Publications

1.   Bose A, Sengupta M*, Maitra S, Bandyopadhyay AR and Schaschl H. The Genetic Architecture of Human Skin Pigmentation: Evolution and Adaptation Across Global Populations. Frontiers in Genetics. Accepted for publication in June 2026. (*corresponding author).

2.   Banerjee S, Dutta B, Biswas S, Sengupta S, Bhattacharjee S, Sengupta D*, Sengupta M*. Genetic Predisposition to Gastric Cancer and Treatment Outcomes in South Asian and Iranian Population: A Comprehensive Meta-analysis. The Nucleus. Accepted for publication in June 2026. (*Joint corresponding authors).

3.   Saha A, Dutta P, Dutta A, Dutta T, Sarkar S, Biswas A, Sengupta M. Exploratory associations of candidate modifier variants with disease severity, age at onset, and drug response in three Wilson disease patients sharing the same ATP7B mutation. Molecular Biology Reports. 2026 Mar 27;53(1):552. doi: 10.1007/s11033-026-11655-8. PMID: 41893930.

4.   Sarkar N, Saha A, Roy S, Sengupta M. Non-coding RNAs in Wilson's Disease: Plausible drivers of hepatic symptom heterogeneity. Mutation Research, Reviews in Mutation Research. 2025 Jul-Dec; 796:108570. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2025.108570. PMID: 41275576.

5.   Afzal SM, Mohamed ZA, Sengupta M, Panjaliya RK, Das P, Munshi A, Li J, Wen J, Banerjee S. COVID-19 and Mucosal Immunization: Assessing Current Efforts, Challenges, and Future Opportunities for Vaccine Development. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. 2025 Nov; 12, 25. doi: 10.1007/s40588-025-00262-z.

6.   Saha D*, Dutta P*, Sengupta S, Shahid S, Sengupta M. Deciphering the burden of chromosomal disorders in India, bridging the gap between clinical reality and documented evidence: A systematic review and meta-epidemiological mapping of congenital and acquired abnormalities. The Nucleus. 2025 Oct; 68, 525–582. doi.: 10.1007/s13237-025-00617-3 (*Joint first authors).

7.  Dinle YYH, Liu R, Sengupta M, Panjaliya RK, Das P, Munshi A, Chakraborty S, Li J, Qi B, Mohamed ZA, Tong Q, Zhang M, Wen J, Banerjee S. ZNRF3 in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Insights into Wnt Signaling and Therapeutic Potential. Neurogenetics. 2025 Oct 2;26(1):72. doi: 10.1007/s10048-025-00852-5. PMID: 41037104.

8.   Chatterjee A, Hota T, Sengupta M. Role of angiotensin receptor type – I and type – II in the development of common cardiac problems. Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2025 May–Aug; 11(2):p 105-113. doi: 10.4103/jpcs.jpcs_44_25.

9.  Chourri H, Liu R, Sengupta M, Panjaliya RK, Das P, Munshi A, Li J, Qi B, Zhu M, Wen J, Banerjee S. HDAC3 in neurodevelopmental disorders: Molecular mechanisms and targeted intervention. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2025 Sep 1; 577:120455. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2025.120455. PMID: 40609820.

10.   Mondal Ritisri, Sengupta Debmalya, Dutta Tithi, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi*, Sengupta M*. A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Genetic Variants and Covariates Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in the Indian Population. Discover Medicine. 2025. March 2; 56 (2025). doi:10.1007/s44337-025-00252-6. (*Joint corresponding authors)

11.   Roy Shubhrajit, Bhattacharya Sreyashi, Saha Arpan, Iqbal Asif, Ghosh Sampurna, Sengupta Debmalya, Das Shyamal Kumar, Gangopadhyay Prasanta Kumar, Bavdekar Ashish, Ray Kunal, Ray Jharna, Sengupta M. Regulatory variants in Indian Wilson’s disease patients with missing heritability. Gene & Protein in Disease. 2025 March; 4(2), 7503. 2025. doi: 10.36922/gpd.7503.

12.   Chakraborty AP, Mukherjee A, Sinharoy U, Chakrabarty M, Sengupta M, Chowdhury J, Biswas A. Motor and Non-motor Neurologic Symptoms of Wilson's Disease: Exploring the Associations. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 2025 Jan 1;28(1):66-71. doi: 10.4103/aian.aian_503_24. PMID: 39915970.

