Bernice Nounamo

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UAMS

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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4 h-index 13 pubs 101 cited

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Bernice Nounamo's research focuses on the immune response to viral infections and the impact of dietary components on health, particularly in the context of metabolic conditions. Her work investigates how viral components, such as those from Myxoma virus, can stimulate immune pathways like the cGAS-dependent type 1 interferon response in human monocytes and macrophages. Nounamo also studies the effects of soy protein concentrates, varying in isoflavone content, on serum isoflavone levels and inflammatory markers in Zucker rats, examining potential differences between lean and obese subjects. Additionally, her research extends to the immunological consequences of environmental stressors, including simulated microgravity and chronic irradiation, in mouse models, and the characterization of immune correlates in cancer patients undergoing vaccination therapies. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Behjatolah Monzavi‐Karbassi and Fariba Jousheghany, and has published 13 papers with 99 citations and an h-index of 4.

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h-index: 4
Publications: 13
Citations: 101

Selected Publications

Sex-specific immune alterations in mice following long-term simulated microgravity and chronic irradiation (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Abstract PO5-02-05: Assessing Vaccine-Mediated Cellular Immune Responses in Patients Receiving Combined Vaccine and Chemotherapy Treatment (2024)

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Abstract 3860: Characterizing peripheral immune correlates of tumor response in breast cancer patients immunized with the P10s-PADRE vaccine (2024)

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Abstract 700: Induction of cancer-specific T-cell responses in patients immunized with P10s-PADRE vaccine (2023)

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Feeding Soy Protein Concentrates with Low and High Isoflavones Alters 9 and 18 Weeks Serum Isoflavones and Inflammatory Protein Levels in Lean and Obese Zucker Rats (2023)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
VT68.2: An Antibody to Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) Displays Reactivity against a Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigen (2023)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Myxoma virus lacking the host range determinant M062 stimulates cGAS-dependent type 1 interferon response and unique transcriptomic changes in human monocytes/macrophages (2022)

13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Feeding Obese Zucker Rats With Soy Protein Concentrate With High Isoflavones Compared to Low Isoflavones Leads to a Significant Reduction of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (2022)

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Myxoma virus lacking the host range determinant M062 stimulates cGAS-dependent type 1 interferon response and unique transcriptomic changes in human macrophages (2022)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex