Bindu Paul PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

bpaul8@jhmi.edu
Telephone Number: 443-287-4821

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
725 N. Wolfe Street
Room: Hunterian 307 (office), Hunterian 305 (lab)

Areas of Research
Cellular + Molecular Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Disease

Graduate Program Affiliations

Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program

Neuroscience Training Program

Chemisty and Biology Interface Graduate Program

Redox signaling during aging and neurodegeneration

Redox regulation plays a central role in signal transduction processes operating in the brain. Aberrant redox signaling is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and various Ataxias. It is becoming increasingly clear that redox imbalance contributes to disease progression and pathophysiology of these diseases. My laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms underlying redox homeostasis in the brain with a focus on signaling mediated by gaseous messenger molecules such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO). H2S and NO signal via post-translational modifications, on reactive cysteine residues, termed persulfidation/sulfhydration and nitrosylation respectively. Most recently we have been studying redox signaling in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and COVID-19. Using cell culture, mouse models and patient samples, we have shown that modulating sulfhydration and nitrosylation networks have therapeutic benefits. These studies have yielded important clues that may be harnessed to develop novel therapeutics that delay, halt, reverse or better still, prevent neurodegeneration.


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