Prof. Preethi Udagama
Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences
Publications
Leflunomide is equally efficacious and safe compared to low dose rituximab in refractory rheumatoid arthritis given in combination with methotrexate: Results from a randomized double blind controlled clinical trial
Wijesinghe H, Galappatthy P, De Silva R, Seneviratne S L, Sarvanamuttu U G,Udagama P, i Hart M, Kelleher P, Senerath U, Fernandopulle R, Weerasekara L andWijayaratne L (2017). Leflunomide is equally efficacious and safe compared to low dose rituximab in refractory rheumatoid arthritis given in combination with methotrexate: Results from a randomized double blind controlled clinical trial.BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders,18:310-320.DOI 1186/s12891-017-1673-3
Honey Mediated Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles: New Era of Safe Nanotechnology
Balasooriya E,Jayasinghe C D, Jayawardena U A, Ruwanthika R W D, de Silva R M, and Udagama P V (2017).Honey Mediated Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles: New Era of Safe Nanotechnology.Journal of Nanomaterials,Article ID 5919836, 10 pages. doi:10.1155/2017/5919836.
Heavy metal induced toxicity in the Indian green frog: Biochemical and histopathological alterations.
Jayawardena U A, Angunawela P, Wickramasinghe D D,Ratnasooriya W D, and Udagama, P V(2017). Heavy metal induced toxicity in the Indian green frog: Biochemical and histopathological alterations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 9999: 1-13. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3848
Gender disparity of the association of serum cytokines IFN – γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10 among Type 1diabetes patients in Sri Lanka: A pilot study
Rathnayake L M S M,Katulanda P, Udagama P V. Gender disparity of the association of serum cytokines IFN – γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10 among Type 1diabetes patients in Sri Lanka: A pilot study. Endocrine Congress of Sri Lanka (ECSL – 2017). July 28 – 30, 2017. Poster no: 21.
Gender disparity of the association of levels of serum cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-10) among Type 1 diabetic patients in Sri Lanka: A pilot study
Rathnayake LMSM, Katulanda P, Udagama PV. Gender disparity of the association of levels of serum cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-10) among Type 1 diabetic patients in Sri Lanka: A pilot study. Endocrine Congress Sri Lanka. July, 2017. Pp54
Evaluation of cell proliferative potential of herbal extracts as natural stimulants on human hair follicle derived cells
Ratnayake R, Udalamaththa V, Samaratunge U, Seneviratne J and Udagama P (2017). Evaluation of cell proliferative potential of herbal extracts as natural stimulants on human hair follicle derived cells. 37th Annual Sessions of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka.Pp 21.
Evaluation of cell proliferative potential of herbal extract as a natural stimulant on human hair follicle derived cells
Ratnayake P, Udalamaththa V, Samaratunge U, Seneviratne J and Udagama P (2017). Evaluation of cell proliferative potential of herbal extract as a natural stimulant on human hair follicle derived cells. 37th Annual Sessions Proceedings of Institute of Biology. Pp 21
Effect of Sri Lankan wild type mature leaf concentrate of Carica papaya on adipogenic differentiation of in house established human mesenchymal stem cells
Udalamaththa V L, Ratnayake P M S, Soysa P, Wijeratne S and Udagama P V (2017). Effect of Sri Lankan wild type mature leaf concentrate of Carica papaya on adipogenic differentiation of in house established human mesenchymal stem cells. Annual Research Symposium, 2017, University of Colombo. Pp 274.
Effect of Leaf extracts of Carica papaya andFicusbenghalensis on chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
Udalamaththa V L, Samaratunga U, Soysa P, Wijeratne S and Udagama P V. Effect of Leaf extracts
of Carica papaya andFicusbenghalensis on chondrogenic differentiation of human
mesenchymal stem cells. International conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and
Traditional medicine – 2017, Sri Lanka. October 27 th – October 29 th , 2017. Pp 12.
