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Ann B. Kier is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work focuses on topics including viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, hepatitis B virus studies, transgenic plants and applications, diet, metabolism, and disease, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as endoplasmic reticulum stress and related diseases.

Ann B. Kier has contributed to several recent publications. These include the paper titled Co-Administration of Injected and Oral Vaccine Candidates Elicits Improved Immune Responses over Either Route Alone, published in 2020 in the journal Vaccines. Another 2020 publication is High Glucose and Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein Gene Ablation Differentially Impact Whole Body and Liver Phenotype in High-Fat Pair-Fed Mice, appearing in the journal Lipids. In 2021, Kier contributed to the paper SCP-2/SCP-x gene ablation alters lipid raft domains in primary cultured mouse hepatocytes, hosted by UNC Libraries.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Danilo Landrock
  • Avery L. McIntosh
  • Kerstin K. Landrock
  • Friedhelm Schroeder
  • Celine A. Hayden

Ann B. Kier's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Vaccines
  • Lipids
  • UNC Libraries

The main fields of study their research contributes to are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields covered in their work include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Biotechnology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Physiology

The broad themes apparent in Ann B. Kier's work address:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Best Publications

  • Targeted disruption of the mouse transforming growth factor-β1 gene results in multifocal inflammatory disease

    Marcia M. Shull;Ilona Ormsby;Ann B. Kier;Sharon Pawlowski

  • A functional c-myb gene is required for normal murine fetal hepatic hematopoiesis.

    Michael L. Mucenski;Kersten McLain;Ann B. Kier;Steven H. Swerdlow

  • Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of long chain fatty acids.

    Mark J. McArthur;Barbara P. Atshaves;Andrey Frolov;William D. Foxworth

  • Membrane cholesterol dynamics: cholesterol domains and kinetic pools.

    Friedhelm Schroeder;John R. Jefferson;Ann B. Kier;James Knittel

  • Role of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins and Long Chain Fatty Acids in Modulating Nuclear Receptors and Gene Transcription

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Anca D. Petrescu;Huan Huang;Barbara P. Atshaves

  • Gene structure, intracellular localization, and functional roles of sterol carrier protein-2.

    Adalberto M Gallegos;Barbara P Atshaves;Stephen M Storey;Olga Starodub

  • Liver fatty acid-binding protein and obesity

    Barbara P. Atshaves;Gregory G. Martin;Heather A. Hostetler;Avery L. McIntosh

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Interacts with High Affinity and Is Conformationally Responsive to Endogenous Ligands

    Heather A. Hostetler;Anca D. Petrescu;Ann B. Kier;Friedhelm Schroeder

  • Molecular and physiological effects of overexpressing striated muscle beta-tropomyosin in the adult murine heart.

    Mariappan Muthuchamy;Ingrid L. Grupp;Gunter Grupp;Barbara A. O'Toole

  • Liver fatty acid-binding protein targets fatty acids to the nucleus. Real time confocal and multiphoton fluorescence imaging in living cells.

    Huan Huang;Olga Starodub;Avery McIntosh;Ann B. Kier

  • RECENT ADVANCES IN MEMBRANE CHOLESTEROL DOMAIN DYNAMICS AND INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRAFFICKING

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Andrey A. Frolov;Eric J. Murphy;Barbara P. Atshaves

  • L-FABP directly interacts with PPARα in cultured primary hepatocytes

    Heather A. Hostetler;Avery L. McIntosh;Barbara P. Atshaves;Stephen M. Storey

  • Acyl-CoA binding proteins: Multiplicity and function

    Ruanna E. Gossett;Andrey A. Frolov;John B. Roths;W. David Behnke

  • Recent advances in membrane microdomains: rafts, caveolae, and intracellular cholesterol trafficking.

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Adalberto M. Gallegos;Barbara P. Atshaves;Stephen M. Storey

  • Water-soluble through-bond energy transfer cassettes for intracellular imaging.

    Rakeshwar Bandichhor;Anca D Petrescu;Aude Vespa;Ann B Kier

  • Onset and progression of pathological lesions in transforming growth factor-beta 1-deficient mice.

    G. P. Boivin;B. A. O'Toole;I. E. Orsmby;R. J. Diebold

  • Very-Long-Chain and Branched-Chain Fatty Acyl-CoAs are High Affinity Ligands for the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α (PPARα)

    Heather A. Hostetler;and Ann B. Kier;Friedhelm Schroeder

  • Expression and intracellular processing of the 58 kDa sterol carrier protein-2/3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase in transfected mouse L-cell fibroblasts.

    Barbara P. Atshaves;Anca D. Petrescu;Olga Starodub;John B. Roths

  • Physical and Functional Interaction of Acyl-CoA-binding Protein with Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4α

    Anca D. Petrescu;Harold R. Payne;Amy Boedecker;Hsu Chao

  • Sterol Carrier Protein-2: New roles in regulating lipid rafts and signaling

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Barbara P. Atshaves;Avery L. McIntosh;Adalberto M. Gallegos

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedhelm Schroeder
Friedhelm Schroeder Texas A&M University
David H. Russell
David H. Russell Texas A&M University
Jeffrey T. Billheimer
Jeffrey T. Billheimer University of Pennsylvania
W. Gibson Wood
W. Gibson Wood University of Minnesota
Thomas Doetschman
Thomas Doetschman University of Arizona
S. Steven Potter
S. Steven Potter Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Gregory P. Boivin
Gregory P. Boivin Wright State University
Nobuyo Maeda
Nobuyo Maeda University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin Burgess
Kevin Burgess Texas A&M University
Earl R. Kern
Earl R. Kern University of Alabama

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