Premkumar K, Vinod E, Sathishkumar S, Pulimood AB, Umaefulam V, Prasanna Samuel P, John TA. Self-directed learning readiness of Indian medical students: a mixed method study. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Jun 8;18(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1244-9. PMID: 29884155; PMCID: PMC5994133.

Amirtham SM, Ozbey O, Kachroo U, Ramasamy B, Vinod E. Optimization of immunohistochemical detection of collagen type II in osteochondral sections by comparing decalcification and antigen retrieval agent combinations. Clin Anat. 2020 Apr;33(3):343-349. doi: 10.1002/ca.23441. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PMID: 31381185.

Vinod E, Vinod Francis D, Manickam Amirtham S, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Allogeneic platelet rich plasma serves as a scaffold for articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Tissue Cell. 2019 Feb;56:107-113. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2018.12.006. Epub 2019 Jan 2. PMID: 30736898.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Ozbey O, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of human articular chondrocyte and chondroprogenitor cocultures and monocultures: To assess chondrogenic potential and markers of hypertrophy. Tissue Cell. 2019 Apr;57:42-48. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 30. PMID: 30947962.

Kachroo U, Livingston A, Vinod E, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of Electrophysiological Properties and Gene Expression between Human Chondrocytes and Chondroprogenitors Derived from Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage. Cartilage. 2020 Jul;11(3):374-384. doi: 10.1177/1947603518796140. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PMID: 30139266; PMCID: PMC7298598.

Vinod E, Boopalan PRJVC, Arumugam S, Sathishkumar S. Creation of monosodium iodoacetate-induced model of osteoarthritis in rabbit knee joint. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Mar;147(3):312-314. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2004_16. PMID: 29923522; PMCID: PMC6022388.

Premkumar K, Vinod E, Sathishkumar S, Pulimood AB, Umaefulam V, Prasanna Samuel P, John TA. Self-directed learning readiness of Indian medical students: a mixed method study. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Jun 8;18(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1244-9. PMID: 29884155; PMCID: PMC5994133.

Amirtham SM, Ozbey O, Kachroo U, Ramasamy B, Vinod E. Optimization of immunohistochemical detection of collagen type II in osteochondral sections by comparing decalcification and antigen retrieval agent combinations. Clin Anat. 2020 Apr;33(3):343-349. doi: 10.1002/ca.23441. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PMID: 31381185.

Vinod E, Vinod Francis D, Manickam Amirtham S, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Allogeneic platelet rich plasma serves as a scaffold for articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Tissue Cell. 2019 Feb;56:107-113. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2018.12.006. Epub 2019 Jan 2. PMID: 30736898.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Ozbey O, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of human articular chondrocyte and chondroprogenitor cocultures and monocultures: To assess chondrogenic potential and markers of hypertrophy. Tissue Cell. 2019 Apr;57:42-48. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 30. PMID: 30947962.

Kachroo U, Livingston A, Vinod E, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of Electrophysiological Properties and Gene Expression between Human Chondrocytes and Chondroprogenitors Derived from Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage. Cartilage. 2020 Jul;11(3):374-384. doi: 10.1177/1947603518796140. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PMID: 30139266; PMCID: PMC7298598.

Vinod E, Boopalan PRJVC, Arumugam S, Sathishkumar S. Creation of monosodium iodoacetate-induced model of osteoarthritis in rabbit knee joint. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Mar;147(3):312-314. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2004_16. PMID: 29923522; PMCID: PMC6022388.

Kachroo U, Vinod E, Balasubramanian S, W J, Prince N. Red cell indexes made easy using an interactive animation: do students and their scores concur? Adv Physiol Educ. 2018 Mar 1;42(1):50-55. doi: 10.1152/advan.00142.2017. PMID: 29341816.

Vinod E, Boopalan PRJVC, Sathishkumar S. Reserve or Resident Progenitors in Cartilage? Comparative Analysis of Chondrocytes versus Chondroprogenitors and Their Role in Cartilage Repair. Cartilage. 2018 Apr;9(2):171-182. doi: 10.1177/1947603517736108. Epub 2017 Oct 19. PMID: 29047310 PMCID: PMC5871122.

