Publications

Germundson DL, Smith NA, Vendsel LP, Kelsch AV, Combs CK, Nagamoto-Combs K (2018) Oral sensitization to whey proteins induces age- and sex-dependent behavioral abnormality and neuroinflammatory responses in a mouse model of food allergy: a potential role of mast cells. J Neuroinflammation. 2018 Apr 23;15(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s12974-018-1146-0. PMID: 29685134. PubMed
Manocha GD, Floden AM, Puig KL, Nagamoto-Combs K, Scherzer CR, and Combs CK (2017) Defining the contribution of neuroinflammation to Parkinson's disease in humanized immune system mice. Mol Neurodegener. 2017 Feb 14;12(1):17. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K, Manocha GD, Puig K, and Combs C (2016). An improved approach to align and embed multiple brain samples in a gelatin-based matrix for simultaneous histological processing. J Neurosci Methods. 2016 Mar 1;261:155-60. PubMed

Nagamoto-Combs K, Kulas J, and Combs CK (2014) A novel cell line from spontaneously immortalized murine microglia. J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Aug 15;233:187-98. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K and Combs CK (2014) Proinflammatory Chemical Signaling: Cytokines. In: Thomas M. (eds) Inflammation in Parkinson's Disease. Springer, Cham. Google Books
Nagamoto-Combs K and Combs CK (2010) Microglial phenotype is regulated by activity of the transcription factor, NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells. J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 14;30(28):9641-6. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K, Morecraft RJ, Darling WG, and Combs CK (2010) Long-term gliosis and molecular changes in the cervical spinal cord of the rhesus monkey after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2010 Mar;27(3):565-85. PubMed

Nagamoto-Combs K, McNeal DW, Morecraft RJ, and Combs CK (2007) Prolonged microgliosis in the rhesus monkey central nervous system after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2007 Nov;24(11):1719-42. PubMed
Piech-Dumas KM, Best JA, Chen Y, Nagamoto-Combs K, Osterhout CA, and Tank AW (2001) The cAMP response element and CREB partially mediate the response of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene to phorbol ester. J Neurochem. 2001 Mar;76(5):1376-85. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K, Vaccariello SA, and Zigmond RE (1999) The Levels of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor mRNA in a Schwann Cell Line Are Regulated by Multiple Second Messenger Pathways. J Neurochem. 1999 May;72(5):1871-81. PubMed

Bowyer J, Frame LT, Clausing P, Nagamoto-Combs K, Osterhout CA, Sterling CR, and Tank AW (1998) Long-term effects of amphetamine neurotoxicity on tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA and protein in aged rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1998 Aug;286(2):1074-85. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K, Piech KM, Best JA, Sun BY, and Tank AW (1997) Tyrosine hydroxylase gene promoter activity is regulated by both cyclic AMP-responsive element and AP1 sites following calcium influx. Evidence for cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein-independent regulation. J Bio Chem. 1997 Feb 28;272(9):6051-8. PubMed
Nagamoto-Combs K, Piech KM, Best JA, Sun BY, and Tank AW (1997) Tyrosine hydroxylase gene promoter activity is gene regulated by both cyclic AMP - Responsive element and APT sites following calcium influx. J Bio Chem. 1997 Feb 28;272(9):6051-8. PubMed
Chen Y, Best JA, Nagamoto-Combs K, and Tank AW (1996) Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by the m1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in rat pheochromocytoma cells. Molecular Brain Research. 1996 Aug;40(1):42-54. PubMed