Erin B. Taylor

Erin B. Taylor

Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM-Physiology & Biophysics

Email:
ertaylor@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-1842

Education

University of Mississippi Medical Center, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology2015
Mississippi State University, MS, Molecular Biology2006
Mississippi State University, BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2004

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine2022 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology And Biophysics2017 - 12/2021

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, The Impact of Obesity and Leptin on the Development of Immune System Dysfunction and Hypertension in Females with Systemic Lupus Erythematous, NIH- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute09/2023 - 08/2028
Extramural, Mississippi Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Research Program, NIH-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute04/2023 - 03/2025
Extramural, The impact of immune system dysfunction and gut dysbiosis on the pathogenesis of vascular dysfunction in autoimmunity, NIH- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute01/2022 - 12/2024
Extramural, The impact of immune system dysfunction and gut dysbiosis on the pathogenesis of vascular dysfunction in autoimmunity, NIH- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute01/2020 - 12/2021
Extramural, The role of leptin the in the development of autoimmune-associated hypertension, NIH-National Institute of General Medical Sciences07/2019 - 03/2023
Extramural, Autoantibodies and the pathogenesis of hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus, NIH- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute07/2017 - 07/2019
Extramural, Autoantibodies and the pathogenesis of hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus, American Heart Association01/2017 - 07/2017
Extramural, Cytotoxic T lymphocyte markers in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, USDA08/2013 - 04/2015

Publications

Review

Taylor EB, Ryan MJ, Understanding mechanisms of hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus. Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease, 2016 Mar 15;11(1):20-322016

