Kathy (Moser) Sivils

Adjunct Associate Professor
Pathology
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
United States of America

Professor Pathology
Biography

B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1987 Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1995 Post-doctoral training, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Research Intrest

Interested in identifying and characterizing genes that predispose to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). SLE and SS are complex rheumatic autoimmune diseases caused by the joint action of multiple genes and influenced by environmental factors

List of Publications
Reksten TR, Lessard CJ, Sivils KL. Genetics in Sjögren Syndrome. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;42(3):435-47. Epub 2016 Jun 21. Review. PMID:27431346
Li H, Reksten TR, Ice JA, ...Sivils KL. Identification of a Sjögren's syndrome susceptibility locus at OAS1 that influences isoform switching, protein expression, and responsiveness to type I interferons. PLoS Genet. 2017 Jun 22;13(6):e1006820. PMCID:PMC5501660
Langefeld CD, Ainsworth HC, Cunninghame Graham DS, ...Guthridge JM, Huggins JL, James JA, ... Merrill JT, Miranda P, Moctezuma JF, Nath SK, ... Sivils KL, ... Alarcón-Riquelme ME, ..., Gaffney PM, Vyse TJ. Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus. Nat Commun. 2017 Jul 17;8:16021. PMCID: PMC5520018