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Kimberly Thomas
kimberly.a.thomas@wustl.edu
Instructor in Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
phone: (314) 454-2527
Education
BS,
California Lutheran University
,
2005
PhD,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
,
2013
Training
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
,
2013
-
2016
Post-doctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
,
2016
-
2017
Recent Publications
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van den Brink DP, Kleinveld DJB, Sloos PH, Thomas KA, Stensballe J, Johansson PI, Pati S, Sperry J, Spinella PC, Juffermans NP.
Plasma as a resuscitation fluid for volume-depleted shock: Potential benefits and risks.
Transfusion
.
2021;61 Suppl 1:S301-S312.
PMCID:
PMC8361764
PMID:
34057210
Thomas KA, Shea SM, Spinella PC.
Effects of pathogen reduction technology and storage duration on the ability of cryoprecipitate to rescue induced coagulopathies in vitro.
Transfusion
.
2021.
PMID:
33755208
Faustino EVS, Shabanova V, Raffini LJ, Kandil SB, Li S, Pinto MG, Cholette JM, Hanson SJ, Nellis ME, Silva CT, Chima R, Sharathkumar A, Thomas KA, McPartland T, Tala JA, Spinella PC, CRETE Trial Investigators and the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI)..
Efficacy of Early Prophylaxis Against Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children: A Bayesian Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial.
Crit Care Med
.
2021;49
(3):
e235-e246.
PMCID:
PMC7902342
PMID:
33372745
Spinella PC, Thomas KA, Turnbull IR, Fuchs A, Bochicchio K, Schuerer D, Reese S, Coleoglou Centeno AA, Horn CB, Baty J, Shea SM, Meledeo MA, Pusateri AE, Levy JH, Cap AP, Bochicchio GV, TAMPITI Investigators..
The Immunologic Effect of Early Intravenous Two and Four Gram Bolus Dosing of Tranexamic Acid Compared to Placebo in Patients With Severe Traumatic Bleeding (TAMPITI): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Center Trial.
Front Immunol
.
2020;11:2085.
PMCID:
PMC7506112
PMID:
33013880
Dunlap MD, Prince OA, Rangel-Moreno J, Thomas KA, Scordo JM, Torrelles JB, Cox J, Steyn AJC, Zúñiga J, Kaushal D, Khader SA.
Formation of Lung Inducible Bronchus Associated Lymphoid Tissue Is Regulated by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Expressed Determinants.
Front Immunol
.
2020;11:1325.
PMCID:
PMC7338767
PMID:
32695111
Shea SM, Staudt AM, Thomas KA, Schuerer D, Mielke JE, Folkerts D, Lowder E, Martin C, Bochicchio GV, Spinella PC.
The use of low-titer group O whole blood is independently associated with improved survival compared to component therapy in adults with severe traumatic hemorrhage.
Transfusion
.
2020;60 Suppl 3:S2-S9.
PMID:
32478896
D'Alessandro A, Thomas KA, Stefanoni D, Gamboni F, Shea SM, Reisz JA, Spinella PC.
Metabolic phenotypes of standard and cold-stored platelets.
Transfusion
.
2020;60 Suppl 3:S96-S106.
PMCID:
PMC7971209
PMID:
31880330
Ahmed M, Thirunavukkarasu S, Rosa BA, Thomas KA, Das S, Rangel-Moreno J, Lu L, Mehra S, Mbandi SK, Thackray LB, Diamond MS, Murphy KM, Means T, Martin J, Kaushal D, Scriba TJ, Mitreva M, Khader SA.
Immune correlates of tuberculosis disease and risk translate across species.
Sci Transl Med
.
2020;12
(528).
PMCID:
PMC7354419
PMID:
31996462
Scorer TG, Reddoch-Cardenas KM, Thomas KA, Cap AP, Spinella PC.
Therapeutic Utility of Cold-Stored Platelets or Cold-Stored Whole Blood for the Bleeding Hematology-Oncology Patient.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am
.
2019;33
(5):
873-885.
PMID:
31466610
Muisyo T, Bernardo EO, Camazine M, Colvin R, Thomas KA, Borgman MA, Spinella PC.
Mortality prediction in pediatric trauma.
J Pediatr Surg
.
2019;54
(8):
1613-1616.
PMID:
30270118
Shea SM, Thomas KA, Spinella PC.
The effect of platelet storage temperature on haemostatic, immune, and endothelial function: potential for personalised medicine.
Blood Transfus
.
2019;17
(4):
321-330.
