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Overview

Ashok Kumar is a researcher affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their body of work spans medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a strong focus on molecular biology and physiological processes.

Their research has contributed to various subfields including molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, surgery, and genetics. Key topics Ashok Kumar has addressed throughout their career include muscle physiology and disorders, adipose tissue and metabolism, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, exercise and physiological responses, nutrition and health in aging, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer.

Major venues for Ashok Kumar's publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 publications, The FASEB Journal with 4, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology with 2, Scientific Reports with 2, and FASEB BioAdvances with 2.

Their frequent collaborators include Meiricris Tomaz da Silva, Anirban Roy, Aniket S. Joshi, Vihang A. Narkar, and Yu Liu.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ashok Kumar are:

  • "Metabolomic analysis of primary human skeletal muscle cells during myogenic progression," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Postprandial Metabolism is Impaired in Overweight Normoglycemic Young Adults without Family History of Diabetes," 2020, Scientific Reports

Other notable recent works within their broader research network include studies on biological sex differences in skeletal muscle molecular signatures, diversity in gut microbiomes in colitis, and myocardial infarction treatment strategies, published in venues such as Cell Metabolism, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Bioactive Materials.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy Induction and Autophagosome Clearance in Neurons: Relationship to Autophagic Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease

    B Boland;A Kumar;S Lee;F M Platt

  • Nuclear factor-κB: its role in health and disease

    Ashok Kumar;Yasunari Takada;Aladin M. Boriek;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Malignant gliomas: MR imaging spectrum of radiation therapy- and chemotherapy-induced necrosis of the brain after treatment.

    Ashok J Kumar;N. E. Leeds;Gregory N Fuller;P. Van Tassel

  • Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of bevacizumab therapy for radiation necrosis of the central nervous system

    Victor A. Levin;Luc Bidaut;Ping Hou;Ashok J Kumar

  • Paranasal sinuses: CT imaging requirements for endoscopic surgery.

    S J Zinreich;D W Kennedy;A E Rosenbaum;B W Gayler

  • Tumor invasion after treatment of glioblastoma with bevacizumab: radiographic and pathologic correlation in humans and mice.

    John F. de Groot;Gregory N. Fuller;Ashok J. Kumar;Yuji Piao

  • Nuclear factor-kappa B signaling in skeletal muscle atrophy

    Hong Li;Shweta Malhotra;Ashok Kumar

  • The p38 Mitogen-activated Kinase Pathway Regulates the Human Interleukin-10 Promoter via the Activation of Sp1 Transcription Factor in Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated Human Macrophages

    Wei Ma;Wilfred Lim;Katrina Gee;Susan Aucoin

  • Effect of bevacizumab on radiation necrosis of the brain

    Javier Gonzalez;Ashok J. Kumar;Charles A. Conrad;Victor A. Levin

  • The IL-12 family of cytokines in infection, inflammation and autoimmune disorders.

    Katrina Gee;Christina Guzzo;Nor Fazila Che Mat;Wei Ma

  • Basal ganglia volumes and white matter hyperintensities in patients with bipolar disorder

    Elizabeth H. Aylward;Joy V. Roberts-Twillie;Patrick E. Barta;Ashok J. Kumar

  • Mechanical stress activates the nuclear factor-kappaB pathway in skeletal muscle fibers: a possible role in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Ashok Kumar;Aladin M. Boriek

  • Sanguinarine (Pseudochelerythrine) Is a Potent Inhibitor of NF-κB Activation, IκBα Phosphorylation, and Degradation

    Madan M. Chaturvedi;Ashok Kumar;Bryant G. Darnay;Gagan B.N. Chainy

  • Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) inhibition of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-mediated adhesion of monocytes to endothelial cells by suppression of cell surface expression of adhesion molecules and of nuclear factor-κB activation

    Ashok Kumar;Subhash Dhawan;Neil J Hardegen;Bharat B Aggarwal

  • Mechanisms by which angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

    Samy I McFarlane;Samy I McFarlane;Ashok Kumar;Ashok Kumar;James R Sowers;James R Sowers

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Targeted ablation of TRAF6 inhibits skeletal muscle wasting in mice

    Pradyut K. Paul;Sanjay K. Gupta;Shephali Bhatnagar;Siva K. Panguluri

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan B. Angel
Jonathan B. Angel University of Ottawa
Gregory N. Fuller
Gregory N. Fuller The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Raymond Sawaya
Raymond Sawaya The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Michael P. Harold
Michael P. Harold University of Houston
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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