By Emeritus Professor Rakesh Kumar

Journal articles

Kumar RK; Foster PS, 2001, 'Murine model of chronic human asthma', Immunology and Cell Biology, pp. 141 - 144

Torda AJ; Kumar RK; Jones PD, 2001, 'The pathology of human and murine pulmonary infection with Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii', Pathology, pp. 475 - 478

Kumar RK, 2001, 'Understanding airway wall remodeling in asthma: a basis for improvements in therapy?', Pharmacology and Therapeutics, pp. 93 - 104

Kumar RK; Temelkovski J; McNeil HP; Hunter N, 2000, 'Airway inflammation in a murine model of chronic asthma: evidence for a local humoral immune response.', Clinical and Experimental Allergy, pp. 1486 - 1492

Foster P; Ming Y; Matthei KI; Young IR; Temelkovski J; Kumar RK, 2000, 'Dissociation of inflammatory and epithelial responses in a murine model of chronic asthma', Laboratory Investigation, pp. 655 - 662

Gibson KA; Kumar RK; Tedla NT; Gotis-Graham I; McNeil HP, 2000, 'Expression of the alphaE-beta7 integrin by mast cells in rheumatoid synovium', Journal of Rheumatology, pp. 2754 - 2760

Ye P; Chapple CC; Kumar RK; Hunter N, 2000, 'Expression patterns of E-cadherin, involucrin, and connexin gap junction proteins in the lining epithelia of inflamed gingiva', Journal of Pathology, 192, pp. 58 - 66

Kumar RK; Walsh CJ; Cooke BE, 2000, 'Reduced nonspecific fluorescence of paraffin sections by use of a novel red-emitting dye', Journal of Histotechnology, pp. 99 - 102

Widmer F; Hayes P; Whitby RM; Kumar RK, 2000, 'Substrate preference profiles of proteases released by allergenic pollens', Clinical and Experimental Allergy, pp. 571 - 576

Chapple CC; Kumar RK; Hunter N, 2000, 'Vascular remodelling in chronic inflammatory periodontal disease', Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, pp. 500 - 506

Di Girolamo N; Tedla NT; Kumar RK; Mccluskey P; Lloyd AR; Coroneo MT; Wakefield D, 1999, 'Culture and characterisation of epithelial cells from human pterygia', British Journal of Ophthalmology, pp. 1077 - 1082

Kumar RK; Chapple CC; Hunter N, 1999, 'Improved double immunofluorescence for confocal laser scanning microscopy', Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, pp. 1213 - 1217

Kumar RK, 1999, 'Integrated Assessment', Focus Health Prof Educ, pp. vii - viii

Temelkovski J; Hogan SP; Shepherd DP; Foster P; Kumar RK, 1998, 'An improved murine model of asthma: selective airway inflammation, epithelial lesions and increased methacholine responsiveness following chronic exposure to aerosolised allergen.', Thorax, pp. 849 - 856

Kumar RK; Maronese S; Hassim Z, 1998, 'Co-operative interaction of autocrine and paracrine mitogens for airway epithelial cells.', Cell Biology and Toxicology, 14, pp. 293 - 299

Kumar RK; Harrison C; Cornish CJ; Kocher M; Geczy C, 1998, 'Immunodetection of the murine chemotactic protein CP-10 in bleomycin-induced pulmonary injury.', Pathology, pp. 51 - 56

Kumar RK, 1998, 'Improving the sensitivity of immunostaining.', Today's Life Science, 10, pp. 14 - 17

Hassim Z; Maronese S; Kumar RK, 1998, 'Injury to murine airway epithelial cells by pollen enzymes.', Thorax, pp. 368 - 371

Temelkovski J; Kumar RK; Maronese S, 1997, 'Enhanced production of an EGF-like growth factor by parenchymal macrophages following bleomycin-induced pulmonary injury', Experimental Lung Research, pp. 377 - 391

Kumar RK; Maronese S; O'Grady R, 1997, 'Serum-free culture of mouse tracheal epithelial cells', Experimental Lung Research, pp. 427 - 440

Tedla NT; Kumar RK; Di Girolamo N; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR, 1996, 'Chemokines and T lymphocyte recruitment to lymph nodes in HIV infection.', American Journal of Pathology, 148, pp. 1367 - 1373

Kumar RK; O''grady R; Di Girolamo N, 1996, 'Epidermal growth factor-like molecular species in normal bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.', Lung, 174, pp. 171 - 179

Kumar RK; O Grady R; Maronese S; Wilson MR, 1996, 'Epithelial cell-derived transforming growth factor-β In bleomycin-induced pulmonary injury', International Journal of Experimental Pathology, pp. 99 - 107

Kumar RK, 1995, 'Experimental models in pulmonary pathology', Pathology, pp. 130 - 132

Kumar RK, 1995, 'Improved immunostaining by capillary action', Today's Life Science, pp. 62 - 66

Kumar RK; Li W; O Grady R, 1995, 'Maintenance of differentiated phenotype by mouse type 2 pneumocytes in serum-free primary culture', Experimental Lung Research, pp. 79 - 94

Kumar RK; Lykke A, 1995, 'Messages and handshakes - cellular interactions in pulmonary fibrosis', Pathology, pp. 18 - 26

