampudi, RM Mukherjee, Ramya Kota, Gelli Veena Shravanti, PN Rao, DN Reddy. Downregulation of Human Toll-like Receptor 2 and 4 Genes in inactive carriers of Hepatitis B Virus Infection-a possible mode of viral persistence. J Gastroenterol Hepatol Res. 2014;3(4):1030-1034.
  29. V V Ravi Kanth, D Nageshwar Reddy: Genetics of acute and chronic pancreatitis: An update: World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. 2014 Nov 15;5(4):427-37
  30. P.N.Rao, P.Balkumar Reddy, R.M.Mukherjee, R.Gupta, D.N.Reddy. The spectrum of Incidentally Detected Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Southern India- A Prospective Study. Global Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2014;2, 69-73.
  31. Sadik Ali Mohammad, Shaik Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, Sasikala M, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Nagaraja Rao P, Nageshwar Reddy D. Circulating visfatin and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. International Journal of Current Research, 2014; Vol.6, Issue.8, 8159-8162.
  32. Mitnala Sasikala, GuduruVenkat Rao, Venkateshan Vijaya Lakshmi, Rebala Pradeep, Suresh Pothani, Pondugala Pavan Kumar, Radhika Gaddipati, Ganneru Sirisha, Ramji Cheemalakonda, Chivukula Subramanyam, Seshadri Vasudevan, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Long-term functions of encapsulated islets grafted in nonhuman primates without immunosuppression. Transplantation. 2013 Oct 15;96(7):624-32
  33. Uma Mahesh KSS, Murali MK, Sasikala M, Talukdar R, Rao GV, Spandana B, Rajasekhar K, Siva Prasad S, Anuradha S, Ramji C, Pradeep R, Reddy DN. MicroRNA profiling in periampullary carcinoma. Pancreatology 2013; 14: 36-47
  34. Subba Rao M, Sasikala M, DN Reddy. “Thinking outside the liver”: Induced pluripotent stem cells for hepatic applications. World Journal of Gastroenterology,2013,19:3385-3396
  35. Banerjee R, Balaji M, Sasikala M, Anuradha S, GV Rao, D. Nageshwar Reddy. Granulomas of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease can be differentiated by CD73 cell surface marker expression: a pilot study. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Aug;58(8):2301-7
  36. Siddapuram Sivaprasad, Bale Govardhan, Ramanjujam Harithakrishna, Guduru Venkat Rao, Rebala Pradeep, Bharadhwaj Kunal, Nalla Ramakrishna, Shekaran Anuradha, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Association of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphism and increased serum VEGF concentration with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Pancreatology 13 (2013) 267 – 272.
  37. Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Gelli Veena Shravanti, Aparna Jakkampudi, Ramya Kota, Asha Latha Jangala, Panyala Balkumar Reddy, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Rajesh Gupta, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Reduced Expression of DNA Damage Repair Genes High Mobility Group Box1 and Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase1in Inactive Carriers of Hepatitis B Virus Infection-A Possible Stage of Viral Integration. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology/2013/Vol/No. 1-7.
  38. R.M.Mukherjee, Jyothi Arava, P.Balkumar Reddy, P.N.Rao, R.Gupta, D.N.Reddy. Role of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Quantification in an Antigen Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Infection. Global J. Sci. Frontier Res. 2013; Volume 13 Issue 3 Version 1.0
  39. RM Mukherjee, Gelli Veena Shravanti, Asha Latha Jangala, PN Rao, DN Reddy.Subversion of cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2 gene expression in hepatitis B virus-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Applied Cell Biology, 2013;2(4):144-148.
  40. Hiba Sami, Meher Rizvi, Mohd Azam, RM Mukherjee, Indu Shukla, M R Ajmal, Abida Malik. Emergence Of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype F In Aligarh Region Of North India, Advances in Virology, Volume 2013, Article ID 846849
  41. Sadik AM, Siva Prasad S, Guru Prasad M, Sasikala M, Manu Tandan, Rupa Banerjee, Nageshwar Reddy D. Thiopurine methyltransferase as a therapeutic indicator of purine analogues: A preliminary study in southern metropolis. Int. J. Bioassays. 2013; 02(10), 1375-1379
  42. M Sasikala, R Talukdar, C Subramanyam, GV Rao, R Pradeep, DN Reddy. Cell dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis. Digestive Disease Sciences, (2012) 57:1764–1772.
