Akhil Varshney

Employment

• Loma Linda University Assistant Professor
  2026 - Present
• University of Virginia Health System Research Assistant Professor
  2024 - 2026
• Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital Scientist-D
  2021 - 2024
• Jamia Hamdard Ramanujan Fellow
  2020 - 2021
• University of Virginia Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2016 - 2020
• University of Kentucky Postdoctoral Fellow
  2015 - 2016
• National Institute of Immunology Research Associate
  2012 - 2015

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (23)

• Retinoblastoma: A review of the molecular basis of tumor development and its clinical correlation in shaping future targeted treatment strategies
  Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 2023 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_3172_22
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• A goat eye, wet lab model for training in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty
  Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 2023 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1834_22
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• Commentary: Can machine be taught to detect retinoblastoma?
  Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 2023 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2283_22
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• Efficient reduction of the scrolling of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty grafts by engineering the medium
  Acta Biomaterialia 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.09.024
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• Role of AS-OCT in Managing Corneal Disorders
  Diagnostics 2022 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12040918
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• DDX17 is an essential mediator of sterile NLRC4 inflammasome activation by retrotransposon RNAs
  Science Immunology 2021 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abi4493
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• Infectious Keratitis: An Update on Role of Epigenetics
  Frontiers in Immunology 2021 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.765890
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• Identification of fluoxetine as a direct NLRP3 inhibitor to treat atrophic macular degeneration
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102975118
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• Alu complementary DNA is enriched in atrophic macular degeneration and triggers retinal pigmented epithelium toxicity via cytosolic innate immunity
  Science Advances 2021 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj3658
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• Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and Kamuvudines inhibit amyloid-β induced retinal pigmented epithelium degeneration
  Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-021-00537-z
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