Billingsley, J., and Carlson, K. A. 2010. Epigenetic effects of diet on fruit fly lifespan: an investigation to teach epigenetics to biology students. American Biology Teacher 72(4):231-234.
Gilling, C. E., and Carlson, K. A. 2009. The effect of OTK18 upregulation in U937 cells on neuronal survival. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal 45:243-251.
Carlson, D. J., Pashaj, A., Gardner, K., and Carlson, K. A. 2008. Advances in age old questions. Fly 3(2):149-151.
Derr, J. N., Smith, T. L., and Carlson, K. A. 2008. Effects of blueberries on mortality rates and Indy gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 31:61-67.
Larson, S. L., Gilling, C. E., and Carlson, K. A. 2008. A proposed mechanism for OTK18 regulation of TNF-α in response to neurotoxic insult. Journal of Biology, Biological Systems, and Bioinformatics 2(1).
Spresser, C. R., Marshall, S., and Carlson, K. A. 2008. OTK18: a transcriptional suppressor and putative anti-retroviral molecule with a potential role in regulation of innate immunity. Journal of Genetics 87:109-117.
Wagoner, S., and Carlson, K. A. 2008. DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis in a forensic teaching. American Biology Teacher 70(6):29-33.
Wollard, L., Klein, B., Carlson, D. J., and Carlson, K. A. 2006. Rearing mediums as a variable in fruit fly fecundity: an activity to introduce scientific methods of inquiry to biology students. Bioscene: Journal of College Science Teaching. 32(3): 24-29.
Spresser, C. R. & K. A. Carlson. 2005. Utilization of Drosophila melanogaster for studies of HIV-1 infection. Journal of Neuroscience Research 80(4):451-455.
Wojna, V., Carlson, K. A., Xiaoguang, L., Mayo, R., Meléndez, L. M., Kraiselburd, E., and Gendelman, H. E. 2004. Proteomic fingerprinting of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-associated dementia from patient monocyte-derived macrophages: a case study. Journal of Neurovirology 10:74-81. (Condidered to be a co-senior-authored paper by the journal)
Carlson, K. A., Leisman, G., Limoges, J., Pohlman, G. D., Horiba, M., Buescher, J., Gendelman, H. E., & Ikezu, T. 2004. Molecular characterization of a putative antiretroviral transcriptional factor, OTK18. Journal of Immunology 172:381-391.
Carlson, K. A., Limoges, J., Pohlman, G. D., Poluektova, L. Y., Langford, D., Masliah, E., Ikezu, T., & Gendelman, H. E. 2004. OTK18 expression in brain mononuclear phagocytes parallels the severity of HIV-1 encephalitis. Journal of Neuroimmunology 150:186-198.
Carlson, K. A., Ciborowski, P., Schellpeper, C. N., Biskup, T. M., Shen, R.-F., Luo, X., Destache, C. J., & Gendelman, H. E. 2004. Proteomic fingerprinting of HIV-1-infected human monocyte-derived macrophages: a preliminary report. Journal of Neuroimmunology 147:35-42.
Xiong, H., Boyle, J., Winkelbauer, M., Gorantla, S., Zheng, J., Ghorpade, A., Persidsky, Y., Carlson, K. A., & Gendelman, H. E. 2003. Inhibition of long-term potentiation by Interleukin-8: implications for human immunodeficiency virus-1-associated dementia. Journal of Neuroscience Research 71(4):600-607.
Gendelman, H. E., Destache, C. J., Zelivyanskaya, M. L., Nelson, J. A., Boska, M. D., Biskup, T. M., McCarthy, M. K., Carlson, K. A., Nemechek, C., Benner, E. J., & Mosley, R. L. 2003. Neuroimaging and proteomic tracking of neurodegeneration in MPTP-treated mice. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 991:319-321.
Luo, X., Carlson, K. A., Wojna, V., Mayo, R., Biskup, T. M., Stoner, J., Anderson, J., Gendelman, H. E., & Melendez, L. M. 2003. Macrophage proteomic fingerprinting predicts HIV-1-associated cognitive impairment. Neurology 60(12):1931-1937.
Shibata, A., Zelivyanskaya, M., Limoges, J., Carlson, K. A., Gorantla, S., Branecki, C., Bishu, S., Xiong, H., & Gendelman, H. E. 2003. Peripheral nerve induces macrophage neurotrophic activites: regulation of neuronal process outgrowth, intracellular signaling and synaptic function. Journal of Neuroimmunology 142:112-129.
Carlson, K. A., Cotter, R. L., Williams, C. E., Branecki, C. E., & Gendelman, H. E. 2002. The role of mononuclear phagocytes in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. In TheMacrophage, 2nd Edition (edited by B. Burke & C. Lewis). Oxford, England: Oxford Medical Publications.
Carlson, K. A., & Harshman, L. G. 1999. Extended longevity lines of Drosophila melanogaster: abundance of yolk protein gene mRNA in fat body and ovary. Experimental Gerontology 34:173-184.
Carlson, K. A., & Harshman, L. G. 1999. Extended longevity lines of Drosophila melanogaster: characterization of oocyte stages and ovariole numbers as a function of age and diet. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences 54(10):B432-440.
Carlson, K. A., Nusbaum, T. M., Rose, M. R., & Harshman, L. G. 1998. Oocyte maturation and ovariole number in lines of Drosophila melanogaster selected for postponed senescence. Functional Ecology 12(4):514-520.