POSTDOCTORAL WORK

• Hindi SM*, Shin J*, Gallot YS*, Straughn AR, Simionescu-Bankston A, Hindi L, Xiong G, Friedland RP, Kumar A. 2017. MyD88 promotes myoblast fusion in a cell-autonomous manner. Nature Communications. 2017 Nov 20;8(1):1624. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01866-w. PMID: 29158520 PMCID: PMC5696367. *denotes equal contribution.
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• Simionescu-Bankston A, Kumar A. 2016. Non-coding RNAs in the regulation of skeletal muscle biology in health and disease. J Mol Med (Berl). 2016 Aug;94(8):853-66. doi: 10.1007/s00109-016-1443-y. Epub 2016 Jul 4. PMID: 27377406 PMCID: PMC4957971 (Review).

GRADUATE WORK

• Simionescu-Bankston A*, Pichavant C*, Canner JP, Apponi LH, Wang Y, Steeds C, Olthoff JT, Belanto JJ, Ervasti JM, Pavlath GK. 2015. Creatine kinase B is necessary to limit myoblast fusion during myogenesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2015 Jun 1;308(11):C919-31. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00029.2015. Epub 2015 Mar 25. PMID: 25810257 *denotes co-first authors. 
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• Simionescu-Bankston A, Leoni G, Wang Y, Pham PP, Ramalingam A, DuHadaway JB, Faundez V, Nusrat A, Pendergast GC, Pavlath GK. 2013. The N-BAR domain protein, Bin3, regulates Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent processes in myogenesis. Dev Biol. 2013 Oct 1;382(1):160-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.07.004. Epub 2013 Jul 16. PMID: 23872330 PMCID: PMC3783639.
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• Hall MN, Griffin CA, Simionescu A, Corbett AH, Pavlath GK. 2011. Distinct roles for classical nuclear import receptors in the growth of multinucleated muscle cells. Dev Biol. 2011 Sep 1;357(1):248-58. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.032. Epub 2011 Jun 30. PMID: 21741962 PMCID: PMC3156328.
• Simionescu A, Pavlath GK. 2011. Molecular mechanisms of myoblast fusion across species. In: Dittmar T., Zänker K.S. (eds) Cell Fusion in Health and Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 713, Pages 113-35. Springer, Dordrecht, doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0763-4_8. PMID: 21432017.