Dr. Rita Kumar
Department of Emergency Medicine and Physiology
Wayne State University, USA
Assistant Professor
Email: rkuma@med.wayne.edu
Qualifications
2001 Ph.D., Wayne State University, USA, Physiology
1998 M.Sc., Wayne State University, USA, Biology
1995 B.Sc., University of Windsor, Canada, Biology
Publications
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Sanderson TH, Raghunayakula S, Kumar R. Neuronal hypoxia disrupts mitochondrial fusion. Neuroscience. 2015 Jun 3. pii: S0306-4522(15)00529-1.
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Sanderson TH, Gallaway M, Kumar R. Unfolding the Unfolded Protein Response: Unique Insights into Brain Ischemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2015; 16(4):7133-7142.
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Sanderson TH, Raghunayakula S, Kumar R. Release of Mitochondrial Opa1 following Oxidative Stress in HT22 cells. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2015; 64: 116-122.
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Sanderson TH, Mahapatra G, Pecina P, Ji Q, Yu K, Sinkler C, Varughese A, Kumar R, Bukowski MJ, Tousignant RN, Salomon AR, Lee I, Hüttemann M. Cytochrome c is tyrosine 97 phosphorylated by neuroprotective insulin treatment. PLoS one. 2013; 8(11):e78627.
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Calo L, Dong Y, Kumar R, Przyklenk K, Sanderson TH. Mitochondrial Dynamics: an Emerging Paradigm in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2013; 19: 6848-57.
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Sanderson TH, Reynolds CA, Kumar R, Przyklenk K, Hüttemann M. Molecular mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion injury in brain: pivotal role of the mitochondrial membrane potential in reactive oxygen species generation. Mol Neurobiol. 2013; 47(1): 9-23.
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Lagina A, Calo L, Deogracias M, Sanderson TH, Kumar R, Sullivan JM. Combination Therapy with IGF-1 and Hypothermia Synergistically Improves Outcome After Transient Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2013; 20(4): 344-51.
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Sanderson TH, Deogracias MP, Nangia KK, Wang J, Kumar R. PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) activation following brain ischemia is independent of unfolded nascent proteins. Neuroscience. 2010; 169(3): 1307-14.
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Sanderson TH, Kumar R, Murariu-Dobrin AC, Page AB, Krause GS, Sullivan M. Insulin induces phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-dependent phosphorylation of Akt in vulnerable neurons after transient global brain ischemia. Neurol Res. 2009; 31(9): 947-58.
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Miller CD, Kumar R, Storrow AB. Alignment of emergency medicine research efforts with Clinical and Translational Science Awards. Acad Emerg Med. 2008; 15(7): 672-7.
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Sanderson TH, Kumar R, Sullivan JM, Krause GS. Insulin blocks cytochrome c release in the reperfused brain through PI3-K signaling and by promoting Bax/Bcl-XL binding. J Neurochem 2008; 106(3): 1248-58.
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Miller JM, Kumar R, McAllister II JP, Krause GS. Gene Expression Analysis of the Development of Congenital Hydrocephalus in the H-Tx Rat. Brain Res 2006; 1075(1): 36-47.
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Owen CR*, Kumar R*, Zhang P, McGrath BC, Cavener DR, Krause GS. Perk is necessary and sufficient for the large increase in eIF2α (P) phosphorylation immediately after transient brain ischemia. J Neurochem. 2005; 94: 1235-1242. (*1st and 2nd authors contributed equally).
Profile Details
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9573-7667