Publications

December 1, 2018

Predicting Prostate Cancer Progression as a Function of ETS-related Gene Status, Race, and Obesity in a Longitudinal Patient Cohort

European Urology Focus. 2018 Dec;doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2017.02.016 Jennifer Cullen, Denise Young, Yongmei Chen, Michael Degon, James Farrell, Jason Sedarsky, Wagner Baptiste, Philip Rosen, Vladimir Tolstikov, Michael Kiebish, Jacob Kagan, Sudhir Srivastava, Huai-Ching Kuo, Joel T Moncur, Inger L Rosner, Niven Narain, Viatcheslav Akmaev, Gyorgy Petrovics, Albert Dobi, David G McLeod, Shiv Srivastava, Isabell A Sesterhenn Background: ETS-related gene (ERG)...

October 1, 2018

Regulation of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Bile Acid Metabolism by a β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist

Diabetes. 2018 Oct;67(10):2113-2125 Alison S. Baskin, Joyce D. Linderman, Robert J. Brychta, Suzanne McGehee, Esti Anflick-Chames, Cheryl Cero, James W. Johnson, Alana E. O’Mara, Laura A. Fletcher, Brooks P. Leitner, Courtney J. Duckworth, Shan Huang, Hongyi...

September 1, 2018

Mycoplasma infection and hypoxia initiate succinate accumulation and release in the VM-M3 cancer cells

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2018 Sep;1859(9):975-983 Flores RE, Brown AK, Taus L, Khoury J, Glover F, Kami K, Sarangarajan R, Walshe TE, Narain NR, Kiebish MA, Shelton LM, Chinopoulos C, Seyfried TN. Succinate is known to act as an...

August 17, 2018

Dysregulation of the calcium handling protein, CCDC47, is associated with diabetic Cardiomyopathy

Cell & Bioscience. 2018 Aug 17;8,45 Khampaseuth Thapa, Kai Connie Wu, Aishwarya Sarma, Eric M. Grund, Angela Szeto, Armando J. Mendez, Stephane Gesta, Vivek K. Vishnudas, Niven R. Narain, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan Background: Diabetes mellitus is associated with...

August 1, 2018

Prophylactic ketamine alters nucleotide and neurotransmitter metabolism in brain and plasma following stress

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Aug;43(9):1813-1821 McGowan JC, Hill C, Mastrodonato A, LaGamma CT, Kitayev A, Brachman RA, Narain NR, Kiebish MA, Denny CA. Recently, we have shown that ketamine given prior to stress exposure protects against the development of...

July 17, 2018

Cold-Activated Lipid Dynamics in Adipose Tissue Highlights a Role for Cardiolipin in Thermogenic Metabolism

Cell Reports. 2018 Jul 17;24(3):781-790 Matthew D. Lynes, Farnaz Shamsi, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic, Luiz O. Leiria, Chih-Hao Wang, Sheng-Chiang Su, Tian Lian Huang, Fei Gao, Niven R. Narain, Emily Y. Chen, Aaron M. Cypess,Tim J. Schulz,...

July 17, 2018

Cold-Activated Lipid Dynamics in Adipose Tissue Highlights a Role for Cardiolipin in Thermogenic Metabolism

Lynes et al., 2018, Cell Reports 24, 781–790 Authors: Matthew D. Lynes, Farnaz Shamsi, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic, Zachary Gerhart-Hines, Michael A. Kiebish, Yu-Hua Tseng In this resource, Lynes et al. use a sensitive MS/MSALL technique to...

July 3, 2018

Cardiolipin Synthesis in Brown and Beige Fat Mitochondria Is Essential for Systemic Energy Homeostasis

Cell Metabolism. 2018 Jul 3;28(1):159-174.e11 Sustarsic EG, Ma T, Lynes MD, Larsen M, Karavaeva I, Havelund JF, Nielsen CH, Jedrychowski MP, Moreno-Torres M, Lundh M, Plucinska K, Jespersen NZ, Grevengoed TJ, Kramar B, Peics J, Hansen...

July 3, 2018

Cardiolipin Synthesis in Brown and Beige Fat Mitochondria Is Essential for Systemic Energy Homeostasis

Cell Metabolism 28, 1–16 Authors: Elahu G. Sustarsic, Tao Ma, Matthew D. Lynes, Yu-Hua Tseng, Nils J. Færgeman, Zachary Gerhart-Hines Sustarsic et al. reveal that synthesis of the mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin is a hallmark of brown and...

June 21, 2018

Regulation of Human Adipose Tissue Activation, Gallbladder Size, and Bile Acid Metabolism by a b3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist

Lynes et al., 2018, Cell Reports 24, 781–790 Authors: Alison S. Baskin, Joyce D. Linderman, Robert J. Brychta, Suzanne McGehee, Esti Anflick-Chames, Cheryl Cero, James W. Johnson, Alana E. O’Mara, Laura A. Fletcher, Brooks P. Leitner,...

May 1, 2018

12, 13-diHOME: An exercise-induced lipokine that increases skeletal muscle fatty acid uptake

Cell Metabolism. 2018 May 1;27(5):1111-1120 Stanford KI, Lynes MD, Takahashi H, Baer LA, Arts PJ, May FJ, Lehnig AC, Middelbeek RJW, Richard JJ, So K, Chen EY, Gao F, Narain NR, Distefano G, Shettigar VK, Hirshman...

