Professor (non-med)
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Athiyarath R, Shaktivel K, Abraham V, Singh D, Bondu JD, Chapla A, George B, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of genetic variants with response to iron supplements in pregnancy. Genes Nutr. 2015 Jul;10(4):474. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0474-2. Epub 2015 May 30. PMID: 26024779; PMCID: PMC4449341.
Athiyarath R, Shaktivel K, Abraham V, Singh D, Bondu JD, Chapla A, George B, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of genetic variants with response to iron supplements in pregnancy. Genes Nutr. 2015 Jul;10(4):474. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0474-2. Epub 2015 May 30. PMID: 26024779; PMCID: PMC4449341. Link
Arunachalam AK, Suresh H, Edison ES, Korula A, Aboobacker FN, George B, Shaji RV, Mathews V, Balasubramanian P. Screening of genetic variants in ELANE mutation negative congenital neutropenia by next generation sequencing. J Clin Pathol. 2020 Jun;73(6):322-327. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206306. Epub 2019 Nov 15. PMID: 31732620. Link
Mohanan E, Panetta JC, Lakshmi KM, Edison ES, Korula A, Fouzia NA, Abraham A, Viswabandya A, Mathews V, George B, Srivastava A, Balasubramanian P. Population pharmacokinetics of fludarabine in patients with aplastic anemia and Fanconi anemia undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul;52(7):977-983. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.79. Epub 2017 May 8. Erratum in: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Nov;53(11):1490. PMID: 28481355; PMCID: PMC5584518. Link
Jayasree D, Shaji RV, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Clinical, Hematological and Molecular Analysis of Homozygous Hb E (HBB: c.79G > A) in the Indian Population. Hemoglobin. 2016;40(1):16-9. doi: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1086880. Epub 2015 Nov 11. PMID: 26554862. Link
Deshpande P, Kamalanathan N, Sampath E, George B, Shaji RV, Edison ES. Characterization of Clinical and Laboratory Profiles of the Deletional α2-Globin Gene Polyadenylation Signal Sequence (AATAAA > AATA- -) in an Indian Population. Hemoglobin. 2015;39(6):415-8. doi: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1079785. Epub 2015 Sep 12. PMID: 26365411. Link
Athiyarath R, Shaktivel K, Abraham V, Singh D, Bondu JD, Chapla A, George B, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of genetic variants with response to iron supplements in pregnancy. Genes Nutr. 2015 Jul;10(4):474. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0474-2. Epub 2015 May 30. PMID: 26024779; PMCID: PMC4449341.
Athiyarath R, Shaktivel K, Abraham V, Singh D, Bondu JD, Chapla A, George B, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of genetic variants with response to iron supplements in pregnancy. Genes Nutr. 2015 Jul;10(4):474. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0474-2. Epub 2015 May 30. PMID: 26024779; PMCID: PMC4449341. Link
Arunachalam AK, Suresh H, Edison ES, Korula A, Aboobacker FN, George B, Shaji RV, Mathews V, Balasubramanian P. Screening of genetic variants in ELANE mutation negative congenital neutropenia by next generation sequencing. J Clin Pathol. 2020 Jun;73(6):322-327. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206306. Epub 2019 Nov 15. PMID: 31732620. Link
Mohanan E, Panetta JC, Lakshmi KM, Edison ES, Korula A, Fouzia NA, Abraham A, Viswabandya A, Mathews V, George B, Srivastava A, Balasubramanian P. Population pharmacokinetics of fludarabine in patients with aplastic anemia and Fanconi anemia undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul;52(7):977-983. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.79. Epub 2017 May 8. Erratum in: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Nov;53(11):1490. PMID: 28481355; PMCID: PMC5584518. Link
