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Swapan K. Das, Ph.D.

Swapan K. Das, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Center for Diabetes Research

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-6528 | Department: 336-713-6057

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., University Of Calcutta-India , 2000
  • B.S., University Of Calcutta-India , 1991
Swapan K. Das, Ph.D.

Swapan K. Das, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Endocrinology & Metabolism Center for Diabetes Research

Research Interests

diabetes, genetics/genome, metabolism

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-6528 | Department: 336-713-6057

Recent Publications

Langberg KA, Ma L, Sharma NK, Hanis CL, Elbein SC [deceased], Hasstedt SJ, Das SK. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in JAZF1 and BCL11A gene are nominally associated with type 2 diabetes in African-American families from the GENNID study. J Hum Genet. 2012;57(1):57-61.

Baral A, Kumar P, Halder R, Mani P, Yadav VK, Singh A, Das SK, Chowdhury S. Quadruplex-single nucleotide polymorphisms (Quad-SNP) influence gene expression difference among individuals. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012;40(9):3800-3811.

Rasouli N, Kern PA, Elbein SC [deceased], Sharma NK, Das SK. Improved insulin sensitivity after treatment with PPAR gamma and PPAR alpha ligands is mediated by genetically modulated transcripts. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2012;22(7):484-497.

Mondal AK, Das SK, Varma V, Nolen GT, McGehee RE, Elbein SC [deceased], Wei JY, Ranganathan G. Effect of endoplasmic reticulum stress on inflammation and adiponectin regulation in human adipocytes. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2012;10(4):297-306.

Elbein SC [deceased], Gamazon ER, Das SK, Rasouli N, Kern PA, Cox NJ. Genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a trans-regulatory genetic architecture?. Am J Hum Genet. 2012;91(3):466-477.

Elbein SC [deceased], Kern PA, Rasouli N, Yao-Borengasser A, Sharma NK, Das SK. Global gene expression profiles of subcutaneous adipose and muscle from glucose-tolerant, insulin-sensitive, and insulin-resistant individuals matched for BMI. Diabetes. 2011;60(3):1019-1029.


Das SK, Sharma NK, Hasstedt SJ, Mondal AK, Ma L, Langberg KA, Elbein SC [deceased]. An integrative genomics approach identifies activation of thioredoxin/thioredoxin reductase-1-mediated oxidative stress defense pathway and inhibition of angiogenesis in obese nondiabetic human subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96(8):E1308-1313.

Hasstedt SJ, Hanis CL, Das SK, Elbein SC [deceased]. Pleiotropy of type 2 diabetes with obesity. J Hum Genet. 2011;56(7):491-495.

Ma L, Mondal AK, Murea M, Sharma NK, Langberg KA, Das SK, Antinozzi PA, Parks JS, Elbein SC [deceased], Freedman BI, et al. The effect of ACACB cis-variants on gene expression and metabolic traits. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(8):e23860.

Mondal AK, Das SK, Baldini G, Chu WS, Sharma NK, Hackney OG, Zhao J, Grant SFA, Elbein SC. Genotype and tissue-specific effects on alternative splicing of the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene in humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;95(3):1450-1457.


Das SK, Mondal AK, Elbein SC [deceased]. Distinct gene expression profiles characterize cellular responses to palmitate and oleate. J Lipid Res. 2010;51(8):2121-2131.

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Assistant Professor, Endocrinology & Metabolism

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