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Book Chapters

Daga MK; Chand S; Kumar N; Mawari G; Raghu RV; Aarthi J, 2023, 'Proinflammatory and Thrombotic Manifestations and the Therapeutic Options of COVID-19', in Coronaviruses, BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, pp. 49 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789815123371123030005

Dutta D; Chen R; Kumar N; Willcox M, 2019, 'Antimicrobial Biomaterials in Ophthalmology', in Domb A; Reddy KK; Farah S (ed.), Antimicrobial Materials for Biomedical Applications, Royal Society of Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788012638-00228

Kutty SK; Ka Kit Ho K; Kumar N, 2017, 'Nitric Oxide Donors as Antimicrobial Agents', in Nitric Oxide Donors: Novel Biomedical Applications and Perspectives, Elsevier, pp. 169 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809275-0.00007-7

Kutty SK; Ho KKK; Kumar N, 2017, 'Chapter 7 Nitric Oxide Donors as Antimicrobial Agents', in Nitric Oxide Donors, Elsevier, pp. 169 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809275-0.00007-7

Ho KKK; Kutty SK; Chan D; Chen R; Willcox MDP; Kumar N, 2015, 'Development of fimbrolides, halogenated furanones and their derivatives as antimicrobial agents', in Antibacterial Surfaces, pp. 149 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18594-1_8

Kumar N; Black D; Chawla HM; Pant N; Kumar S, 2011, 'Calixarene-Based Materials for Chemical Sensors', in Korotcenkov G (ed.), Chemical Sensors - Fundamentals of Sensing Materials, edn. Original, Momentum Press, New York USA, pp. 117 - 199

Kumar N; Black D, 2010, 'Biindolyls', in Alan R; Katritzky FRS (ed.), Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 97 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2725(10)01003-2

Black DS; Kumar N, 2010, 'Chapter 3 Biindolyls', in Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry Volume 101, Elsevier, pp. 97 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2725(10)01003-2

Alamgir M; Black DS; Kumar N, 2007, 'Synthesis, reactivity and biological activity of Benzimidazoles', in Khan MT H (ed.), Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Springer - Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 87 - 118

De Nys R; Girskov M; Kumar N; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD, 2006, 'Furanones', in Antifouling Compounds, Springer Publishing Company, Berlin, pp. 55 - 86

Journal articles

Kruse HV; Chakraborty S; Chen R; Kumar N; Yasir M; Lewin WT; Suchowerska N; Willcox MDP; McKenzie DR, 2024, 'Protecting Orthopaedic Implants from Infection: Antimicrobial Peptide Mel4 Is Non-Toxic to Bone Cells and Reduces Bacterial Colonisation When Bound to Plasma Ion-Implanted 3D-Printed PAEK Polymers', Cells, 13, pp. 656 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells13080656

Sara M; Yasir M; Kalaiselvan P; Hui A; Kuppusamy R; Kumar N; Chakraborty S; Yu TT; Wong EHH; Molchanova N; Jenssen H; Lin JS; Barron AE; Willcox M, 2024, 'The activity of antimicrobial peptoids against multidrug-resistant ocular pathogens', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2024.102124

Mawari G; Kumar N; Sarkar S; Joshi TK; Frank AL; Daga MK; Singh MM, 2024, 'Mercury air, urine monitoring and health effects on occupationally exposed dental healthcare workers in Delhi, India.', Work, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-230109

Enninful GN; Kuppusamy R; Tiburu EK; Kumar N; Willcox MDP, 2024, 'Non-canonical amino acid bioincorporation into antimicrobial peptides and its challenges', Journal of Peptide Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psc.3560

Fu X; Wenholz D; Chan DSH; Black DSC; Kumar N, 2024, 'Rational Design, Synthesis, and Anti-Proliferative Evaluation of Novel 4-Aryl-3,4-Dihydro-2H-1,4-Benzoxazines', Molecules, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules29010166

Nguyen AK; Molley TG; Kardia E; Ganda S; Chakraborty S; Wong SL; Ruan J; Yee BE; Mata J; Vijayan A; Kumar N; Tilley RD; Waters SA; Kilian KA, 2023, 'Hierarchical assembly of tryptophan zipper peptides into stress-relaxing bioactive hydrogels', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41907-1

Ullah TR; Johansen MD; Balka KR; Ambrose RL; Gearing LJ; Roest J; Vivian JP; Sapkota S; Jayasekara WSN; Wenholz DS; Aldilla VR; Zeng J; Miemczyk S; Nguyen DH; Hansbro NG; Venkatraman R; Kang JH; Pang ES; Thomas BJ; Alharbi AS; Rezwan R; O’Keeffe M; Donald WA; Ellyard JI; Wong W; Kumar N; Kile BT; Vinuesa CG; Kelly GE; Laczka OF; Hansbro PM; De Nardo D; Gantier MP, 2023, 'Pharmacological inhibition of TBK1/IKKε blunts immunopathology in a murine model of SARS-CoV-2 infection', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41381-9

