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Kristi J. Warren, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Academic Office Information

kristi.warren@hsc.utah.edu

Education History

Fellowship University of Nebraska Medical Center
 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Fellowship Johns Hopkins Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Maryland School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training Iowa State University
 PhD
Undergraduate Hardin-Simmons University
 BS
Undergraduate New Mexico State University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Trivedi S, Aamodt SE, Huecksteadt TP, Myers EJ, McGee GH, Cacioppo JG, Aub J, Paine R 3rd, Leung DT, Warren KJ (2026). Estrogen Induced Regulation of Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in Asthma. J Immunol Res, 2026(1), e8201923.
  2. Myers EJ, Aamodt SE, Huecksteadt TP, Paine R 3rd, Mir-Kasimov M, Reilly CA, Callahan SJ, Sanders KA, Warren KJ (2025). Serum 17β-estradiol inversely correlates with circulating group 2 innate lymphoid cells in a cohort of asthmatic patients. Front Immunol, 16, 1555228.
  3. Hughes EP, Manna AK, Sun W, Osburn-Staker SM, Aamodt S, Warren KJ, Cox JE, Tantin D (2025). Transcriptional co-regulator OCA-B/Pou2af1 restricts Th2 differentiation. Front Immunol, 16, 1548636.
  4. Lpez DA, Griffin A, Aguilar LM, Deering-Rice C, Myers EJ, Warren KJ, Welner RS, Beaudin AE (2024). Prenatal inflammation remodels lung immunity and function by programming ILC2 hyperactivation. Cell Rep, 43(7), 114365.
  5. Zimmerman E, Sturrock A, Reilly CA, Burrell-Gerbers KL, Warren K, Mir-Kasimov M, Zhang MA, Pierce MS, Helms MN, Paine R 3rd (2024). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Limits Inflammation and Preserves Lung Epithelial Cell Integrity. J Immunol, 213(5), 600-611.
  6. Trivedi S, Deering-Rice CE, Aamodt SE, Huecksteadt TP, Myers EJ, Sanders KA, Paine R 3rd, Warren KJ (2024). Progesterone amplifies allergic inflammation and airway pathology in association with higher lung ILC2 responses. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 327(1), L65-L78.
  7. Warren KJ, Beck EM, Callahan SJ, Helms MN, Middleton E, Maddock S, Carr JR, Harris D, Blagev DP, Lanspa MJ, Brown SM, Paine R 3rd (2023). Alveolar macrophages from EVALI patients and e-cigarette users: a story of shifting phenotype. Respir Res, 24(1), 162.
  8. Warren KJ, Deering-Rice C, Huecksteadt T, Trivedi S, Venosa A, Reilly C, Sanders K, Clayton F, Wyatt TA, Poole JA, Heller NM, Leung D, Paine R 3rd (2023). Steady-state estradiol triggers a unique innate immune response to allergen resulting in increased airway resistance. Biol Sex Differ, 14(1), 2.
  9. Trivedi S, Labuz D, Deering-Rice CE, Kim CU, Christensen H, Aamodt S, Huecksteadt T, Sanders K, Warren KJ (2022). IL-33 induces NF-κB activation in ILC2 that can be suppressed by in vivo and ex vivo 17β-estradiol. Front Allergy, 3, 1062412.
  10. Warren KJ, Poole JA, Sweeter JM, DeVasure JM, Dickinson JD, Peebles RS Jr, Wyatt TA (2021). Neutralization of IL-33 modifies the type 2 and type 3 inflammatory signature of viral induced asthma exacerbation. Respir Res, 22(1), 206.
  11. Tanna Wuren 1, Tom Huecksteadt 2, Emily Beck 2, Kristi Warren 2, John Hoidal 2, Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg 3, Karl Sanders (2021). The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) decreases survival of tumor-bearing mice by enhancing the generation of lung metastasis-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Cell Immunol, 365.
  12. Trivedi S, Grossmann AH, Jensen O, Cody MJ, Wahlig TA, Hayakawa Serpa P, Langelier C, Warren KJ, Yost CC, Leung DT (2021). Intestinal Infection Is Associated With Impaired Lung Innate Immunity to Secondary Respiratory Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis, 8(6), ofab237.
  13. Liou TG, Adler FR, Cahill BC, Cox DR, Cox JE, Grant GJ, Hanson KE, Hartsell SC, Hatton ND, Helms MN, Jensen JL, Kartsonaki C, Li Y, Leung DT, Marvin JE, Middleton EA, Osburn-Staker SM, Packer KA, Shakir SM, Sturrock AB, Tardif KD, Warren KJ, Waddoups LJ, Weaver LJ, Zimmerman E, Paine R 3rd (2020). SARS-CoV-2 innate effector associations and viral load in early nasopharyngeal infection. Physiol Rep, 9(4), e14761.
  14. Warren KJ, Dickinson JD, Nelson AJ, Wyatt TA, Romberger DJ, Poole JA (2019). Ovalbumin-sensitized mice have altered airway inflammation to agriculture organic dust. Respir Res, 20(1), 51.
  15. Dickinson JD, Sweeter JM, Warren KJ, Ahmad IM, De Deken X, Zimmerman MC, Brody SL (2018). Autophagy regulates DUOX1 localization and superoxide production in airway epithelial cells during chronic IL-13 stimulation. Redox Biol, 14, 272-284.
  16. Warren K, Wyatt TA, Romberger DJ, West WW, Nelson A, Nordgren TM, Staab E, Heires AJ, Poole JA (2017). Post-injury homeostasis and resolution response to repetitive inhalation exposure to agricultural organic dust in mice. Safety (Basel).

Editorial

  1. Bowles AH, Warren KJ (2025). Regulating Neutrophilic Asthma with IL-33: Maybe We Shouldn't Block IL-33 after All? Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 73(6), 813-815.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Warren KJ, Wyatt TA (2019). Assessment of Lymphocyte Migration in an Ex Vivo Transmigration System. [J Vis Exp]. United States.