PMCID:
PMC6683864
PMID:
31385802
Rogers SC, Moynihan FT 4th, McDonough R, Timm DD, Hovmand-Warner E, Frazier E, Thomas KA, Spinella PC, Doctor A.
Effect of plasma processing and storage on microparticle abundance, nitric oxide scavenging, and vasoactivity.
Transfusion
.
2019;59
(S2):
1568-1577.
PMID:
30980740
Thomas KA, Shea SM, Yazer MH, Spinella PC.
Effect of leukoreduction and pathogen reduction on the hemostatic function of whole blood.
Transfusion
.
2019;59
(S2):
1539-1548.
PMID:
30980757
Roux A, Thomas KA, Sage E, Suberbielle-Boissel C, Beaumont-Azuar L, Parquin F, Le Guen M, Harre N, Hamid AM, Reed EF.
Donor-specific HLA antibody-mediated complement activation is a significant indicator of antibody-mediated rejection and poor long-term graft outcome during lung transplantation: a single center cohort study.
Transpl Int
.
2018;31
(7):
761-772.
PMCID:
PMC5995657
PMID:
29537702
Roux A, Bendib Le Lan I, Holifanjaniaina S, Thomas KA, Picard C, Grenet D, De Miranda S, Douvry B, Beaumont-Azuar L, Sage E, Devaquet J, Cuquemelle E, Le Guen M, Suberbielle C, Gautreau C, Stern M, Rossetti M, Hamid AM, Parquin F.
Characteristics of Donor-Specific Antibodies Associated With Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Lung Transplantation.
Front Med (Lausanne)
.
2017;4:155.
PMCID:
PMC5641623
PMID:
29075627
Valenzuela NM, Thomas KA, Mulder A, Parry GC, Panicker S, Reed EF.
Complement-Mediated Enhancement of Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells by HLA Antibodies, and Blockade by a Specific Inhibitor of the Classical Complement Cascade, TNT003.
Transplantation
.
2017;101
(7):
1559-1572.
PMCID:
PMC5482566
PMID:
28640789
Butler CL, Valenzuela NM, Thomas KA, Reed EF.
Not All Antibodies Are Created Equal: Factors That Influence Antibody Mediated Rejection.
J Immunol Res
.
2017;2017:7903471.
PMCID:
PMC5360970
PMID:
28373996
Thomas KA, King RG, Sestero CM, Justement LB.
TREM-like transcript 2 is stored in human neutrophil primary granules and is up-regulated in response to inflammatory mediators.
J Leukoc Biol
.
2016;100
(1):
177-84.
PMCID:
PMC6608082
PMID:
26753760
Roux A, Bendib Le Lan I, Holifanjaniaina S, Thomas KA, Hamid AM, Picard C, Grenet D, De Miranda S, Douvry B, Beaumont-Azuar L, Sage E, Devaquet J, Cuquemelle E, Le Guen M, Spreafico R, Suberbielle-Boissel C, Stern M, Parquin F, Foch Lung Transplantation Group..
Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Lung Transplantation: Clinical Outcomes and Donor-Specific Antibody Characteristics.
Am J Transplant
.
2016;16
(4):
1216-28.
PMID:
26845386
Thomas KA, Valenzuela NM, Gjertson D, Mulder A, Fishbein MC, Parry GC, Panicker S, Reed EF.
An Anti-C1s Monoclonal, TNT003, Inhibits Complement Activation Induced by Antibodies Against HLA.
Am J Transplant
.
2015;15
(8):
2037-49.
PMCID:
PMC4654252
PMID:
25904443
Thomas KA, Valenzuela NM, Reed EF.
The perfect storm: HLA antibodies, complement, FcγRs, and endothelium in transplant rejection.
Trends Mol Med
.
2015;21
(5):
319-29.
PMCID:
PMC4424065
PMID:
25801125
Lan JH, Yin Y, Reed EF, Moua K, Thomas K, Zhang Q.
Impact of three Illumina library construction methods on GC bias and HLA genotype calling.
Hum Immunol
.
2015;76
(2-3):
166-75.
PMCID:
PMC5089167
PMID:
25543015
Halpert MM, Thomas KA, King RG, Justement LB.
TLT2 potentiates neutrophil antibacterial activity and chemotaxis in response to G protein-coupled receptor-mediated signaling.
J Immunol
.
2011;187
(5):
2346-55.
PMCID:
PMC3159717
PMID:
21804015
Last updated: 03/25/2022
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