Kumar RK; Velan GM; O'grady R; Kumar RK, 1994, 'Epidermal growth factor-like activity in bionchoalveolar lavage fluid in expirimental silicosis', Growth Factors, 10, pp. 163 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08977199409000234

O'grady R; Kumar RK, 1994, 'Immunoenzymatic detection of collagen production by pulmonary fibroblasts in serum-free culture', Biotechnic and Histochemistry, 69, pp. 283 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10520299409106303

Velan GM; Kumar RK, 1993, 'Pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis following subacute inhalational exposure to silica: Determinants of progression', Pathology, 25, pp. 282 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00313029309066590

Kumar RK; O'grady R; Li W; Rajkovic I, 1993, 'Secretion of epidermal growth factor-like molecular species by lung parenchymal macrophages: Induction by interferon-γ', Growth Factors, 9, pp. 223 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08977199309010834

Velan GM; Kumar RK, 1992, 'IGSSPOT: an improved method for detection of individual cytokine-secreting cells', Immunology Letters, 34, pp. 311 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-2478(92)90230-L

Brody AR; Bonner JC; Overby LH; Badgett A; Kalter V; Kumar RK; Bennett RA, 1992, 'Interstitial pulmonary macrophages produce platelet-derived growth factor that stimulates rat lung fibroblast proliferation in vitro', Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 51, pp. 640 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jlb.51.6.640

Kumar RK; O'Grady R; Li W; Velan GM, 1992, 'Mitogenic activity for fibroblasts induced by silica and titanium dioxide particles in vitro and in vivo', International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 73, pp. 573 - 583

Li W; Kumar RK; O'Grady R; Velan GM, 1992, 'Role of lymphocytes in silicosis: Regulation of secretion of macrophage-derived mitogenic activity for fibroblasts', International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 73, pp. 793 - 800

Kumar RK; O'Grady R; Li W; Smith LW; Rhodes GC, 1991, 'Primary culture of adult mouse lung fibroblasts in serum-free medium: Responses to growth factors', Experimental Cell Research, 193, pp. 398 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-4827(91)90112-8

Velan GM; Kumar RK; O'Grady R, 1991, 'Prostaglandins enhance DNA synthesis by mouse lung fibroblasts in serum-free culture [2]', In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal, 27, pp. 347 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02630951

Rhodes GC; Kumar RK; Lykke AWJ; Tapsall JW, 1990, 'Atypical differentiation of bronchiolar epithelial cells following experimental pneumonia', Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology, 59, pp. 343 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02899423

Bauman MD; Jetten AM; Bonner JC; Kumar RK; Bennett RA; Brody AR, 1990, 'Secretion of a platelet-derived growth factor homologue by rat alveolar macrophages exposed to particulates in vitro', European Journal of Cell Biology, 51, pp. 327 - 334

Kumar RK; Li W; O'grady R, 1990, 'Activation of lymphocytes in the pulmonary inflammatory response to silica', Immunological Investigations, 19, pp. 363 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08820139009050776

Kumar RK, 1990, 'Cytokines of the lung', American Review of Respiratory Disease, 142, pp. 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1234

Li W; Kumar RK, 1990, 'Mitogen-induced initiation of DNA synthesis by lymphocytes cultured in serum-free media', Immunology Letters, 23, pp. 235 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-2478(90)90198-Y

Kumar RK, 1989, 'Immunogold-silver cytochemistry using a capillary action staining system', Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 37, pp. 913 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/37.6.2470811

Kumar RK; Braye SG; Crouch RL, 1989, 'Immunogold-silver staining by capillary action', American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 92, pp. 773 - 778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/92.6.773

Kumar RK, 1989, 'Quantitative immunohistologic assessment of lymphocyte populations in the pulmonary inflammatory response to intratracheal silica', American Journal of Pathology, 135, pp. 605 - 614

Kumar RK; Bennett RA; Brody AR, 1988, 'A homologue of platelet-derived growth factor produced by rat alveolar macrophages', FASEB Journal, 2, pp. 2272 - 2277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2.7.3280379

Kumar RK; Truscott JY; Rhodes GC; Lykke AWJ, 1988, 'Type 2 pneumocyte responses to cyclophosphamide-induced pulmonary injury: Functional and morphological correlation', British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 69, pp. 69 - 80

Kumar RK; Truscott JY; Smith GJ; Lykke AWJ, 1987, 'Lymphokine-induced phenotypic changes in cells of a type 2 pneumocyte-related strain: Characterization of activity in mitogen-stimulated spleen cell supernatants', Experimental Lung Research, 13, pp. 127 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01902148709064314

Lykke AWJ; Rhodes GC; Kumar RK; Smith GJ, 1987, 'Pulmonary responses to atmospheric pollutants: 3. The role of pulmonary collapse in the induction of aberrations of the type 2 pneumocyte', Experimental Pathology, 31, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0232-1513(87)80009-9

Kumar RK; Smith GJ; Truscott JY; Hristoforidis CP; Lykke AW, 1986, 'Characterization of an alveolyn-like protein associated with mouse type 2 pneumocytes using immunochemical methods', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 139, pp. 1135 - 1141

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