Maigen Bethea, PhD

Research Instructor, Pediatrics-Nutrition


FacultyPhoto
Graduate School
  • PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2020)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Francis Marion University (SC) (2012)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Nutrition

Publications

  • Bhalerao N, Chakraborty A, Marciel MP, Hwang J, Britain CM, Silva AD, Eltoum IE, Jones RB, Alexander KL, Smythies LE, Smith PD, Crossman DK, Crowley MR, Shin B, Harrington LE, Yan Z, Bethea MM, Hunter CS, Klug CA, Buchsbaum DJ, Bellis SL. ST6GAL1 sialyltransferase promotes acinar to ductal metaplasia and pancreatic cancer progression. JCI Insight. 2023 Oct 9;8(19). PubMed PMID: 37643018
  • Toren E, Kepple JD, Coutinho KV, Poole SO, Deeba IM, Pierre TH, Liu Y, Bethea MM, Hunter CS. The SSBP3 co-regulator is required for glucose homeostasis, pancreatic islet architecture, and beta-cell identity. Mol Metab. 2023 Oct;76:101785. PubMed PMID: 37536498
  • Bethea M, Sandoval DA. Gut Factors Mediating the Physiological Impact of Bariatric Surgery. Curr Diab Rep. 2022 Aug;22(8):371-383. PubMed PMID: 35723770
  • Bethea M, Bozadjieva-Kramer N, Sandoval DA. Preproglucagon Products and Their Respective Roles Regulating Insulin Secretion. Endocrinology. 2021 Oct 1;162(10). PubMed PMID: 34318874
  • Bethea M, Silvers S, Franklin L, Robinson RAS, Brady LJ, Vue N, Beasley HK, Kirabo A, Wanjalla CN, Shuler HD, Hinton A Jr, McReynolds MR. A guide to establishing, implementing, and optimizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) committees. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Mar 1;326(3):H786-H796. PubMed PMID: 38276949
  • Koch-Laskowski K, Kim KS, Bethea M, Fuller KNZ, Sandoval DA, Sethupathy P. Intestinal epithelial adaptations to vertical sleeve gastrectomy defined at single-cell resolution. Genomics. 2024 Mar;116(2):110805. PubMed PMID: 38309446
  • Davis E, Hutch C, Bethea M, Kim K, Khoury B, Lehrke M, Singer K, Sandoval D. The role of preproglucagon in the regulation of metabolism and immune responses. JCI Insight
  • Bethea M, Cook T, Knaub L, Martinez M, Schniedewin B, Christians U, Hendrix J, Hernandez A, Scalzo R, Sandoval D, and Teixeira S. Upregulation of Cardiac Thyroid Hormone Inactivation Enzyme (D3) Activity Post-Myocardial Infarction is Important for Cardiac Recovery in Females. AJP Heart.
  • Cook T, Bethea M, and Sandoval D. The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery. Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Pepin ME, Bickerton HH, Bethea M, Hunter CS, Wende AR, Banerjee RR. Prolactin Receptor Signaling Regulates a Pregnancy-Specific Transcriptional Program in Mouse Islets. Endocrinology. 2019 May 1;160(5):1150-1163. PubMed PMID: 31004482
  • Bethea M, Liu Y, Wade AK, Mullen R, Gupta R, Gelfanov V, DiMarchi R, Bhatnagar S, Behringer R, Habegger KM, Hunter CS. The islet-expressed Lhx1 transcription factor interacts with Islet-1 and contributes to glucose homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Mar 1;316(3):E397-E409. PubMed PMID: 30620636
  • Wade AK, Liu Y, Bethea MM, Toren E, Tse HM, Hunter CS. LIM-domain transcription complexes interact with ring-finger ubiquitin ligases and thereby impact islet ß-cell function. J Biol Chem. 2019 Aug 2;294(31):11728-11740. PubMed PMID: 31186351
  • Zhou Y, Lovell D, Bethea M, Wang Z, Christ GJ, Soker S, Criswell T. Age-dependent changes cooperatively impact skeletal muscle regeneration after compartment syndrome injury. Am J Pathol. 2014 Aug;184(8):2225-36. PubMed PMID: 24909508
  • Galloway JR, Bethea M, Liu Y, Underwood R, Mobley JA, Hunter CS. SSBP3 Interacts With Islet-1 and Ldb1 to Impact Pancreatic ß-Cell Target Genes. Mol Endocrinol. 2015 Dec;29(12):1774-86. PubMed PMID: 26495868
  • Zhou Y, Lovell D, Bethea M, Yoseph B, Poteracki J, Soker S, Criswell T. (*) The Impact of Age on Skeletal Muscle Progenitor Cell Survival and Fate After Injury. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2017 Dec;23(12):1012-1021. PubMed PMID: 29092672
  • Pham-Hua D, Padgett LE, Xue B, Anderson B, Zeiger M, Barra JM, Bethea M, Hunter CS, Kozlovskaya V, Kharlampieva E, Tse HM. Islet encapsulation with polyphenol coatings decreases pro-inflammatory chemokine synthesis and T cell trafficking. Biomaterials. 2017 Jun;128:19-32. PubMed PMID: 28285194
  • Loyd C, Liu Y, Kim T, Holleman C, Galloway J, Bethea M, Ediger BN, Swain TA, Tang Y, Stoffers DA, Rowe GC, Young M, Steele C, Habegger KM, Hunter CS. LDB1 Regulates Energy Homeostasis During Diet-Induced Obesity. Endocrinology. 2017 May 1;158(5):1289-1297. PubMed PMID: 28009534
  • Toren E, Liu Y, Bethea M, Wade A, Hunter CS. The Ldb1 transcriptional co-regulator is required for establishment and maintenance of the pancreatic endocrine lineage. FASEB J. 2022 Aug;36(8):e22460. PubMed PMID: 35881062