Vikas Anathy

Professor

Division Chief, Redox Biology and Pathology

PRONUNCIATION vee-kuhz A-nathy

Pronunciation vee-kuhz A-nathy
Alma mater(s)
  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
  • PhD, Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
  • MSc, Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
  • BSc, Biochemistry, Botany and Zoology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Vermont Cancer Center

Areas of expertise

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress and Protein Disulfide Isomerases in asthma

Unfolded Protein Response in respiratory virus infection

Redox regulation of inflammatory response and airway remodeling in asthma

Redox based epithelial dysregulation in pulmonary fibrosis and cancer

BIO

The overarching goal of Dr. Anathy’s research is to understand the impact of oxidative post-translational protein modifications (OXPTM) and their functional consequences in lung diseases. We have a strong record of accomplishment in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR), epithelial apoptosis, redox biology, asthma, influenza infection and lung fibrosis. New themes are emerging in our research, focusing on the role of ER stress and ER-based oxidoreductases in influenza infection, pulmonary fibrosis, as well as a novel link to asthma exacerbation. We have developed new strains of mice to achieve lung epithelial-specific deletion of ER-based redox enzymes, mitochondrial fission proteins, and transcription factors critical in developing lung inflammatory response and fibrosis. We have tested ER signaling-based reagents, pharmacological agents, and optimized sensitive enzyme assays in mouse and human samples to investigate the role of ER-based oxidoreductases in airway inflammation and fibrosis associated with asthma and influenza infection or acute lung injury.

Publications

Dr. Anathy's publications on PubMed

Awards and Achievements

2024 US Patent, 11883395; Method of Treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection by administering a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) inhibitor, Issued May 14, 2020

2018 US Patent, 9,907,828; Treatments of Oxidative Stress Conditions, Issued March 6, 2018

2008 US Patent, 8,679,811 B2, Treatments Involving Glutaredoxins and Similar Agents, European patent P2167653 (A2), Int'l publication number WO 2008/154012 (A2)

Bio

The overarching goal of Dr. Anathy’s research is to understand the impact of oxidative post-translational protein modifications (OXPTM) and their functional consequences in lung diseases. We have a strong record of accomplishment in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR), epithelial apoptosis, redox biology, asthma, influenza infection and lung fibrosis. New themes are emerging in our research, focusing on the role of ER stress and ER-based oxidoreductases in influenza infection, pulmonary fibrosis, as well as a novel link to asthma exacerbation. We have developed new strains of mice to achieve lung epithelial-specific deletion of ER-based redox enzymes, mitochondrial fission proteins, and transcription factors critical in developing lung inflammatory response and fibrosis. We have tested ER signaling-based reagents, pharmacological agents, and optimized sensitive enzyme assays in mouse and human samples to investigate the role of ER-based oxidoreductases in airway inflammation and fibrosis associated with asthma and influenza infection or acute lung injury.

Awards and Achievements

2024 US Patent, 11883395; Method of Treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection by administering a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) inhibitor, Issued May 14, 2020

2018 US Patent, 9,907,828; Treatments of Oxidative Stress Conditions, Issued March 6, 2018

2008 US Patent, 8,679,811 B2, Treatments Involving Glutaredoxins and Similar Agents, European patent P2167653 (A2), Int'l publication number WO 2008/154012 (A2)