My research interests focus on the cognitive consequences (i.e., acutely as delirium and chronically as long-term cognitive dysfunction) of sepsis and other critical illness. I perform both basic and translational research in this realm seeking to identify the relevance of brain-penetrating heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate in these conditions. Ultimately, I seek to develop novel biomarkers and/or therapeutics for these understudied problems.
Bai X, Hippensteel J, Leavitt A, Maloney JP, Beckham D, Garcia C, Li Q, Freed BM, Ordway D, Sandhaus RA, Chan ED. Hypothesis: Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a promising treatment option for COVID-19. Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan;146:110394. PubMed PMID: 33239231
Mayer KP, Jolley SE, Etchill EW, Fakhri S, Hoffman J, Sevin CM, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Long-term recovery of survivors of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: The next imperative. JTCVS Open. 2021 Mar;5:163-168. PubMed PMID: 34173554
Hippensteel JA, LaRiviere WB, Colbert JF, Langouët-Astrié CJ, Schmidt EP. Heparin as a Therapy for COVID-19: Current Evidence and Future Possibilities. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32519894
Hippensteel JA, Burnham EL, Jolley SE. Prevalence of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19. Br J Haematol. 2020 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32484907
Hippensteel JA, LaRiviere WB, Colbert JF, Langouët-Astrié CJ, Schmidt EP. Heparin as a therapy for COVID-19: current evidence and future possibilities. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Aug 1;319(2):L211-L217. PubMed PMID: 32519894
Hippensteel JA, Burnham EL, Jolley SE. Prevalence of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Br J Haematol. 2020 Aug;190(3):e134-e137. PubMed PMID: 32484907
Bai X, Hippensteel J, Leavitt A, Maloney JP, Beckham D, Garcia C, Li Q, Freed BM, Ordway D, Sandhaus RA, Chan ED. Hypothesis: Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a promising treatment option for COVID-19. Medical hypotheses. 2020 Nov 12:110394.
Kwiecinski JM, Crosby HA, Valotteau C, Hippensteel JA, Nayak MK, Chauhan AK, Schmidt EP, Dufrêne YF, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus adhesion in endovascular infections is controlled by the ArlRS-MgrA signaling cascade. PLoS Pathog. 2019 May;15(5):e1007800. PubMed PMID: 31116795
Zhang X, Han X, Xia K, Xu Y, Yang Y, Oshima K, Haeger SM, Perez MJ, McMurtry SA, Hippensteel JA, Ford JA, Herson PS, Liu J, Schmidt EP, Linhardt RJ. Circulating heparin oligosaccharides rapidly target the hippocampus in sepsis, potentially impacting cognitive functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 May 7;116(19):9208-9213. PubMed PMID: 31010931
Hippensteel JA, Anderson BJ, Orfila JE, McMurtry SA, Dietz RM, Su G, Ford JA, Oshima K, Yang Y, Zhang F, Han X, Yu Y, Liu J, Linhardt RJ, Meyer NJ, Herson PS, Schmidt EP. Circulating heparan sulfate fragments mediate septic cognitive dysfunction. J Clin Invest. 2019 Apr 1;129(4):1779-1784. PubMed PMID: 30720464
Mayer KP, Jolley SE, Etchill EW, Fakhri S, Hoffman J, Sevin CM, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Long-term Recovery of Survivors of COVID-19 Treated with ECMO: The Next Imperative. Jtcvs Open. 2020 Nov 25.