ChristinaC.KaoMD

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

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Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2004 - 2008
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2001

PubMed

93 citations
Increased mitochondrial arginine metabolism supports bioenergetics in asthma
Weiling Xu, Sudakshina Ghosh, Suzy A.A. Comhair, Kewal Asosingh, Allison J. Janocha
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2016-07-01
30 citations
The Microbiome, Intestinal Function, and Arginine Metabolism of Healthy Indian Women Are Different from Those of American and Jamaican Women
Christina C. Kao, Julia L. Cope, Jean W. Hsu, Pratibha Dwarkanath, Jeffrey M Karnes
The Journal of Nutrition. 2015-04-01
36 citations
Arginine metabolic endotypes in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Christina C. Kao, Samuel H. Wedes, Jean W. Hsu, Kurt M. Bohren, Suzy A.A. Comhair
Pulmonary Circulation. 2015-03-01

Investigations Into The Glutamine-Citrulline-Arginine Pathway In SepsisNational Center For Research Resources2011
In Vivo Arginine Metabolism In Idiopathic And Secondary Pulmonary HypertensionNational Center For Research Resources2011
Investigations Into The Glutamine-Citruline-Arginine Pathway In SepsisNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2011
Metabolic Alterations In Cachectic Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DNational Center For Research Resources2010