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Dr. Keith Youker earned his Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Sciences from Baylor College of Medicine and was the first graduate from this program. The program initially used a broad knowledge approach to training including course work from medical school, graduate school, and cardiovascular core courses designed for basic scientists to work in clinical cardiovascular research. His dissertation work earned him a nomination for the Sigma Xi “Excellence in Science Dissertation Award”. Since graduation, Dr. Youker has been a faculty member in both the departments of Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine prior to joining Houston Methodist Hospital. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for the journals of Circulation, American Journal of Pathology, ASAIO and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Youker’s primary focus has been in heart failure with a particular interest in inflammation and its role in the progression of heart failure. Dr. Youker prefers a hands-on approach in the laboratory and is expert in many areas from electron microscopy to molecular biology techniques and has earned a reputation of excellence in cardiovascular immunopathology research.
Research interests
Dr. Youker focuses on research of the immune system in heart failure and metabolism in heart failure.
Education/Academic qualification
Cardiovascular Sciences, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Free-text keywords
- Immunology
- Cardiac
- Transplantation
- LVAD
- Heart Failure
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Association of LVAD inflow cannula position with the development of acquired VWD and altered angiogenesis
Kassi, M. (PI), Bhimaraj, A. (Key Personnel), Graviss, E. A. (Key Personnel), Guha, A. (Key Personnel), Hussain, I. (Key Personnel), Kim, J. H. (Key Personnel), Martin, C. M. (Key Personnel) & Youker, K. A. (Key Personnel)
10/30/19 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Effects of Thyroid Hormone Metabolite Treatment for Postmenopausal Heart Repair
Filgueira, C. S. (PI), Bhimaraj, A. (Key Personnel) & Youker, K. A. (Key Personnel)
12/1/21 → 11/30/24
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Reversal of Heart Failure: Role of Vascular Recovery
Cooke, J. P. (PI) & Youker, K. A. (Key Personnel)
7/15/20 → 9/30/24
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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A visual–omics foundation model to bridge histopathology with spatial transcriptomics
Chen, W., Zhang, P., Tran, T. N., Xiao, Y., Li, S., Shah, V. V., Cheng, H., Brannan, K. W., Youker, K., Lai, L., Fang, L., Yang, Y., Le, N. T., Abe, J. I., Chen, S. H., Ma, Q., Chen, K., Song, Q., Cooke, J. P. & Wang, G., May 29 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Methods. 56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter–Dependent Energetic Dysfunction Drives Hypertrophy in Heart Failure
Alves-Figueiredo, H., Silva-Platas, C., Estrada, M., Oropeza-Almazán, Y., Ramos-González, M., Bernal-Ramírez, J., Vázquez-Garza, E., Tellez, A., Salazar-Ramírez, F., Méndez-Fernández, A., Galaz, J. L., Lobos, P., Youker, K., Lozano, O., Torre-Amione, G. & García-Rivas, G., Apr 2024, In: JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 9, 4, p. 496-518 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access13 Scopus citations -
Myocardial Recovery versus Myocardial Regeneration: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Modulation
Cooke, J. P., Youker, K. A. & Lai, L., 2024, In: Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal. 20, 4, p. 31-41 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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3'UTR shortening of profibrotic genes and reversibility of fibrosis in patients with end-stage right ventricular failure
Neupane, R., Cieslik, K. A., Youker, K., Palaniyandi, S. S., Guha, A. & Thandavarayan, R. A., Sep 9 2022, In: Clinical and translational medicine. 12, 9, p. e1017Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An In Vitro Platform to Study Reversible Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Krishnamoorthi, M. K., Thandavarayan, R. A., Youker, K. A. & Bhimaraj, A., Jun 23 2022, In: Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13, p. 912660 912660.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations
Prizes
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First place award
Eversole, E. (Recipient), Fallon, B. (Recipient), Bowden, M. (Recipient), Naegele, F. (Recipient), Martino, A. (Recipient), Lu, A. J. (Recipient), Schmidt, S. M. (Recipient), Willson, R. C. (Recipient), Bhimaraj, A. (Recipient), Youker, K. A. (Recipient) & Filgueira, C. S. (Recipient), Apr 26 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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NanoVaccine for Heart Failure
Youker, K. A. (Recipient), Oct 24 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)