Professor, Medicine, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Orthopaedic Surgery Vice-Chair, Research, Orthopaedic Surgery Director, Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center Associate Director, CTSI Member, Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research
Dr. Adams is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. Dr. Adams has focused his research on sterol synthesis and metabolism, vitamin D and steroid hormone action, and osteoporosis. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Endocrinology, Molecular Endocrinology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of of Clinical Investigation, Annals of Internal Medicine and The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Adams serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and on the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Adams is an active member of several professional committees on the national scene. He currently serves on the Skeletal Biology Development and Disease, the Orthopedic Study Section for grant review at the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Adams received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in endocrinology and internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
A selected list of publications:
Chun Rene F, Hernandez Ivan, Pereira Renata, Swinkles Leon, Huijs Tonnie, Zhou Rui, Liu Nancy Q, Shieh Albert, Guemes Miriam, Mallya Sanjay M, Adams John S, Hewison Martin
Differential responses to vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 are associated with variations in free 25-hydroxyvitamin D Endocrinology, 2016; 28(4): en20161139.
Shieh Albert, Chun Rene F, Ma Christina, Witzel Sten, Meyer Briana, Rafison Brandon, Swinkels Leon, Huijs Tonnie, Pepkowitz Sam, Holmquist Brett, Hewison Martin, Adams John S
Effects of high-dose vitamin D2 versus vitamin D3 on total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin D and markers of calcium balance The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2016; 28(4): jc20161871.
Nielson Carrie M, Jones Kerry S, Chun Rene F, Jacobs Jon M, Wang Ying, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Swanson Christine M, Lee Christine G, Vanderschueren Dirk, Pauwels Steven, Prentice Ann, Smith Richard D, Shi Tujin, Gao Yuqian, Schepmoes Athena A, Zmuda Joseph M, Lapidus Jodi, Cauley Jane A, Bouillon Roger, Schoenmakers Inez, Orwoll Eric S, Orwoll Eric S
Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: Impact of Vitamin D Binding Protein Assays on Racial-Genotypic Associations The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2016; 101(5): 2226-34.
Nielson Carrie M, Jones Kerry S, Bouillon Roger, Bouillon Roger, Chun Rene F, Jacobs Jon, Wang Ying, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Swanson Christine M, Lee Christine G, Vanderschueren Dirk, Pauwels Steven, Prentice Ann, Smith Richard D, Shi Tujin, Gao Yuqian, Zmuda Joseph M, Lapidus Jodi, Cauley Jane A, Schoenmakers Inez, Orwoll Eric S
Role of Assay Type in Determining Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Diverse Populations The New England journal of medicine, 2016; 374(17): 1695-6.
Zhang Shu, Ba Kai, Wu Ling, Lee Siyong, Peault Bruno, Petrigliano Frank A, McAllister David R, Adams John S, Evseenko Denis, Lin Yunfeng
Adventitial Cells and Perictyes Support Chondrogenesis Through Different Mechanisms in 3-Dimensional Cultures With or Without Nanoscaffolds Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 2015; 11(10): 1799-807.
James Aaron W, Shen Jia, Zhang Xinli, Asatrian Greg, Goyal Raghav, Kwak Jin H, Jiang Lin, Bengs Benjamin, Culiat Cymbeline T, Turner A Simon, Seim Iii Howard B, Wu Benjamin M, Lyons Karen, Adams John S, Ting Kang, Soo Chia
NELL-1 in the treatment of osteoporotic bone loss Nature communications, 2015; 6: 7362.
Zhou Rui, Chun Rene F, Lisse Thomas S, Garcia Alejandro J, Xu Jianzhong, Adams John S, Hewison Martin
Vitamin D and alternative splicing of RNA The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 2015; 148: 310-7.
Chun Rene F, Liu Nancy Q, Lee T, Schall Joan I, Denburg Michelle R, Rutstein Richard M, Adams John S, Zemel Babette S, Stallings Virginia A, Hewison Martin
Vitamin D supplementation and antibacterial immune responses in adolescents and young adults with HIV/AIDS The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 2015; 148: 290-7.
Wu Ling, Gonzalez Stephanie, Shah Saumya, Kyupelyan Levon, Petrigliano Frank A, McAllister David R, Adams John S, Karperien Marcel, Tuan Tai-Lan, Benya Paul D, Evseenko Denis
Extracellular matrix domain formation as an indicator of chondrocyte dedifferentiation and hypertrophy Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods, 2014; 20(2): 160-8.
Montoya Dennis, Inkeles Megan S, Liu Phillip T, Realegeno Susan, Teles Rosane M B, Vaidya Poorva, Munoz Marcos A, Schenk Mirjam, Swindell William R, Chun Rene, Zavala Kathryn, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Horvath Steve, Pellegrini Matteo, Bloom Barry R, Modlin Robert L
IL-32 is a molecular marker of a host defense network in human tuberculosis Science translational medicine, 2014; 6(250): 250ra114.
