Publications

2023

Choi T, Maiti G, Chakravarti S. 3D modeling of CpG DNA binding with matrix lumican shows leucine-rich repeat motif involvement as in TLR9- CpG DNA interactions. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Aug 22:2023.08.21.554201. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.21.554201. PMID: 37662233; PMCID: PMC10473624.

Maiti G, Ashworth S, Choi T, Chakravarti S. Molecular cues for immune cells from small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans in their extracellular matrix- associated and free forms. Matrix Biol. 2023 Oct 2:S0945-053X(23)00104-X. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.10.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37793508.

2022

Maiti G, Monteiro de Barros MR, Hu N, Dolgalev I, Roshan M, Foster JW, Tsirigos A, Wahlin KJ, Chakravarti S. Single cell RNA-seq of human cornea organoids identifies cell fates of a developing immature cornea, PNAS Nexus, 2022, 1, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac246

Chakravarti S, Enzo E, de Barros MRM, Maffezzoni MBR, Pellegrini G. Genetic Disorders of the Extracellular Matrix: From Cell and Gene Therapy to Future Applications in Regenerative Medicine. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2022 May 10. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083117-021702. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35537467.

Monteiro de Barros MR, Chakravarti S. Pathogenesis of keratoconus: NRF2-antioxidant, extracellular matrix and cellular dysfunctions. Exp Eye Res. 2022 Apr 3;219:109062. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109062. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35385756.

2021

Maiti G, Monteiro de Barros M R, Hu N, Roshan M, Wahlin K J, Chakravarti S. Single cell RNA-seq identifies developing corneal cell fates in the human cornea organoid. bioRxiv 2021.12.23.471999; doi: 10.1101/2021.12.23.471999.

Maiti G, Frikeche J, Lam CY, Biswas A, Shinde V, Samanovic M, Kagan JC, Mulligan MJ, Chakravarti S. Matrix lumican endocytosed by immune cells controls receptor ligand trafficking to promote TLR4 and restrict TLR9 in sepsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 6;118(27):e2100999118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2100999118. PMID: 34215697; PMCID: PMC8271568.

Foster JW, Parikh RN, Wang J, Bower KS, Matthaei M, Chakravarti S, Jun AS, Eberhart CG, Soiberman US. Transcriptomic and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Progressive Keratoconus Reveal Altered WNT10A in Epithelium and Bowman’s Layer. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2021 May 3;62(6):16. doi: 10.1167/iovs.62.6.16. PMID: 33988693; PMCID: PMC8132000.

Shinde V, Sobreira N, Wohler ES, Maiti G, Hu N, Silvestri G, George S, Jackson J, Chakravarti A, Willoughby CE, Chakravarti S. Pathogenic alleles in microtubule, secretory granule and extracellular matrix-related genes in familial keratoconus. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 May 17;30(8):658-671. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab075 PMID: 33729517.

2020

Shinde V, Hu N, Mahale A, Maiti G, Daoud Y, Eberhart CG, Maktabi A, Jun AS, Al-Swailem SA, Chakravarti S. RNA sequencing of corneas from two keratoconus patient groups identifies potential biomarkers and decreased NRF2-antioxidant responses. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 18; 10(1):9907. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66735-x. PMID: 32555404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7303170

Mohammadzadeh N, Melleby AO, Palmero S, Sjaastad I, Chakravarti S, Engebretsen KVT, Christensen G, Lunde IG, Tønnessen T. Moderate Loss of the Extracellular Matrix Proteoglycan Lumican Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis in Mice Subjected to Pressure Overload. Cardiology 2020;145:187-198. doi: 10.1159/000505318. PMID: 31968347

Foster JW, Wahlin KJ, Chakravarti S. A Guide to the Development of Human CorneaOrganoids from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Culture. Methods Mol Biol. 2020;2145:51-58. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0599-8_5. PMID: 32542600

2019

Shinde V, Hu N, Renuse S, Mahale A, Pandey A, Eberhart C, Stone D, Al-Swailem SA, Maktabi A, Chakravarti S. Mapping Keratoconus Molecular Substrates by Multiplexed High-Resolution Proteomics of Unpooled Corneas. OMICS. 2019 Nov;23(11):583-597. doi: 10.1089/omi.2019.0143. Epub 2019 Oct. PubMed PMID:31651220; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6857467.