13.   Dhauria Mrinmay, Pyne Tushar, Nandagopal Krishnadas, Chakraborty Ipsita, Ganguly Kausik, Sengupta Debmalya, Mondal Sandip, Sengupta M*, Das Madhusudan*. The SNAP25 gene emerges as a pivotal player in shaping well-being levels not only among Indians but also on a global scale. The Nucleus. 2025 Jan; 68, 645–657. doi: 10.1007/s13237-025-00530-9. (*Joint corresponding authors)

14.   Saha Tania, Ganguly Kausik, Bhowmick Bismoy, Mitra Sagnik, Bhattacharyya Ankita, Tithi, Dutta Sengupta M. Knowledge of NUMTs and mitochondrial DNA specific primer designing is of utmost importance to avoid misidentification of heteroplasmic mutations. The Nucleus. 2024 Oct; 67:579–587. doi: 10.1007/s13237-024-00514-1

15.   Saha Arpan, Sinha Madhurima, Roy Susweta, Sengupta Debmalya, Mitra Ritabrata, Sarkar Abhijit, Chaudhuri Tamohan, Bhattacharjee Gautam, Nath Somsubhra, Roychoudhury Susanta, Sengupta M. Genetic association of two regulatory SNVs of GSTA1 and SULT1A1 with cigarette smoke related lung cancer in a representative eastern Indian population. Gene & Protein in Disease. 2024 Sep; 3(3), 3928. doi: 10.36922/gpd.3928.

16.   Dutta Tithi, Ganguly Kausik, Saha Arpan, Sil Asim, Ray Kunal, Sengupta M. Identifying genetic defects in oculocutaneous albinism patients of West Bengal, Eastern India. Molecular Biology Reports. 2024 Jul 16;51(1):818. doi: 10.1007/s11033-024-09777-y. PMID: 39014059.

17.   Saha Arpan, Das Shrishti, De Samragni, Dutta Tithi, Roy Shubhrajit, Biswas Atanu, Sengupta M. An effort to identify genetic determinants in Wilson Disease siblings manifesting striking clinical heterogeneity: An exome profiling study of two Indian families. Pediatric Neurology. 2024 Jun; 155:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.03.005. PMID: 38552405.

18.   Banerjee Souradeep, Dutta Bratati, Biswas Soumili, Sengupta M. The Frigging kinship between prostate carcinogenesis and the genomic landscape of Indian males. International Journal of Bioinformatics and Intelligent Computing. 2024 Feb; 3(1):104-134.

19.   Dhauria Mrinmay, Pyne Tushar, Nandagopal Krishnadas, Sen Roy Sugata, Sengupta M*, Das Madhusudan*. Elucidating the Association of Key Socio-demographic Factors Underlying Happiness and Well-being in the Eastern Indian Bengali Population: Role of key factors in subjective happiness. International Journal of Bioinformatics and Intelligent Computing 2024 Feb; 3(1):26-44. (*Joint corresponding authors)

20.   Dutta Tithi, Sengupta Sambuddha, Adhya Suchismita, Saha Arpan, Sengupta Debmalya, Mondal Ritisri, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi*, Sengupta M*. Identification of TNF-α as major susceptible risk locus for vitiligo: A systematic review and meta-analysis study in Asian population. Dermatology 2024 Feb; 240(3):376-386. doi: 10.1159/000536480. PMID: 38377977 (*Joint corresponding authors)

21.   Sengupta Sutanuka*, Sengupta Debmalya*, Banerjee Souradeep, Dutta Bratati, Sengupta M. Meta-analysis of polymorphic variants conferring acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in the Indian population. The Nucleus.: 2024 Feb;68, 1–19. doi: 10.1007/s13237-024-00466-6 (*Equal contribution).

22.   Ganguly Kausik, Dutta Tithi, Ganguli Sayak, Sengupta M. Common structural attributes of Tyrosinase variants are unlikely to determine differential retentions within Endoplasmic Reticulum: A modelling study with 45 variants. Proceedings of the Indian            National Science Academy. 2023 Aug;89,825–836. doi: 10.1007/s43538-023-00196-4.

23.   Bose Arkopala, Maitra Sumit, Sengupta M, Chatterjee Diptendu, Bandyopadhyay Arup Ratan. Human Cutaneous Microbiome and Skin Carcinogenesis: An Immunological Conundrum. Archives of Dermatology and Skin Care. 2023 Jun;5(1), 1-13. doi: 10.22259/2638-4914.0501001.

