Kartik Sunagar
Student Publications
Postdocs, PhD students, Project Assistants, Interns/Dissertation students
2024
22. R. R. Senji Laxme, Suyog Khochare, Siddharth Bhatia, Gerard Martin and Kartik Sunagar@. From birth to bite: the evolutionary ecology of India's medically most important snake venoms. BMC Biology. 2024, 22, Article number: 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01960-8.
21. Khochare S, Jaglan A, Rashmi U, Dam P, and Kartik Sunagar@. Harnessing the Cross-Neutralisation Potential of Existing Antivenoms for Mitigating the Outcomes of Snakebite in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(8):4213. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084213.
20. Irene S Khalek, RR Senji Laxme, Yen Thi Kim Nguyen, Suyog Khochare, Rohit N Patel, Jordan Woehl, Jessica M Smith, Karen Saye-Francisco, Yoojin Kim, Laetitia Misson Mindrebo, Quoc Tran, Mateusz Kędzior, Evy Boré, Oliver Limbo, Megan Verma, Robyn L Stanfield, Stefanie K Menzies, Stuart Ainsworth, Robert A Harrison, Dennis R Burton, Devin Sok, Ian A Wilson, Nicholas R Casewell, Kartik Sunagar@, Joseph G Jardine. Synthetic development of a broadly neutralizing antibody against snake venom long-chain α-neurotoxins. 2024. Science Translational Medicine.
Impact Factor: 19.319 PDF
2023
19. Anurag Jaglan, Siddharth Bhatia, Gerard Martin, Kartik Sunagar@. The Royal Armoury: Venomics and antivenomics of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) from the Indian Western Ghats. 2023. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.
Impact Factor: 8.2 PDF
18. Khochare S*, Senji Laxme RR*, Jaikumar P, Kaur N, Attarde S, Martin G, and Sunagar, K@. Fangs in the Ghats: preclinical insights into the medical importance of endemic pit vipers from the Western Ghats. 2023. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Impact Factor: 6.208 PDF
17. Shaikh NY and Sunagar K@, 2023. The deep-rooted origin of disulfide-rich spider venom toxins. elife, 12, p.e83761.
Impact Factor: 8.14 PDF
2022
16. Sunagar K, Khochare S, Jaglan A, Senthil S and Suranse V. 2022. Stings on wings: proteotranscriptomic and biochemical profiling of the lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis) venom. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9:1066793. 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1066793
Impact Factor: 6.113 PDF
15. Cardoso FC, Pineda S, Herzig V, Sunagar K, Shaikh NY, Jin A, King GF, Alewood P, Lewis R, Dutertre S. 2022. The deadly toxin arsenal of the tree-dwelling Australian funnel-web spiders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21):13077. 10.3390/ijms232113077.
Impact Factor: 6.208 PDF
14. Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, Attarde S, Kaur N, Jaikumar P, Shaikh NY, Aharoni R, Primor N, Hawlena D, Moran Y, and Sunagar K. 2022. The Middle Eastern Cousin: Comparative Venomics of Daboia palaestinae and Daboia russelii. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
13. Suranse V, Jackson T. N. W. and Sunagar K. 2022. Contextual constraints: dynamic evolution of snake venom phospholipase A2. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
12. Attarde S, Iyer A, Khochare S, Shaligram U, Vikharankar M and Sunagar K, 2022. The preclinical evaluation of a second-generation antivenom for treating snake envenoming in India. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
2021
11. Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Iyer A*, Dam P, Martin G and Sunagar K@. 2021. Venomics of the enigmatic Andaman cobra (N. sagittifera) and the preclinical failure of Indian antivenoms in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Frontiers in Pharmacology.
Impact Factor: 5.988 PDF
10. Rashmi U*, Khochare S*, Attarde S, Senji Laxme RR, Suranse V, Martin G and Sunagar K. 2021. Remarkable intrapopulation venom variability in the monocellate cobra (Naja kaouthia) unveils neglected aspects of India's snakebite problem. Journal of Proteomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104256
Impact Factor: 3.855 PDF
09. Senji Laxme RR*, Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Suranse V, Iyer A, Martin G, Casewell NRC, Whitaker R, and Sunagar K. 2021. Biogeographic venom variation in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) and the preclinical inefficacy of antivenom therapy in snakebite hotspots. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009247
08. Suranse V, Iyer A, Jackson TNW and Sunagar K. 2021. Origin and Early Diversification of the Enigmatic Squamate Venom Cocktail. A Contribution to the Origin and Early Evolution of Snakes (D. Gower and H. Zaher Ed.). Systematics Association Special Volume Series. Cambridge University Press.
07. Kaur N, Iyer A, and Sunagar K. 2021. Evolution bites: Timeworn inefficacious snakebite therapy in the era of recombinant vaccines. Indian Pediatrics. (58).
06. Senji Laxme RR*, Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Suranse V, Martin G, Casewell NRC, Whitaker R, and Sunagar K. 2021. Biogeographical venom variation in the Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja) underscores the pressing need for pan-India efficacious snakebite therapy. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009150
Impact Factor: 4.781 PDF
05. Sunagar K*, Khochare S*, Senji Laxme RR, Attarde S, Dam P, Suranse V, Khaire A, Martin G, and Captain A. 2021. A wolf in another wolf’s clothing: Post-genomic regulation dictates venom profiles of medically-important cryptic kraits in India. Toxins.
2019
04. Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, DeSouza HF, Ahuja B, Suranse V, Martin G, Whitaker R and Sunagar K. 2019. Beyond the ‘big four’: Venom profiling of the medically important yet neglected Indian snakes reveals disturbing antivenom deficiencies. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
03. Casewell NR*, Petras D, Card DC, Suranse V, Mychajliw AM, Richards D, Koludarov I, Albulescu L-O, Slagboom J, Hempel B-F, Ngum NM, Kennerley RJ, Brocca JL, Whiteley G, Harrison RA, Bolton FMS, Debono J, Vonk FJ, Alföldi J, Johnson J, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Mellor IR, Süssmuth RD, Fry BG, Kuruppu S, Hodgson WC, Kool J, Castoe TA, Barnes I, Sunagar K, Undheim EAB and Turvey ST. 2019. Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Impact Factor: 12.78 PDF
2018
02. Senji Laxme RR*, Suranse V*, and Sunagar K. 2018. Arthropod venoms: Biochemistry, Ecology and Evolution. Toxicon (Special edition). 158:84-103.
*Joint first authors
Impact Factor: 3.03 PDF
01. Suranse V, Srikanthan A, and Sunagar K. 2018. Animal Venoms: Origin, Diversity and Evolution. In eLS, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Ed.).