Maira Harume Nagai

Maria Nagai
Senior Research Associate

Contact Information:

Matsunami Lab

Research Interest: Molecular biology of olfaction; neural development; transgenic models; cell signaling.

Personal Interests: Books, cinema, music, coffee, shoes.

Publications List: >Nagai MH; Armelin-Correa LM; Malnic B. Monogenic and monoallelic expression of odorant receptors. Molecular Pharmacology, v.90, 6, 2016, mol.116.104745; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/mol.116.104745   >Xavier, AM; Ludwig, RG; Nagai, MH; de Almeida, TJ; Watanabe, HM; Hirata, MY; Rosenstock, TR; Papes, F; Malnic, B; Glezer, I. CD36 is expressed in a defined subpopulation of neurons in the olfactory epithelium. Scientific Reports, v. 6, p. 25507, 2016.  >Armelin-Correa LM, Nagai MH, Leme Silva AG, Malnic B. Nuclear architecture and gene silencing in olfactory sensory neurons. BioArchitecture , v. 4, p. 00-00, 2015.  >Costa ET, Barnabé GF, Li M, Dias AA, Machado TR, Asprino PF, Cavalher FP, Ferreira EN, Del Mar Inda M, Nagai MH, Malnic B, Duarte ML, Leite KR, de Barros AC, Carraro DM, Chammas R, Armelin HA, Cavenee W, Furnari F, Camargo AA. Intratumoral heterogeneity of ADAM23 promotes tumor growth and metastasis through LGI4 and nitric oxide signals. Oncogene. 2014 Mar 24;0. doi: 10.1038/onc.2014.70.  >Michaloski JS, Galante PAF, Nagai MH, Armelin-Correa L, Chien M-S, Matsunami H and Malnic B. Common promoter elements in odorant and vomeronasal receptor genes. PlosOne, 6(12): e29065, 2011.