Soiberman US, Shehata AEM, Lu MX, Young T, Daoud YJ, Chakravarti S, Jun AS,Foster JW. Small Molecule Modulation of the Integrated Stress Response Governs the Keratoconic Phenotype In Vitro. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Aug1;60(10):3422-3431. doi: 10.1167/iovs.19-27151. PubMed PMID: 31390655; PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC6686743.

Mohammadzadeh N, Lunde IG, Andenæs K, Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Skrbic B,Marstein HS, Bandlien C,Nygård S, Gorham J, Sjaastad I, Chakrvarti S,Christensen G, Engebretsen KVT, Tønnessen T. The extracellular matrix proteoglycan lumican improves survival and counteracts cardiac dilatation and failure in mice subjected to pressure overload. Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 24;9(1):9206. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45651-9. PubMed PMID: 31235849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6591256.

2018

Jaiswal AK, Sadasivam M, Archer NK, Miller RJ, Dillen CA, Ravipati A, Park PW, Chakravarti S, Miller LS, Hamad ARA. Syndecan-1 Regulates Psoriasiform Dermatitis by Controlling Homeostasis of IL-17-Producing γδ T Cells. J Immunol. 2018 Jul 25. pii: ji1800104. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800104. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30045969.

Foster JW, Shinde V, Soiberman US, Sathe G, Liu S, Wan J, Jiang Qian J, Dauoud Y, Pandey A, Jun AS, Chakravarti S. Integrated Stress Response and Decreased ECM in Cultured Stromal Cells From Keratoconus Corneas. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Jun 1;59(7):2977-2986. doi: 10.1167/iovs.18-24367. PubMed PMID: 30029277.

2017

Foster JW, Wahlin K, Adams SM, Birk DE, Zack DJ, Chakravarti S. Cornea organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 27;7:41286. doi: 10.1038/srep41286. PubMed PMID: 28128337.

Chakravarti S. Fibrillin Microfibrils Keep the Cornea in Shape. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 Apr 1;58(4):2117. doi: 10.1167/iovs.17-21840. PubMed PMID: 28395027.

Soiberman U, Foster JW, Jun AS, Chakravarti S. Pathophysiology of Keratoconus: What Do We Know Today. Open Ophthalmol J. 2017 Jul 31;11:252-261. doi: 10.2174/1874364101711010252. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28932341.

2016

Stasiak M, Boncela J, Perreau C, Karamanou K, Chatron-Colliet A, Proult I, Przygodzka P, Chakravarti S, Maquart FX, Kowalska MA, Wegrowski Y, Brézillon S. Lumican Inhibits SNAIL-Induced Melanoma Cell Migration Specifically by Blocking MMP-14 Activity. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150226. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150226. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 26930497.

Dupuis LE, Doucette L, Rice AK, Lancaster AE, Berger MG, Chakravarti S, Kern CB. Development of myotendinous-like junctions that anchor cardiac valves requires fibromodulin and lumican. Dev Dyn. 2016 Oct;245(10):1029-42. doi:10.1002/dvdy.24435. PubMed PMID: 27503167.

Frikeche J, Maiti G, Chakravarti S. Small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans in corneal inflammation and wound healing. Exp Eye Res. 2016 Oct;151:142-9. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2016.08.015. Review. PubMed PMID: 27569372.

2015

Murthy KR, Rajagopalan P, Pinto SM, Advani J, Murthy PR, Goel R, Subbannayya Y, Balakrishnan L, Dash M, Anil AK, Manda SS, Nirujogi RS, Kelkar DS, Sathe GJ, Dey G, Chatterjee A, Gowda H, Chakravarti S, Shankar S, Sahasrabuddhe NA, Nair B, Somani BL, Prasad TS, Pandey A. Proteomics of human aqueous humor. OMICS. 2015 May;19(5):283-93. doi: 10.1089/omi.2015.0029. PubMed PMID: 25933257.

Dupuis LE, Berger MG, Feldman S, Doucette L, Fowlkes V, Chakravarti S, Thibaudeau S, Alcala NE, Bradshaw AD, Kern CB. Lumican deficiency results in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy with altered collagen assembly. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2015 Jul;84:70-80. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.04.007. Epub 2015 Apr 15. PubMed PMID: 25886697.

Gowda RN, Redfern R, Frikeche J, Pinglay S, Foster JW, Lema C, Cope L, Chakravarti S. Functions of Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (Pglyrps) at the Ocular Surface: Bacterial Keratitis in Gene-Targeted Mice Deficient in Pglyrp-2, -3 and -4. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0137129. PubMed PMID: 26332373.

Hultgårdh-Nilsson A, Borén J, Chakravarti S. The small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans in tissue repair and atherosclerosis. J Intern Med. 2015 Nov;278(5):447-61. doi: 10.1111/joim.12400. Review. PubMed PMID: 26477596.

2014

Chen S, Young MF, Chakravarti S, Birk DE. Interclass small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan interactions regulate collagen fibrillogenesis and corneal stromal assembly. Matrix Biol. 2014 Jan 18. pii: S0945-053X(14)00005-5. doi:10.1016/j.matbio.2014.01.004. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24447998.

Steinhart MR, Cone-Kimball E, Nguyen C, Nguyen TD, Pease ME, Chakravarti S, Oglesby EN, Quigley HA. Susceptibility to glaucoma damage related to age and connective tissue mutations in mice. Exp Eye Res. 2014 Feb;119:54-60. doi:10.1016/j.exer.2013.12.008. Epub 2013 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 24368172.

Foster J, Wu WH, Scott SG, Bassi M, Mohan D, Daoud Y, Stark WJ, Jun AS, Chakravarti S. Transforming growth factor β and insulin signal changes in stromal fibroblasts of individual keratoconus patients. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 23;9(9):e106556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106556. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25247416.

2013

Shao H, Scott SG, Nakata C, Hamad AR, Chakravarti S. Extracellular matrix protein lumican promotes clearance and resolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in a mouse model. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054765. Epub 2013 Jan 24. PubMed PMID: 23358433.

Meng H, Matthaei M, Ramanan N, Grebe R, Chakravarti S, Speck CL, Kimos M, Vij  N, Eberhart CG, Jun AS. L450W and Q455K Col8a2 Knock-in Mouse Models of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Show Distinct Phenotypes and Evidence for Altered Autophagy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Feb 19. doi:pii: iovs.12-11021v1. 10.1167/iovs.12-11021. PubMed PMID: 23422828.

Chaerkady, R, Shao, H, Scott, S-G, Pandey, A, Jun, AS, Chakravarti, S. The keratoconus corneal proteome: loss of epithelial integrity and stromal degeneration. J. Proteomics., 2013 Jul 11;87:122-31. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2013.05.023. Epub 2013 May 29. PubMed PMID: 23727491.

Goel R, Murthy KR, Srikanth SM, Pinto SM, Bhattacharjee M, Kelkar DS, Madugundu AK, Dey G, Mohan SS, Krishna V, Prasad TsK, Chakravarti S, Harsha H, Pandey A. Characterizing the normal proteome of human ciliary body. Clin Proteomics. 2013 Aug 1;10(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1559-0275-10-9. PubMed PMID: 23914977.

2012

Shao H, Lee S, Gae-Scott S, Nakata C, Chen S, Hamad AR, Chakravarti S. Extracellular matrix lumican promotes bacterial phagocytosis and Lum-/- mice show increased Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection severity. J Biol Chem. 2012 Oct 19;287(43):35860-72. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.380550. Epub 2012 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: 22865855.

