Katarzyna Kent

Katarzyna Kent, Ph.D.

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Katarzyna Kent, Ph.D.

Email

kkent@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine: 02/2025 - Houston, Texas United States

BS from University of Houston: Houston, Texas United States; Molecular and Cellular Biology

Certifications

HT: American Society for Clinical Pathology

Websites

Center for Drug Discovery

Selected Publications

Kaori Nozawa, Thomas X Garcia, Katarzyna Kent, Mei Leng, Anna Malovannaya, Fei Yuan, Zhifeng Yu, Masahito Ikawa, Martin M. Matzuk "Testis-specific serine kinase 3 is required for sperm morphogenesis and male fertility." Andrology. 2022 Oct 28; Pubmed PMID: 36306217
Kaori Nozawa, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Darius J Devlin, Ricardo E Deras, Katarzyna Kent, Irina V Larina , Kohei Umezu, Zhifeng, Courtney M Sutton, Qiuji Ye, Laura K Dean, Chihiro Emori, Masahito Ikawa, Thomas X Garcia, Martin M Matzuk "The testis-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF133 is required for fecundity in mice.." BMC Biology. 2022 Jul 13;161(20) Pubmed PMID: 35831855
Robertson MJ, Kent K, Tharp N, Nozawa K, Dean L, Mathew M, Grimm SL, Yu Z, Légaré C, Fujihara Y, Ikawa M, Sullivan R, Coarfa C, Matzuk MM & Garcia TX. "Large-scale discovery of male reproductive tract-specific genes through analysis of RNA-seq datasets.." BMC Biology. 2020;103(18) Pubmed PMID: 32814578
Kent K, Johnston M, Strump N, Garcia TX. "Toward Development of the Male Pill: A Decade of Potential Non-hormonal Contraceptive Targets." Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2020 Feb 26; Pubmed PMID: 32161754

Holcomb RJ, Oura S, Nozawa K, Kent K, Yu Z, Robertson MJ, Coarfa C, Matzuk MM, Ikawa M & Garcia TX. "The testis-specific serine proteases PRSS44, PRSS46, and PRSS54 are dispensable for male mouse fertility." Biology of Reproduction. 2020 Jan 1;102(1):84-91. Pubmed PMID: 31403672
Courtney Sutton, Kaori Nozawa, Katarzyna Kent, Alexander Saltzman, Mei Leng, Sureshbabu Nagarajan, Anna Malovannaya, Masahito Ikawa Thomas X Garcia, Martin M Matzuk "Molecular dissection and testing of PRSS37 function through LC-MS/MS and the generation of a PRSS37 humanized mouse model." Sci Rep.. 2023 Jul 14; Pubmed PMID: 37452050
Katarzyna Kent, Kaori Nozawa, Courtney Sutton, Frey Daniel, Masahito Ikawa, Thomas X Garcia, Martin M Matzuk "CUB domains are not required for OVCH2 function in sperm maturation in the mouse epididymis." Andrology. 2023 Aug 8; Pubmed PMID: 37551853
Ku A, Sharma K, Ta H, Sutton C, Bohren K, Wang Y, Chamakuri S, Chen R, Hakenjos J, Jimmidi R, Kent K, Li F, Li J, Ma L, [...], Young D, Teng M, Kim C, Matzuk M "Reversible male contraception by targeted inhibition of serine/threonine kinase 33." Science. 2024 May 23;384(6698):885-890. Pubmed PMID: 38781365
Katarzyna Kent, Kaori Nozawa, Rachel Parkes, Laura Dean, Frey Daniel, Mei Leng, Antrix Jain, Anna Malovannaya, Martin M Matzuk, Thomas X Garcia "Large-scale CRISPR/Cas9 deletions within the WFDC gene cluster uncover gene functionality and critical roles in mammalian reproduction." PNAS. 2024 Dec 17;121(51) Pubmed PMID: 39665756