Rogers, Maximillian A.
Max Rogers obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in the lab of Professor Ta Yuan Chang. The title of his thesis was “Cholesterol Metabolism and Human Diseases” from which he published several peer reviewed publications. Part of Max’s thesis work was the subject of a Nature Science-Business eXchange cover story, and was reviewed in a Chemical and Engineering News article.
Max is an inventor on a U.S. patent for a novel treatment of a fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disease. A full list of his peer reviewed publications can be seen here.
Following graduation Max held a faculty research fellow appointment, along with an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award in the Dartmouth Endocrinology and Metabolism Group. Now working as a research fellow at the CICS, Max is looking to identify novel targets in the treatment of calcific aortic valve disease in the research group of Dr. Elena Aikawa.
Publications
ShowRogers MA, Aikawa E
Unbiased omics identifies mechanistic regulators of calcific aortic valve disease.
Eur Heart J. 2021;42(30):2948-2950 - PMID: 34179985 - PMCID: PMC8347449 - DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab381
Rogers MA, Hutcheson JD, Okui T, Goettsch C, Singh SA, Halu A, Schlotter F, Higashi H, Wang L, Whelan MC, Mlynarchik AK, Daugherty A, Nomura M, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
Dynamin-related protein 1 inhibition reduces hepatic PCSK9 secretion.
Cardiovasc Res. 2021;117(11):2340-2353 - PMID: 33523181 - PMCID: PMC8479802 - DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab034
Okui T, Iwashita M, Rogers MA, Halu A, Atkins SK, Kuraoka S, Abdelhamid I, Higashi H, Ramsaroop A, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E
CROT (Carnitine O-Octanoyltransferase) Is a Novel Contributing Factor in Vascular Calcification via Promoting Fatty Acid Metabolism and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020;41(2):755-768 - PMID: 33356393 - PMCID: PMC8105275 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315007
Schlotter F, de Freitas RCC, Rogers MA, Blaser MC, Wu PJ, Higashi H, Halu A, Iqbal F, Andraski AB, Rodia CN, Kuraoka S, Wen JR, Creager M, Pham T, Hutcheson JD, Body SC, Kohan AB, Sacks FM, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E
ApoC-III is a novel inducer of calcification in human aortic valves.
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
An (Auto)Taxing Effort to Mechanistically Link Obesity and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020;5(9):898-900 - PMID: 33016951 - PMCID: PMC7524779 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.04.016
Rogers MA, Buffolo F, Schlotter F, Atkins SK, Lee LH, Halu A, Blaser MC, Tsolaki E, Higashi H, Luther K, Daaboul G, Bouten CVC, Body SC, Singh SA, Bertazzo S, Libby P, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
Annexin A1-dependent tethering promotes extracellular vesicle aggregation revealed with single-extracellular vesicle analysis.
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
Complex association of lipoprotein(a) with aortic stenosis.
Heart. 2020;106(10):711-712 - PMID: 32086294 - DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316498
Rogers MA, Chen J, Nallamshetty S, Pham T, Goto S, Muehlschlegel JD, Libby P, Aikawa M, Aikawa E, Plutzky J
Retinoids Repress Human Cardiovascular Cell Calcification With Evidence for Distinct Selective Retinoid Modulator Effects.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019;40(3):656-669 - PMID: 31852220 - PMCID: PMC7047603 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313366
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
MicroRNA Extracellular Vesicle Stowaways in Cell-Cell Communication and Organ Crosstalk.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019;39(12):2448-2450 - PMID: 31770027 - PMCID: PMC6980729 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313533
Zheng KH, Tsimikas S, Pawade T, Kroon J, Jenkins WSA, Doris MK, White AC, Timmers NKLM, Hjortnaes J, Rogers MA, Aikawa E, Arsenault BJ, Witztum JL, Newby DE, Koschinsky ML, Fayad ZA, Stroes ESG, Boekholdt SM, Dweck MR
Lipoprotein(a) and Oxidized Phospholipids Promote Valve Calcification in Patients With Aortic Stenosis.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;73(17):2150-2162 - PMID: 31047003 - PMCID: PMC6494952 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.01.070
Goto S, Rogers MA, Blaser MC, Higashi H, Lee LH, Schlotter F, Body SC, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E
Standardization of Human Calcific Aortic Valve Disease in vitro Modeling Reveals Passage-Dependent Calcification.
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
Cardiovascular calcification: artificial intelligence and big data accelerate mechanistic discovery.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018;16(5):261-274 - PMID: 30531869 - DOI: 10.1038/s41569-018-0123-8
Hagita S, Rogers MA, Pham T, Wen JR, Mlynarchik AK, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
Transcriptional control of intestinal cholesterol absorption, adipose energy expenditure and lipid handling by Sortilin.