Bacchetta Justine, Sea Jessica L, Chun Rene F, Lisse Thomas S, Wesseling-Perry Katherine, Gales Barbara, Adams John S, Salusky Isidro B, Hewison Martin
Fibroblast growth factor 23 inhibits extrarenal synthesis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in human monocytes Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2013; 28(1): 46-55.
Wu Ling, Bluguermann Carolina, Kyupelyan Levon, Latour Brooke, Gonzalez Stephanie, Shah Saumya, Galic Zoran, Ge Sundi, Zhu Yuhua, Petrigliano Frank A, Nsair Ali, Miriuka Santiago G, Li Xinmin, Lyons Karen M, Crooks Gay M, McAllister David R, Van Handel Ben, Adams John S, Evseenko Denis
Human developmental chondrogenesis as a basis for engineering chondrocytes from pluripotent stem cells Stem cell reports, 2013; 1(6): 575-89.
Adams John S, Rafison Brandon, Witzel Sten, Reyes Rachel E, Shieh Albert, Chun Rene, Zavala Kathryn, Hewison Martin, Liu Philip T
Regulation of the extrarenal CYP27B1-hydroxylase The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 2013; 5(2): .
Teles Rosane M B, Graeber Thomas G, Krutzik Stephan R, Montoya Dennis, Schenk Mirjam, Lee Delphine J, Komisopoulou Evangelia, Kelly-Scumpia Kindra, Chun Rene, Iyer Shankar S, Sarno Euzenir N, Rea Thomas H, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Popper Stephen J, Relman David A, Stenger Steffen, Bloom Barry R, Cheng Genhong, Modlin Robert L
Type I interferon suppresses type II interferon-triggered human anti-mycobacterial responses Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013; 339(6126): 1448-53.
James Aaron W, Pang Shen, Askarinam Asal, Corselli Mirko, Zara Janette N, Goyal Raghav, Chang Le, Pan Angel, Shen Jia, Yuan Wei, Stoker David, Zhang Xinli, Adams John S, Ting Kang, Soo Chia
Additive Effects of Sonic Hedgehog and Nell-1 Signaling in Osteogenic Versus Adipogenic Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Stem cells and development, 2012; .
Zou Xuan, Shen Jia, Chen Feng, Ting Kang, Zheng Zhong, Pang Shen, Zara Janette N, Adams John S, Soo Chia, Zhang Xinli
NELL-1 binds to APR3 affecting human osteoblast proliferation and differentiation FEBS letters, 2011; 585(15): 2410-8.
Fabri Mario, Stenger Steffen, Shin Dong-Min, Yuk Jae-Min, Liu Philip T, Realegeno Susan, Lee Hye-Mi, Krutzik Stephan R, Schenk Mirjam, Sieling Peter A, Teles Rosane, Montoya Dennis, Iyer Shankar S, Bruns Heiko, Lewinsohn David M, Hollis Bruce W, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Steinmeyer Andreas, Zügel Ulrich, Cheng Genhong, Jo Eun-Kyeong, Bloom Barry R, Modlin Robert L
Vitamin D is required for IFN-gamma-mediated antimicrobial activity of human macrophages Science translational medicine, 2011; 3(104): 104ra102.
Bernthal Nicholas M, Stavrakis Alexandra I, Billi Fabrizio, Cho John S, Kremen Thomas J, Simon Scott I, Cheung Ambrose L, Finerman Gerald A, Lieberman Jay R, Adams John S, Miller Lloyd S
A mouse model of post-arthroplasty Staphylococcus aureus joint infection to evaluate in vivo the efficacy of antimicrobial implant coatings PloS one, 2010; 5(9): e12580.
Edfeldt Kristina, Liu Philip T, Chun Rene, Fabri Mario, Schenk Mirjam, Wheelwright Matthew, Keegan Caroline, Krutzik Stephan R, Adams John S, Hewison Martin, Modlin Robert L
T-cell cytokines differentially control human monocyte antimicrobial responses by regulating vitamin D metabolism Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010; 107(52): 22593-8.
Adams John S, Hewison Martin
Update in vitamin D The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2010; 95(2): 471-8.
Chun Rene F, Lauridsen Anna L, Suon Lizabeth, Zella Lee A, Pike J Wesley, Modlin Robert L, Martineau Adrian R, Wilkinson Robert J, Adams John, Hewison Martin
Vitamin D-binding protein directs monocyte responses to 25-hydroxy- and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2010; 95(7): 3368-76.
