McAleer JP, Nguyen N, Chen K, Kumar P, Ricks DM, Binnie M, Armentrout RA, Pociask D, Hein A, Yu W, Vikram A, Bibby K, Umesaki Y, Rivera A, Sheppard D, Ouyang W, Hooper LV and Kolls JK. Pulmonary Th17 anti-fungal immunity is regulated by the gut microbiome. J. Immunol, 2016, 97(1): 97-107.
Kumar P., Monin L., Castillo P., Elsegeiny W., Horne W, Eddens T., Vikram A., Good M., Schoenborn A., Bibby B., Montelaro R., Metzger DW., Gulati A. and Kolls J.K. Intestinal IL-17 Receptor Signaling Mediates Reciprocal Control of the Gut Microbiota and Autoimmune Inflammation. Immunity. 2016, 44 (3); 659–671. [PMID: 26982366].
Shih V.F., Cox J., Kljavin N., Dengler HS., Reichelt M., Kumar P., Rangell L., Kolls J.K., Diehl L, Ouyang W. and Ghilardi N. Homeostatic IL-23R signaling limits TH17 response through IL-22-mediated containment of commensal microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014, 23;111(38):13942-7. [PMID: 25201978].
Rajasekaran K., Kumar P., Schuldt KM., Peterson E.J., Vanhaesebroeck B., Dixit V., Thakkar M.S. and Malarkannan S. Signaling by Fyn-ADAP via the Carma1–Bcl-10–MAP3K7 signalosome exclusively regulates inflammatory cytokine production in NK cells. Nat. Immunol. 2013,14(11):1127-36. [PMID: 24036998].
Kumar P., Thakar M.S., Ouyang W. and Malarkannan S. IL-22 from conventional NK cells is epithelial regenerative and inflammation protective during influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol. 2013, 6(1):69-82. [PMID: 22739232].
Kumar P., Bartoszek A.E., Moran T.M., Gorski J., Navidad J.F., Bhattacharyya S., Thakkar M.S. and Malarkannan S. High-throughput detection method for influenza virus. J. Vis. Exp. 2012, (60). pii: 3623. [PMID: 22331038].
Rajasekaran K., Chu H., Kumar P., Xiao Y., Tinguely M., Samarakoon A., Kim T.W., Li X, Thakkar M.S., Zhang J. and Malarkannan S. Transforming growth factor-beta-activated kinase 1 regulates natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production. J. Biol. Chem. 2011, 286(36):31213-24. [PMID: 21771792].
Guo H*., Kumar P*., Moran T.M., Garcia-Sastre A., Zhou Y. and Malarkannan S. The functional impairment of natural killer cells during influenza virus infection. Immunol. Cell Biol. 2009, 87(8):579-89. [PMID: 19721456]. Outstanding observation (*Co-first author)
Majtan J*., Kumar P*., Majtan T., Walls A.F. and Klaudiny J. Effect of honey and its major royal jelly protein 1 on cytokine and MMP-9 mRNA transcripts in human keratinocytes. Exp. Dermatol. 2010,19(8):e73-9. [PMID: 19845754] (*Co-first author)
Kumar P., Williams J.N., Durkin K.L., Heckels J.E., Friedmann P.S., Healy E, Christodoulides M. Neuropeptide alpha-MSH exerts pro-inflammatory effects on Neisseria meningitidis infection in vitro. Inflamm. Res. 2010, 59(2):105-13. [PMID: 19685205].
Pickard C., Louafi F., McGuire C., Lowings K., Kumar P., Cooper H., Dearman R.J, Cumberbatch M., Kimber I., Healy E. and Friedmann P.S. The cutaneous biochemical redox barrier: a component of the innate immune defences against sensitisation by highly reactive environmental xenobiotics. J. Immunol. 2009,183(11):7576-84. [PMID: 19890059].
Majtan J., Kumar P., Koller J., Dragúnová J. and Gabriz J. Induction of metalloproteinase 9 secretion from human keratinocytes by pleuran (beta-glucan from Pleurotus ostreatus). Z. Naturforsch. C. 2009, 64 (7-8):597-600. [PMID: 19791514].
Review, Commentaries and Book Chapters
Kumar P., Chen K. and Kolls J.K. Th17 cell based vaccines in mucosal immunity. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 2013, 25(3):373-80. [PMID: 23669353].
Kumar P. and Kolls J.K. Act1-hsp90 heats up TH17 inflammation. Nat. Immunol. 2013 Jan;14(1):16-17. [PMID: 23238753].
Kumar P., Rajasekaran K., Palmer J.M., Thakkar M.S. and Malarkannan S. IL-22: An Evolutionary Missing-Link Authenticating the Role of the Immune System in Tissue Regeneration. J. Cancer. 2013;4(1):57-65. [PMID: 23386905].
Malarkannan S., Awasthi A., Rajasekaran K., Kumar P., Schuldt K.M., Bartoszek A., Manoharan N., Goldner N.K., Umhoefer C.M. and Thakkar MS. IQGAP1: a regulator of intracellular space time relativity. J. Immunol. 2012,1;188(5):2057-63. [PMID: 22345702].
Guo H., Kumar P. and Malarkannan S. Evasion of Natural Killer cells by influenza virus. J. Leukoc. Biol. 2011; 89: 189-194. [PMID: 20682623].