Jayasree D, Shaji RV, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Clinical, Hematological and Molecular Analysis of Homozygous Hb E (HBB: c.79G > A) in the Indian Population. Hemoglobin. 2016;40(1):16-9. doi: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1086880. Epub 2015 Nov 11. PMID: 26554862. Link
Deshpande P, Kamalanathan N, Sampath E, George B, Shaji RV, Edison ES. Characterization of Clinical and Laboratory Profiles of the Deletional α2-Globin Gene Polyadenylation Signal Sequence (AATAAA > AATA- -) in an Indian Population. Hemoglobin. 2015;39(6):415-8. doi: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1079785. Epub 2015 Sep 12. PMID: 26365411. Link
Korula A, Pn N, Devasia A, Lakshmi KM, Abraham A, Sindhuvi E, George B, Srivastava A, Mathews V. Second Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Thalassemia Major: Improved Clinical Outcomes with a Treosulfan-Based Conditioning Regimen. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Jan;24(1):103-108. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.10.012. Epub 2017 Oct 12. PMID: 29032269. Link
Athiyarath R, Shaktivel K, Abraham V, Singh D, Bondu JD, Chapla A, George B, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of genetic variants with response to iron supplements in pregnancy. Genes Nutr. 2015 Jul;10(4):474. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0474-2. Epub 2015 May 30. PMID: 26024779; PMCID: PMC4449341. Link
Edison ES, Venkatesan RS, Govindanattar SD, George B, Shaji RV. A novel 26 bp deletion [HBB: c.20_45del26bp] in exon 1 of the β-globin gene causing β-thalassemia major. Hemoglobin. 2012;36(1):98-102. doi: 10.3109/03630269.2011.641135. PMID: 22233277. Link
Athiyarath R, George B, Abraham A, Viswabandya A, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Genetic modifiers of secondary iron overload in beta thalassemia major. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2015 Mar;54(3):242-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.12.006. Epub 2015 Jan 8. PMID: 25601433. Link
George, Biju, Barade, Aruna, Korula, Anu, Nisham, P. N., Lakshmi, Kavitha, Kulkarni, Uday, Devasia, Anup, Abraham, Aby, Srivastava, Alok, Sindhu, Eunice and Mathews, Vikram Donor Telomere Length Influences Engraftment and Outcome in Aplastic Anemia Patients Undergoing Matched Related Stem Cell Transplantation Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; 2018, 24 (3): S294-S295 Link
Korula, Anu, Devasia, Nisham P. N. Anup, Sindhuvi, Eunice, Lakshmi, Kavitha, Abraham, Aby, George, Biju, Srivastava, Alok and Mathews, Vikram Impact of a Non-Sibling Fully Matched Related Donor on Clinical Outcomes in Thalassemia Major Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; 2018, 24 (3): S349-S350 Link
Kamath MS, Pradhan S, Edison ES, Velayudhan SR, Antonisamy B, Karthikeyan M, Mangalaraj AM, Kunjummen A, George K. Chorionic villous sampling through transvaginal ultrasound approach: A retrospective analysis of 1138 cases. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2016 Oct;42(10):1229-1235. doi: 10.1111/jog.13070. Epub 2016 Jun 29. PMID: 27352773
Edison ES, Shaji RV, Devi SG, Moses A, Viswabandhya A, Mathews V, George B, Srivastava A, Chandy M. Analysis of beta globin mutations in the Indian population: presence of rare and novel mutations and region-wise heterogeneity. Clin Genet. 2008 Apr;73(4):331-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.00973.x. Epub 2008 Feb 20. PMID: 18294253. Link
Mazgaj R, Lipiński P, Edison ES, Bednarz A, Staroń R, Haberkiewicz O, Lenartowicz M, Smuda E, Jończy A, Starzyński RR. Marginally reduced maternal hepatic and splenic ferroportin under severe nutritional iron deficiency in pregnancy maintains systemic iron supply. Am J Hematol. 2021 Jun 1;96(6):659-670. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26152. Epub 2021 Mar 26. PMID: 33684239. Link
Rintu Rebecca Jacob, Reena Rajasekar, Eunice S.Edison, BijuGeorge, Vikram Mathews, Alok Srivastava, Mammen Chandy Molecular Analysis of WASP Gene - First Report from India. Blood (2007) 110 (11) : 3217 http://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V110.11.3217.3217
