List of publications - Karthika Rajeeve / Karthika Karunakaran

1. Yang M, Rajeeve K, Rudel T and Dandekar T. Comprehensive flux modeling from Chlamydia trachomatis proteome and qRT-PCR data indicates biphasic metabolic differences between elementary bodies and reticulate bodies during infection. Frontiers in microbiology. 2019. (In press)
2. Rajeeve K, Das S, Prusty BK and Rudel T Chlamydia trachomatis paralyzes neutrophils to evade the host innate immune response. Nature Microbiology. 2018. 3, 824-835.
3. Chowdhury S, Reimer A, Sharan M, Kozjak‐Pavlovic V, Eulalio A, Prusty B, Fraunholz M, Karunakaran K and Rudel T. Chlamydia preserves the mitochondrial network necessary for replication via microRNA‐dependent inhibition of fission. Journal of Cell Biology. 2017. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201608063.
4. Mehlitz A, Eylert E, Huber C, Lindner B, Vollmuth N, Karunakaran K, Goebel W, Eisenreich W, Rudel T. Molecular Microbiology. 2016. Metabolic adaptation of Chlamydia trachomatis to mammalian host cells. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13603.
5. Karunakaran K, Subbarayal P, Vollmuth N and Rudel T. Molecular Microbiology. 2015. Chlamydia infected cells shed Gp96 to prevent Chlamydial re‐infection. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13151.
6. Subbarayal S, Karunakaran K, Winkler A, Rother M, Gonzalez E, Meyer T, Rudel T. Plos Pathogen. 2015. EphrinA2 receptor (EphA2) is an Invasion and Intracellular Signaling receptor for Chlamydia trachomatis. 11(4):e1004846.
7. Siegl C*, Prusty ́B*, Karunakaran K, Wishhusen J and Rudel T. Cell Reports. 2014. Tumor suppressor p53 alters host cell metabolism to limit Chlamydia trachomatis infection. 9(3):918‐929. (*Equal contribution)
8. Mehlitz A, Karunakaran K, Herweg J, Krohne G, Van de Linde S, Rieck E, Sauer M and Rudel T. Cell Microbiology. 2014. Simkania negevensis Forms ER Vacuole Contact Sites and Inhibits ER‐ stress. 16(8):1224‐1243.
9. Sharma M, Machuy N, Böhme L, Karunakaran K, Mäurer AP, Meyer T and Rudel T. Cell Microbiology. 2011. HIF‐1α is involved in mediating apoptosis resistance to Chlamydia trachomatis‐ infected cells. 13(10):1573‐1585.
10. Karunakaran K, Mehlitz A and Rudel T. PLoS One. 2011. Evolutionary conservation of infection‐ induced cell death inhibition among Chlamydiales. 6(7):e22528.