2011

Engler, C, Chakravarti, S, Doyle  J, Eberhart CG, Meng H, Stark WJ, Kelliher C,  Jun, AS. TGF β Signaling Pathway Activation in Keratoconus. American J. Ophthal., 2011 Feb 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21310385.

Jun AS, Cope L, Speck S, Feng, X, Lee, S, Meng H, Hamad, AR, and Chakravarti S. Subnormal Cytokine Profile in the Tear Fluid of Keratoconus Patients. PLoS ONE, 2011 Jan 27;6(1):e16437. PubMed PMID: 21298010.

Lohr, K, Sardana, H, Lee, S, Wu, F, Huso, DL, Hamad, AR, Chakravarti, S. Extracellular matrix protein lumican regulates inflammation in a mouse model of colitis. Inflamm Bowel Diseases, 2011 Apr 11. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21713.  [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21484968.

Shao, H, Chaerkady, R, Chen, S, Sneha, Pintoc, M, Sharma, R, Delanghe,B, Birk, D, Pandey, A  and Chakravarti, S. Proteome profiling of wild type and lumican-deficient mouse corneas. J Proteomics. 2011 May 17.  [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21616181.

Zuoxiang Xiao Z, Mohamood AS, Sophia Uddin S, Hiroaki Kimura H, Caturegli P, Womer KL, Huang Y,  Jie C, Chakravarti S, Schneck JP, Yagita H and Hamad AR. Inhibition of Fas ligand unmasks a potent role for IL-10 in restricting the ability of diabetogenic T cells to cause insulitis. The American J. Patholology, 2011 Aug;179(2):725-32. PubMed PMID: 21718680.

Delalande A, Bouakaz A, Renault G, Tabareau F, Kotopoulis S, Midoux P, Arbeille B, Uzbekov R, Chakravarti S, Postema M, Pichon C. Ultrasound and microbubble-assisted gene delivery in Achilles tendons: Long lasting gene expression and restoration of fibromodulin KO phenotype. J Control Release. 2011 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21888933.

Kelliher C, Chakravarti S, Vij N, Mazur S, Stahl PJ, Engler C, Matthaei M, Yu SM, Jun AS. A Cellular Model for the Investigation of Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystophy. Experimental Eye Research, 2011 Dec;93(6):880-8. Epub 2011 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 22020132.

Jun AS, Meng H, Ramanan N, Matthaei M, Chakravarti S, Bonshek R, Black GCM, Grebe R, Kimos M. An Alpha 2 Collagen VIII Transgenic Knock-in Model of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Shows Early Endothelial Cell Unfolded Protein Response and Apoptosis. Hum. Mol. Gen., 2012 Jan 15;21(2):384-93. Epub 2011 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 22002996.

Scott S-G, Jun AS and Chakravarti S. Sphere formation from corneal keratocytes and phenotype specific markers. Experimental Eye Research, 2011 Dec;93(6):898-905. Epub 2011 Oct 21. PubMed PMID: 22032988.

2010

Chen S, Oldberg A, Chakravarti S, Birk DE. Fibromodulin Regulates Collagen Fibrillogenesis During Peripheral Corneal Development. Dev Dyn. 2010 Mar; 239:844-54. PubMed PMID: 20108350.

2009

Lee S, Bowrin K, Hamad AR, Chakravarti S. Extracellular matrix lumican deposited on the surface of neutrophils promotes migration by binding to beta 2 integrin. J Biol Chem. 2009 284:23662-9. PubMedPMID: 19531489.

2008

Wu F, Lee S, Schumacher M, Jun A, Chakravarti S. Differential gene expression patterns of the developing and adult mouse cornea compared to the lens and tendon. Exp Eye Res. 2008 Sep; 87:214-25. PubMed PMID: 18582462.

