Selected Recent Publications

Selected Recent Publications (last five years; * corresponding author)

1. Das S., Majumder T., Sarkar A., Mukherjee P., Basu S. (2020) Flavonoids as BACE1 inhibitors: QSAR modelling, screening and in vitro evaluation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 165:1323

2. Gain C., Malik S., Bhattacharjee S., Ghosh A., Robertson E.S., Das B.B., Saha A. * (2020)Proteasomal inhibition triggers viral oncoprotein degradation via autophagy-lysosomal pathway. PLoS Pathogens 16(2):e1008105.

3. Mukherjee N., and Mukherjee C.*(2020) Germ cell granules in different clades of life-from insects to mammals. WIRE RNA (under final revision).

4. Dutta S., Das N., Mukherjee P.* (2020) Picking up a Fight: Fine Tuning Mitochondrial Innate Immune Defenses Against RNA Viruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:1990

5. Jodder J.* (2020) miRNA-mediated regulation of auxin signaling pathway during plant development and stress responses. Journal of Biosciences45: 91

6. Halder P., Khatun S., and Majumder S.* (2020) Freeing the brake: Proliferation needs the primary cilium to disassemble. Journal of Biosciences 45

7. Zalenski A.A., Majumder S., De K., Venere M. (2020) An interphase pool of KIF11 localizes at the basal bodies of primary cilia and a reduction in KIF11 expression alters cilia dynamics. Scientific Reports 10(1):13946.

8. Vikramdeo K.S.^#, Saha P.^#, Dutta S., Kumar N., Chowdhury A.R., Kumar S., Tyagi R.K., Ghosh I.*, Datta K.* (2020)Hyaluronan-binding protein 1 (HABP1) overexpression triggers induction of senescence in fibroblast cells.Cell Biology International 44(6):1312-1330 ( ^#equal contributions)

9. Das A.^#, Jawed J.J.^#, Das M.C., Parveen S., Ghosh C., Majumdar S., Saha B. and Bhattacharjee S. (2020) Lupeol and amphotericin B mediate synergistic anti-leishmanial immunomodulatory effects in Leishmania donovani-infected BALB/c mice. Cytokine 137:155319. ( ^#equal contributions).

10. Khanra S., Juin S.K., Jawed J.J., Ghosh S., Dutta S., Nabi S.A., Dash J., Dasgupta D., Majumdar S. and Banerjee R. (2020) In vivo experiments demonstrate the potent antileishmanial efficacy of repurposed suramin in visceral leishmaniasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14(8):e0008575.

11. Masum A.A., Pal K., Ghosh D., Saha I., Roy S., Ghosh C.S., Islam M. and Karmakar P. (2020) Facile synthesis of Antibiotic encapsulated biopolymeric Okra mucilage Nanoparticles: Molecular docking, in vitro Stability and Functional Evaluation Advances in Natural Sciences. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11(2):025020.

12. Kundu A., Bhattacharyya B., Dhara K., Paul S., Majumder I., Kundu R. (2020) An unorthodox metal free synthesis of dihydro-6H-quinolene-5-ones in ethanol/water using a non-nucleophilic base and their cytotoxic studies on human cancer cell line. New Journal of Chemistry 44:4898-4906.

13. Marcolino M.K., Morgado P., Manna D., Yee H. and Singh U. (2020) Development of CRISPR/Cas9 system in Entamoeba histolytica: proof of concept. International journal of parasitology (in press).

14. Manna D., Ehrenkaufer G., Lozano A.D. and Singh U. (2020) Entamoeba stage conversion: progress and new insights. Current Opinion in Microbiology 58, 62-68.

15. Sharma M., Morgado P., Zhang H., Ehrenkaufer G., Manna D., and Singh U (2020) Characterization of extracellular vesicles from Entamoeba histolytica identifies roles in intercellular communication that regulates parasite growth and development. Infection and Immunity 88(10):e00349-20

16. Manna D., Lozano A.D., Ehrenkaufer G. and Singh U (2020) The NAD+ responsive transcription factor ERM-BP functions downstream of cellular aggregation and is an early regulator of development and heat shock response in Entamoeba. Frontiers of Cellularand Infection Microbiology 10:363.

