Caroline Duwaerts | UCSF Profiles

Caroline Duwaerts, PhD

Title	Associate Researcher
Institution	University of California San Francisco
Department	Medicine
Address	1001 Potrero Ave San Francisco CA 94110
Phone	415-206-4804
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Biography

Education and Training

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL	B.S.	05/2008	Biology & Minor in Chemistry
Brown University, Providence, RI	Ph.D.	01/2013	Medical Sciences: Pathobiology
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA	Post-Doctoral Fellowship	05/2016	Hepatology

Awards and Honors

Loyola University Chicago	2008 -	2008	Excellence in Biological Research Award
Brown University	2009 -	2009	Poole Gorham Philanthropy Fellow
Brown University	2012 -	2013	Graduate Women in Science - Sigma Delta Epsilon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco	2013 -	2016	NRSA Hepatology Training Grant

Overview

Interests

Liver, Steatosis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Injury, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

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Bibliographic

Publications

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Pierce AA, Duwaerts C, Siao K, Mattis AN, Goodsell A, Baron JL, Maher JJ. CD18 deficiency improves liver injury in the MCD model of steatohepatitis. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0183912. PMID: 28873429.

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Duwaerts C, Amin AM, Siao K, Her C, Fitch M, Beysen C, Turner SM, Goodsell A, Baron JL, Grenert JP, Cho SJ, Maher JJ. Specific Macronutrients Exert Unique Influences on the Adipose-Liver Axis to Promote Hepatic Steatosis in Mice. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep; 4(2):223-236. PMID: 28649594.

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Pierce AA, Duwaerts C, Soon RK, Siao K, Grenert JP, Fitch M, Hellerstein MK, Beysen C, Turner SM, Maher JJ. Isocaloric manipulation of macronutrients within a high-carbohydrate/moderate-fat diet induces unique effects on hepatic lipogenesis, steatosis and liver injury. J Nutr Biochem. 2016 Mar; 29:12-20. PMID: 26895660; PMCID: PMC4761406 [Available on 03/01/17].

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Duwaerts C, Maher JJ. Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Curr Hepatol Rep. 2014 Jun 01; 13(2):119-129. PMID: 25045618.

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Duwaerts C, Sun EP, Cheng CW, van Rooijen N, Gregory SH. Cross-activating invariant NKT cells and kupffer cells suppress cholestatic liver injury in a mouse model of biliary obstruction. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e79702. PMID: 24260285; PMCID: PMC3829879.

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Duwaerts C, Gehring S, Cheng CW, van Rooijen N, Gregory SH. Contrasting responses of Kupffer cells and inflammatory mononuclear phagocytes to biliary obstruction in a mouse model of cholestatic liver injury. Liver Int. 2013 Feb; 33(2):255-65. PMID: 23240869; PMCID: PMC3540118.

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Lucas LR, Dragisic T, Duwaerts C, Swiatkowski M, Suzuki H. Effects of recovery from immobilization stress on striatal preprodynorphin- and kappa opioid receptor-mRNA levels of the male rat. Physiol Behav. 2011 Oct 24; 104(5):972-80. PMID: 21723305.

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Duwaerts C, Gregory SH. Targeting the diverse immunological functions expressed by hepatic NKT cells. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2011 Aug; 15(8):973-88. PMID: 21564001; PMCID: PMC3133853.

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Cheng CW, Duwaerts C, Rooijen Nv, Wintermeyer P, Mott S, Gregory SH. NK cells suppress experimental cholestatic liver injury by an interleukin-6-mediated, Kupffer cell-dependent mechanism. J Hepatol. 2011 Apr; 54(4):746-52. PMID: 21129806; PMCID: PMC3060960.

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Aher CV, Duwaerts C, Akama KT, Lucas LR. Effects of acute diuresis stress on egr-1 (zif268) mRNA levels in brain regions associated with motivated behavior. Brain Res Bull. 2010 Jan 15; 81(1):114-9. PMID: 19835936.

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