Profile

The laboratory's primary objective is to exploit clues derived from research conducted during pre- and post-implantation development to gain insights into disorders including pre-eclampsia, leukemia, and breast cancer. These cues are being utilized to develop more effective methods for disease detection, assessment of new biomarkers, and the creation of therapeutic interventions.

Current Focus Areas

  • Histone epigenetic in defects of pre- and post-implantation of embryo and pre-eclampsia

  • Regulation of chromatin architecture in hematopoiesis vs leukemogenesis

  • Stem cells and centrosome

  • Evaluation of histone epigenetic factors as biomarkers for breast cancer and pre-eclampsia

  • Biomanufacturing- cultivated meat as smart protein

Selected Publications

  • Varghese, P.C., Rajam, S. M., Nandy, D., Jory, A., Mukherjee, A., Dutta D. (2021). Histone chaperone APLF level dictate implantation of mouse embryo. J. Cell Sci. 134(1), jcs246900.

  • Baral I, Shirude MB, Jothi DL, Mukherjee A, Dutta D. (2023). Characterization of a Distinct State in the Continuum of Pluripotency Facilitated by Inhibition of PKCĪ¶ in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Rev Rep, 19(4), 1098-1115

  • Majumder, A., Syed, K. M., Mukherjee, A., Lankadasari, M. B., Azeez, J. M., Sreeja, S., Harikumar, K. B., Pillai, M. R. & Dutta, D. (2018). Enhanced expression of histone chaperone APLF associate with breast cancer. Mol Cancer, 17(1), 76

  • Syed, K. M., Joseph, S., Mukherjee, A., Majumder, A., Teixeira, J. M., Dutta, D., & Pillai, M. R. (2016). Histone chaperone APLF regulates induction of pluripotency in murine fibroblasts. J Cell Sci, 129(24), 4576-4591.

  • Majumder, A., Syed, K. M. & Joseph, S., Scambler, P. J. & Dutta, D. (2015). Histone Chaperone HIRA in Regulation of Transcription Factor RUNX1. J Biol Chem, 290(21), 13053-13063.

Skills & Proficiency

Embryonic stem cell iPSCs development hematopoietic stem cells breast cancer leukemia pluripotency epigenetics histone chaperone chromatin