Journal Article

Martin BE, Taylor EB, Attipoe EM, Wu W, Stec DE, Showmaker KC, Garrett MR, Sex and molecular differences in cardiovascular parameters at peak influenza disease in mice. Physiological genomics, 2023 Feb 1;55(2):79-892023
Rivera-Gonzalez O, Case CT, Wilson NA, Speed JS, Taylor EB, Endothelin receptor antagonism improves glucose tolerance and adipose tissue inflammation in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2023 Jan 1;324(1):E73-E842023
Clemmer JS, Hillegass WB, Taylor EB, Antihypertensive effects of immunosuppressive therapy in autoimmune disease. Journal of human hypertension, 2023 Apr;37(4):300-3062023
Taylor EB, Casting a wide NET: an update on uncontrolled NETosis in response to COVID-19 infection. Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2022 Jul 15;136(13):1047-10522022
Taylor EB, George EM, Animal Models of Preeclampsia: Mechanistic Insights and Promising Therapeutics. Endocrinology, 2022 Aug 1;163(8)2022
Rivera-Gonzalez O, Wilson NA, Coats LE, Taylor EB, Speed JS, Endothelin receptor antagonism improves glucose handling, dyslipidemia, and adipose tissue inflammation in obese mice. Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2021 Jul 30;135(14):1773-17892021
Taylor EB, George EM, Ryan MJ, Garrett MR, Sasser JM, Immunological comparison of pregnant Dahl salt-sensitive and Sprague-Dawley rats commonly used to model characteristics of preeclampsia. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2021 Aug 1;321(2):R125-R1382021
Han Y, Taylor EB, Luthe D, Maize Endochitinase Expression in Response to Fall Armyworm Herbivory. Journal of chemical ecology, 2021 Jul;47(7):689-7062021
Taylor EB, The complex role of adipokines in obesity, inflammation, and autoimmunity. Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2021 Mar 26;135(6):731-7522021
McClung DM, Kalusche WJ, Jones KE, Ryan MJ, Taylor EB, Hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in the pristane model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Physiological reports, 2021 Feb;9(3):e147342021
Dent EL, Taylor EB, Turbeville HR, Ryan MJ, Curcumin attenuates autoimmunity and renal injury in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Physiological reports, 2020 Jul;8(13):e145012020
Person JM, Welch BA, Spann RA, Harris KK, Pride Y, Tucci MA, Taylor EB, Grayson BE, Immuno-hematologic parameters following rodent spinal cord contusion are negatively influenced by high-fat diet consumption. Journal of neuroimmunology, 2020 Jun 15;343:5772262020
Dent EL, Taylor EB, Sasser JM, Ryan MJ, Temporal hemodynamic changes in a female mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2020 May 1;318(5):F1074-F10852020
Johnson AC, Wu W, Attipoe EM, Sasser JM, Taylor EB, Showmaker KC, Kyle PB, Lindsey ML, Garrett MR, Loss of Arhgef11 in the Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Protects Against Hypertension-Induced Renal Injury. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2020 Apr;75(4):1012-10242020
Taylor EB, Chinchar VG, Quiniou SMA, Wilson M, Bengtén E, Cloning and characterization of antiviral cytotoxic T lymphocytes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Virology, 2020 Jan 15;540:184-1942020
Eddy AC, Howell JA, Chapman H, Taylor E, Mahdi F, George EM, Bidwell GL 3rd, Biopolymer-Delivered, Maternally Sequestered NF-κB (Nuclear Factor-κB) Inhibitory Peptide for Treatment of Preeclampsia. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2020 Jan;75(1):193-2012020
Spann RA, Taylor EB, Welch BA, Grayson BE, Altered immune system in offspring of rat maternal vertical sleeve gastrectomy. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2019 Dec 1;317(6):R852-R8632019
Himel AR, Taylor EB, Phillips CL, Welch BA, Spann RA, Bandyopadhyay S, Grayson BE, Splenectomy fails to attenuate immuno-hematologic changes after rodent vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2019 Oct;244(13):1125-11352019
Taylor EB, Ryan MJ, Freedom isn't always free: immunoglobulin free light chains promote renal fibrosis. The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019 Jun 17;129(7):2660-26622019
Wolf VL, Phillips TL, Taylor EB, Sasser JM, Ryan MJ, Human recombinant relaxin-2 does not attenuate hypertension or renal injury but exacerbates vascular dysfunction in a female mouse model of SLE. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2019 Aug 1;317(2):H234-H2422019
Wolf VL, Taylor EB, Ryan MJ, Cyclophosphamide treatment for hypertension and renal injury in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Physiological reports, 2019 May;7(10):e140592019
Taylor EB, Sasser JM, Maeda KJ, Ryan MJ, Expansion of regulatory T cells using low-dose interleukin-2 attenuates hypertension in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2019 Nov 1;317(5):F1274-F12842019
Taylor EB, Wolf VL, Dent E, Ryan MJ, Mechanisms of hypertension in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. British journal of pharmacology, 2019 Jun;176(12):1897-19132019
Turbeville HR, Taylor EB, Garrett MR, Didion SP, Ryan MJ, Sasser JM, Superimposed Preeclampsia Exacerbates Postpartum Renal Injury Despite Lack of Long-Term Blood Pressure Difference in the Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2019 Mar;73(3):650-6582019
Taylor EB, Barati MT, Powell DW, Turbeville HR, Ryan MJ, Plasma Cell Depletion Attenuates Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Autoimmune Disease. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2018 Apr;71(4):719-7282018
Spann RA, Lawson WJ, Bidwell GL 3rd, Zamarripa CA, Maranon RO, Bandyopadhyay S, Taylor ER, Reckelhoff JF, Garrett MR, Grayson BE, Rodent vertical sleeve gastrectomy alters maternal immune health and fetoplacental development. Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2018 Jan 31;132(2):295-3122018
Mathis KW, Taylor EB, Ryan MJ, Anti-CD3 antibody therapy attenuates the progression of hypertension in female mice with systemic lupus erythematosus. Pharmacological research, 2017 Jun;120:252-2572017
Taylor EB, Ryan MJ, Immunosuppression With Mycophenolate Mofetil Attenuates Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Autoimmune Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Feb 27;6(3)2017
Taylor EB, Moulana M, Stuge TB, Quiniou SM, Bengten E, Wilson M, A Leukocyte Immune-Type Receptor Subset Is a Marker of Antiviral Cytotoxic Cells in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2016 Mar 15;196(6):2677-892016
El-Khattouti A, Selimovic D, Hannig M, Taylor EB, Abd Elmageed ZY, Hassan SY, Haikel Y, Kandil E, Leverkus M, Brodell RT, Megahed M, Hassan M, Imiquimod-induced apoptosis of melanoma cells is mediated by ER stress-dependent Noxa induction and enhanced by NF-κB inhibition. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2016 Feb;20(2):266-862016
Taylor EB, Wilson M, Bengten E, The Src tyrosine kinase Lck binds to CD2, CD4-1, and CD4-2 T cell co-receptors in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Molecular immunology, 2015 Aug;66(2):126-382015
Taylor EB, Nayak DK, Quiniou SM, Bengten E, Wilson M, Identification of SHIP-1 and SHIP-2 homologs in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Developmental and comparative immunology, 2015 Jul;51(1):79-872015
Moulana M, Taylor EB, Edholm ES, Quiniou SM, Wilson M, Bengtén E, Identification and characterization of TCRγ and TCRδ chains in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Immunogenetics, 2014 Oct;66(9-10):545-612014
Edholm ES, Bengtén E, Stafford JL, Sahoo M, Taylor EB, Miller NW, Wilson M, Identification of two IgD+ B cell populations in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2010 Oct 1;185(7):4082-942010
Taylor EB, Williams MA, Microbial protein in soil: influence of extraction method and C amendment on extraction and recovery. Microbial ecology, 2010 Feb;59(2):390-92010
Mohan S, Ma PW, Pechan T, Bassford ER, Williams WP, Luthe DS, Degradation of the S. frugiperda peritrophic matrix by an inducible maize cysteine protease. Journal of insect physiology, 2006 Jan;52(1):21-82006
Engel JE, Williams ML, Williams E, Azar C, Taylor EB, Bidwell GL, Chade AR, Recovery of Renal Function following Kidney-Specific VEGF Therapy in Experimental Renovascular Disease. American journal of nephrology, 2020;51(11):891-902
El Jamal SM, Taylor EB, Abd Elmageed ZY, Alamodi AA, Selimovic D, Alkhateeb A, Hannig M, Hassan SY, Santourlidis S, Friedlander PL, Haikel Y, Vijaykumar S, Kandil E, Hassan M, Interferon gamma-induced apoptosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is connected to indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase via mitochondrial and ER stress-associated pathways. Cell division, 2016;11:11

