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Ujendra Kumar is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics targeting molecular and cellular mechanisms in neurological and cancer research contexts. Notable papers include:

  • Cannabinol modulates neuroprotection and intraocular pressure: A potential multi-target therapeutic intervention for glaucoma (2021) published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Somatostatin-Mediated Regulation of Retinoic Acid-Induced Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Cells: Neurotransmitters Phenotype Characterization (2022) published in Biomedicines
  • Comparative changes in breast cancer cell proliferation and signalling following somatostatin and cannabidiol treatment (2022) published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Somatostatin Ameliorates β-Amyloid-Induced Cytotoxicity via the Regulation of CRMP2 Phosphorylation and Calcium Homeostasis in SH-SY5Y Cells (2021) published in Biomedicines
  • Comparative distribution of somatostatin and somatostatin receptors in PTU-induced hypothyroidism (2020) published in Endocrine

Frequent topics explored in their work include retinal development and disorders, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, glaucoma and retinal disorders, lung cancer research studies, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways in cancer, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Ujendra Kumar collaborates regularly with multiple researchers, with frequent coauthors such as R.K. Somvanshi, Sneha Singh, Shenglong Zou, Helen A Oliveira, and Salam Kadhim.

Their research has been published in journals including Biomedicines, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, and Endocrine.

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoid Receptors and the Endocannabinoid System: Signaling and Function in the Central Nervous System.

    Shenglong Zou;Ujendra Kumar

  • Receptors for Dopamine and Somatostatin: Formation of Hetero-Oligomers with Enhanced Functional Activity

    Magalie Rocheville;Daniela C. Lange;Ujendra Kumar;Shutish C. Patel

  • Subtypes of the somatostatin receptor assemble as functional homo- and heterodimers

    Magalie Rocheville;Daniela C. Lange;Daniela C. Lange;Ujendra Kumar;Ramakrishnan Sasi

  • Somatostatin receptors in primary human breast cancer: quantitative analysis of mRNA for subtypes 1–5 and correlation with receptor protein expression and tumor pathology

    U. Kumar;S. I. Grigorakis;H. L. Watt;R. Sasi

  • Subtype-selective expression of the five somatostatin receptors (hSSTR1-5) in human pancreatic islet cells: a quantitative double-label immunohistochemical analysis.

    Ujendra Kumar;Ramakrishnan Sasi;Sundar Suresh;Amit Patel

  • Expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes in human brain tumors

    Anne Dutour;Ujendra Kumar;Rosemarie Panetta;L'Hovicine Ouafik

  • Localization of Niemann–Pick C1 protein in astrocytes: Implications for neuronal degeneration in Niemann– Pick type C disease

    Patel Sc;Suresh S;Kumar U;Hu Cy

  • Agonist-dependent regulation of cloned human somatostatin receptor types 1-5 (hSSTR1-5): subtype selective internalization or upregulation.

    N Hukovic;R Panetta;U Kumar;Y C Patel

  • Ligand binding to somatostatin receptors induces receptor-specific oligomer formation in live cells

    Ramesh C. Patel;Ujendra Kumar;Don C. Lamb;John S. Eid

  • Heterooligomerization of human dopamine receptor 2 and somatostatin receptor 2 Co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis.

    Alessandra Baragli;Haydar Alturaihi;Heather L. Watt;Ali Abdallah

  • Somatostatin is required for masculinization of growth hormone–regulated hepatic gene expression but not of somatic growth

    Malcolm J. Low;Veronica Otero-Corchon;Albert F. Parlow;Jose L. Ramirez

  • Immunohistochemical detection of somatostatin receptor types 1-5 in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.

    Mauro Papotti;Ujendra Kumar;Marco Volante;Carla Pecchioni

  • Expression of the Five Somatostatin Receptor (SSTR1-5) Subtypes in Rat Pituitary Somatotrophes: Quantitative Analysis by Double-Label Immunofluorescence Confocal Microscopy

    Ujendra Kumar;Dale Laird;Coimbatore B. Srikant;Emanuel Escher

  • Expression of somatostatin receptors in normal and cirrhotic human liver and in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Hendrik Reynaert;Krista Rombouts;Alain Vandermonde;Daniel Urbain

  • Immunohistochemical localization of dopamine receptor subtypes (D1R-D5R) in Alzheimer's disease brain.

    Ujendra Kumar;Shutish C. Patel

  • Neurodegeneration in Niemann-Pick type C disease mice.

    Wei-Yi Ong;Ujendra Kumar;Robert C. Switzer;Anita Sidhu

  • SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN NMDA-EVOKED RAT MASSETER MUSCLE AFFERENT DISCHARGE RESULT FROM ESTROGEN-MEDIATED MODULATION OF PERIPHERAL NMDA RECEPTOR ACTIVITY

    Xu-Dong Dong;Mandeep K. Mann;Ujendra Kumar;Peter Svensson

  • Calcium-sensing receptor dimerizes in the endoplasmic reticulum: biochemical and biophysical characterization of CASR mutants retained intracellularly

    Svetlana Pidasheva;Michael Grant;Lucie Canaff;Oya Ercan

  • Expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes (SSTR1-5) in Alzheimer's disease brain: an immunohistochemical analysis.

    U. Kumar

  • Interaction of structure-specific and promiscuous G-protein–coupled receptors mediates small-molecule signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Donha Park;Inish O'Doherty;Rishi K. Somvanshi;Axel Bethke

  • SUBTYPES OF THE SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR ASSEMBLE AS FUNCTIONAL

    M Rocheville;D C Lange;U Kumar;R Sasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian E. Cairns
Brian E. Cairns University of British Columbia
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Wei-Yi Ong
Wei-Yi Ong National University of Singapore
James W. Hu
James W. Hu University of Toronto
Marcelo Rubinstein
Marcelo Rubinstein University of Buenos Aires
André Nieoullon
André Nieoullon Aix-Marseille University
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Aristea S. Galanopoulou Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Barry J. Sessle
Barry J. Sessle University of Toronto
Andrei V. Krassioukov
Andrei V. Krassioukov University of British Columbia
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos University of British Columbia

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