Representative Publications
Journal Articles 2006-08
LaCroix-Fralish, M, Nutile-McMenemy Tawfik V, and DeLeo JA. Neuregulin 1 is a pronociceptive cytokine that is regulated by progesterone in the spinal cord: Implications for sex specific modulation of nociception. European Journal of Pain 12: 94-103, 2008.
Romero-Sandoval EA, Nutile-McMenemy N, DeLeo JA. Spinal microglial and perivascular cell cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) activation reduces behavioral hypersensitivity without tolerance following peripheral nerve injury. Anesthesiology 108(4):722-34, 2008.
Cao L, DeLeo JA. CNS Infiltrating CD4+ T lymphocytes contribute to murine spinal nerve transection-induced neuropathic pain. European Journal of Immunology 38(2): 448-58, 2008. Featured ÒIn this Issue.Ó
Romero-Sandoval A., Chai N, Nutile-McMenemy N, DeLeo, JA. A comparison of spinal Iba1 and GFAP expression in rodent models of acute and chronic pain. Brain Res. Jul 11;1219:116-26, 2008.
Romero-Sandoval EA, Horvath RJ, DeLeo JA. Neuroimmune interactions and pain: focus on glial-modulating targets. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. Jul;9(7):726-34, 2008.
Tawfik VL, Regan MR, Haenggeli C, Lacroix-Fralish ML, Nutile-McMenemy N, Perez N, Rothstein JD, DeLeo JA. Propentofylline-induced astrocyte modulation leads to alterations in glial glutamate promoter activation following spinal nerve transection. Neuroscience. Apr 9;152(4):1086-92, 2008.
Cao L, Fei L, Chang TL, DeLeo JA. Induction of IL-1beta by IL-4 in LPS-treated mixed glial cultures: Microglial-dependent effects. J Neurochemistry, 102(2): 408-19, 2007.
MacLeod JE, DeLeo JA, Hickey WF, Ahles TA, Saykin AJ, Bucci DJ. Cancer chemotherapy impairs contextual but not cue-specific fear memory. Behavioural Brain Research 181: 168-172, 2007.
LaCroix-Fralish ML, Tawfik VL, Nutile-McMenemy N, Harris BT, DeLeo JA. Differential regulation of neureglin 1 expression by progesterone in astrocytes and neurons. Neuron Glia Biology 2(4): 227-234, 2007.
Nutile-McMenemy, N, Elfenbein A, DeLeo JA. Minocycline decreases in vitro microglial motility, beta(1)-integrin, and Kv1.3 channel expression. J Neurochemistry, 103: 2035-2046, 2007.
Özaktay AC, Kallakuri S, Takebayashi T, Cavanaough JM, Asik I, DeLeo JA, Weinstein J. Effects of Interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor on sensitivity of dorsal root ganglion and peripheral receptive fields in rats. European J Spine Feb 11: 1-9, 2006.
LaCroix-Fralish, M, Tawfik V, Nutile-McMenemy, Tanga F, and DeLeo JA. Progesterone mediates gonadal hormone differences in tactile and thermal hypersensitivity following L5 nerve root ligation in female rats. Neuroscience 138: 601-608, 2006.
DeLeo JA. Basic Science of Pain. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 88-A, supplement 2, 58-62, 2006.
Sweitzer SM, Pahl JL, DeLeo JA. Propentofylline attenuates vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy in the rat. Neuroscience Letters 400: 258-261, 2006.
Tanga F, Raghavendra V, Nutile-McMenemy N, Marks A, DeLeo JA. Role of astrocytic S100β in behavioral hypersensitivity in rodent models of neuropathy pain. Neuroscience 140: 1003-1010, 2006.
Tawfik VL, LaCroix-Fralish ML, Bercury KK, Nutile-McMenemy N, Harris BT, DeLeo JA. Induction of astrocyte differentiation by propentyfylline increases glutamate transporter expression in vitro: Heterogeneity of the quiescent phenotype. Glia 54(3), 193-203, 2006.
LaCroix-Fralish ML, Tawfik VL, Tanga FY, Spratt KF, and DeLeo JA. Differential spinal cord gene expression in rodent models of radicular and neuropathic pain. Anesthesiology 104:1283-1292, 2006.
Tawfik VL, Nutile-McMenemy N, Lacroix-Fralish ML, DeLeo JA. Efficacy of propentofylline, a glial modulating agent, on existing mechanical allodynia following peripheral nerve injury. Brain Behavior Immunity 2192): 238-246, 2007.
LaCroix-Fralish, M, Spratt K, Mogil JS, Weinstein JN and DeLeo JA. Sex differences in lumbar spinal cord gene expression following experimental lumbar radiculopathy in rats using a novel statistical analysis methods. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 30(3) 283-95, 2006.