Vasanthi Sunil

Associate Research Professor
Toxicology
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America

Professor Toxicology
Biography

Mechanisms of pulmonary inflammation and repair Effects of bacterial toxins, environmental pollutants and chemical warfare toxicants on lung function and gene regulation Age-associated alterations in signaling pathways in the lung

Research Intrest

Toxicology

List of Publications
Malaviya, R, Sunil, VR, Venosa, A, Verissimo, VL, Cervelli, JA, Vayas, KN, Hall, L, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Attenuation of Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Pulmonary Injury and Fibrosis by Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antibody. Toxicol. Sci. 2015;148 (1):71-88. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv161. PubMed PMID:26243812 PubMed Central PMC4659692
Malaviya, R, Sunil, VR, Venosa, A, Vayas, KN, Heck, DE, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Inflammatory mechanisms of pulmonary injury induced by mustards. Toxicol. Lett. 2016;244 :2-7. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.10.011. PubMed PMID:26478570 PubMed Central PMC4753082
Weinberger, B, Malaviya, R, Sunil, VR, Venosa, A, Heck, DE, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Mustard vesicant-induced lung injury: Advances in therapy. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2016;305 :1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.05.014. PubMed PMID:27212445 PubMed Central PMC5119915
Malaviya, R, Sunil, VR, Venosa, A, Vayas, KN, Businaro, R, Heck, DE, Laskin, JD, Laskin, DL. Macrophages and inflammatory mediators in pulmonary injury induced by mustard vesicants. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2016;1374 (1):168-75. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13123. PubMed PMID:27351588 PubMed Central PMC5119480
Sunil, VR, Vayas, KN, Fang, M, Zarbl, H, Massa, C, Gow, AJ, Cervelli, JA, Kipen, H, Laumbach, RJ, Lioy, PJ et al.. World Trade Center (WTC) dust exposure in mice is associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and epigenetic changes in the lung. Exp. Mol. Pathol. 2017;102 (1):50-58. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2016.12.005. PubMed PMID:27986442 PubMed Central PMC5472054