Nalla Lakshmi Vineela

Assistant Professor, GSP, VSP

lnalla@gitam.edu | | | |

As a Pharmacologist her academic focus centers on understanding the complexities of cancer, its mechanisms, and potential treatments. She earned the esteemed Kommareddy Venkata Sadasiva Rao Gold Medal as the top performer in her B. Pharm program. She received GPAT and NIPER-JEE fellowships from the Indian government for her M.S. (Pharm.) at NIPER-Mohali and Ph.D. at NIPER-Ahmedabad. She was a recipient of India's most prestigious Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award for the year 2023-2024.

Research Publications
  • Nalla, L.V. and Khairnar, A., 2024. Empagliflozin drives ferroptosis in anoikis-resistant cells by activating miR-128-3p dependent pathway and inhibiting CD98hc in breast cancer. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 220, pp.288-300. (IF-7.9)
  • Nalla, L.V. and Khairnar, A., 2023. Empagliflozin mediated miR-128-3p upregulation promotes differentiation of hypoxic cancer stem-like cells in breast cancer. European Journal of Pharmacology, 943, p.175565. (IF: 5)
  • Nalla, L.V., Gondaliya, P., Kalia, K. and Khairnar, A., 2022. Targeting specificity protein 1 with miR-128-3p overcomes TGF-β1 mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer: An in vitro study. Molecular Biology Reports, 49(7), pp.6987-6996. (IF: 2.8)
  • Nalla, L.V., Dharavath, A., Behera, S.K. and Khairnar, A., 2023. Alpha mangostin inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion of human breast cancer cells via STAT3 inhibition. Advances in Cancer Biology-Metastasis, 7, p.100089. (IF: 2.0)
  • Rihan, M., Nalla, L.V., Dharavath, A., Patel, S., Shard, A. and Khairnar, A., 2022. Boronic acid derivative activates pyruvate kinase M2 indispensable for redox metabolism in oral cancer cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 59, p.128539. (IF: 2.7)
Authored Books
  • Nanocarrier Vaccines: Biopharmaceutics‐Based Fast Track Development,
  • SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Global Population Vulnerability
  • Essentials of Pharmatoxicology in Drug Research, Volume 1
  • Pharmacokinetics and Toxicokinetic Considerations
  • Public Health and Toxicology Issues Drug Research, Volume 2
Expertise
  • Role of tumor microenvironment in cancer metastasis
  • Senescence associated cancer progression
  • Lifestyle induced cancer risk
  • Partners for immune escape
  • Impact of Glycomics on cancer progression
Nalla Lakshmi Vineela