Prof. Sharma S. Prabhakar

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA

Email: sharma.prabhakar@ttuhsc.edu

Qualifications

2005 M.B.A., Texas Tech University, USA

1997 M.B. & B.S., Gandhi Medical College, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Mohammed Barazi and Sharma Prabhakar. Secondary G;omerulonephritis. In "Glomeulonephritis", ISBN 978-953-307-388-0, edited by INTECH, open access publisher, 2011.
2. SS.Prabhakar. "Renal Disorders" and "Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders" in 'Medical Secrets', Ed by Mary Howard. Elsevier Co. Philadelphia, Fifth Edition, 2010.
3. K. Wyatt McMahon, James Surles, Dora I. Zanescu and Sharma Prabhakar. Microarray meta-analysis identifies key genes involved in the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy. Physiologic Genomics (revised manuscript in review) 2010.
4. SS Prabhakar. "Role of vaso-active factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy" in "Advances in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy", Edited by SS Prabhakar Nova Science Publishers, New York 2010.
5. SS Prabhakar. "Experimental approaches to investigate diabetic nephropathy" in "Advances in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy", Edited by SS Prabhakar Nova Science Publishers, New York 2010.
6. K. Wyatt McMahon, Dora I. Zanescu, Vineeta Sood, Elmus G. Beale, and Sharma Prabhakar. The Role of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in Diabetic Nephropathy: A new direction? Current Enzyme Inhibition, 5, 44-50, 2009.
7. McMahon KW, Iznaola O and Prabhakar SS. "Angiotensin- nitric oxide interactions". In “Advances in angiotensin research” pages 35-68, Nova-Science Publishers, New York, 2008.
8. Starnes J and Prabhakar SS. Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition and Kidney Injury. Current Enzyme Inhibition, 3, 95-102, May 2007.
9. Prabhakar SS. Nitric oxide inhibitors in renal disorders. The Boichemical Scientist, UK. The Biomedical Scientist; 51(9): 721-6., 2007.
10. Prabhakar SS, Shi Shuping, Starnes Joel and Tran Ruc. Nephropathy in a Novel Rat Model of Type II Diabetes Is Associated With Oxidative Stress and Decreased Renal Nitric Oxide  Production. J Am Soc Neph, 18, 2945-2952, 2007.
11. Donald E Wesson, Jan Simoni, and Sharma Prabhakar. Endothelin-induced increased nitric oxide mediates augmented distal nephron acidification as a result of dietary protein. J Am Soc Neph, 17(2):406-13, 2006.
12. Rey Rosario and Prabhakar SS. Lipids and Diabetic Nephropathy- an Invited Review, Curr  Diab Rep, 6 (6) 455-462, 2006.
13. Goutam P Shome, Joel D. Starnes III, Michael Shearer, Ronald Kennedy, Anthony Way, Ahmed Arif and Sharma Prabhakar. Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma: Variability, Relation to Asthma Severity, and Peripheral blood Lymphocyte Cytokine Expression. J of Asthma, 43(2), 95-99, 2006.
14. SS.Prabhakar. "Renal Disorders" and "Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders" in 'Medical Secrets', Ed by Anthony Zollo. Hanley and Belfus Co. Philadelphia, Fourth Edition, 2005.
15. Long DA, Newaz MA, Prabhakar SS, Price KL, Truong LD, Feng L, Mu W, Oyekan AO, and Johnson RJ. Loss of Nitric Oxide and Endothelial Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Mediated Responses in Aging. Kidney Int. 2005 Nov; 68(5):2154-63.
16. Uday M Khosla, Jennifer L Finch, Sharma S Prabhakar, Richard J Johnson. Hyperuricemia Reversibly Decreases Serum Nitric Oxide Levels in Rats. Kidney Int, 67:1739-1742, 2005.
17. Prabhakar SS. Pathogenic Role of Nitric Oxide Alterations in Diabetic Nephropathy. Curr Diab Rep, 5(6), 449-454, 2005.