Mohanan E, Panetta JC, Lakshmi KM, Edison ES, Korula A, Na F, Abraham A, Viswabandya A, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Balasubramanian P. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Treosulfan in Patients With Thalassemia Major Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Sep;104(3):575-583. doi: 10.1002/cpt.988. Epub 2018 Jan 17. PMID: 29247522; PMCID: PMC6045930. Link
Fouzia NA, Edison ES, Lakshmi KM, Korula A, Velayudhan SR, Balasubramanian P, Abraham A, Viswabandya A, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A. Long-term outcome of mixed chimerism after stem cell transplantation for thalassemia major conditioned with busulfan and cyclophosphamide. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Feb;53(2):169-174. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.231. Epub 2017 Oct 16. PMID: 29035392. Link
Athiyarath R, George B, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Association of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) polymorphisms with serum GDF15 and ferritin levels in β-thalassemia. Ann Hematol. 2014 Dec;93(12):2093-5. doi: 10.1007/s00277-014-2113-1. Epub 2014 May 28. PMID: 24867648. Link
Athiyarath R, Arora N, Fuster F, Schwarzenbacher R, Ahmed R, George B, Chandy M, Srivastava A, Rojas AM, Sanchez M, Edison ES. Two novel missense mutations in iron transport protein transferrin causing hypochromic microcytic anaemia and haemosiderosis: molecular characterization and structural implications. Br J Haematol. 2013 Nov;163(3):404-7. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12487. Epub 2013 Jul 24. PMID: 23888904. Link
Mathews V, George B, Viswabandya A, Abraham A, Ahmed R, Ganapule A, Sindhuvi E, Lakshmi KM, Srivastava A. Improved clinical outcomes of high risk β thalassemia major patients undergoing a HLA matched related allogeneic stem cell transplant with a treosulfan based conditioning regimen and peripheral blood stem cell grafts. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 26;8(4):e61637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061637. PMID: 23637873; PMCID: PMC3637210. Link
George B, Viswabandya A, Abraham A, Sindhuvi E, Ganapule A, Fouzia NA, Korula A Srivastava A, Mathews V. Increased Incidence of Mixed Chimerism with the Use ofFludarabine eTreosulfan Based Conditioning in PatientsUndergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation forThalassaemia Major. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21 (2015) S284-S285.
Barade A, Aboobacker F, Korula A, Lakshmi K, Devasia A, Abraham A, Mathews V, Edison E, George B. Impact of donor telomere length on survival in patients undergoing matched sibling donor transplantation for aplastic anaemia. Br J Haematol. 2021 Oct 3. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17880. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34605011. Link
Ravindra N, Athiyarath R, S E, S S, Kulkarni U, N A F, Korula A, Shaji RV, George B, Edison ES. Novel frameshift variant (c.409dupG) in SLC25A38 is a common cause of congenital sideroblastic anaemia in the Indian subcontinent. J Clin Pathol. 2021 Mar;74(3):157-162. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206647. Epub 2020 Jun 30. PMID: 32605921.
Desai SR, Korula A, Kulkarni UP, Menon AA, Ramachandran SV, Sindhuvi E, Nellickal AJ, Nair SC, George B. Sitosterolemia: Four Cases of an Uncommon Cause of Hemolytic Anemia (Mediterranean Stomatocytosis with Macrothrombocytopenia). Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2021 Jan;37(1):157-161. doi: 10.1007/s12288-020-01346-0. Epub 2020 Oct 22. PMID: 33707850; PMCID: PMC7900322. Link
Arunachalam AK, Maddali M, Aboobacker FN, Korula A, George B, Mathews V, Edison ES. Primary Immunodeficiencies in India: Molecular Diagnosis and the Role of Next-Generation Sequencing. J Clin Immunol. 2021 Feb;41(2):393-413. doi: 10.1007/s10875-020-00923-2. Epub 2020 Nov 23. PMID: 33225392; PMCID: PMC7610931.
