Research

1. Sykam A, Gutlapalli VR, Tenali SP, Meena AK , Chandran P, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM.
Anticeramide antibody and butyrylcholinesterase in peripheral neuropathies.
Journal of clinical neuroscience 2017 (Accepted for publication).

2. Gutlapalli VR, Sykam A, Tenali SP, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM.
High levels of plasma interferon gamma and +874T/A gene polymorphism is associated with HIV-TB co-infection.
Hum Immunol. 2016 Dec;77(12):1264-1270. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 27521485.

3. Rao PN, Suneetha S.
Pure neuritic leprosy: Current status and relevance.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2016 May-Jun;82(3):252-61. doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.179086.
Review. PubMed PMID: 27088926.

4. Gutlapalli R, Sykam A, Tenali SP, Chandran P, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM.
Detection of Tuberculosis in HIV Co-infected Individuals: Use of Multiple ELISA
Responses to 38kDa, Lipoarabinomannan and ESAT- 6 of M. tuberculosis.
J ClinDiagn Res. 2016 Feb;10(2):KC01-4. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16559.7322. Epub 2016 Feb 1.
PubMed PMID: 27042484;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4800549.

5: Rao PN, Suneetha S. “Be the change you want to see in the world”.
Indian J Lepr. 2015 Jul-Sep;87(3):175-9. PubMed PMID: 26999991.

6: Jain S, Visser LH, Suneetha S. Imaging techniques in leprosy clinics.
Clin Dermatol. 2016 Jan-Feb;34(1):70-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2015.10.014. Epub
2015 Nov 11. PubMed PMID: 26773626.

7: Gutlapalli VR, Sykam A, Nayarisseri A, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM.
Insights from the predicted epitope similarity between Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulent
factors and its human homologs.
Bioinformation. 2015 Dec 31;11(12):517-24.
doi: 10.6026/97320630011517. eCollection 2015. Pub Med PMID: 26770024; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC4702028.

8: Rao PN, Dogra S, Suneetha S.
Global leprosy program: Does it need uniform-multi-drug therapy now?
Indian Dermatol Online J. 2015Nov-Dec;6(6):425-7.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.169735.
PubMed PMID: 26753145; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4693359.

9: Kumar JV, Baghirath PV, Naishadham PP, Suneetha S, Suneetha L, Sreedevi P.
Relationship of long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy on salivary flow rate and CD4 Count among HIV-infected patients.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2015
Jan-Apr;19(1):58-63. doi: 10.4103/0973-029X.157203.
PubMed PMID: 26097309;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4451670.

10: Sykam A, Gutlapalli VR, Tenali SP, Meena AK, Chandran P, Pratap DV, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM.
Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon gamma gene polymorphisms and their plasma levels in leprosy, HIV and other peripheral neuropathies.
Cytokine. 2015 Dec;76(2):473-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.09.010.
Epub 2015 Oct 1. PubMed PMID: 26431782.

11: Raju R, Suneetha S, Jadhav RS, Chaduvula M, Atkinson S, Jain S, Visser LH, Das L, Panhalkar R, Shinde V, Reddy PP, Barkataki P, Lockwood DNj, Van Brakel WH, Suneetha LM.
Serological responses to prednisolone treatment in leprosy reactions: study of TNF-α, antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-1, lipoarabinomanan,ceramide and S100-B.
Lipids Health Dis. 2014 Jul 28;13:119.
doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-13-119.
PubMed PMID: 25070345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4124507.

12: Jain S, Visser LH, Yerasu MR, Raju R, Meena AK, Lokesh B, Suneetha S. Use of
high resolution ultrasonography as an additional tool in the diagnosis of primary
neuritic leprosy: a case report. Lepr Rev. 2013 Jun;84(2):161-5. PubMed PMID:
24171244.

13: Lockwood DN, Nicholls P, Smith WC, Das L, Barkataki P, van Brakel W, Suneetha
S. Comparing the clinical and histological diagnosis of leprosy and leprosy
reactions in the INFIR cohort of Indian patients with multibacillary leprosy.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(6):e1702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001702. Epub 2012
Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 22745841; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3383736.

