The Transcription Factor NRF2

Dr. Narendra Kumar Sharma is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India. He has a PhD from the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DRDO) and completed his post-doctoral training at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) in China and at the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil. He has more than eight years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, has authored and edited books, and has presented his research at various international conferences in India, Brazil, China, USA, and Germany. He has also been awarded. He has been awarded several prestigious awards such as the Dr. T S Vasundhara Memorial Best Paper Award and the Young Scientist and Best Innovator Award by Microbiologist Society of India.Dr. Yasmin Ahmad is currently a Senior Scientist at the Peptide and Proteomics Division of DIPAS, India. She earned her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), where she also completed a prestigious Senior Research Fellowship under CSIR. Dr. Ahmad has published over 45 original research articles in prestigious peer reviewed journals. Her impactful research has garnered recognition in the form of numerous awards, such as the Surg. Rear Admiral M.S. Malhotra Research Prize (2013), the Dr. T.S. Vasundhara Memorial Best Paper Award (2015), and the VIRA Outstanding Scientist Award in Analytical Chemistry (2017), Smt. Kusum Sharma Award for a Young Woman Scientist, IABS (2017), Laboratory Scientist of the year (2021), Marie Curie Excellence Award (2022). In addition to her research, Dr. Ahmad serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals, including the “Journal of Translational Proteomics Research” and “World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences”.

• 1. Introduction to cellular homeostasis and NRF22. Molecular structure and regulation of NRF2 and NRF2-KEAP1-PGAM5 ternary complex at the outer mitochondrial membrane3. NRF2 targets and antioxidant response4. NRF2 in cellular defense mechanisms, pharmacological activators and inhibitors and their relevance in disease5. NRF2 in metabolic regulation and its crosstalk with other signalling pathways6. Recent advances in experimental techniques and methodologies for studying NRF2 and AI-based/systems biology tools7. NRF2 in disease states: cancer—dual roles in tumorigenesis and chemoresistance8. NRF2 in disease states: chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases9. NRF2 in disease states: neurodegenerative disorders—Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease10. NRF2 in disease states: cardiovascular diseases11. NRF2 in disease states: diabetes, metabolic syndrome, MASH and MASLD12. Therapeutic implications and drug development