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Dinesh Bhattarai, PhD, DVM, MVSc

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Surgery

Divisions: Transplant & Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery

Academic Office Information

dinesh.bhattarai@hsc.utah.edu

Education History

Professional Medical Tribhuvan University
 DVM
Internship Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Rampur campus
 Intern
Graduate Training Tribhuvan University
 MVSc
Doctoral Training Huazhong Agricultural University
 PhD
Fellowship Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Fellowship University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Paudel S, Ghimire L, Jeansonne D, Cai S, Bhattarai D, Le J, Taylor C, Jeyaseelan S (2026). NLRC4 deficiency improves host protection during sepsis by regulating macrophage and T-cell responses. J Immunol, 215(1).
  2. McGraw M, Sharma A, Bhattarai D, Joshi N, Gokden N, Lee SO, Venugopal G, Parajuli N (2025). Post-ischemia and reperfusion kidney injury is mitigated in a novel complement 5 knockout rat. Physiol Rep, 13(21), e70576.
  3. Sharma A, Jun SR, Bhattarai D, Panday S, Venugopal G, Panawan O, Washam C, Mackintosh S, Byrum S, Udaondo Z, Arthur JM, MacMillan-Crow LA, Parajuli N (2025). Cold Storage Disrupts the Proteome and Phosphoproteome Landscape in Rat Kidney Transplants. Transplantation, 109(5), 806-822.
  4. Ghimire L, Paudel S, Le J, Jin L, Cai S, Bhattarai D, Jeyaseelan S (2024). NLRP6 negatively regulates host defense against polymicrobial sepsis. Front Immunol, 15, 1248907.
  5. Bhattarai D, Lee SO, MacMillan-Crow LA, Parajuli N (2024). Normal Proteasome Function Is Needed to Prevent Kidney Graft Injury during Cold Storage Followed by Transplantation. Int J Mol Sci, 25(4).
  6. Cai S, Paudel S, Jin L, Ghimire L, Taylor CM, Wakamatsu N, Bhattarai D, Jeyaseelan S (2021). NLRP6 modulates neutrophil homeostasis in bacterial pneumonia-derived sepsis. Mucosal Immunol, 14(3), 574-584.
  7. Bhattarai D, Dad R, Worku T, Xu S, Ullah F, Zhang M, Liang X, Den T, Fan M, Zhang S (2020). The functions and mechanisms of sequence differences of DGAT1 gene on milk fat synthesis between dairy cow and buffalo. J Dairy Res, 87(2), 170-174.
  8. Ullah F, Bhattarai D, Cheng Z, Liang X, Deng T, Rehman ZU, Talpur HS, Worku T, Brohi RD, Safdar M, Ahmad MJ, Salim M, Khan M, Ahmad HI, Zhang S (2018). Comparative Analysis of V-Akt Murine Thymoma Viral Oncogene Homolog 3 (AKT3) Gene between Cow and Buffalo Reveals Substantial Differences for Mastitis. Biomed Res Int, 2018, 1463732.
  9. Bhattarai D, Worku T, Dad R, Rehman ZU, Gong X, Zhang S (2018). Mechanism of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and host pathogen interplay in bovine mastitis. Microb Pathog, 120, 64-70.
  10. Worku T, Bhattarai D, Ayers D, Wang K, Wang C, Rehman ZU, Talpur HS, Yang L (2017). Long Non-Coding RNAs: the New Horizon of Gene Regulation in Ovarian Cancer. Cell Physiol Biochem, 44(3), 948-966.
  11. Talpur HS, Worku T, Rehman ZU, Dad R, Bhattarai D, Bano I, Farmanullah, Liang A, He C, Yang L (2017). Knockdown of melatonin receptor 1 and induction of follicle-stimulating hormone on the regulation of mouse granulosa cell function. Reprod Biol, 17(4), 380-388.
  12. Rehman ZU, Worku T, Davis JS, Talpur HS, Bhattarai D, Kadariya I, Hua G, Cao J, Dad R, Farmanullah, Hussain T, Yang L (2017). Role and mechanism of AMH in the regulation of Sertoli cells in mice. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 174, 133-140.
  13. Brohi RD, Wang L, Hassine NB, Cao J, Talpur HS, Wu D, Huang CJ, Rehman ZU, Bhattarai D, Huo LJ (2017). Expression, Localization of SUMO-1, and Analyses of Potential SUMOylated Proteins in Bubalus bubalis Spermatozoa. Front Physiol, 8, 354.
  14. Bhattarai D, Chen X, Ur Rehman Z, Hao X, Ullah F, Dad R, Talpur HS, Kadariya I, Cui L, Fan M, Zhang S (2017). Association of MAP4K4 gene single nucleotide polymorphism with mastitis and milk traits in Chinese Holstein cattle. J Dairy Res, 84(1), 76-79.
  15. Liu Q, Han L, Rehman ZU, Dan X, Liu X, Bhattarai D, Yang L (2016). The efficacy of an inhibin DNA vaccine delivered by attenuated Salmonella choleraesuis on follicular development and ovulation responses in crossbred buffaloes. Anim Reprod Sci, 172, 76-82.
  16. Kadariya I, Wang J, Ur Rehman Z, Ali H, Riaz H, He J, Bhattarai D, Liu JJ, Zhang SJ (2015). RNAi-mediated knockdown of inhibin α subunit increased apoptosis in granulosa cells and decreased fertility in mice. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 152, 161-70.

Review

  1. Brohi RD, Wang L, Talpur HS, Wu D, Khan FA, Bhattarai D, Rehman ZU, Farmanullah F, Huo LJ (2017). Toxicity of Nanoparticles on the Reproductive System in Animal Models: A Review. [Review]. Front Pharmacol, 8, 606.
  2. Worku T, Rehman ZU, Talpur HS, Bhattarai D, Ullah F, Malobi N, Kebede T, Yang L (2017). MicroRNAs: New Insight in Modulating Follicular Atresia: A Review. [Review]. Int J Mol Sci, 18, (2).

Letter

  1. Bhattarai D, Lee SO, Joshi N, Jun SR, Lo S, Jiang L, Gokden N, Parajuli N (2024). Cold Storage Followed by Transplantation Induces Immunoproteasome in Rat Kidney Allografts: Inhibition of Immunoproteasome Does Not Improve Function. [Letter to the editor]. Kidney360, 5(5), 743-752.