EDUCATION
PhD from LSUHSC, New Orleans
Cand. Scient. from University of Copenhagen
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Liver Cancer Effect of Alcohol on Bone
Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome
ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Toxicology
PUBLICATIONS
Chen JR, Lazarenko OP, Blackburn ML, Chen JF, Randolph CE, Zabaleta J, Schroder K, Pedersen KB, Ronis MJJ. Nox4 expression in osteo-progenitors controls bone development in mice during early life. Commun Biol. 2022 Jun 14;5(1):583. PMCID: PMC9198054
Denys A, Pedersen KB, Watt J, Norman AR, Osborn ML, Chen JR, Maimone C, Littleton S, Vasiliou V, Ronis MJJ. Binge Ethanol Exposure in Mice Represses Expression of Genes Involved in Osteoblast Function and Induces Expression of Genes Involved in Osteoclast Differentiation Independently of Endogenous Catalase. Toxicol Sci. 2022 Jan 24;185(2):232-245. PMCID: PMC9019842
Pedersen KB, Osborn ML, Robertson AC, Williams AE, Watt J, Denys A, Schröder K, Ronis MJ. Chronic Ethanol Feeding in Mice Decreases Expression of Genes for Major Structural Bone Proteins in a Nox4-Independent Manner. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2020 Jun;373(3):337-346. PMCID:PMC7228502
Pedersen KB, Williams A, Watt J, Ronis MJ. Improved method for isolating high-quality RNA from mouse bone with RNAlater at room temperature. Bone Rep. 2019 Dec;11:100211. PMCID:PMC6558217
Pedersen KB, Pulliam CF, Patel A, Del Piero F, Watanabe TTN, Wankhade UD, Shankar K, Hicks C, Ronis MJ. Liver tumorigenesis is promoted by a high saturated fat diet specifically in male mice and is associated with hepatic expression of the proto-oncogene Agap2 and enrichment of the intestinal microbiome with Coprococcus. Carcinogenesis. 2019 Apr 29;40(2):349-359. PMCID:PMC6487682
Ronis M, Pedersen KB, Watt J. Adverse Effects of Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2018. 58:583-601. PMCID: PMC6380172
Mercer KE, Pulliam CF, Pedersen KB, Hennings L, Ronis MJ. Soy protein isolate inhibits hepatic tumor promotion in mice fed a high-fat liquid diet. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2017 Mar;242(6):635-644. PMCID:PMC5685258
Pedersen KB, Pedersen KB, Chodavarapu H, Lazartigues E. Forkhead Box Transcription Factors of the FOXA Class Are Required for Basal Transcription of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2. J Endocr Soc. 2017 Apr 1;1(4):370-384. PMCID:PMC5656262
Pedersen KB, Chodavarapu H, Porretta C, Robinson LK, Lazartigues E. Dynamics of ADAM17-Mediated Shedding of ACE2 Applied to Pancreatic Islets of Male db/db Mice. Endocrinology. 2015 Dec;156(12):4411-25. PMCID:PMC4655210
Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography