Publications

Apoorva E, Jacob R, Rao DN, & Kumar S (2024). 

Helicobacter pylori enhances HLA-C expression in the human gastric adenocarcinoma cells AGS and can protect them from the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells.

Helicobacter 29,  e13069.

Sarangi SK, Lande KM, & Kumar S (2023). 

KIR signaling is regulated by electrostatic interaction of its cytosolic tail with the plasma membrane despite being neutral polyampholyte. 

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120, e2212987120.

Kumar S (2018). 

Natural killer cell cytotoxicity and its regulation by inhibitory receptors. 

Immunology 154, 383-393.

Kumar S, & Jain S (2018). 

Immune signaling by supramolecular assemblies. 

Immunology 155,435-445.

Kumar S, Rajagopalan S, Sarkar P, Dorward DW, Peterson ME, Liao H, Guillermier C, Steinhauser ML, Vogel SS, & Long EO (2016). 

Zinc-induced polymerization of killer-cell Ig-like receptor into filaments promotes its inhibitory function at cytotoxic immunological synapses. 

Molecular Cell 62, 21-33.

Kumar S, Sarkar P, Sim MJW, Rajagopalan S, Vogel SS, & Long EO (2015). 

A single amino acid change in inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptor results in constitutive receptor self-association and phosphorylation.

Journal of Immunology 194, 817-826.

Kumar S & Udgaonkar JB (2010). 

Mechanisms of amyloid fibril formation by proteins. 

Current Science 98, 639-656.

Kumar S & Udgaonkar JB (2009). 

Structurally distinct amyloid protofibrils form on separate pathways of aggregation of a small protein. 

Biochemistry 48, 6441-6449.

Kumar S & Udgaonkar JB (2009). 

Conformational conversion may precede or follow aggregate elongation on alternative pathways of amyloid protofibril formation.

Journal of Molecular Biology 385, 1266-1276.

Kumar S, Mohanty SK, & Udgaonkar JB (2007). 

Mechanism of formation of amyloid protofibrils of barstar from soluble oligomers: evidence for multiple steps and lateral association coupled to conformational conversion. 

Journal of Molecular Biology 367, 1186-1204.