Education
Ph.D, University of Southampton, UK
Current Position
Research Instructor, University of Pittsburgh
Publications
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McAleer, J. P., Nguyen, N. L., Chen, K., Kumar, P., Ricks, D. M., Binnie, M., Armentrout, R. A., Pociask, D. A., Hein, A., Yu, A., Vikram, A., Bibby, K., Umesaki, Y., Rivera, A., Sheppard, D., Ouyang, W., Hooper, L. V. and Kolls, J. K. (2016). Pulmonary Th17 Antifungal Immunity Is Regulated by the Gut Microbiome. J Immunol 197(1): 97-107.
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Kumar, P., Monin, L., Castillo, P., Elsegeiny, W., Horne, W., Eddens, T., Vikram, A., Good, M., Schoenborn, A. A., Bibby, K., Montelaro, R. C., Metzger, D. W., Gulati, A. S. and Kolls, J. K. (2016). Intestinal Interleukin-17 Receptor Signaling Mediates Reciprocal Control of the Gut Microbiota and Autoimmune Inflammation. Immunity 44(3): 659-671.
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Shih, V. F., Cox, J., Kljavin, N. M., Dengler, H. S., Reichelt, M., Kumar, P., Rangell, L., Kolls, J. K., Diehl, L., Ouyang, W. and Ghilardi, N. (2014). Homeostatic IL-23 receptor signaling limits Th17 response through IL-22-mediated containment of commensal microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(38): 13942-13947.
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Rajasekaran, K., Kumar, P., Schuldt, K. M., Peterson, E. J., Vanhaesebroeck, B., Dixit, V., Thakar, M. S. and Malarkannan, S. (2013). Signaling by Fyn-ADAP via the Carma1-Bcl-10-MAP3K7 signalosome exclusively regulates inflammatory cytokine production in NK cells. Nat Immunol 14(11): 1127-1136.
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Kumar, P., Thakar, M. S., Ouyang, W. and Malarkannan, S. (2013). IL-22 from conventional NK cells is epithelial regenerative and inflammation protective during influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol 6(1): 69-82.
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Kumar, P., Chen, K. and Kolls, J. K. (2013). Th17 cell based vaccines in mucosal immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 25(3): 373-380.
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Kumar, P. and Kolls, J. K. (2013). Act1-hsp90 heats up TH17 inflammation. Nat Immunol 14(1): 16-17.
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Kumar, P., Rajasekaran, K., Palmer, J. M., Thakar, M. S. and Malarkannan, S. (2013). IL-22: An Evolutionary Missing-Link Authenticating the Role of the Immune System in Tissue Regeneration. J Cancer 4(1): 57-65.
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Kumar, P., Bartoszek, A. E., Moran, T. M., Gorski, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Navidad, J. F., Thakar, M. S. and Malarkannan, S. (2012). High-throughput detection method for influenza virus. J Vis Exp(60).
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Malarkannan, S., Awasthi, A., Rajasekaran, K., Kumar, P., Schuldt, K. M., Bartoszek, A., Manoharan, N., Goldner, N. K., Umhoefer, C. M. and Thakar, M. S. (2012). IQGAP1: a regulator of intracellular spacetime relativity. J Immunol 188(5): 2057-2063.
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Rajasekaran, K., Chu, H., Kumar, P., Xiao, Y., Tinguely, M., Samarakoon, A., Kim, T. W., Li, X., Thakar, M. S., Zhang, J. and Malarkannan, S. (2011). Transforming growth factor-beta-activated kinase 1 regulates natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production. J Biol Chem 286(36): 31213-31224.
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Guo, H., Kumar, P. and Malarkannan, S. (2011). Evasion of natural killer cells by influenza virus. J Leukoc Biol 89(2): 189-194.
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Guo, H., Kumar, P., Moran, T. M., Garcia-Sastre, A., Zhou, Y. and Malarkannan, S. (2009). The functional impairment of natural killer cells during influenza virus infection. Immunol Cell Biol 87(8): 579-589.
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Majtan, J., Kumar, P., Majtan, T., Walls, A. F. and Klaudiny, J. (2010). Effect of honey and its major royal jelly protein 1 on cytokine and MMP-9 mRNA transcripts in human keratinocytes. Exp Dermatol 19(8): e73-79.
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Kumar, P., Williams, J. N., Durkin, K. L., Heckels, J. E., Friedmann, P. S., Healy, E. and Christodoulides, M. (2010). Neuropeptide alpha-MSH exerts pro-inflammatory effects on Neisseria meningitidis infection in vitro. Inflamm Res 59(2): 105-113.
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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. (2009). The cutaneous biochemical redox barrier: a component of the innate immune defenses against sensitization by highly reactive environmental xenobiotics. J Immunol 183(11): 7576-7584.
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Majtan, J., Kumar, P., Koller, J., Dragunova, J. and Gabriz, J. (2009). Induction of metalloproteinase 9 secretion from human keratinocytes by pleuran (beta-glucan from Pleurotus ostreatus). Z Naturforsch C 64(7-8): 597-600.