14: Visser LH, Jain S, Lokesh B, Suneetha S, Subbanna J. Morphological changes of
the epineurium in leprosy: a new finding detected by high-resolution sonography.
Muscle Nerve. 2012 Jul;46(1):38-41. doi: 10.1002/mus.23269. Epub 2012 May 29.
PubMed PMID: 22644782.

15: Lockwood DN, Suneetha L, Sagili KD, Chaduvula MV, Mohammed I, van Brakel W,
Smith WC, Nicholls P, Suneetha S. Cytokine and protein markers of leprosy
reactions in skin and nerves: baseline results for the North Indian INFIR cohort.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Dec;5(12):e1327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001327. Epub
2011 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 22180790; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3236729.

16: Rao PN, Suneetha S, Pratap DV. Changes in the size and number of skin lesions
in PB leprosy on treatment and follow-up. Lepr Rev. 2011 Sep;82(3):244-52. PubMed
PMID: 22125932.

17: Raju R, Devi SK, Mehervani C, Kumar AS, Meena AK, Reddy PP, Pranay P, Jain S,
Archelos-Gracia JJ, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM. Antibodies to myelin P0 and ceramide
perpetuate neuropathy in long standing treated leprosy patients. Neurochem Res.
2011 May;36(5):766-73. doi: 10.1007/s11064-010-0397-7. Epub 2011 Jan 14. PubMed
PMID: 21234675.

18: Jadhav R, Suneetha L, Kamble R, Shinde V, Devi K, Chaduvula MV, Raju R,
Suneetha S, Nicholls PG, van Brakel WH, Lockwood DN. Analysis of antibody and
cytokine markers for leprosy nerve damage and reactions in the INFIR cohort in
India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Mar 8;5(3):e977. doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000977. PubMed PMID: 21408123; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3050910.

19: Smith WC, Nicholls PG, Das L, Barkataki P, Suneetha S, Suneetha L, Jadhav R,
Sundar Rao PS, Wilder-Smith EP, Lockwood DN, van Brakel WH. Predicting neuropathy
and reactions in leprosy at diagnosis and before incident events-results from the
INFIR cohort study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Aug 11;3(8):e500. doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000500. PubMed PMID: 19668358; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2716523.

20.Young SK, Ponnighaus JM, Jain S, Lucas S, Suneetha S, Lockwood DN, Young DB,
Fine PE. Use of short tandem repeat sequences to study Mycobacterium leprae in
leprosy patients in Malawi and India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Apr 9;2(4):e214.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000214. PubMed PMID: 18398487; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2271132.

21: van Brakel WH, Nicholls PG, Wilder-Smith EP, Das L, Barkataki P, Lockwood DN;
INFIR Study Group.. Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy–comparing
diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR cohort study). PLoS Negl
Trop Dis. 2008 Apr 2;2(4):e212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000212. PubMed PMID:
18382604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2270341.

22: Lund C, Koskinen M, Suneetha S, Lockwood DN, Haanpää M, Haapasalo H,
Hietaharju A. Histopathological and clinical findings in leprosy patients with
chronic neuropathic pain: a study from Hyderabad, India. Lepr Rev. 2007
Dec;78(4):369-80. PubMed PMID: 18309711.

19: Sagili KD, Raju R, Reddy VR, Anandaraj MP, Suneetha S, Suneetha LM. Protein
phosphorylation pattern in the immune cells of leprosy affected individuals. J
Infect Dev Ctries. 2008 Apr 1;2(2):124-9. PubMed PMID: 19738337.

23: Andersson AK, Atkinson SE, Khanolkar-Young S, Chaduvula M, Jain S, Suneetha
L, Suneetha S, Lockwood DN. Alteration of the cortisol-cortisone shuttle in
leprosy type 1 reactions in leprosy patients in Hyderabad, India. Immunol Lett.
2007 Mar 15;109(1):72-5. Epub 2007 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 17320974.

24: Rao PN, Pratap D, Ramana Reddy AV, Sujai S. Evaluation of leprosy patients
with 1 to 5 skin lesions with relevance to their grouping into paucibacillary or
multibacillary disease. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2006 May-Jun;72(3):207-10. PubMed PMID: 16766835.

