NITIN KUMAR

About

Dr. Nitin Kumar is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Cardiovascular Medicine Dept. at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He received his PhD degree in Biochemistry from University of Verona, Italy. Dr. Kumar has been a member of several scientific societies including American Heart Association (AHA), American society of Nephrology (ASN) and International Society of Hypertension (ISH). He is an elected new investigator by ISH. Dr. Kumar’s long-term research interest involves understanding the complex mechanisms that leads to the development of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Kumar employs a combination of immunological, biochemical and molecular approaches to identify new therapeutic targets in the treatment and prevention of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.

Employment

• University of Michigan Postdoc
  2017 - Present
• Henry Ford Health System Post-doctoral fellow
  2013 - 2017

Education

• University of Verona PhD
  2010 - 2013
• Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University M.Sc.
  2006 - 2008
• University of Delhi B.Sc.
  2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Oxidative Stress in Kidney Injury and Hypertension
  Antioxidants 2024 DOI: 10.3390/antiox13121454
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• SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein S1-Mediated Endothelial Injury and Pro-Inflammatory State Is Amplified by Dihydrotestosterone and Prevented by Mineralocorticoid Antagonism
  Viruses 2021 DOI: 10.3390/v13112209
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• Stress‐induced increase in blood pressure in young adult African Americans: Management by angiotensin‐II receptor blocker therapy?
  The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2019 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13630
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• Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout.
  Arthritis care & research 2019 DOI: 10.1002/acr.23607
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• Renal release of N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline is part of an antifibrotic peptidergic system in the kidney.
  American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2018 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00270.2018
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• The anti-inflammatory peptide Ac-SDKP: Synthesis, role in ACE inhibition, and its therapeutic potential in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases
  Pharmacological Research 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.07.006
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• Renal Protective Effects of N-Acetyl-Seryl-Aspartyl-Lysyl-Proline (Ac-SDKP) in Obese Rats on a High-Salt Diet.
  American journal of hypertension 2018 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpy052
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• Thymosin β4 Deficiency Exacerbates Renal and Cardiac Injury in Angiotensin-II-Induced Hypertension.
  Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2018 DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10952
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• Connecting tubule glomerular feedback mediates tubuloglomerular feedback resetting post-unilateral nephrectomy.
  American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2017 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00619.2016
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• Residues in the Distal Heme Pocket of Arabidopsis Non-Symbiotic Hemoglobins: Implication for Nitrite Reductase Activity
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2016 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17050640
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