G. Sumanlatha
Professor
Genetics
Osmania University
India
Biography
Dr. G.Sumanlatha completed Master's Degree in Genetics in 1993 and was awarded Doctorate in Genetics in 2002 from Osmania University. She worked as a Post.doc during the years (2002-2004) funded by Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad. She also worked as a Scientist at Department of Immunology, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad from 2005 to August 2013 and joined as Assistant. Professor at Dept.of Genetics.O.U. from September 2013. She was selected for the award under Scheme for Young Investigator and Scheme for Young Scientist by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008 & 2009.
Research Interest
Her areas of research interest are immunological and molecular studies on Asthma, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis with diabetes etc. Currently working in the area of host Tuberculosis infection and their household contacts to identify biomarkers for early predictors of disease in high-risk individuals.
Publications
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Dittrich N, Berrocal-Almanza LC, Thada S, Goyal S, Slevogt H, Sumanlatha G, Hussain A, Sur S, Burkert S, Oh DY, Valluri V. Toll-like receptor 1 variations influence susceptibility and immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 2015 May 31;95(3):328-35.
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Rani HS, Lakshmi VV, Sumanlatha G, Murthy KJ. Cell-mediated immune responses in children towards secreted proteins of Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Tuberculosis. 2005 Mar 31;85(1):89-93.
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Meenakshi P, Ramya S, Shruthi T, Lavanya J, Mohammed HH, Mohammed SA, Vijayalakshmi V, Sumanlatha G. Association of ILâ€1β+ 3954 C/T and ILâ€10â€1082 G/A Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Tuberculosis. Scandinavian journal of immunology. 2013 Jul 1;78(1):92-7.
