Positions
- Kyle and Josephine Morrow Endowed Professor
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Integrative Physiology
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Addresses
- Office (Office)
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Taub
T428
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8666
lagor@bcm.edu
Education
- BS from University of Dallas
- 05/2000 - Irving, Texas, USA
- Biochemistry
- PhD from University of South Florida, College of Medicine
- 12/2006 - Tampa, Florida, USA
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Professional Interests
- Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism
- Cardiovascular Sciences
- Gene therapy vectors for the study and treatment of metabolic disease
- Somatic Genome Editing
Professional Statement
My research is focused on the genetics of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. The goal is to understand how rare and common genetic variation alters metabolic pathways and determines an individual’s susceptibility to disease. Key areas of interest include the related pathologies of atherosclerosis, obesity, type II diabetes, and nonalcoholic liver disease. My laboratory uses a combination of gene targeting and viral vectors for gene delivery to investigate the physiology of lipid metabolism in model organisms, and identify potential new therapeutic targets.
Selected Publications
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Li A, Tanner MR, Lee CM, Hurley AE, De Giorgi M, Jarrett KE, Davis TH, Doerfler AM, Bao G, Beeton C, Lagor WR.. " " Mol Ther.. 2020 Jun 3;
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Li A, Lee CM, Hurley AE, Jarrett KE, De Giorgi M, Lu W, Balderrama KS, Doerfler AM, Deshmukh H, Ray A, Bao G, Lagor WR.. " " Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev.. 2018 Dec 6;
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Doerfler AM, Park SH, Assini JM, Youssef A, Saxena L, Yaseen AB, De Giorgi M, Chuecos M, Hurley AE, Li A, Marcovina SM, Bao G, Boffa MB, Koschinsky ML, Lagor WR.. " " Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev.. 2022 Oct 13;
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Saha K, Sontheimer EJ, et al. SCGE Consortium. " " Nature. 2021 Apr ;
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Memberships
- American Heart Association
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
- Member
- Diabetes Research Center, ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
- Member
- Digestive Diseases Center, Texas Medical Center
- Associate Member
- American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy
- Member (01/2017)
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Member (09/2021)
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