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7091
National Ranking
3260

Overview

Kendal D. Hirschi is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics cover MicroRNA in disease regulation, Gut microbiota and health, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Extracellular vesicles in disease, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kendal D. Hirschi include:

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation (2021, mBio)
  • Dietary impact of a plant-derived microRNA on the gut microbiome (2020, ExRNA)
  • Genetically Modified Plants: Nutritious, Sustainable, yet Underrated (2020, Journal of Nutrition)
  • Redox-engineering enhances maize thermotolerance and grain yield in the field (2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Roles of Regulatory RNAs in Nutritional Control (2020, Annual Review of Nutrition)

Kendal D. Hirschi frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • ExRNA
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • mBio
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Annual Review of Nutrition

Collaborative research efforts have involved several co-authors including:

  • Jennifer K. Spinler
  • Vivekanudeep Karri
  • Paul A. Nakata
  • Ninghui Cheng
  • Melinda A. Engevik

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • Protein Phylogenetic Analysis of Ca2+/cation Antiporters and Insights into their Evolution in Plants

    Laura Emery;Simon Whelan;Kendal D. Hirschi;Jon K. Pittman

  • Expression of arabidopsis CAX2 in tobacco. Altered metal accumulation and increased manganese tolerance.

    Kendal D. Hirschi;Victor D. Korenkov;Nathaniel L. Wilganowski;George J. Wagner

  • The Calcium Conundrum. Both Versatile Nutrient and Specific Signal

    Kendal D. Hirschi

  • CAX1, an H+/Ca2+ antiporter from Arabidopsis

    K D Hirschi;R G Zhen;K W Cunningham;P A Rea

  • Up-regulation of a H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) as a strategy to engineer drought-resistant crop plants

    Sunghun Park;Jisheng Li;Jon K. Pittman;Jon K. Pittman;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Expression of Arabidopsis CAX1 in Tobacco: Altered Calcium Homeostasis and Increased Stress Sensitivity

    Kendal D. Hirschi

  • The Protein Kinase SOS2 Activates the Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ Antiporter CAX1 to Integrate Calcium Transport and Salt Tolerance

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Jian Kang Zhu;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi

  • Nutrient Biofortification of Food Crops

    Kendal D. Hirschi

  • Cell-Specific Vacuolar Calcium Storage Mediated by CAX1 Regulates Apoplastic Calcium Concentration, Gas Exchange, and Plant Productivity in Arabidopsis

    Simon J. Conn;Matthew Gilliham;Asmini Athman;Andreas W. Schreiber;Andreas W. Schreiber

  • The Arabidopsis cax1 Mutant Exhibits Impaired Ion Homeostasis, Development, and Hormonal Responses and Reveals Interplay among Vacuolar Transporters

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Bronwyn J. Barkla;Toshiro Shigaki

  • Functional association of Arabidopsis CAX1 and CAX3 is required for normal growth and ion homeostasis.

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Toshiro Shigaki;Jinesh Lachmansingh

  • Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis PHT4 family of intracellular phosphate transporters

    B. Guo;Y. Jin;C. Wussler;E. B. Blancaflor

  • Efficient and genotype-independent Agrobacterium--mediated tomato transformation.

    Sung Hun Park;James L Morris;Jung Eun Park;Kendal D. Hirschi;Kendal D. Hirschi

  • Identification of three distinct phylogenetic groups of CAX cation/proton antiporters.

    T. Shigaki;I. Rees;L. Nakhleh;K.D. Hirschi

  • Enhancing tonoplast Cd/H antiport activity increases Cd, Zn, and Mn tolerance, and impacts root/shoot Cd partitioning in Nicotiana tabacum L.

    Victor Korenkov;Kendal Hirschi;James D. Crutchfield;George J. Wagner

  • Integrating Membrane Transport with Male Gametophyte Development and Function through Transcriptomics

    Kevin W. Bock;David Honys;David Honys;John M. Ward;Senthilkumar Padmanaban

  • Gap Junction Communication Mediates Transforming Growth Factor-β Activation and Endothelial-Induced Mural Cell Differentiation

    Karen K. Hirschi;Janis M. Burt;Kendal D. Hirschi;Cuiping Dai

  • Vacuolar H+/Ca2+ transport: who's directing the traffic?

    Kendal Hirschi

  • Increased Calcium Levels and Prolonged Shelf Life in Tomatoes Expressing Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ Transporters

    Sunghun Park;Ning Hui Cheng;Jon K. Pittman;Kil Sun Yoo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon K. Pittman
Jon K. Pittman University of Manchester
Jian Yang
Jian Yang University of Birmingham
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
Roberto A. Gaxiola
Roberto A. Gaxiola Arizona State University
Heven Sze
Heven Sze University of Maryland, College Park
Jian Zhao
Jian Zhao Hunan Agricultural University
Frank F. White
Frank F. White University of Florida
Bronwyn J. Barkla
Bronwyn J. Barkla Southern Cross University
George J. Wagner
George J. Wagner University of Kentucky
Steven A. Abrams
Steven A. Abrams The University of Texas at Austin

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