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Vikash Kumar

Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Molecular Biology· 4 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 3 Organism:human· 3 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Plasmodium Repetome: A mysterious space with a wealth of information

Satinder Kaur, Vikash Kumar, Karanbir Singh, Ankita Behl, Arpna, Prakash Chandra Mishra, Rachna Hora

The paper analyzes the repeat content in Plasmodium species, finding P. falciparum and P. vivax to be exceptionally rich in tandem repeats, with implications for protein function and parasite biology.

bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics

Chaperonin activity of Plasmodium prefoldin complex is essential to guard proteotoxic stress response and presents a new target for drug discovery

Rumaisha Shoaib, Vikash Kumar, Swati Garg, Monika Saini, Jyoti Kumari, Preeti Maurya, Aashima Gupta, Nutan Gupta, Harshita Singh, Pritee Verma, Ravi Jain, Shreeja Biswas, Ankita Behl, Mohammad Abid, Shailja Singh

This study identifies the Plasmodium prefoldin complex as essential for proteotoxic stress response and demonstrates that biperiden inhibits its function, offering a new drug target for malaria.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Human malaria parasite cold shock protein plays an essential role in asexual and sexual stage development and presents an excellent druggable target

Ankita Behl, Monika Saini, Fernando De León, Geeta Kumari, Vikash Kumar, Rumaisha Shoaib, Harshita Singh, Swati Garg, Christoph Arenz, Shailja Singh

This study identifies a cold shock protein in Plasmodium falciparum essential for asexual and sexual stages and shows its potential as a druggable target.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology

'Erythritol, a safe natural sweetener exhibits multi-stage anti-malarial activity by blocking Plasmodium falciparum membrane transporter 'aquaporin

Jyoti Kumari, Vikash Kumar, Ankita Behl, Raj Kumar Sah, Swati Garg, Soumya Pati, Kirandeep Samby, Jeremy Nicholas Burrows, Narla Mohandas, Shailja Singh

This study shows erythritol inhibits Plasmodium falciparum growth across multiple life stages and protects the blood-brain barrier, suggesting it as a potential anti-malarial compound.

bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Cholesterol bound Plasmodium falciparum co-chaperone ‘PFA0660w’ complexes with major virulence factor ‘PfEMP1’ via chaperone ‘PfHsp70-x’

Ankita Behl, Vikash Kumar, Anjali Bisht, Jiban Jyoti Panda, Rachna Hora, Prakash Chandra Mishra

The paper investigates the interaction between PFA0660w, PfHsp70-x, and PfEMP1 in Plasmodium falciparum, showing their role in PfEMP1 transport via cholesterol-rich J-dots.

Scientific Reports · Feb 25, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology