Assistant Professor

Ph.D, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M.Sc, University of Mumbai

Room No. BT 306
Tel:
mdixit@iitm.ac.in
Dept of Biotechnology
IIT Madras

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Publications

1. Kodigre, P., Dixit, M., and Rao, K.K. “ScoC and SinR negatively regulate epr by corepression in Bacillus Subtilis.” Journal of Bacteriology, 2006; 188 (17): 6425-6428.

2. Dixit, M., Loot, A.E., Mohamed, A., Fisslthaler, B., Boulanger, C.M., Ceacareanu, B., Hassid, A., Busse, R., and Fleming, I. “ Gab1, SHP2 and Protein kinase A are crucial for the activation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase by fluid shear stress.” Circulation Research, 2005; 97 (12):1236 -1244.

3. Fleming, I., Fisslthaler, B., Dixit, M., and Busse, R. “Role of PECAM-1 in the shear stress-induced activation of Akt and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in endothelial cells.” Journal of Cell Sciences, 2005; 118 (18): 4103-4111.

4. Zhuang, D., Ceacareanu, AC., Lin, Y., Ceacareanu, B., Dixit, M., Chapmann, K.E., Waters, C.M., Rao, G.N., and Hassid, A. “Nitric oxide attenuates insulin- or IGF-1-stimulated aortic smooth muscle cell motility by decreasing H2O2 levels: essentialrole of cGMP.” American Journal of Physiology, Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2004; 286: H2103-H2112.

5. Dixit, M., Ceacareanu, B., Zuang, D., and Hassid, A. “Nitric Oxide-Induced Motility of Aortic Smooth Muscle cells: Requirement for Gab1 and Gab1-SHP2 association.” Ultra rapid communications, Circulation Research, 2003; doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000100391. 98425.BB.

6. Chang, Y., Ceacareanu, B., Dixit, M., Nair, S and Hassid, A. 2002. “Nitric Oxide- Induced Motility in Aortic Smooth Muscle cells, Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2 and GTP Binding Protein Rho.” Circulation Research, 2002; 91, 390-397.

7. Dixit, M., Murudkar, C. S. and Rao, K.K. 2002.” epr is Transcribed from a D Promoter and is Involved in Swarming of Bacillus subtilis.” Journal of Bacteriology, 2002; 184 (2): 596-599.

8. Dixit, M., Bess, E., Fisslthaler, B., Hartel, F.V., Noll, T., Busses., and Fleming,I. Shear stress-included activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase regulates Fox0la and angiopoietin-2 in endhothelial cells." Cardiovascular Research, 2007; Manuscript in press.