Education

Ph.D. in Pharmacology/Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012

Current position

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications (since 2010)

1. Crook, K. R., Jin, M., Weeks, M. F., Rampersad, R. R., Baldi, R. M., Glekas, A. S., Shen, Y., Esserman, D. A., Little, P., Schwartz, T. A. and Liu, P. (2015). Myeloid-derived suppressor cells regulate T cell and B cell responses during autoimmune disease. J Leukoc Biol 97(3): 573-582.
   
2. Jin, M., Ande, A., Kumar, A. and Kumar, S. (2013). Regulation of cytochrome P450 2e1 expression by ethanol: role of oxidative stress-mediated pkc/jnk/sp1 pathway. Cell Death Dis 4: e554.
   
3. Jin, M., Kumar, A. and Kumar, S. (2012). Ethanol mediated induction of cytochrome P450 2A6: Role of oxidative stress-mediated PKC/Erk-Nrf2 pathway. PLoS One 7(4):e35505.
   
4. Jin, M., Earla, R., Shah, A., Earla, R. L., Gupte, R., Mitra, A. K., Kumar, A. and Kumar, S. (2012). A LC-MS/MS method for concurrent determination of nicotine metabolites and role of CYP2A6 in nicotine metabolism in U937 macrophages: implications in oxidative stress in HIV + smokers. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 7(1): 289-299.
   
5. Ande, A., Earla, R., Jin, M., Silverstein, P. S., Mitra, A. K., Kumar, A. and Kumar, S. (2012). An LC-MS/MS method for concurrent determination of nicotine metabolites and the role of CYP2A6 in nicotine metabolite-mediated oxidative stress in SVGA astrocytes. Drug Alcohol Depend 125(1-2): 49-59.
   
6. Kumar, S., Jin, M., Ande, A., Sinha, N., Silverstein, P. S. and Kumar, A. (2012). Alcohol consumption effect on antiretroviral therapy and HIV-1 pathogenesis: role of cytochrome P450 isozymes. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 8(11): 1363-1375.
   
7. Kumar, S., Jin, M. and Weemhoff, J. L. (2012). Cytochrome P450-Mediated Phytoremediation using Transgenic Plants: A Need for Engineered Cytochrome P450 Enzymes. J Pet Environ Biotechnol 3(5).
   
8. Jin, M., Arya, P., Patel, K., Singh, B., Silverstein, P. S., Bhat, H. K., Kumar, A. and Kumar, S. (2011). Effect of alcohol on drug efflux protein and drug metabolic enzymes in U937 macrophages. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 35(1): 132-139.
   
9. Kumar, S., Earla, R., Jin, M., Mitra, A. K. and Kumar, A. (2010). Effect of ethanol on spectral binding, inhibition, and activity of CYP3A4 with an antiretroviral drug nelfinavir. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 402(1): 163-167.