Publications

Soma-to-Germline miRNA Inheritance via Yolk Promotes Stress Resilience in Progeny

Aupérin N*, Singh M*, Bourdon L, Chervova A, Ovieve J, Commere PH, Lopez-Maestre H, Dingli F, Loew D, Cecere G

*Equal contribution

Nat Struct Mol Biol 33, 985–997 (2026)

Featured in Research Briefings

Yolk transports miRNAs to embryos and enhances progeny stress resilience.

Nat Struct Mol Biol 33, 903–904 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-026-01822-7

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A virus-derived microRNA targets immune response genes during SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Singh M*, Chazal M*, Quarato P, Bourdon L, Malabat C, Vallet M, Vignuzzi M, Werf S.v.d, Behillil S, Donati F, Sauvonnet N, Nigro G, Bourgine M, Jouvenet N, Cecere G.

EMBO Rep. 2021, doi: 10.15252/embr.202154341

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Inheritance and maintenance of small RNA-mediated epigenetic effects.

Quarato P*, Singh M*, Bourdon L, Cecere G.

*Equal contribution

Bioessays 2100284 (2022)

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Germline-inherited small RNAs facilitate the clearance of untranslated maternal mRNAs in C. elegans embryos.

Quarato P, Singh M, Cornes E, Li B, Bourdon L, Didier C, Cecere G.

Nat Comm. 2021, doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21691-6 (Linked Biorxiv doi:10.1101/2020.02.03.919597)

Featured in the Editor’s highlight collection of “From molecules and cells to organisms”

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Translation and codon usage regulate Argonaute slicer activity to trigger small RNA biogenesis.

Singh M, Cornes E, Li B, Quarato P, Bourdon L, Dingli F, Loew D, Proccacia S, Cecere G.

Nat Comms. 2021, doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23615-w

Featured in the Editor’s highlight collection of “From molecules and cells to organisms” and Author interview at Biopatrika

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piRNAs regulate transcriptional programs during germline development.

Cornes E, Bourdon L, Singh M, Mueller F, Quarato P, Wernersson E, Bienko M, Li B, Cecere G.

Dev. Cell 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.02

Featured in Developmental Cell Previews: Charlesworth AG, Nitschko V, Renaud MS, Claycomb JM. PIWI puts spermatogenesis in its place. Dev Cell. 2022 Jan 24;57(2):149-151. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.01.001.

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Functional Characterization of the m6A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH.2 in the Human Malaria Parasite

Sinha A, Baumgarten S, Distiller A, McHugh E, Chen P, Singh M, Bryant JM, Liang J, Cecere G, Dedon PC, Preiser PR, Ralph SA, Scherf A.

mBio. 2021, doi: 10.1128/mBio.006.61-21

Collaboration with Baumgarten lab and Scherf lab on Ribo-seq for this interesting story

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Small-RNA-mediated transgenerational silencing of histone genes impairs fertility in piRNA mutants

Barucci G*, Cornes E*, Singh M*, Li B, Ugolini M, Samolygo A, Didier C, Dingli F, Loew D, Quarato P, Cecere G.

*Equal contribution

Nat Cell Biol. 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41556-020-0462-7.

Highlighted on the Cover page of Nature Cell Biology

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A secreted Heat shock protein 90 of Trichomonas vaginalis.

Singh M, Beri D, Nageshan RK, Chavaan L, Gadara D, Poojary M, Subramaniam S, Tatu U.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018, doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006493.

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Characterization of HSP90 isoforms in transformed bovine leukocytes infected with Theileria annulata

Kinnaird JH, Singh M, Gillan V, Weir W, Calder ED, Hostettler I, Tatu U, Devaney E, Shiels BR.

Cell Microbiol. 2017, doi: 10.1111/cmi.12669.

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Antigenic characterization of 52-55kDa protein isolated from Trypanosoma evansi and its application in detection of equine trypanosomosis

Yadav SC, Kumar R, Kumar J, Singh M, Bera BC, Kumar R, Tatu U, Tehri K.

Res Vet Sci. 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.07.034.

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The Potential of Lactobacillus casei and Entercoccus faecium Combination as a Preventive Probiotic Against Entamoeba

Sarjapuram N, Mekala N, Singh M, Tatu U.

Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2017, doi: 10.1007/s12602-016-9232-z.

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Heat Shock Protein 90 regulates encystation in Entamoeba

Singh M, Sharma S, Bhattacharya A, Tatu U.

Front Microbiol. 2015, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01125.

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First Structural View of a Peptide Interacting with the Nucleotide Binding Domain of Heat Shock Protein 90

Raman S*, Singh M*, Tatu U, Suguna K.

*Equal contribution

Sci Rep. 2015, doi: 10.1038/srep17015.

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Heat shock protein 90 as a potential drug target against surra

Rochani AK, Mithra C, Singh M#, Tatu U.

#Corresponding Author

Parasitology. 2014, doi: 10.1017/S0031182014000845. (Review)

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Identification of heat shock factor binding protein in Plasmodium falciparum

Sayeed SK, Shah V, Chaubey S, Singh M, Alampalli SV, Tatu U.

Malar J. 2014, doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-118.

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Heat-shock Protein 90 as an Antimalarial Target

Rochani A, Singh M, Tatu U.

Inhibitors of Molecular Chaperones as Therapeutic Agents, Edited by Timothy D Machajewski, Zhenhai Gao. 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry., ISBN: 978-1-84973-666-4. doi: 10.1039/9781849739689-00379 (book chapter)

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A novel C-terminal homologue of Aha1 co-chaperone binds to heat shock protein 90 and stimulates its ATPase activity in Entamoeba histolytica

Singh M, Shah V, Tatu U.

J Mol Biol. 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.01.008 .

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Heat shock protein 90 inhibitors as broad-spectrum anti-infectives

Rochani AK, Singh M, Tatu U.

Curr Pharm Des. 2013, doi: 10.2174/1381612811306030377 (Review)

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