Saleem Lab
Laboratory of Membrane Biology
publications
28. Koiri D, Mathew L, Panda A, Solanki D, Behura A, Kapoor S, Saleem M*. Pathogenic bacteria remotely remodel host membrane mechanics
via extracellular vesicles to subvert phagosome maturation and promote infection. under review, 2026, bioRxiv
27. Shaikh J, Anirudha N, Mitra T, Modak AS, Biswas K, Meher G, Bhausaheb AJ, Kannan NA, Sahu BS, Ghatak S, Choubey S*, Saleem M*. Membrane interfacial potential governs surface condensation and fibrillation of α-Synuclein in neurons. Nature Communications, 2026;
17: 4247. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70840-2
26. Aher JB, N Aniruddha, Jahnavi B, Koiri D, Shaikh J, Choubey S, Sundaramurthy V, Saleem M*. Mycobacterial load and direct contact primes
spacious to compact phagosome switching for egress. iScience, 2026; 29, 8, 116745. 10.1016/j.isci.2026.116745
25. Naresh KG, Birupaksha D, Preeti PP, Geetanjali M, Saleem M, Tirumala KC*. Chickengunya virus E1 fusion loop-membrane interaction:
conserved residues and shallow intersetion. Biophysical Journal, 2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2026.01.045
24. Koiri D, Nandi M, PM Hameem A, Aher JB, Meher G, Behura A, Kumar A, Choudhary V, Choubey S, Saleem M*. Real-time visualization reveals
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 disrupts phagosome via fibril-mediated vesiculation. Cell Reports, 2025,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115328
23. Prince A, Tiwari A, Mandal T, Koiri D, Meher G, Sinha DK, Saleem M*. Lipid Specificity of the Fusion of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles with
the Host Membrane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c02321 (Selected as front cover)
22. Panda A, Mahakud AK, Beniwal A, Pradhan BR, Saleem M*. Dissecting membrane interfacial cellular processes: an in vitro reconstitution
approach. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top., 2024; https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01108-3
21. Singh G, Venkataramaraju Y, Meher G, Sahu BS*, Saleem M*, Akhter Y*. Distinct membrane perturbation effects of Catestatin and its
CST-364 S variant: Insights from molecular simulations and anisotropy measurements. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr., 2024;
20. Tiwari A, Pradhan S, Sannigrahi A, Mahakud AK, Jha S, Chattopadhyay K, Biswas M, Saleem M*. Interplay of lipid-head group and packing
defects in driving Amyloid-beta mediated myelin-like model membrane deformation. JBC, 2023; 299, 5, 104653.
19. Mahakud AK, Jafarulla S, Rifa IVV, Abhinav G, Tiwari A, Saleem M*. Amyloids on Membrane Interfaces: Implications for
Neurodegeneration. J Membrane Biol, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-022-00245-x
18. Sannigrahi A, Chowdhury S, Das B, Banerjee A, Halder A, Kumar A, Saleem M, Naganathan AN, Karmakar S, Chattopadhyay K*.
eLife, 2021;10:e61453
17. Asthana S, Bhattacharyya D, Kumari S, Nayak PS, Saleem M, Bhunia A, Jha S. Interaction with zinc oxide nanoparticle kinetically traps
α-synuclein fibrillation into off-pathway non-toxic intermediates. Int J Biol Macromol, 2020,1;150:68-79.
16. Bhattacharyya D, Kim M, Mroue KH, MinSeok Park, Tiwari A, Saleem M, DongKuk Lee*, Bhunia A*. Role of non-electrostatic forces in
antimicrobial potency of a dengue-virus derived fusion peptide VG16KRKP: Mechanistic insight into the interfacial peptide-lipid
interactions. BBA Biomembranes, 2019; 1861, 4, 798-809.
15. Prince A, Tiwari A, Ror P, Padmani S, Roy J, Jha S, Mallick B, Akhtar Y, Saleem M*. Attenuation of neuroblastoma cell growth
by nisin is mediated by modulation of phase behavior and enhanced cell membrane fluidity.
