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Overview

Ponnal Nambi is affiliated with Pfizer in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, immunology and microbiology, and medicine. Their work intersects several subfields, including parasitology, infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and insect science.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of subjects centered on infectious diseases and vector biology. These include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Insect and pesticide research

Several recent publications illustrate the focus areas and contributions in their scientific career:

  • Perception of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Worldwide, 2023, published in Pathogens
  • Successful treatment of severe form of bovine tropical theileriosis in dairy cattle and genotyping of Theileria annulata isolates of Tamil Nadu, India, 2021, published in Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Occurrence of necrophagous flies of forensic importance in medico-legal cases in Tamil Nadu State, India, 2022, published in Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Assessment of consistency of minimum post-mortem intervals estimated by thermal summation-based methods in medico-legal cases associated with blowflies, 2023, published in Legal Medicine
  • Management practices and technologies for efficient biological sample collection from domestic animals with special reference to Indian field conditions, 2023, published in Animal Diseases

Ponnal Nambi frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including G. Dhinakar Raj, M. Raman, N. Madan, Bhaskaran Ravi Latha, and Aravindh Babu R. Parthiban.

Their research is regularly published in journals with focuses on parasitology, veterinary parasitology, immunology, and infectious diseases. Key publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Experimental Parasitology
  • Journal of Parasitic Diseases

Best Publications

  • Catecholamine-induced desensitization of turkey erythrocyte adenylate cyclase is associated with phosphorylation of the beta-adrenergic receptor

    Jeffrey M. Stadel;Ponnal Nambi;Robert G. L. Shorr;Diane F. Sawyer

  • Reversal of postischemic acute renal failure with a selective endothelinA receptor antagonist in the rat.

    Miklos Gellai;Malcolm Jugus;Tracey Fletcher;Robin DeWolf

  • Desensitization of the beta-adrenergic receptor of frog erythrocytes. Recovery and characterization of the down-regulated receptors in sequestered vesicles.

    J M Stadel;B Strulovici;P Nambi;T N Lavin

  • SB 209670, a rationally designed potent nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonist

    E H Ohlstein;P Nambi;S A Douglas;R M Edwards

  • Molecular characterization and regulation of the human endothelin receptors.

    N. A. Elshourbagy;D. R. Korman;Hsiao-Ling Wu;D. R. Sylvester

  • Desensitization of turkey erythrocyte adenylate cyclase. Beta-adrenergic receptor phosphorylation is correlated with attenuation of adenylate cyclase activity.

    D R Sibley;J R Peters;P Nambi;M G Caron

  • Liver X Receptor (LXR)-β Regulation in LXRα-Deficient Mice: Implications for Therapeutic Targeting

    Elaine M Quinet;Dawn A Savio;Anita R Halpern;Liang Chen

  • 1,3-Diarylindan-2-carboxylic Acids, Potent and Selective Non-Peptide Endothelin Receptor Antagonists

    J D Elliott;M A Lago;R D Cousins;A Gao

  • Upregulation of renal endothelin receptors in rats with cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity

    Ponnal Nambi;Mark Pullen;Lisa C. Contino;David P. Brooks

  • Desensitization of the turkey erythrocyte beta-adrenergic receptor in a cell-free system. Evidence that multiple protein kinases can phosphorylate and desensitize the receptor.

    P Nambi;J R Peters;D R Sibley;R J Lefkowitz

  • Distribution and functional role of renal ET receptor subtypes in normotensive and hypertensive rats

    Miklos Gellai;Robin DeWolf;Mark Pullen;Ponnal Nambi

  • Nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonists. V: Prevention and reversal of acute renal failure in the rat by SB 209670.

    M Gellai;M Jugus;T Fletcher;P Nambi

  • Endothelin B receptor modulates inflammatory pain and cutaneous inflammation.

    Don E. Griswold;Stephen A. Douglas;Lenox D. Martin;T. Gregg Davis

  • Identification of endothelin receptor subtypes in human renal cortex and medulla using subtype-selective ligands.

    Ponnal Nambi;Mark Pullen;Hsiao-Ling Wu;Nambi Aiyar

  • LXR ligand lowers LDL cholesterol in primates, is lipid neutral in hamster, and reduces atherosclerosis in mouse.

    Elaine M. Quinet;Michael D. Basso;Anita R. Halpern;David W. Yates

  • Endothelin inhibits vasopressin action in rat inner medullary collecting duct via the ETB receptor.

    R M Edwards;E J Stack;M Pullen;P Nambi

  • 5-(5,6-Dichloro-2-indolyl)-2-methoxy-2,4-pentadienamides: novel and selective inhibitors of the vacuolar H+-ATPase of osteoclasts with bone antiresorptive activity.

    Stefania Gagliardi;Guy Nadler;Emanuela Consolandi;Carlo Parini

  • Effect of pharmacologic plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 inhibition on cell motility and tumor angiogenesis.

    C. E. Leik;E. J. Su;P. Nambi;David L. Crandall

  • 125I-labeled p-azidobenzylcarazolol, a photoaffinity label for the beta-adrenergic receptor. Characterization of the ligand and photoaffinity labeling of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptors.

    T N Lavin;P Nambi;S L Heald;P W Jeffs

  • Phorbol diester treatment promotes enhanced adenylate cyclase activity in frog erythrocytes

    David R. Sibley;Roger A. Jeffs;Kiefer Daniel;Ponnal Nambi

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot H. Ohlstein
Eliot H. Ohlstein GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz Duke University
Marc G. Caron
Marc G. Caron Duke University
Christopher Miller
Christopher Miller Brandeis University
John R. Zalcberg
John R. Zalcberg Monash University
Thomas Michel
Thomas Michel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Louis B. Hersh
Louis B. Hersh University of Kentucky
Thomas Maciag
Thomas Maciag Maine Medical Center
Michael R. Mattern
Michael R. Mattern National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey L. Benovic
Jeffrey L. Benovic Thomas Jefferson University

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