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Chronic inflammation has been implicated in the development of hypertension (high blood pressure). The primary focus of my research is to understand and enhance endogenous nervous and immune system interactions that control inflammation in order to halt the progression of hypertension. To investigate this, we use lupus as the disease model since chronic inflammation contributes to the prevalent hypertension and renal injury in this devastating autoimmune disease that primarily affects young women.
I am currently the PI of a federally-funded grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and a private grant from the Lupus Research Alliance. The federal grant will investigate the regulation of inflammation in the kidney that, if accumulated and left unchecked, can lead to hypertension and renal injury. The private grant will test the efficacy of a cholinergic agonist as an anti-inflammatory therapy in lupus mice and determine whether this drug has positive outcomes on behavior. Work in my lab will include integrative physiological approaches complimented with molecular, cellular, and immunological techniques. A goal of the lab is to take what is learned in the animal model of lupus hypertension and translate it into human studies that could benefit both lupus and hypertensive populations.
I am currently the PI of a federally-funded grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and a private grant from the Lupus Research Alliance. The federal grant will investigate the regulation of inflammation in the kidney that, if accumulated and left unchecked, can lead to hypertension and renal injury. The private grant will test the efficacy of a cholinergic agonist as an anti-inflammatory therapy in lupus mice and determine whether this drug has positive outcomes on behavior. Work in my lab will include integrative physiological approaches complimented with molecular, cellular, and immunological techniques. A goal of the lab is to take what is learned in the animal model of lupus hypertension and translate it into human studies that could benefit both lupus and hypertensive populations.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Physiology, LSU Health Science Center
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
MS in Physiology, LSU Health Science Center
Award Date: 1 Jan 2002
MS in Applied Physics, Purdue University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2001
BS in Physics, Southern University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2000
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Projects
Targeting Nicotinic Receptors to Reduce Inflammation Associated with SLE
1/03/18 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
Neuroimmune Mechanisms Involved in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension and Renal Injury
NHLBI: Nat Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Neuroimmune control of renal inflammation in lupus hypertension (For: Shyam Vedantam)
5/06/17 → 31/05/18
Project: Research
Research Output
Autoimmunity, estrogen, and lupus
Pham, G. S. & Mathis, K. W., 1 Jan 2019, Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology. Elsevier, p. 219-237 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Angiotensin receptor and tumor necrosis factor-α activation contributes to glucose intolerance independent of systolic blood pressure in obese rats
Rodriguez, R., Lee, A., Mathis, K. W., Broome, H. J., Thorwald, M., Martinez, B., Nakano, D., Nishiyama, A., Ryan, M. J. & Ortiz, R. M., 1 Jan 2018, In : American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 315, 4, p. F1081-F1090Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations
Buffering chronic kidney disease with sodium bicarbonate
Williams, E. N. & Mathis, K. W., 1 Sep 2018, In : Clinical Science. 132, 17, p. 1999-2001 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Complementing T Regulatory Cells to Combat Hypertension
Mathis, K. W., 30 Mar 2018, In : Circulation Research. 122, 7, p. 911-912 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Lipopolysaccharide challenge reveals hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in murine systemic lupus erythematosus
Pham, G. S. & Mathis, K. W., 4 Oct 2018, In : Brain Sciences. 8, 10, 184.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
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