Alli Antar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Nutrition
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Inclusion and Excellence Council
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Cardiovascular Research Institute
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Center for Research in Obesity and Nutrition
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Digestive Diseases Center
Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States
- Member
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Houston Nutrition Obesity Research Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Education
- PhD from Vanderbilt University
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ Of Medicine
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
- BS from Sewanee: The University of the South
- Sewanee, Tennessee, United States
- Chemistry
Honors & Awards
- ENDO2012 Outstanding Abstract Award
- Endocrine Society
- AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Grant # 10POST3850002
- American Heart Association
- ENDO2010 Presidential Poster Competition Award
- American Heart Association
- CNRC-NICHD Postdoctoral Training Grant Award
- Grant # T32HD007445
- National Institutes of Health
- BCM-NIDDK Pediatric Gastroenterology Postdoctoral Training Grant Award
- Grant # T32DK007664
- National Institutes of Health
- VUMC-CHHD Reproductive Biology Pre-doctoral Training Grant Award
- Grant # T32HD007043
- National Institutes of Health
- Student Stipend Award
- Lupus Foundation of America, Nashville (Mid-South) Chapter
Professional Statement
My lab seeks to address links between alterations in nutrient metabolism and health. We apply a variety of molecular biology, cell culture, and in vivo metabolic phenotyping techniques and use transgenic mice to study obesity and associated pathologies, such as dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. We have three physiological areas of interest: 1.) adipocyte metabolism and consequent effects on adipose tissue function, 2.) hepatocyte metabolism and development of chronic liver disease, and 3.) immunometabolism and its impact on inflammation in metabolic tissues. The aim of our research is to identify new prevention and treatment strategies for patients at risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Websites
Selected Publications
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Zhang J, Zhao Y, Pulivendala G, Zhang Q, Rui L, Gao J, Wang H, Zhang G, Nuotio-Antar A, Tong X, Yin L. " " Adv Sci. 2025 Jun 23; e15032.
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Starr CR, Zhylkibayev A, Gorbatyuk O, Nuotio-Antar AM, Mobley J, Grant MB, Gorbatyuk M. " " Cells. 2025 Jan 13; 14 (2) : 107.
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Zhang D, Zhao Y, Zhang G, Lank D, Cooke S, Wang S, Nuotio-Antar A, Tong X, Yin L. " " Mol Metab. 2024 Jul ; 85 : 101957.
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Taylor BC, Steinthal LH, Dias M, Yalamanchili HK, Ochsner SA, Zapata GE, Mehta NR, McKenna NJ, Young NL, Nuotio-Antar AM. " " Epigenetics Chromatin. 2024 Apr 27; 17 (1) : 12.
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Funding
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Cooperative Agreement
#3092-10700-069-001S - (04/01/2024 - 03/31/2029)
- Grant funding from USDA/ARS
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Pediatric Pilot Award
- (07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024)
- Texas Children's Hospital
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Cooperative Agreement
#3092-51000-064-005-S - (04/01/2019 - 03/31/2024)
- Grant funding from USDA/ARS
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Career Development Award and COVID Relief Supplement
#18CDA34110137 - (07/01/2018 - 06/30/2022)
- Grant funding from American Heart Association
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Cooperative Agreement
#3092-51000-065-30S - (04/01/2014 - 03/31/2019)
- Grant funding from USDA/ARS
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