May 1, 2018

Cell Metabolism:12,13-diHOME: An Exercise-Induced Lipokine that Increases Skeletal Muscle Fatty Acid Uptake

Stanford et al., 2018, Cell Metabolism 27, 1111–1120 May 1, 2018 ª 2018 Elsevier Inc. Authors: Kristin I. Stanford, Matthew D. Lynes, Hirokazu Takahashi, Yu-Hua Tseng, Paul M. Coen, Laurie J. Goodyear Using an MS/MSALL lipidomics...

April 25, 2018

Prophylactic ketamine alters nucleotide and neurotransmitter metabolism in brain and plasma following stress

Neuropsychopharmacology (2018) 0:1-9 Authors: Josephine C. McGowan, Collin Hill, Alessia Mastrodonato, Christina T. LaGamma, Alexander Kitayev, Rebecca A. Brachman, Niven R. Narain, Michael A. Kiebish and Christine A. Denny Recently, we have shown that ketamine given prior...

April 12, 2018

Perturbation of the yeast mitochondrial lipidome and associated membrane proteins following heterologous expression of Artemia-ANT

Scientific Reports. 2018 Apr 12;8(1):5915 Chen E, Kiebish MA, McDaniel J, Niedzwiecka K, Kucharczyk R, Ravasz D, Gao F, Narain NR, Sarangarajan R, Seyfried TN, Adam-Vizi V, Chinopoulos C. Heterologous expression is a landmark technique for studying a...

April 12, 2018

Perturbation of the yeast mitochondrial lipidome and associated membrane proteins following heterologous expression of Artemia-ANT

Scientific REPOrTS | (2018) 8:5915 Authors: Emily Chen, Michael A. Kiebish, Justice McDaniel, Katarzyna Niedzwiecka, Roza Kucharczyk, Dora Ravasz, Fei Gao, Niven R. Narain, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, Thomas N. Seyfried, Vera Adam-Vizi, & Christos ChinopoulosRoberto E. Floresa,...

March 19, 2018

Mycoplasma infection and hypoxia initiate succinate accumulation and release in the VM-M3 cancer cells

Flores, R.E., BBA – Bioenergetics (2018) Authors: Roberto E. Floresa, Ashley K. Browna, Luke Tausa, Julianna Khourya, Frank Glovera, Kenjiro Kamib, Rangaprasad Sarangarajanc, Tony E. Walshec, Niven R. Narainc, Michael A. Kiebishc, Laura M. Sheltonb, Christos...

February 2, 2018

Hsp90β knockdown in DIO mice reverses insulin resistance and improves glucose Tolerance

Nutrition & Metabolism. 2018 Feb 2;15,11 Enxuan Jing, Pragalath Sundararajan, Ishita Deb Majumdar, Suwagmani Hazarika, Samantha Fowler, Angela Szeto, Stephane Gesta, Armando J. Mendez, Vivek K. Vishnudas, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, Niven R. Narain Background: Inhibition of Hsp90 has...

January 12, 2018

A next generation sequencing based approach to identify extracellular vesicle mediated mRNA transfers between cells

BMC Genomics. (2017) 18: 987 Authors: Jialiang Yang, Jacob Hagen, Kalyani V. Guntur, Kimaada Allette, Sarah Schuyler, Jyoti Ranjan, Francesca Petralia, Stephane Gesta, Robert Sebra, Milind Mahajan, Bin Zhang, Jun Zhu, Sander Houten, Andrew Kasarskis, Vivek...

January 12, 2018

Human CCDC47 sandwich immunoassay development with electrochemiluminescence technology

Journal of Immunological Methods, 2018, 452:12 Authors: Wenfang S. Wu, Liang Zhu, Saurabh Patil, Karthiga Gokula, Sean Reilly, Joyce Chan, Poornima Tekumalla, Vivek Vishnudas, Michael A.Kiebish, Rangaprasad Sarangarajana, Viatcheslav R. Akmaev, Mark D.Kellogg, Niven R.Narain Coiled-Coil...

January 1, 2018

Adapted MS/MSALL Shotgun Lipidomics Approach for Analysis of Cardiolipin Molecular Species

Lipids. 2018 Jan;53(1):133-142 Fei Gao, Justice McDaniel, Emily Y. Chen, Hannah E. Rockwell, Cindy Nguyen, Vivek Vishnudas, Matthew D. Lynes, Yu-Hua Tseng, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, Niven R. Narain, Michael A. Kiebish Cardiolipin (Ptd2Gro) is a complex, double-charged...

January 1, 2018

Human CCDC47 Sandwich Immunoassay Development with Electrochemiluminescence Technology

Journal of Immunological Methods.  2018 Jan;452:12-19 Wenfang S. Wu, Liang Zhu, Saurabh Patil, Karthiga Gokul, Sean O’Reilly, Joyce Chan, Poornima Tekumalla, Vivek Vishnudas, Michael A. Kiebish, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, Viatcheslav R. Akmaev, Mark D. Kellogg, Niven Narain...

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