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Asok Kumar is affiliated with the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in the United States. Their research primarily spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Computer Science. Specific subfields of study in their work include Epidemiology, Cell Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Physiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work involves several main topics, among which are:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Asok Kumar cover a range of biomedical and technological subjects. Notable papers include:

  • "β2-adrenergic Agonists Rescue Lysosome Acidification and Function in PSEN1 Deficiency by Reversing Defective ER-to-lysosome Delivery of ClC-7," published in 2020 in the Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Autophagy is a novel pathway for neurofilament protein degradation in vivo," published in 2022 in Autophagy
  • "Pathobiology of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in the Huntington's disease brain," published in 2024 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "An OTP Integrated Optimal Key RSA Based Secure Data Communication," published in 2020 in the International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology
  • "Pathobiology of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in the Huntington's disease brain," published in 2025 in Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Asok Kumar include Philip Stavrides, Ralph A. Nixon, Sandipkumar Darji, Panaiyur S. Mohan, and Dun-Sheng Yang. Each of these collaborators has contributed to several joint publications, with the highest joint publication counts being four for Philip Stavrides and Ralph A. Nixon.

Their research results have appeared across various publication venues, among which are:

  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Autophagy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Best Publications

  • Extensive involvement of autophagy in Alzheimer disease: an immuno-electron microscopy study.

    Ralph A. Nixon;Ralph A. Nixon;Jerzy Wegiel;Asok Kumar;Asok Kumar;Wai Haung Yu;Wai Haung Yu

  • Lysosomal Proteolysis and Autophagy Require Presenilin 1 and Are Disrupted by Alzheimer-Related PS1 Mutations

    Ju Hyun Lee;Ju Hyun Lee;W. Haung Yu;W. Haung Yu;Asok Kumar;Asok Kumar;Sooyeon Lee;Sooyeon Lee

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

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

  • Macroautophagy—a novel β-amyloid peptide-generating pathway activated in Alzheimer's disease

    W Haung Yu;Ana Maria Cuervo;Asok Kumar;Corrinne M. Peterhoff

  • Reversal of autophagy dysfunction in the TgCRND8 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease ameliorates amyloid pathologies and memory deficits.

    Dun Sheng Yang;Dun Sheng Yang;Philip Stavrides;Panaiyur S. Mohan;Panaiyur S. Mohan;Susmita Kaushik

  • Autophagy failure in Alzheimer's disease and the role of defective lysosomal acidification.

    Devin M. Wolfe;Ju-hyun Lee;Ju-hyun Lee;Asok Kumar;Asok Kumar;Sooyeon Lee

  • Autophagic vacuoles are enriched in amyloid precursor protein-secretase activities: implications for β-amyloid peptide over-production and localization in Alzheimer’s disease ☆

    W. H. Yu;A. Kumar;C. Peterhoff;L. Shapiro Kulnane

  • The Exosome Secretory Pathway Transports Amyloid Precursor Protein Carboxyl-terminal Fragments from the Cell into the Brain Extracellular Space

    Rocio Perez-Gonzalez;Sebastien A. Gauthier;Asok Kumar;Efrat Levy

  • Lipidation of apolipoprotein E influences its isoform-specific interaction with Alzheimer's amyloid β peptides

    Takahiko Tokuda;Miguel Calero;Etsuro Matsubara;Ruben Vidal

  • Presenilin 1 Maintains Lysosomal Ca2+ Homeostasis via TRPML1 by Regulating vATPase-Mediated Lysosome Acidification

    Ju-Hyun Lee;Mary Kate McBrayer;Devin M. Wolfe;Luke J. Haslett

  • Codeposition of Cystatin C with Amyloid-β Protein in the Brain of Alzheimer Disease Patients

    Efrat Levy;Magdalena Sastre;Asok Kumar;Gloria Gallo

  • Alpha-internexin is structurally and functionally associated with the neurofilament triplet proteins in the mature CNS.

    Aidong Yuan;Mala V Rao;Takahiro Sasaki;Yuanxin Chen

  • Neuronal Apoptosis and Autophagy Cross Talk in Aging PS/APP Mice, a Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Dun-Sheng Yang;Dun-Sheng Yang;Asok Kumar;Asok Kumar;Philip Stavrides;Jesse Peterson

  • Axonal transport rates in vivo are unaffected by tau deletion or overexpression in mice.

    Aidong Yuan;Asok Kumar;Corrinne Peterhoff;Karen Duff

  • Binding of cystatin C to Alzheimer’s amyloid β inhibits in vitro amyloid fibril formation

    Magdalena Sastre;Miguel Calero;Monika Pawlik;Monika Pawlik;Paul M Mathews;Paul M Mathews

  • Biochemical characterization of Alzheimer's soluble amyloid beta protein in human cerebrospinal fluid: association with high density lipoproteins.

    Alexei R. Koudinov;Natalia V. Koudinova;Asok Kumar;Ronald C. Beavis

  • β-sheet breaker peptide inhibitor of Alzheimer's amyloidogenesis with increased blood–brain barrier permeability and resistance to proteolytic degradation in plasma

    Joseph F. Poduslo;Geoffry L. Curran;Asok Kumar;Blas Frangione

  • The neurofilament middle molecular mass subunit carboxyl-terminal tail domains is essential for the radial growth and cytoskeletal architecture of axons but not for regulating neurofilament transport rate

    Mala V. Rao;Jabbar Campbell;Aidong Yuan;Asok Kumar

  • Induction of autophagy by cystatin C: a mechanism that protects murine primary cortical neurons and neuronal cell lines.

    Belen Tizon;Susmita Sahoo;Haung Yu;Sebastien Gauthier

  • Alzheimer's amyloid β interaction with normal human plasma high density lipoprotein : Association with apolipoprotein and lipids

    Alexei R Koudinov;Temirbolat T Berezov;Asok Kumar;Natalia V Koudinova;Natalia V Koudinova

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph A. Nixon
Ralph A. Nixon Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Ana Maria Cuervo
Ana Maria Cuervo Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Paul M. Mathews
Paul M. Mathews New York University
Jorge Ghiso
Jorge Ghiso New York University
Blas Frangione
Blas Frangione New York University
Karen Duff
Karen Duff University College London
Stephen D. Schmidt
Stephen D. Schmidt National Institutes of Health
Masuo Ohno
Masuo Ohno Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Balapal S. Basavarajappa
Balapal S. Basavarajappa Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

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