Ackerman Grunfeld D; Jones AM; Sun J; Le ST; Pickford R; Huang Q; Manefield M; Kumar N; Lee MJ; O'Carroll DM, 2023, 'Electrochemical degradation of a C6-perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) using a simple activated carbon cathode', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, pp. 272 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00543g

Mirabediny M; Yu TT; Sun J; Lee M; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2023, 'Fast reductive defluorination of branched perfluorooctane sulfonic acids by cobalt phthalocyanine: electrochemical studies and mechanistic insights', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, pp. 216 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00612c

Shao Z; Hakobyan K; Xu J; Chen R; Kumar N; Willcox M; Wong EHH, 2023, 'Photoinduced Unveiling of Cationic Amine: Toward Smart Photoresponsive Antimicrobial Polymers', ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, pp. 8735 - 8743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01904

Chen W; Mao W; Liu Z; Hou W; Kumar N; Sun J; Cai X; Huang C; Shen W; Yang F; Cui Y; Lee HK; Tang S, 2023, 'Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A by temperature-sensitive magnetic hydrogel with enhanced service life', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132188

Browne K; Kuppusamy R; Walsh WR; Black DSC; Willcox MDP; Kumar N; Chen R, 2023, 'Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics Prevent the Development of Resistance against Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin in Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas Bacteria', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914966

Marjo CE; Rich AM; Bhadbhade MM; Bhattacharyya S; Yin S; Miskovic DM; Aldilla VR; Kumar N, 2023, 'Short Fluoroalkanes Suppress a Thermally-Induced Phase Transition in a Layered Organic Crystal', Crystals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst13101425

Urmi UL; Attard S; Vijay AK; Willcox MDP; Kumar N; Islam S; Kuppusamy R, 2023, 'Antiviral Activity of Anthranilamide Peptidomimetics against Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and a Coronavirus', Antibiotics, 12, pp. 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12091436

Chakraborty S; Katsifis G; Roohani I; Boyer C; McKenzie D; Willcox MDP; Chen R; Kumar N, 2023, 'Electrostatic and Covalent Binding of an Antibacterial Polymer to Hydroxyapatite for Protection against Escherichia coli Colonization', Materials, 16, pp. 5045, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16145045

Hassan MM; Romana B; Mao G; Kumar N; Sonvico F; Thordarson P; Joyce P; Bremmell KE; Barnes TJ; Prestidge CA, 2023, 'Liposome-Micelle-Hybrid (LMH) Carriers for Controlled Co-Delivery of 5-FU and Paclitaxel as Chemotherapeutics', Pharmaceutics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071886

Gadde S; Kleynhans A; Holien JK; Bhadbhade M; Nguyen PLD; Mittra R; Yu TT; Carter DR; Parker MW; Marshall GM; Cheung BB; Kumar N, 2023, 'Pyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles as inhibitors of oncoproteins ubiquitin specific protease 5 and MYCN in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma', Bioorganic Chemistry, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106462

Shandil S; Yu TT; Sabir S; Black DS; Kumar N, 2023, 'Synthesis of Novel Quinazolinone Analogues for Quorum Sensing Inhibition', Antibiotics, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12071227

Mirabediny M; Sun J; Yu TT; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2023, 'Effective PFAS degradation by electrochemical oxidation methods-recent progress and requirement', Chemosphere, 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138109

Kuppusamy R; Yasir M; Yu TT; Voli F; Vittorio O; Miller MJ; Lewis P; Black DSC; Willcox M; Kumar N, 2023, 'Tuning the Anthranilamide Peptidomimetic Design to Selectively Target Planktonic Bacteria and Biofilm', Antibiotics, 12, pp. 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030585

Sarkar S; Mawari G; Kumar N; Daga MK; Singh MM, 2023, 'Evaluation of Water Quality, Urinary Mercury & Arsenic Investigation and Survey of Diseases Associated with Drinking Water Sources', International Journal of Medical Students, pp. S222 - S222, http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2022.1730

Mawari G; Kumar N; Pathak U; Shree S; Sarkar S; Daga MK; Singh MM; Joshi TK; Gulati A; Chowdhury A; Singh I; Kumar A, 2023, 'The association between different types of cooking fuels and common health problems: north India region', International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 10, pp. 696 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20230224

Das T; Das B; Young BC; Aldilla V; Sabir S; Almohaywi B; Willcox M; Manefield M; Kumar N, 2023, 'Ascorbic acid modulates the structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor pyocyanin and ascorbic acid-furanone-30 combination facilitate biofilm disruption', Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, pp. 1166607, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1166607

Willcox MDP; Bahatheg G; Carnt N; Kalaiselvan P; Kumar N; Kuppusamy R; Rayamajhee B; Sara M; Stapleton F; Vijay AK; Yasir M; Yu TT, 2023, 'Biofilms and contact lenses: problems and solutions', Microbiology Australia, 44, pp. 96 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA23027

