Publications

35. Kuni P, Kajla G and  Gahlay GK. Neutrophils in the female reproductive tract: immune interactions and sperm adaptations, Mol Hum Reprod. 2025; gaaf045, doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaaf045. (IF 3.5) Link 

34. Rajput N and Gahlay GK. Genetic variations in zona pellucida glycoproteins: Implications for fertility and ART outcomes. Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res. 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2025.108560. (IF 4.2)  Link 

33. Narang A, Kaur K, Bedi N, Rajput N, Kaur G, Kaur S. Targeting Microbial Biofilms and Promoting Wound Healing in MRSA-Infected Diabetic Rats using Postbiotics of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2025. doi:10.1007/s12602-025-10565-8.  (IF 4.4) Link 

32. Kaur A, Singh H, Kumar D, Mithu VS, Gahlay GK. Characterizing the Conformational Dynamics of Human SUMO2: Insights into its Interaction with Metal Ions and SIMs. Chembiochem. 2024. doi:10.1002/cbic.202400045. (IF 3.1) Link 

31. Kaur K, Singh A, Rajput N, Bhullar V, Monga A, Mahajan A, Gahlay GK, Bedi N. Fabrication and characterization of shikonin and sea buckthorn endowed nanoemulsion reinforcing elecrospun scaffolds for treatment of diabetic wounds. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 2024; 92:105311. doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105311. (IF 5). Link 

30. Vashisht A and Gahlay GK. Understanding seminal plasma in male infertility: emerging markers and their implications. Andrology. 2023; doi:10.1111/andr.13563. (IF4.6). Link 

29. Suri K, Rajput N, Sharma P, Omble AD, Kulkarni K and Gahlay GK. In silico Identification and Characterization of the SNPs in the Human ASTL Gene and their Probable Role in Female Infertility. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2023;  11:1151672. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1151672. (IF 6.081) Link  

28. Vashisht A, Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Singh H, Sahajpal NS, Fulzele S, Kota V, Kolhe R and Gahlay GK. Immune Factors Drive Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Genes Amid Sexual Disparity. Viruses. 2023; 15(3):657. doi: 10.3390/v15030657. (IF 5.814) Link 

27. Kaur N, Fischer M, Hitaishi P, Kumar S, Sharma VK, Ghosh SK, Gahlay GK, Scheidt HA, Mithu VS. How 1,n-Bis(3-alkylimidazolium-1-yl) Alkane Interacts with the Phospholipid Membrane and Impacts the Toxicity of Dicationic Ionic Liquids. Langmuir. 2022;38(45):13803-13813. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01956.  (IF 5.818) Link 

26. Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Ahluwalia M, Sahajpal NS, Jones K, Jilani Y, Gahlay GK, Barrett A, Kota V, Rojiani AM and Kolhe R. Clinical and molecular assessment of an onco-immune signature with prognostic significance in patients with colorectal cancer. Cancer Medicine. 2022; 10.1002/cam4.4568. (IF 4.452) Link 

25. Kaur N, Fischer M, Kumar S, Gahlay GK, Scheidt H and Mithu VS. Interaction of POPG membranes with ionic liquids containing 1-Dodecyl-3-methylbenzimidazolium and 1-Dodecyl-1-methylmorpholinium Cations: Structural details from 31P and 2H-based solid-state NMR spectroscopy. JMRO. 2022; 10–11; 100036; doi: 10.1016/j.jmro.2022.100036. (IF 4.4) Link  

24. Rajput N and Gahlay GK. Identification and In Silico Characterization of Deleterious Single Nucleotide Variations in Human ZP2 gene. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2021;9:763166. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.763166. (IF 6.83) Link 

23. Vashisht A, Ahluwalia PK, Gahlay GK. A Comparative Analysis of the Altered Levels of Human Seminal Plasma Constituents as Contributing Factors in Different Types of Male Infertility. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 2021; 43(3):1307-1324. doi: 10.3390/cimb43030093. (IF 2.081)  Link 

22. Kaur N, Kumar S, Shiksha, Gahlay GK, Mithu VS. Cytotoxicity and membrane permeability of double-chained 1,3-dialkylimidazolium cations in ionic liquids. J Phys Chem B. 2021;125(14):3613-3621. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c00592. Epub 2021 Apr 5.  (IF 2.991) Link 

21. Ahluwalia P, Kolhe R and Gahlay GK. The clinical relevance of gene expression based prognostic signatures in colorectal cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2021; doi.org/10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188513. (IF 10.68) Link 

20. Kaur N, Fischer M, Kumar S, Gahlay GK, Scheidt H and Mithu VS. Role of cationic head-group in cytotoxicity of ionic liquids: Probing changes in bilayer architecture using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J Colloid Interface Sci.  2021; doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.115. (IF 8.128) Link 

19. Gahlay GK, Rajput N. The enigmatic sperm proteins in mammalian fertilization: an overview Biol Reprod. 2020; doi:10.1093/biolre/ioaa140.  (IF 4.285) Link 

18. Vashisht A, Gahlay GK. Using miRNAs as diagnostic biomarkers for male infertility: opportunities and challenges. Mol Hum Reprod. 2020; doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaaa016.  (IF 4.025) Link 

17. Kaur A, Jaiswal N, Raj R, Kumar B, Kapur S, Kumar D, Mithu VS, Gahlay GK. Characterization of Cu2+ and Zn2+ binding sites in SUMO1 and its impact on protein stability. Int J Biol Macromol. 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.116.  (IF 6.953) Link 

