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Overview

Kenneth C. Williams is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a notable contribution in the subfields of immunology, virology, emergency medicine, neurology, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

Williams has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals with a selection of recent papers as follows:

  • "Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease With Computed Tomography Angiography and Inflammatory and Immune Activation Biomarkers Among Adults With HIV Eligible for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Monocytes in HIV and SIV Infection and Aging: Implications for Inflamm-Aging and Accelerated Aging," 2022, Viruses
  • "Increased Macrophage-Specific Arterial Infiltration Relates to Noncalcified Plaque and Systemic Immune Activation in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus," 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Phyloanatomic characterization of the distinct T cell and monocyte contributions to the peripheral blood HIV population within the host," 2020, Virus Evolution
  • "Brain tissue transcriptomic analysis of SIV-infected macaques identifies several altered metabolic pathways linked to neuropathogenesis and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) as potential therapeutic targets," 2021, Journal of NeuroVirology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zoey K. Wallis
  • Kevin S. White
  • Patrick Autissier
  • Tricia H. Burdo
  • Marco Salemi

Williams has published multiple articles in prominent publication venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Viruses
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • The Metabolic Syndrome as Predictor of Type 2 Diabetes: The San Antonio Heart Study

    Carlos Lorenzo;Mayor Okoloise;Ken Williams;Michael P. Stern

  • Does the Metabolic Syndrome Improve Identification of Individuals at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and/or Cardiovascular Disease?

    Michael P. Stern;Ken Williams;Clicerio González-Villalpando;Kelly J. Hunt

  • Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance in relation to the incidence of cardiovascular disease: the San Antonio Heart Study.

    Anthony J.G. Hanley;Ken Williams;Michael P. Stern;Steven M. Haffner

  • Pioglitazone for Diabetes Prevention in Impaired Glucose Tolerance

    Ralph A. DeFronzo;Devjit Tripathy;Dawn C. Schwenke;Dawn C. Schwenke;Mary Ann Banerji

  • A Meta-Analysis of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein B as Markers of Cardiovascular Risk

    Allan D. Sniderman;Ken Williams;John H. Contois;Howard M. Monroe

  • Application of New Cholesterol Guidelines to a Population-Based Sample

    Michael J. Pencina;Ann Marie Navar-Boggan;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Ken Williams

  • Prevalence and characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in the San Antonio Heart and Framingham Offspring Studies.

    James B. Meigs;Peter W.F. Wilson;David M. Nathan;Ralph B. D’Agostino

  • Arterial inflammation in patients with HIV.

    Sharath Subramanian;Ahmed Tawakol;Tricia H. Burdo;Suhny Abbara

  • Elevations in markers of liver injury and risk of type 2 diabetes: the insulin resistance atherosclerosis study.

    Anthony J.G. Hanley;Ken Williams;Andreas Festa;Lynne E. Wagenknecht

  • Soluble CD163, a Novel Marker of Activated Macrophages, Is Elevated and Associated With Noncalcified Coronary Plaque in HIV-Infected Patients

    Tricia H. Burdo;Janet Lo;Suhny Abbara;Jeffrey Wei

  • HIV-1 Nef mediates lymphocyte chemotaxis and activation by infected macrophages.

    S. Swingler;A. Mann;J.-M. Jacqué;B. Brichacek

  • Perivascular Macrophages Are the Primary Cell Type Productively Infected by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus in the Brains of Macaques: Implications for the Neuropathogenesis of AIDS

    Kenneth C. Williams;Sarah Corey;Susan V. Westmoreland;Doug Pauley

  • Neuroinflammation of the nigrostriatal pathway during progressive 6-OHDA dopamine degeneration in rats monitored by immunohistochemistry and PET imaging.

    F. Cicchetti;A. L. Brownell;K. Williams;Y. I. Chen

  • Liver enzymes, the metabolic syndrome, and incident diabetes: the Mexico City diabetes study.

    Monica Nannipieri;Clicerio Gonzales;Simona Baldi;Rosalinda Posadas

  • Soluble CD163 Made by Monocyte/Macrophages Is a Novel Marker of HIV Activity in Early and Chronic Infection Prior to and After Anti-retroviral Therapy

    Tricia H. Burdo;Margaret R. Lentz;Patrick Autissier;Anitha Krishnan

  • Central nervous system damage, monocytes and macrophages, and neurological disorders in AIDS.

    Kenneth C Williams;William F Hickey

  • Prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus with alternative definitions of the metabolic syndrome: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study.

    Anthony J.G. Hanley;Andrew J. Karter;Ken Williams;Andreas Festa

  • Cellular localization of the chemokine receptor CCR5. Correlation to cellular targets of HIV-1 infection.

    James B. Rottman;Kenneth P. Ganley;Kenneth Williams;Lijun Wu

  • The Natural Course of β-Cell Function in Nondiabetic and Diabetic Individuals: The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study

    Andreas Festa;Ken Williams;Ralph D’Agostino;Lynne E. Wagenknecht

  • Deregulation of cell growth by the K1 gene of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.

    Heuiran Lee;Ronald Veazey;Kenneth Williams;Mengtao Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Salemi
Marco Salemi University of Florida
Andrew A. Lackner
Andrew A. Lackner Tulane University
Xavier Alvarez
Xavier Alvarez Tulane University
Steven K. Grinspoon
Steven K. Grinspoon Harvard University
Jack P. Antel
Jack P. Antel McGill University
R. Gilberto Gonzalez
R. Gilberto Gonzalez Harvard University
Michael S. McGrath
Michael S. McGrath University of California, San Francisco
Elkan F. Halpern
Elkan F. Halpern Harvard University
Eric S. Rosenberg
Eric S. Rosenberg Harvard University
Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health

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