Mayukh Banerjee, Ph.D.

Education: 

B.S. (honors), Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India; 2002
M.S., Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; 2004
Ph.D., Science, Indian Institute of Human Biology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; 2010
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Prion Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 2011-2012
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 2012-2017

Curriculum Vitae 

Current Positions: 

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville
Member, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville 

Contact Information: 

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Clinical & Translational Research Building, Room 320
505 South Hancock Street
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
Phone: 502-852-2405
Email: mayukh.banerjee@louisville.edu

Literature Cited: 

  1. Bhattacharjee P, Banerjee M, Giri AK.  Role of genomic instability in arsenic-induced carcinogenicity. A review.  Environment International 2013,53:29-40.
  2. Ghosh P, Paul S, Banerjee M, Patra D, Banerjee P, Ghoshal N, Bandyopadhyay A, Giri AK.  Functional compensation of glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) null by another GST superfamily member, GSTM2.  Scientific Reports 2013;3:2704.
  3. Banerjee M, Banerjee N, Bhattacharjee P, Mondal D, Lythgoe PR, Martínez M, Pan J, Polya DA, Giri AK.  High arsenic in rice is associated with elevated genotoxic effects in humans.  Scientific Reports 2013;3:2195.
  4. Mondal D, Ganguli B, Sen Roy S, Halder B, Banerjee N, Banerjee M, Samanta M, Giri AK, Polya D.  Diarrhoeal health risks attributable to water-borne-pathogens in arsenic-mitigated drinking water in West Bengal are largely independent of the microbiological quality of the supplied water.  Water 2014;6:1100-1117.
  5. Banerjee M, Sasse VA, Wang Y, Maulik M, Kar S.  Increased levels and activity of cathepsins B and D in kainate-induced toxicity.  Neuroscience 2014;284:360-373.
  6. Banerjee M, Carew MW, Roggenbeck BA, Whitlock BD, Naranmandura H, Le XC, Leslie EM.  A novel pathway for arsenic elimination: human multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4/ABCC4) mediates cellular export of dimethylarsinic acid (DMAV) and the diglutathione conjugate of monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII).  Molecular Pharmacology 2014 Aug;86(2):168-79.  doi: 10.1124/mol.113.091314.  Epub 2014 May 28.  PMID: 24870404.
  7. Banerjee M, Marensi V, Conseil G, Le XC, Cole SP, Leslie EM.  Polymorphic variants of MRP4/ABCC4 differentially modulate the transport of methylated arsenic metabolites and physiological organic anions.  Biochemical Pharmacology 2016 Nov 15;120:72-82.  doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.09.016.  Epub 2016 Sep 19.  PMID: 27659809.
  8. Roggenbeck BA, Banerjee M, Leslie EM.  Cellular arsenic transport pathways in mammals.  Journal of Environmental Science (China) 2016 Nov;49:38-58.  doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.10.001.  Epub 2016 Oct 29.  PMID: 28007179.
  9. Kodam A, Ourdev D, Maulik M, Hariharakrishnan J, Banerjee M, Wang Y, Kar S.  A role for astrocyte-derived amyloid β peptides in the degeneration of neurons in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.  Brain Pathology 2018;29:28:44.
  10. Banerjee M, Kaur G, Whitlock BD, Carew MW, Le XC, Leslie EM.  Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 (MRP1/ABCC1)-mediated cellular protection and transport of methylated arsenic metabolites differs between human cell lines.  Drug Metabolism & Disposition 2018 Aug;46(8):1096-1105.  doi: 10.1124/dmd.117.079640.  Epub 2018 May 11.  PMID: 29752257.
  11. Banerjee M, Arutyunov D, Brandwein D, Janetzki-Flatt C, Kolski H, Hume S, Leonard NJ, Watt J, Lacson A, Baradi M, Leslie EM, Cordat E, Caluseriu O.  The novel p.Ser263Phe mutation in the human high-affinity choline transporter 1 (CHT1/SLC5A7) causes a lethal form of fetal akinesia syndrome.  Human Mutations 2019 Oct;40(10):1676-1683.  oi: 10.1002/humu.23828.  Epub 2019 Jul 12.  PMID: 31299140.
  12. Banerjee M, Ferragut Cardoso AP, Lykoudi A, Wilkey DW, Pan J, Watson WH, Garbett NC, Rai SN, Merchant ML, States JC.  Arsenite exposure displaces Zinc from ZRANB2 leading to altered splicing.  Chemical Research in Toxicology 2020 Jun 15;33(6):1403-1417.  doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00515.  Epub 2020 Apr 27.  PMID: 32274925.  PMCID: PMC7405655.