[HTML][HTML] N-Acetyltransferase 9 ameliorates Aβ42-mediated neurodegeneration in the Drosophila eye

P Deshpande, AV Chimata, E Snider, A Singh… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, manifests as
accumulation of amyloid-beta-42 (Aβ42) plaques and intracellular accumulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Inactivation of Hippo and cJun-N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling mitigate FUS mediated neurodegeneration in vivo

N Gogia, A Sarkar, AS Mehta, N Ramesh… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by the loss of motor neurons in the central nervous system, has no known cure …

Genetic mechanism regulating diversity in the placement of eyes on the head of animals

OR Puli, N Gogia, AV Chimata… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Despite the conservation of genetic machinery involved in eye development, there is a
strong diversity in the placement of eyes on the head of animals. Morphogen gradients of …

[HTML][HTML] miR-277 targets the proapoptotic gene-hid to ameliorate Aβ42-mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's model

P Deshpande, CY Chen, AV Chimata, JC Li… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disorder,
exhibits reduced cognitive function with no cure to date. One of the reasons for AD is the …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological electric fields induce directional migration of mammalian cranial neural crest cells

AS Mehta, P Ha, K Zhu, SY Li, K Ting, C Soo… - Developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
During neurulation, cranial neural crest cells (CNCCs) migrate long distances from the
neural tube to their terminal site of differentiation. The pathway traveled by the CNCCs …

[HTML][HTML] Newt regeneration genes regulate Wingless signaling to restore patterning in Drosophila eye

AS Mehta, P Deshpande, AV Chimata, PA Tsonis… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Newts utilize their unique genes to restore missing parts by strategic regulation of conserved
signaling pathways. Lack of genetic tools poses challenges to determine the function of such …

Transcriptional pausing factor M1BP regulates cellular homeostasis by suppressing autophagy and apoptosis in Drosophila eye

AV Chimata, H Darnell, A Raj, M Kango-Singh… - Autophagy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
During organogenesis cellular homeostasis plays a crucial role in patterning and growth.
The role of promoter proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II, which regulates transcription of …

[HTML][HTML] Motif 1 Binding Protein suppresses wingless to promote eye fate in Drosophila

A Raj, AV Chimata, A Singh - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The phenomenon of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) pausing at transcription start site (TSS) is
one of the key rate-limiting steps in regulating genome-wide gene expression. In Drosophila …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative transcriptomic analysis and structure prediction of novel Newt proteins

AS Mehta, A Luz-Madrigal, JL Li, PA Tsonis, A Singh - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) possess amazing capabilities to regenerate
their organs and other tissues. Previously, using a de novo assembly of the newt …

Undergraduate laboratory series that employs a complete polymerase chain reaction‐restriction fragment length polymorphism experiment for determination of a …

NK Sedky, RK Arafa - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, novel Biochemistry lab techniques are being introduced at a very fast pace in
scientific research. This requires development of new labs for undergraduate Biochemistry …