Schlotter F, Halu A, Goto S, Blaser MC, Body SC, Lee LH, Higashi H, DeLaughter DM, Hutcheson JD, Vyas P, Pham T, Rogers MA, Sharma A, Seidman CE, Loscalzo J, Seidman JG, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E
Spatiotemporal Multi-omics Mapping Generates a Molecular Atlas of the Aortic Valve and Reveals Networks Driving Disease.
Circulation. 2018;138(4):377-393 - PMID: 29588317 - PMCID: PMC6160370 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032291
Rogers M, Maldonado-Martinez N, Hutcheson JD, Goettsch C, Goto S, Yamada I, Faits T, Sesaki H, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
Dynamin-Related Protein 1 Inhibition Attenuates Cardiovascular Calcification in the Presence of Oxidative Stress.
Circ Res. 2017;121(3):220-233 - PMID: 28607103 - PMCID: PMC5546003 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.310293
Rogers MA, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
Macrophage Heterogeneity Complicates Reversal of Calcification in Cardiovascular Tissues.
Goettsch C, Hutcheson JD, Hagita S, Rogers MA, Creager MD, Pham T, Choi J, Mlynarchik AK, Pieper B, Kjolby M, Aikawa M, Aikawa E
A single injection of gain-of-function mutant PCSK9 adeno-associated virus vector induces cardiovascular calcification in mice with no genetic modification.
Atherosclerosis. 2016;251:109-118 - PMID: 27318830 - PMCID: PMC4983246 - DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.06.011
Goettsch C, Hutcheson JD, Aikawa M, Iwata H, Pham T, Nykjaer A, Kjolby M, Rogers M, Michel T, Shibasaki M, Hagita S, Kramann R, Rader DJ, Libby P, Singh SA, Aikawa E
Sortilin mediates vascular calcification via its recruitment into extracellular vesicles.
Hutcheson JD, Goettsch C, Rogers MA, Aikawa E
Revisiting Cardiovascular Calcification: A Multifaceted Disease Requiring a Multidisciplinary Approach.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2015;46:68-77 - PMID: 26358815 - DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.09.004
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
A Not-so-Little Role for Lp(a) in the Development of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
Circulation. 2015;132(8):621-3 - PMID: 26224809 - PMCID: PMC4550561 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018139
Yutzey KE, Demer LL, Body SC, Huggins GS, Towler DA, Giachelli CM, Hofmann-Bowman MA, Mortlock DP, Rogers MB, Sadeghi MM, Aikawa E
Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: A Consensus Summary From the Alliance of Investigators on Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014;34(11):2387-93 - PMID: 25189570 - PMCID: PMC4199903 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.302523
Rogers MA, Aikawa E
Modifying Vascular Calcification in Diabetes Mellitus: Contribution of O-GlcNAcylation.
Circ Res. 2014;114(7):1074-6 - PMID: 24677232 - PMCID: PMC3989539 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.303684
Rogers M, Goettsch C, Aikawa E
Medial and intimal calcification in chronic kidney disease: stressing the contributions.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2013;2(5):e000481 - PMID: 24060959 - PMCID: PMC3835265 - DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000481
Rogers MA, Liu J, Kushnir MM, Bryleva E, Rockwood AL, Meikle AW, Shapiro D, Vaisman BL, Remaley AT, Chang CC, Chang TY
Cellular pregnenolone esterification by acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase.
J Biol Chem. 2012;287(21):17483-92 - PMID: 22474282 - PMCID: PMC3366839 - DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.331306
Maue RA, Burgess RW, Wang B, Wooley CM, Seburn KL, Vanier MT, Rogers MA, Chang CC, Chang TY, Harris BT, Graber DJ, Penatti CA, Porter DM, Szwergold BS, Henderson LP, Totenhagen JW, Trouard TP, Borbon IA, Erickson RP
A novel mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C disease carrying a D1005G-Npc1 mutation comparable to commonly observed human mutations.
Chang TY, Chang CC, Bryleva E, Rogers MA, Murphy SR
Neuronal cholesterol esterification by ACAT1 in Alzheimer's disease.
IUBMB Life. 2010;62(4):261-7 - PMID: 20101629 - DOI: 10.1002/iub.305
Bryleva EY, Rogers MA, Chang CC, Buen F, Harris BT, Rousselet E, Seidah NG, Oddo S, LaFerla FM, Spencer TA, Hickey WF, Chang TY
ACAT1 gene ablation increases 24(S)-hydroxycholesterol content in the brain and ameliorates amyloid pathology in mice with AD.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107(7):3081-6 - PMID: 20133765 - PMCID: PMC2840286 - DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913828107