Kathleen Light

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Kathleen C. Light, PhD is a Research Professor of in the department of Anesthesiology in University of Utah School of Medicine.[1] Professor Light (and her husband, Dr. Alan Light) are known for their work on post-exertional gene expression after exercise.

Education[edit | edit source]

  • NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship - Cardiovascular Psychophysiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Ph.D. - Life-span Developmental Psychology, Syracuse University
  • M.A. - Life-span Developmental Psychology, Syracuse University
  • A.B. - Psychology, Vassar College

Books[edit | edit source]

  • 2010, Chapter 11: Myalgia and Fatigue—Translation from Mouse Sensory Neurons to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndromes In: Translational Pain Research – From Mouse to Man[2] (Full Text)

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2017, Neural Consequences of Post-Exertion Malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[3] (Full Text)
  • 2016, Gene expression factor analysis to differentiate pathways linked to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression in a diverse patient sample[4] (Full Text)
  • 2013, Differing Leukocyte Gene Expression Profiles Associated with Fatigue in Patients with Prostate Cancer versus Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[5] - (Full Text)
  • 2012, Genetics and Gene Expression Involving Stress and Distress Pathways in Fibromyalgia with and without Comorbid Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[6] (Full text)
  • 2012, Differences in metabolite-detecting, adrenergic, and immune gene expression after moderate exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, patients with multiple sclerosis, and healthy controls[7] (Full text)
  • 2012, Gene expression alterations at baseline and following moderate exercise in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome[8] (Full Text)
  • 2011, Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome[9] (Full Text)
  • 2011, Evidence for a heritable predisposition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[10] (Full Text)
  • 2010, Severity of symptom flare after moderate exercise is linked to cytokine activity in chronic fatigue syndrome[11] (Full Text)
  • 2009, Moderate Exercise Increases Expression for Sensory, Adrenergic, and Immune Genes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients But Not in Normal Subjects[12] (Full Text)

Online presence[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Kathleen C. Light, PhD - Faculty Details - U of U School of Medicine". University of Utah. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  2. Light, A.R.; Vierck, C.J.; Light, K.C. (2010). "Myalgia and Fatigue—Translation from Mouse Sensory Neurons to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndromes". In Kruger, Lawrence; Light, Alan (eds.). Translational Pain Research – From Mouse to Man. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-4398-1209-9.
  3. Cook, Dane B.; Light, Alan R.; Light, Kathleen C.; Broderick, Gordon; Shields, Morgan R.; Dougherty, Ryan J.; Meyer, Jacob D.; VanRiper, Stephanie; Stegner, Aaron J.; Ellingson, Laura D.; Vernon, Suzanne D. (2017). "Neural Consequences of Post-Exertion Malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 62: 87-99. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2017.02.009. PMID 28216087.
  4. Iacob, E; Light, AR; Donaldson, GW; Okifuji, A; Hughen, RW; White, AT; Light, K (2016). "Gene expression factor analysis to differentiate pathways linked to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression in a diverse patient sample". Arthritis Care and Research. 68 (1): 132-40. doi:10.1002/acr.22639. PMC 4684820. PMID 26097208.
  5. Light, Kathleen C.; Agarwal, Neeraj; Iacob, Eli; White, Andrea T.; Kinney, Anita Y.; VanHaitsma, Timothy A.; Aizad, Hannah; Hughen, Ronald W.; Bateman, Lucinda; Light, Alan R. (December 2013). "Differing Leukocyte Gene Expression Profiles Associated with Fatigue in Patients with Prostate Cancer versus Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38 (12): 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.008. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.008. ISSN 0306-4530. PMC 3848711. PMID 24054763.
  6. Light, KC; White, AT; Tadler, S; Iacob, E; Light, Alan R (2012). "Genetics and Gene Expression Involving Stress and Distress Pathways in Fibromyalgia with and without Comorbid Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Pain Research and Treatment: 427869. doi:10.1155/2012/427869. PMC 3200121.
  7. White, AT; Light, AR; Hughen, RW; Vanhaitsma, TA; Light, KC (2012). "Differences in metabolite-detecting, adrenergic, and immune gene expression after moderate exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, patients with multiple sclerosis, and healthy controls". Psychosomatic Medicine. 74 (1): 46-54. doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824152ed. PMC 3256093.
  8. Light, Alan R; Bateman, Lucinda; Jo, Daehyun; Hughen, Ronald W; Vanhaitsma, Timothy A; White, AT; Light, Kathleen (2012). "Gene expression alterations at baseline and following moderate exercise in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome". Journal of Internal Medicine. 271 (1): 64-81. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02405.x. PMC 3175315.
  9. Shin, Clifford H.; Bateman, Lucinda; Schlaberg, Robert; Bunker, Ashley M.; Leonard, Christopher J.; Hughen, Ronald W.; Light, Alan R.; Light, Kathleen C; Singh, Ila R. (July 2011). "Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Journal of Virology. 85 (14): 7195–202. doi:10.1128/JVI.00693-11.
  10. Albright, Frederick; Light, Kathleen; Light, Alan; Bateman, Lucinda; Cannon-Albright, Lisa A (2011). "Evidence for a heritable predisposition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". BMC Neurology. 11: 62. doi:10.1186/1471-2377-11-62. PMC 3128000. PMID 21619629.
  11. White, A.T.; Light, A.R.; Hughen, R.W.; Bateman, L.; Martins, T.B.; Hill, H.R.; Light, K.C. (2010). "Severity of symptom flare after moderate exercise is linked to cytokine activity in chronic fatigue syndrome". Psychophysiology. 47 (4): 615–24. doi:10.1111./j.1469-8986.2010.00978.x. PMC 4378647.
  12. Light, A.R.; White, A.T.; Hughen, R.W.; Light, K.C. (2009). "Moderate Exercise Increases Expression for Sensory, Adrenergic, and Immune Genes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients But Not in Normal Subjects". The Journal of Pain. 10: 1099–1112. PMC 2757484.