17. De K., Grubb T., Zalenski A., Pfaff K., Pal D., MajumderS., Summers M.K., Venere M. (2019) Hyperphosphorylation of CDH1 in glioblastoma cancer stem cells attenuates APC/C^CDH1 activity and pharmacological inhibition of APC/C^CDH1/CDC20 compromises viability. Molecular Cancer Research, 17(7):1519-1530.

18. Kundu A., Das S., Basu S., Kobayashi Y., Kobayashi Y., Hiroyuki K., Ganesan M*. (2019) GhSTOP1, a C2H2 type zinc finger transcription factor is essential for Aluminum and proton stress tolerance and lateral root initiation in cotton. Plant Biology, 21(1):35-44.

19. Banik A*., Dash G. K., Swain P., Kumar U., Mukhopadhyay S. K., and Dangar T. K.* (2019). Application of rice ( Oryzasativa L.) root endophytic diazotrophic Azotobacter sp. strain Avi2 (MCC 3432) can increase rice yield under green house and field condition. Microbiological Research, 219: 56-65. *corresponding author

20. Siddiqui N., Masum A.A., Uddin M.R., Mandal S., Sengupta M., Islam M.M., and Mukhopadhyay S. (2019) Elucidating the chemical and biochemical applications of Citrus sinensis-mediated silver nanocrystal. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 37(18):4863-4874.

21. Zhang S., Pei Y., Lang F., Sun K., Singh R.K., Lamplugh Z.L., Saha A., Robertson E.S. (2019) EBNA3C facilitates RASSF1A downregulation through ubiquitin-mediated degradation and promoter hypermethylation to drive B-cell proliferation. PLoS Pathogens. 15(1):e1007514.

22. Saha A.*, and Robertson E.S.* (2019) Mechanisms of B-Cell Oncogenesis Induced by Epstein-Barr Virus. Journal of Virology93(13):e00238-19

23. Mondal S., Manna S.K., Pathak S., Masum A.A., and Mukhopadhyay S. (2019). A colorimetric and “off–on” fluorescent Pd ²⁺ chemosensor based on a rhodamine-ampyrone conjugate: synthesis, experimental and theoretical studies along with in vitro applications. New Journal of Chemistry, 43(8), 3513-3519.

24. Gautam G., AliM.S., Bhattacharya A. and Gourinath S. (2019) EhFP10: A FYVE family GEF interacts with myosin IB to regulate cytoskeletal dynamics during endocytosis in Entamoeba histolytica. PLoS Pathogens, 15(2): e1007573.

25. Paul S., Patra D., & Kundu R. (2019) Lignan enriched fraction (LRF) of Phyllanthus amarus promotes apoptotic cell death in human cervical cancer cells in vitro. Scientific Reports, 9(1):1-14.

26. Dey S., Kundu R., Gopal G., Mukherjee A., Nag A., & Paul S. (2019) Enhancement of nitrogen assimilation and photosynthetic efficiency by novel iron pulsing technique inOryza sativa L. var Pankaj. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 144: 207-221.

27. Sannigrahi A., Nandi I., Chall S., Jawed J.J., Halder A., Majumdar S., Karmakar S., and Chattopadhyay K. (2019) Conformational switch driven membrane pore formation by Mycobacterium secretory protein MPT63 induces macrophage cell death. ACS Chemical Biology . 14(7):1601-1610.

28. Jawed J.J., Dutta S., Majumdar S. (2019) Functional aspects of T cell diversity in visceral leishmaniasis. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 117:109098.

29. Sur M., Dey P., Sarkar A., Bar S., Banerjee D., Bhat S. and Mukherjee P.* (2018) Sarm1 induction and accompanying inflammatory response mediates age-dependent susceptibility to rotenone-induced neurotoxicity. Cell Death Discovery, 4:114.

