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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
80762
World Ranking
1070
National Ranking
29

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Sharad Kumar is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the broad fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields within these areas include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers several prominent topics, reflecting a focus on disease mechanisms and immune responses. These topics include:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Interferon and immune responses

Sharad Kumar has contributed to multiple recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Autophagy in major human diseases," 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • "Crosstalk between cGAS-STING signaling and cell death," 2020, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "The role of caspases as executioners of apoptosis," 2021, Biochemical Society Transactions
  • "The p53-caspase-2 axis in the cell cycle and DNA damage response," 2021, Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • "Retromer regulates the lysosomal clearance of MAPT/tau," 2020, Autophagy

The venues frequently publishing Sharad Kumar's research reflect their focus on cell biology and disease, including:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Blood
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Autophagy

The scientist collaborates regularly with a set of co-authors, indicating active teamwork in their field. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jantina Manning
  • Yoon Lim
  • Danièl Thomas
  • Chung Hoow Kok
  • Devendra Hiwase

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

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • Old, new and emerging functions of caspases.

    S Shalini;L Dorstyn;S Dawar;S Kumar

  • Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Ravi K. Amaravadi

  • Physiological functions of the HECT family of ubiquitin ligases

    Daniela Rotin;Sharad Kumar

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Caspase function in programmed cell death.

    S Kumar

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

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

  • Induction of apoptosis by the mouse Nedd2 gene, which encodes a protein similar to the product of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell death gene ced-3 and the mammalian IL-1 beta-converting enzyme.

    Sharad Kumar;Makoto Kinoshita;Makoto Noda;Neal G. Copeland

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • Identification of a set of genes with developmentally down-regulated expression in the mouse brain.

    Sharad Kumar;Yasuhiro Tomooka;Makoto Noda

  • Autophagy-dependent cell death

    Donna Denton;Sharad Kumar

  • ICE-like proteases in apoptosis

    Sharad Kumar

  • DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit: a target for an ICE-like protease in apoptosis.

    Q Song;S P Lees-Miller;S Kumar;Z Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Lavin
Martin F. Lavin University of Queensland
Makoto Noda
Makoto Noda Kyoto University
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Eric H. Baehrecke
Eric H. Baehrecke University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Emad S. Alnemri
Emad S. Alnemri Thomas Jefferson University
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Natasha L. Harvey
Natasha L. Harvey University of South Australia

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