24.   Sengupta Debmalya, Mukhopadhyay Pramiti#, Banerjee Souradeep#, Ganguly Kausik, Mascharak Prateek, Mukherjee Noyonika, Mitra Sangeeta, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi, Mitra Ritabrata, Sarkar Abhijit, Chaudhuri Tamohan, Bhattacharjee Gautam, Nath Somsubhra, Roychoudhury Susanta, Sengupta M. Identifying polymorphic cis-regulatory variants as risk markers for lung carcinogenesis and chemotherapy responses in tobacco smokers from eastern India. Scientific Reports. 2023 Mar 10;13(1):4019. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30962-9. PMID: 36899086 (#Equal contribution).

25.   Roy Shubhrajit, Ghosh Sampurna, Ray Jharna, Ray Kunal* and Sengupta M*. Missing heritability of Wilson disease: a search for the uncharacterized mutations. Mammalian Genome.   2023 Mar;34(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00335-022-09971-y. PMID: 36462057. (*Joint corresponding authors).

26.   Sadhukhan Susanta, Paul Nirvika, Ghosh Sudakshina, Munian Dinesh, Ganguly Kausik, Ghosh Krishnendu, Sengupta M, Das Madhusudan. Analysis of DNMT1 Gene Variants in Progression of Neural Tube Defects- an in silico to invitro approach. Bioscience Reports. 2022 Dec 22;42(12): BSR20220998. doi: 10.1042/BSR20220998. PMID: 36394275.

27.   Dutta Tithi, Mitra Sayantan, Saha Arpan, Ganguly Kausik, Pyne Tushar, Sengupta M. A comprehensive meta-analysis and prioritization study to identify vitiligo associated coding and non- coding SNV candidates using web-based Bioinformatics tools. Scientific Reports. 2022 Aug 25;12(1):14543. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-18766-9. PMID: 36008553.

28.   Ganguly K, Sengupta, D, Sarkar, N, Mukherjee N, Dutta T, Saha A, Saha,T, Ghosh B, Chatterjee S, Brahmachari P, Kundu A, Sengupta M. Comprehensive in silico analyses of single nucleotide variants of the human orthologues of 171 murine loci to seek novel insights into the genetics of human pigmentation. Proceedings of Zoological Society. 2022 Aug;75, 361–380. doi: 10.1007/s12595-022-00449-y.

29.   Bose Rahul, Sengupta M, Basu Debabrata, Jha Sumita. rolB-transgenic Nicotiana tabacum T1 plants exhibit upregulated ARF7 and ARF19 gene expression. Plant Direct. 2022 Jun 18;6(6):e414. doi: 10.1002/pld3.414. PMID: 35774625.

30.   Saha Tania, Bhowmick Bismoy, Sengupta Debmalya, Banerjee Souradeep, Mitra Ritabrata, Sarkar Abhijit, Chaudhuri Tamohan, Bhattacharjee Gautam, Nath Somsubhra, Roychoudhury Susanta, Sengupta M. No association of the common Asian mitochondrial DNA haplogroups with lung cancer in East Indian population. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 2022 Mar 28;34(5):663-668. doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2021-0352. PMID: 35338796.

31.   Pyne Tushar, Ghosh Poulomi, Dhauria Mrinmay, Ganguly Kausik, Sengupta Debmalya, Nandagopal Krishnadas, Sengupta M*, Das Madhusudan*. Prioritization of Human Well- being Spectrum related GWAS-SNVs using ENCODE-based web-tools predict interplay between PSMC3, ITIH4, and SERPINC1 genes in modulating well-being. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2022 Jan;145:92-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.040. PMID: 34883412. (*Joint corresponding authors).

32.   Sengupta Debmalya#, Banerjee Souradeep#, Mitra Ritabrata, Sarkar Abhijit, Chaudhuri Tamohan, Bhattacharjee Gautam, Nath Somsubhra, Roychoudhury Susanta, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi* and Sengupta M*. A comprehensive meta-analysis and a case-control study give insights into genetic susceptibility of lung cancer and subgroups. Scientific Reports. 2021 Jul 16;11(1):14572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92275-z. PMID: 34272429. (#Equal Contribution) (*Joint corresponding authors).

33.   Saha Tania, Roy Somrita, Chakraborty Rajashree, Biswas Arindam, Das Shyamal K, Ray Kunal, Ray Jharna and Sengupta M. Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Three Independent Polymorphisms have no Association with the Risk of Parkinson's Disease in East Indian Population. Neurology India. 2021 Mar-Apr;69(2):461-465. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.314553. PMID: 33904476.

34.   Sengupta Debmalya, Bhattacharya Gairika, Ganguli Sayak*, Sengupta M*. Structural insights and evaluation of the potential impact of missense variants on the interactions of SLIT2  with ROBO1/4 in cancer progression. Scientific Reports 2020 Dec 14;10(1):21909. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78882-2. PMID: 33318575. (*Joint Corresponding authors).

35.   Pyne Tushar, Dhauria Mrinmay, Chaudhury Debadeep, Valecha Drishti, Ghosh Saurabh, Nandagopal Krishnadas, Sengupta M, Das Madhusudan. Bengali Translations, Reliability Assessment and Validations of Four Happiness scales in a representative population from Kolkata, India. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2020 Dec;8(4), 1439-1461, doi: 10.25215/0804.157.

36.   Sengupta Debmalya, Banerjee Souradeep, Mukhopadhyay Pramiti, Udayan Guha, Ganguly Kausik, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi, Sengupta Mainak. A meta-analysis and in silico analysis of polymorphic variants conferring breast cancer risk in the Indian subcontinent. Future Oncology. 2020 Sep;16(27):2121-2142. doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0333. PMID: 32744066.

37.   Ganguly K, Dutta T, Saha A, Sarkar D, Sil A, Ray K, Sengupta M. Mapping the TYR gene reveals novel and previously reported variants in Eastern Indian patients highlighting preponderance of the same changes in multiple unrelated ethnicities. Annals of Human Genetics. 2020 May;84(3):303-312. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12376. PMID: 32115698.

38.   Roy S, Ghosh S, Bhattacharya S, Saha A, Das S, Gangopadhyay P, Bavdekar A, Ray K, Sengupta M*, Ray J*. Dopamine β hydroxylase (DBH) polymorphisms do not contribute towards the clinical course of Wilson's disease in Indian patients. Journal of Gene Medicine 2019 Sep;21(9):e3109. doi: 10.1002/jgm.3109. PMID: 31265749. (*Joint Corresponding authors).

39.   Ganguly K, Saha T, Saha A, Dutta T, Banerjee S, Sengupta D, Bhattacharya S, Ghosh S, Sengupta M. Meta-Analysis and Prioritization of human skin pigmentation associated GWAS-SNP s using ENCODE data-based web-tools. Archives of Dermatological Research 2019 Apr; 311(3):163-171. doi: 10.1007/s00403-019-01891-3. PMID: 30756169.

40.   Sengupta M, Dutta T., Ray K. SLC45A2 (Solute Carrier Family 45 Member 2); Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology 2019 Jan Online version: http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/SLC45A2ID41306ch5p13.html

41.   Roy S, Pal P, Ghosh S, Bhattacharya S, Das SK, Gangopadhyay PK, Bavdekar A, Ray K, Sengupta M*, Ray J*. Potential role of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Dopamine receptor D2 variants modify the susceptibility and clinical course of Wilson's disease. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 2018 Sep; 20(3):401-408. doi: 10.1007/s12017-018-8501-2. PMID: 29992511. (*Joint Corresponding authors).

42.   Sengupta D, Guha U, Mitra S, Ghosh S, Bhattacharjee S*, Sengupta M*. Meta- analysis of polymorphic variants conferring genetic risk to Cervical Cancer in Indian women supports CYP1A1 as an important associated locus. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2018 Aug 24;19(8):2071-2081. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.8.2071. PMID: 30139066. (*Joint Corresponding authors).

43.   Sultana Z, Bankura B, Pattanayak AK, Sengupta D, Sengupta M, Saha ML, Panda CK & Das M. Association of Interleukin-1 beta and Tumor necrosis factor-alpha genetic polymorphisms with gastric cancer in India. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 2018 Aug;59(7):653-667. doi: 10.1002/em.22208. PMID: 30094865.

