Journal of Mucosal Immunology Research
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Hemanth K Kandikattu

Department of Medicine, Tulane Eosinophilic Disorders Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

Biography

Dr. Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Ph.D. is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Section of Pulmonary Diseases at Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Dr. Hemath Kandikattu is working on the role of eosinophils in allergic diseases and on pancreatitis and its progression to pancreatic cancer. Dr. Hemanth graduated with Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology followed by Master of Science in Biochemistry at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. He then undertook Ph.D. training at Defence Food Research Laboratory and University of Mysore, Mysore, India. Dr. Hemanth completed his PostDoctoral training in Cardiovascular Medicine from University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Publications

Interleukin-18 has an Important Role in Differentiation and Maturation of Mucosal Mast Cells

A significant amount of correlational evidence has linked increased levels of IL-18 with allergic diseases in both human and animal models, and, as mast cells are major mediators of allergies, we hypothesized that IL-18 may have a role in mast cell biology. Rationale for our hypothesis is based on the evidence that IL-3 deficient mice are not devoi... Read More»

Nathan L Sandersa, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Murli Manohar, Alok K Verma, Hemanth K Kandikattu and Anil Mishra

Research Article: J Mucosal Immunol Res 2018: 109

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