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D-Index
50
Citations
8535
World Ranking
4257
National Ranking
1939

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Vinay Kumar is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant specialization in subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry. The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, with particular attention to Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Parasites and Host Interactions, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Banana Cultivation and Research, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • "A systematic meta-analysis of blockchain technology for educational sector and its advancements towards education 4.0" (2023) published in Education and Information Technologies
  • "Targeting the Trypanothione Reductase of Tissue-Residing Leishmania in Hosts' Reticuloendothelial System: A Flexible Water-Soluble Ferrocenylquinoline-Based Preclinical Drug Candidate" (2020) published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Deletion of Glutamine Synthetase Gene Disrupts the Survivability and Infectivity of Leishmania donovani" (2021) published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Molecular modification of spiro[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene]-based dopant-free hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells" (2024) published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis for Identification of Genes and Interlinked Pathways Mediating Artemisinin Resistance in Leishmania donovani" (2020) published in Genes

Vinay Kumar frequently collaborates with researchers such as Sushma Singh, Chiranjib Pal, Sanhita Ghosh, Kamalika Roy, and Debarati Mukherjee.

Major publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Education and Information Technologies
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Genes

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2003.

Best Publications

  • Natural killer cells: definition of a cell type rather than a function

    L. L. Lanier;J. H. Phillips;J. Hackett;M. Tutt

  • 2B4, the Natural Killer and T Cell Immunoglobulin Superfamily Surface Protein, Is a Ligand for CD48

    Marion H. Brown;Kent Boles;P. Anton van der Merwe;Vinay Kumar

  • A novel function-associated molecule related to non-MHC-restricted cytotoxicity mediated by activated natural killer cells and T cells.

    B. A. Garni-Wagner;A. Purohit;P. A. Mathew;M. Bennett

  • Cloning and characterization of the 2B4 gene encoding a molecule associated with non-MHC-restricted killing mediated by activated natural killer cells and T cells.

    P. A. Mathew;B. A. Garni-Wagner;K. Land;A. Takashima

  • A new self: MHC-class-I-independent natural-killer-cell self-tolerance.

    Vinay Kumar;Megan E. McNerney

  • 2B4 Acts As a Non–Major Histocompatibility Complex Binding Inhibitory Receptor on Mouse Natural Killer Cells

    Kyung-Mi Lee;Megan E. McNerney;Susan E. Stepp;Porunelloor A. Mathew

  • Cloning and functional characteristics of murine large granular lymphocyte-1: a member of the Ly-49 gene family (Ly-49G2)

    L H Mason;J R Ortaldo;H A Young;V Kumar

  • The NK-1.1(-) mouse: a model to study differentiation of murine NK cells.

    G C Koo;F J Dumont;M Tutt;J Hackett

  • IL-15 can substitute for the marrow microenvironment in the differentiation of natural killer cells.

    I J Puzanov;M Bennett;V Kumar

  • Generation of Lytic Natural Killer 1.1+, Ly-49− Cells from Multipotential Murine Bone Marrow Progenitors in a Stroma-free Culture: Definition of Cytokine Requirements and Developmental Intermediates

    Noelle Sevilir Williams;Thomas A. Moore;John D. Schatzle;Igor J. Puzanov

  • Molecular basis of the dual functions of 2B4 (CD244).

    Lukasz K. Chlewicki;C. Alejandro Velikovsky;Vamsi Balakrishnan;Roy A. Mariuzza

  • 2B4 (CD244) and CS1: novel members of the CD2 subset of the immunoglobulin superfamily molecules expressed on natural killer cells and other leukocytes.

    Kent S. Boles;Susan E. Stepp;Michael Bennett;Vinay Kumar

  • Natural Killer Cells in Mice Treated with 89Strontium: Normal Target-Binding Cell Numbers but Inability to Kill Even after Interferon Administration

    Vinay Kumar;Jonathan Ben-Ezra;Michael Bennett;Gerald Sonnenfeld

  • Absence of mouse 2B4 promotes NK cell–mediated killing of activated CD8+ T cells, leading to prolonged viral persistence and altered pathogenesis

    Stephen N. Waggoner;Ruth T. Taniguchi;Porunelloor A. Mathew;Vinay Kumar

  • Role of natural killer cell subsets in cardiac allograft rejection.

    M. E. McNerney;Kyung-Mi Lee;P. Zhou;L. Molinero

  • Origin and differentiation of natural killer cells. II. Functional and morphologic studies of purified NK-1.1+ cells

    J. Hackett;M. Tutt;M. Lipscomb;M. Bennett

  • Natural killer cell differentiation : insights from knockout and transgenic mouse models and in vitro systems

    Noelle Sevilir Williams;Jennifer Klem;Igor J. Puzanov;P. V. Sivakumar

  • Transplantable progenitors of natural killer cells are distinct from those of T and B lymphocytes

    John Hackett;Gayle C. Bosma;Melvin J. Bosma;Michael Bennett

  • Tolerance and Alloreactivity of the Ly49D Subset of Murine NK Cells

    Thaddeus C. George;John R. Ortaldo;Suzanne Lemieux;Vinay Kumar

  • 2B4 (CD244) is a non-MHC binding receptor with multiple functions on natural killer cells and CD8+ T cells

    Megan E. McNerney;Kyung Mi Lee;Vinay Kumar

  • Perforin: more than just an effector molecule.

    Susan E Stepp;Porunelloor A Mathew;Michael Bennett;Geneviève de Saint Basile

  • Potential pathways for regulation of NK and T cell responses: differential X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome gene product SAP interactions with SLAM and 2B4.

    Joan Sayós;Khuong B. Nguyen;Chengbin Wu;Susan E. Stepp

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Bennett
Michael B. Bennett University of Queensland
Ramzi S. Cotran
Ramzi S. Cotran Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael V. L. Bennett
Michael V. L. Bennett Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael J. Bennett
Michael J. Bennett University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Cassian Yee
Cassian Yee The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University
Roy A. Mariuzza
Roy A. Mariuzza University of Maryland, College Park
Seog Bae Oh
Seog Bae Oh Seoul National University
Gloria C. Koo
Gloria C. Koo Hospital for Special Surgery
Elaine S. Jaffe
Elaine S. Jaffe National Institutes of Health

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