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Mayers JR, Varon J, Zhou RR, Daniel-Ivad M, Beaulieu C, Bhosle A, Glasser NR, Lichtenauer FM, Ng J, Vera MP, Huttenhower C, Perrella MA, Clish CB, Zhao SD, Baron RM, Balskus EP. A metabolomics pipeline highlights microbial metabolism in bloodstream infections. Cell. 2024 Jul 25;187(15):4095-4112.e21. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.035. Epub 2024 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 38885650; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11283678.
Rogers RS, Sharma R, Shah HB, Skinner OS, Guo XA, Panda A, Gupta R, Durham TJ, Shaughnessy KB, Mayers JR, Hibbert KA, Baron RM, Thompson BT, Mootha VK. Circulating N-lactoyl-amino acids and N-formyl-methionine reflect mitochondrial dysfunction and predict mortality in septic shock. Metabolomics. 2024 Mar 6;20(2):36. doi: 10.1007/s11306-024-02089-z. PubMed PMID: 38446263; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10917846.
Choi B, San José Estépar R, Godbole S, Curtis JL, Wang JM, San José Estépar R, Rosas IO, Mayers JR, Hobbs BD, Hersh CP, Ash SY, Han MK, Bowler RP, Stringer KA, Washko GR, Labaki WW. Plasma metabolomics and quantitative interstitial abnormalities in ever-smokers. Respir Res. 2023 Nov 4;24(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s12931-023-02576-2. PubMed PMID: 37925418; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10625195.
Mayers JR, Varon J, Zhou RR, Daniel-Ivad M, Beaulieu C, Bholse A, Glasser NR, Lichtenauer FM, Ng J, Vera MP, Huttenhower C, Perrella MA, Clish CB, Zhao SD, Baron RM, Balskus EP. Identification and targeting of microbial putrescine acetylation in bloodstream infections. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 21;. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.21.558834. PubMed PMID: 37790300; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10542159.
Mehta RS, Mayers JR, Zhang Y, Bhosle A, Glasser NR, Nguyen LH, Ma W, Bae S, Branck T, Song K, Sebastian L, Pacheco JA, Seo HS, Clish C, Dhe-Paganon S, Ananthakrishnan AN, Franzosa EA, Balskus EP, Chan AT, Huttenhower C. Gut microbial metabolism of 5-ASA diminishes its clinical efficacy in inflammatory bowel disease. Nat Med. 2023 Mar;29(3):700-709. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02217-7. Epub 2023 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 36823301; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10928503.
Kosyakovsky LB, Somerset E, Rogers AJ, Sklar M, Mayers JR, Toma A, Szekely Y, Soussi S, Wang B, Fan CS, Baron RM, Lawler PR. Machine learning approaches to the human metabolome in sepsis identify metabolic links with survival. Intensive Care Med Exp. 2022 Jun 17;10(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s40635-022-00445-8. PubMed PMID: 35710638; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9203139.
Gouirand V, Gicquel T, Lien EC, Jaune-Pons E, Da Costa Q, Finetti P, Metay E, Duluc C, Mayers JR, Audebert S, Camoin L, Borge L, Rubis M, Leca J, Nigri J, Bertucci F, Dusetti N, Iovanna JL, Tomasini R, Bidaut G, Guillaumond F, Vander Heiden MG, Vasseur S. Ketogenic HMG-CoA lyase and its product β-hydroxybutyrate promote pancreatic cancer progression. EMBO J. 2022 May 2;41(9):e110466. doi: 10.15252/embj.2021110466. Epub 2022 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 35307861; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9058543.
O'Toole GA, Crabbé A, Kümmerli R, LiPuma JJ, Bomberger JM, Davies JC, Limoli D, Phelan VV, Bliska JB, DePas WH, Dietrich LE, Hampton TH, Hunter R, Khursigara CM, Price-Whelan A, Ashare A, Cramer RA, Goldberg JB, Harrison F, Hogan DA, Henson MA, Madden DR, Mayers JR, Nadell C, Newman D, Prince A, Rivett DW, Schwartzman JD, Schultz D, Sheppard DC, Smyth AR, Spero MA, Stanton BA, Turner PE, van der Gast C, Whelan FJ, Whitaker R, Whiteson K. Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions. mBio. 2021 Oct 26;12(5):e0176321. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01763-21. Epub 2021 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 34544277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8546538.