Garagorri N, Fermanian S, Thibault R, Ambrose WM, Schein OD, Chakravarti S, Elisseeff J. Keratocyte behavior in three-dimensional photopolymerizable poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels. Acta Biomater. 2008 Sep; 4:1139-47. PubMed PMID: 18567550.

Mohamood AS, Bargatze D, Xiao Z, Jie C, Yagita H, Ruben D, Watson J, Chakravarti S, Schneck JP, Hamad AR. Fas-mediated apoptosis regulates the composition of peripheral alphabeta T cell repertoire by constitutively purging out double negative T cells. PLoS ONE. 2008; 3:e3465. PubMed PMID: 18941614.

Wu F, Zikusoka M, Trindade A, Dassopoulos T, Harris ML, Bayless TM, Brant SR, Chakravarti S, Kwon JH. MicroRNAs are Differentially Expressed and Alter Expression of Macrophage Inflammatory Peptide-2alpha. Gastroenterology. 2008 Nov; 135:1624-1635.  PubMed PMID: 18835392.

Ghosh A, Lee S, Chakravarti S. A novel antimicrobial peptidoglycan recognition protein in the cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009. 50:4185-91 PubMed PMID: 19387073.

Chakravarti S. Is genomic analysis relevant to IBD? Inflamm Bowel diseases. 2008; 14:S81-S82. PubMed PMID: 18816661.

2007

Suh LH, Zhang C, Chuck RS, Stark WJ, Naylor S, Binley K, Chakravarti S, Jun AS. Cryopreservation and lentiviral-mediated genetic modification of human primary cultured corneal endothelial cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007. 48: 3056-3061. PubMed PMID: 17591873.

Wu F, Dassopoulos T, Cope L, Brant SR, Harris M, Maitra M, Bayless TM, Parmigiani G, Chakravarti S. Genome-wide gene expression differences between Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis from endoscopic pinch biopsies: insights into distinctive pathogenesis. Inflamm Bowel Diseases, 2007; 13:807-821. PubMed PMID: 17262812.

Wu F, Chakravarti S. Differential Expression of Inflammatory and Fibrogenic Genes and Their Regulation by NF-κB Inhibition in a Mouse Model of Chronic Colitis. J Immunol. 2007; 179: 6988-7000.  PubMed PMID: 17982090.

Wu F, Vij N, Roberts L, Lopez-Briones S, Joyce S, Chakravarti S. A novel role of the lumican core protein in bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced innate immune response. J Biol Chem. 2007; 282: 26409-26417. PubMed PMID: 17616530.

2006

Chakravarti S. Focus on molecules: keratocan (KERA). Exp Eye Res. 2006; 82:183-4. PubMed PMID: 16360151.

Beecher N, Chakravarti S, Joyce S, Meek KM, Quantock AJ. Neonatal development of the corneal stroma in wild-type and lumican-null mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006; 47:146-50. PubMed PMID: 16384956.

Jun AS, Chakravarti S, Edelhauser HF, Kimos M. Aging Changes of Mouse Corneal Endothelium and Descemet’s Membrane. Exp Eye Res. 2006:83:890-896. PubMed PMID: 16777092.

Chakravarti S, Zhang G, Chervoneva I, Roberts L, Birk D.  Collagen fibril assembly during postnatal development and dysfunctional regulation in the lumican-deficient murine cornea. Dev Dyn. 2006; 235:2493-2506. PubMed PMID: 16786597.

2005

Vij N, Roberts L, Joyce S, Chakravarti S. Lumican regulates corneal inflammatory responses by modulating Fas-Fas ligand signaling. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sciences.  2005; 46: 88- 95. PubMed PMID: 15623759.

Zhang G, Young BB, Ezura Y, Favata M, Soslowsky LJ, Chakravarti S, Birk DE. Development of tendon structure and function: regulation of collagen fibrillogenesis. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2005; 5:5-21. PubMed PMID: 15788867.

