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Monica P. Revelo
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Monica P. Revelo, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish
  • Her research interests include mechanisms of chronic allograft and antibody mediated-rejection in kidney, heart, and pancreas transplants, molecular mechanisms of prostate carcinoma development and progression, and transgenic mouse models of acute tubular injury.

    Specialties

    • Pathology, Anatomical

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pathology (Anatomic)
  • Her research interests include mechanisms of chronic allograft and antibody mediated-rejection in kidney, heart, and pancreas transplants, molecular mechanisms of prostate carcinoma development and progression, and transgenic mouse models of acute tubular injury.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Professor
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pathology (Anatomic)

    Education history

    Professional Medical Medicine - Universidad Central del Ecuador M.D.
    Residency Pathology - Hospital Eugenio Espejo Resident
    Graduate Training Pathology - Federal University of Minas Gerais Master's
    Doctoral Training Pathology - Federal University of Minas Gerais Ph.D.
    Fellowship Pathology - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellow
    Residency Pathology - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Resident

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Everitt MD, Hammond ME, Snow GL, Stehlik J, Revelo MP, Miller DV, Kaza AK, Budge D, Alharethi R, Molina KM, Kfoury A (2012). Biopsy-diagnosed antibody-mediated rejection based on the proposed International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation working formulation is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes after pediatric heart transplant. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 31(7), 686-93. (Read full publication)
    2. Chan AC, Drakos SG, Ruiz OE, Smith AC, Gibson CC, Ling J, Passi SF, Stratman AN, Sacharidou A, Revelo MP, Grossmann AH, Diakos NA, Davis GE, Metzstein MM, Whitehead KJ, Li D (2011). Mutations in 2 distinct genetic pathways result in cerebral cavernous malformations in mice. The Journal of clinical investigation, 121(5), 1871-81. (Read full publication)
    3. Frech TM, Revelo MP, Drakos SG, Murtaugh MA, Markewitz BA, Sawitzke AD, Li D (2012). Vascular leak is a central feature in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. The Journal of rheumatology, 39(7), 1385-91. (Read full publication)
    4. Duong Van Huyen JP, Fedrigo M, Fishbein GA, Leone O, Neil D, Marboe C, Peyster E, von der Thüsen J, Loupy A, Mengel M, Revelo MP, Adam B, Bruneval P, Angelini A, Miller DV, Berry G (2020). The XVth Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology the Banff Workshop Heart Report: Improving the diagnostic yield from endomyocardial biopsies and Quilty effect revisited. American journal of transplantation, 20(12), 3308-3318. (Read full publication)
    5. Stuart D, Peterson CS, Hu C, Revelo MP, Huang Y, Kohan DE, Ramkumar (2022). Lack of renoprotective effects of targeting the endothelin A receptor and (or) sodium glucose transporter 2 in a mouse model of Type 2 diabetic kidney disease. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 100(8), 763-771. (Read full publication)
    6. Estrada CC, Cardona S, Guo Y, Revelo MP, D'Agati VD, Koganti S, Devaraj J, He JC, Heeger PS, Mallipattu S (2022). Endothelial-specific loss of Krüppel-Like Factor 4 triggers complement-mediated endothelial injury. Kidney international, 102(1), 58-77. (Read full publication)
    7. Piret SE, Attallah AA, Gu X, Guo Y, Gujarati NA, Henein J, Zollman A, Hato T, Ma'ayan A, Revelo MP, Dickman KG, Chen CH, Shun CT, Rosenquist TA, He JC, Mallipattu S (2021). Loss of proximal tubular transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 15 exacerbates kidney injury through loss of fatty acid oxidation. Kidney international, 100(6), 1250-1267. (Read full publication)
    8. Gujarati NA, Leonardo AR, Vasquez JM, Guo Y, Frimpong BO, Fozilov E, Revelo MP, Daehn IS, He JC, Bogenhagen D, Mallipattu S (2021). Loss of Functional SCO2 Attenuates Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Diabetes, 71(1), 142-56. (Read full publication)
    9. Gujarati NA, Leonardo AR, Vasquez JM, Guo Y, Frimpong BO, Fozilov E, Revelo MP, Daehn IS, He JC, Bogenhagen D, Mallipattu S (2021). Loss of Functional SCO2 Attenuates Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Diabetes, (Read full publication)
    10. Al-Rabadi LF, Caza T, Trivin-Avillach C, Rodan AR, Andeen N, Hayashi N, Williams B, Revelo MP, Clayton F, Abraham J, Lin E, Liou W, Zou CJ, Ramkumar N, Cummins T, Wilkey DW, Kawalit I, Herzog C, Storey A, Edmondson R, Sjoberg R, Yang T, Chien J, Merchant M, Arthur J, Klein J, Larsen C, Beck LH J (2021). Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 32(7), 1666-1681. (Read full publication)
    11. Piret SE, Guo Y, Attallah AA, Horne SJ, Zollman A, Owusu D, Henein J, Sidorenko VS, Revelo MP, Hato T, Ma'ayan A, He JC, Mallipattu S (2021). Krüppel-like factor 6-mediated loss of BCAA catabolism contributes to kidney injury in mice and humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(23), (Read full publication)
