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  1. Genomic characterization of a Chinese bovine papillomavirus isolate and its L1-based phylogenetic placement in a global dataset

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, June 2026, Frontiers

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  2. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  3. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

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

    Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

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

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

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

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Poultry Science, July 2024, Elsevier

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer 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, Senior Scientific Officer 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, Senior Scientific Officer 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  11. Syk Facilitates Influenza A Virus Replication by Restraining Innate Immunity at the Late Stage of Viral Infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  12. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  13. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Viruses, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  15. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Virulence, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  17. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  18. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Shile Huang, Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2021, Frontiers

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  21. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  22. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  23. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, August 2020, Wiley

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  25. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  26. 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, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

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

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

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai

  28. Immune Ecosystem of Virus-Infected Host Tissues

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

    Kul Raj Rai, Senior Scientific Officer Kul Raj Rai