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2025 Publications

  • Arthur G, Wasson AR, Straughan RE, Drummond HA, Stec DE. The role of renal medullary bilirubin and biliverdin reductase in angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2025 Mar 17;38(4):240-247. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpae150. PMID: 39656666; PMCID: PMC11911318.
  • Cuevas S, Do Carmo JM, Marañón RO. Editorial: Hypertension in obese women: gender-specific challenges and solutions. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025 Feb 4;16:1558754. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1558754. PMID: 39968294; PMCID: PMC11832384.
  • do Carmo JM, Omoto ACM, Hall JE, Dai X, Ladnier EC, Mouro MC, Tosta OES, Wang Z, Li X, da Silva AA. Parental obesity predisposes male and female offspring to exacerbated cardiac dysfunction and increased mortality after myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2025 Mar 20. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00827.2024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40112092.
  • Huang S, Nunez J, Toresco DL, Wen C, Slotabec L, Wang H, Zhang H, Rouhi N, Adenawoola MI, Li J. Alterations in the inflammatory homeostasis of aging-related cardiac dysfunction and Alzheimer's diseases. FASEB J. 2025 Jan 15;39(1):e70303. doi: 10.1096/fj.202402725RR. PMID: 39758048.
  • Ilatovskaya DV, Ogola B, Faulkner JL, Mamenko M, Taylor EB, Dent E, Ryan MJ, Sullivan JC. Guidelines for sex-specific considerations to improve rigor in renal research and how we got there. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2025 Feb 1;328(2):F204-F217. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00136.2024. Epub 2024 Dec 20. PMID: 39705719.
  • Kipp ZA, Badmus OO, Stec DE, Hall B, Hinds TD Jr. Bilirubin bioconversion to urobilin in the gut-liver-kidney axis: A biomarker for insulin resistance in the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome. Metabolism. 2025 Feb;163:156081. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2024.156081. Epub 2024 Nov 22. PMID: 39580049; PMCID: PMC11700773.
  • Lee WH, Kipp ZA, Pauss SN, Martinez GJ, Bates EA, Badmus OO, Stec DE, Hinds TD Jr. Heme oxygenase, biliverdin reductase, and bilirubin pathways regulate oxidative stress and insulin resistance: a focus on diabetes and therapeutics. Clin Sci (Lond). 2025 Jan 28;139(2):CS20242825. doi: 10.1042/CS20242825. PMID: 39873298.
  • Mallette JH, Crudup BF, Oudomrath Speyrer A, Rawls AZ, Cockrell K, Willis AT, Davenport K, Yanes Cardozo LL, Shawky NM, Alexander BT. Cross-sex hormone therapy is associated with loss of circadian rhythm in the male rat. Hypertension. 2025 Feb;82(2):241-254. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23901. Epub 2024 Dec 5. PMID: 39633591; PMCID: PMC11735301.
  • Spitz RW, Wong V, Yamada Y, Kataoka R, Song JS, Hammert WB, Kang A, Seffrin A, Bell ZW, Loenneke JP. Perceived discomfort is decreased after repeated bouts of isometric handgrip exercise with and without blood flow restriction. Percept Mot Skills. 2025 Feb 27:315125251320137. doi: 10.1177/00315125251320137. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40013726.
  • Stec DE. On the Therapeutic Potential of Heme Oxygenase-1 and Its Metabolites. Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Oct 16;13(10):1243. doi: 10.3390/antiox13101243. PMID: 39456496; PMCID: PMC11504057.
  • Wong V, Spitz RW, Bentley JP, Song JS, Yamada Y, Kataoka R, Hammert WB, Seffrin A, Bell ZW, Loenneke JP. Investigating the influence of limb blood flow on contraction-induced muscle growth and the impact of that growth on changes in maximal strength. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2025 Apr 1;57(4):867-875. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003613. Epub 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39604154.