Selected Publications

1.      Alptekin A, Mondal AK, Vashisht A, Vashisht V, Singh H, Morera D, et al. Diagnostic utility of SNPM microarray in evaluating pancreaticobiliary brushing specimens in    

       conjunction with conventional cytology. J Mol Diagn. Published online March 27, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jmoldx.2026.03.002

2.      Ahluwalia P, Kolhe R, Rojiani M. Understanding non-small-cell lung cancer: biology, therapeutics and drug resistance. Biomedicines. 2026;14(1):193.

       doi: 10.3390/biomedicines14010193

3.      Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Vashisht A, Singh H, Alptekin A, Ballur K, et al. Identification of a distinctive immunogenomic gene signature in stage-matched colorectal cancer.           J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2025;151(1):1-20. doi:10.1007/s00432-024-06034-4.

4.      Vashisht A, Mondal AK, Vashisht V, Ananth S, Alptekin A, Jones K, Farmaha JK, Kolhe R. Enhancing precision in HIV treatment: validation of a robust

  next-generation sequencing system for drug resistance mutation analysis. Diagnostics. 2024;14(16):1766. doi:10.3390/diagnostics14161766.

5.      Singh H, Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Burke SL, Farmaha J, Alptekin A, Vashisht A, Jones K, Vashisht V, Kolhe R. Clinical utility of optical genome mapping for improved        

       cytogenomic analysis of gliomas. Biomedicines. 2024;12(8):1659. doi:10.3390/biomedicines12081659.

6.      Vashisht A, Vashisht V, Singh H, Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Williams C, Farmaha J, Woodall J, Kolhe R. Neurological complications of COVID-19: unraveling the 

  pathophysiological underpinnings and therapeutic implications. Viruses. 2024;16(8):1183. doi:10.3390/v16081183.

7.      Bloomquist R, Mondal AK, Vashisht A, Sahajpal N, Jones K, Vashisht V, et al. Gene regulatory network analysis of post-mortem lungs unveils novel insights into COVID-19 

       pathogenesis. Viruses. 2024;16(6):853. doi:10.3390/v16060853.

8.      Gupta V, Vashisht V, Vashisht A, Mondal AK, Alptekin A, Singh H, Kolhe R. Comprehensive analysis of clinically relevant copy number alterations (CNAs) using a 523-gene 

  next-generation sequencing panel and NxClinical software in solid tumors. Genes. 2024;15(4):396. doi:10.3390/genes15040396.

9.      Broeckel U, Iqbal MA, Levy B, et al. Detection of constitutional structural variants by optical genome mapping: a multisite study of postnatal samples. J Mol Diagn. 

  2024;26(3):213-226. doi:10.1016/j.jmoldx.2023.12.003.

10. Ahluwalia P, Vashisht A, Singh H, Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Jones K, et al. Ethno-demographic disparities in humoral responses to the COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers. J Med Virol. 2023;95(9):e29067. doi:10.1002/jmv.29067.

11. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Pundkar C, Jones K, Williams C, et al. Optical genome mapping and single nucleotide polymorphism microarray: an integrated 

    approach for investigating products of conception. Genes (Basel). 2022;13(4):643. doi:10.3390/genes13040643.

12. Forgacs D, Silva-Moraes V, Sautto GA, Hanley HB, Gattiker JL, Jefferson AM, et al. The effect of waning on antibody levels and memory B cell recall following

    SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination. Vaccines (Basel). 2022;10(5):696. doi:10.3390/vaccines10050696.

13. Simon V, Kota V, Bloomquist RF, Hanley HB, Forgacs D, Valdez R, et al. PARIS and SPARTA: finding the Achilles' heel of SARS-CoV-2. mSphere. 2022;7(3):e0017922. doi:10.1128/msphere.00179-22.

14. Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Ahluwalia M, Sahajpal NS, Jones K, Jilani Y, et al. Clinical and molecular assessment of an onco-immune signature with prognostic significance in patients with colorectal cancer. Cancer Med. 2022;11(6):1573-1586. doi:10.1002/cam4.4568.

15. Cantu N, Vyavahare S, Kumar S, Chen J, Kolhe R, Isales CM, et al. Synergistic effects of multiple factors involved in COVID-19-dependent muscle loss. Aging Dis. 2022;13(2):344-352. doi:10.14336/AD.2021.0817.

16. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Njau A, Jones K, Ahluwalia P, et al. Clinical validation of a multiplex PCR-based detection assay using saliva or nasopharyngeal samples for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):1-7. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07152-0.

17. Sahajpal NS, Lai CYJ, Hastie A, Mondal AK, Dehkordi SR, van der Made CI, et al. Optical genome mapping identifies rare structural variations as predisposition factors associated with severe COVID-19. iScience. 2022;25(2):103760. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.103760.

18. Kolhe R, Ghilzai U, Mondal AK, Pundkar C, Ahluwalia P, Sahajpal NS, et al. Nanostring-based identification of the gene expression profile in trigger finger samples. Healthcare (Basel). 2021;9(11):1592. doi:10.3390/healthcare9111592.

19. Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Sahajpal NS, Rojiani MV, Kolhe R. Gene signatures with therapeutic value: emerging perspective for personalized immunotherapy in renal cancer. Immunotherapy. Published online November 10, 2021. doi:10.2217/imt-2021-0187.

20. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Njau A, Petty Z, Chen J, et al. High-throughput next-generation sequencing respiratory viral panel: a diagnostic and epidemiologic tool for SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. Viruses. 2021;13(10):2063. doi:10.3390/v13102063.

21. Kolhe R, Sahajpal NS, Vyavahare S, Dhanani AS, Adusumilli S, Ananth S, et al. Alteration in nasopharyngeal microbiota profile in aged patients with COVID-19. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021;11(9):1622. doi:10.3390/diagnostics11091622.

22. Ahluwalia P, Ahluwalia M, Mondal AK, Sahajpal NS, Kota V, Rojiani MV, et al. Natural killer cells and dendritic cells: expanding clinical relevance in the non-small cell lung cancer tumor microenvironment. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13(16):4037. doi:10.3390/cancers13164037.

23. John G, Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Williams C, Chaubey A, et al. Next-generation sequencing in COVID-19: a tool for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, monitoring new strains and phylodynamic modeling in molecular epidemiology. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2021;43(2):845-867. doi:10.3390/cimb43020061.

24. Moore JX, Gilbert KL, Lively KL, Laurent C, Chawla R, Li C, et al. Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among a community sample of African Americans living in the southern United States. Vaccines (Basel). 2021;9(8):879. doi:10.3390/vaccines9080879.

25. Jones L, Bakre A, Naikare H, Kolhe R, Sanchez S, Mosley YC, et al. Isothermal amplification and fluorescent detection of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 variant virus in nasopharyngeal swabs. PLoS One. 2021;16(9):e0257563. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257563.

26. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Jones K, Chaubey A, Kolhe R. COVID-19 diagnostic assay sensitivity: lessons for the upcoming wave or next pandemic. Future Med Chem. 2021;13(20):1713-1715. doi:10.4155/fmc-2021-0209.

27. Sharma MD, Pacholczyk R, Shi H, Berrong ZJ, Zakharia Y, Greco A, et al. Inhibition of the BTK-IDO-mTOR axis promotes differentiation of monocyte-lineage dendritic cells and enhances anti-tumor T cell immunity. Immunity. 2021;54(10):2354-2371.e8. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2021.09.005.

28. Vyavahare S, Kumar S, Cantu N, Kolhe R, Bollag WB, McGee-Lawrence ME, et al. Tryptophan-kynurenine pathway in COVID-19-dependent musculoskeletal pathology: a minireview. Mediators Inflamm. 2021;2021:2911578. doi:10.1155/2021/2911578.

29. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Njau A, Fulzele S, Ahluwalia P, Chaubey A, Hegde M, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. Making a difference: adaptation of the clinical laboratory in response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Acad Pathol. 2021;8:23742895211023948. doi:10.1177/23742895211023948.

30. Ahluwalia P, Vaibhav K, Ahluwalia M, Mondal AK, Sahajpal N, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. Infection and immune memory: variables in robust protection by vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Front Immunol. 2021;12:660019. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.660019.

31. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Njau A, Ahluwalia P, Kota V, Caspary K, Ross TM, Farrell M, Shannon MP, Fulzele S, Chaubey A, Hegde M, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. Clinical validation of a sensitive test for saliva collected in healthcare and community settings with pooling utility for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 mass surveillance. J Mol Diagn. 2021;23(7):788-795. doi:10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.04.005.

32. Sahajpal NS, Mondal AK, Ananth S, Njau A, Ahluwalia P, Newnam G, Lozoya-Colinas A, Hud NV, Kota V, Ross TM, Reid MD, Fulzele S, Chaubey A, Hegde M, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. SalivaSTAT: direct-PCR and pooling of saliva samples collected in healthcare and community setting for SARS-CoV-2 mass surveillance. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021;11(5):904. doi:10.3390/diagnostics11050904.

33. Boyle TA, Mondal AK, Saeed-Vafa D, Ananth S, Ahluwalia P, Kothapalli R, Chaubey A, Roberts E, Qin D, Magliocco AM, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. Guideline-adherent clinical validation of a comprehensive 170-gene DNA/RNA panel for determination of small variants, copy number variations, splice variants, and fusions on a next-generation sequencing platform in the CLIA setting. Front Genet. 2021;12:503830. doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.503830.

34. Sahajpal NS, Barseghyan H, Kolhe R, Hastie A, Chaubey A. Optical genome mapping as a next-generation cytogenomic tool for detection of structural and copy number variations for prenatal genomic analyses. Genes (Basel). 2021;12(3):398. doi:10.3390/genes12030398.

35. Ahluwalia P, Ahluwalia M, Mondal AK, Sahajpal N, Kota V, Rojiani MV, Rojiani AM, Kolhe R. Prognostic and therapeutic implications of extracellular matrix associated gene signature in renal clear cell carcinoma. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):7561. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86888-7.