  43. P. Pavan Kumar, G. Radhika, G. V. Rao, R. Pradeep, C. Subramanyam, R. Talukdar, D. N. Reddy, M. Sasikala: Interferon and glycemic status in diabetes associated with Chronic Pancreatitis: Pancreatology 12 (2012) 65-70.
  44. Siddapuram Siva Prasad, P. N. Rao, Rajesh Gupta, Kaitha Ashwini, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy: The Distribution of genotype and allelic frequency of IL28B gene polymorphism in Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology/ June 2012/ Vol.2/No2/ 1-4.
  45. Gelli Veena Shravanthi, R. M. Mukherjee, Aparna Jakkampudi, P. Balkumar Reddy, P. N. Rao, Rajesh Gupta and D. Nageshwar Reddy: Human RNA Methylating enzyme DNMT2 Gene Expression is down-regulated in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus infection: Experimental & Clinical Hepatology, 2012; 8 (1 – 2):53-59.
  46. Gelli Veena Shravanthi, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Aparna Jakkampudi, Panyala Balkumar Reddy, Rajesh Gupta, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy: Reduced Expression of Human Chemokine Genes RANTES and IP-10 in Hepatitis B Virus Mediated Cirrhosis of Liver. Journal of Biology and Life Science, 2012; ISSN 2157-60762012, Vol. 3, No. 1
  47. R. M. Mukherjee, Budhapriya Vilas Bansode, Puja Gangwal, Aparna Jakkampudi, P. Balkumar Reddy, P. N. Rao, R. Gupta, D. N. Reddy: Human Interferon Regulatory factor 2 Gene Expression is included in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus infection – A Possible Mode of Viral Persistence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. March 2012/Vol.1.2/No.1/1-8.
  48. Sasikala M, Surya P, Radhika G, Pavan Kumar P, R.M. Mukherjee, Rao P.N. Rao, Nageshwar Reddy D. Identification of circulating CD90+ CD73 +cells in cirrhosis of the liver. World Journal of stem cells, 2011,3 (7):63-69
  49. P. Balkumar Reddy, R. M. Mukherjee, J. Aparna, P. N. Rao, Sasikala Mitnala, R. Gupta and D. N. Reddy. Detection of diagnosis escape variants of Hepatitis B virus by in-house polymerase chain reaction assay. Journal of General and Molecular Virology. February, 2011;Vol.2 (1), pp. 001-027,
  50. D N Reddy, S Siva Prasad: Genetic basis of chronic pancreatitis in Asia Pacific region: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 26 (2011) 2-5.
  51. Siva Prasad Siddapuram, Rupa Banerjee, Manu Tandan, Nitesh Pratap, Sasikala Mitnala, Nageshwar Reddy D. CYP2C polymorphism as a predictor of personalized therapy in South Indian population. Journal of Physicians of India, 2011,1-7
  52. Radhika G, M. Sasikala P. N. Rao, G. V. Rao, Pradeep Rabella, Magnus Mansard, Anuradha Sekaran, and D.Nageshwar Reddy. Visceral adipose tissue visfatin in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Annals of Hepatology, 2010; 9 (3):266-270.
  53. Sasikala Mitnala, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru, Nitesh Pratap, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Balkumar Reddy Panyala, Anuradha Sekaran, Rupa Banerjee, Bhaskara Reddy Duvvuru. The absence of Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis-specific IS 900 sequence in Intestinal tissues of Crohn’s disease in Indian patients. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2010; 28 (5): 169-74.
  54. R M Mukherjee, P Balkumar Reddy, Jyothi Arava, P N Rao, Sasikala Mitnala, R Gupta, D N Reddy: Relationship between serum HBsAg level, HBV DNA level, and peripheral immune cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research: 2010;(2):1-6.
