Vijaya Karoor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

Publications

• Collins CB, Nguyen TT, Leddy RS, Alula KM, Yeckes AR, Strassheim D, Aherne CM, Luck ME, Karoor V, Jedlicka P, Pierce A, de Zoeten EF. Heat shock factor 1 drives regulatory T-cell induction to limit murine intestinal inflammation. Mucosal Immunol. 2023 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37944754
• Chakraborty A, Nathan A, Orcholski M, Agarwal S, Shamskhou EA, Auer N, Mitra A, Guardado ES, Swaminathan G, Condon DF, Yu J, McCarra M, Juul NH, Mallory A, Guzman-Hernandez RA, Yuan K, Rojas V, Crossno JT, Yung LM, Yu PB, Spencer T, Winn RA, Frump A, Karoor V, Lahm T, Hedlin H, Fineman JR, Lafyatis R, Knutsen CNF, Alvira CM, Cornfield DN, de Jesus Perez VA. Wnt7a deficit is associated with dysfunctional angiogenesis in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2023 Jun;61(6). PubMed PMID: 37024132
• Strassheim D, Sullivan T, Irwin DC, Gerasimovskaya E, Lahm T, Klemm DJ, Dempsey EC, Stenmark KR, Karoor V. Metabolite G-Protein Coupled Receptors in Cardio-Metabolic Diseases. Cells. 2021 Nov 29;10(12). PubMed PMID: 34943862
• Karoor V, Swindle D, Pak DI, Strassheim D, Fini MA, Dempsey E, Stenmark KR, Hassell K, Nuss R, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Evidence supporting a role for circulating macrophages in the regression of vascular remodeling following sub-chronic exposure to hemoglobin plus hypoxia. Pulm Circ. 2021 Oct-Dec;11(4):20458940211056806. PubMed PMID: 34777787
• Karoor V, Strassheim D, Sullivan T, Verin A, Umapathy NS, Dempsey EC, Frank DN, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Butyrate Attenuates Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and Inflammation in Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 14;22(18). PubMed PMID: 34576081
• Buehler PW, Swindle D, Pak DI, Ferguson SK, Majka SM, Karoor V, Moldovan R, Sintas C, Black J, Gentinetta T, Buzzi RM, Vallelian F, Wassmer A, Edler M, Bain J, Schu D, Hassell K, Nuss R, Schaer DJ, Irwin DC. Hemopexin dosing improves cardiopulmonary dysfunction in murine sickle cell disease. Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Nov 1;175:95-107. PubMed PMID: 34478834
• Strassheim D, Karoor V, Nijmeh H, Weston P, Lapel M, Schaack J, Sullivan T, Dempsey EC, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. c-Jun, Foxo3a, and c-Myc Transcription Factors are Key Regulators of ATP-Mediated Angiogenic Responses in Pulmonary Artery Vasa Vasorum Endothelial Cells. Cells. 2020 Feb 11;9(2). PubMed PMID: 32054096
• Dempsey E, Strassheim D, Karoor V. Impaired vascular function with age and RhoGTPase. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Jan 6;12(1):1-2. PubMed PMID: 31905168
• Strassheim D, Verin A, Batori R, Nijmeh H, Burns N, Kovacs-Kasa A, Umapathy NS, Kotamarthi J, Gokhale YS, Karoor V, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. P2Y Purinergic Receptors, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Cardiovascular Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 18;21(18). PubMed PMID: 32962005
• Verin AD, Batori R, Kovacs-Kasa A, Cherian-Shaw M, Kumar S, Czikora I, Karoor V, Strassheim D, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. Extracellular adenosine enhances pulmonary artery vasa vasorum endothelial cell barrier function via Gi/ELMO1/Rac1/PKA-dependent signaling mechanisms. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Jul 1;319(1):C183-C193. PubMed PMID: 32432925
• Strassheim D, Karoor V, Nijmeh H, Weston P, Lapel M, Schaack J, Sullivan T, Dempsey EC, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. c-Jun, Foxo3a, and c-Myc Transcription Factors are Key Regulators of ATP-Mediated Angiogenic Responses in Pulmonary Artery Vasa Vasorum Endothelial Cells. Cells. 2020 Feb 11;9(2). PubMed PMID: 32054096
• Dempsey E, Strassheim D, Karoor V. Impaired vascular function with age and RhoGTPase. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Jan 6;12(1):1-2. PubMed PMID: 31905168
• Strassheim D, Dempsey EC, Gerasimovskaya E, Stenmark K, Karoor V. Role of Inflammatory Cell Subtypes in Heart Failure. J Immunol Res. 2019;2019:2164017. PubMed PMID: 31565659
• Redinus K, Baek JH, Yalamanoglu A, Shin HKH, Moldova R, Harral JW, Swindle D, Pak D, Ferguson SK, Nuss R, Hassell K, Nozik-Grayck E, Palmer AF, Fini MA, Karoor V, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. An Hb-mediated circulating macrophage contributing to pulmonary vascular remodeling in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2019 Aug 8;4(15). PubMed PMID: 31391342
• Strassheim D, Gerasimovskaya E, Irwin D, Dempsey EC, Stenmark K, Karoor V. RhoGTPase in Vascular Disease. Cells. 2019 Jun 6;8(6). PubMed PMID: 31174369
• Karoor V, Fini MA, Loomis Z, Sullivan T, Hersh LB, Gerasimovskaya E, Irwin D, Dempsey EC. Sustained Activation of Rho GTPases Promotes a Synthetic Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Neprilysin Null Mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 Jan;38(1):154-163. PubMed PMID: 29191928
• Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark K, Buehler P, Irwin DC. Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 2;12(2):e0171219. PubMed PMID: 28152051
• Lapel M, Weston P, Strassheim D, Karoor V, Burns N, Lyubchenko T, Paucek P, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. Glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation are essential for purinergic receptor-mediated angiogenic responses in vasa vasorum endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2017 Jan 1;312(1):C56-C70. PubMed PMID: 27856430
• Fini MA, Gaydos J, McNally A, Karoor V, Burnham EL. Alcohol abuse is associated with enhanced pulmonary and systemic xanthine oxidoreductase activity. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Dec 1;313(6):L1047-L1057. PubMed PMID: 28839105
• Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Correction: Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0173652. PubMed PMID: 28264019
• Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark K, Buehler P, Irwin DC. Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017;12(2):e0171219. PubMed PMID: 28152051
• Lapel M, Weston P, Strassheim D, Karoor V, Burns N, Lyubchenko T, Paucek P, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. Glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation are essential for purinergic receptor-mediated angiogenic responses in vasa vasorum endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2017 Jan 1;312(1):C56-C70. PubMed PMID: 27856430
• Abstract 15406: Loss of Estrogen Receptor a Inhibits Angiogenic Function in Right Ventricular Endothelial Cells (RVECs) Jiajun Li, vijaya karoor, Andrea L Frump and Tim Lahm CirculationVolume 148, Issue Suppl_17 November 2023 AbstractExport Citations
• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2023;207:A3791 17b-estradiol Prevents NLRP3 Activation and Contractile Dysfunction in Right Ventricles and Right Ventricle Cardiomyocytes From Rats With Pulmonary Hypertension R. Sobrano Fais 3, J. Li 3, E.A. Mickler 1, V.L. Karoor 3, A.L. Frump 2, L. Moreno-Vinasco 3, A. Walts 3, T.G. Cook 1, A.J. Fisher 1, T. Lahm 4,