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Overview

Mondira Kundu is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. The principal subfields of study include molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and oncology.

Their work primarily focuses on several interrelated topics: mitochondrial function and pathology, skin and cellular biology research, the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors, endoplasmic reticulum stress and its link to disease, cellular mechanics and interactions, nutrition and health in aging, and cellular transport and secretion.

Recent academic publications authored by or involving Mondira Kundu include:

  • ER-to-Golgi Trafficking and Its Implication in Neurological Diseases, 2020, Cells
  • An ULK1 / 2-PXN mechanotransduction pathway suppresses breast cancer cell migration, 2023, EMBO Reports
  • The Association of Mitochondrial Copy Number With Sarcopenia in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • ULK/Atg1: phasing in and out of autophagy, 2024, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • 745MO Raludotatug deruxtecan (R-DXd; DS-6000) monotherapy in patients with previously treated ovarian cancer (OVC): Subgroup analysis of a first-in-human phase I study, 2023, Annals of Oncology

The scientist has frequently published in several notable venues, including:

  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells
  • EMBO Reports
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Bo Wang
  • Kelly McCastlain
  • Gautam Pareek
  • Yong-Dong Wang
  • Zhaoming Wang

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • AMPK and mTOR regulate autophagy through direct phosphorylation of Ulk1

    Joungmok Kim;Mondira Kundu;Benoit Viollet;Kun-Liang Guan

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Phosphorylation of ULK1 (hATG1) by AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Connects Energy Sensing to Mitophagy

    Daniel F. Egan;David B. Shackelford;Maria M. Mihaylova;Sara R. Gelino

  • ULK-Atg13-FIP200 Complexes Mediate mTOR Signaling to the Autophagy Machinery

    Chang Hwa Jung;Chang Bong Jun;Seung Hyun Ro;Young Mi Kim

  • NIX is required for programmed mitochondrial clearance during reticulocyte maturation

    Rachel L. Schweers;Ji Zhang;Mindy S. Randall;Melanie R. Loyd

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy: Basic Principles and Relevance to Disease

    Mondira Kundu;Craig B Thompson

  • Ulk1 plays a critical role in the autophagic clearance of mitochondria and ribosomes during reticulocyte maturation.

    Mondira Kundu;Tullia Lindsten;Chia Ying Yang;Junmin Wu

  • Receptor interacting protein kinase 2-mediated mitophagy regulates inflammasome activation during virus infection

    Christopher R. Lupfer;Paul G Thomas;Paras K. Anand;Peter Vogel

  • Ampk phosphorylation of Ulk1 is required for targeting of mitochondria to lysosomes in exercise-induced mitophagy

    Rhianna C. Laker;Joshua C. Drake;Rebecca J. Wilson;Vitor A. Lira;Vitor A. Lira

  • Proteotoxic Stress Induces Phosphorylation of p62/SQSTM1 by ULK1 to Regulate Selective Autophagic Clearance of Protein Aggregates

    Junghyun Lim;M. Lenard Lachenmayer;Shuai Wu;Wenchao Liu

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Ulk1-mediated phosphorylation of AMPK constitutes a negative regulatory feedback loop

    Antje S Löffler;Sebastian Alers;Alexandra M Dieterle;Hildegard Keppeler

  • Cbfbeta interacts with Runx2 and has a critical role in bone development.

    Mondira Kundu;Amjad Javed;Jae-Pil Jeon;Alan Horner

  • Mitochondrial clearance is regulated by Atg7-dependent and -independent mechanisms during reticulocyte maturation

    Ji Zhang;Mindy S. Randall;Melanie R. Loyd;Frank C. Dorsey

  • Hsp90-Cdc37 Chaperone Complex Regulates Ulk1- and Atg13-Mediated Mitophagy

    Joung Hyuck Joo;Frank C. Dorsey;Frank C. Dorsey;Aashish Joshi;Kristin M. Hennessy-Walters

  • VCP Is Essential for Mitochondrial Quality Control by PINK1/Parkin and this Function Is Impaired by VCP Mutations

    Nam Chul Kim;Emilie Tresse;Regina Maria Kolaitis;Amandine Molliex

Frequent Co-Authors

Junichi Sadoshima
Junichi Sadoshima Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Douglas R. Green
Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Masaaki Komatsu
Masaaki Komatsu Juntendo University
Craig B. Thompson
Craig B. Thompson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
J. Paul Taylor
J. Paul Taylor St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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