  55. Sivaprasad Siddapuram, Swapna Mahurkar, D.Nageshwar Reddy, M. Sasikala, Venkat Rao Guduru, Pradeep Rabella, Magnus Jayaraj Mansard. Hepatic Cholesterol transporter ABCG8 Polymorphisms in Gallstone disease in Indian Population. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2010; 25: 1093–1098
  56. Sasikala Mitnala, Pavan Kumar Pondugala, Venkat Rao Guduru, Pradeep Rabella, Jayashree Thiyyari, Subramanyam Chivukula, Sadasivudu Boddupalli, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru: Reduced Expression of pdx-1 is Associated with Decreased Beta Cell Function in Chronic Pancreatitis: Pancreas, 2010;39 (6):856-862.
  57. Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Panyala Balkumar Reddy, Mitnala Sasikala, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. Identification of genotype B among Hepatitis B virus-infected patients in Hyderabad. Annals of Hepatology. 2009; 8(3).
  58. Varadaraj P. Gokak, Sasikala M, Ramji C, Rupa Banerjee, Nagaraja Rao P, Nageshwar Reddy D. Hair-dye induced hepatitis: an unusual cause of acute hepatitis. 2009, Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009; 15 (2): 138-139.
  59. Joglekar MV, Deepak Patil, Vinay M. Joglekar, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, Yogesh Shouche and Anandwardhan A. Hardikar The miR-30 Family microRNAs Confer Epithelial Phenotype to Human Pancreatic Cells. Islets. 2009; 1(2), 1-11,
  60. Swapna Mahurkar, D Nageshwar Reddy, G Venkat Rao, Giriraj Ratan Chandak: Genetic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of tropical calcific pancreatitis: World Journal of Gastroenterology: 2009; 15(3):264-269.
  61. Swapna Mahukar, Seema Bhaskar, Nageshwar D Reddy, Swami Prakash, Venkat G Rao, Shiv Prasad Singh, Varghese Thomas, Giriraj Ratan Chandak: TCF7L2 Gene Polymorphisms do not Predict Susceptibility to Diabetes in Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis but May Interact with SPINK1 and CTSB Mutations in Predicting Diabetes. B M C Medical Genetics: 2008; 9:80.
  62. Bale G, Avanthi US , Rao PN, Sharma M, Reddy D N , Ravikanth V V. Incidence and risk of Gallstone disease in Gilbert’s Syndrome patients in Indian population. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2017 – Accepted December 2017
  63. Bale G, Steffie AU, Ravi Kanth VV, Rao PN, Sharma M, Sasikala M, Reddy DN. Regional differences in genetic susceptibility to non-alcoholic liver disease in two distinct Indian ethnicities. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(26): 1101-1107
  64. Kulkarni S, Sharma M , Rao P N , Gupta R, Reddy D N . Acute on Chronic Liver Failure : In-hospital predictors of mortality in ICU. J Clin Exp Hepatol Hepatology ( 2017): In Press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2017.11.008
  65. Jagtap N, Sharma M, Singh J, Tandan M, Rao PN, Gupta R, Lakhtakia S, Ramchandani M, Shah H, Kumar MT, Darishetty S, Rao GV, Reddy DN . Budd-Chiari syndrome: outcomes of endovascular intervention—A single-center experience. Indian J Gastroenterol (2017) 36:209 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-017-0760-6
  66. Jagtap N, Sharma M, Gupta R, Rao PN, Sekaran A, Tandan M, Ramchandani M, Reddy DN .Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Masquerading as Acute Liver Failure: A Single Center Experience. J Clin Exp Hepatol. Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 184-189 doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2017.01.119
  67. Sharma M, Rao PN, Sasikala M, Kuncharam MR, Reddy C, Gokak V, Raju BPSS, Singh JR, Nag P, Reddy DN. Autologous mobilized peripheral blood CD34+ cell infusion in non-viral decompensated liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(23): 7264-727
  68. Sharma M, Mitnala S, Vishnubhotla RK, Mukherjee R, Reddy DN, Rao PN. The riddle of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Progression from nonalcoholic fatty liver to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2015 Jun;5(2):147-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2015.02.002
