KatherineYudehKingMDPhD, FAAP

Pediatric Infectious Disease • Houston, TX

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
6621 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 832-824-1000

Fax+1 832-825-1005
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Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2007 - 2010
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2007
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2006 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Forged in the fire: Lasting impacts of inflammation on hematopoietic progenitors.
Ruoqiong Cao, Apoorva Thatavarty, Katherine Y King> ;Experimental Hematology. 2024 Apr 4
Cigarette smoke exposure accelerates AML progression in FLT3-ITD models.
Mary Figueroa, Huaxian Ma, Mansour Alfayez, Daniel Enrique Morales-Mantilla, Fei Wang, Yue Lu, Marcos R Estecio, Katherine Y King, Eugenie Kleinerman, Seyed Javad Mogh...> ;Blood Advances. 2023 Nov 14
Over but not gone: lingering epigenetic effects of COVID-19.
Brandon T Tran, Ruoqiong Cao, Katherine Y King> ;Trends in Immunology. 2023 Oct 1
Chronic inflammation can transform the fate of normal and mutant hematopoietic stem cells.
Jingjing Li, Camille Malouf, Linde A Miles, Mara B Willis, Eric M Pietras, Katherine Y King> ;Experimental Hematology. 2023 Nov 1
Dismantling the tumoral cloak of self-protection.
Mara B Willis, Katherine Y King> ;Plos Biology. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Apoptosis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Contributes to Bone Marrow Suppression Following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy.
Jay A Read, Rayne H Rouce, Feiyan Mo, Maksim Mamonkin, Katherine Y King> ;Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2023 Mar 1
66 citations
Inflammatory exposure drives long-lived impairment of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal activity and accelerated aging.
Ruzhica Bogeska, Ana-Matea Mikecin, Paul Kaschutnig, Malak Fawaz, Marleen Büchler-Schäff, Duy Le, Miguel Ganuza, Angelika Vollmer, Stella V Paffenholz, Noboru Asada, E...> ;Cell Stem Cell. 2022 Aug 4
FGD5 marks a subpopulation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells that resist interferon-γ-mediated differentiation.
Daniel E Morales-Mantilla, Katherine Y King> ;Experimental Hematology. 2022 Jun 26
27 citations
Clonal hematopoiesis: Mutation-specific adaptation to environmental change.
Marcus A Florez, Brandon T Tran, Trisha K Wathan, James DeGregori, Eric M Pietras, Katherine Y King> ;Cell Stem Cell. 2022 Jun 2
3 citations
Txnip Enhances Fitness of Dnmt3a-Mutant Hematopoietic Stem Cells via p21.
Christine R Zhang, Elizabeth L Ostrander, Ostap Kukhar, Cates Mallaney, Jiameng Sun, Emily Haussler, Hamza Celik, Won Kyun Koh, Katherine Y King, Paul Gontarz, Grant A...> ;Blood Cancer Discovery. 2022 May 5
12 citations
The bacterial microbiota regulates normal hematopoiesis via metabolite-induced type 1 interferon signaling.
Hannah Yan, Forrest C Walker, Arushana Ali, Hyojeong Han, Lin Tan, Lucas Veillon, Philip L Lorenzi, Megan T Baldridge, Katherine Y King> ;Blood Advances. 2022 Mar 22
123 citations
Chronic infection drives Dnmt3a-loss-of-function clonal hematopoiesis via IFNγ signaling.
Daniel Hormaechea-Agulla, Katie A. Matatall, Duy T. Le, Bailee Kain, Xiaochen Long, Pawel Kus, Roman Jaksik, Grant A. Challen, Marek Kimmel, Katherine Y. King> ;Cell Stem Cell. 2021 Aug 5
25 citations
Yin and Yang: The dual effects of interferons on hematopoiesis.
Yasmin Demerdash, Bailee Kain, Marieke A.G. Essers, Katherine Y. King> ;Experimental Hematology. 2021 Feb 8
23 citations
Interferon Gamma Mediates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Activation and Niche Relocalization through BST2
Marcus A Florez, Katie A. Matatall, Youngjae Jeong, Laura Ortinau, Paul Shafer, Anne M. Lynch, Roman Jaksik, Marek Kimmel, Dongsu Park, Katherine Y. King> ;Cell Reports. 2020 Dec 22
4 citations
Cigarette Smoke Exposure in Mice using a Whole-Body Inhalation System.
Daniel E. Morales-Mantilla, Xinyan Huang, Philip Erice, Paul Porter, Yun Zhang, Mary Figueroa, Joya Chandra, Katherine Y. King, Farrah Kheradmand, Antony Rodríguez> ;Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2020 Oct 22
4 citations
Dnmt3a-null hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells expand after busulfan treatment
Jichun Chen, Katie A. Matatall, Xingmin Feng, Daniel Hormaechea-Agulla, Mukesh Maharjan, Neal S. Young, Katherine Y. King> ;Experimental Hematology. 2020 Sep 20
26 citations
Common Sources of Inflammation and Their Impact on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology.
Daniel Hormaechea-Agulla, Duy T. Le, Katherine Y. King> ;Current Stem Cell Reports. 2020 Aug 17
37 citations
Environmental influences on clonal hematopoiesis.
Katherine Y. King, Yun Huang, Daisuke Nakada, Margaret A. Goodell> ;Experimental Hematology. 2020 Mar 1
18 citations
Antibiotic treatment ameliorates Ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2) loss-of-function associated hematological malignancies.
Hongxiang Zeng, Hailan He, Lei Guo, Jia Li, Minjung Lee, Wei Han, Anna Guzman, Shengbing Zang, Yubin Zhou, Xiaotian Zhang, Margaret A. Goodell, Katherine Y. King, Deqi...> ;Cancer Letters. 2019 Dec 28
2 citations
Candida Tropicalis Thyroiditis Presenting With Thyroid Storm in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
D. Niles, Juri Boguniewicz, O. Shakeel, J. Margolin, D. Chelius, Meenal Gupta, David L. Paul, Katherine Y. King, J. C. McNeil> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2019 Oct 1
8 citations
Brodie Abscess in Children: A 10-Year Single Institution Retrospective Review
Catherine E. Foster, Margaret G. Taylor, Erica K. Schallert, Scott B. Rosenfeld, Katherine Y. King> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2019 Feb 1
298 citations
Mouse Microbiota Models: Comparing Germ-Free Mice and Antibiotics Treatment as Tools for Modifying Gut Bacteria
Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Katherine Y. King, Megan T. Baldridge> ;Frontiers in Physiology. 2018 Oct 31
53 citations
Hematopoiesis and the bacterial microbiome.
Hannah Yan, Megan T. Baldridge, Katherine Y. King> ;Blood. 2018 Aug 9
56 citations
The Role of Interferon-Gamma in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development, Homeostasis, and Disease.
Daniel E. Morales-Mantilla, Katherine Y. King> ;Current Stem Cell Reports. 2018 Jul 23
3 citations
Transmission of West Nile Virus Through a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.
Melanie G. Kitagawa, Nicholas Ettinger, Day Breen, Jennifer Erklauer, Emmanuel Chang, Honey Herce, Katherine Y. King, Swati Naik> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018 May 15
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Journal Articles

Hematopoiesis and the Bacterial Microbiome
Katherine King, MD, Blood

Press Mentions

Pediatricians with Kids Speak Out About Delta Surge FearsSeptember 20th, 2021
Study Shows How Chronic Inflammation Dampens Our Immune Response as We AgeMarch 30th, 2021
ResearchDecember 16th, 2022