Dr. Joshua Mutiso

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsImmunology,Haematology, Oncology
KeywordsHuman Papillonavirus, Cervical cancer, Leishmaniasis, Cancer cell lines, Breast cancer
Honours and awards

2017: Georg Forster Fellowship for Postdoctoral Fellows, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Current contact address

CountryKenya
CityNairobi
InstitutionKenyatta University
InstituteSchool of Pure and Applied Sciences Department of Zoological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin R. BergerArbeitsgruppe Toxikologie und Chemotherapie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2017

Programme(s)

2017Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023Mutiso JM, Gitonga C, Abdullahi B, Simbauni J, Gicheru M: Alarming Cases of Cancer in Kenya: A Case for Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties. In: British Journal of Healthcare and Medical Research, 10, 2023, 55-64
2023Mutiso JM, Gitonga C, Gicheru M: TGF-β levels significantly increases in patients with stage III and IV breast cancer and can be explored as a target for tumour diagnosis and staging. In: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sji.13280, 2023, 1-3
2022Abdullahi B, Mutiso J, Maloba F, Macharia J, Riongoita M, Gicheru M: Climate Change and Environmental Influence on Prevalence of Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Pokot County, Kenya. In: Journal of Tropical Medicine - Hindawi, 2022, Article ID 1441576, 2022, 1-6
2021Ayako RM, Mutiso JM, Macharia JC, Langoi D, Ochola L: Concomitant Infection with Leishmania donovani and Plasmodium berghei Causes Pro-inflammatory Polarization Resulting in Malaria Exacerbation in BALB/c Mice. In: American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, 9, 2021, 71-82
2020Sagini CM, Klika KD, Orry A, Zepp M, Mutiso J, Berger RM: Riproximin Exhibits Diversity in Sugar Binding, and Modulates some Metastasis-Related Proteins with Lectin like Properties in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. In: Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11, 2020, 1-14
2019Joshua M. Mutiso, Rania B. Georges, Micah N.Sagini, Martin R. Berger: RIPROXIMIN SUPPRESSES NF-kB AND ENGAGES THE FAS/CD95 RECEPTOR LEADING TO APOPTOSIS IN MDA-MB-231 AND SW-707 CANCER CELLS. In: International Journal of Medical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019, 1-14
2018John C. Macharia, Joshua M. Mutiso, Michael M. Gicheru, Isaac O. Ogwayo, George G. Ngatiri: Kala-Azar And The Associated Factors Influencing Health Care Seeking Among The Residents Of Baringo County, Kenya. In: Researchjournali’s Journal of Public Health, 2018, 1-21
2015Linet T Laban, Christopher O Anjili, Joshua M Mutiso, Johnstone Ingonga, Samuel G Kiige, Mgala M Ngedzo, Michael M Gicheru: Experimental therapeutic studies of Solanum aculeastrum Dunal. on Leishmania major infection in BALB/c mice. In: Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2015, 64-71