Lau AN, Li Z, Danai LV, Westermark AM, Darnell AM, Ferreira R, Gocheva V, Sivanand S, Lien EC, Sapp KM, Mayers JR, Biffi G, Chin CR, Davidson SM, Tuveson DA, Jacks T, Matheson NJ, Yilmaz O, Vander Heiden MG. Dissecting cell-type-specific metabolism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Elife. 2020 Jul 10;9. doi: 10.7554/eLife.56782. PubMed PMID: 32648540; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7406355.
Eberly LA, Richterman A, Beckett AG, Wispelwey B, Marsh RH, Cleveland Manchanda EC, Chang CY, Glynn RJ, Brooks KC, Boxer R, Kakoza R, Goldsmith J, Loscalzo J, Morse M, Lewis EF, Abel S, Adams A, Anaya J, Andrews EH, Atkinson B, Avutu V, Bachorik A, Badri O, Bailey M, Baird K, Bakshi S, Balaban D, Barshop K, Baumrin E, Bayomy O, Beamesderfer J, Becker N, Berg DD, Berman AN, Blum SM, Boardman AP, Boden K, Bonacci RA, Brown S, Campbell K, Case S, Cetrone E, Charrow A, Chiang D, Clark D, Cohen AJ, Cooper A, Cordova T, Cuneo CN, de Feria AA, Deffenbacher K, DeFilippis EM, DeGregorio G, Deutsch AJ, Diephuis B, Divakaran S, Dorschner P, Downing N, Drescher C, D'Silva KM, Dunbar P, Duong D, Earp S, Eckhardt C, Elman SA, England R, Everett K, Fedotova N, Feingold-Link T, Ferreira M, Fisher H, Foo P, Foote M, Franco I, Gilliland T, Greb J, Greco K, Grewal S, Grin B, Growdon ME, Guercio B, Hahn CK, Hasselfeld B, Haydu EJ, Hermes Z, Hildick-Smith G, Holcomb Z, Holroyd K, Horton L, Huang G, Jablonski S, Jacobs D, Jain N, Japa S, Joseph R, Kalashnikova M, Kalwani N, Kang D, Karan A, Katz JT, Kellner D, Kidia K, Kim JH, Knowles SM, Kolbe L, Kore I, Koullias Y, Kuye I, Lang J, Lawlor M, Lechner MG, Lee K, Lee S, Lee Z, Limaye N, Lin-Beckford S, Lipsyc M, Little J, Loewenthal J, Logaraj R, Lopez DM, Loriaux D, Lu Y, Ma K, Marukian N, Matias W, Mayers JR, McConnell I, McLaughlin M, Meade C, Meador C, Mehta A, Messenger E, Michaelidis C, Mirsky J, Mitten E, Mueller A, Mullur J, Munir A, Murphy E, Nagami E, Natarajan A, Nsahlai M, Nze C, Okwara N, Olds P, Paez R, Pardo M, Patel S, Petersen A, Phelan L, Pimenta E, Pipilas D, Plovanich M, Pong D, Powers BW, Rao A, Ramirez Batlle H, Ramsis M, Reichardt A, Reiger S, Rengarajan M, Rico S, Rome BN, Rosales R, Rotenstein L, Roy A, Royston S, Rozansky H, Rudder M, Ryan CE, Salgado S, Sanchez P, Schulte J, Sekar A, Semenkovich N, Shannon E, Shaw N, Shorten AB, Shrauner W, Sinnenberg L, Smithy JW, Snyder G, Sreekrishnan A, Stabenau H, Stavrou E, Stergachis A, Stern R, Stone A, Tabrizi S, Tanyos S, Thomas C, Thun H, Torres-Lockhart K, Tran A, Treasure C, Tsai FD, Tsaur S, Tschirhart E, Tuwatananurak J, Venkateswaran RV, Vishnevetsky A, Wahl L, Wall A, Wallace F, Walsh E, Wang P, Ward HB, Warner LN, Weeks LD, Weiskopf K, Wengrod J, Williams JN, Winkler M, Wong JL, Worster D, Wright A, Wunsch C, Wynter JS, Yarbrough C, Yau WY, Yazdi D, Yeh J, Yialamas MA, Yozamp N, Zambrotta M, Zon R. Identification of Racial Inequities in Access to Specialized Inpatient Heart Failure Care at an Academic Medical Center. Circ Heart Fail. 2019 Nov;12(11):e006214. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006214. Epub 2019 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 31658831; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7183732.
