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Overview

Raj K. Pandita is affiliated with Houston Methodist in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

The scientist's main research topics focus on mechanisms of DNA repair, CRISPR and genetic engineering, genomics and chromatin dynamics, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation, and sirtuins and resveratrol in medicine.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Tej K. Pandita, Vijay Charaka, Clayton R. Hunt, John A. Tainer, and Kenneth S. Ramos.

Raj K. Pandita has published work in multiple scientific venues, often appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Oncogene
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Some of the recent published articles authored or co-authored by Raj K. Pandita include:

  • "Role of Transposable Elements in Genome Stability: Implications for Health and Disease," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "EXO5-DNA structure and BLM interactions direct DNA resection critical for ATR-dependent replication restart," 2021, Molecular Cell
  • "Role of Histone Methylation in Maintenance of Genome Integrity," 2021, Genes
  • "The future of cancer treatment: combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy," 2024, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • "Autism-Associated Vigilin Depletion Impairs DNA Damage Repair," 2021, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Best Publications

  • TBX1 Is Responsible for Cardiovascular Defects in Velo-Cardio-Facial/DiGeorge Syndrome

    Sandra Merscher;Birgit Funke;Jonathan A. Epstein;Joerg Heyer

  • A Common Molecular Basis for Rearrangement Disorders on Chromosome 22q11

    Lisa Edelmann;Raj K. Pandita;Elizabeth Spiteri;Birgit Funke

  • Low-copy repeats mediate the common 3-Mb deletion in patients with velo-cardio-facial syndrome.

    Lisa Edelmann;Raj K. Pandita;Bernice E. Morrow

  • ATM functions at the peroxisome to induce pexophagy in response to ROS

    Jiangwei Zhang;Durga Nand Tripathi;Ji Jing;Angela Alexander

  • Molecular Definition of 22q11 Deletions in 151 Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Patients

    C. Carlson;H. Sirotkin;R. Pandita;R. Goldberg;R. Goldberg

  • MOF and Histone H4 Acetylation at Lysine 16 Are Critical for DNA Damage Response and Double-Strand Break Repair

    Girdhar G. Sharma;Sairei So;Arun Gupta;Rakesh Kumar;Rakesh Kumar

  • Genomic Instability and Enhanced Radiosensitivity in Hsp70.1- and Hsp70.3-Deficient Mice

    Clayton R. Hunt;David J. Dix;Girdhar G. Sharma;Raj K. Pandita

  • Single-stranded DNA-binding protein hSSB1 is critical for genomic stability

    Derek J. Richard;Emma Bolderson;Liza Cubeddu;Liza Cubeddu;Ross I. M. Wadsworth

  • The TIP60 complex regulates bivalent chromatin recognition by 53BP1 through direct H4K20me binding and H2AK15 acetylation

    Karine Jacquet;Amélie Fradet-Turcotte;Amélie Fradet-Turcotte;Nikita Avvakumov;Jean-Philippe Lambert

  • The Mammalian Ortholog of Drosophila MOF That Acetylates Histone H4 Lysine 16 Is Essential for Embryogenesis and Oncogenesis

    Arun Gupta;T. Geraldine Guerin-Peyrou;Girdhar G. Sharma;Changwon Park

  • Inhibition by all-trans-retinoic acid of tumor necrosis factor and nitric oxide production by peritoneal macrophages.

    Kapil Mehta;Teresa McQueen;Stanley Tucker;Raj Pandita

  • Classical non-homologous end-joining pathway utilizes nascent RNA for error-free double-strand break repair of transcribed genes

    Anirban Chakraborty;Nisha Tapryal;Tatiana Venkova;Nobuo Horikoshi

  • Histone Modifications and DNA Double-Strand Break Repair after Exposure to Ionizing Radiations

    Clayton R. Hunt;Deepti Bala Ramnarain;Nobuo Horikoshi;Puneeth Iyengar

  • Targeting of Nrf2 induces DNA damage signaling and protects colonic epithelial cells from ionizing radiation

    Sang Bum Kim;Raj K. Pandita;Ugur Eskiocak;Peter Ly

  • Role of 53BP1 in the regulation of DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice.

    Arun Gupta;Clayton R. Hunt;Sharmistha Chakraborty;Raj K. Pandita

  • Molecular analysis of velo-cardio-facial syndrome patients with psychiatric disorders.

    C Carlson;D Papolos;R K Pandita;G L Faedda

  • Cell cycle checkpoint defects contribute to genomic instability in PTEN deficient cells independent of DNA DSB repair

    Arun Gupta;Qin Yang;Raj K. Pandita;Clayton R. Hunt

  • HP1-β is required for development of the cerebral neocortex and neuromuscular junctions

    Rebecca Aucott;Joern Bullwinkel;Yang Yu;Wei Shi

  • Hyperthermia Activates a Subset of Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated Effectors Independent of DNA Strand Breaks and Heat Shock Protein 70 Status

    Clayton R. Hunt;Raj K. Pandita;Andrei Laszlo;Ryuji Higashikubo

  • Mammalian Rad9 Plays a Role in Telomere Stability, S- and G 2 -Phase-Specific Cell Survival, and Homologous Recombinational Repair

    Raj K. Pandita;Girdhar G. Sharma;Andrei Laszlo;Kevin M. Hopkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Tej K. Pandita
Tej K. Pandita Houston Methodist
Bernice E. Morrow
Bernice E. Morrow Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Birgit Funke
Birgit Funke Harvard University
Lisa Edelmann
Lisa Edelmann Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kum Kum Khanna
Kum Kum Khanna Mater Research
Raju Kucherlapati
Raju Kucherlapati Harvard University
Jerry W. Shay
Jerry W. Shay The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Walter N. Hittelman
Walter N. Hittelman The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sherman M. Weissman
Sherman M. Weissman Yale University
Peter J. Scambler
Peter J. Scambler University College London

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