Stephanie Watts, PhD FAHA
she/her/hers
Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Lab Staff
Mentees
Colleges
Sections
- PHM 801 Fundamental Principles of Pharmacology and Toxicology (in-person) - Fall
- PHM 803 Chemical Disposition in Mammals (in-person) - Fall
- PHM 805 Receptor Pharmacology (in-person) - Fall
Education
- PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University Indianapolis ()
- BS, Chemistry, The University of Illinois ()
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology, The University of Michigan ()
Funding
- Chemerin Knockdown as a treatment for obesity-associated Hypertension, American Heart Association (2019-07-01—2022-06-30)
Works
- 5-Hydroxytryptamine may be a viable treatment option for hypertension resistant to diuretic treatment. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2025-10-01)
- PVAT adipocyte: energizing, modulating, and structuring vascular function during normotensive and hypertensive states. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2025-06-01)
- Perivascular Adipocytes’ Adipogenesis Is Defined by Their Anatomical Location in the Descending Thoracic Aorta. Cells (2025-04-11)
- Mechanotransduction in the Perivascular Adipose Tissue. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (2025)
- Vascular chemerin from PVAT contributes to norepinephrine and serotonin-induced vasoconstriction and vascular stiffness in a sex-dependent manner. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2024-12-01)
- Innervation of adipocytes is limited in mouse perivascular adipose tissue. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2024-07-01)
- A cell atlas of thoracic aortic perivascular adipose tissue: a focus on mechanotransducers. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2024-05-01)
- How New Developments in Pharmacology Receptor Theory Are Changing (Our Understanding of) Hypertension Therapy. American Journal of Hypertension (2024-03-15)
- Development of a 5-HT7 receptor antibody for the rat: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology (2023)
- Skin Vascular Resistance Decreases during 5-HT-Induced Hypotension in the Rat. Biomedicines (2023-02-13)
- A high fat diet does not stimulate blood pressure dependence on chemerin in the Sprague-Dawley rat. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice (2022)
- Is the 5-hydroxytryptamine 7 Receptor Constitutively Active in the Vasculature? A Study in Veins/Vein. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology (2022)
- Divergence of Chemerin Reduction by an ATS9R Nanoparticle Targeting Adipose Tissue In Vitro vs. In Vivo in the Rat. Biomedicines (2022-07-07)
- Aortic stiffness is lower when PVAT is included: a novel ex vivo mechanics study. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2022-06-01)
- Male and female high-fat diet-fed Dahl SS rats are largely protected from vascular dysfunctions: PVAT contributions reveal sex differences. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2021-07-01)
- Using data to make the case for program resources and sustainability: the BEST action inventory case study. SN Social Sciences (2021)
- Transglutaminases Are Active in Perivascular Adipose Tissue. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021-03-05)
- Blood pressure changes PVAT function and transcriptome: use of the mid-thoracic aorta coarcted rat. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2020-12-01)
- Activation of the 5‐HT7 receptor but not nitric oxide synthase is necessary for chronic 5‐hydroxytryptamine‐induced hypotension. Experimental Physiology (2020)
- Chemerin as a Driver of Hypertension: A Consideration. American Journal of Hypertension (2020-11-03)
- A New Function for Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT): Assistance of Arterial Stress Relaxation. Scientific Reports (2020-02-04)
- Different blood pressure responses in hypertensive rats following chemerin mRNA inhibition in dietary high fat compared to dietary high-salt conditions. Physiological Genomics (2019-11-01)
- 5-HT does not lower blood pressure in the 5-HT7 knockout rat. Physiological Genomics (2019-07-01)
- Creation of the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 knockout rat as a tool for cardiovascular research. Physiological Genomics (2019-07-01)
- Fenfluramine-induced PVAT-dependent contraction depends on norepinephrine and not serotonin. Pharmacological Research (2019)
- Faculty perceptions and knowledge of career development of trainees in biomedical science: What do we (think we) know?. PLOS ONE (2019-01-30)
- Renal perivascular adipose tissue: Form and function. Vascular Pharmacology (2018)
- 5-HT causes splanchnic venodilation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2017-09-01)
- 3T3‐L1 cells and perivascular adipocytes are not equivalent in amine transporter expression. FEBS Letters (2017)
- Oh, the places you'll go! My many colored serotonin (apologies to Dr. Seuss). American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2016-11-01)
- The adipokine chemerin amplifies electrical field-stimulated contraction in the isolated rat superior mesenteric artery. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2016-08-01)
- The persistence of active smooth muscle in the female rat cervix through pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2015)
- Serotonin and sensory nerves: Meeting in the cardiovascular system. Vascular Pharmacology (2014)
Employment
- Professor, Michigan State University (1995)