Dr. P. KALPANA MURTHY
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Division of Parasitology
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226 001
 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D.
Date of Birth 17th December 1951
E-Mail psr_murthy[at]yahoo dot com , drkalpana[at]yahoo dot com , drpkmurthy[at]yahoo dot com
Fax No.

91-0522-223405

 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH
 
Visiting Scientist CNRS-CSIR bilateral Exchange programme, Pasteur, Institute, Paris, France, 1988
Senior Research Associate, Tulane Primate Research Centre, LA, USA 1998
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
Chemotherapy (30 yrs)
Immunopathology of filariasis (15 yrs)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Drug Development, Model Development and & Immunology of lymphatic Filariasis
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Longitudinal humoral immune responses of Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus) to Brugia malayi infection. P.K. Murthy, K. Tyagi, R.P. Ghosh, P.S.R. Murthy, and R.K. Chatterjee. Parasitology, 119: 53-60, 1999.
Interleukin 10 modulates proinflammatory cytokines in the human monocytic cell line THP-1 stimulated with Borrelia burgdorferi lipoprotein. P.K. Murthy, V.A. Dennis, B.L. Lasater, and T. Philipp. Mario. Infection and Immunity, 68: 6663-6669, 2000.

Preadult stage of parasite is involved in the development of filarial limb edema in Brugia malayi -infected Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus). P.K. Murthy, M.A. Khan, H.B. Rajani, and V.M.L. Srivastava. Clin. Diag. Lab. Immunol. 9:913-918, 2002.
7-O-[4-methyl piperazine-1- (2-acetyl0]-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one : A Novel Antifilarial Lead Compound, R.P tripathi, V K Tiwari, S Misra-Bhattacharya, K Tyagi, V M L Srivastava and P K Murthy. Acta Tropica 87: 215-224, 2003
Response of Brugia malayi- Indian Leaf Monkey (Presbytis entellus), a non-human primate Model of Filariasis, to diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin and CDRI Compond, 82-437. P K Murthy, K Srivastava and P S R Murthy. Current Science 86: 432-39, (2004)