Faculty Profile
Somik Chatterjee
Research Scientist, Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office:
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Health 2, Room 5008
4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston, TX 77204-5037
Contact: schatt22@Central.UH.EDU
Research:
- Skeletal muscle regeneration in muscular dystrophy and injury models
- Role of satellite cells in muscle maintenance, repair, and regeneration
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of myogenic differentiation
- Multi-omics integration: transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of regenerative pathways
- Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology, Kent State University, OH, USA
- MSc, Zoology, University of Calcutta, India
- BSc, Zoology (Hons); Minor: Botany & Chemistry, University of Calcutta, India
Google Scholar Profile
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- Liu M, Chatterjee S, Wu J, Kashaniasl Z, Kumar A, Lin C, Darabi R. (2025 Jun 16). Ubiquitination-targeted therapies improve BMD iPSC myogenic cell engraftment and dystrophin expression in vivo. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 33(3):101515. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101515
- Zhang A, Gupte AA, Chatterjee S, Li S, Ayala AG, Miles BJ, Hamilton DJ. (2022 Oct 12). Enhanced Succinate Oxidation with Mitochondrial Complex II Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Human Prostate Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 23(20):12168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232012168
- Gao H, Xiong X, Lin Y, Chatterjee S, Ma K. (2020 Dec 1). The clock regulator Bmal1 protects against muscular dystrophy. Exp Cell Res. 397(1):112348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112348
- Yin H¹, Li W¹, Chatterjee S¹, Xiong X, Saha P, Yechoor V, Ma K. (2020 May). Metabolic-sensing of the skeletal muscle clock coordinates fuel oxidation. FASEB J. 34(5), 6613-6627. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201903226RR
- Chatterjee S¹, Yin H, Li W, Lee J, Yechoor VK, Ma K. (2019 Mar 14). The Nuclear Receptor and Clock Repressor Rev-erbα Suppresses Myogenesis. Sci Rep. 9(1):4585. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41059-7
- Wu S, Zhang A, Li S, Chatterjee S, Qi R, Segura-Ibarra V, Ferrari M, Gupte A, Blanco E, Hamilton DJ. (2018 Jan 3). Polymer Functionalization of Isolated Mitochondria for Cellular Transplantation and Metabolic Phenotype Alteration. Adv Sci (Weinh). 5(3):1700530. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700530
- Chatterjee S¹, Ma K. (2016 Jun 30). Circadian Clock Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Repair. F1000Research. 5:1549. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9076.1
- Chatterjee S¹, Yin H, Nam D, Li Y, Ma K. (2015 Feb 1). Brain and Muscle Arnt-like 1 promotes skeletal muscle regeneration through satellite cell expansion. Exp Cell Res. 331(1):200-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.08.041
- Chatterjee S¹, Nam D, Guo B, Kim JM, Winnier GE, Lee J, Berdeaux R, Yechoor VK, Ma K. (2013 May 15). Brain and Muscle Arnt-like 1 is a key regulator of myogenesis. J Cell Sci. 126(Pt 10):2213-24. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.120519
- Guo B¹, Chatterjee S¹, Li L, Kim JM, Lee J, Yechoor VK, Minze LJ, Hsueh W, Ma K. (2012 Aug). The clock gene, brain and muscle Arnt-like 1, regulates adipogenesis via Wnt signaling pathway. FASEB J. 26(8):3453-63. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.12-205781
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Awards & Honors
- Abstract reviewer for Endocrine Society Annual Meeting: 2020-present
- Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Excellent Research Award, Southeastern and Central Texas Society (SECTS) for Clocks Meeting, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, March 7, 2015 (oral presentation)
- The Endocrine Society Trainee Day Award, 94th Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, June 23-26, 2012 (poster presentation)
- The Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award, 93rd Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2011 (poster presentation)
- Kent State University Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Research Grant Award, 2008
- Kent State University Graduate Student Assistantship, 2003-2009
- National scholarship for qualifying National Eligibility Test organized by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, July 1, 2001