PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - 2003
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Kim Brint Pedersen received his Masters degree in Biology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1986. He was employed as a microbiologist in the Danish biotech company Novo Nordisk A/S 1986-1998. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at LSUHSC, New Orleans in 2003. He continued his career in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at LSUHSC, first as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Donald K. Scott 2003-2006, and from 2007 as an assistant professor.

Metabolism and diabetes
Glucose-regulated gene expression

Collier, J.J., Zhang, P., Pedersen, K.B., Burke, S.J., Haycock, J.W., and Scott, D.K, c-Myc and ChREBP regulate glucose-mediated expression of the L-type pyruvate kinase gene in INS-1-derived 832/13 cells, Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol 293: E48-E56, (2007).

Pedersen, K.B., Zhang, P., Doumen, C., Charbonnet, M., Lu, D., Newgard, C., Haycock, J. W., Lange, A.J., and Scott, D. K., The Promoter for the Gene Encoding the Catalytic Subunit of Rat Glucose-6-phosphatase Contains Two Distinct Glucose-responsive Regions, Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab., 292: E788-E801, (2007).

Nunez, B.S., Geng, C.-d., Pedersen, K.B., Millro-Macklin, C.D., and Vedeckis W.V., . Interaction between the interferon signaling pathway and the human glucocorticoid receptor gene 1A promoter., Endocrinology, 146: 1449-1457, (2005).

Geng, C.-d., Pedersen, K.B., Nunez, B.S., and Vedeckis, W.V., Human glucocorticoid receptor alpha transcript splice variants with exon 2 deletions: evidence for tissue- and cell type-specific functions., Biochemistry, 44: 7395-7405, (2005).

Pedersen, K. B.; Geng, C.-d.; and Vedeckis, W. V., Three Mechanisms Are Involved in Glucocorticoid Receptor Autoregulation in a Human T-Lymphoblast Cell Line, Biochemistry, 43: 10851-10858, (2004).

Pedersen, K. B. and Vedeckis, W. V., Quantification and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Transcripts in Two Human Leukemic Cell Lines, Biochemistry, 42: 10978-10990, (2003).