Editorial

Taylor EB, Sasser JM, Natural killer cells and T lymphocytes in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia. Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2017 Dec 15;131(24):2911-29172017

Presentations

National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fecal microbiota transplantation attenuates hypertension in a female mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus, Southeastern IDeA Conference, Columbia, SC09/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Long-term gut microbiota depletion exacerbates hypertension and renal injury in an experimental model of autoimmune disease, Experimental Biology 2022, Philadephia, PA04/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Antagonism of leptin attenuates hypertension in an experimental model of SLE, APS, virtual05/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leptin accelerates autoimmune disease progression and the development of hypertension in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus., AHA Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2019, New Orleans, LA10/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of autoantibodies in the development of hypertension and vascular dysfunction in autoimmunity, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD06/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leptin accelerates disease progression and the development of hypertension in an experimental model of autoimmune disease, American Physiological Society, Knoxville, TN10/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leptin accelerates disease progression in an experimental model of systemic lupus erythematosus, American Physiological Society, San Diego, CA04/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Expansion of Regulatory T cells using Low-dose Interleukin-2 Attenuates Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Autoimmune Disease, American Physiological Society, Chicago, IL04/2017
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Depletion of antibody-secreting plasma cells attenuates hypertension in an experimental model of autoimmune disease., AHA Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL09/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mycophenolate Mofetil Attenuates Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, American Physiological Society, San Diego, CA04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs) are markers of antiviral cytotoxic T lymphocytes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus., American Association of Immunologists, New Orleans, LA05/2015
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs) are markers of channel catfish antiviral cytotoxic cells., 5th North American Comparative Immunology Workshop, Albuquerque, NM06/2014
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leukocyte Immune-Type Receptors (LITRs): Markers of antiviral cytotoxic cells in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus., Eastern Fish Health Workshop, Shepherdstown, WV05/2014

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Early Career Achievement Award, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences2023
Excellence in Research Gold Award, UMMC Office of Research2022
Excellence in Research Silver Award, UMMC Office of Research2021
Excellence in Research Bronze Award, UMMC Office of Research2020
Emerging Star Award, UMMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science2019
Outstanding Presenter Award, UMMC School of Graduate Studies2018
Trustmark Postdoctoral Publication Award, UMMC School of Graduate Studies2017
APS Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society2017
Juan Carlos Romero and APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award, American Physiological Society2016
Randall Trustmark Graduate Student Research Award, UMMC School of Graduate Studies2015
Student of the Year, UMMC Associated Student Body2014

Professional Membership and Service

American Physiological Society, Member2015 - Present
American Heart Association, Member2015 - Present
Group on Women in Medicine and Science, Member2015 - Present
American Association of Immunologists, Member2013 - Present

Committee Service

MEDICAL CENTER-ANIMAL CARE AND USE, Member2022 - Present

Community Service

Physiology Understanding Day at the Children's Museum, Group Leader11/2014 - Present
Discovery U at the Children's Museum, Group Leader05/2014 - Present

Other Service

Seminar Director, Department of Physiology06/2022 - Present
Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center Work in Progress Seminar Leader08/2019 - 05/2021
UMMC Postdoctoral Advisory Committee, Advisory Board Member08/2016 - 12/2020
School of Graduate Studies Alumni Board Member, Member of Alumni Board08/2015 - Present
American Physiological Society Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
American Physiological Society, 2019 APS Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Awards
American Physiological Society, Co-chair of Topic at 2021 APS Hot Topics in Sex and Gender Research
American Physiological Society, Co-Chair of Featured Topic at Experimental Biology 2017

Teaching Experience

PHYSIO 715, Graduate, Lecture, Facilitator, Advanced EndocrinologyFall 2023
PHYSIO 731, Graduate, Lecture, Facilitator, Renal and Body Fluid PhysiologySpring 2023
ID709, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Responsible Conduct of ResearchSpring 2019
ID714, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Professional SkillsSpring 2019
PHYSIO 727, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Physiological Applications of Molecular BiologyFall 2018
ID 727, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Current Issues in Biomedical ResearchSpring 2017 - 2017
MICRO 733, Graduate, Lecture, Facilitator, Experimental Immunochemistry and ImmunobiologySpring 2016
MICRO 701, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Medical MicrobiologyFall 2012 - 2014

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, Advised: Camille Grady2023 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Madison Newberry2022 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Allie Smith2022 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Umesh Bhattarai2022 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Clinton Case2022 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: William Kalusche2021 - Present
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Jayla-Danielle Reese2020 - 2020
Supervised Research, Advised: Katie Jones2019 - 2022