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Adrian F. Gombart is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biomedical sciences, emphasizing connections between nutrition, molecular biology, and immune system functioning.

The scientist's primary fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work further focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Microbiology.

Key research topics covered by Adrian F. Gombart involve Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research, Hops Chemistry and Applications, Vitamin D Research Studies, Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research, and Chromatography in Natural Products.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Adrian F. Gombart include:

  • Gerd Bobe
  • Claudia S. Maier
  • Jan F. Stevens
  • Philip C. Calder
  • Manfred Eggersdorfer

Publications by this researcher have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Nutrients
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Microbiome
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Some recent notable papers authored by Adrian F. Gombart include:

  • A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System-Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection (2020, Nutrients)

Other important publications related to their research area, though authored by frequent co-authors, are:

  • Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections (2020, Nutrients)
  • Reply to "Comment on: Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1181" (2020, Nutrients)
  • Upregulating Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Expression May Prevent Severe COVID-19 Inflammatory Responses and Reduce Microthrombosis (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • The Effect of a Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement on Immune Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial (2020, Nutrients)

Best Publications

  • Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) gene is a direct target of the vitamin D receptor and is strongly up-regulated in myeloid cells by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3

    Adrian F. Gombart;Niels Borregaard;H. Phillip Koeffler

  • A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System–Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection

    Adrian F. Gombart;Adeline Pierre;Silvia Maggini

  • Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections.

    Philip C. Calder;Philip C. Calder;Anitra C. Carr;Adrian F. Gombart;Manfred Eggersdorfer

  • Molecular Cloning of Transferrin Receptor 2 A NEW MEMBER OF THE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR-LIKE FAMILY

    H. Kawabata;Rong Yang;T. Hirama;P. T. Vuong

  • Reply to "Overstated Claims of Efficacy and Safety. Comment On: Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1181".

    Philip C. Calder;Anitra C. Carr;Adrian F. Gombart;Manfred Eggersdorfer

  • The vitamin D-antimicrobial peptide pathway and its role in protection against infection.

    Adrian F Gombart

  • Vitamin D-Directed Rheostatic Regulation of Monocyte Antibacterial Responses

    John S. Adams;Songyang Ren;Philip T. Liu;Rene F. Chun

  • Recent advances in electrospun nanofibers for wound healing.

    Shixuan Chen;Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Mark Alan Carlson;Adrian F. Gombart

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemias.

    Adrian F. Gombart;Wolf-K. Hofmann;Seiji Kawano;Seisho Takeuchi

  • Loss of p73 gene expression in leukemias/lymphomas due to hypermethylation.

    S Kawano;C W Miller;A F Gombart;C R Bartram

  • CCAAT/enhancer binding protein epsilon is a potential retinoid target gene in acute promyelocytic leukemia treatment.

    D.J. Park;A.M. Chumakov;P.T. Vuong;D.Y. Chih

  • A Novel, Myeloid Transcription Factor, C/EBPε, Is Upregulated During Granulocytic, But Not Monocytic, Differentiation

    R Morosetti;D J Park;A M Chumakov;I Grillier

  • Regulation of neutrophil and eosinophil secondary granule gene expression by transcription factors C/EBPε and PU.1

    Adrian F. Gombart;Scott H. Kwok;Karen L. Anderson;Yuji Yamaguchi

  • Transcription profiling of C/EBP targets identifies Per2 as a gene implicated in myeloid leukemia

    Sigal Gery;Adrian F. Gombart;William S. Yi;Chloe Koeffler

  • Alterations of the p27KIP1 gene in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

    R Morosetti;N Kawamata;AF Gombart;CW Miller

  • Regulation of expression of murine transferrin receptor 2

    Hiroshi Kawabata;Rasha S. Germain;Takayuki Ikezoe;Xiangjun Tong

  • Low plasma level of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (hCAP18) predicts increased infectious disease mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

    Adrian F. Gombart;Adrian F. Gombart;Ishir Bhan;Niels Borregaard;Hector Tamez

  • Haptoglobin is synthesized during granulocyte differentiation, stored in specific granules, and released by neutrophils in response to activation

    Kim Theilgaard-Mönch;Lars C. Jacobsen;Marianne J. Nielsen;Thomas Rasmussen

  • Exaptation of an ancient Alu short interspersed element provides a highly conserved vitamin D-mediated innate immune response in humans and primates

    Adrian F Gombart;Tsuyako Saito;H Phillip Koeffler

  • Interplay between HIV-1 infection and host microRNAs

    Guihua Sun;Haitang Li;Xiwei Wu;Maricela Covarrubias

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Phillip Koeffler
H. Phillip Koeffler Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Niels Borregaard
Niels Borregaard University of Copenhagen
Jan F. Stevens
Jan F. Stevens Oregon State University
Jingwei Xie
Jingwei Xie University of Nebraska Medical Center
Philip C. Calder
Philip C. Calder University of Southampton
Alan D. Friedman
Alan D. Friedman Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan W. Said
Jonathan W. Said University of California, Los Angeles
Peter D. Arkwright
Peter D. Arkwright University of Manchester
Richard L. Gallo
Richard L. Gallo University of California, San Diego
George Y. Liu
George Y. Liu University of California, San Diego

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