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Meenakshisundaram Balasubraman

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentGeriatrics, College of Medicine
DivisionGeriatrics Faculty
Address629 Jack Stephens Drive
Mail Slot # 807
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone501-526-5825
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-9344-8183 Additional info
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    2016 - 2016Outstanding doctoral student research award, Engineering and Information Technology (EIT), University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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    1R01AG084472-01     (GRIFFIN, SUE T)May 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2028
    NIH/Nat. Inst. on Aging
    Neuroinflammation, Protein Aggregates, ApoE4 Drug Targeting, and Autophagy Rescue
    Role: Co-Investigator
    R01AG084472     (GRIFFIN, SUE TILTON)May 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2028
    NIH
    Neuroinflammation, Protein Aggregates, ApoE4 Drug Targeting, and Autophagy Rescue
    Role: Co-Investigator
    P01AG012411     (GRIFFIN, SUE TILTON)Jun 1, 1995 - May 31, 2021
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    Early Events in Alzheimer Pathogenesis
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Mainali N, Balasubramaniam M, Pahal S, Griffin WST, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S. Altered protein homeostasis in cardiovascular diseases contributes to Alzheimer's-like neuropathology. Basic Res Cardiol. 2025 May 07. PMID: 40332607.
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    2. Pahal S, Mainali N, Balasubramaniam M, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S. Mitochondria in aging and age-associated diseases. Mitochondrion. 2025 May; 82:102022. PMID: 40023438.
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    3. Ganne A, Mainali N, Balasubramaniam M, Atluri R, Pahal S, Asante J, Nagel C, Vallurupalli S, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S. Ezetimibe Lowers Risk of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias over Sevenfold, Reducing Aggregation in Model Systems by Inhibiting 14-3-3G::Hexokinase Interaction. Aging Biol. 2024; 2. PMID: 39263528.
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    4. Ezzati S, Salib S, Balasubramaniam M, Aboud O. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors in Glioblastoma: Current Status and Future Possibilities. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Feb 15; 25(4). PMID: 38396993.
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    5. Mainali N, Balasubramaniam M, Johnson J, Ayyadevara S, Shmookler Reis RJ. Leave-one-out-analysis (LOOA): web-based tool to predict influential proteins and interactions in aggregate-crosslinking proteomic data. Bioinformation. 2024; 20(1):4-10. PMID: 38352912.
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    6. Balasubramaniam M, Narasimhappagari J, Liu L, Ganne A, Ayyadevara S, Atluri R, Ayyadevara H, Caldwell G, Shmookler Reis RJ, Barger SW, Griffin WST. Rescue of ApoE4-related lysosomal autophagic failure in Alzheimer's disease by targeted small molecules. Commun Biol. 2024 01 08; 7(1):60. PMID: 38191671.
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    7. Balasubramaniam M, Ganne A, Mainali N, Pahal S, Ayyadevara S, Shmookler Reis RJ. Alzheimer's-specific brain amyloid interactome: Neural-network analysis of intra-aggregate crosslinking identifies novel drug targets. iScience. 2024 Jan 19; 27(1):108745. PMID: 38274404.
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    8. Mainali N, Li X, Wang X, Balasubramaniam M, Ganne A, Kore R, Shmookler Reis RJ, Mehta JL, Ayyadevara S. Myocardial infarction elevates endoplasmic reticulum stress and protein aggregation in heart as well as brain. Mol Cell Biochem. 2024 Oct; 479(10):2741-2753. PMID: 37922111.
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    9. Kakraba S, Ayyadevara S, Mainali N, Balasubramaniam M, Bowroju S, Penthala NR, Atluri R, Barger SW, Griffin ST, Crooks PA, Shmookler Reis RJ. Thiadiazolidinone (TDZD) Analogs Inhibit Aggregation-Mediated Pathology in Diverse Neurodegeneration Models, and Extend C. elegans Life- and Healthspan. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2023 Oct 20; 16(10). PMID: 37895969.
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    10. Ganne A, Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara H, Kiaei L, Shmookler Reis RJ, Varughese KI, Kiaei M. In silico analysis of TUBA4A mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to define mechanisms of microtubule disintegration. Sci Rep. 2023 02 06; 13(1):2096. PMID: 36747013.
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    11. Ganne A, Balasubramaniam M, Mainali N, Atluri P, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S. Physiological Consequences of Targeting 14-3-3 and Its Interacting Partners in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 07; 23(24). PMID: 36555098.
