Joseph Kaserman MD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-4860joseph.kaserman@bmc.org
kaserman@bu.edu
Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Centers
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Pulmonary Center
Biography
Dr. Kaserman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a member of the Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine section as well as a researcher in the Wilson Lab at the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center. His research has focused on studying the biological underpinnings of the genetic disease alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency using pluripotent stem cell models combined with gene editing technology in order to rationally develop potential future disease modifying and curative therapies.
Education
Medicine, MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine
BS, Cornell University
Publications
Hersh CP, Teckman JH, Strnad P, Hakim A, Carroll TP, Hall IP, Ghosh AJ, Barjaktarevic I, McElvaney NG, Kaserman JE, Lomas DA, Strange C, Drummond MB, Rennard S, Hanna KE, Clark VC, Goldklang MP, Iverson P, Wilson AA. Z variant heterozygosity in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: disease risk and treatment implications. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2026 Apr 08; 21(1). PMID: 41952152.
Published on 4/8/2026Merritt C, Griffin RP, Abo KM, Kaserman JE, Bawa PS, Martin CV, Wang F, Morley M, Cho M, Basil MC, Sauler M, Wilson AA. AT2-intrinsic Z-AAT expression drives conserved inflammatory and proteotoxic stress responses and predisposes to emphysema. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 08. PMID: 41993529.
Published on 10/29/2024Soares De Oliveira L, Kaserman JE, Van Der Spek AH, Lee NJ, Undeutsch HJ, Werder RB, Wilson AA, Hollenberg AN. Thyroid hormone receptor beta (THRß1) is the major regulator of T3 action in human iPSC-derived hepatocytes. Mol Metab. 2024 Dec; 90:102057. PMID: 39481850.
Published on 10/1/2024Hu Y, Soares De Oliveira L, Falize K, Paul van Trotsenburg AS, Fliers E, Kaserman JE, Wilson AA, Hollenberg AN, Bruinstroop E, Boelen A. Disturbed function of TBL1X has a differential effect on T3-regulated gene expression in two human liver cell models. Eur Thyroid J. 2024 Oct 01; 13(5). PMID: 39316725.
Published on 12/6/2022Kaserman JE, Werder RB, Wang F, Matte T, Higgins MI, Dodge M, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Bawa P, Hinds A, Bullitt E, Caballero IS, Shi X, Gerszten RE, Brunetti-Pierri N, Liesa M, Villacorta-Martin C, Hollenberg AN, Kotton DN, Wilson AA. Human iPSC-hepatocyte modeling of alpha-1 antitrypsin heterozygosity reveals metabolic dysregulation and cellular heterogeneity. Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 06; 41(10):111775. PMID: 36476855.
Published on 9/8/2022Scoon WA, Mancio-Silva L, Suder EL, Villacorta-Martin C, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Bernbaum JG, Mazur S, Johnson RF, Olejnik J, Flores EY, Mithal A, Wang F, Hume AJ, Kaserman JE, March-Riera S, Wilson AA, Bhatia SN, Mühlberger E, Mostoslavsky G. Ebola virus infection induces a delayed type I IFN response in bystander cells and the shutdown of key liver genes in human iPSC-derived hepatocytes. Stem Cell Reports. 2022 Oct 11; 17(10):2286-2302. PMID: 36084636.
Published on 6/24/2022Hume AJ, Heiden B, Olejnik J, Suder EL, Ross S, Scoon WA, Bullitt E, Ericsson M, White MR, Turcinovic J, Thao TTN, Hekman RM, Kaserman JE, Huang J, Alysandratos KD, Toth GE, Jakab F, Kotton DN, Wilson AA, Emili A, Thiel V, Connor JH, Kemenesi G, Cifuentes D, Mühlberger E. Correction: Recombinant Lloviu virus as a tool to study viral replication and host responses. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Jun; 18(6):e1010659. PMID: 35749346.
Published on 2/4/2022Hume AJ, Heiden B, Olejnik J, Suder EL, Ross S, Scoon WA, Bullitt E, Ericsson M, White MR, Turcinovic J, Thao TTN, Hekman RM, Kaserman JE, Huang J, Alysandratos KD, Toth GE, Jakab F, Kotton DN, Wilson AA, Emili A, Thiel V, Connor JH, Kemenesi G, Cifuentes D, Mühlberger E. Recombinant Lloviu virus as a tool to study viral replication and host responses. PLoS Pathog. 2022 02; 18(2):e1010268. PMID: 35120176.
Published on 7/2/2021Werder RB, Kaserman JE, Packer MS, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Villacorta-Martin C, Young LE, Aratyn-Schaus Y, Gregoire F, Wilson AA. Adenine base editing reduces misfolded protein accumulation and toxicity in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient patient iPSC-hepatocytes. Mol Ther. 2021 11 03; 29(11):3219-3229. PMID: 34217893.
Published on 7/2/2020Kaserman JE, Hurley K, Dodge M, Villacorta-Martin C, Vedaie M, Jean JC, Liberti DC, James MF, Higgins MI, Lee NJ, Washko GR, San Jose Estepar R, Teckman J, Kotton DN, Wilson AA. A Highly Phenotyped Open Access Repository of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2020 07 14; 15(1):242-255. PMID: 32619491.