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Bindu A. Pillai

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Anilkumar PillaiiD· 2 shared Ashutosh TripathiiD· 2 shared Joshua ChiappelliiD· 2 shared Keiko KunitokiiD· 2 shared Liyi Elliot HongiD· 2 shared Peter Kochunov· 2 shared Si GaoiD· 2 shared Xiaoming Michael DuiD· 2 shared

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Blood and Neuronal Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Disruptions in Schizophrenia

A Ankeeta, Ashutosh Tripathi, Bindu A. Pillai, Yizhou Ma, Joshua Chiappelli, Jennifer Jernberg, Keiko Kunitoki, Xiaoming Michael Du, Si Gao, Bhim Mani Adhikari, Consuelo Walss‐Bass, Giselli Scaini, Peter Kochunov, Anilkumar Pillai, Liyi Elliot Hong

This study finds elevated mitochondrial DNA levels in blood and neuronal extracellular vesicles in schizophrenia patients, linked to brain lactate and developmental stress.

Neuropsychopharmacology · Aug 23, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Mitochondrial Response to Psychological Stress and Its Medial Prefrontal Biomarker Correlates

Ankeeta Ankeeta, Ashutosh Tripathi, Yizhou Ma, Bindu A. Pillai, Joshua Chiappelli, Jennifer N. Jernberg, Alia Warner, Keiko Kunitoki, Bhim M. Adhikari, Si Gao, Xiaoming Michael Du, Loise Kabui, Francisco Pallares Solano, Oluwabunmi Akindona, Zhenyao Ye, , Liyi Elliot Hong

The paper investigates the mitochondrial response to psychological stress using salivary cf-mtDNA and brain imaging, finding associations with brain metabolites and cortical thickness.

bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience