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Last published 2026
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Henry A. Palfrey

Postdoctoral fellow

Also affiliated: Pennington Biomedical Research Center (2024); Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (2017–2024)

Formerly Arkansas Postdoctoral Research Associate / HSIE fellow, UAMS through 2026; now Postdoctoral fellow, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

4 h-index 11 pubs 424 cited

  • Animals
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Male
  • Sitagliptin Phosphate
  • Cholesterol, Dietary
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Fibrosis
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors
  • Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
  • Kidney
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Ureteral Obstruction
  • Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Henry A. Palfrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where his research focuses on the role of eicosanoids in kidney and cardiovascular function, with a specific interest in radiation-induced kidney injury and potential pharmacotherapeutic interventions. He is also involved in developing a novel medical device through a research commercialization fellowship, aiming for market launch. Palfrey has co-authored publications investigating the metabolic and physiological effects of dietary components and pharmaceutical agents in rodent models, including studies on sitagliptin, homocysteine, and cholesterol metabolism. His work also includes research on kidney injury models, such as those induced by sorafenib treatment and unilateral ureteral obstruction, and the impact of low kidney mass on irradiation-induced renal dysfunction. Palfrey collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 11
  • Citations: 424

Positions

  • Postdoctoral fellow publications 2024–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate / HSIE fellow 2023–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences ORCID
  • Graduate Research Assistant 2015–2020
    Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Environmental Toxicology ORCID
  • FDA Summer Research Intern @ NCTR 2017
    Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Biochemical Toxicology ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Sorafenib Treatment Results in Greater Kidney Injury in Renal Hypoplasia Mice (Abstract ID: 272359) (2026)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics DOI OpenAlex
  • Transforming growth factor β receptor 1 and mitogen-activated protein 4 kinase 4 dual inhibitor, TK-850, reduces renal fibrosis in unilateral ureteral–obstructed mice (2025)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics DOI OpenAlex
  • 591 Low kidney mass contributes to enhanced fractionated irradiation-induced renal hemodynamic dysfunction in mice (2025)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Attenuation of renal injury by administration of TK-850, a dual inhibitor of TGFβR1/MAP4K4 (2024)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics DOI OpenAlex
  • 557 Dual TGFβR1/MAP4K4 inhibitor reduces kidney injury in a mouse model of renal fibrosis. (2024)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex

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