Effect of a herbal distillate as a natural stimulant of melanogenesis evaluated in human hair follicle primary cell cultures: A pilot study
Ratnayake P, Udalamaththa V, Samaratunge U, Seneviratne J and Udagama P. Effect of a herbal
distillate as a natural stimulant of melanogenesis evaluated in human hair follicle primary cell
cultures: A pilot study. 5 th International conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and
Traditional medicine – 2017, Sri Lanka. October 27 th – October 29 th , 2017. Pp 57.
Differential proliferative activity of selected herbal distillates on human mesenchymal stem cells and hair follicle derived cells
Ratnayake P, Udalamaththa V, samaratunga U, Wijeratne S, Soysa P, Senevirathne J and
Udagama P (2017). Differential proliferative activity of selected herbal distillates on human
mesenchymal stem cells and hair follicle derived cells. TRADMED 2017, Sri Lanka. 23 –25
November, Pp 116 -117.
Diagnostic accuracy of in-house developed indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for HPV16 and HPV18 high-risk human papillomaviral infections in oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients in Sri Lanka
Wathupola K B W M R A I, Perera K A and Udagama P V (2017). Diagnostic accuracy of in-house developed indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for HPV16 and HPV18 high-risk human papillomaviral infections in oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 73rd Annual Sessions, SLAAS,. Pp 80
Association of inflammatory cytokines and mediators in Type2 diabetes mellitus complications in Sri Lanka
Mendis W.U.K, Katulanda P, Udagama P V. Association of inflammatory cytokines and mediators in Type2 diabetes mellitus complications in Sri Lanka. Endocrine Congress of Sri Lanka (ECSL – 2017). July 28 – 30, 2017. Poster number 22.
Alpha-papillomavirus 9 group as an etiologic factor for lung cancers in Sri Lanka: A pilot study
Hewawasam S, Constantine R, Fernando C, Perera K and Udagama P (2017). Alpha-papillomavirus
9 group as an etiologic factor for lung cancers in Sri Lanka: A pilot study. HPV 2017, 31 st
International Papillomavirus Conference. Pp599.
A Pilot study to assess the epigenetic biomarkers for oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Sri Lanka
Liyanage C D K, Perera K A and Udagama P V (2017). A Pilot study to assess the epigenetic biomarkers for oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Sri Lanka. NASTEC/First National Undergraduate Research Symposium. Pp 22
Liyanage C D K, Perera K A and Udagama P V. A pilot study to assess the epigenetic biomarkers for oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Sri Lanka. National Undergraduate Research Symposium (NASTEC) – 2017. 4th August, 2017. Pp 22. (Merit award)
The mature leaf concentrate of SriLankan wild typeCarica papaya attenuates carrageenan induced acute inflammation via inhitbiting prostaglandin E2
Jayasinghe C D, Ratnasooriya W D and Udagama P V (2016). The mature leaf concentrate of SriLankan wild typeCarica papaya attenuates carrageenan induced acute inflammation via inhitbiting prostaglandin E2. 72nd Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.Pp39.
The mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya exhibits antitumor activity and regulates antitumor immunity
Jayasinghe C D, Hettigodage A N, Gunasena S and Udagama P V(2016). The mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya exhibits antitumor activity and regulates antitumor immunity. Allergy &Immunology Society of Sri Lanka, 8th Biennial Scientific Sessions.Pp29
Refinement of the taxonomic structure of 16SrXI and 16SrXIV phytoplasmas of gramineous plants using multilocus sequence typing
Abeysinghe S, Abeysinghe P D, Kanatiwela-de Silva C, Udagama P, Warawichanee K, Aljafar N andDickinson M. (2016). Refinement of the taxonomic structure of 16SrXI and 16SrXIV phytoplasmas of gramineous plants using multilocus sequence typing.Plant Disease, 100(10), 2001-2010.
