Mohan Krishnan, PhD - Associate Professor
Area(s) of Emphasis:
Heart Diseases, Genetics Development Exposures & Injuries, Lifespan Diseases
Research Interests:
Neonatal Anemia, RBC Transfusion, Premature Infants, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Highlighted Publications:
1. Namachivayam K, Balamurugan MA, Alnahhas Y, Desiraju S, Chung Y, Guzman P, Ramatchandirin B, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, MohanKumar K. Platelet Specific Knockout of Integrin beta-3 (β3) Inhibits Platelet Aggregation and Reduces Severity of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Murine Neonates. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 2023 (Under Review) 2. Chung Y, Desiraju S, Namachivayam K, Guzman P, He L, MohanKumar K. Hematological changes in neonatal mice with phlebotomy-induced anemia. Pediatrics Research, 2022 Dec; 92(6):1575-1579. 3. Peng J, Ramatchandirin B, Wang Y, Pearah A, Namachivayam K, Wolf RM, Steele K, MohanKumar K, Yu L, Guo S, White MF, Maheshwari A, He L. The P300 acetyltransferase inhibitor C646 promotes membrane translocation of insulin receptor protein substrate and interaction with the insulin receptor. J Biol Chem. 2022 Mar:298(3):101621 4. Das JK, Thakuri B, MohanKumar K, Roy S, Sljoka A, Sun GQ, Chakraborty A. Mutation-Induced Long-Range Allosteric Interactions in the Spike Protein Determine the Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 Emerging Variants. ACS Omega. 2021; Nov 10;6(46):31312-31327 5. MohanKumar K, Namachivayam K, Song T, Cha BJ, Slate A, Hendrickson JE, Pan H Wickline SA, Oh JY, Patel RP, Torres BA, Maheshwari A. A Novel Murine Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Caused by Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion. Nat Commun; 2019; 10(1): 3494 6. Namachivayam K, MohanKumar K, Shores DR, Jain SK, Fundora J, Everett AD, He L, Pan H, Wickline SA and Maheshwari A. Targeted Inhibition of Thrombin attenuates murine neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Proc Natl Acad Soc. 2020 May 19:117(20):10958-10969.