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46
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7314
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4632
National Ranking
2086

Overview

V. Kumaraswami was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States during their scientific career.

No records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or main topics of work have been documented in the available source data.

There is no information on awards won by Kumaraswami or specific years when awards might have been received.

As the scientist is deceased, all information is presented in past tense. Kumaraswami's research contributions, affiliations, and academic record remain part of the scientific history associated with the National Institutes of Health.

Best Publications

  • Inherited Resistance to HIV-1 Conferred by an Inactivating Mutation in CC Chemokine Receptor 5: Studies in Populations with Contrasting Clinical Phenotypes, Defined Racial Background, and Quantified Risk

    Peter A. Zimmerman;Alicia Buckler-White;Ghalib Alkhatib;Todd Spalding

  • Cytokine control of parasite-specific anergy in human lymphatic filariasis Preferential induction of a regulatory T helper type 2 lymphocyte subset

    Christopher L. King;Siddhartha Mahanty;V. Kumaraswami;John S. Abrams

  • Regulatory networks induced by live parasites impair both Th1 and Th2 pathways in patent lymphatic filariasis: implications for parasite persistence.

    Subash Babu;Carla P. Blauvelt;V. Kumaraswami;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Genetic polymorphisms in molecules of innate immunity and susceptibility to infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India

    E. H. Choi;Peter A. Zimmerman;Peter A. Zimmerman;C. B. Foster;S. Zhu

  • High levels of spontaneous and parasite antigen-driven interleukin-10 production are associated with antigen-specific hyporesponsiveness in human lymphatic filariasis.

    Siddhartha Mahanty;Stacey N. Mollis;Manickam Ravichandran;John S. Abrams

  • Parasite-specific anergy in human filariasis. Insights after analysis of parasite antigen-driven lymphokine production.

    T B Nutman;V Kumaraswami;E A Ottesen

  • Filarial Lymphedema Is Characterized by Antigen-Specific Th1 and Th17 Proinflammatory Responses and a Lack of Regulatory T Cells

    Subash Babu;Subash Babu;Sajid Q. Bhat;N. Pavan Kumar;Angelo B. Lipira

  • Cutting Edge: Diminished T Cell TLR Expression and Function Modulates the Immune Response in Human Filarial Infection

    Subash Babu;Carla P. Blauvelt;V. Kumaraswami;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Diminished Expression and Function of TLR in Lymphatic Filariasis: A Novel Mechanism of Immune Dysregulation

    Subash Babu;Carla P. Blauvelt;V. Kumaraswami;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India

    Thomas B. Nutman;V. Kumaraswami

  • Prenatal allergic sensitization to helminth antigens in offspring of parasite-infected mothers.

    G J Weil;R Hussain;V Kumaraswami;S P Tripathy

  • Immunologic tolerance in lymphatic filariasis. Diminished parasite-specific T and B lymphocyte precursor frequency in the microfilaremic state.

    Christopher L. King;V. Kumaraswami;Robert W. Poindexter;Suman Kumari

  • Human type 1 and 17 responses in latent tuberculosis are modulated by coincident filarial infection through cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 and programmed death-1.

    Subash Babu;Subash Babu;Sajid Q. Bhat;N. Pavan Kumar;S. Jayantasri

  • Alternatively Activated and Immunoregulatory Monocytes in Human Filarial Infections

    Subash Babu;Subash Babu;V. Kumaraswami;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Regulation of parasite antigen-driven immune responses by interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-12 in lymphatic filariasis

    S Mahanty;M Ravichandran;U Raman;K Jayaraman

  • Strategic emphases for tropical diseases research: a TDR perspective.

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  • Phosphocholine-Containing Antigens of Brugia Malayi Nonspecifically Suppress Lymphocyte Function

    Renu B. Lal;V. Kumaraswami;Cathy Steel;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Decreased Prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis among Diabetic Subjects Associated with a Diminished Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Response (CURES 83)

    Vivekanandhan Aravindhan;Viswanathan Mohan;Jayagopi Surendar;Maradana Muralidhara Rao

  • Circulating Biomarkers of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Children

    Nathella Pavan Kumar;R. Anuradha;Bruno B. Andrade;N. Suresh

  • Acute tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Characterization of the lower respiratory tract inflammation and its response to therapy.

    P Pinkston;V K Vijayan;T B Nutman;W N Rom

  • Stage-specific induction of cytokines regulates the immune response in lymphatic filariasis.

    S. Mahanty;H.E. Luke;V. Kumaraswami;P.R. Narayanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. Nutman
Thomas B. Nutman National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Eric A. Ottesen
Eric A. Ottesen National Institutes of Health
Siddhartha Mahanty
Siddhartha Mahanty Royal Melbourne Hospital
Peter A. Zimmerman
Peter A. Zimmerman Case Western Reserve University
Ronald G. Crystal
Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University
Christopher L. King
Christopher L. King Case Western Reserve University
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Philip M. Murphy
Philip M. Murphy National Institutes of Health
Alicia Buckler-White
Alicia Buckler-White National Institutes of Health
Edward A. Berger
Edward A. Berger National Institutes of Health

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