Representative Publications:

Balasubramaniam, M*., Pandhare, J., Dash, C. 2019. Immune control of HIV. JoLS, Journal of Life Sciences 1(1), June 2019:4-36

Dwivedi, R., Prakash, P., Kumbhar, BV., Balasubramaniam, M*., Dash, C. 2024. HIV-1 capsid and viral DNA integration.  mBio 15(1):e0021222.

Padron, A., Prakash, P., Pandhare, J., Luban, J., Aiken, C.,   Balasubramaniam, M*., Dash, C. 2023. Emerging Role of Cyclophilin A in HIV-1 Infection: From Producer Cell to the Target Cell Nucleus. Journal of Virology 97(11):e0073223.

Balasubramaniam, M., Davids, BO., Bryer, A., Chaoyi, X., Thapa, S., Shi, J., Aiken, C., Pandhare, J., Perilla, JR., Dash, C. 2022. HIV-1 Mutants that Escape the Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes are Defective in Viral DNA Integration. PNAS Nexus 1(2):pgac064.

Sapp, N., Burge, N., Cox, K., Prakash, P., Balasubramaniam, M., Thapa, S., Christensen, D., Li, M., Linderberger, J., Kvaratskhelia, M., Pandhare, J., Craigie, R., Poirier, MG., Dash, C. 2022. HIV-1 preintegration complex preferentially integrates the viral DNA into nucleosomes containing trimethylated histone 3-lysine 36 modification and flanking linker DNA. Journal of Virology 96(18):e0101122.

Davids, BO., Balasubramaniam, M., Sapp, N., Prakash, P., Ingram, S., Li, M., Craigie, R., Hollis, T., Pandhare, J., Dash, C. 2021. Human three prime repair exonuclease 1 promotes HIV-1 integration by preferentially degrading unprocessed viral DNA. Journal of Virology.10.1128/JVI.00555-21

Jones, B., Balasubramaniam, M., Lebowitz, JJ., Villalta, F., Khoshbouei, H., Dash, C., Pandhare, J. 2021. Activation of proline biosynthesis is critical to maintain glutamate homeostasis during acute methamphetamine exposure. Scientific Reports.11:1422

Chaudhuri, E*., Dash, S*., Balasubramaniam, M*., Holland, OL., Villalta, F., Engelman, A., Pandhare, J., Dash, C. 2020. The HIV-1 capsid binding host factor CPSF6 is post transcriptionally regulated by the cellular microRNA miR-125b. Journal of Biological Chemistry 295(15):5081-5094

*These authors have contributed equally 

Balasubramaniam, M., Zhou, J., Addai, A., Martinez, P., Pandhare, J., Aiken, C., Dash, C. 2019. PF74 inhibits HIV-1 integration by altering the composition of the preintegration complex. Journal of Virology.10.1128/JVI.01741-18.

Ysrayl, B., Balasubramaniam, M., Albert, I., Villalta, F., Pandhare, J., Dash, C. 2019. A novel role of prolidase in cocaine-mediated breach in the barrier of brain microvascular endothelial cells. Scientific Reports 9:2567

Balasubramaniam, M., Pandhare, J., Dash, C. 2018. Are microRNAs important players in HIV-1 infection? An update. Viruses 10(3):110.

Novikova, M., Adams, L., Fontana, J., Gres, A., Balasubramaniam, M., Winkler, D., Kudchodkar, S., Soheilian, F., Sarafianos, S., Steven, A., Freed, E. 2018. Identification of a structural element in HIV-1 Gag required for virus particle assembly and maturation. mBio. 9:e01567-18.

Dash S., Balasubramaniam, M., Rana, T., Godino, A., Peck, E. E., Goodwin, J. S., Calipari, E. S., Villalta, F., Nestler, E. J., Dash, C., Pandhare J. 2017. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) induction by cocaine is post-transcriptionally regulated by miR-125b. eNeuro August 2017, 4(4) e0089-17.2017 1-15

Balasubramaniam, M., Kim, BS., Hutchens-Williams HM., Loesch-Fries, S. 2014. The photosystem II oxygen evolving complex protein, PsbP, interacts with the coat protein of Alfalfa mosaic virus and inhibits its replication. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 27(10):1107-18.

Balasubramaniam, M., Freed, E. O. 2011. New insights into HIV assembly and trafficking. Physiology 26:236-251.