44.   Roy S., Ganguly K., Pal P., Ghosh S., Das S.K., Gangopadhyay P.K., Bavdekar A., Ray K., Sengupta M. and Ray J. Influence of Apolipoprotein E polymorphism on susceptibility of Wilson disease. Annals of Human Genetics, 2018 Mar;82(2):53-59. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12223. PMID: 29059476. (*Joint Corresponding authors)

45.   Sengupta D, Guha U, Bhattacharjee S*, Sengupta M*. Association of 12 polymorphic variants conferring genetic risk to lung cancer in Indian population: An extensive meta-analysis. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 2017 Dec;58(9):688-700. doi: 10.1002/em.22149. PMID: 29076184. (*Joint Corresponding authors)

46.   Ganguly K, Dutta T, Samanta S, Sil A, Ray K, and Sengupta M. C10ORF11 is Unlikely to have a Major Contribution towards OCA Pathogenesis in Southern and Eastern India. Journal of Human Biology & Health Education. 2017 March;1: 003.

47.   Saha PS, Sengupta M, and Jha S. Ribosomal DNA ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 secondary structure, nuclear DNA content and phytochemical analyses reveal distinctive characteristics of four subclades of Protasparagus. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2017; 55: 54–70. doi:10.1111/jse.12221.

48.   Ray K, Sengupta M, Ghosh S. SLC24A5 (solute carrier family 24 (sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger), member 5); Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 21(2), 2017.

49.   Ray K, Sengupta M, Ghosh S. C10orf11 (Chromosome 10 Open Reading Frame 11). Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, 21(1), 2017.

50.   Ray K, Sengupta M, Ghosh S. TYRP1 (tyrosinase-related protein 1); Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, 2017 March; Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/73332/slc24a5-(solute-carrier-family-24-(sodium-potassium-calcium-exchanger)-member-5).

51.   Ray, K; Sengupta, M; Ghosh, S. OCA2 (oculocutaneous albinism II), Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 2016 March. online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/45789/oca2-(oca2-melanosomal-transmembrane-protein).

52.   Mondal M*, Sengupta M* and Ray K. Functional assessment of tyrosinase variants identified in individuals with albinism is essential for unequivocal determination of genotype to phenotype correlation. British Journal of Dermatology. 2016 Dec;175(6):1232-1242. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14977. PMID: 27537549. (*Equal contribution).

53.   Sengupta M,*# Sarkar D,* Ganguly K, Sengupta D, Bhaskar S, Ray K.# In silico analyses of missense mutations in coagulation factor VIII: Identification of severity-determinants of haemophilia A. Haemophilia. 2015 Sep;21(5):662-9. doi: 10.1111/hae.12662. PMID: 25854144. (#Equal Contribution, *Joint corresponding authors).

54.   Saha PS, Ray S, Sengupta M and Jha S. Molecular phylogenetic studies based on rDNA ITS, cpDNA trnL intron sequence and cladode characteristics in nine Protasparagus taxa, Protoplasma. 2015 Jul;252(4):1121-34. doi: 10.1007/s00709-014-0746-5. PMID: 25534258.

55.   Mookherjee S, Bhattacharjee A, Sengupta M. The aging eye. Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015;2015:832326. doi: 10.1155/2015/832326. PMID: 25878895.

56.   Sarkar D, Ray K, Sengupta M. Structure-Function Correlation Analysis of Connexin50 Missense Mutations Causing Congenital Cataract: Electrostatic Potential Alteration Could Determine Intracellular Trafficking Fate of Mutants. Biomed Research International. 2014;2014:673895. doi: 10.1155/2014/673895. PMID: 25003127.

57.   Mukherjee S, Dutta S, Majumdar S, Biswas T, Jaiswal P, Sengupta M, Bhattacharya A, Gangopadhyay PK, Bavdekar A, Das SK, Ray K. Genetic defects in Indian Wilson disease patients and genotype-phenotype correlation. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 2014 Jan;20(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.09.021. PMID: 24094725.

58.   Sengupta M, Sarkar D, Mondal M, Samanta S, Sil A, Ray K. Analysis of MC1R variants in Indian Oculocutaneous Albinism patients: Highlighting the risk of skin cancer among the albinos. Journal of Genetics, 2013;92(2):305-8. doi: 10.1007/s12041-013-0250-2. PMID: 23970088.

59.   Ray K, Sengupta M. Oculocutaneous Albinism. Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, 2012 August online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/cancer-prone-disease/10022/oculocutaneous-albinism. Updated by Ray K, Sengupta M and Ganguly, K in March 2015.

60.   Mondal M*, Sengupta M*, Samanta S, Sil A, Ray K. Molecular basis of albinism in India: Evaluation of seven potential candidate genes and some new findings. Gene, 2012 Dec 15;511(2):470-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.012. PMID: 23010199. (*Equal contribution).