Research interests
Clinical studies and Metabolic disorder
Research Guidance
Guided
• No. of PhD students (Completed) – 2
• No. of MS (by Research) students (Completed) – 2
• No of PhD Students (Pursuing) - 2
• No. of M. Tech students guided - 25
Students completed Ph. D. under my Guidance
Name of the Scholar |
Title of the Thesis |
Date of Viva- Voce |
Ms. V. Helen Shiphrah |
Evaluation of Apoptotic Activity of Acid Ceramidase Inhibitor, Ceranib 2 in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines |
03/11/2017 |
Ms. P. Vishnu Priya |
Deep sea bacterial diversity and bioprospecting potentials of peizotolerant Streptomyces species |
14/06/2018 |
Students completed MS (by Research) under my Guidance
Name of the Scholar |
Title of the Thesis |
Date of Viva- Voce |
Mr. Ganesh Babu |
Role of hydrogen sulphide and nitric oxide in oxidized LDL treated endothelial cells |
26/12/2016 |
Ms.Sivapriya S |
Study on identification of biomarkers for Age related macular degeneration |
26/12/2016 |
Research Projects
Principal Investigator
S.No |
Funding Agency |
Amount(Rs) |
Date of sanction and Duration |
1. |
DST-SERB |
20,50,000 |
2012-2015 |
2. |
UGC |
13,24,300 |
2012-2015 |
3. |
SERB |
5,50,000 |
2016-2017 |
Co-Investigator
S.No |
Funding Agency |
Amount(Rs) |
Date of sanction and Duration |
1. |
SERB-MOFPI |
31,70,000 |
2014 -2017 |
One of the Investigators in Builder Program
S.No |
Funding Agency |
Amount(Rs) |
Date of sanction and Duration |
1. |
DBT- Builder |
10,44,56,000 |
2014 -2019 |
Publications
- Vishnu Priya Padmanaban, Pankaj Verma, Dharani Gopal, Ashok Kumar Sekar, Kirubagaran Ramalingam. Phylogenetic identification and metabolic potential of bacteria isolated from deep sea sediments of Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Vol. 57, August 2019, pp. 561-572
- Rajendran P, Alzahrani AM, Hanieh HN, Kumar SA, Ben Ammar R, Rengarajan T, Alhoot MA. Autophagy and senescence: A new insight in selected human diseases. J Cell Physiol. 2019 Dec;234(12):21485-21492.
- Vethakanraj HS, Sesurajan BP, Padmanaban VP, Jayaprakasam M, Murali S,Sekar AK.Anticancer effect of acid ceramidase inhibitor ceranib-2 in humanbreast cancer cell lines MCF-7, MDA MB-231 by the activation of SAPK/JNK,
p38 MAPK apoptotic pathways, inhibition of the Akt pathway, down regulation of ERα. Anticancer Drugs. 2018 Jan;29(1):50-60.
- Helen Shiphrah Vethakanraj, and Sekar Ashok Kumar. Evaluation of Synergistic effect of Ceranib 2 and Tamoxifen in human breast cancer cells.
Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 2017:8(4): 1110-1114.
- Padmanaban VP, Verma P, Venkatabaskaran S, Keppayan T, Gopal D, SekarAK, Ramalingam K. Antimicrobial potential and taxonomic investigation of
piezotolerant Streptomyces sp. NIOT-Ch-40 isolated from deep-sea sediment.World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2017 Feb;33(2):27.
- Babu Thabraz Ahmed and Sekar Ashok Kumar. Antioxidant and Antidiabetic properties of Abelmoschus esculentus extract – an in vitro assay. Res. J.
Biotech. Vol. 11 (3) March (2016) 34-41
- Vethakanraj HS, Babu TA, Sudarsanan GB, Duraisamy PK, Kumar SA.Targeting ceramide metabolic pathway induces apoptosis in human breast
cancer cell lines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 Aug 28;464(3):833-9.
- Kumar SA, Hu X, Brown M, Kuschak B, Hernandez TA, Johnston JB, GibsonSB. Lysophosphatidic acid receptor expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
leads to cell survival mediated though vascular endothelial growth factor expression. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Dec;50(12):2038-48.
- Sudhahar V, Ashok Kumar S, Varalakshmi P, Sujatha V. Protective effect of lupeol and lupeol linoleate in hypercholesterolemia associated renal damage.
Mol Cell Biochem. 2008 Oct;317(1-2):11-20.
- Sudhahar V, Kumar SA, Varalakshmi P, Sundarapandiyan R. Mitigating role of lupeol and lupeol linoleate on hepatic lipemic-oxidative injury and lipoprotein
peroxidation in experimental hypercholesterolemia. Mol Cell Biochem.2007;295:189-98.
- Sudhahar V, Kumar SA, Sudharsan PT, Varalakshmi P. Protective effect of lupeol and its ester derivative on cardiac abnormalities in experimental
hypercholesterolemia. Vasc Pharmacol. 2007;46:412-8.
- Kumar SA, Sudhahar V, Varalakshmi P. Protective role of eicosapentaenoatelipoate(EPA-LA) derivative in combating oxidative hepatocellular injury in
hypercholesterolemic atherogenesis. Atherosclerosis 2006;189:115-22.
- Kumar SA, Sudhahar V, Varalakshmi P. Oxidative renal injury and lipoprotein oxidation in hypercholesterolemic atherogenesis: Role of eicosapentaenoatelipoate
(EPA-LA) derivative. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids.2006;75:25-31.
- Sudhahar V, Kumar SA, Varalakshmi P. Role of lupeol and lupeol linoleate on lipemic-oxidative stress in experimental hypercholesterolemia. Life Sci. 2006; 78:1329-35.
- Sudhahar V, Ashokkumar S, Varalakshmi P. Effect of lupeol and lupeol linoleate on lipemic--hepatocellular aberrations in rats fed a high cholesterol diet. Mol Nutr
Food Res. 2006;50:1212-9.
- Kumar SA, Sudhahar V, Varalakshmi P. Attenuation of serum lipid abnormalities and cardiac oxidative stress by Eicosapentaenoate-lipoate (EPA-LA) derivative in
experimental hypercholesterolemia. Clinica Chimica Acta 2005; 355: 197-204.
Books
Co-authored in a chapter (Sargassum wightii – A Nature’s gift from the ocean) in
the book entitled “Seaweed: Ecology, Nutrient Composition and Medicinal
Uses. Nova Science Publishers 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61470-920-6”
Editor
• Associate Editor for Journal of Biochemistry Letters, Bioinfo Publications Editorials. (2011-2016)
• Edited a book "Hypercholesterolemia", Publisher: InTech, September 2015, ISBN 978-953-51-2169-5