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Adjunct rank detailsZhongwu Liu, MD
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- Tongji Medical University Yunyang Medical College, Clinical Medicine (1982)
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Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD
Xiao-Bing Gao, PhD
Bernardo Stutz Xavier, PhD
Marina Picciotto, PhD
Matthias Tschoep, MD
Marya Shanabrough
Former YSM
40Publications
6,168Citations
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2025
UCP2 mediates mitochondrial dynamics to induce AgRP neuronal activity
Jin S, Yoon N, Liu Z, Menale C, Kim J, Diano N, Diano S. UCP2 mediates mitochondrial dynamics to induce AgRP neuronal activity. Molecular Metabolism 2025, 99: 102215. PMID: 40683468, PMCID: PMC12328681, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
TET3 epigenetically controls feeding and stress response behaviors via AGRP neurons
Xie D, Stutz B, Li F, Chen F, Lv H, Sestan-Pesa M, Catarino J, Gu J, Zhao H, Stoddard CE, Carmichael GG, Shanabrough M, Taylor HS, Liu ZW, Gao XB, Horvath TL, Huang Y. TET3 epigenetically controls feeding and stress response behaviors via AGRP neurons. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2022, 132: e162365. PMID: 36189793, PMCID: PMC9525119, DOI: 10.1172/jci162365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricLINE-1 activation in the cerebellum drives ataxia
Takahashi T, Stoiljkovic M, Song E, Gao XB, Yasumoto Y, Kudo E, Carvalho F, Kong Y, Park A, Shanabrough M, Szigeti-Buck K, Liu ZW, Kristant A, Zhang Y, Sulkowski P, Glazer PM, Kaczmarek LK, Horvath TL, Iwasaki A. LINE-1 activation in the cerebellum drives ataxia. Neuron 2022, 110: 3278-3287.e8. PMID: 36070749, PMCID: PMC9588660, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricVentromedial hypothalamic OGT drives adipose tissue lipolysis and curbs obesity
Wang Q, Zhang B, Stutz B, Liu ZW, Horvath TL, Yang X. Ventromedial hypothalamic OGT drives adipose tissue lipolysis and curbs obesity. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabn8092. PMID: 36044565, PMCID: PMC9432828, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn8092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricAgRP neurons control structure and function of the medial prefrontal cortex
Stutz B, Waterson MJ, Šestan-Peša M, Dietrich MO, Škarica M, Sestan N, Racz B, Magyar A, Sotonyi P, Liu ZW, Gao XB, Matyas F, Stoiljkovic M, Horvath TL. AgRP neurons control structure and function of the medial prefrontal cortex. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3951-3960. PMID: 35906488, PMCID: PMC9891653, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01691-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCorrection: Drp1 is required for AgRP neuronal activity and feeding
Jin S, Yoon NA, Liu ZW, Song JE, Horvath TL, Kim JD, Diano S. Correction: Drp1 is required for AgRP neuronal activity and feeding. ELife 2022, 11: e80570. PMID: 35763333, PMCID: PMC9239674, DOI: 10.7554/elife.80570.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAgRP neurons control feeding behaviour at cortical synapses via peripherally derived lysophospholipids
Endle H, Horta G, Stutz B, Muthuraman M, Tegeder I, Schreiber Y, Snodgrass IF, Gurke R, Liu ZW, Sestan-Pesa M, Radyushkin K, Streu N, Fan W, Baumgart J, Li Y, Kloss F, Groppa S, Opel N, Dannlowski U, Grabe HJ, Zipp F, Rácz B, Horvath TL, Nitsch R, Vogt J. AgRP neurons control feeding behaviour at cortical synapses via peripherally derived lysophospholipids. Nature Metabolism 2022, 4: 683-692. PMID: 35760867, PMCID: PMC9940119, DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00589-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2021
Astrocytic lipid metabolism determines susceptibility to diet-induced obesity
Varela L, Kim JG, Fernández-Tussy P, Aryal B, Liu ZW, Fernández-Hernando C, Horvath TL. Astrocytic lipid metabolism determines susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabj2814. PMID: 34890239, PMCID: PMC11323787, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj2814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDrp1 is required for AgRP neuronal activity and feeding
Jin S, Yoon NA, Liu ZW, Song JE, Horvath TL, Kim JD, Diano S. Drp1 is required for AgRP neuronal activity and feeding. ELife 2021, 10: e64351. PMID: 33689681, PMCID: PMC7946429, DOI: 10.7554/elife.64351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2020
MC4R Signaling in Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Controls Feeding, Anxiety, and Depression
Bruschetta G, Jin S, Liu ZW, Kim JD, Diano S. MC4R Signaling in Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Controls Feeding, Anxiety, and Depression. Cell Reports 2020, 33: 108267. PMID: 33053350, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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