25: Pocaterra L, Jain S, Reddy R, Muzaffarullah S, Torres O, Suneetha S, Lockwood
DN. Clinical course of erythema nodosum leprosum: an 11-year cohort study in
Hyderabad, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 May;74(5):868-79. PubMed PMID:
16687695.

26: Rao PN, Sujai S, Srinivas D, Lakshmi TS. Comparison of two systems of
classification of leprosy based on number of skin lesions and number of body
areas involved–a clinicopathological concordance study. Indian J Dermatol
Venereol Leprol. 2005 Jan-Feb;71(1):14-9. PubMed PMID: 16394354.

27: Andersson AK, Chaduvula M, Atkinson SE, Khanolkar-Young S, Jain S, Suneetha L,
Suneetha S, Lockwood DN. Effects of prednisolone treatment on cytokine expression
in patients with leprosy type 1 reactions. Infect Immun. 2005 Jun;73(6):3725-33.
PubMed PMID: 15908402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1111887.

28: van Brakel WH, Nicholls PG, Das L, Barkataki P, Suneetha SK, Jadhav RS,
Maddali P, Lockwood DN, Wilder-Smith E, Desikan KV. The INFIR Cohort Study:
investigating prediction, detection and pathogenesis of neuropathy and reactions
in leprosy. Methods and baseline results of a cohort of multibacillary leprosy
patients in north India. Lepr Rev. 2005 Mar;76(1):14-34. Erratum in: Lepr Rev.
2005 Sep;76(3):264. PubMed PMID: 15881033.

29: Suneetha S, Sigamoni A, Kurian N, Chacko CJ. The development of cutaneous
lesions during follow-up of patients with primary neuritic leprosy. Int J
Dermatol. 2005 Mar;44(3):224-9. PubMed PMID: 15807731.

30: Lockwood DN, Suneetha S. Leprosy: too complex a disease for a simple
elimination paradigm. Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Mar;83(3):230-5. Epub 2005
Mar 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 15798849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2624210.

31: Young SK, Taylor GM, Jain S, Suneetha LM, Suneetha S, Lockwood DN, Young DB.
Microsatellite mapping of Mycobacterium leprae populations in infected humans. J
Clin Microbiol. 2004 Nov;42(11):4931-6. PubMed PMID: 15528676; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC525249.

32: Raju R, Suneetha S, Sagili K, Meher VC, Saraswathi V, Satyanarayana AV,
Suneetha LM. Diagnostic role of the antibody response to the 38kDa, 16kDa
proteins and lipoarabinomannan of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indian J Clin
Biochem. 2005 Jan;20(1):123-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02893056. PubMed PMID: 23105508;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3454160.

33: Suneetha LM, Karunakar V, Mehervani, Kaurna, Reddy RG, Suneetha S. Serum
butyrylcholinesterase activity in leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 2004
Sep;72(3):324-6. PubMed PMID: 15526384.

34: Ahmed N, Alam M, Rao KR, Kauser F, Kumar NA, Qazi NN, Sangal V, Sharma VD,
Das R, Katoch VM, Murthy KJ, Suneetha S, Sharma SK, Sechi LA, Gilman RH, Hasnain
SE. Molecular genotyping of a large, multicentric collection of tubercle bacilli
indicates geographical partitioning of strain variation and has implications for
global epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2004
Jul;42(7):3240-7. PubMed PMID: 15243088; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC446261.

35: Vardhini D, Suneetha S, Ahmed N, Joshi DS, Karuna S, Magee X, Vijayalakshmi
DS, Sridhar V, Karunakar KV, Archelos JJ, Suneetha LM. Comparative proteomics of
the Mycobacterium leprae binding protein myelin P0: its implication in leprosy
and other neurodegenerative diseases. Infect Genet Evol. 2004 Mar;4(1):21-8.
PubMed PMID: 15019586.

36: Atkinson SE, Khanolkar-Young S, Marlowe S, Jain S, Reddy RG, Suneetha S,
Lockwood DN. Detection of IL-13, IL-10, and IL-6 in the leprosy skin lesions of
patients during prednisolone treatment for type 1 (T1R) reactions. Int J Lepr
Other Mycobact Dis. 2004 Mar;72(1):27-34. PubMed PMID: 15217318.