Montoya Dennis, Cruz Daniel, Teles Rosane M B, Lee Delphine J, Ochoa Maria Teresa, Krutzik Stephan R, Chun Rene, Schenk Mirjam, Zhang Xiaoran, Ferguson Benjamin G, Burdick Anne E, Sarno Euzenir N, Rea Thomas H, Hewison Martin, Adams John S, Cheng Genhong, Modlin Robert L
Divergence of macrophage phagocytic and antimicrobial programs in leprosy Cell host & microbe, 2009; 6(4): 343-53.
Adams John S, Ren Songyang, Liu Philip T, Chun Rene F, Lagishetty Venu, Gombart Adrian F, Borregaard Niels, Modlin Robert L, Hewison Martin
Vitamin d-directed rheostatic regulation of monocyte antibacterial responses Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2009; 182(7): 4289-95.
Liu Nancy, Nguyen Lisa, Chun Rene F, Lagishetty Venu, Ren Songyang, Wu Shaoxing, Hollis Bruce, DeLuca Hector F, Adams John S, Hewison Martin
Altered endocrine and autocrine metabolism of vitamin D in a mouse model of gastrointestinal inflammation Endocrinology, 2008; 149(10): 4799-808.
Geller Jordan L, Adams John S
Vitamin D therapy Current osteoporosis reports, 2008; 6(1): 5-11.
Geller Jordan L, Khosravi Azarmindokht, Kelly Marilyn H, Riminucci Mara, Adams John S, Collins Michael T
Cinacalcet in the management of tumor-induced osteomalacia Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2007; 22(6): 931-7.
Adams John S, Chen Hong, Chun Rene, Ren Songyang, Wu Shaoxing, Gacad Mercedes, Nguyen Lisa, Ride Jonathan, Liu Philip, Modlin Robert, Hewison Martin
Substrate and enzyme trafficking as a means of regulating 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D synthesis and action: the human innate immune response Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2007; 22 Suppl 2(2): V20-4.
Liu Philip T, Stenger Steffen, Li Huiying, Wenzel Linda, Tan Belinda H, Krutzik Stephan R, Ochoa Maria Teresa, Schauber Jürgen, Wu Kent, Meinken Christoph, Kamen Diane L, Wagner Manfred, Bals Robert, Steinmeyer Andreas, Zügel Ulrich, Gallo Richard L, Eisenberg David, Hewison Martin, Hollis Bruce W, Adams John S, Bloom Barry R, Modlin Robert L
Toll-like receptor triggering of a vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial response Science , 2006; 311(5768): 1770-3.
Abreu Maria T, Geller Jordan L, Vasiliauskas Eric A, Kam Lori Y, Vora Puja, Martyak Lenna A, Yang Huiying, Hu Bei, Lin Ying-Chao, Keenan Gregory, Price Joanne, Landers Carol J, Adams John S, Targan Stephan R
Treatment with infliximab is associated with increased markers of bone formation in patients with Crohn’s disease Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2006; 40(1): 55-63.
Adams John S, Chen Hong, Chun Rene, Gacad Mercedes A, Encinas Carlos, Ren Songyang, Nguyen Lisa, Wu Shaoxing, Hewison Martin, Barsony Julia
Response element binding proteins and intracellular vitamin D binding proteins: novel regulators of vitamin D trafficking, action and metabolism The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 2004; 89-90(1-5): 461-5.
Henderson L B, Adams J S, Goldstein D R, Braunstein G D, Rotter J I, Scheuner M T
A familial risk profile for osteoporosis Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2000; 2(4): 222-5.
Zhou Rui, Park Juw Won, Chun Rene F, Lisse Thomas S, Garcia Alejandro J, Zavala Kathryn, Sea Jessica L, Lu Zhi-Xiang, Xu Jianzhong, Adams John S, Xing Yi, Hewison Martin
Concerted effects of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C1/C2 to control vitamin D-directed gene transcription and RNA splicing in human bone cells Nucleic acids research, 2017; 45(2): 606-618.
Hegde Vishal, Dworsky Erik M, Stavrakis Alexandra I, Loftin Amanda H, Zoller Stephen D, Park Howard Y, Richman Sherif, Johansen Daniel, Hu Yan, Taylor Julie A, Hamad Christopher D, Chun Rene F, Xi Weixian, Adams John S, Bernthal Nicholas M
Single-Dose, Preoperative Vitamin-D Supplementation Decreases Infection in a Mouse Model of Periprosthetic Joint Infection The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2017; 99(20): 1737-1744.
Shieh Albert, Ma Christina, Chun Rene F, Witzel Sten, Rafison Brandon, Contreras Hannah T M, Wittwer-Schegg Jonas, Swinkels Leon, Huijs Tonnie, Hewison Martin, Adams John S
Effects of Cholecalciferol vs Calcifediol on Total and Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2017; 102(4): 1133-1140.