KC Woulfe, PhD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Woulfe KC, Bruns DR. From pediatrics to geriatrics: Mechanisms of heart failure across the life-course. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Jan;126:70-76. PubMed PMID: 30458169
• Woulfe KC, Wilson CE, Nau S, Chau S, Phillips EK, Zang S, Tompkins C, Sucharov CC, Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL. Acute isoproterenol leads to age-dependent arrhythmogenesis in guinea pigs. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;315(4):H1051-H1062. PubMed PMID: 30028197
• Miyamoto SD, Sucharov CC, Woulfe KC. Differential Response to Heart Failure Medications in Children. Prog Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Jun;49:27-30. PubMed PMID: 29962825
• Ali HR, Michel CR, Lin YH, McKinsey TA, Jeong MY, Ambardekar AV, Cleveland JC, Reisdorph R, Reisdorph N, Woulfe KC, Fritz KS. Defining decreased protein succinylation of failing human cardiac myofibrils in ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Dec 10;138:304-317. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31836543
• Woulfe KC, Ferrara C, Pioner JM, Mahaffey JH, Coppini R, Scellini B, Ferrantini C, Piroddi N, Tesi C, Poggesi C, Jeong M. A Novel Method of Isolating Myofibrils From Primary Cardiomyocyte Culture Suitable for Myofibril Mechanical Study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2019;6:12. PubMed PMID: 30838216
• Woulfe KC, Travers JG, McKinsey TA. A Phosphatase Anchor Weighs on the Heart. Circulation. 2020 Sep 8;142(10):963-966. PubMed PMID: 32897751
• Lin YH, Schmidt W, Fritz KS, Jeong MY, Cammarato A, Foster DB, Biesiadecki BJ, McKinsey TA, Woulfe KC. Site-specific acetyl-mimetic modification of cardiac troponin I modulates myofilament relaxation and calcium sensitivity. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2020 Feb;139:135-147. PubMed PMID: 31981571
• Madan A, Viswanathan MC, Woulfe KC, Schmidt W, Sidor A, Liu T, Nguyen TH, Trinh B, Wilson C, Madathil S, Vogler G, O'Rourke B, Biesiadecki BJ, Tobacman LS, Cammarato A. TNNT2 mutations in the tropomyosin binding region of TNT1 disrupt its role in contractile inhibition and stimulate cardiac dysfunction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Aug 4;117(31):18822-18831. PubMed PMID: 32690703
• Knight WE, Ali HR, Nakano SJ, Wilson CE, Walker LA, Woulfe KC. Ex vivo Methods for Measuring Cardiac Muscle Mechanical Properties. Front Physiol. 2020;11:616996. PubMed PMID: 33488406
• Knight WE, Ali HR, Nakano SJ, Wilson CE, Walker LA, Woulfe KC. Ex vivo Methods for Measuring Cardiac Muscle Mechanical Properties. Front Physiol. 2020;11:616996. PubMed PMID: 33488406
• Guo W, Zhu C, Yin Z, Zhang Y, Wang C, Walk AS, Lin YH, McKinsey TA, Woulfe KC, Ren J, Chew HG Jr. The ryanodine receptor stabilizer S107 ameliorates contractility of adult Rbm20 knockout rat cardiomyocytes. Physiol Rep. 2021 Sep;9(17):e15011. PubMed PMID: 34523260
• Woulfe KC, Travers JG, McKinsey TA. A Phosphatase Anchor Weighs on the Heart. Circulation. 2020 Sep 8;142(10):963-966. PubMed PMID: 32897751
• Madan A, Viswanathan MC, Woulfe KC, Schmidt W, Sidor A, Liu T, Nguyen TH, Trinh B, Wilson C, Madathil S, Vogler G, O'Rourke B, Biesiadecki BJ, Tobacman LS, Cammarato A. TNNT2 mutations in the tropomyosin binding region of TNT1 disrupt its role in contractile inhibition and stimulate cardiac dysfunction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Aug 4;117(31):18822-18831. PubMed PMID: 32690703
• Yusifov A, Chhatre VE, Koplin EK, Wilson CE, Schmitt EE, Woulfe KC, Bruns DR. Transcriptomic analysis of cardiac gene expression across the life course in male and female mice. Physiol Rep. 2021 Jul;9(13):e14940. PubMed PMID: 34245129
• Lin YH, Schmidt W, Fritz KS, Jeong MY, Cammarato A, Foster DB, Biesiadecki BJ, McKinsey TA, Woulfe KC. Site-specific acetyl-mimetic modification of cardiac troponin I modulates myofilament relaxation and calcium sensitivity. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2020 Feb;139:135-147. PubMed PMID: 31981571
• Ali HR, Michel CR, Lin YH, McKinsey TA, Jeong MY, Ambardekar AV, Cleveland JC, Reisdorph R, Reisdorph N, Woulfe KC, Fritz KS. Defining decreased protein succinylation of failing human cardiac myofibrils in ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2020 Jan;138:304-317. PubMed PMID: 31836543
• Woulfe KC, Jeffrey DA, Pires Da Silva J, Wilson CE, Mahaffey JH, Lau E, Slavov D, Hailu F, Karimpour-Fard A, Dockstader K, Bristow MR, Stauffer BL, Miyamoto SD, Sucharov CC. Serum response factor deletion 5 regulates phospholamban phosphorylation and calcium uptake. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2021 Oct;159:28-37. PubMed PMID: 34139234
• Woulfe KC, Walker LA. Physiology of the Right Ventricle Across the Lifespan. Front Physiol. 2021;12:642284. PubMed PMID: 33737888
• Travers JG, Wennersten SA, Peña B, Bagchi RA, Smith HE, Hirsch RA, Vanderlinden LA, Lin YH, Dobrinskikh E, Demos-Davies KM, Cavasin MA, Mestroni L, Steinkühler C, Lin CY, Houser SR, Woulfe KC, Lam MPY, McKinsey TA. HDAC Inhibition Reverses Preexisting Diastolic Dysfunction and Blocks Covert Extracellular Matrix Remodeling. Circulation. 2021 May 11;143(19):1874-1890. PubMed PMID: 33682427
• Yusifov A, Chhatre VE, Zumo JM, Cook RF, McNair BD, Schmitt EE, Woulfe KC, Bruns DR. Cardiac response to adrenergic stress differs by sex and across the lifespan. Geroscience. 2021 Aug;43(4):1799-1813. PubMed PMID: 33651247
• Knight WE, Cao Y, Lin YH, Chi C, Bai B, Sparagna GC, Zhao Y, Du Y, Londono P, Reisz JA, Brown BC, Taylor MRG, Ambardekar AV, Cleveland JC Jr, McKinsey TA, Jeong MY, Walker LA, Woulfe KC, D'Alessandro A, Chatfield KC, Xu H, Bristow MR, Buttrick PM, Song K. Maturation of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Enables Modeling of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Stem Cell Reports. 2021 Mar 9;16(3):519-533. PubMed PMID: 33636116
• Jones TLM, Woulfe KC. Considering the impact of age and sex on cardiac cytoskeletal components. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38133622
• Salyer LG, Salhi HE, Brundage EA, Shettigar V, Sturgill SL, Zanella H, Templeton B, Abay E, Emmer KM, Lowe J, Rafael-Fortney JA, Parinandi N, Foster DB, McKinsey TA, Woulfe KC, Ziolo MT, Biesiadecki BJ. Troponin I Tyrosine Phosphorylation Beneficially Accelerates Diastolic Function. Circ Res. 2023 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38095088
• Yusifov A, Woulfe KC, Bruns DR. Mechanisms and implications of sex differences in cardiac aging. J Cardiovasc Aging. 2022;2. PubMed PMID: 35419571
• Barefield DY, Tonino P, Woulfe KC, Rahmanseresht S, O'Leary TS, Burnham HV, Wasserstrom JA, Kirk JA, Previs MJ, Granzier HL, McNally EM. Myosin-binding protein H-like regulates myosin-binding protein distribution and function in atrial cardiomyocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Dec 19;120(51):e2314920120. PubMed PMID: 38091294
• Lin YH, Major JL, Liebner T, Hourani Z, Travers JG, Wennersten SA, Haefner KR, Cavasin MA, Wilson CE, Jeong MY, Han Y, Gotthardt M, Ferguson SK, Ambardekar AV, Lam MP, Choudhary C, Granzier HL, Woulfe KC, McKinsey TA. HDAC6 modulates myofibril stiffness and diastolic function of the heart. J Clin Invest. 2022 May 16;132(10). PubMed PMID: 35575093
• Knight WE, Woulfe KC. Dysfunctional sarcomeric relaxation in the heart. Curr Opin Physiol. 2022 Apr;26. PubMed PMID: 35603011
• Sparagna GC, Jonscher RL, Shuff SR, Phillips EK, Wilson CE, Woulfe KC, Garcia AM, Stauffer BL, Chatfield KC. Linoleate-Enrichment of Mitochondrial Cardiolipin Molecular Species Is Developmentally Regulated and a Determinant of Metabolic Phenotype. Biology (Basel). 2022 Dec 24;12(1). PubMed PMID: 36671725
• Eaton DM, Berretta RM, Lynch JE, Travers JG, Pfeiffer RD, Hulke ML, Zhao H, Hobby ARH, Schena G, Johnson JP, Wallner M, Lau E, Lam MPY, Woulfe KC, Tucker NR, McKinsey TA, Wolfson MR, Houser SR. Sex-specific responses to slow progressive pressure overload in a large animal model of HFpEF. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 Oct 1;323(4):H797-H817. PubMed PMID: 36053749
• Zhao Y, Riching AS, Knight WE, Chi C, Broadwell LJ, Du Y, Abdel-Hafiz M, Ambardekar AV, Irwin DC, Proenza C, Xu H, Leinwand LA, Walker LA, Woulfe KC, Bristow MR, Buttrick PM, Song K. Cardiomyocyte-Specific Long Noncoding RNA Regulates Alternative Splicing of the Triadin Gene in the Heart. Circulation. 2022 Aug 30;146(9):699-714. PubMed PMID: 35862102
• Zhao Y, Riching AS, Knight WE, Chi C, Broadwell LJ, Du Y, Abdel-Hafiz M, Ambardekar AV, Irwin DC, Proenza C, Xu H, Leinwand LA, Walker LA, Woulfe KC, Bristow MR, Buttrick PM, Song K. Cardiomyocyte-Specific Long Noncoding RNA Regulates Alternative Splicing of the Triadin Gene in the Heart. Circulation. 2022 Aug 30;146(9):699-714. PubMed PMID: 35862102
• Knight WE, Woulfe KC. Dysfunctional sarcomeric relaxation in the heart. Curr Opin Physiol. 2022 Apr;26. PubMed PMID: 35603011
• Eaton DM, Berretta RM, Lynch JE, Travers JG, Pfeiffer RD, Hulke ML, Zhao H, Hobby ARH, Schena G, Johnson JP, Wallner M, Lau E, Lam MPY, Woulfe KC, Tucker NR, McKinsey TA, Wolfson MR, Houser SR. Sex-specific responses to slow progressive pressure overload in a large animal model of HFpEF. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 Oct 1;323(4):H797-H817. PubMed PMID: 36053749
• Lin YH, Major JL, Liebner T, Hourani Z, Travers JG, Wennersten SA, Haefner KR, Cavasin MA, Wilson CE, Jeong MY, Han Y, Gotthardt M, Ferguson SK, Ambardekar AV, Lam MP, Choudhary C, Granzier HL, Woulfe KC, McKinsey TA. HDAC6 modulates myofibril stiffness and diastolic function of the heart. J Clin Invest. 2022 May 16;132(10). PubMed PMID: 35575093
• Yusifov A, Woulfe KC, Bruns DR. Mechanisms and implications of sex differences in cardiac aging. J Cardiovasc Aging. 2022;2. PubMed PMID: 35419571
• Kathleen C. Woulfe, Emma L Robinson. Turning back time: effects of young plasma on pan epigenetic clocks and implications for the heart. J Cardiovasc Aging. 2024; 4;4.

Professional Memberships

• American Heart Association, Member
• Biophysical Society, Member
• International Heart Research Society, Early Career Investigator Communications Committee

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