Vinod E, James JV, Kachroo U, Sathishkumar S, Livingston A, Ramasamy B. Comparison of incremental concentrations of micron-sized superparamagnetic iron oxide for labelling articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Acta Histochem. 2019 Oct;121(7):791-797. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.07.004. Epub 2019 Jul 18. PMID: 31326114.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Amirtham SM, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S. Comparative analysis of fresh chondrocytes, cultured chondrocytes and chondroprogenitors derived from human articular cartilage. Acta Histochem. 2020 Jan;122(1):151462. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.151462. Epub 2019 Nov 13. PMID: 31733827.

Vinod E, Jefferson TE, Amirtham SM, Prince N, Geevar T, Rebekah G, Ramasamy B, Kachroo U. Correlation between synovial fluid calcium containing crystal estimation and varying grades of osteoarthritis created using a rabbit model: Potential diagnostic tool. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2020 Jul;11(Suppl 4):S506-S511. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.03.031. Epub 2020 Apr 7. PMID: 32774019; PMCID: PMC7394792.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Ozbey O, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of human articular chondrocyte and chondroprogenitor cocultures and monocultures: To assess chondrogenic potential and markers of hypertrophy. Tissue Cell. 2019 Apr;57:42-48. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 30. PMID: 30947962.

Vinod E, Padmaja K, Livingston A, James JV, Amirtham SM, Sathishkumar S, Ramasamy B, Rebekah G, Daniel AJ, Kachroo U. Prospective Isolation and Characterization of Chondroprogenitors from Human Chondrocytes Based on CD166/CD34/CD146 Surface Markers. Cartilage. 2021 Dec;13(2_suppl):808S-817S. doi: 10.1177/19476035211042412. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34528493.

Vinod E, Parameswaran R, Manickam Amirtham S, Livingston A, Ramasamy B, Kachroo U. Comparison of the efficiency of laminin versus fibronectin as a differential adhesion assay for isolation of human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Connect Tissue Res. 2021 Jul;62(4):427-435. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2020.1761344. Epub 2020 May 14. PMID: 32406271.

Vinod E, Amirtham SM, Kachroo U. An assessment of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell and human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitor cocultures vs. monocultures. Knee. 2021 Mar;29:418-425. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2021.02.022. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33721626.

Vinod E, Johnson NN, Kumar S, Amirtham SM, James JV, Livingston A, Rebekah G, Daniel AJ, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S. Migratory chondroprogenitors retain superior intrinsic chondrogenic potential for regenerative cartilage repair as compared to human fibronectin derived chondroprogenitors. Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 8;11(1):23685. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03082-5. PMID: 34880351; PMCID: PMC8654938.

Vinod E, Parameswaran R, Ramasamy B, Kachroo U. Pondering the Potential of Hyaline Cartilage-Derived Chondroprogenitors for Tissue Regeneration: A Systematic Review. Cartilage. 2021 Dec;13(2_suppl):34S-52S. doi: 10.1177/1947603520951631. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 32840123; PMCID: PMC8804774.

Parameswaran R, Kachroo U, Amirtham SM, Rebekah G, Vinod E. An in vitro analysis of the effect of hyperosmolarity on the chondrogenic potential of human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Tissue Cell. 2021 Oct;72:101590. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101590. Epub 2021 Jul 3. PMID: 34256278.

Vinod E, Amirtham SM, Kachroo U, Goyal A, Ozbey O, James JV, Sathishkumar S, Ramasamy B. Articular chondroprogenitors in platelet rich plasma for treatment of osteoarthritis and osteochondral defects in a rabbit knee model. Knee. 2021 Jun;30:51-62. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2021.03.010. Epub 2021 Apr 13. PMID: 33857741.

Soosai Manickam Amirtham a, Upasana Kachroo a, Deepak Vinod Francis b,Kawin Padmaja a, Elizabeth Vinod a, c An improved method for processing chondroprogenitor pellets following chondrogenic differentiation for histology and immunohistochemical staining using agarose, Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jajs.2021.05.005 Downloaded for Anonymous User (n/a) at Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on July 01, 2021. For

Vinod E, Padmaja K, Kachroo U. Effect of human articular chondroprogenitor derived conditioned media on chondrogenic potential of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells. Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation. January 2021. doi:10.1177/22104917211006885

Vinod E, Parameswaran R, Ramasamy B, Kachroo U. Pondering the Potential of Hyaline Cartilage-Derived Chondroprogenitors for Tissue Regeneration: A Systematic Review. Cartilage. 2021 Dec;13(2_suppl):34S-52S. doi: 10.1177/1947603520951631. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 32840123; PMCID: PMC8804774.

Johnson NN, Amirtham SM, Sandya Rani B, Sathishkumar S, Rebekah G, Vinod E. Assessment of the inherent chondrogenic potential of human articular cartilage-derived chondroprogenitors in pellet culture using a novel whole pellet processing approach. J Orthop. 2022 Mar 23;31:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2022.03.007. PMID: 35368732; PMCID: PMC8967706.

Vinod E, Parameswaran R, Amirtham SM, Rebekah G, Kachroo U. Comparative analysis of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors and chondrocytes to determine cell superiority for cartilage regeneration. Acta Histochem. 2021 May;123(4):151713. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2021.151713. Epub 2021 Apr 21. PMID: 33894479.

Padmaja K, Amirtham SM, Rebekah G, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. Supplementation of articular cartilage-derived chondroprogenitors with bone morphogenic protein-9 enhances chondrogenesis without affecting hypertrophy. Biotechnol Lett. 2022 Sep;44(9):1037-1049. doi: 10.1007/s10529-022-03280-9. Epub 2022 Aug 3. PMID: 35920961.

Kachroo U, Ramasamy B, Vinod E. Evaluation of CD49e as a distinguishing marker for human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors. Knee. 2020 Jun;27(3):833-837. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 18. PMID: 32317141.

Vinod E, Parasuraman G, Lisha J J, Amirtham SM, Livingston A, Varghese JJ, Rani S, Francis DV, Rebekah G, Daniel AJ, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S. Human fetal cartilage-derived chondrocytes and chondroprogenitors display a greater commitment to chondrogenesis than adult cartilage resident cells. PLoS One. 2023 Apr 27;18(4):e0285106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285106. PMID: 37104525; PMCID: PMC10138236. Link

Vinod E, Parasuraman G, Livingston A, Amirtham SM, Rebekah G, Lisha JJ, Daniel AJ, Sathishkumar S. Comparison of methods for the isolation and culture of Migratory chondroprogenitors from Human articular cartilage. Connect Tissue Res. 2023 Jul;64(4):389-399. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2023.2202266. Epub 2023 Apr 24. PMID: 37092666.

Vinod E, Francis DV, Jacob T, Amirtham SM, Sathishkumar S, Kanthakumar P, Oommen V. Autologous platelet rich fibrin as a scaffold for chondrocyte culture and transplantation: An in vitro bovine study. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2019 Oct;10(Suppl 1):S26-S31. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2019.04.023. Epub 2019 Apr 26. PMID: 31700205; PMCID: PMC6823837.

Kachroo U, Zachariah SM, Thambaiah A, Tabasum A, Livingston A, Rebekah G, Srivastava A, Vinod E. Comparison of Human Platelet Lysate versus Fetal Bovine Serum for Expansion of Human Articular Cartilage-Derived Chondroprogenitors. Cartilage. 2021 Dec;13(2_suppl):107S-116S. doi: 10.1177/1947603520918635. Epub 2020 May 14. PMID: 32406256; PMCID: PMC8804717.

Vinod E, James JV, Sabareeswaran A, Amirtham SM, Thomas G, Sathishkumar S, Ozbey O, Boopalan PRJVC. Intraarticular injection of allogenic chondroprogenitors for treatment of osteoarthritis in rabbit knee model. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2019 Jan-Feb;10(1):16-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2018.07.003. Epub 2018 Jul 11. PMID: 30705526; PMCID: PMC6349637.

Vinod E, Ozbey O, Sabareeswaran A, Kachroo U, Sathishkumar S, Boopalan PRJVC. Comparison of monosodium iodoacetate model of osteoarthritis between in-vivo and ex-vivo osteochondral unit in rabbits. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2019 Oct;10(Suppl 1):S1-S2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2018.08.023. Epub 2018 Aug 31. PMID: 31695255; PMCID: PMC6823658.

Vinod E, Padmaja K, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S. Systematic review of articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors for cartilage repair in animal models. J Orthop. 2022 Nov 3;35:43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2022.10.012. PMID: 36387762; PMCID: PMC9647330.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Rebekah G, Yadav BK, Ramasamy B. Characterization of human articular chondrocytes and chondroprogenitors derived from non-diseased and osteoarthritic knee joints to assess superiority for cell-based therapy. Acta Histochem. 2020 Sep;122(6):151588. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2020.151588. Epub 2020 Jul 7. PMID: 32778244.

Vinod E, Lisha J J, Parasuraman G, Livingston A, Daniel AJ, Sathishkumar S. Evaluation of ghrelin as a distinguishing marker for human articular cartilage-derived chondrocytes and chondroprogenitors. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2023 May 29;41:102175. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2023.102175. PMID: 37303495; PMCID: PMC10248861.

Vinod E, Kachroo U, Rebekah G, Thomas S, Ramasamy B. In vitro chondrogenic differentiation of human articular cartilage derived chondroprogenitors using pulsed electromagnetic field. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2020 Oct 8;14:22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.09.034. PMID: 33717892; PMCID: PMC7920151.

Francis DV, Rajeswari AJ, Stephen JB, Parasuraman G, Lisha J J, Livingston A, Rani S, Daniel AJ, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. An ultrastructural report of human articular cartilage resident cells in correlation with their phenotypic characteristics. J Histotechnol. 2023 Nov 15:1-16. doi: 10.1080/01478885.2023.2278118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37966827.

Benjamin ESB, Vinod E, Illangeswaran RSS, Rajamani BM, Vidhyadharan RT, Bagchi A, Maity A, Mohan A, Parasuraman G, Amirtham SM, Abraham A, Velayudhan SR, Balasubramanian P. Immortalised chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) line retains the immunomodulatory and chemoprotective properties of CML patient-derived MSCs. Cell Signal. 2024 Jan 27;116:111067. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111067. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38281615.

Melenshia, Deena Susie et al. “Effect of reconstituted, lyophilized cold aqueous extract of Aloe vera on human whole blood clotting time - A pilot study.” Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, vol. 15,2 100887. 12 Mar. 2024, doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2024.100887

J JL, Parasuraman G, Amirtham SM, Francis DV, Livingston A, Goyal A, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. Comparative assessment of chondral defect repair using migratory chondroprogenitors suspended in either gelled or freeze-dried platelet-rich plasma: An in vitro and ex vivo human osteochondral unit model study. Knee. 2024 Apr 1;48:105-119. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2024.03.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38565037.

Parasuraman G, Amirtham SM, Francis DV, Livingston A, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. Evaluation of Chondral Defect Repair Using Human Fibronectin Adhesion Assay-Derived Chondroprogenitors Suspended in Lyophilized Fetal Collagen Scaffold: An Ex Vivo Osteochondral Unit Model Study. Indian J Orthop. 2024 May 31;58(8):991-1000. doi: 10.1007/s43465-024-01192-6. PMID: 39087036; PMCID: PMC11286923.

Elizabeth  Vinod. Comparative assessment of the morphology and antigenicity of human osteochondral units using formalin and coagulant fixatives European journal of anatomy 2023 . DOI: 10.52083/CVZF3774

Vinod E, Parasuraman G, Livingston A, Rebekah G, Sathishkumar S.Exploring ghrelin hormone secretagogue receptor and membrane-bound ghrelin O-acyl transferase as potential markers for chondrogenesis in human articular cartilage-derived cells. European Journal of Anatomy. 2024;28(6):745-51. Link

Karunya B BM, Chacko MP, Parasuraman G, Livingston A, Ramasamy B, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. Cytogenetic profiling of human articular cartilage chondrocytes, fibronectin adhesion assay derived chondroprogenitors and migratory chondroprogenitors. Connect Tissue Res. 2026 Jan;67(1):13-26. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2025.2548271. Epub 2025 Aug 21. PMID: 40838294.

John JL, Singh G, Parasuraman G, Livingston A, Rebekah G, Daniel AJ, Sathishkumar S, Vinod E. Comparative assessment of human chondroprogenitor viability and molecular phenotype in various parenteral transport media. Histochem Cell Biol. 2025 Aug 20;163(1):82. doi: 10.1007/s00418-025-02416-y. PMID: 40833641.