2004

Vij N, Roberts L, Joyce S, Chakravarti S. Lumican suppresses cell proliferation and aids Fas-Fas ligand mediated apoptosis: implications in the cornea. Exp Eye Res. 2004; 78:957-71. PubMed PMID: 15051477.

Chakravarti S, Wu F, Vij N, Roberts L, Joyce S. Microarray studies reveal macrophage-like function of stromal keratocytes in the cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004; 45:3475-84. PubMed PMID: 15452052.

2003

Chakravarti S, Paul J, Roberts L, Oldberg A, Birk DE. Ocular and scleral alterations in gene-targeted lumican-fibromodulin double-null mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003; 44(6):2422-32. PubMed PMID: 12766039.

Song J, Lee Y-G, Houston J, Petroll WM, Chakravarti S, Cavanagh HD, Jester JV. Neonatal Corneal Stromal Development in the Normal and Lumican Knockout Mouse. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003; 44:548-557. PubMed PMID: 12556382.

Troup S, Njue C, Kliewer EV, Parisien M, Roskelley C, Chakravarti S, Roughley PJ, Murphy LC, Watson PH. Reduced expression of small leucine-rich proteoglycans, lumican and decorin, is associated with poor outcome in node negative invasive breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 2003; 9:207-214. PubMed PMID: 12538471.

Lawrance IC, Wu F, Leite AZA, Willis J, West GA, Fiocchi C, Chakravarti S. A murine model of chronic inflammation-induced intestinal fibrosis down regulated by antisense NF-κB. Gastroenterology. 2003; 125: 1750-1761. PubMed PMID: 14724828.

2002

Jepsen K, Wu F, Peragallo JH, Paul J, Roberts L, Ezura Y, Oldberg A, Birk DE, Chakravarti S.  A syndrome of joint laxity and impaired tendon integrity in lumican- and fibromodulin-deficient mice. J Biol Chem. 2002; 277:35532-35540. PubMed PMID: 12089156.

Chakravarti S. Functions of Lumican and Fibromodulin: Lessons From Knockout Mice. Glycoconj J (honoring the memory of Dr. Merton Bernfield). 2002; 19:287-293. PubMed PMID: 12975607.

2001

Lawrance IC, Fiocchi C, Chakravarti S. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease: distinctive gene expression profiles and novel susceptibility candidate genes. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Mar 1;10(5):445-56. PubMed PMID: 11181568.

Jester JV, Ghee Lee Y, Li J, Chakravarti S, Paul J, Petroll WM, Dwight Cavanagh H. Measurement of corneal sub layer thickness and transparency in transgenic mice with altered corneal clarity using in vivo confocal microscopy. Vision Res. 2001; 41: 1283-90. PubMed PMID: 11322973.

Quantock AJ, Meek KM, Chakravarti S. An X-ray diffraction investigation of corneal structure in lumican-deficient mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;  42: 1750-1756. PubMed PMID: 11431438.

Chakravarti S. The cornea through the eyes of knock-out mice. Exp Eye Research. 2001; 73: 411-419. PubMed PMID: 11825014.

2000

Chakravarti S, Petroll WM, Hassell JH, Jester J, Lass JH, Paul J, Birk DE. Corneal opacity in lumican-null mice: defects in collagen fibril structure and packing in the posterior stroma. Invest Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2000; 41(11):3365-3373. PubMed PMID: 11006226.

Ezura Y, Chakravarti S, Oldberg A, Chervoneva I, Birk DE. Differential expression of lumican and fibromodulin regulate collagen fibrillogenesis in developing mouse tendons. J Cell Biol. 2000 ; 151: 779-787. PubMed PMID: 11076963.

1999

Chakravarti S, Hassell JR. Perlecan In ‘ Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins.’ T Kreis, R Vale Eds. Second edition: 1999; 62-464.

1998

Dunlevy JR, Chakravarti S, Gyalzen P, Vergnes J-P, Hassell JR. Cloning and chromosomal localization of mouse keratocan, a corneal keratan sulfate proteoglycan. Mamm Genome. 1998 Apr;9(4):316-9. PubMed PMID: 9530631.

