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Mahesh P. Gupta is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular mechanisms underlying disease and physiology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Gupta's research notably addresses several subfields such as:

  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cell Biology

Their work covers various topics including:

  • Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Gupta has published research in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Aging
  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • JCSM Rapid Communications
  • Circulation

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Gupta include:

  • "The nuclear sirtuin SIRT6 protects the heart from developing aging-associated myocyte senescence and cardiac hypertrophy" (2021) published in Aging
  • "Is nuclear sirtuin SIRT6 a master regulator of immune function?" (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • "Skeletal muscle-specific over-expression of the nuclear sirtuin SIRT6 blocks cancer-associated cachexia by regulating multiple targets" (2020) published in JCSM Rapid Communications
  • "Characterization and molecular targeting of CFIm25 ( NUDT21/CPSF5 ) mRNA using miRNAs" (2025) published in The FASEB Journal
  • "Sirt6 activation blocks LPS induced expression of inflammatory cytokines in cardiac cells" (2022) published in The FASEB Journal

Frequent collaborators in Gupta's research include:

  • Sadhana Samant
  • Vinodkumar B. Pillai
  • Samantha Hund
  • Madhu Gupta
  • Chioniso Patience Masamha

The work of Mahesh P. Gupta reveals an emphasis on the role of sirtuins, particularly SIRT6, in various physiological and pathological processes such as aging, immune regulation, muscle physiology, and inflammation. Their research contributions also extend into molecular biology aspects related to RNA regulation and cancer.

Best Publications

  • Geopolymer concrete: A review of some recent developments

    B. Singh;G. Ishwarya;M. Gupta;S.K. Bhattacharyya

  • Sirt3 blocks the cardiac hypertrophic response by augmenting Foxo3a-dependent antioxidant defense mechanisms in mice

    Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Madhu Gupta;Gene Kim;Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan

  • SIRT3 Is a Stress-Responsive Deacetylase in Cardiomyocytes That Protects Cells from Stress-Mediated Cell Death by Deacetylation of Ku70

    Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Sadhana A. Samant;Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan

  • Cytokine production by maternal lymphocytes during normal human pregnancy and in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion

    R. Raghupathy;M. Makhseed;F. Azizieh;A. Omu

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1-dependent Cardiac Myocyte Cell Death during Heart Failure Is Mediated by NAD+ Depletion and Reduced Sir2α Deacetylase Activity *

    Jyothish B. Pillai;Ayman Isbatan;Shin Ichiro Imai;Mahesh P. Gupta

  • The sirtuin SIRT6 blocks IGF-Akt signaling and development of cardiac hypertrophy by targeting c-Jun

    Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Prabhakaran Vasudevan;Lei Zhong;Gene Kim

  • Exogenous NAD Blocks Cardiac Hypertrophic Response via Activation of the SIRT3-LKB1-AMP-activated Kinase Pathway

    Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Gene Kim;Madhu Gupta

  • SIRT3 Deacetylates and Activates OPA1 To Regulate Mitochondrial Dynamics during Stress

    Sadhana A. Samant;Hannah J. Zhang;Zhigang Hong;Vinodkumar B. Pillai

  • Honokiol blocks and reverses cardiac hypertrophy in mice by activating mitochondrial Sirt3

    Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Sadhana Samant;Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Hariharasundaram Raghuraman

  • The Deacetylase SIRT1 Promotes Membrane Localization and Activation of Akt and PDK1 During Tumorigenesis and Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Don Wolfgeher;Sadhana Samant

  • SIRT1 Promotes Cell Survival under Stress by Deacetylation-Dependent Deactivation of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1

    Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan;Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Madhu Gupta;Nagalingam R. Sundaresan

  • Factors controlling cardiac myosin-isoform shift during hypertrophy and heart failure.

    Mahesh P. Gupta

  • Regulation of Akt Signaling by Sirtuins Its Implication in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Aging

    Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Mahesh P. Gupta

  • Obesity-induced lysine acetylation increases cardiac fatty acid oxidation and impairs insulin signalling

    Osama Abo Alrob;Sowndramalingam Sankaralingam;Cary Ma;Cory S. Wagg

  • HDAC4 and PCAF bind to cardiac sarcomeres and play a role in regulating myofilament contractile activity.

    Mahesh P. Gupta;Sadhana A. Samant;Stephen H. Smith;Sanjeev G. Shroff

  • SIRT3 Blocks Aging-Associated Tissue Fibrosis in Mice by Deacetylating and Activating Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β.

    Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Samik Bindu;Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Sadhana Samant

  • Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activates serum response factor transcription activity by its dissociation from histone deacetylase, HDAC4. Implications in cardiac muscle gene regulation during hypertrophy.

    Francesca J. Davis;Madhu Gupta;Madhu Gupta;Blanca Camoretti-Mercado;Robert J. Schwartz

  • Egr-1, a serum-inducible zinc finger protein, regulates transcription of the rat cardiac alpha-myosin heavy chain gene.

    M P Gupta;M Gupta;R Zak;V P Sukhatme

  • A Novel Cardiomyocyte-enriched MicroRNA, miR-378, Targets Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor IMPLICATIONS IN POSTNATAL CARDIAC REMODELING AND CELL SURVIVAL

    Ivana Knezevic;Aalok Patel;Nagalingam R. Sundaresan;Mahesh P. Gupta

  • Honokiol, an activator of Sirtuin-3 (SIRT3) preserves mitochondria and protects the heart from doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in mice

    Vinodkumar B. Pillai;Abhinav Kanwal;Yong Hu Fang;Willard W. Sharp

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack L. Arbiser
Jack L. Arbiser Emory University
R. John Solaro
R. John Solaro University of Illinois at Chicago
Mahavir Singh
Mahavir Singh Indian Institute of Science
Joe G.N. Garcia
Joe G.N. Garcia University of Arizona
Raul Mostoslavsky
Raul Mostoslavsky Harvard University
David W. Kamp
David W. Kamp Northwestern University
Alexandre F.R. Stewart
Alexandre F.R. Stewart University of Ottawa
Eric Verdin
Eric Verdin Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Yingming Zhao
Yingming Zhao University of Chicago
Chu-Xia Deng
Chu-Xia Deng University of Macau

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