Kara Worsley

Employment

• The University of Manchester Research Technician
  2022 - 2025
• The University of Manchester Trainee Research Technician (Intern)
  2017 - 2022
• The University of Manchester Apprentice Laboratory Technician
  2015 - 2017

Education

• Manchester Metropolitan University PhD: How Do Force Sensing Proteins Contribute To The Progression Of Liver Fibrosis?
  2025 - Present
• University of Kent Applied Bioscience BSc (Hons)
  2019 - 2023
• Trafford College HNC in Biological Science for Industry
  2017 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (6)

• SOX9 plays an essential role in myofibroblast driven hepatic granuloma integrity and parenchymal repair during schistosomiasis-induced liver damage
  PLOS Pathogens 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012928
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• Spatial gene regulatory networks driving cell state transitions during human liver disease
  EMBO Molecular Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s44321-025-00230-6
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• PAK1-dependent mechanotransduction enables myofibroblast nuclear adaptation and chromatin organization during fibrosis
  Cell Reports 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113414
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• Circadian Disruption Primes Myofibroblasts for Accelerated Activation as a Mechanism Underpinning Fibrotic Progression in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  Cells 2023 DOI: 10.3390/cells12121582
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• SOX9 is required for kidney fibrosis and activates NAV3 to drive renal myofibroblast function
  Science Signaling 2021 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abb4282
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• Substrate for the Myocardial Inflammation–Heart Failure Hypothesis Identified Using Novel USPIO Methodology
  JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.02.001
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