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Harinder S. Hundal is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, focusing on molecular and physiological aspects of cellular function.

Hundal's work is concentrated in several interconnected subfields, including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Biochemistry. The main topics addressed in their research include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Metabolism related to Diabetes and Cancer, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Caveolin-1 and related cellular processes, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and the Complement system in diseases.

Frequent publication venues for Hundal include journals such as Cellular Signalling, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, Biochemical Journal, and Ecological Engineering.

Several recent publications demonstrate the scope of Hundal's research:

  • "Caveolin-3 deficiency associated with the dystrophy P104L mutation impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial form and function," 2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • "Mono- and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Counter Palmitate-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Rat Skeletal Muscle Cells," 2020, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
  • "The C5aR1 complement receptor: A novel immunomodulator of insulin action in skeletal muscle," 2023, Cellular Signalling
  • "Caveolin-3 loss linked with the P104L LGMD-1C mutation modulates skeletal muscle mTORC1 signalling and cholesterol homeostasis," 2023, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • "The pro-drug C13 activates AMPK by two distinct mechanisms," 2024, Biochemical Journal

Frequent collaborators include Dinesh S. Shah, Raid B. Nisr, Gabriela Krasteva-Christ, Alison D. McNeilly, and Clare Stretton.

Best Publications

  • The inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 by insulin or insulin-like growth factor 1 in the rat skeletal muscle cell line L6 is blocked by wortmannin, but not by rapamycin: evidence that wortmannin blocks activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in L6 cells between Ras and Raf

    D A E Cross;D R Alessi;J R Vandenheede;H E McDowell

  • Constitutive activation of protein kinase B alpha by membrane targeting promotes glucose and system A amino acid transport, protein synthesis, and inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 in L6 muscle cells.

    E Hajduch;D R Alessi;B A Hemmings;H S Hundal

  • Ceramide Disables 3-Phosphoinositide Binding to the Pleckstrin Homology Domain of Protein Kinase B (PKB)/Akt by a PKCζ-Dependent Mechanism

    Darren J. Powell;Eric Hajduch;Gursant Kular;Harinder S. Hundal

  • Amino acid transporters: roles in amino acid sensing and signalling in animal cells

    Russell Hyde;Peter M. Taylor;Harinder S. Hundal

  • Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) – a key regulator of glucose transport?

    Eric Hajduch;Gary J Litherland;Harinder S Hundal

  • Amino acid transceptors: gate keepers of nutrient exchange and regulators of nutrient signaling.

    Harinder Singh Hundal;Peter Maving Taylor

  • Cellular mechanism of metformin action involves glucose transporter translocation from an intracellular pool to the plasma membrane in L6 muscle cells.

    H S Hundal;T Ramlal;R Reyes;L A Leiter

  • Intracellular ceramide synthesis and protein kinase Cζ activation play an essential role in palmitate-induced insulin resistance in rat L6 skeletal muscle cells

    Darren J. Powell;Sophie Turban;Alexander Gray;Eric Hajduch

  • Insulin induces translocation of the alpha 2 and beta 1 subunits of the Na+/K(+)-ATPase from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane in mammalian skeletal muscle.

    H.S. Hundal;A Marette;Y Mitsumoto;T Ramlal

  • Differential effects of palmitate and palmitoleate on insulin action and glucose utilization in rat L6 skeletal muscle cells

    Nikolaos Dimopoulos;Maria Watson;Kei Sakamoto;Harinder S. Hundal

  • L-leucine availability regulates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, p70 S6 kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity in L6 muscle cells: evidence for the involvement of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in the L-leucine-induced up-regulation of system A amino acid transport.

    Karine Peyrollier;Eric Hajduch;Anne S. Blair;Russell Hyde

  • Ceramide impairs the insulin-dependent membrane recruitment of protein kinase B leading to a loss in downstream signalling in L6 skeletal muscle cells.

    E. Hajduch;A. Balendran;I. H. Batty;G. J. Litherland

  • Characteristics of a glutamine carrier in skeletal muscle have important consequences for nitrogen loss in injury, infection, and chronic disease.

    M.J Rennie;P Babij;P.M Taylor;H.S Hundal

  • Regulation of Glucose Transport and Glycogen Synthesis in L6 Muscle Cells during Oxidative Stress EVIDENCE FOR CROSS-TALK BETWEEN THE INSULIN AND SAPK2/p38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE SIGNALING PATHWAYS

    Anne S. Blair;Eric Hajduch;Gary J. Litherland;Harinder S. Hundal

  • Activation of glucose transport by AMP-activated protein kinase via stimulation of nitric oxide synthase.

    L G Fryer;E Hajduch;F Rencurel;I P Salt

  • Lipid modulation of skeletal muscle mass and function.

    Christopher Lipina;Harinder S Hundal

  • Multiple roles of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in regulation of glucose transport, amino acid transport, and glucose transporters in L6 skeletal muscle cells.

    T Tsakiridis;H E McDowell;T Walker;C P Downes

  • Distinct sensor pathways in the hierarchical control of SNAT2, a putative amino acid transceptor, by amino acid availability.

    Russell Hyde;Emma L. Cwiklinski;Katrina MacAulay;Peter M. Taylor

  • Use of Akt inhibitor and a drug-resistant mutant validates a critical role for protein kinase B/Akt in the insulin-dependent regulation of glucose and system A amino acid uptake

    Charlotte J. Green;Olga Göransson;Gursant S. Kular;Nick R. Leslie

  • Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine), a Novel Regulator of Glucose Transport in Rat Skeletal Muscle *

    E Hajduch;F Rencurel;A Balendran;I H Batty

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Hajduch
Eric Hajduch European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Michael J. Rennie
Michael J. Rennie University of Nottingham
Amira Klip
Amira Klip University of Toronto
Kei Sakamoto
Kei Sakamoto University of Copenhagen
Christopher G. Proud
Christopher G. Proud University of Adelaide
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
André Marette
André Marette Université Laval
Erik A. Richter
Erik A. Richter University of Copenhagen
Alan R. Prescott
Alan R. Prescott University of Dundee

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