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Srinivas Ayyadevara

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Professor

Also affiliated: University of Rome Tor Vergata (2016); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2017); British Geriatrics Society (2005–2012); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2015–2023); Auguste-Viktoria-Klinik (2010); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2000–2026); Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (2009–2024); Institute on Aging (2016–2026); Department of Veterans Affairs (2010); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (2014–2026); Reynolds American (United States) (2017); Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2015); Institute of Pharmacology (2005); Louisiana Tech University (1994)

Faculty Researcher

31 h-index 91 pubs 5,481 cited

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Humans
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Longevity
  • Protein Aggregates
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Mice
  • Male
  • Aging
  • Mutation
  • Oxidative Stress
  • RNA Interference
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Srinivas Ayyadevara's research program investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying aging and age-associated neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on Alzheimer's disease. His work examines the role of protein aggregation, mitochondrial function, and cellular stress pathways in these processes. Ayyadevara has explored the potential of specific molecules as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease, including novel hydroxybenzylamine-deoxyvasicinone hybrids and small molecules designed to rescue lysosomal autophagic failure. His laboratory also studies the composition of protein aggregates, noting their potential to contain RNA and DNA and the impact of translational elongation on their resolution.

His research utilizes various model organisms, including *Caenorhabditis elegans* and mice, to understand fundamental biological processes related to aging and disease. Ayyadevara has received NIH funding to investigate common pathways underlying neurodegeneration and other age-progressive diseases. His scholarly output includes publications on glial fibrillary acidic protein as a biomarker and drug target for Alzheimer's disease, as well as the identification of intrinsically disordered proteins in the aggregate proteome as biomarkers of neurodegeneration. He maintains a high citation count, with an h-index of 31 and over 5,000 citations across his 91 publications, designating him as a highly cited researcher. Key collaborators include Robert J. Shmookler Reis, Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam, Akshatha Ganne, and Nirjal Mainali, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 31
  • Publications: 91
  • Citations: 5,481

Selected Publications

  • Abstract LB320: Inverse relationship between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease: Important interplay between autophagy and apoptosis signaling mechanisms (2026)
    Cancer Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of an AI-Enhanced Workflow for Automated Quality Classification of Biomedical Fluorescence (2026)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • The aggregate proteome of Caenorhabditis elegans mitochondria implicates shared mechanisms of aging and Alzheimer’s disease (2026)
    Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience DOI OpenAlex
  • Machine Learning–Enhanced Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling for DNA Polymerase Inhibitor Discovery: Algorithm Development and Validation (2025)
    JMIR AI 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • When Two Worlds Collide: The Contribution and Association Between Genetics (APOEε4) and Neuroinflammation (IL-1β) in Alzheimer’s Neuropathogenesis (2025)
    Cells 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Seminal Role of the Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-1β and Its Signaling Cascade in Glioblastoma Pathogenesis and the Therapeutic Effect of Interleukin-1β Receptor Antagonist (IL-1RA) and Tolcapone (2025)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Altered protein homeostasis in cardiovascular diseases contributes to Alzheimer’s-like neuropathology (2025)
    Basic Research in Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract LB131: The role of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β and its signaling cascade in glioblastoma pathogenesis and the therapeutic effect of IL-1RA and Tolcapone as anticancer agents (2025)
    Cancer Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Mitochondria in aging and age-associated diseases (2025)
    Mitochondrion 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ezetimibe Lowers Risk of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias over Sevenfold, Reducing Aggregation in Model Systems by Inhibiting 14-3-3G::Hexokinase Interaction (2024)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Model biological systems demonstrate the inducibility of pathways that strongly reduce cryoprotectant toxicity (2024)
    Cryobiology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Rescue of ApoE4-related lysosomal autophagic failure in Alzheimer’s disease by targeted small molecules (2024)
    Communications Biology 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Alzheimer’s-specific brain amyloid interactome: Neural-network analysis of intra-aggregate crosslinking identifies novel drug targets (2023)
    iScience 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Myocardial infarction elevates endoplasmic reticulum stress and protein aggregation in heart as well as brain (2023)
    Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Thiadiazolidinone (TDZD) Analogs Inhibit Aggregation-Mediated Pathology in Diverse Neurodegeneration Models, and Extend C. elegans Life- and Healthspan (2023)
    Pharmaceuticals 14 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $374,971 total

NIH Co-PI Sep 2018 - May 2024

Inference of Common Pathways Underlying Neurodegeneration & Other Age-Progressive Diseases

National Institute on Aging $374,971 R01

Grants & Funding

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  • Mechanisms of PCSK9 in endothelial aging NIH/Nat. Inst. on Aging
  • Inference of Common Pathways Underlying Neurodegeneration & Other Age-Progressive Diseases - Continuation - Continuation NIH/Nat. Inst. on Aging
  • Neuroinflammation, Protein Aggregates, ApoE4 Drug Targeting, and Autophagy Rescue NIH/Nat. Inst. on Aging
  • Role of glutathione transferases in life span extension of C. elegans NIH
  • Early Events in Alzheimer Pathogenesis NIH
  • Neuroinflammation, Protein Aggregates, ApoE4 Drug Targeting, and Autophagy Rescue NIH

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