Philipp Scherer, PhD

Professor
Endowed Title: Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
Internal Medicine, Cell Biology
Graduate Program: Cell Regulation
Integrative Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-8715
Office Fax: 214-648-8720

philipp.scherer@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Basel - Switzerland (1991)

Research Interests

Adipocytes
Angiogenesis
Beta Cells
Breast Cancer
Intracellular Protein Trafficking

Publications

Featured
Gluttony, Sloth and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Roadmap to Lipotoxicity

Scherer,P.E., Unger, R. , Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism , 2010; (21(6)):345-352

Featured
Diabetes and Apoptosis: Liptoxicity

Kusminski,C.M., Shetty,S., Orci, L., Unger, R., P.E. Scherer , Apoptosis , 2009; (14(12)):1484-1495

Featured
The Road from Discovery to Clinic: Adiponectin as a Biomarker of Metabolic Status

Kusminski, C.M., P.E. Scherer , Clin Pharmacol Ther. , 2009; (86(8)):592-595

Featured
Mechanisms of Obesity and Related Pathologies: The Macro- and Microcirculation of Adipose Tissue

Rutkowski,J.M.,Davis,K.E., P.E. Scherer , FEBS J. , 2009; (276(20)):5738-5746

Identification and Characterization of a Promoter Cassette Conferring Adipocyte-Specific Gene Expression

Wang, Z.V., Deng, Y,, Wang,Q.A.., P.E. Scherer , Endocrinology , 2010; (151(6)):2933-2939

Enhanced Metabolic Flexibility Associated with Elevated Adiponectin Levels

Wernstedt Asterholm,I., P.E. Scherer , Am J Path , 2010; (176(3)):1364-1376

Lack of Association between Adiponectin Levels and Atherosclerosis in Mice

Nawrocki,A.R., Hofmann,S.M., Teupser,D., Basford,J.E., Durand4,J.L., Jelicks,L.A., Woo,C.W., Kuriakose,G., Factor,S.M., Tanowitz,H.B., Hui,D.Y., Tabas,I., P.E. Scherer , Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. , 2010; (30(60)):1156-1165

Systemic Fate of the Adipocyte-Derived Factor Adiponectin

Halbert,N., Schraw,T.D., Wang, Z,V., Kim, J.Y., Yi,J., Hamilton,M.P., Luby-Phelp,K.,, P.E. Scherer , Diabetes , 2009; (58(9)):1961-1970

Impact of Simvastatin on Adipose Tissue: Pleiotropic Effects in vivo

Khan,T., Hamilton,M.P., Mundy,D.I., Chua,S.C., P.E.Scherer , Endocrinology , 2009; (150(12)):5262-5272

Honors/Awards

Texas Stars Award

(2007)

Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award

Lilly Award - American Diabetes Association (2005)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Diabetes Association

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology