Books published

Books: AU: 1; Edited: 4; Chapters in books: 13; Reviews: 13; Focussed Editions of Journals edited: 2; Original research publications: 56; Case reports: 10;

Other contributions: 30

Recent

Chapters in Books

1. Savneet Kaur and Kartha CC. Stem Cells; Concepts and Prospects. In Mukunda N (ed). Current Trends in Science. Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore 2009;47-452.
2. Kartha CC and Sumith R Panicker. Are mast cells a common denominator in the pathogenesis of endomyocardial fibrosis? In Jacob Joseph (ed). Mast cells and Cardiovascular Disease. Nova Science Publishers Inc. 2010 (in press).
   

Original publications

1. Sumith R Panicker, Sreenivas P, Mani Sankar Babu, Karunagaran D and Kartha CC. Quercetin attenuates Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 gene expression in glucose primed aortic endothelial cells through NF-?B and AP-1. Pharmacol Res 2010;62: 328–336.
2. Aghila Rani KG, Kartha CC. Effects of epidermal growth factor on proliferation and migration of cardiosphere-derived cells expanded from adult human heart. Growth Factors 2010;28:157-65.
3. Shenga N, Thankappan K, Kartha C, Pal R. Analyzing sociodemographic factors amongst blood donors. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2010;3:21-5.
4. Panicker SR, Kartha CC. Curcumin attenuates glucose-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 synthesis in aortic endothelial cells by modulating the nuclear factor-kappaB pathway. Pharmacology 2010;85:18-26.
5. Lakshmy R, Gupta R, Kartha CC, Malathi T, Nigam PK, Akarte NR, Sampson U, Borkotoky S, Doiphode DN, Arora U, Prabhakaran D, Reddy KS. A simple, cost-effective quality assurance model for measurement of lipids in a large epidemiological study. Natl Med J India 2008;21:279-83.
6. Savneet Kaur, Santhosh Kumar TR, Akira Uruno, Akira Sugawara, Jayakumar K, Kartha CC. Genetic engineering with endothelial nitric oxide synthase improves functional properties of endothelial progenitor cells from patients with coronary artery disease: an in vitro study. Basic Res Cardiol 2009 104:739–749.
7. Savneet Kaur, Sumith R. Panicker, T. James, P. Sankara Sarma, K.R. Thankappan, and Chandrasekharan C. Kartha . Association of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 –2518 polymorphism with metabolic syndrome in a south Indian cohort. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders 2009;7:193-198.
8. KuruvillaL and Kartha Treatment with TNF-? or bacterial lipopolysaccharide attenuates endocardial endothelial cell-mediated stimulation of cardiac fibroblasts. Journal of Biomedical Science 2009;16:16-21
9. Koippallil G Aghila Rani, Karunakaran Jayakumar, P Sankara Sarma, Chandrasekharan C Kartha. Clinical determinants of ckit-positive cardiac cell yield in coronary disease. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:1–4.
10. Aghila Rani KG, Jayakumar K, Srinivas G, Nair RR and Kartha CC. Isolation of ckit positive cardiosphere forming cells from human atrial biopsy. Asian Cardiovasc Thoracic Annals 2008;16:50-56.
11. Savneet Kaur, Jayakumar K, Kartha CC. The potential of circulating endothelial progenitor cells to form colonies is inversely proportional to total vascular risk score in patients with coronary artery disease. Indian Heart Journal 2007;59:475-481.
12. Kuruvilla, Santhoshkumar TR and Kartha CC. Immortalization and characterization of porcine ventricular endocardial endothelial cells.Endothelium 2007;14:35-43.
13. Kuruvilla L, Nair RR, Umashankar PR, Lal AV and Kartha CC. Endocardial endothelial cells stimulate proliferation and collagen synthesis of cardiac fibroblasts. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 2007; 47: 65-72.
14. Kuruvilla L and Kartha CC. Cerium depresses endocardial endothelial cell-mediated proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts. Biol Trace Elem Res 2006; 114:85-92.