Publications

PUBLICATIONS

1. Pakpour N, Souto I, Schaffer R. (2021) Increasing engagement during online learning through the use of interactive slides. J. Microbiol Biol. Educ. 22(2).

2.Pakpour N, Hussain R. (2020) Deconstructing yogurt: a different method for understanding fermentation in an undergraduate microbiology laboratory setting. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 21(2).

3. Tandon J, Gumina M, Pakpour N, Akhavian R. (2017) CSU East Bay Hack Day: a university hackathon to combat malaria and zika with drones. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). Athens, Greece. 25-28 April 2017. Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

4. Pietri JE, Pakpour N, Napoli E, Song G, Pietri E, Potts R, Cheung KW, Walker G, Riehle MA, Starcevich H, Giulivi C, Lewis EE, Luckhart S. (2016) Two insulin-like peptides differentially regulate malaria parasite infection in the mosquito through effects on intermediary metabolism. Biochem J. 473.20: 3487-3503.

5. Pakpour N, Cheung KW, and Luckhart S.(2016) Enhanced transmission of malaria parasites to mosquitoes in a murine model of type 2 diabetes. Malaria Journal, 15:231.

6. Klionsky DJ et al. [including Pakpour N]. (2016) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition). Autophagy.12(1):1-222.

7. Potts RA, Tiffany CM, Pakpour N, Lokken KL, Tiffany CR, Cheung K, Tsolis RM, Luckhart S. (2016) Mast cells and histamine alter intestinal permeability during malaria parasite infection. Immunobiology, 221(3):468-474.

8. Luckhart S, Pakpour N, Giulivi C. (2015) Host-pathogen interactions in malaria: cross-kingdom signaling and mitochondrial regulation. Curr Opin Immunol. 36:73-9.

9. Wang B, Pakpour N, Napoli E, Drexler A, Glennon EK, Surachetpong W, Cheung K, Aguirre A, Klyver JM, Lewis EE, Eigenheer R, Phinney BS, Giulivi C, Luckhart S. (2015) Anopheles stephensi p38 MAPK signaling regulates innate immunity and bioenergetics during Plasmodium falciparum infection. Parasit Vectors, 8(1).

10. Neafsey DE et al. [including Pakpour N]. (2015). Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Science, 347(6217) :1258522.

11. Pakpour N, Luckhart S, Riehle MA. (2014) Effects of vertebrate-derived blood factors on insect immune responses. Curr Opin Ins Sci. 3:1-5.

12. Jiang X et al. [including Pakpour N]. (2014). Genome analysis of a major urban malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi. Genome Biol, 15:459.

13. Drexler AL, Pietri JE, Pakpour N, Hauck E, Wang B, et al. (2014) Human IGF1 regulates midgut oxidative stress and epithelial homeostasis to balance lifespan and Plasmodium falciparum resistance in Anopheles stephensi. PLoS Pathog, e1004231.

14. Pakpour N, Camp L, Smithers HM, Wang B, Tu Z, Adler SA, Luckhart SL. (2013) Protein kinase C-dependent signaling controls the midgut epithelial barrier to malaria parasite infection in anopheline mosquitoes. PLoS One 8: e76535.

15. Vodovotz Y, Azhar N, Miskov-Zivanov N, Buliga M, Zamora R, Ermentrout B, Constantine G, Faeder J, Pakpour N, Luckhart S. (2013) Modeling host-vector-pathogen immuno-inflammatory interactions in malaria., in: G. An and Y. Vodovotz (Ed.), Complex Systems and Computational Biology Approaches to Acute Inflammation, Springer Science & Business Media, New York, NY.

16. Chau JY, Lawrence JA, Tiffany CM, Mooney JP, Lokken KL, Pakpour N, Tsolis RM, Luckhart S. (2013) Malaria-associated L-Arginine deficiency induces mucosal mast cell-dependent disruption to the intestinal barrier defenses against non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia. Infect Immun. 81(10):3515-26.

17. Hauck E, Antonova-Koch Y, Drexler A, Pietri J, Pakpour N, Liu D, Blacutt J, Riehle MA, Luckhart S. (2013) Overexpression of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) improves fitness and decreases Plasmodium falciparum development in Anopheles stephensi. Microbes Infect. 15(12):775–787.

18. Pakpour N, Akman-Anderson L, Luckhart SL. (2013) The effects of ingested human blood factors on arthropod immunity and physiology. Microbes Infect 15: 243-254.

19. Luckhart SL, Giulivi C, Drexler AL, Antonova-Koch Y, Sakaguchi D, Napoli E, Wong S, Price MS, Eigenheer R, Phinney BS, Pakpour N, Pietri JE, Cheung K, Georgis M, and Riehle M. (2013) Sustained Activation of Akt elicits mitochondrial dysfunction to block Plasmodium falciparum infection in the mosquito host. PLoS Pathog 9(2): e1003180.

20. Pakpour N, Corby-Harris V, Green G, Smithers H, Cheung KW, Riehle MA, Luckhart SL. (2012) Ingested human insulin inhibits the mosquito innate immune response to Plasmodium falciparum. Infect Immun. 80(6):2141-9

21. Surachetpong W*, Pakpour N*, Cheung KW, and Luckhart SL. (2011) Reactive oxygen species-dependent cell signaling regulates the mosquito immune response to Plasmodium falciparum. Antioxidant & Redox signaling. (6):943-55. (*co-first authors)

22. Pakpour N, Cheung KW, Souvannaseng L, Concordet JP and Luckhart SL. (2010) Transfection and mutagenesis of target genes in mosquito cells by locked nucleic-acid modified oligonucleotides. J Vis Exp. (46): e2355.

23. Corby-Harris V, Drexler A, Watkins de Jong L, Antonova Y, Pakpour N, Ziegler R, Ramberg F, Lewis EE, Brown JM, Luckhart SL, and Riehle, MA. (2010) Activation of Akt signaling reduces the prevalence and intensity of malaria parasite infection and lifespan in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. PLoS Pathog. P6(7):e1001003.

24. Liu D, Kebaier C, Pakpour N, Beverley SM, Scott P, Uzonna JE. (2009) Leishmania major phosphoglycans influence the host early immune response by modulating dendritic cell functions. Infect Immun. 77(8):3272-83.

25. Pakpour N, Zaph C, Scott P. (2008) The central memory CD4+ T cell population generated during Leishmania major infection requires IL-12 to produce IFN-γ. J Immunol. 180:8299-8305.

26. Margolis TP, Elfman FL, Leib D, Pakpour N, Apakupakul K, Imai Y, Voytek C. (2007) Spontaneous reactivation of HSV-1 in latently infected murine sensory ganglia. J Virol. 81(20):11069-74.

27. Miller K, Pakpour N, Yi E, Melese M, Alemayehu W, Bird M, Schmidt G, Cevallos V, Olinger L, Chidambaram J, Gaynor B, Whitcher J, Lietman T. (2004) Pesky trachoma suspect finally caught. Br J Ophthalmol. 88 (6):750-1.

28. Massey HC Jr, Nishi M, Chaudhary K, Pakpour N, Lok JB. (2003) Structure and developmental expression of Strongyloides stercoralis fktf-1, a proposed ortholog of daf-16 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Int J Parasitol. 33(13):1537-44.

29. Luo EJ, Pakpour N, Huang EJ. (2001) Control of mouse sensory neuron development by Brn-3a and homeodomain interacting protein kinase 2. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 60(5):513-513.