Publications

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1. Effects of perilipin 2 antisense oligonucleotide treatment on hepatic lipid metabolism and gene expression. Imai Y, Boyle S, Varela GM, Caron E, Yin X, Dhir R, Dhir R, Graham MJ, Ahima RS. Physiol Genomics. 2012 Nov 16;44(22):1125-31. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00045.2012. Epub 2012 Sep 25.

2. Hepatic Hdac3 promotes gluconeogenesis by repressing lipid synthesis and sequestration.
Sun Z, Miller RA, Patel RT, Chen J, Dhir R, Wang H, Zhang D, Graham MJ, Unterman TG, Shulman GI, Sztalryd C, Bennett MJ, Ahima RS, Birnbaum MJ, Lazar MA.
Nat Med. 2012 Jun;18(6):934-42.

3. Rapamycin-induced insulin resistance is mediated by mTORC2 loss and uncoupled from longevity. Lamming DW, Ye L, Katajisto P, Goncalves MD, Saitoh M, Stevens DM, Davis JG, Salmon AB, Richardson A, Ahima RS, Guertin DA, Sabatini DM, Baur JA. Science. 2012 Mar 30;335(6076):1638-43.

4. Reduction of TIP47 improves hepatic steatosis and glucose homeostasis in mice. Carr RM, Patel RT, Rao V, Dhir R, Graham MJ, Crooke RM, Ahima RS. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2012 Apr 15;302(8):R996-1003. Epub 2012 Feb 29.

5. Insulin regulates liver metabolism in vivo in the absence of hepatic Akt and Foxo1. Lu M, Wan M, Leavens KF, Chu Q, Monks BR, Fernandez S, Ahima RS, Ueki K, Kahn CR, Birnbaum MJ. Nat Med. 2012 Feb 19;18(3):388-95. doi: 10.1038/nm.2686.

6. Alteration of hypothalamic cellular dynamics in obesity. Lee EB, Ahima RS. J Clin Invest. 2012 Jan 3;122(1):22-5. doi: 10.1172/JCI61562. Epub 2011 Dec 27.

7. Metabolic dysfunction associated with adiponectin deficiency enhances kainic acid-induced seizure severity. Lee EB, Warmann G, Dhir R, Ahima RS. J Neurosci. 2011 Oct 5;31(40):14361-6.

8. Maternal obesity associated with inflammation in their children. Leibowitz KL, Moore RH, Ahima RS, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Berkowitz RI, Chittams JL, Faith MS, Stettler N. World J Pediatr. 2012 Feb;8(1):76-9. Epub 2011 Aug 27.

9. Bariatric surgery: metabolic benefits beyond weight loss. Ahima RS, Sabri A. Gastroenterology. 2011 Sep;141(3):793-5. Epub 2011 Jul 23. No abstract available.

10. Loss of IL-15 receptor α alters the endurance, fatigability, and metabolic characteristics of mouse fast skeletal muscles. Pistilli EE, Bogdanovich S, Garton F, Yang N, Gulbin JP, Conner JD, Anderson BG, Quinn LS, North K, Ahima RS, Khurana TS. J Clin Invest. 2011 Aug;121(8):3120-32. doi: 10.1172/JCI44945. Epub 2011 Jul 18.