Chakravarti S, Magnuson T, Lass JH, LaMantia C, Jepsen KJ, Carroll H. Collagen fibril defects affecting skin and cornea in lumican-deficient mice. J Cell Biol. 1998; 141: 1277-1286. PubMed PMID: 9606218.

1991-1997

Chakravarti S, Magnuson T. Localization of mouse lumican (keratan sulfate proteoglycan) to distal chromosome 10. Mammalian Genome. 1995; 6:367-368. PubMed PMID: 7626890.

Chakravarti S, Stalling R, SunderRaj N, Cornuet PK, Hassell JR. Primary Structure of Human Lumican (Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan) and Localization of the Gene (LUM) to Chromosome 12q21.3-q22. Genomics. 1995; 27:481-488. PubMed PMID: 7558030.

SunderRaj N, Fite D, Ledbetter S, Chakravarti S, and Hassell JR. Perlecan is a component of cartilage matrix and promotes chondrocyte attachment. J Cell Science. 1995;108: 2663-2672. PubMed PMID: 7593307.

Chakravarti S, Horchar T, Jefferson B, Laurie G, Hassell JR. Recombinant Domain III of Perlecan Promotes Cell Attachment through Its RGDS Sequence. J Biol Chem. 1995; 270: 404-409. PubMed PMID: 7814401.

Hascall VC, Yanigishita M, Calabro A, Midura R, Rada JA, Chakravarti S, Hassell JR. Isolation and characterization of proteoglycan core protein. In ‘Extracellular matrix: A practical approach’. MA Haralson, JR Hassell eds. 1995; 221-240. IRL Press at Oxford University Press, New York.

Laurie GW, Rada JR, Chakravarti S, Hassell JR. Perlecan. In ‘Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins.’ T. Kreis and R. Vale eds. 1993; 79-81.

Chakravarti S, Hassell JR, Phillips SL. Perlecan gene expression precedes laminin gene expression during differentiation of F9 embryonal carcinoma cells. Develop Dynamics. 1993; 197:107-114. PubMed PMID: 8219353.

HasselJR, Blochburger T, Rada JA, Chakravarti S, Noonan D. Proteoglycan gene families. In ‘ Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology.’ H Kleinman, ed. 1992; 6:69-113. The Extracellular Matrix. J. A. I. Press, Greenwich, CT.

Chakravarti S, Phillips S, Hassell JR. Assignment of the perlecan (heparan sulfate proteoglycan) gene to mouse chromosome 4. Mammalian Genome. 1991; 1: 270-272. PubMed PMID: 1686572.

1984-1990

Chakravarti S, Tam MF, Chung AE. The basement membrane glycoprotein entactin promotes cell attachment and binds calcium ions. J Biol Chem. 1990; 265:10597-10603. PubMed PMID: 2191952.

Tsao T, Hsieh J-C, Durkin M, Wu C, Chakravarti S, Dong L-J, Lewis M, Chung AE. Characterization of the basement membrane glycoprotein entactin synthesized in the baculovirus expression system. J. Biol. Chem. 1990; 265: 5188-5191. PubMed PMID: 2180961.

Durkin ME, Chakravarti S, Bartos B, Liu S-H, Friedman RL, Chung AE. Amino acid sequence and domain structure of entactin. Homology with epidermal growth factor precursor and low density lipoprotein receptor. J Cell Biol. 1988; 107:2749-2758. PubMed PMID: 3264556.

Chakravarti S, Hamilton B, Sussman R. Relationship between cellular RecA protein concentration and untargeted mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. Mutation Research. 1986; 160:179-193. PubMed PMID: 2938000.

Friedrich CA, Chakravarti S, Ferrell RE. A general method for visualizing enzymes releasing adenosine or adenosine-5′-monophosphate. Biochemical Genetics. 1984; 22:389-394. PubMed PMID: 6466287.