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Renu A. Kowluru is a researcher affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on molecular biology, cancer research, ophthalmology, clinical biochemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine as subfields.

The research topics addressed by Kowluru include cancer-related molecular mechanisms, retinal diseases and treatments, lipid metabolism and disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, folate and B vitamins research, advanced glycation end products research, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Kowluru's publication record features several recent papers centered on diabetic retinopathy, oxidative stress, inflammation, and epigenetics. Notable recent works are:

  • Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 and Regulation of the Antioxidant Defense System in Diabetic Retinopathy, 2020, Diabetes
  • Retinopathy in a Diet-Induced Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model and Role of Epigenetic Modifications, 2020, Diabetes
  • Cross Talks between Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Epigenetics in Diabetic Retinopathy, 2023, Cells
  • Epigenetic modifications in diabetes, 2021, Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and Mitochondrial Stability in the Metabolic Memory Phenomenon Associated with Continued Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy, 2020, Scientific Reports

Kowluru frequently publishes in scientific journals such as Diabetes, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Antioxidants, and Free Radical Biology and Medicine. These venues have hosted multiple publications by the researcher, emphasizing their emphasis on metabolic and oxidative stress-related conditions.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, with frequent partnerships including:

  • Ghulam Mohammad (16 joint publications)
  • Rakesh Radhakrishnan (5 joint publications)
  • Kumari Alka (4 joint publications)
  • Jay Kumar (4 joint publications)
  • Pooja Malaviya (4 joint publications)

Kowluru's research contributions focus on understanding the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that underlie diabetic complications, especially diabetic retinopathy. Key thematic areas in their work include the study of antioxidant defense systems, epigenetic modifications, mitochondrial stability, and the interplay of oxidative stress and inflammation in disease progression.

Best Publications

  • Oxidative Stress and Diabetic Retinopathy

    Renu A. Kowluru;Pooi-See Chan

  • Abnormalities of retinal metabolism in diabetes and experimental galactosemia. VII. Effect of long-term administration of antioxidants on the development of retinopathy.

    Renu A. Kowluru;Jie Tang;Timothy S. Kern

  • Effects of curcumin on retinal oxidative stress and inflammation in diabetes

    Renu A Kowluru;Mamta Kanwar

  • Effect of Reinstitution of Good Glycemic Control on Retinal Oxidative Stress and Nitrative Stress in Diabetic Rats

    Renu A. Kowluru

  • Oxidative stress and diabetic retinopathy: pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment perspectives.

    Sally A. Madsen-Bouterse;Renu A. Kowluru

  • Oxidative damage in the retinal mitochondria of diabetic mice: possible protection by superoxide dismutase.

    Mamta Kanwar;Pooi See Chan;Timothy S. Kern;Renu A. Kowluru

  • Diabetes-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in the retina.

    Renu A Kowluru;Saiyeda Noor Abbas

  • Diabetes-induced activation of nuclear transcriptional factor in the retina, and its inhibition by antioxidants.

    Renu A. Kowluru;Prashant Koppolu;Subrata Chakrabarti;Shali Chen

  • Response of capillary cell death to aminoguanidine predicts the development of retinopathy: comparison of diabetes and galactosemia.

    Timothy S. Kern;Jie Tang;Masakazu Mizutani;Renu A. Kowluru

  • Oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage and diabetic retinopathy.

    Renu A. Kowluru;Manish Mishra

  • Oxidative stress and epigenetic modifications in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

    Renu A. Kowluru;Anjan Kowluru;Manish Mishra;Binit Kumar

  • Effect of Long-Term Administration of α-Lipoic Acid on Retinal Capillary Cell Death and the Development of Retinopathy in Diabetic Rats

    Renu A. Kowluru;Sarah Odenbach

  • Role of interleukin-1β in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

    R A Kowluru;S Odenbach

  • Diabetic retinopathy: mitochondrial dysfunction and retinal capillary cell death.

    Renu A. Kowluru

  • Overexpression of mitochondrial superoxide dismutase in mice protects the retina from diabetes-induced oxidative stress.

    Renu A. Kowluru;Vibhuti Kowluru;Ye Xiong;Ye Shih Ho

  • Retinal glutamate in diabetes and effect of antioxidants.

    Renu A. Kowluru;Ronald L. Engerman;Gary L. Case;Timothy S. Kern

  • Epigenetic Changes in Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase in the Retina and the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Qing Zhong;Renu A. Kowluru

  • Role of Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase in the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Renu A. Kowluru;Lamia Atasi;Yeh Shih Ho

  • Role of interleukin-1β in the development of retinopathy in rats: Effect of antioxidants

    Renu A. Kowluru;Sarah Odenbach

  • Role of Histone Acetylation in the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy and the Metabolic Memory Phenomenon

    Qing Zhong;Renu A. Kowluru

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Kern
Timothy S. Kern University of California, Irvine
Mark W. Bitensky
Mark W. Bitensky Boston University
Subrata Chakrabarti
Subrata Chakrabarti University of Western Ontario
Jorma Ilonen
Jorma Ilonen University of Turku
Ye-Shih Ho
Ye-Shih Ho Wayne State University
Philippe A. Halban
Philippe A. Halban University of Geneva
Michael Leitges
Michael Leitges University of Oslo
Joel F. Habener
Joel F. Habener Harvard University
Claes B. Wollheim
Claes B. Wollheim University of Geneva
Melanie J. Davies
Melanie J. Davies University of Leicester

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