Pranav Danthi

Assistant Professor

Education

Postdoctoral Research: Vanderbilt University, 2003-2008
Ph.D.: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2003

Research

Viral and Cellular Determinants of Virus-Induced Cell Death and Disease

Representative Publications

Doyle, J.D., Danthi, P., Kendall, E.A., Ooms, L.S., Wetzel, J.D., and T. S. Dermody (2012). Molecular Determinants Of Proteolytic Disassembly Of The Reovirus Outer Capsid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287: 8029-8038.

Madren, J.A., Sarkar, P. and P. Danthi (2012). Cell entry-associated conformational changes in reovirus particles are controlled by host protease activity. Journal of Virology. 86: 3466-3473.

Barlan A.U, P. Danthi, and C.M. Wiethoff (2011). Lysosomal localization and mechanism of membrane penetration influence nonenveloped virus activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Virology 412: 306-314

Danthi, P. Enter the kill zone: Initiation of death signaling during virus entry (2011). Virology: 411:316-24

Danthi, P.*, A.J. Pruijssers, A. K. Berger, G. H. Holm, S. S. Zinkel, and T. S. Dermody*(2010). Bid regulates the pathogenesis of neurotropic reovirus. (* corresponding author) PLoS Pathogens 6:e1000980

Danthi P., K.M. Guglielmi, E. Kirchner, B. Mainou, T. Stehle, and T.S. Dermody (2010). From touchdown to transcription: The reovirus cell entry pathway. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. 343:91-119

Sarkar, P. and P. Danthi. Determinants of strain-specific differences in reovirus cell entry (2010). Journal of Virology. 84:12723-32. Selected as spotlight article by the editors