Potential role of herbal remedies in stem cell therapy: proliferation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells
Udalamaththa VL,Jayasinghe C D, andUdagama PV(2016).Potential role of herbal remedies instem celltherapy: proliferation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 7:110-117. (DOI: 10.1186/s13287-016-0366-4; URL:http://stemcellres.com/content/7/1/110)
Platelet increasing activity of mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya: potential mechanisms
Jayasinghe C D, Ratnasooriya W D and Udagama P V (2016).Platelet increasing activity of mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya: potential mechanisms. University of Colombo Annual Research Symposium, Pp 271
Neuro-endocrine and reproductive toxic effects of heavy metal exposure in the Indian green frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus
Jayawardena U A,Wickramasinghe D D,Ratnasooriya W D and Udagama PV (2016). Neuro-endocrine and reproductive toxic effects of heavy metal exposure in the Indian green frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus. Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo. Pp273
Hemocompatibility of Polyethleneimine (PEI) and Polyethleneimine-ironoxide nanoparticles (PEI-IONPS) on platelet membrane integrity and erythrocyte membrane damage using LDH assay and hemolysis assay
Balasooriya E R, Jayasinghe C D, de Silva RM, de Silva K M N, Chandrasekharan N V
and Udagama P V (2016).Hemocompatibility of Polyethleneimine (PEI) and
Polyethleneimine-ironoxide nanoparticles (PEI-IONPS) on platelet membrane integrity and
erythrocyte membrane damage using LDH assay and hemolysis assay.3 rd International
Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Sri Lanka Pp 58.
Heavymetal mediated innate immune responses of the Indian green frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Anura: Ranidae): Cellular profiles and associated Th1 skewed cytokine response
Jayawardena U A, Ratnasooriya W D, Wickramasinghe D D, andUdagama, P V(2016).Heavymetal mediated innate immune responses of the Indian green frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Anura: Ranidae): Cellular profiles and associated Th1 skewed cytokine response. Science of The Total Environment, 566-567:1194-204. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.171. Epub 2016 Jun 19.
Heavy metal contamination in an urban wetland and its implications on a common amphibian
Jayawardena U, Wickramasinghe D, Ratnasooriya W D and Udagama P (2016). Heavy metal
contamination in an urban wetland and its implications on a common amphibian. SETAC Asia
Pacific Conference 2016.Singapore. Pp 154.
Genotoxicity assessment of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and polyethyleneimine iron oxide nanoparticles (PEI-IONPs) by the Allium cepa bioassay
Balasooriya E R, Jayawardena U A, Jayasinghe C D, de Silva R M, de Silva K M N,
Chandrasekharan N V, and Udagama P V (2016). Genotoxicity assessment of
polyethyleneimine (PEI) and polyethyleneimine iron oxide nanoparticles (PEI-IONPs) by the
Allium cepa bioassay. iSciTech, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Conference;
Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Pp31-32.
Evaluation of immunotoxicity of nanomaterial for safe gene delivery
Balasooriya E R, Jayawardena U A, Jayasinghe C D, de Silva R M, de Silva K M N, and Udagama P
V (2016). Evaluation of immunotoxicity of nanomaterial for safe gene delivery. 3 rd International
Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sri Lanka. Pp 73.
Cancer chemopreventive activity of mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya
Jayasinghe C D and Udagama P V (2016). Cancer chemopreventive activity of mature leaf
concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya. 2 nd International Conference on Natural
products Genomics and Drug Discovery, “Basic and translational research on Cancer and
Inflammation”, Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka.Pp14-15
Cancer chemopreventive activity of mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya
Jayasinghe C D and Udagama P V(2016). Cancer chemopreventive activity of mature leaf concentrate of Sri Lankan wild type Carica papaya. 2nd International Conference on Natural products Genomics and Drug Discovery, “Basic and translational research on Cancer and Inflammation”, Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pp14
Association ofserum IFNγ, IL10, nitric oxidelevels in the success and failure of pregnancy
Kurukulasooriya S P, Jayasinghe C D, Wijeratne S, KaluarachchiA and Udagama Pv (2016). Association ofserum IFNγ, IL10, nitric oxidelevels in the success and failure of pregnancy. Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka, 8th Biennial Scientific Sessions. Pp 28