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    12. Ganne A, Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Shmookler Reis RJ. Machine-learning analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins identifies key factors that contribute to neurodegeneration-related aggregation. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022; 14:938117. PMID: 35992603.
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    13. Ganne A, Balasubramaniam M, Griffin WST, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S. Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein: A Biomarker and Drug Target for Alzheimer's Disease. Pharmaceutics. 2022 Jun 26; 14(7). PMID: 35890250.
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    14. Ayyadevara S, Ganne A, Balasubramaniam M, Shmookler Reis RJ. Intrinsically disordered proteins identified in the aggregate proteome serve as biomarkers of neurodegeneration. Metab Brain Dis. 2022 01; 37(1):147-152. PMID: 34347206.
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    15. Bowroju SK, Penthala NR, Lakkaniga NR, Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Shmookler Reis RJ, Crooks PA. Novel hydroxybenzylamine-deoxyvasicinone hybrids as anticholinesterase therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. Bioorg Med Chem. 2021 09 01; 45:116311. PMID: 34304133.
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    16. Penthala NR, Balasubramaniam M, Dachavaram SS, Morris EJ, Bhat-Nakshatri P, Ponder J, Jordan CT, Nakshatri H, Crooks PA. Antitumor properties of novel sesquiterpene lactone analogs as NF?B inhibitors that bind to the IKK? ubiquitin-like domain (ULD). Eur J Med Chem. 2021 Nov 15; 224:113675. PMID: 34229108.
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    17. Shmookler Reis RJ, Atluri R, Balasubramaniam M, Johnson J, Ganne A, Ayyadevara S. "Protein aggregates" contain RNA and DNA, entrapped by misfolded proteins but largely rescued by slowing translational elongation. Aging Cell. 2021 05; 20(5):e13326. PMID: 33788386.
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    18. Balasubramaniam M, Mainali N, Bowroju SK, Atluri P, Penthala NR, Ayyadevera S, Crooks PA, Shmookler Reis RJ. Structural modeling of GSK3? implicates the inactive (DFG-out) conformation as the target bound by TDZD analogs. Sci Rep. 2020 10 27; 10(1):18326. PMID: 33110096.
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    19. Al Shahrani M, Balasubramaniam M, Alshahrani MY, Saif A, Dera AA, Alasmari S, Abohassan M, Makkawi M, Radhakrishnan S, Rajagopalan P. Computational and in vitro characterization of ICY-5: A potential candidate promoting mitochondrial apoptosis via the c-MET and?STAT3 pathways. J Cell Physiol. 2021 01; 236(1):146-156. PMID: 32484605.
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    20. Balasubramaniam M, Shmookler Reis RJ. Computational target-based drug repurposing of elbasvir, an antiviral drug predicted to bind multiple SARS-CoV-2 proteins. ChemRxiv. 2020 Apr 08. PMID: 32511290.
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    21. Balasubramaniam M, Lakkaniga NR, Dera AA, Fayi MA, Abohashrh M, Ahmad I, Chandramoorthy HC, Nalini G, Rajagopalan P. FCX-146, a potent allosteric inhibitor of Akt kinase in cancer cells: Lead optimization of the second-generation arylidene indanone scaffold. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2021 Feb; 68(1):82-91. PMID: 32067263.
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    22. Balasubramaniam M, Parcon PA, Bose C, Liu L, Jones RA, Farlow MR, Mrak RE, Barger SW, Griffin WST. Interleukin-1? drives NEDD8 nuclear-to-cytoplasmic translocation, fostering parkin activation via NEDD8 binding to the P-ubiquitin activating site. J Neuroinflammation. 2019 Dec 27; 16(1):275. PMID: 31882005.
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    23. Lakkaniga NR, Balasubramaniam M, Zhang S, Frett B, Li HY. Structural Characterization of the Aurora Kinase B "DFG-flip" Using Metadynamics. AAPS J. 2019 12 18; 22(1):14. PMID: 31853739.
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    24. Kakraba S, Ayyadevara S, Penthala NR, Balasubramaniam M, Ganne A, Liu L, Alla R, Bommagani SB, Barger SW, Griffin WST, Crooks PA, Shmookler Reis RJ. A Novel Microtubule-Binding Drug Attenuates and Reverses Protein Aggregation in Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease. Front Mol Neurosci. 2019; 12:310. PMID: 31920540.