    12. Lo WL, Kuhlmann M, Rizzuto G, Ekiz HA, Kolawole EM, Revelo MP, Andargachew R, Li Z, Tsai YL, Marson A, Evavold BD, Zehn D, Weiss (2023). A single-amino acid substitution in the adaptor LAT accelerates TCR proofreading kinetics and alters T-cell selection, maintenance and function. Nature immunology, 24(4), 676-689. (Read full publication)
    13. Hu C, Beebe K, Hernandez EJ, Lazaro-Guevara JM, Revelo MP, Huang Y, Maschek JA, Cox JE, Kohan D (2022). Multiomic identification of factors associated with progression to cystic kidney disease in mice with nephron Ift88 disruption. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 322(2), F175-F192. (Read full publication)
    14. Estrada CC, Wilson C, Gujarati N, Ahmed S, Bronstein R, Daehn IS, Revelo MP, Guo Y, Mallipattu S (2024). Induction of Plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein exacerbates glomerular endothelial injury in thrombotic microangiopathy. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, (Read full publication)
    15. DiMartino S, Revelo MP, Mallipattu SK, Piret S (2024). Activation of branched chain amino acid catabolism protects against nephrotoxic acute kidney injury. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, (Read full publication)
    16. Guo Y, Gujarati NA, Chow AK, Boysan BT, Bronstein R, He JC, Revelo MP, Pabla N, Rizzo RC, Das B, Mallipattu S (2024). A Small Molecule Agonist of Krüppel-Like Factor 15 in Proteinuric Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35(12), 1671-1685. (Read full publication)
    17. Ibrahim A, Altawallbeh Z, Revelo MP, Gregory M, Al-Rabadi (2024). Ocular Coherence Tomography Unveils Alport Syndrome: A Critical Tool in Detecting Collagen IV Nephropathies. Case reports in nephrology, 2024, 5087883. (Read full publication)
    18. Gujarati NA, Frimpong BO, Zaidi M, Bronstein R, Revelo MP, Haley JD, Kravets I, Guo Y, Mallipattu S (2024). Podocyte-specific KLF6 primes proximal tubule CaMK1D signaling to attenuate diabetic kidney disease. Nature communications, 15(1), 8038. (Read full publication)
    19. Piret SE, DiMartino S, Hanubal M, Davis M, Wang J, Bahadur T, Rath A, Gujarati NA, Frimpong BO, Bronstein R, Revelo MP, Guo Y, Mallipattu S (2025). Krüppel-Like Factor 6 Induces RNA Polymerase II Subunit RPB1 to Promote Kidney Injury. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, (Read full publication)
    20. Khan MS, Smego D, Li J, Ishidoya Y, Offei E, Ruiz Castillo MS, Hirahara AM, Balmaceda P, Hunter J, Athavale A, Revelo MP, Palatinus JA, Selzman CH, Ranjan R, Hong T, Dosdall DJ, Shaw R (2025). AAV9-cBIN1 gene therapy rescues chronic heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy in a canine model. Communications medicine, 5(1), 93. (Read full publication)
    21. Al-Rabadi LF, Storey A, Larsen CP, Hassen SI, Revelo MP, Singh RS, Lazar-Molnar E, Jain D, Ibrahim A, Darras F, Salam R, Al-Rabadi A, Wikan N, Redecke V, Talwar M, Haecker H, Beck LH Jr, Caza T (2024). De novo Membranous Nephropathy in Renal Allografts is Associated With Protocadherin FAT1. Kidney international reports, 10(1), 247-251. (Read full publication)
    22. Nativi-Nicolau J, Stehlik J, Kelkhoff AJ, Khong B, Truax CM, Revelo MP, Gilbert EM, Drakos S, Wever-Pinzon O, Fang J, Catino A, Khong H (2022). Fatal Allograft Rejection and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy After Treatment With Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Melanoma in a Heart Transplant Recipient: A Case Report. Transplantation proceedings, 54(1), 193-196. (Read full publication)
    23. Cintron Pregosin N, Guo Y, Dang ET, Gujarati N, Revelo MP, Sheikh F, Hennigar RA, Salant DJ, D'Agati VD, Mallipattu S (2026). Rapid Podocyte Loss in Murine Models Triggers the Formation of Podocyte-Parietal Epithelial Cell Intercellular Bridges. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, (Read full publication)
    24. Meah A, Gujarati NA, D'Agati VD, Revelo MP, Mallipattu SK, Wang (2025). Characterization and classification of chronic kidney disease by spatial MIST and deep learning algorithm. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 329(6), F820-F833. (Read full publication)
    25. Nicholson RJ, Cedeño-Rosario L, Maschek JA, Lonergan T, Van Vranken JG, Kruse ARS, Stubben CJ, Wang L, Stuart D, Alcantara QA, Revelo MP, Rutter K, Pahulu M, Taloa J, Wu X, Kim J, Kim J, Hall I, Clark AJ, Parikh S, Spraggins J, Romero D, Blitzer JT, Gygi SP, Rutter J, Holland WL, Ramkumar N, Summers S (2025). Therapeutic remodeling of the ceramide backbone prevents kidney injury. Cell metabolism, (Read full publication)

    Case Report

    1. Dusík M, Daud A, ¿míd O, Havránek ¿, Vítková I, Revelo MP, Stehlik J, Linhart A, B'lohlávek (2020). Giant cell myocarditis in an older patient - reassessing the threshold for endomyocardial biopsy. ESC heart failure, 7(5), 3165-3168. (Read full publication)

    Letter

    1. Robinson LJ, Ferguson D, Walker C, Oliverson B, Kohler M, Revelo MP, Mao (2024). A rare case of fibromuscular dysplasia involving the cervicocephalic arterial tree highlighting the neuropathological findings. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 83(3), 209-213. (Read full publication)