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Turkel I, Kubat GB, Fatsa T, Acet O, Ozerklig B, Yazgan B, Simsek G, Singh KK, Kosar SN. Acute treadmill exercise induces mitochondrial unfolded protein response in skeletal muscle of male rats. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg. 2025 Apr 1;1866(2):149532. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2024.149532. Epub 2024 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 39675514.
Tang W, Wang K, Feng Y, Tsui KH, Singh KK, Stout MB, Wang S, Wu M. Exploration of the mechanism and therapy of ovarian aging by targeting cellular senescence. Life Med. 2025 Feb;4(1):lnaf004. doi: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf004. eCollection 2025 Feb. Review. PubMed PMID: 40110109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11916902.
Brestoff JR, Singh KK, Aquilano K, Becker LB, Berridge MV, Boilard E, Caicedo A, Crewe C, Enríquez JA, Gao J, Gustafsson ÅB, Hayakawa K, Khoury M, Lee YS, Lettieri-Barbato D, Luz-Crawford P, McBride HM, McCully JD, Nakai R, Neuzil J, Picard M, Rabchevsky AG, Rodriguez AM, Sengupta S, Sercel AJ, Suda T, Teitell MA, Thierry AR, Tian R, Walker M, Zheng M. Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization. Nat Metab. 2025 Jan;7(1):53-67. doi: 10.1038/s42255-024-01200-x. Epub 2025 Jan 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 39820558.
Mani S, Srivastava V, Shandilya C, Kaushik A, Singh KK. Mitochondria: the epigenetic regulators of ovarian aging and longevity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024;15:1424826. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1424826. eCollection 2024. Review. PubMed PMID: 39605943; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11598335.
Caicedo A, Singh KK. Mitochondria makeover: unlocking the path to healthy longevity. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2024 Jun;28(6):477-480. doi: 10.1080/14728222.2023.2277240. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 37902532.
Disha B, Mathew RP, Dalal AB, Mahato AK, Satyamoorthy K, Singh KK, Thangaraj K, Govindaraj P. Mitochondria in biology and medicine - 2023. Mitochondrion. 2024 May;76:101853. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2024.101853. Epub 2024 Feb 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 38423268.
Caicedo A, Morales E, Moyano A, Peñaherrera S, Peña-Cisneros J, Benavides-Almeida A, Pérez-Meza ÁA, Haro-Vinueza A, Ruiz C, Robayo P, Tenesaca D, Barba D, Zambrano K, Castañeda V, Singh KK. Powering prescription: Mitochondria as "Living Drugs" - Definition, clinical applications, and industry advancements. Pharmacol Res. 2024 Jan;199:107018. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.107018. Epub 2023 Nov 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 38013162.
Peñaherrera S, Ruiz C, Castañeda V, Livingston K, Barba D, Burzio VA, Caicedo A, Singh KK. Exploring the role of mitochondria transfer/transplant and their long-non-coding RNAs in regenerative therapies for skin aging. Mitochondrion. 2023 May;70:41-53. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.02.012. Epub 2023 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 36921832; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10400337.
Prasada Kabekkodu S, Chakrabarty S, Jayaram P, Mallya S, Thangaraj K, Singh KK, Satyamoorthy K. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses contributing to mitochondrial dysfunction: Implications for post-COVID complications. Mitochondrion. 2023 Mar;69:43-56. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.01.005. Epub 2023 Jan 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 36690315; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9854144.
Caicedo A, Singh KK. Advancing mitochondria as a therapeutic agent. Mitochondrion. 2023 Mar;69:33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.01.003. Epub 2023 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 36657505.
Najeeb N, Murukan AB, Renjitha A, Jayaram M, Jabbar AA, Haridasan H, Prijikumar A, Baiju S, Nixon AA, Krishnan PA, Rodriguez S, Kumar S, Polipalli SK, Singh KK, Nair BG, Ghate SD, Rao RSP, Kishor PBK, Aloor A, Suravajhala R, Chaubey G, Suravajhala P. Inferring Recombination Events in SARS-CoV-2 Variants In Silico. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023;1412:253-270. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28012-2_14. PubMed PMID: 37378772.
