V. P. Eswarakumar Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and of Pharmacology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Cell Cycle and Signal Transduction; DNA Dynamics
Pharmacology
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation: Orthopaedic Biology Laboratories
Research Interests
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors (FGFRs) more...
Education
- Ph.D., Madurai Kamaraj University, 1999
Selected Publications
- Eswarakumar VP and Schlessinger J. Skeletal overgrowth is mediated by deficiency in a specific isoform of fibroblast growth factor receptor-3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104(10):3937-42 (2007)
- Fox MA, Sanes JR, Borza D, Eswarakumar VP, Fassler R, Hudson B, John SW, Ninomiya Y, Pedchenko V, Rheault M, Sado Y, Segal Y, Werle MJ and Umemori H. Distinct target-derived signals organize formation, maturation and maintenance of motor nerve terminals. Cell 129(1):179-93 (2007)
- Eswarakumar VP, Özcan F, Lew ED, Bae JH, Tomé F, Booth CJ, Adams DJ, Lax I, and Schlessinger J. Attenuation of signaling pathways stimulated by pathologically activated FGFR2 mutants prevents craniosynostosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103 (49), 18063-8 (2006)