Santhakumar S, Athiyarath R, Cherian AG, Abraham VJ, George B, Lipiński P, Edison ES. Impact of maternal iron deficiency anemia on fetal iron status and placental iron transporters in human pregnancy. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2023 Jan 27:102727. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2023.102727. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36725474.
Suri D, Rawat A, Jindal AK, Vignesh P, Gupta A, Pilania RK, Joshi V, Arora K, Kumrah R, Anjani G, Aggarwal A, Phadke S, Aboobacker FN, George B, Edison ES, Desai M, Taur P, Gowri V, Pandrowala AA, Bhattad S, Kanakia S, Gottorno M, Ceccherini I, Almeida de Jesus A, Goldbach-Mansky R, Hershfield MS, Singh S. Spectrum of Systemic Auto-Inflammatory Diseases in India: A Multi-Centric Experience. Front Immunol. 2021 Mar 19;12:630691. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.630691. PMID: 33815380; PMCID: PMC8017183. Link
Devasia AJ, Selvarajan S, Lionel S, Sindhuvi E, Srivastava A, George B, Abraham A. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation is a cost-effective alternative to enzyme replacement therapy in Gaucher Disease. Blood Cell Ther. 2022 May 20;5(3):69-74. doi: 10.31547/bct-2021-020. PMID: 36712555; PMCID: PMC9873422.
Santhakumar S, Athiyarath R, Cherian AG, Abraham VJ, George B, Lipiński P, Edison ES. Corrigendum to "Impact of maternal iron deficiency anemia on fetal iron status and placental iron transporters in human pregnancy" [Blood Cells Mol. Dis. 99 (2023) 102727]. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2023 Jul;101:102744. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2023.102744. Epub 2023 Apr 23. Erratum for: Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2023 Mar;99:102727. PMID: 37095038. Link
Athiyarath R, Srivastava A, Edison ES. Molecular basis of primary iron overload in India and the role of serum-derived factors in hepcidin regulation. Ann Hematol. 2013 Jun;92(6):843-4. doi: 10.1007/s00277-012-1621-0. Epub 2012 Nov 15. PMID: 23154866.
Taur PD, Gowri V, Pandrowala AA, Iyengar VV, Chougule A, Golwala Z, Chandak S, Agarwal R, Keni P, Dighe N, Bodhanwala M, Prabhu S, George B, Fouzia NA, Edison ES, Arunachalam AK, Madkaikar MR, Dalvi AD, Yadav RM, Bargir UA, Kambli PM, Rawat A, Das J, Joshi V, Pilania RK, Jindal AK, Bhat S, Bhattad S, Unni J, Radhakrishnan N, Raj R, Uppuluri R, Patel S, Lashkari HP, Aggarwal A, Kalra M, Udwadia Z, Bafna VS, Kanade T, Puel A, Bustamante J, Casanova JL, Desai MM. Clinical and Molecular Findings in Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases: Experience From India. Front Immunol. 2021 Feb 25;12:631298. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.631298. PMID: 33732252; PMCID: PMC7959731.
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Nithya Balasundaram, Arvind Venkatraman, Yolanda Augustin, Hamenth Kumar Palani, Swathy Palanikumar, Nair Reeshma Radhakrishnan, Anu Korula, Uday Prakash Kulkarni, Poonkuzhali Balasubramanian, Eunice Sindhuvi, Biju George, Sanjeev Krishna, Vikram Mathews, Combining Arsenic Trioxide and Mitocans Selectively Disrupts Cellular Energetics in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Blood,Volume 138, Supplement 1, 2021, Link
Sreenithi Santhakumar, Devi V.J, Leo stephen.R, Aruna Barade, Uday Prakash Kulkarni, Biju George, Eunice Sindhuvi; Dysregulated Neutrophil Iron Homeostasis in β-Thalassemia Impairs Phagocytosis and Reactive Oxygen Species Production. Blood 2021; 138 (Supplement 1): 942.