RSC Phy Chem Chem Phy, 2019; 21, 1980-1987 (Featured in RSC PCCP 2018-19 Hot Articles Collection)
14. Roy SK, Tiwari A, Saleem M, Jana CK*. Metal Free Direct C(sp2)-H Arylaminations Using Nitrosoarenes to 2-hydroxy-di(het)aryl Amines
as Multifunctional Aß-aggregation Modulators. RSC ChemComm, 2018; 54, 14081-14084. doi: 10.1039/C8CC08470J.
(Featured in RSC themed collection 2018 New Frontiers in Indian Research)
13. Deepanjali G#, Yamini Y#, Senthilguru K, Tarun A, Devdeep M, Prince A, Tiwari A, Tapas KM, Kunal P, Supratim G, Saleem M*, Indranil B*. Osteoblast-derived giant plasma membrane vesicles induce osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.
12. Tiwari A, Prince A, Manoranjan A, Jha S, Saleem M*. Passive membrane penetration by ZnO nanoparticles is driven by the interplay of
electrostatic and phase boundary conditions. RSC Nanoscale, 2018;10, 3369-3384. doi: 10.1039/C7NR08351C.
11. Prince A, Sandhu P, Kumar P, Dash E, Sharma S, Arakha M, Jha S, Akhter Y, Saleem M*. Lipid-II independent antimicrobial mechanism of nisin
depends on its crowding and degree of oligomerization. Scientific Reports, 2016; 6:37908. doi: 10.1038/srep37908.
(Highlighted by Indiabioscience)
10. Arakha M, Borah SM, Saleem M, Jha AN, Jha S. Interfacial assembly at silver nanoparticle enhances the antibacterial efficacy of nisin.
Free Radic Biol Med, 2016; 101:434-445. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.11.016.
09. Arish M, Husein A, Kashif M, Husain M, Saleem M, Akhter Y, Rub A. Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling: Focusing its role as a biomarker of
choice for drug discovery. Drug Discovery Today, 2016 Jan;21(1):133-42. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.09.013.
08. Manoranjan A, Saleem M, Bairagi C, Jha S. The effects of interfacial potential on antimicrobial propensity of ZnO nanoparticle.
Scientific Reports, 2015; 5:9578. doi: 10.1038/srep09578.
07. Saleem M, Morlot S, Hohendahl A, Manzi J, Lenz M, Roux A. A balance between membrane elasticity and polymerization energy sets the
spherical shape of clathrin coats. Nature Communications, 2015; 6: 6249 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7249.
06. Saleem M, Galla HJ. Surface view of the lateral organization of the lipids and proteins in lung surfactant model systems - A ToF-SIMS.
approach. Biochim Biophys Acta - Biomembranes, 2010 Apr;1798(4):730-40.
05. Rakesh HK, Saleem M, Galla HJ. Nanoparticle interaction with model lung surfactant monolayers.
Journal of Royal Society - Interface, 2010 Feb 6;7 Suppl 1:S15-26.
04. Saleem M, Meyer MC, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ. Calcium ions as “miscibility switch”: Colocalization of Surfactant protein B with negatively
charged DPPG under calcium free conditions. Biophysical Journal, 2009 Jul 22;97(2):500-8.
03. Klenz U, Saleem M, Meyer MC, Galla HJ. Influence of lipid saturation grade and head group charge: A refined lung surfactant adsorption
model. Biophysical Journal, 2008 Jul;95(2):699-709.
02. Saleem M, Meyer MC, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ. The surfactant peptide KL4 in lipid monolayers: phase behavior, topography, and
chemical distribution. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 Feb 22; 283(8):5195-207.
01. M. Seifert*, Saleem M*, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ, Meyer MC. TOF-SIMS imaging of lipid/protein model systems - Structure and Dynamics
of Membranous Interfaces. 2008. 19-44. John Wiley & Sons (*equal contribution).