Marit Nilsen-Hamilton Publications

Professor
Regulation of gene expression by growth factors in animal cells
Imaging of gene expression in vivo
Applications of aptamers to medical technology

Selected Publications

Peters J, Boushaba K and Nilsen-Hamilton M (2005) A Mathematical Model for Fibroblast Growth Factor Competition Based on Enzyme Kinetics. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 2 (4):  789-810 [This paper made the coverpage of the journal]


Elkhalil AO, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Yoshizawa F, and Sugita S (2005) Expression of Uterocalin in the Peripartum and Postpartum Rat Uterus and its Relation with Postpartum Neutrophils. Connective Tissue Research 46:235-41


Levine HA and  Nilsen-Hamilton M (2006)  Angiogenesis - A Biochemical/Mathematical Perspective, In Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences III; Cell cycle, proliferation and cancer. Mathematical Biosciences subseries 1872, Ed. Avner Friedman, Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp23-76


Boushaba, K, Levine HA, Nilsen-Hamilton M (2006) A Mathematical Model for the Regulation of Tumor Dormancy Based on Enzyme Kinetics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68:1495–1526


Vizzardelli C, Pavelka N, Luchini A, Zanoni I, Bendickson L, Pelizzola M, Beretta O, Foti M, Granucci F, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P. (2006) Effects of dexamethazone on LPS-induced activation and migration of mouse dendritic cells revealed by a genome-wide transcriptional. Eur. J. Immunol 36:1504-15


Levine HA, Smiley MW, Tucker A, Nilsen-Hamilton M (2006) a Mathematical Model for the Onset of Avascular Tumor Growth in Response to the Loss of P53 Function, Cancer Informatics 2:1-26


Playford RJ, Belo A, Poulsom R, Fitzgerald AJ, Harris K, Pawluczyk I, Ryon J, Darby T, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Ghosh S, Marchbank T (2006) Effects of Mouse and Human Lipocalin Homologues 24p3/lcn2 and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin on Gastrointestinal Mucosal Integrity and Repair. Gastroenterology 131:809-817


Bendickson L and Nilsen-Hamilton M (2006) Applications in Making and Using Antibodies; A Practical Handbook, Howard, GC and Kaser, MR, eds, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp247-72.


Prozorov T, Mallapragada SK, Narasimhan B, Wang L, Palo P, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Williams TJ, Bazylinski DA, Prozorov R and Canfield PC (2006) Protein-Mediated Synthesis of Uniform Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanocrystals.  Advanced Functional Materials. 17:951–957


Levine HA and Nilsen-Hamilton M (2007) A Mathematical Analysis of SELEX. Computational Biology and Chemistry 31:11–35 Prozorov T, Mallapragada SK, Narasimhan B, Wang L, Palo P, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Williams TJ, Bazylinski DA, Prozorov R and Canfield PC (2007) Protein-Mediated Synthesis of Uniform Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanocrystals.  Advanced Functional Materials. 17:951–957


Soares MJ, Khorshed Alam SM, Duckworth ML, Horseman ND, Konno T, Linzer DH, Maltais LJ, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Shiota K, Smith JR, Wallis M (2007) A standardized nomenclature for the mouse and rat prolactin superfamilies. Mammalian Genome.


Prozorov T, Palo P,  Wang L, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Jones D, Orr D, Mallapragada SK, Narasimhan B,  Canfield PC, Prozorov R (2007) Cobalt Ferrite Nanocrystals: Out-Performing Magnetotactic Bacteria. ACSNano 1:228-33.

George A. Kraus, Insik Jeon, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Ahmed M. Awad, Jayeeta Banerjee, Bahram Parvin  (2008) Fluorinated Analogs of Malachite Green:  Synthesis and Toxicity. Molecules. 13:986-94.
Cong, X. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2005) Allosteric aptamers: targeted reversibly attenuated probes. Biochemistry 44, 7945-7954.

Determan, A.S., Trewyn, B.G., Lin, V.S., Nilsen-Hamilton, M. and Narasimhan, B. (2004) Encapsulation, stabilization, and release of BSA-FITC from polyanhydride microspheres. J. Control. Release 100, 97-109.

Nilsen-Hamilton, M., Liu, Q., Ryon, J., Bendickson, L., Lepont, P. and Chang, Q. (2003) Tissue involution and the acute phase response. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 995, 94-108.

Ryon, J., Bendickson, L. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2002) High expression in involuting reproductive tissues of uterocalin/24p3, a lipocalin and acute phase protein. Biochem. J. 367, 271-277.

Levine, H.A., Tucker, A.L. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2002) A mathematical model for the role of cell signal transduction in the initiation and inhibition of angiogenesis. Growth Factors 20, 155-175.

Burke, D.H., Ozerova, N.D. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2002) Allosteric hammerhead ribozyme TRAPs. Biochemistry 41, 6588-6594.

Levine, H.A., Sleeman, B.D. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2001) Mathematical modeling of the onset of capillary formation initiating angiogenesis. J. Math. Biol. 42, 195-238.

Levine, H.A., Pamuk, S., Sleeman, B.D. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2001) Mathematical modeling of capillary formation and development in tumor angiogenesis: penetration into the stroma. Bull. Math. Biol. 63, 801-863.

Fassett, J.T. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2001) Mrp3, a mitogen-regulated protein/proliferin gene expressed in wound healing and in hair follicles. Endocrinology 142, 2129-2137.

Levine, H.A., Sleeman, B.D. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2000) A mathematical model for the roles of pericytes and macrophages in the initiation of angiogenesis. I. The role of protease inhibitors in preventing angiogenesis. Math. Biosci. 168, 77-115.

Fassett, J.T., Hamilton, R.T. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (2000) Mrp4, a new mitogen-regulated protein/proliferin gene; unique in this gene family for its expression in the adult mouse tail and ear. Endocrinology 141, 1863-1871.

Mohideen, M.A., Hruska-Hageman, A. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (1999) A unique bFGF-responsive transcriptional element. Gene 237, 81-90.

Fang, Y., Lepont, P., Fassett, J.T., Ford, S.P., Mubaidin, A., Hamilton, R.T. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (1999) Signaling between the placenta and the uterus involving the mitogen-regulated protein/proliferins. Endocrinology 140, 5239-5249.

Allen, M.P. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (1998) Granzymes D, E, F, and G are regulated through pregnancy and by IL-2 and IL-15 in granulated metrial gland cells. J. Immunol. 161, 2772-2779.

Liu, Q., Ryon, J. and Nilsen-Hamilton, M. (1997) Uterocalin: a mouse acute phase protein expressed in the uterus around birth. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 46, 507-514.