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  1. The long non-coding RNA MALAT1 encodes a micropeptide that promotes influenza A virus replication by suppressing innate immune responses

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2026, Elsevier

    Kul Raj Rai, Shile Huang

  2. A chicken lncRNA is identified as a critical regulator that increases influenza virus replication by impairing innate antiviral responses

    Article • Veterinary Research, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  3. Fluconazole-resistant vulvovaginal candidiasis in reproductive-age women: a study from Himalayan country

    Article • BMC Microbiology, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  4. Innate immune role of IL-6 in influenza a virus pathogenesis

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, July 2025, Frontiers

    Kul Raj Rai

  5. Current Perspectives on Functional Involvement of Micropeptides in Virus–Host Interactions

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai

  6. Codon usage bias of goose circovirus and its adaptation to host

    Article • Poultry Science, July 2024, Elsevier

    Kul Raj Rai

  7. Functional Involvement of circRNAs in the Innate Immune Responses to Viral Infection

    Article • Viruses, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai

  8. MIR155HG Plays a Bivalent Role in Regulating Innate Antiviral Immunity by Encoding Long Noncoding RNA-155 and microRNA-155-5p

    Article • mBio, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Shile Huang, Kul Raj Rai

  9. Phenotypic detection of methicillin resistance, biofilm production, and inducible clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Kathmandu, Nepal

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Health, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  10. Initial activation of STAT2 induced by IAV infection is critical for innate antiviral immunity

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, September 2022, Frontiers

    Kul Raj Rai

  11. Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF in detecting MTB in smear-negative presumptive TB patients

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai, Dhiraj Shrestha

  12. Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of PCV2 Reveals That PCV2e Is an Emerging Genotype in Southern China: A Preliminary Study

    Article • Viruses, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai

  13. I226R Protein of African Swine Fever Virus Is a Suppressor of Innate Antiviral Responses

    Article • Viruses, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai

  14. Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant and Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates in Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

    Article • Nepal Medical College Journal, December 2021, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL)

    Kul Raj Rai

  15. sRNA23, a novel small RNA, regulates to the pathogenesis ofStreptococcus suisserotype 2

    Article • Virulence, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Kul Raj Rai

  16. Long Noncoding RNA IFITM4P Regulates Host Antiviral Responses by Acting as a Competing Endogenous RNA

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Kul Raj Rai

  17. Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Health, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  18. Deficiency of eIF4B Increases Mouse Mortality and Impairs Antiviral Immunity

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Shile Huang, Kul Raj Rai

  19. Acute Infection of Viral Pathogens and Their Innate Immune Escape

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2021, Frontiers

    Kul Raj Rai

  20. Prevalence of multidrug-resistance and bla and blaIMP genes among gram-negative clinical isolates in tertiary care hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Article • Iranian Journal of Microbiology, June 2021, Knowledge E

    Kul Raj Rai

  21. RDUR, a lncRNA, Promotes Innate Antiviral Responses and Provides Feedback Control of NF-κB Activation

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, May 2021, Frontiers

    Shile Huang, Kul Raj Rai

  22. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Gram-negative isolates from clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Health, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  23. Robust expression of p27Kip1 induced by viral infection is critical for antiviral innate immunity

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, August 2020, Wiley

    Kul Raj Rai

  24. Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Prison Inmates in Kathmandu Nepal

    Article • Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, November 2019, Nepal Health Research Council

    Kul Raj Rai

  25. Identification of lncRNA‐155 encoded by MIR155HG as a novel regulator of innate immunity against influenza A virus infection

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, May 2019, Wiley

    Kul Raj Rai

  26. Diarrheal disease outbreak in Gaidatar village of Rautahat District, Nepal

    Article • BMC Research Notes, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kul Raj Rai

  27. Immune Ecosystem of Virus-Infected Host Tissues

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai

  28. Where cholera vaccination should be initiated in Nepal, if at all?

    Article • April 2016, Bio Accent Group LLC

    Kul Raj Rai