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    25. Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Ganne A, Kakraba S, Penthala NR, Du X, Crooks PA, Griffin ST, Shmookler Reis RJ. Aggregate Interactome Based on Protein Cross-linking Interfaces Predicts Drug Targets to Limit Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Diseases. iScience. 2019 Oct 25; 20:248-264. PMID: 31593839.
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    26. Bommagani S, Penthala NR, Balasubramaniam M, Kuravi S, Caldas-Lopes E, Guzman ML, Balusu R, Crooks PA. A novel tetrazole analogue of resveratrol is a potent anticancer agent. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2019 01 15; 29(2):172-178. PMID: 30528695.
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    27. Ayyadevara S, Ganne A, Hendrix RD, Balasubramaniam M, Shmookler Reis RJ, Barger SW. Functional assessments through novel proteomics approaches: Application to insulin/IGF signaling in neurodegenerative disease'. J Neurosci Methods. 2019 05 01; 319:40-46. PMID: 30412730.
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    28. Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Shmookler Reis RJ. Structural insights into pro-aggregation effects of C. elegans CRAM-1 and its human ortholog SERF2. Sci Rep. 2018 10 05; 8(1):14891. PMID: 30291272.
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    29. Kiaei M, Balasubramaniam M, Govind Kumar V, Shmookler Reis RJ, Moradi M, Varughese KI. ALS-causing mutations in profilin-1 alter its conformational dynamics: A computational approach to explain propensity for aggregation. Sci Rep. 2018 08 30; 8(1):13102. PMID: 30166578.
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    30. Janganati V, Ponder J, Balasubramaniam M, Bhat-Nakshatri P, Bar EE, Nakshatri H, Jordan CT, Crooks PA. MMB triazole analogs are potent NF-?B inhibitors and anti-cancer agents against both hematological and solid tumor cells. Eur J Med Chem. 2018 Sep 05; 157:562-581. PMID: 30121494.
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    31. Parcon PA, Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Jones RA, Liu L, Shmookler Reis RJ, Barger SW, Mrak RE, Griffin WST. Apolipoprotein E4 inhibits autophagy gene products through direct, specific binding to CLEAR motifs. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 02; 14(2):230-242. PMID: 28945989.
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    32. Balasubramaniam M, Shmookler Reis RJ, Ayyadevara S, Wang X, Ganne A, Khaidakov M. Involvement of tRNAs in replication of human mitochondrial DNA and modifying effects of telomerase. Mech Ageing Dev. 2017 09; 166:55-63. PMID: 28765009.
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    33. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Kakraba S, Alla R, Mehta JL, Shmookler Reis RJ. Aspirin-Mediated Acetylation Protects Against Multiple Neurodegenerative Pathologies by Impeding Protein Aggregation. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2017 Dec 10; 27(17):1383-1396. PMID: 28537433.
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    34. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Suri P, Mackintosh SG, Tackett AJ, Sullivan DH, Shmookler Reis RJ, Dennis RA. Proteins that accumulate with age in human skeletal-muscle aggregates contribute to declines in muscle mass and function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging (Albany NY). 2016 12 15; 8(12):3486-3497. PMID: 27992858.
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    35. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Johnson J, Alla R, Mackintosh SG, Shmookler Reis RJ. PIP3-binding proteins promote age-dependent protein aggregation and limit survival in C. elegans. Oncotarget. 2016 Aug 02; 7(31):48870-48886. PMID: 27429199.
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    36. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Parcon PA, Barger SW, Griffin WS, Alla R, Tackett AJ, Mackintosh SG, Petricoin E, Zhou W, Shmookler Reis RJ. Proteins that mediate protein aggregation and cytotoxicity distinguish Alzheimer's hippocampus from normal controls. Aging Cell. 2016 10; 15(5):924-39. PMID: 27448508.
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    37. Rajagopalan P, Alahmari KA, Elbessoumy AA, Balasubramaniam M, Suresh R, Shariff ME, Chandramoorthy HC. Biological evaluation of 2-arylidene-4, 7-dimethyl indan-1-one (FXY-1): a novel Akt inhibitor with potent activity in lung cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2016 Feb; 77(2):393-404. PMID: 26781309.
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    38. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Gao Y, Yu LR, Alla R, Shmookler Reis R. Proteins in aggregates functionally impact multiple neurodegenerative disease models by forming proteasome-blocking complexes. Aging Cell. 2015 Feb; 14(1):35-48. PMID: 25510159.
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