Dr. NS Raja Lab

Mission Statement

Develop an in-depth understanding of mechanisms and outcomes of altered redox signaling in disease to stratify clinical patients based on oxidative/reductive milieu which leads to ascertain innovative avenues for therapeutics. Main goal is to define the redox signals in cardiovascular pathophysiology and to develop potential therapeutic measures.

We are a firm believer of the fact that “Too much of anything is not good”, boosting the biological system with too many reductants may not be a healthy fix.

Our lab is committed to a welcoming environment that drives our professional growth as individuals and the team as a whole.

Lab History

Key Publications in Reductive Stress mechanisms in heart, skeletal muscle and brain

“Reductive Stress Causes Pathological Cardiac Remodeling and Diastolic Dysfunction. Antioxid Redox Signal” (Rajasekaran NS et. al) “Reductive stress impairs myogenic differentiation” (Rajasekaran NS et. al) “Reductive stress promotes protein aggregation and impairs neurogenesis” (Rajasekaran NS et. al)

RO1- Supplemental Grant Award: RS in heart-brain axis

From NIH National Institute on Aging

First Lab Research Article

“Sustained activation of nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2/antioxidant response element signaling promotes reductive stress in the human mutant protein aggregation cardiomyopathy in mice” (Rajasekaran NS et. al)  

Groundbreaking Discovery

“Reductive Stress (RS) in human heart disease”

University of Madras Graduation

Mechanisms of LDL Oxidation during Cancer Therapy