Department of Biotechnology | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Ninitha A J

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US

B.V.Sc. & A.H., Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, TN, India

Block 2, BT 305

044 2257 4135

ninitha[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

Lab: Block 2, BT 304

Lab: 044 2257 8953

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  • Cardiovascular biology
  • Treatment strategies for hypertension and heart failure
  • Metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes, and diabetic retinopathy
  • Nerve recording and neuromodulation
  • Transgenic mouse models
  • Human exercise physiology

  1. Asirvatham-Jeyaraj, N., Gauthier, M.M., Banek, C.T., ... Fink, G.D., Osborn, J.W. (2021). "Renal Denervation and Celiac Ganglionectomy Decrease Mean Arterial Pressure Similarly in Genetically Hypertensive Schlager (BPH/2J) Mice", Hypertension, 77, pp. 519–528, DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14069.
  2. Khan, D., Ara, T., Ravi, V., ... Srinivasan, N., Sundaresan, N.R. (2021). "SIRT6 transcriptionally regulates fatty acid transport by suppressing PPARγ", Cell Reports, 35, pp. 109190, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109190.
  3. Lee, E., Vera, K., Asirvatham-Jeyaraj, N., ... Larson, M., Keller-Ross, M. (2021). "Menstrual phase does not influence ventilatory responses to group III/IV afferent signaling in eumenorrheic young females", Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 292, pp. 103712, DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103712.
  4. Mishra, S., Cosentino, C., Tamta, A.K., ... Mostoslavsky, R., Sundaresan, N.R (2022). "Sirtuin 6 inhibition protects against glucocorticoid-induced skeletal muscle atrophy by regulating IGF/PI3K/AKT signaling", Nature Communications, 13, pp. 5415, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32905-w.
  5. Asirvatham-Jeyaraj, N., Anselmo, M., Chantigian, D.P., ... Lee, E.J., Keller-Ross, M.L. (2024). "Influence of endogenous and exogenous hormones on the cardiovascular response to lower extremity exercise and group III/IV activation in young females", American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 327, pp. R379–R388, DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00017.2024.