Kjersti Marie Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D.
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Kjersti Marie Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Positions
- Professor
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor & Vice Chair of Research Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Professor
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Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor & Vice Chair of Research Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Professor
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Molecular & Cell Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Professor
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Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Baylor College of Medicine
Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Addresses
- TCH Pavilion for Women (Clinic)
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6651 Main St. Suite F420
77030, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-7500
Education
- MSc from University Of Utah
- 06/2007 - Salt Lake City, Utah United States
- MD from University Of Minnesota Medical School
- 06/2000 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States
- PhD from Mayo Graduate School Of Medicine
- 01/1996 - Rochester, Minnesota United States
Professional Interests
- Microbiome interactions to preterm birth
- The in utero environment and epigenetics in fetal programming and development
Websites
VIICTR Research Database
Selected Publications
- Cox J, Williams S, Grove K, Lane RH, Aagaard-Tillery KM "A maternal high-fat diet is accompanied by alterations in the fetal primate metabolome.." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 2009 Sep;201(3):281.e1-9. Pubmed PMID: 19733280
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Holmgren C, Lacoursiere DY, Houssain S, Bloebaum L, Satterfield R, Branch DW, Varner MW "Factors associated with nonanomalous stillbirths: the Utah Stillbirth Database 1992-2002.." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2006 Mar;194(3):849-54. Pubmed PMID: 16522424
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Grove K, Bishop J, Ke X, Fu Q, McKnight R, Lane RH "Developmental origins of disease and determinants of chromatin structure: maternal diet modifies the primate fetal epigenome.." J. Mol. Endocrinol.. 2008 Aug;41(2):91-102. Pubmed PMID: 18515302
- Klinger S, Turgeon B, Lévesque K, Wood GA, Aagaard-Tillery KM, Meloche S "Loss of Erk3 function in mice leads to intrauterine growth restriction, pulmonary immaturity, and neonatal lethality.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2009 Sep 29;106(39):16710-5. Pubmed PMID: 19805361
- Suter M, Abramovici A, Showalter L, Hu M, Shope CD, Varner M, Aagaard-Tillery K "In utero tobacco exposure epigenetically modifies placental CYP1A1 expression." Metabolism. 2010 Oct;59(10):1481-90. Pubmed PMID: 20462615
- Aagaard K, Petrosino J, Keitel W, Watson M, Katancik J, Garcia N, Patel S, Cutting M, Madden T, Hamilton H, Harris E, Gevers D, Simone G, McInnes P, Versalovic J "The Human Microbiome Project strategy for comprehensive sampling of the human microbiome and why it matters." FASEB J. 2013;27(3):1012-22. Pubmed PMID: 23165986
- Suter MA, Chen A, Burdine MS, Choudhury M, Harris RA, Lane RH, Friedman JE, Grove KL, Tackett AJ, Aagaard KM "A maternal high-fat diet modulates fetal SIRT1 histone and protein deacetylase activity in nonhuman primates." FASEB J. 2012 Dec;26(12):5106-14. Pubmed PMID: 22982377
- Ferres MA, Olivarez SA, Trinh V, Davidson C, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Aagaard-Tillery KM "Rate of wound complications with enoxaparin use among women at high risk for postpartum thrombosis.." Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jan;117(1):119-24. Pubmed PMID: 21173652
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Nuthalapaty FS, Ramsey PS, Ramin KD "Preterm premature rupture of membranes: perspectives surrounding controversies in management.." Am J Perinatol. 2005 Aug;22(6):287-97. Pubmed PMID: 16118716
- Riehle K, Coarfa C, Jackson A, Ma J, Tandon A, Paithankar S, Raghuraman S, Mistretta TA, Saulnier D, Raza S, Diaz MA, Shulman R, Aagaard K, Versalovic J, Milosavljevic A "The Genboree Microbiome Toolset and the analysis of 16S rRNA microbial sequences." BMC Bioinformatics. 2012;13:S11. Pubmed PMID: 23320832
- Suter M, Bocock P, Showalter L, Hu M, Shope C, McKnight R, Grove K, Lane R, Aagaard-Tillery K "Epigenomics: maternal high-fat diet exposure in utero disrupts peripheral circadian gene expression in nonhuman primates." FASEB J. 2011 Feb;25(2):714-26. Pubmed PMID: 21097519
- Li W, Whaley CD, Bonnevier JL, Mondino A, Martin ME, Aagaard-Tillery KM, Mueller DL "CD28 signaling augments Elk-1-dependent transcription at the c-fos gene during antigen stimulation." J. Immunol. 2001 Jul 15;167(2):827-35. Pubmed PMID: 11441089
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Lin MG, Lupo V, Buchbinder A, Ramsey PS "Preterm premature rupture of membranes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: a novel case series.." Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2006;2006:53234. Pubmed PMID: 17093352
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Jelinek DF "Inhibition of human B lymphocyte cell cycle progression and differentiation by rapamycin.." Cell. Immunol.. 1994 Jul;156(2):493-507. Pubmed PMID: 7517796
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Silver R, Dalton J "Immunology of normal pregnancy.." 2006 Oct;11(5):279-95. Pubmed PMID: 16784908
- Aagaard K, Riehle K, Ma J, Segata N, Mistretta TA, Coarfa C, Raza S, Rosenbaum S, Van den Veyver I, Milosavljevic A, Gevers D, Huttenhower C, Petrosino J, Versalovic J "A metagenomic approach to characterization of the vaginal microbiome signature in pregnancy." PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e36466. Pubmed PMID: 22719832
- Suter M, Ma J, Harris A, Patterson L, Brown KA, Shope C, Showalter L, Abramovici A, Aagaard-Tillery KM "Maternal tobacco use modestly alters correlated epigenome-wide placental DNA methylation and gene expression." Epigenetics. 2011 Nov;6:1284-1294. Pubmed PMID: 21937876
- Aagaard-Tillery KM, Jelinek DF "A role for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in generating T cell help for B cell growth and differentiation.." J. Immunol.. 1996 Oct 1;157(7):2769-78. Pubmed PMID: 8816379
- Munch EM, Harris RA, Mohammad M, Benham AL, Pejerrey SM, Showalter L, Hu M, Shope CD, Maningat PD, Gunaratne PH, Haymond M, Aagaard K "Transcriptome profiling of microRNA by Next-Gen Deep Sequencing reveals known and novel miRNA species in the lipid fraction of human breast milk." PLoS ONE. 2013;8(2):e50564. Pubmed PMID: 23418415
- Menderes G, Athar Ali N, Aagaard K, Sangi-Haghpeykar H "Chlorhexidine-alcohol compared with povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis in cesarean deliveries." Obstet. Gynecol. 2012 Nov;120(5):1037-44. Pubmed PMID: 23090520
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