Mani S, Jindal D, Chopra H, Jha SK, Singh SK, Ashraf GM, Kamal M, Iqbal D, Chellappan DK, Dey A, Dewanjee S, Singh KK, Ojha S, Singh I, Gautam RK, Jha NK. ROCK2 inhibition: A futuristic approach for the management of Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 Nov;142:104871. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104871. Epub 2022 Sep 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 36122738.
Ahmed NS, Foote JB, Singh KK. Impaired Mitochondria Promote Aging-Associated Sebaceous Gland Dysfunction and Pathology. Am J Pathol. 2022 Nov;192(11):1546-1558. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2022.07.006. Epub 2022 Aug 7. PubMed PMID: 35948081; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9667715.
Beckley MA, Shrestha S, Singh KK, Portman MA. The role of mitochondria in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease. Front Immunol. 2022;13:1017401. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1017401. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36300112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9592088.
Jamison DA Jr, Anand Narayanan S, Trovão NS, Guarnieri JW, Topper MJ, Moraes-Vieira PM, Zaksas V, Singh KK, Wurtele ES, Beheshti A. A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 review, Part 1: Intracellular overdrive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 Aug;30(8):889-898. doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01108-8. Epub 2022 May 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 35577935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9108708.
Singh PP, Suravajhala P, Basu Mallick C, Tamang R, Rai AK, Machha P, Singh R, Pathak A, Mishra VN, Shrivastava P, Singh KK, Thangaraj K, Chaubey G. COVID-19: Impact on linguistic and genetic isolates of India. Genes Immun. 2022 Feb;23(1):47-50. doi: 10.1038/s41435-021-00150-8. Epub 2021 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 34635809; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8504558.
Palacka P, Gvozdjáková A, Rausová Z, Kucharská J, Slopovský J, Obertová J, Furka D, Furka S, Singh KK, Sumbalová Z. Platelet Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Reprogramming in Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 30;23(1). doi: 10.3390/ijms23010388. PubMed PMID: 35008814; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8745267.
Kuthethur R, Prasad K, Chakrabarty S, Kabekkodu SP, Singh KK, Thangaraj K, Satyamoorthy K. Advances in mitochondrial medicine and translational research. Mitochondrion. 2021 Nov;61:62-68. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2021.09.008. Epub 2021 Sep 24. PubMed PMID: 34571249.
Kaur A, Chopra M, Bhushan M, Gupta S, Kumari P H, Sivagurunathan N, Shukla N, Rajagopal S, Bhalothia P, Sharma P, Naravula J, Suravajhala R, Gupta A, Abbasi BA, Goswami P, Singh H, Narang R, Polavarapu R, Medicherla KM, Valadi J, Kumar S A, Chaubey G, Singh KK, Bandapalli OR, Kavi Kishor PB, Suravajhala P. The Omic Insights on Unfolding Saga of COVID-19. Front Immunol. 2021;12:724914. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.724914. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 34745097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8564481.
Shukla N, Prasad A, Kanga U, Suravajhala R, Nigam VK, Kishor PBK, Polavarapu R, Chaubey G, Singh KK, Suravajhala P. SARS-CoV-2 transgressing LncRNAs uncovers the known unknowns. Physiol Genomics. 2021 Oct 1;53(10):433-440. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00075.2021. Epub 2021 Sep 7. PubMed PMID: 34492207; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8562947.
Vogt S, Ramzan R, Grossman LI, Singh KK, Ferguson-Miller S, Yoshikawa S, Lee I, Hüttemann M. Mitochondrial respiration is controlled by Allostery, Subunit Composition and Phosphorylation Sites of Cytochrome c Oxidase: A trailblazer's tale - Bernhard Kadenbach. Mitochondrion. 2021 Sep;60:228-233. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2021.08.015. Epub 2021 Sep 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 34481964.
