Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Complete list of publications available via Dr. Verma’s MyBibliography page on NCBI website.

Selected Publications

Mortazavi Farsani SS, Soni J, Jin L, Yadav AK, Bansal S, Mi T, Hilakivi-Clarke L, Clarke R, Youngblood B, Cheema A, Verma V. Pyruvate kinase M2 activation reprograms mitochondria in CD8 T cells, enhancing effector functions and efficacy of anti-PD1 therapy. Cell Metab. 2025 Jun 3;37(6):1294-1310.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.03.003. Epub 2025 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 40199327; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12137016.
 
Singh B, Gaur P, Bose P, Zhang Y, Li Y, Zhang Z, Kandhavelu J, Klotzbier W, Jayatilake M, Bansal S, Farhan M, Deol S, Banerjee PP, Unger K, Gupta S, Verma V, Cheema AK. Extracellular vesicle-derived miRNA-182-5p educates macrophages towards an immunosuppressive phenotype in pancreatic cancer. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2026 Jan 16;11(1):31. doi: 10.1038/s41392-025-02559-3. PubMed PMID: 41545338; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12811262.
 
Traboulsi W, Gaur P, Kundu S, Ramlaoui Z, Priestley-Milianta C, Iyengar A, Shobaki N, Sarhan D, Lee MJ, Lee JM, Pavlakis GN, Mkrtichyan M, Valge-Archer VE, Barry ST, Verma V, Gupta S, Khleif SN. PARP inhibition generates enhanced CD8(+) central memory T cells by transcriptional and metabolic reprogramming. Nat Immunol. 2026 Jan 12;. doi: 10.1038/s41590-025-02383-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41526551.

Mortazavi Farsani SS, Verma V. Lactate mediated metabolic crosstalk between cancer and immune cells and its therapeutic implications. Front Oncol. 2023;13:1175532. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1175532. eCollection 2023. Review. PubMed PMID: 37234972; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10206240.

Anderson KG, Braun DA, Buqué A, Gitto SB, Guerriero JL, Horton B, Keenan BP, Kim TS, Overacre-Delgoffe A, Ruella M, Triplett TA, Veeranki O, Verma V, Zhang F. Leveraging immune resistance archetypes in solid cancer to inform next-generation anticancer therapies. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Jun;11(6). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-006533. PubMed PMID: 37399356; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10314654.
 

Books

Verma, V., & Chhibber, S. (Corresponding Author) (2012). Combination Therapy: Types, Procedures and Outcomes. In: Advances in Medicine and Biology Berhardt LV ed., vol. Volume 48, 225-244.