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As Principle Investigator:

• Nathan AA, Charan Tej MA, Chitilprolu M, Rangan S, Mohan V, Harish R, Anand SB and Dixit M*. “Impaired glucose tolerance alters functional ability of peripheral blood-derived mononuclear cells in Asian Indian men.” Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, Accepted, Epub ahead of publication. PMID: 25303939.
• Giri, H., Chandel, S., Dwarakanath, L., Sreekumar, S. and Dixit, M*. “Increased endothelial inflammation, sTie-2 and arginase activity in gestational diabetes.” PLoS One. (2013), 8(12): e84546. (Citations: 1)
• Potunuru, U.R., Rushendhiran, K., Ganugula, R., Avaneesh, T., Reddy, B. and Dixit, M*. “Ellagic acid (EA) inhibits PDGF-BB induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and prevents atheroma formation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. (2013), Nov; 24(11):1830-9. (Citations: 7)
• Rushendhiran, K., Potunuru, U.R., Nastasijevic, B., Avaneesh, T., Joksic, G. and Dixit, M*. “Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by Gentiana lutea root extracts.” PLOS One. (2013), 8(4): e61393. (Citations: 8)
• Giri, H., Illayaraja, M., Dhar, M., Rathnakumar, K., Uma, R., and Dixit, M*. “Protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 mediates chronic insulin induced endothelial inflammation.” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. (2012), 32: 1943-1950. (Citations: 6)
• Bairgai, S., Gopal, J., Nathan, A.A., Babu, Pavan Kumar, N., and Dixit, M*. “Glucose induced increase in circulating progenitor cells is blunted in anovulatory subjects.” Human Reproduction. (2012), Mar; 27(3):844-53. (Citations: 3)
• Nathan, A.A., Mohan, V., Babu, S., Bairagi, S., and Dixit, M*. “Glucose challenge increases circulating progenitor cells in Asian Indian male subjects with normal glucose tolerance which is compromised in subjects with pre-diabetes: A pilot study.” BMC Endocrine disorders. (2011), Jan 11; 11(1): 2. (Citations: 5)
• Anuradha, S., Mohan, V*., Gokulakrishnan, K., and Dixit, M. “Angiopoietin-2 levels in glucose intolerance, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians (Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study-74).” Metabolism. (2009), 59(6):774-9. (Citations: 10)

As collaborator:

• Kowshik J, Baba AB, Giri H, Deepak Reddy G, Dixit, M and Nagini, S*. “Astaxanthin inhibits JAK/STAT-3 signalling to abrogate cell proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis in Hamster model of oral cancer.” PLoS One. (2014), 9(10): e109114.
• Kowshik J, Giri H, Kiran Kishore TK, Kesavan R, Vankudavath RN, Reddy GB, Dixit M*, and Nagini S*."Ellagic acid inhibits VEGF/VEGFR2, PI3K/Akt, and MAPK signaling cascades in hamster cheek pouch carcinogenesis model.” Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry. (2014), Epub ahead of print, PMID: 25060902
• Thiyagarajan, K., Kavitha, K., Avaneesh, Dixit, M. and Nagini, S*. “Dietary chlorophyllin abrogates TGF beta signaling to modulate the hallmark capabilities of cancer in an animal model of fore stomach carcinogenesis.” Tumor Biology. (2014), 35(7):6725-37.
• Abhijit, S., Bhaskaran, R., Narayanasamy, A., Chakroborty, A., Manickam, N., Dixit, M., Mohan, V., and Balasubramanyam, M*. "Hyperinsulinemia-induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and proliferation is mediated by converging mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. (2012), 373 (1-2): 95-105. (Citations: 10)
• Gupta, M*., Dixit, M., and Rao, K.K. “SpoOA positively regulates epr expression by negating the repressive effect of co-repressor SinR and ScoC in Bacillus subtilis.” Journal of Bioscience. (2013), Jun; 38(2): 291-9. (Citations: 1)
• Dixit, M., Bess, E., Fisslthaler, B., Hartel, F.V., Noll, T., Busse, R., and Fleming, I*. “Shear stress induced activation of AMP-activated protein kinase regulates FoxO1a and angiopoietin-2 in endothelial cells.” Cardiovascular Research, (2008) 77(1): 160-168. (Citations: 37)
• Randriamboavonjy, V., Pistrosch, F., Bölck, B., Schwinger, R.H., Dixit, M., Badenhoop, K., Cohen, R.A., Busse, R., and Fleming, I*. “Platelet sarcoplasmic endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase and mu-calpain activity are altered in type 2 diabetes mellitus and restored by rosiglitazone.” Circulation (2008), 117(1):52-60. (Citations: 63)

Publications prior to joining IIT Madras:

• Zhuang, D., Pu Q., Ceacareanu, B., Chang Y., Dixit, M., and Hassid, A*. “Chronic insulin treatment amplifies PDGF-induced motility in differentiated aortic smooth muscle cells by suppressing the expression and function of PTP1B.” American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology. (2008), 295(1): H163-H173. (Citations: 15)
• Kodigre, P., Dixit, M. and Rao, K.K. “ScoC and SinR negatively regulate epr by corepression in Bacillus subtilis.” Journal of Bacteriology, (2006) 188(17): 6425-6428. (Citations: 13)
• Dixit, M., Loot, A.E., Mohamed, A., Fisslthaler, B., Boulanger, C.M., Ceacareanu, B., Hassid, A., Busse, R., and Fleming, I. “ Gab1, SHP2 and Protein kinase A are crucial for the activation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase by fluid shear stress.” Circulation Research, (2005) 97: 1236-124. (Citations: 58)
• Fleming, I., Fisslthaler, B., Dixit, M., and Busse, R. “Role of PECAM-1 in the shear stress-induced activation of Akt and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in endothelial cells.” Journal of Cell Science, (2005) 118: 4103-4111. (Citations: 135)
• Zhuang, D., Ceacareanu, A.C., Lin, Y., Ceacareanu, B., Dixit, M., Chapmann, K.E., Waters, C.M., Rao, G.N., and Hassid, A. “Nitric oxide attenuates insulin- or IGF-I-stimulated aortic smooth muscle cell motility by decreasing H2O2 levels: essential role of cGMP.” American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, (2004), 286: H2103-H2112. (Citations: 30)
• Dixit, M., Zhuang, D., Ceacareanu, B., and Hassid, A. “Treatment with insulin uncovers the motogenic capacity of nitric oxide in smooth muscle cells: dependence on Gab1 and Gab1-SHP2 association.” Ultra rapid Communications, Circulation Research, (2003),93 (10), e113-23. (Citations: 12)
• Chang, Y., Ceacareanu, B., Dixit, M., Nair, S., and Hassid, A. 2002. “Nitric Oxide- Induced Motility in Aortic Smooth Muscle cells, Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2 and GTP Binding Protein Rho.”  Circulation Research, (2002), 91, 390-397. (Citations: 72)
• Dixit, M., Murudkar, C. S. and Rao, K.K. “epr is Transcribed from a σD Promoter and is Involved in Swarming of Bacillus subtilis.” Journal of Bacteriology, (2002), 184, No.2, 596-599. (Citations: 28)