Villavicencio KM, Ahmed N, Harris ML, Singh KK. Mitochondrial DNA-depleter mouse as a model to study human pigmentary skin disorders. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2021 Mar;34(2):179-187. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12921. Epub 2020 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 33448673; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9375690.
Shukla P, Singh KK. Uncovering Mitochondrial Determinants of Racial Disparities in Ovarian Cancer. Trends Cancer. 2021 Feb;7(2):93-97. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 33246874; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9375692.
Chiang JL, Shukla P, Pagidas K, Ahmed NS, Karri S, Gunn DD, Hurd WW, Singh KK. Mitochondria in Ovarian Aging and Reproductive Longevity. Ageing Res Rev. 2020 Nov;63:101168. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101168. Epub 2020 Sep 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 32896666; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9375691.
Mani S, Swargiary G, Singh KK. Natural Agents Targeting Mitochondria in Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 23;21(19). doi: 10.3390/ijms21196992. Review. PubMed PMID: 32977472; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7582837.
Saleh J, Peyssonnaux C, Singh KK, Edeas M. Mitochondria and microbiota dysfunction in COVID-19 pathogenesis. Mitochondrion. 2020 Sep;54:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 32574708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7837003.
Singh KK, Chaubey G, Chen JY, Suravajhala P. Decoding SARS-CoV-2 hijacking of host mitochondria in COVID-19 pathogenesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Aug 1;319(2):C258-C267. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00224.2020. Epub 2020 Jun 8. PubMed PMID: 32510973; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7381712.
Sreedhar A, Aguilera-Aguirre L, Singh KK. Mitochondria in skin health, aging, and disease. Cell Death Dis. 2020 Jun 9;11(6):444. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2649-z. Review. PubMed PMID: 32518230; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7283348.
Bajpai P, Koc E, Sonpavde G, Singh R, Singh KK. Mitochondrial localization, import, and mitochondrial function of the androgen receptor. J Biol Chem. 2019 Apr 19;294(16):6621-6634. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.006727. Epub 2019 Feb 21. PubMed PMID: 30792308; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6484137.
Gandhi N, Das GM. Metabolic Reprogramming in Breast Cancer and Its Therapeutic Implications. Cells. 2019 Jan 26;8(2). doi: 10.3390/cells8020089. Review. PubMed PMID: 30691108; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6406734.
Singh B, Schoeb TR, Bajpai P, Slominski A, Singh KK. Reversing wrinkled skin and hair loss in mice by restoring mitochondrial function. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Jul 20;9(7):735. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0765-9. PubMed PMID: 30026579; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6053453.
Koo DH, Singh B, Jiang J, Friebe B, Gill BS, Chastain PD, Manne U, Tiwari HK, Singh KK. Single molecule mtDNA fiber FISH for analyzing numtogenesis. Anal Biochem. 2018 Jul 1;552:45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.03.015. Epub 2017 Mar 18. PubMed PMID: 28322800; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5814351.
Carden T, Singh B, Mooga V, Bajpai P, Singh KK. Epigenetic modification of miR-663 controls mitochondria-to-nucleus retrograde signaling and tumor progression. J Biol Chem. 2017 Dec 15;292(50):20694-20706. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.797001. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 29066618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5733605.
Singh B, Modica-Napolitano JS, Singh KK. Defining the momiome: Promiscuous information transfer by mobile mitochondria and the mitochondrial genome. Semin Cancer Biol. 2017 Dec;47:1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 May 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 28502611; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5681893.
Singh KK, Choudhury AR, Tiwari HK. Numtogenesis as a mechanism for development of cancer. Semin Cancer Biol. 2017 Dec;47:101-109. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.05.003. Epub 2017 May 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 28511886; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5683947.
Choudhury AR, Singh KK. Mitochondrial determinants of cancer health disparities. Semin Cancer Biol. 2017 Dec;47:125-146. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 May 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 28487205; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5673596.
Singh KK, Modica-Napolitano JS. Special Issue: Mitochondria in Cancer. Semin Cancer Biol. 2017 Dec;47:iv-vi. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.10.013. PubMed PMID: 29157537.