Uday Prakash Kulkarni, Aswin Anand Pai, Kavitha M Lakshmi, Sushil Selvarajan, Sharon Lionel, Anup J Devasia, Anu Korula, Fouzia NA, Eunice Sindhuvi, Aby Abraham, Alok Srivastava, Vikram Mathews, Biju George, Poonkuzhali Balasubramanian; Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) Measured Pre-Transplant Identifies a Subgroup with High Transplant Related Mortality in Patients with Thalassemia Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation Using Thiotepa-Treosulfan-Fludarabine Conditioning. Blood 2021; 138 (Supplement 1): 1781. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2021-152153
George B, Lionel S, Selvarajan S, Abubacker FN, Korula A, Devasia AJ, Kulkarni U, Lakshmi KM, Sindhuvi E, Abraham A, Mathews V. An Antithymocyte Globulin-Free Conditioning Regimen Using Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide Is Associated with Good Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Matched Related Family Donor Transplantation for Aplastic Anemia. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 May;27(5):409.e1-409.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.01.029. Epub 2021 Feb 6. PMID: 33965181. Link
Arun Kumar Arunachalam, Madhavi Maddali, Nancy Beryl Janet, Fouzia N. Aboobacker & Eunice Sindhuvi Edison Immunophenotype, Karyotype and Molecular Findings in a Case of ICF Syndrome. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-022-01596-0
Santhakumar S, Edison ES. Molecular insights into placental iron transfer mechanisms and maternofetal regulation. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07032-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37069381. Link
Arunachalam AK, Sumithra S, Maddali M, Fouzia NA, Abraham A, George B, Edison ES. Molecular Characterization of G6PD Deficiency: Report of Three Novel G6PD Variants. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2020 Apr;36(2):349-355. doi: 10.1007/s12288-019-01205-7. Epub 2019 Oct 16. PMID: 32425388; PMCID: PMC7229042
Chiramel MJ, Sathishkumar D, Edison ES, George R. Two cases of CARD14-associated papulosquamous eruption from India. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Jul;37(4):692-694. doi: 10.1111/pde.14172. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32323375.
Pai AA, Mohanan E, Panetta JC, Kulkarni UP, Illangeswaran RSS, Balakrishnan B, Jayaraman A, Edison ES, Lakshmi KM, Devasia AJ, Fouzia NA, Korula A, Abraham A, George B, Srivastava A, Mathews V, Standing JF, Balasubramanian P. Treosulfan Exposure Predicts Thalassemia-Free Survival in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Jan;115(1):116-125. doi: 10.1002/cpt.3078. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 37846495.
Barade A, Lakshmi KM, Korula A, Abubacker FN, Kulkarni UP, Abraham A, Mathews V, George B, Edison ES. Comparison of telomere length in patients with bone marrow failure syndromes and healthy controls. Eur J Haematol. 2024 Jan 12. doi: 10.1111/ejh.14173. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38213291.
Chattopadhyay, Sohini et al. “Fludarabine-Based Low-Intensity Conditioning for Fanconi Anemia is Associated with Good Outcomes in Aplastic Anemia but not in MDS - a Single-Center Experience.” Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases vol. 15,1 e2023039. 1 Jul. 2023, doi:10.4084/MJHID.2023.039
Santhakumar S, Edison ES. Molecular insights into placental iron transfer mechanisms and maternofetal regulation. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 Jan;309(1):63-77. doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07032-6. Epub 2023 Apr 18. PMID: 37069381. Link