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Sushil K. Mahata is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with key focuses in Molecular Biology, Physiology, Epidemiology, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work explores various main topics including:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Gut microbiota and health

Among notable recent publications credited to research collaborators involving or associated with Mahata are:

  • "TANK-Binding Kinase 1 Regulates the Localization of Acyl-CoA Synthetase ACSL1 to Control Hepatic Fatty Acid Oxidation" (2020) published in Cell Metabolism
  • "Estrogen receptor α controls metabolism in white and brown adipocytes by regulating Polg1 and mitochondrial remodeling" (2020) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is an Early Consequence of Partial or Complete Dystrophin Loss in mdx Mice" (2020) published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Glycogen metabolism links glucose homeostasis to thermogenesis in adipocytes" (2021) published in Nature
  • "MMP9 inhibition increases autophagic flux in chronic heart failure" (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Frequent co-authors identified in their body of work include:

  • Kechun Tang
  • Elke M. Muntjewerff
  • Geert van den Bogaart
  • Hemal H. Patel
  • Sahar El Aidy

Their research has been published in venues where they have multiple publications, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Preprints.org
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Novel autocrine feedback control of catecholamine release. A discrete chromogranin a fragment is a noncompetitive nicotinic cholinergic antagonist.

    S. K. Mahata;D. T. O'connor;M. Mahata;Seung Hyun Yoo

  • Chromogranin A is an autoantigen in type 1 diabetes

    Brian D Stadinski;Thomas Delong;Nichole Reisdorph;Richard Reisdorph

  • Hypertension from targeted ablation of chromogranin A can be rescued by the human ortholog

    Nitish R. Mahapatra;Daniel T. O’Connor;Sucheta M. Vaingankar;Amiya P. Sinha Hikim

  • The Extended Granin Family: Structure, Function, and Biomedical Implications

    Alessandro Bartolomucci;Roberta Possenti;Sushil K. Mahata;Reiner Fischer-Colbrie

  • Brain PPAR-γ promotes obesity and is required for the insulin–sensitizing effect of thiazolidinediones

    Min Min Lu;David A. Sarruf;Saswata Talukdar;Shweta Sharma;Shweta Sharma

  • An FHL1-containing complex within the cardiomyocyte sarcomere mediates hypertrophic biomechanical stress responses in mice

    Farah Sheikh;Anna Raskin;Pao Hsien Chu;Stephan Lange

  • Editorial: Obesity, Smoking, and Fatty Liver Disease.

    Amiya P. Sinha-Hikim;Sushil K. Mahata

  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator (t-PA) Is Targeted to the Regulated Secretory Pathway CATECHOLAMINE STORAGE VESICLES AS A RESERVOIR FOR THE RAPID RELEASE OF t-PA

    Robert J. Parmer;Manjula Mahata;Sushil Mahata;Matthew T. Sebald;Matthew T. Sebald

  • The Antihypertensive Chromogranin A Peptide Catestatin Acts as a Novel Endocrine/Paracrine Modulator of Cardiac Inotropism and Lusitropism

    Tommaso Angelone;Anna Maria Quintieri;Bhawanjit K. Brar;Pauline T. Limchaiyawat

  • Mechanism of cardiovascular actions of the chromogranin A fragment catestatin in vivo.

    Brian P. Kennedy;Sushil K. Mahata;Daniel T. O’Connor;Michael G. Ziegler

  • Inhibition of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) attenuates interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced collagen synthesis and resultant hypertrophy in rat heart.

    Saiful Anam Mir;Arunachal Chatterjee;Arkadeep Mitra;Kanchan Pathak

  • Chromogranins A and B and secretogranin II: evolutionary and functional aspects

    M. Montero-Hadjadje;S. Vaingankar;S. Elias;H. Tostivint

  • Catestatin: a multifunctional peptide from chromogranin A.

    Sushil K. Mahata;Manjula Mahata;Maple M. Fung;Daniel T. O'Connor

  • New antimicrobial activity for the catecholamine release-inhibitory peptide from chromogranin A.

    J. Briolat;S. D. Wu;S. K. Mahata;B. Gonthier

  • Desensitization of Catecholamine Release THE NOVEL CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE-INHIBITORY PEPTIDE CATESTATIN (CHROMOGRANIN A344–364) ACTS AT THE RECEPTOR TO PREVENT NICOTINIC CHOLINERGIC TOLERANCE

    Sushil K. Mahata;Manjula Mahata;Robert J. Parmer;Daniel T. O'Connor

  • The crucial role of chromogranins in storage and exocytosis revealed using chromaffin cells from chromogranin A null mouse.

    Monica S Montesinos;J David Machado;Marcial Camacho;Jesica Diaz

  • Primary structure and function of the catecholamine release inhibitory peptide catestatin (chromogranin A(344-364)): identification of amino acid residues crucial for activity.

    Sushil K. Mahata;Manjula Mahata;Arun R. Wakade;Daniel T. O’Connor

  • Distribution of mRNAs for Chromogranins A and B and Secretogranin II in Rat Brain.

    S. K. Mahata;M. Mahata;J. Marksteiner;G. Sperk

  • The Neuroendocrine Peptide Catestatin Is a Cutaneous Antimicrobial and Induced in the Skin after Injury

    Katherine A. Radek;Belen Lopez-Garcia;Belen Lopez-Garcia;Melanie Hupe;Melanie Hupe;Ingrid R. Niesman

  • Tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis: discovery of common human genetic variants governing transcription, autonomic activity, and blood pressure in vivo.

    Fangwen Rao;Lian Zhang;Jennifer Wessel;Kuixing Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Michael G. Ziegler
Michael G. Ziegler University of California, San Diego
Nicholas J. Schork
Nicholas J. Schork Translational Genomics Research Institute
Nicholas J. G. Webster
Nicholas J. G. Webster University of California, San Diego
Hans Winkler
Hans Winkler University of Innsbruck
Hemal H. Patel
Hemal H. Patel University of California, San Diego
David M. Roth
David M. Roth University of California San Diego
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Vivian Hook
Vivian Hook University of California, San Diego
Angelo Corti
Angelo Corti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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