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Anushka Shitut

Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchORCID 0000-0002-2409-0675Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Aswathy C. SagilkumariD· 1 shared Avinashi Lal KushwahaiD· 1 shared Dheeraj Kumar SarkariD· 1 shared Jagannath MondaliD· 1 shared Karthik SubramanianiD· 1 shared Somnath DuttaiD· 1 shared Sruthika Sukumar· 1 shared Subhajit MahantyiD· 1 shared

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Extracellular vesicle-bound bacterial toxin pneumolysin triggers membrane engagement and damage beyond canonical pore formation

Aswathy C. Sagilkumar, Avinashi Lal Kushwaha, Anushka Shitut, Dheeraj Kumar Sarkar, Sruthika Sukumar, Subhajit Mahanty, Somnath Dutta, Jagannath Mondal, Karthik Subramanian

This study shows that pneumolysin, a bacterial toxin, can damage target cell membranes through vesicle fusion rather than pore formation.

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles · Sep 30, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology