Kasey C. Vickers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- : kasey.c.vickers@vanderbilt.edu
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312 PRB
To investigate mechanisms and consequences of HDL microRNA communication and systemic homeostasis. Short term goals include the characterization of microRNA regulatory modules controlling cholesterol biosynthesis. Moreover, we aim to determine i.) How microRNAs are selected and exported to HDL, ii.) How microRNAs are transported on HDL and altered in disease, and iii.) How microRNAs are transferred to recipient cells and regulate genes related to cholesterol and lipoprotein homeostasis.