Dr Soumyalekshmi Nair
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research

Book Chapter
Nair, Soumyalekshmi and Salomon, Carlos (2020). Potential role of exosomes in reproductive medicine and pregnancy. Exosomes: A Clinical Compendium. (pp. 357-381) edited by Lawrence Edelstein, John Smythies, Peter Quesenberry and Denis Noble. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-816053-4.00016-X
Journal Articles
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Guanzon, Dominic, Jayabalan, Nanthini, Lai, Andrew, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Kalita de Croft, Priyakshi, Ormazabal, Valeska, Palma, Carlos, Diaz, Emilio, McCarthy, Elizabeth A., Shub, Alexis, Miranda, Jezid, Gratacós, Eduard, Crispi, Fátima, Duncombe, Gregory, Lappas, Martha, McIntyre, H. David, Rice, Gregory and Salomon, Carlos (2021). Extracellular vesicle-associated miRNAs are an adaptive response to gestational diabetes mellitus. Journal of Translational Medicine, 19 (1) 360, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12967-021-02999-9
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Ormazabal, Valeska, Lappas, Martha, McIntyre, H. David and Salomon, Carlos (2021). Extracellular vesicles and their potential role inducing changes in maternal insulin sensitivity during gestational diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 85 (2) e13361, e13361. doi: 10.1111/aji.13361
Nakahara, Angela, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Ormazabal, Valeska, Elfeky, Omar, Garvey, Cathryn E., Longo, Sherri and Salomon, Carlos (2020). Circulating placental extracellular vesicles and their potential roles during pregnancy. Ochsner Journal, 20 (4), 439-445. doi: 10.31486/toj.20.0049
Nair, Soumyalekshmi and Salomon, Carlos (2020). Extracellular vesicles as critical mediators of maternal-fetal communication during pregnancy and their potential role in maternal metabolism. Placenta, 98, 60-68. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2020.06.011
Jayabalan, Nanthini, Lai, Andrew, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Guanzon, Dominic, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Palma, Carlos, McIntyre, Harold David, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2019). Quantitative proteomics by SWATH-MS suggest an association between circulating exosomes and maternal metabolic changes in gestational diabetes mellitus. Proteomics, 19 (1-2) 1800164, e1800164. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201800164
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Jayabalan, Nanthini, Guanzon, Dominic, Palma, Carlos, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Elfeky, Omar, Zuñiga, Felipe, Ormazabal, Valeska, Diaz, Emilio, Rice, Gregory E., Duncombe, Gregory, Jansson, Thomas, McIntyre, Harold David, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2018). Human placental exosomes in gestational diabetes mellitus carry a specific set of miRNAs associated with skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity. Clinical Science, 132 (22), 2451-2467. doi: 10.1042/cs20180487
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Tang, Kai Dun, Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). Salivary exosomes as potential biomarkers in cancer. Oral Oncology, 84, 31-40. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.07.001
Ormazabal, Valeska, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Elfeky, Omar, Aguayo, Claudio, Salomon, Carlos and Zuñiga, Felipe A. (2018). Association between insulin resistance and the development of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 17 (1) 122, 122. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0762-4
Nair, Soumyalekshmi and Salomon, Carlos (2018). Extracellular vesicles and their immunomodulatory functions in pregnancy. Seminars in Immunopathology, 40 (5), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00281-018-0680-2
Miranda, Jezid, Paules, Cristina, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Lai, Andrew, Palma, Carlos, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Rice, Gregory E., Gratacos, Eduard, Crispi, Fatima and Salomon, Carlos (2018). Placental exosomes profile in maternal and fetal circulation in intrauterine growth restriction - Liquid biopsies to monitoring fetal growth. Placenta, 64, 34-43. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2018.02.006
Jayabalan, Nanthini, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Nuzhat, Zarin, Rice, Gregory E., Zuniga, Felipe A., Sobrevia, Luis, Leiva, Andrea, Sanhueza, Carlos, Agustin Gutierrez, Jaime, Lappas, Martha, Freeman, Dilys Jane and Salomon, Carlos (2017). Cross talk between adipose tissue and placenta in obese and gestational diabetes mellitus pregnancies via exosomes. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8 (SEP) 239, 239. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00239
Conference Papers
Ormazabal, Valeska, Adam, Stefanie, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Diaz, Emilio, Zuniga, Felipe, McIntyre, David, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2019). Levels of extracellular vesicles and their associated miRNAs in maternal and fetal circulation during normal and diabetic pregnancies. Meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA), Tokyo, Japan, 21-24 September, 2018. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.06.306
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Ormazabal, Valeska, Ramirez, Macarena, Lai, Andrew, Scholz Romero, Katherin, McIntyre, David, Diaz, Emilio, Zuniga, Felipe, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2019). Protein analysis in skeletal muscle from gestational diabetes mellitus and their association with insulin signalling during pregnancy. Meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA), Tokyo, Japan, 21-24 September, 2018. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.06.307
Nair, Soumyalekshmi S., Lai, Andrew, McIntyre, David, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2019). Quantitative proteomics using SWATH in skeletal muscle and placenta from gestational diabetes mellitus reveals novel alterations associated with glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity during pregnancy. 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Paris, France, March 12-16, 2019. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1933719119834079
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Jayabalan, Nanthini, Guanzon, Dominic, Lai, Andrew, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Elfeky, Omar, Zuniga, Felipe, Diaz, Emilio, McIntyre, David, Rice, Gregory E., Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2018). Interactions between Placental Exosomes and Skeletal Muscle Implication in Cell Metabolism in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society-for-Reproductive-Investigation (SRI), San Diego, CA, United States, 6-10 March 2018. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage.
Guanzon, Dominic, Jayabalan, Nanthini, Palma, Carlos, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Scholz-Romero, Katherin, Kinhal, Vyjayanthi, Lai, Andrew, McIntyre, David, Jansson, Thomas, Rice, Gregory, Lappas, Martha and Salomon, Carlos (2017). Exosomes present in circulation of women with gestational diabetes mellitus carry a specific set of microRNAs associated with insulin resistant. Meeting of the International-Federation-of-Placenta-Associations (IFPA), Manchester, United Kingdom, Aug 30-Sep 2 2017. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.07.134
Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Natalia, Dick, Edward, Hubbard, Gene, Perez, Cathy, Chuecos, Marcel, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Palma, Carlos, Kinhal, Vyjayanthi and Salomon, Carlos (2017). Extracellular vesicles (ev) size in shallow trophoblast invasion in old world non-human primates. Meeting of the International-Federation-of-Placenta-Associations (IFPA), Manchester England, Aug 30-Sep 2 2017. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.07.153
Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Natalia, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Bednov, Andrey, Moore, David, Brownbill, Paul, Ventolini, Gary, Palma, Carlos, Kinhal, Vyjayanthi and Salomon, Carlos (2017). Differential effect of maternal hypoxia on syncytiotrophoblast-and endothelial-derived exosomes in an ex vivo human dual-perfusion system. Meeting of the International-Federation-of-Placenta-Associations (IFPA), Manchester England, Aug 30-Sep 2 2017. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.07.290
Thesis
Nair, Soumyalekshmi Sukumaran (2021). Identification of therapeutic targets to regulate insulin sensitivity: potential role of placental exosomes. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/667b450