Srinivasainagendra V, Sandel MW, Singh B, Sundaresan A, Mooga VP, Bajpai P, Tiwari HK, Singh KK. Migration of mitochondrial DNA in the nuclear genome of colorectal adenocarcinoma. Genome Med. 2017 Mar 29;9(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0420-6. PubMed PMID: 28356157; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5370490.
Singh B, Kulawiec M, Owens KM, Singh A, Singh KK. Sustained Early Disruption of Mitochondrial Function Contributes to Arsenic-Induced Prostate Tumorigenesis. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2016 Oct;81(10):1089-1100. doi: 10.1134/S0006297916100072. PubMed PMID: 27908234.
Ghosh S, Singh KK, Sengupta S, Scaria V. Mitoepigenetics: The different shades of grey. Mitochondrion. 2015 Nov;25:60-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Oct 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 26437363.
Singh B, Owens KM, Bajpai P, Desouki MM, Srinivasasainagendra V, Tiwari HK, Singh KK. Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase POLG1 Disease Mutations and Germline Variants Promote Tumorigenic Properties. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0139846. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139846. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26468652; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4607296.
Singh B, Li X, Owens KM, Vanniarajan A, Liang P, Singh KK. Human REV3 DNA Polymerase Zeta Localizes to Mitochondria and Protects the Mitochondrial Genome. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0140409. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140409. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26462070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4604079.
Kabekkodu SP, Chakrabarty S, Shukla V, Varghese VK, Singh KK, Thangaraj K, Satyamoorthy K. Mitochondrial biology: From molecules to diseases. Mitochondrion. 2015 Sep;24:93-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2015.07.008. Epub 2015 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 26210788.
Nunes JB, Peixoto J, Soares P, Maximo V, Carvalho S, Pinho SS, Vieira AF, Paredes J, Rego AC, Ferreira IL, Gomez-Lazaro M, Sobrinho-Simoes M, Singh KK, Lima J. OXPHOS dysfunction regulates integrin-β1 modifications and enhances cell motility and migration. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Apr 1;24(7):1977-90. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu612. Epub 2014 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 25504047.
Zhang H, Singh KK. Global genetic determinants of mitochondrial DNA copy number. PLoS One. 2014;9(8):e105242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105242. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25170845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4149433.
Donthamsetty S, Brahmbhatt M, Pannu V, Rida PC, Ramarathinam S, Ogden A, Cheng A, Singh KK, Aneja R. Mitochondrial genome regulates mitotic fidelity by maintaining centrosomal homeostasis. Cell Cycle. 2014;13(13):2056-63. doi: 10.4161/cc.29061. Epub 2014 May 5. PubMed PMID: 24799670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4111697.
Koochekpour S, Marlowe T, Singh KK, Attwood K, Chandra D. Reduced mitochondrial DNA content associates with poor prognosis of prostate cancer in African American men. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074688. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24086362; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3781126.
Rodell A, Rasmussen LJ, Bergersen LH, Singh KK, Gjedde A. Natural selection of mitochondria during somatic lifetime promotes healthy aging. Front Neuroenergetics. 2013;5:7. doi: 10.3389/fnene.2013.00007. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 23964235; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3740293.
Bhattacharjee P, Chatterjee D, Singh KK, Giri AK. Systems biology approaches to evaluate arsenic toxicity and carcinogenicity: an overview. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2013 Aug;216(5):574-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.12.008. Epub 2013 Jan 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 23340121.
Davidson BA, Vethanayagam RR, Grimm MJ, Mullan BA, Raghavendran K, Blackwell TS, Freeman ML, Ayyasamy V, Singh KK, Sporn MB, Itagaki K, Hauser CJ, Knight PR, Segal BH. NADPH oxidase and Nrf2 regulate gastric aspiration-induced inflammation and acute lung injury. J Immunol. 2013 Feb 15;190(4):1714-24. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202410. Epub 2013 Jan 7. PubMed PMID: 23296708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3563868.
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