Education/CredentialsFellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine (Pulmonary Division)Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine (Microbiology and Immunology)Doctoral Degree: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Microbiology)Master's Degree: Osmania University (Microbiology)Bachelor's Degree: Kakatiya University (Botany, Zoology and Chemistry) Contact Information Email pasular@ucmail.uc.edu Research InterestsImmuno-Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Infections Peer Reviewed Publications Pasula, Rajamouli; Azad, Abul K; Gardner, Jason C; Schlesinger, Larry S; McCormack, Francis X 2015. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Administration Attenuates Murine Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection through Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor (GM-CSF)-dependent Macrophage Activation and Phagolysosome Fusion. The Journal of biological chemistry, 290 11, 7151-9Olakanmi, Oyebode; Kesavalu, Banurekha; Pasula, Rajamouli; Abdalla, Maher Y; Schlesinger, Larry S; Britigan, Bradley E 2013. Gallium nitrate is efficacious in murine models of tuberculosis and inhibits key bacterial Fe-dependent enzymes. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57 12, 6074-80Reszka, Krzysztof J; Xiong, Ye; Sallans, Larry; Pasula, Rajamouli; Olakanmi, Oyebode; Hassett, Daniel J; Britigan, Bradley E 2012. Inactivation of the potent Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin pyocyanin by airway peroxidases and nitrite. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 302 10, L1044-56Pasula, Rajamouli; Britigan, Bradley E; Turner, Joanne; Martin, William J 2009. Airway delivery of silica increases susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in mice: potential role of repopulating macrophages. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 182 11, 7102-9Young, Lisa R; Pasula, Rajamouli; Gulleman, Peter M; Deutsch, Gail H; McCormack, Francis X 2007. Susceptibility of Hermansky-Pudlak mice to bleomycin-induced type II cell apoptosis and fibrosis. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 37 1, 67-74Martin, William J; Wu, Min; Pasula, Rajamouli 2005. A novel approach to restore lung immunity during systemic immunosuppression. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, 116 , 221-6; discussion 22Day, Richard B; Wang, Yana; Knox, Kenneth S; Pasula, Rajamouli; Martin, William J; Twigg, Homer L 2004. Alveolar macrophages from HIV-infected subjects are resistant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 30 3, 403-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Weaver, Todd; Martinez, Manuel A; Martin, William J 2002. Morphologic detection and functional assessment of reconstituted normal alveolar macrophages in the lungs of SCID mice. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 169 8, 4504-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Wisniowski, Paul; Martin, William J 2002. Fibronectin facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis attachment to murine alveolar macrophages. Infection and immunity, 70 3, 1287-92
Peer Reviewed Publications Pasula, Rajamouli; Azad, Abul K; Gardner, Jason C; Schlesinger, Larry S; McCormack, Francis X 2015. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Administration Attenuates Murine Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection through Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor (GM-CSF)-dependent Macrophage Activation and Phagolysosome Fusion. The Journal of biological chemistry, 290 11, 7151-9Olakanmi, Oyebode; Kesavalu, Banurekha; Pasula, Rajamouli; Abdalla, Maher Y; Schlesinger, Larry S; Britigan, Bradley E 2013. Gallium nitrate is efficacious in murine models of tuberculosis and inhibits key bacterial Fe-dependent enzymes. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57 12, 6074-80Reszka, Krzysztof J; Xiong, Ye; Sallans, Larry; Pasula, Rajamouli; Olakanmi, Oyebode; Hassett, Daniel J; Britigan, Bradley E 2012. Inactivation of the potent Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin pyocyanin by airway peroxidases and nitrite. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 302 10, L1044-56Pasula, Rajamouli; Britigan, Bradley E; Turner, Joanne; Martin, William J 2009. Airway delivery of silica increases susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in mice: potential role of repopulating macrophages. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 182 11, 7102-9Young, Lisa R; Pasula, Rajamouli; Gulleman, Peter M; Deutsch, Gail H; McCormack, Francis X 2007. Susceptibility of Hermansky-Pudlak mice to bleomycin-induced type II cell apoptosis and fibrosis. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 37 1, 67-74Martin, William J; Wu, Min; Pasula, Rajamouli 2005. A novel approach to restore lung immunity during systemic immunosuppression. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, 116 , 221-6; discussion 22Day, Richard B; Wang, Yana; Knox, Kenneth S; Pasula, Rajamouli; Martin, William J; Twigg, Homer L 2004. Alveolar macrophages from HIV-infected subjects are resistant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 30 3, 403-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Weaver, Todd; Martinez, Manuel A; Martin, William J 2002. Morphologic detection and functional assessment of reconstituted normal alveolar macrophages in the lungs of SCID mice. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 169 8, 4504-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Wisniowski, Paul; Martin, William J 2002. Fibronectin facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis attachment to murine alveolar macrophages. Infection and immunity, 70 3, 1287-92
Pasula, Rajamouli; Azad, Abul K; Gardner, Jason C; Schlesinger, Larry S; McCormack, Francis X 2015. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Administration Attenuates Murine Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection through Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor (GM-CSF)-dependent Macrophage Activation and Phagolysosome Fusion. The Journal of biological chemistry, 290 11, 7151-9Olakanmi, Oyebode; Kesavalu, Banurekha; Pasula, Rajamouli; Abdalla, Maher Y; Schlesinger, Larry S; Britigan, Bradley E 2013. Gallium nitrate is efficacious in murine models of tuberculosis and inhibits key bacterial Fe-dependent enzymes. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57 12, 6074-80Reszka, Krzysztof J; Xiong, Ye; Sallans, Larry; Pasula, Rajamouli; Olakanmi, Oyebode; Hassett, Daniel J; Britigan, Bradley E 2012. Inactivation of the potent Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin pyocyanin by airway peroxidases and nitrite. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 302 10, L1044-56Pasula, Rajamouli; Britigan, Bradley E; Turner, Joanne; Martin, William J 2009. Airway delivery of silica increases susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in mice: potential role of repopulating macrophages. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 182 11, 7102-9Young, Lisa R; Pasula, Rajamouli; Gulleman, Peter M; Deutsch, Gail H; McCormack, Francis X 2007. Susceptibility of Hermansky-Pudlak mice to bleomycin-induced type II cell apoptosis and fibrosis. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 37 1, 67-74Martin, William J; Wu, Min; Pasula, Rajamouli 2005. A novel approach to restore lung immunity during systemic immunosuppression. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, 116 , 221-6; discussion 22Day, Richard B; Wang, Yana; Knox, Kenneth S; Pasula, Rajamouli; Martin, William J; Twigg, Homer L 2004. Alveolar macrophages from HIV-infected subjects are resistant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 30 3, 403-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Weaver, Todd; Martinez, Manuel A; Martin, William J 2002. Morphologic detection and functional assessment of reconstituted normal alveolar macrophages in the lungs of SCID mice. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 169 8, 4504-10Pasula, Rajamouli; Wisniowski, Paul; Martin, William J 2002. Fibronectin facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis attachment to murine alveolar macrophages. Infection and immunity, 70 3, 1287-92