30. Bhattacharjee S., Bose P., Patel K., Roy S.G., Gain C., Gowda H., Robertson E.S., and Saha A.* (2018)Transcriptional and epigenetic modulation of autophagy promotes EBV oncoprotein EBNA3C induced B-cell survival. Cell Death & Diseases9(6):605.

31. Banik A*., Pandya P., Patel B., Rathod C., and Dangar M.* (2018) Characterization of halotolerant, pigmented, plant growth promoting bacteria of groundnut rhizosphere and its in-vitro evaluation of plant-microbe protocooperation to withstand salinity and metal stress. Science of the Total Environment, 630:231-242.

32. Saha P., and Datta K. (2018) Multifunctional Multicompartmental Hyaluronan-binding protein 1 (HABP1/p32/gC1qR): Implication in Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Oncotarget 9 (12):10784-10807.

33. Jodder J., Das R., Sarkar D., Bhattacharjee P., and Kundu P. (2018) Distinct transcriptional and processing regulations control miR167a level in tomato during stress. RNA Biology, 15(1):130-143.

34. Ganesan M., Lee H.Y., Kim J.I., Song P.S. (2017) Development of transgenic crops based on photo-biotechnology. Plant, Cell and Environment, 40: 2469-2486.

35. Mukherjee C., Sweet K. M., Luzum J. A., Abdel-Rasoul M., Christman M.F. and Kitzmiller J.P. (2017) Clinical pharmacogenomics: patient perspectives of pharmacogenomic testing and the incidence of actionable test results in a chronic disease cohort. Personalized Medicine, 14:5.

36. Chatterjee K., Majumder S., Wan Y., Shah V., Wu J., Huang H-Y., and Hopper A.K. (2017) Sharing the load: Mex67-Mtr2 co-functions with Los1 in primary tRNA nuclear export. Genes and Development, 31: 2186-2198.

37. Pei Y., Banerjee S., Sun Z., Jha H.C., Saha A., and Robertson E.S. (2016) EBV nuclear antigen 3C mediates regulation of E2F6 to inhibit E2F1 transcription and promote cell proliferation. PLoS Pathogens 12(8):e1005844.

38. Mansuri M.S., Babuta M., Ali M.S., Bharadwaj R., Deep Jhingan G., Gourinath S., Bhattacharya S., Bhattacharya A. (2016) Autophosphorylation at Thr279 of Entamoeba histolytica atypical kinase EhAK1 is required for activity and regulation of erythrophagocytosis. Scientific Reports. 6:16969.

39. Mukherjee P., Winkler C., Taylor K.G., Woods T.A., Nair V., Khan B.A., Peterson K.E. (2015). SARM1, not MyD88, mediates TLR7/TLR9-induced apoptosis in neurons. Journal of Immunology, 195 (10):4913

40. Saha A., Jha H.C., Upadhyay S.K., Robertson E.S. (2015)Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes during in vitro Epstein-Barr virus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 112(37):5199-207.

41. Dzeng R.K., Jha H.C., Lu J., Saha A., Banerjee S., and Robertson E.S. (2015) Small molecule growth inhibitors of human oncogenic gammaherpesvirus infected B-cells. Molecular Oncology 9(2):365-76.

42. Mukherjee C., Bakthavachalu B., and Schoenberg D.R. (2014) The cytoplasmic capping complex assembles on adapter protein Nck1 bound to the proline-rich C-terminus of mammalian capping enzyme. PLoS Biology, 12(8): e1001933.

43. Saha P., Ghosh I., Datta K. (2014) Increased hyaluronan levels in HABP1/p32/gC1qR overexpressing HepG2 cells inhibit autophagic vacuolation regulating tumor potency. PLoS One. 9:e103208.

44. Jha H.C., A J MP, Saha A., Banerjee S., Lu J., and Robertson E.S. (2014) Epstein-Barr virus essential antigen EBNA3C attenuates H2AX expression. Journal of Virology 88(7):3776-88.