Selected Publications

Surma M, Anbarasu K, Das A. Arp2/3 mediated dynamic lamellipodia of the hPSC colony edges promote liposome-based DNA delivery. Stem Cells. 2024 Jul 8;42(7):607-622. doi: 10.1093/stmcls/sxae033.PMID: 38717908

Surma M, Anbarasu K, Dutta S, Olivera Perez LJ, Huang KC, Meyer JS, and Das A. Enhanced mitochondrial biogenesis promotes neuroprotection in human pluripotent stem cell derived retinal ganglion cells. Commun Biol. 2023 Feb 24;6(1):218. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04576-w. PubMed PMID: 36828933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9957998.

Das A, Imanishi Y. Drug Discovery Strategies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations. Biology (Basel). 2022 Sep 10;11(9). doi: 10.3390/biology11091338. Review. PubMed PMID: 36138817; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9495580.

Das A, Bell CM, Berlinicke CA, Marsh-Armstrong N, Zack DJ. Programmed switch in the mitochondrial degradation pathways during human retinal ganglion cell differentiation from stem cells is critical for RGC survival. Redox Biol. 2020 Jul;34:101465. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101465. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 32473993; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7327961.

Singh P, Das A, Li R. Investigating symmetry breaking in yeast: From seeing to understanding. Methods Cell Biol. 2017;139:23-50. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.12.001. Epub 2017 Jan 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 28215338.

Das A, Fischer RS, Pan D, Waterman CM. YAP Nuclear Localization in the Absence of Cell-Cell Contact Is Mediated by a Filamentous Actin-dependent, Myosin II- and Phospho-YAP-independent Pathway during Extracellular Matrix Mechanosensing. J Biol Chem. 2016 Mar 18;291(12):6096-110. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.708313. Epub 2016 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 26757814; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4813550.

Das A. A critical pull to polarize the cell. Biophys J. 2014 Jul 15;107(2):285-286. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.06.008. PubMed PMID: 25028869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4104032.

Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Das A, Smith SE, Rubinstein B, Li R. Non-uniform membrane diffusion enables steady-state cell polarization via vesicular trafficking. Nat Commun. 2013;4:1380. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2370. PubMed PMID: 23340420; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3900288.

Das A, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Bradford WD, Alexander R, Rubinstein B, Li R. Flippase-mediated phospholipid asymmetry promotes fast Cdc42 recycling in dynamic maintenance of cell polarity. Nat Cell Biol. 2012 Feb 19;14(3):304-10. doi: 10.1038/ncb2444. PubMed PMID: 22344035; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3534761.

Slaughter BD, Das A, Schwartz JW, Rubinstein B, Li R. Dual modes of cdc42 recycling fine-tune polarized morphogenesis. Dev Cell. 2009 Dec;17(6):823-35. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.10.022. PubMed PMID: 20059952; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2805562.

Biswas R, Das AR, Pradhan T, Touraud D, Kunz W, Mahiuddin S. Spectroscopic studies of catanionic reverse microemulsion: correlation with the superactivity of horseradish peroxidase enzyme in a restricted environment. J Phys Chem B. 2008 May 29;112(21):6620-8. doi: 10.1021/jp711368p. Epub 2008 May 6. PubMed PMID: 18457442.