Kalaiselvan P; Dutta D; Konda NV; Sharma S; Kumar N; Stapleton F; Willcox MDP, 2023, 'Effect of Deposition and Protease Digestion on the Ex Vivo Activity of Antimicrobial Peptide-Coated Contact Lenses', Nanomaterials, 13, pp. 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13020349

Manoharan A; Farrell J; Aldilla VR; Whiteley G; Kriel E; Glasbey T; Kumar N; Moore KH; Manos J; Das T, 2023, 'N-acetylcysteine prevents catheter occlusion and inflammation in catheter associated-urinary tract infections by suppressing urease activity', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1216798

Sabir S; Das T; Kuppusamy R; Yu TT; Willcox MD; Black DSC; Kumar N, 2023, 'Novel quinazolinone disulfide analogues as pqs quorum sensing inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa', Bioorganic Chemistry, 130, pp. 106226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106226

Kuppusamy R; Browne K; Suresh D; Do Rosario RM; Chakraborty S; Yang S; Willcox M; Black D; Chen R; Kumar N, 2023, 'Transition Towards Antibiotic Hybrid Vehicles: The Next Generation Antibacterials', Current Medicinal Chemistry, 30, pp. 104 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867329666220613105424

Gautam S; Kumar R; Bhadoria DP; Mawari G; Kumar N; Daga MK; Pandit S; Anuradha S; Pradhan GS; Garg S; Sharma G; Raghu RV; Ritchie N; Jayamsulekha D, 2023, 'Clinical profile of hospitalised moderate category COVID-19 patients: Short study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Delhi.', J Family Med Prim Care, 12, pp. 1644 - 1653, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2245_22

Chand S; Kumar N; Mawari G; Sarkar S; Daga MK; Raghu RV; Aarthi J; Fatima A, 2023, 'Systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria (SIRS) and sepsis 3 criteria for assessing outcomes in sepsis: A prospective observational study.', Lung India, 40, pp. 200 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_400_22

Kumar N; Mishra R; Daga MK; Mawari G; Rohatgi I; Hira HS, 2022, 'Dyspnea, Obstruction, Smoking, Exacerbation Index, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Test Score: Correlation in Predicting Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations', The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 64, pp. 153 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-11007-0049

Aldilla VR; Chen R; Kuppusamy R; Chakraborty S; Willcox MDP; Black DSC; Thordarson P; Martin AD; Kumar N, 2022, 'Hydrogels with intrinsic antibacterial activity prepared from naphthyl anthranilamide (NaA) capped peptide mimics', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26426-1

Peguda HK; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Kumar N; Willcox MDP; Kuppusamy R, 2022, 'The Anti-Amoebic Activity of a Peptidomimetic against Acanthamoeba castellanii', Microorganisms, 10, pp. 2377, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10122377

Kumar N; Sarkar S; Mawari G; Daga MK; Shree S; Pathak U; Garg N; Singh MM; Joshi TK, 2022, 'Water quality and burden of jaundice with drinking water sources: a study from Haryana, India', International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9, pp. 4566 - 4566, http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20223215

Amaldoss MJN; Pandzic E; Koshy P; Kumar N; Sorrell CC; Unnikrishnan A, 2022, 'Detection and quantification of nanoparticle-induced intracellular ROS in live cells by laser scanning confocal microscopy', Methods, 207, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2022.08.005

Centurion F; Hassan MM; Tang J; Allioux FM; Chakraborty S; Chen R; Mao G; Kumar N; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Rahim MA, 2022, 'Assembly of surface-independent polyphenol/liquid gallium composite nanocoatings', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 14760 - 14769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr02559k

Bahatheg G; Kuppusamy R; Yasir M; Black DSC; Willcox M; Kumar N, 2022, 'Short Tryptamine-Based Peptoids as Potential Therapeutics for Microbial Keratitis: Structure-Function Correlation Studies', Antibiotics, 11, pp. 1074, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11081074

Sun J; Jennepalli S; Lee M; Jones A; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Bhadbhade M; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2022, 'Efficient Reductive Defluorination of Branched PFOS by Metal-Porphyrin Complexes', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 7830 - 7839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08254

Amaldoss MJN; Mehmood R; Yang JL; Koshy P; Kumar N; Unnikrishnan A; Sorrell CC, 2022, 'Anticancer therapeutic effect of cerium-based nanoparticles: known and unknown molecular mechanisms', Biomaterials Science, 10, pp. 3671 - 3694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2bm00334a

Wu J; Yu TT; Kuppusamy R; Hassan MM; Alghalayini A; Cranfield CG; Willcox MDP; Black DS; Kumar N, 2022, 'Cholic Acid-Based Antimicrobial Peptide Mimics as Antibacterial Agents', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, pp. 4623, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23094623


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