  69. Bhakhar P, Rao PN, Jagtap N, Sharma M, Reddy DN. Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Ethanol and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis related liver cirrhosis. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2017. Volume 7. S 68
  70. Jagtap N, Sharma M, Singh JR, Rao PN, Gupta R, Maheshkumar T, Kumar S, Bhushan N, Reddy DN. Endovascular interventions in Budd-Chiari Syndrome. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2017. Volume 7. S 106
  71. Mathews S, Naqvi A, Rao PN, Sharma M, Jaishetwar G, Sasikala M, Reddy DN. Mo1376-Effect of Genetic Instability on the Quality of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Bone Marrow of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. Vol 152(5) S-1160 and presented at DDW 2017
  72. Sharma M, Jagtap N, Rao PN, Gupta R, Nori VB, Reddy DN. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Raised Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT): Lean versus Obese American Journal of Gastroenterology 112 (S1), S573. P-1331. Presented at World Congress of Gastroenterology 2017
  73. Sharma M, Rao PN, Singh Jl, Reddy DN. Incidentally detected Hepato-cellular carcinoma: Silent, larger, aggressive!! Hepatology. Vol 66 (S1) 771A. AASLD 2017
  74. Balkumar RP, Mukherjee RM, Sasikala M, Rao PN, Sharma M, Reddy DN. Diagnostic Escape Variants of Hepatitis B Virus are Predominant in Inactive Carriers and Display Varied Therapeutic Response in Treatment Eligible Patients. Gastroenterology.2017 Volume 152, Issue 5, Supplement 1, Pages S902–S903DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(17)33084-6
  75. Sharma M, Shasikala M, Rao PN, Reddy DN.AUTOLOGOUS CD34+ STEM CELL INFUSION AS A BRIDGE TO LIVER TRANSPLANT IN DECOMPENSATED CIRRHOSIS. Abstract P0124 EASL, Vienna 2015
  76. Sharma M. Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease – Review article for Update of Medicine, published for East Zone Conference of the Association of Physicians of India, held at Guwahati on 12th – 14th December 2014
  77. Sharma M , Reddy D N , Kiat T C, Refractory Hypoglycemia presenting as the first manifestation of advanced Hepatocellular carcinoma. ACG Case Rep J. 2014 Oct 10;2(1):50-2. doi: 10.14309/crj.2014.82. eCollection 2014 Oct
  78. Sharma M, Reddy D N, Kiat T C. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography as a risk factor for pancreatic panniculitis in a post liver transplant patient. ACG Case Rep J. 2014 Oct 10;2(1):36-8. doi: 10.14309/crj.2014.77. eCollection 2014 Oct.
  79. Rupjyoti Talukdar, Abhik Bhattacharyya, Bhavana Rao, Mithun Sharma, G V Rao, D N Reddy.Validation of the revised Atlanta definition of the severity of acute pancreatitis: Have all loose ends being tied. Pancreatology 11/2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2014.06.003
  80. Talukdar R, Sharma M, Deka A, Teslima S, Dev Goswami A, Goswami A, Baro A, Nageshwar Reddy DN. The utility of the “Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score” in predicting a non-severe course of acute pancreatitis: A pilot study in an Indian cohort. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar 28. [Epub ahead of print]
  81. Talukdar R, Bhattacharya A, Rao B, Sharma M, Reddy DN. Response to Letter to Editor on the “Clinical utility of the revised Atlanta classification of acute pancreatitis in a prospective cohort: have all loose ends been tied?”.Pancreatology. 2015 Jan-Feb;15(1):79-80. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2014.10.010. Epub 2014 Nov 13
  82. Mithun Sharma, Chan Li Ning, Jason Chang, Tan Hui Hui, Chow W Chen, Tony Lim Immunohistochemistry of inflammatory cytokine markers on steatosis vs. steatohepatitis. Indian J Gastroenterol (November 2012) 31(Suppl 1): A8 . As Presidential Poster at ISGCON 2012, Jaipur

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