McBrayer SK, Mayers JR, DiNatale GJ, Shi DD, Khanal J, Chakraborty AA, Sarosiek KA, Briggs KJ, Robbins AK, Sewastianik T, Shareef SJ, Olenchock BA, Parker SJ, Tateishi K, Spinelli JB, Islam M, Haigis MC, Looper RE, Ligon KL, Bernstein BE, Carrasco RD, Cahill DP, Asara JM, Metallo CM, Yennawar NH, Vander Heiden MG, Kaelin WG Jr. Transaminase Inhibition by 2-Hydroxyglutarate Impairs Glutamate Biosynthesis and Redox Homeostasis in Glioma. Cell. 2018 Sep 20;175(1):101-116.e25. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.038. Epub 2018 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 30220459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6219629.
Danai LV, Babic A, Rosenthal MH, Dennstedt EA, Muir A, Lien EC, Mayers JR, Tai K, Lau AN, Jones-Sali P, Prado CM, Petersen GM, Takahashi N, Sugimoto M, Yeh JJ, Lopez N, Bardeesy N, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Liss AS, Koong AC, Bui J, Yuan C, Welch MW, Brais LK, Kulke MH, Dennis C, Clish CB, Wolpin BM, Vander Heiden MG. Altered exocrine function can drive adipose wasting in early pancreatic cancer. Nature. 2018 Jun;558(7711):600-604. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0235-7. Epub 2018 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 29925948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6112987.
Mayers JR. Metabolic markers as cancer clues. Science. 2017 Dec 8;358(6368):1265. doi: 10.1126/science.aar2001. PubMed PMID: 29217564.
Olivares O, Mayers JR, Gouirand V, Torrence ME, Gicquel T, Borge L, Lac S, Roques J, Lavaut MN, Berthezène P, Rubis M, Secq V, Garcia S, Moutardier V, Lombardo D, Iovanna JL, Tomasini R, Guillaumond F, Vander Heiden MG, Vasseur S. Collagen-derived proline promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell survival under nutrient limited conditions. Nat Commun. 2017 Jul 7;8:16031. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16031. PubMed PMID: 28685754; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5504351.
Mayers JR, Vander Heiden MG. Nature and Nurture: What Determines Tumor Metabolic Phenotypes?. Cancer Res. 2017 Jun 15;77(12):3131-3134. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0165. Epub 2017 Jun 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 28584183.
Davidson SM, Jonas O, Keibler MA, Hou HW, Luengo A, Mayers JR, Wyckoff J, Del Rosario AM, Whitman M, Chin CR, Condon KJ, Lammers A, Kellersberger KA, Stall BK, Stephanopoulos G, Bar-Sagi D, Han J, Rabinowitz JD, Cima MJ, Langer R, Vander Heiden MG. Direct evidence for cancer-cell-autonomous extracellular protein catabolism in pancreatic tumors. Nat Med. 2017 Feb;23(2):235-241. doi: 10.1038/nm.4256. Epub 2016 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 28024083; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5407288.
Mayers JR, Torrence ME, Danai LV, Papagiannakopoulos T, Davidson SM, Bauer MR, Lau AN, Ji BW, Dixit PD, Hosios AM, Muir A, Chin CR, Freinkman E, Jacks T, Wolpin BM, Vitkup D, Vander Heiden MG. Tissue of origin dictates branched-chain amino acid metabolism in mutant Kras-driven cancers. Science. 2016 Sep 9;353(6304):1161-5. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf5171. PubMed PMID: 27609895; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5245791.
Yuan C, Clish CB, Wu C, Mayers JR, Kraft P, Townsend MK, Zhang M, Tworoger SS, Bao Y, