Dr Moumita Kundu

Dr. Moumita Kundu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Brainware University. She is a former Research Associate of KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar. She received her doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal. Her research expertise includes phytomedicine, autophagy, chemoresistance, and cancer therapeutics. Her research is focused on dissecting the molecular complexity of cancer and identifying new targets for developing novel cancer therapeutics to deal with chemoresistance. She has published seventeen SCI(E) articles in several reputed international journals along with one book and two book chapters

Journal Publications

• Kundu M, Butti R, Panda VK et al. Modulation of the tumor microenvironment and mechanism of immunotherapy-based drug resistance in breast cancer. Mol Cancer. 2024. IF 37.3
• Bhattacharya P, Kundu M, Das S, Verma Y, Mandal M, Neogi S. Acceleration of wound healing by PVA-PEG-MgO nanocomposite hydrogel with human epidermal growth factor. Materials Today Comm. 2023 Sep. IF 3.8
• Banerjee P, Kapse P*, Siddique S*, Kundu M et al. Therapeutic implications of cancer stem cells in prostate cancer. Can Bio Med. 2023 Apr. IF 5.2
• Kundu M, Das S, Nandi S, Dhara D, Mandal M. Magnolol and Temozolomide exhibit a synergistic anti-glioma activity through MGMT inhibition. BBA Mol Basis Dis. 2023 Apr. IF 6.6
• Das S, Kundu M, Hassan A et al. A novel computational predictive biological approach distinguishes Integrin β1 as a salient biomarker for breast cancer chemoresistance. BBA Mol Basis Dis. 2023 Apr. IF 6.6
• Kundu M, Das S, Das CK, Kulkarni G, Das S, Dhara D, Mandal M. Magnolol induces cytotoxic autophagy in glioma by inhibiting PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling. Exp Cell Res. 2023 Feb. IF 4.1
• Bhattacharya K, Kundu M et al. Glycopolymer Decorated pH‐Dependent Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Based on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer for the Detection of Cancer Cells. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022 Oct. IF 5.7
• Bhattacharya K, Das S, Kundu M et al. Gold Nanoparticle Embedded Stimuli-Responsive Functional Glycopolymer: A Potential Material for Synergistic Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Cells. Macromol biosci. 2022 July. IF 4.9
• Jena B, Das CK, Banerjee I, Bharadwaj D, Majumder R, Das S, Biswas A, Kundu M et al. TGF-β1 induced autophagy in cancer associated fibroblasts during hypoxia contributes EMT and glycolysis via MCT4 upregulation. Exp. Cell Res. 2022 May. IF 4.1
• Dey A, Kundu M et al. Understanding the function and regulation of Sox2 for its therapeutic potential in breast cancer. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Rev. Cancer. 2022 Feb. IF 11.4
• Roy B, Roy S, Kundu M et al. Ground-State Proton-Transfer (GSPT)-Assisted Enhanced Two-Photon Uncaging from a Binol-based AIE-Fluorogenic Phototrigger. Organic letters. 2021 Mar. IF 6.0
• Kundu M, Majumder R, Das CK, Mandal M. Natural products based nanoformulations for cancer treatment: Current evolution in Indian research. Biomed mater. 2021 Feb. IF 4.1
• Banerjee SL, Das S, Bhattacharya K, Kundu M, Mandal M, Singha NK. Ag NPs incorporated self-healable thermoresponsive hydrogel using precise structural “Interlocking” complex of polyelectrolyte BCPs: A potential new wound healing material. Chem Eng J. 2021 Feb. IF 16.7
• Singh AK, Kundu M, Roy S, Roy B , Shah SS , Nair AV , Pal B , Mondal M , Singh NDP . A two-photon responsive naphthyl tagged p-hydroxyphenacyl based drug delivery system: uncaging of anti-cancer drug in the phototherapeutic window with real-time monitoring. Chem Comm (Camb). 2020 Sep. IF 6.0
• Bhattacharya K, Banerjee SL, Kundu M, Mandal M, Singha NK. Glycopolymer ornamented octa-arm POSS based organic-inorganic hybrid star block copolymer as a lectin binding ligand. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2020 Nov. IF 7.3
• Roy B, Kundu M, Singh AK, Singha T, Bhattacharya S, Datta PK, Mandal M, Singh NDP. Stepwise dual stimuli triggered dual drug release by a single naphthalene based two-photon chromophore to reverse MDR for alkylating agents with dual surveillance in uncaging steps. Chem Comm. 2019. IF 6.0
• Kundu M, Das S, Dhara D, Mandal M. Prospect of natural products in glioma: A novel avenue in glioma management. Phytother Res. 2019. IF 6.3

Books

• Kundu M. Thermosensitive Nanocarrier for Pulse Drug Release in Cancer Therapy. November 2017. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-620-2-05973-2

Book chapters

• Das S, Kundu M, Jena B C, Mandal M. Chapter 25 - Causes of cancer: physical, chemical, biological carcinogens, and viruses. In Materials Today, Biomaterials for 3D Tumor Modeling. Elsevier. 2020; 607-641. ISBN 9780128181287
• Das S, Kundu M, Dey A et al. Molecular Pathways in Breast Cancer Chemoresistance. In book: Handbook of Oncobiology: From Basic to Clinical Sciences. Springer. 2023; 1-24

Conference papers

• Das S, Kundu M, Parekh A, Bharadwaj D, Mandal M.Cancer stem cell induces chemoresistance in breast cancer via macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediated activation of AKT pathway [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4676