16. Kumar S, Scheidt HA, Kaur N, Kang TS, Gahlay GK, Huster D, Mithu VS. Effect of the Alkyl Chain Length of Amphiphilic Ionic Liquids on the Structure and Dynamics of Model Lipid Membranes. Langmuir. 2019; doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02128.  (IF 3.882) Link 

15.  Ahluwalia P, Mondal AK, Bloomer C, Fulzele S, Jones K, Ananth S, Gahlay GK, Heneidi S, Rojiani AM, Kota V, Kolhe R. Identification and Clinical Validation of a Novel 4 Gene-Signature with Prognostic Utility in Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2019; doi: 10.3390/ijms20153818. (IF 5.923) Link 

14. Kaur A, Gourav, Kumar S, Jaiswal N, Vashisht A, Kumar D, Mithu VS, Gahlay GK. NMR characterization of conformational fluctuations and noncovalent interactions of SUMO protein from Drosophila melanogaster (dSmt3). Proteins. 2019; doi: 10.1002/prot.25690. (IF 3.756) Link 

13. Jaiswal N, Agarwal N, Kaur A, Tripathi S, Gahlay GK, Arora A, Mitthu VS, Poluri KM, Kumar D. Molecular interaction between human SUMO-I and histone like DNA binding protein of Helicobacter pylori (Hup) investigated by NMR and other biophysical tools. Int J Biol Macromol. 2018; doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.11.054. (IF 5.923) Link 

12. Moremen KW, Ramiah A, Stuart M, Steel J, Meng L, Forouhar F, Moniz HA, Gahlay G, Gao Z, Chapla D, Wang S, Yang JY, Prabhakar PK, Johnson R, Rosa MD, Geisler C, Nairn AV, Seetharaman J, Wu SC, Tong L, Gilbert HJ, LaBaer J, Jarvis DL. Expression system for structural and functional studies of human glycosylation enzymes. Nat Chem Biol. 2018; doi: 10.1038/nchembio.2539. (IF 13.783) Link  

11.  Gerken TA, Revoredo L, Thome JJ, Tabak LA, Vester-Christensen MB, Clausen H, Gahlay GK, Jarvis DL, Johnson RW, Moniz HA, Moremen K. The lectin domain of the polypeptide GalNAc transferase family of glycosyltransferases (ppGalNAc Ts) acts as a switch directing glycopeptide substrate glycosylation in an N- or C-terminal direction, further controlling mucin type O-glycosylation. J Biol Chem. 2013; doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.477877. (IF 5.157) Link 

10.  Gao Y, Aryal RP, Ju T, Cummings RD, Gahlay G, Jarvis DL, Matta KL, Vlahakis JZ, Szarek WA, Brockhausen I. Acceptor specificities and selective inhibition of recombinant human Gal- and GlcNAc-transferases that synthesize core structures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of O-glycans. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013; doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.04.001. (IF 3.770) Link 

9. Gahlay G, Gauthier L, Baibakov B, Epifano O and Dean J. Gamete recognition in mice depends on the cleavage status of an egg's zona pellucida protein. Science. 2010; doi: 10.1126/science.1188178. (IF 41.84) Link 

8. Gahlay GK, Batra D, Gupta SK. Baculovirus expressed C-terminal fragment of bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) zona pellucida glycoprotein-3 inhibits ZP3-mediated induction of acrosomal exocytosis. Mol Reprod Dev. 2005; doi: 10.1002/mrd.20254. (IF 3.113) Link 

7. Sivapurapu N, Hasegawa A, Gahlay GK, Koyama K and Gupta SK. Efficacy of antibodies against a chimeric synthetic peptide encompassing epitopes of bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) zona pellucida-1 and zona pellucida-3 glycoproteins to inhibit in vitro human sperm-egg binding. Mol Reprod Dev. 2005; doi: 10.1002/mrd.20202. (IF 3.113) Link 

6. Gupta SK, Srivastava N, Choudhury S, Rath A, Sivapurapu N, Gahlay GK and Batra D. Update on zona pellucida glycoproteins based contraceptive vaccine. J Reprod Immunol. 2004; doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2003.08.004. (IF 4.054) Link 

5. Gahlay GK and Gupta SK. Glycosylation of zona pellucida glycoprotein-3 is required for inducing acrosomal exocytosis in the bonnet monkey. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2003;49(3):389-397. (IF 1.77)

4. Gahlay GK, Srivastava N, Govind CK and Gupta SK. Primate recombinant zona pellucida proteins expressed in Escherichia coli bind to spermatozoa. J Reprod Immunol. 2002; doi: 10.1016/s0165-0378(01)00083-3.  (IF 4.054) Link 

3. Gahlay GK, Govind CK, Choudhury S and Gupta SK. Purified and refolded recombinant bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) zona pellucida glycoprotein-B expressed in Escherichia coli binds to spermatozoa. Biol Reprod. 2001; doi: 10.1095/biolreprod64.4.1147. (IF 4.285) Link 

2. Gahlay GK, Patra AK, Reddy BVV, Gupta SK and Panda AK. Refolding, structural transition and spermatozoa-binding of recombinant bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) zona pellucida glycoprotein-C expressed in Escherichia coli. Eur J Biochem. (Currently known as FEBS Journal) 2000; doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01808.x.  (IF 5.54) Link 

1. Gupta SK, Srivastava N, Govind CK, Sivapurapu N and Gahlay GK. Comparative Molecular Biology and Immunobiology of Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Contraception. Proc. Ind. Natn. Sci. Acad. (PINSA) B. 2000;66: 33-48.  Link