Name : R M Mukherjee Designation : Scientist Telephone : 2337 8888 Fax : 2332 4255 E-Mail :

RM Mukherjee is interested in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of hepatitis infections.

Main focus is host pathogen interactions and their effects on gene expressions in viral mediated hepatitis.

Selected publications:

• 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: Clinical Hepatology 2012 (In Press).
• 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.
• P Balkumar Reddy, RM Mukherjee,Aparna J, PN Rao, Sasikala Mitnala, R Gupta, DN Reddy. Detection of diagnosis escape variants of hepatitis B virus by in house polymerase chain reaction assay. J.Gen.Mol.Virol, 3(3):43-48, 2011.
• Sasikala M,Surya P,Radhika G,Pavan Kumar P,Subba Rao M, RM.Mukherjee,P N Rao and DN Reddy. Identification of CD90+, CD73+ cells in Cirrhosis of liver. World J Stem Cells, 3 (7):63-69, 2011.
• 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.2:157–162, 2010.
• Radhika Gaddipati, Sasikala Mitnala, Nagarajarao Padaki, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee, Anuradha Sekaran,Magnus Jayaraj mansard, Pradeep Rabella,Venkat Rao Guduru,Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru. Visceral adipose tissue visfatin in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Annals Hepatol;9(3):266-270, 2010.
• Mukherjee RM, Balkumar Reddy P, Sasikala M, et al. Identification of genotype B among Hepatitis B Virus-infected patients in Hyderabad, India. Ann Hepatol Jul-Sep; 8(3):269-70. 2009.

Research area:

• Molecular Biology of pathogens.
• Cell mediated Immunity in host-pathogen interaction.
• Gene expression studies in Hepatitis B and C virus mediated liver diseases.