Dr. Kimberly Cooney
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Life and Physical Sciences
Office: McCord Hall 112K
Phone: 615-963-5806
Email: kcooney@tnstate.edu
Education
PhD: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine
Research Interest: Effects of viral load on immune cell response and inflammation, receptor trafficking and function
Publications
Sayegh MN, Cooney KA, Han WM, Wang L, Strobel F, Hansen L, Garcia A, Levit RD. A hydrogel strategy to augment tissue adenosine to improve hindlimb perfusion. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Volume 41, Issue 6, June 2021
Hoang TN, Pino M, Boddapati AK, Viox EG, Starke CE, Upadhyay AA, Gumber S, Nekorchuk M, Busman-Sahay K, Strongin Z, Harper JL, Tharp GK, Pellegrini KL, Kirejczyk S, Zandi K, Tao S, Horton TR, Beagle EN, Mahar EA, Lee MYH, Cohen J, Jean SM, Wood JS, Connor-Stroud F, Stammen RL, Delmas OM, Wang S, Cooney KA, Sayegh MN, Wang L, Filev PD, Weiskopf D, Silvestri G, Waggoner J, Piantadosi A, Kasturi SP, Al-Shakhshir H, Ribeiro SP, Sekaly RP, Levit RD, Estes JD, Vanderford TH, Schinazi RF, Bosinger SE, Paiardini M. Baricitinib treatment resolves lower-airway macrophage inflammation and neutrophil recruitment in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques. Cell. 2021 Jan 21;184(2):460-475.e21. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.11.007. Epub 2020 Nov 10. PMID: 33278358; PMCID: PMC7654323.
Trentzsch, M., Nyamugenda,E., Miles,T.K. Cooney.KA et al. Delivery of phosphatidylethanolamine blunts stress in hepatoma cells exposed to elevated palmitate by targeting the endoplasmic reticulum. Cell Death Discov. 6, 8 (2020).
Cooney KA, Xu K, Wang L, Ginn SC, Deppen JN, Levit RD. Adenosine from a biologic source regulates neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Journal of Leukocyte Biology 2019
Cooney, K.A., Molden, B.M., Kowalczyk, N.S., Russell, S., and Baldini, G. Lipid Stress Inhibits endocytosis of Melanocortin-4 Receptor from modified clathrin-enriched sites and impairs receptor desensitization. J Biol Chem. 2017
Molden BM, Cooney KA, West K, VanDer Ploeg LH, Baldini G. Temporal cAMP Signaling Selectivity by Natural and Synthetic MC4R agonists. Molecular Endocrinology 29: 1619-1633.2015
Courses taught at TSU
BIOL 3400 Introduction to Microbial Physiology
BIOL 3401 Introduction to Microbial Physiology Laboratory
BIOL 1110 General Biology I
BIOL 2110 Cell Biology
BIOL 2111 Cell Biology Laboratory
BIOL 5180 Graduate Cell Biology
BIOL 4920 Honors Undergraduate Research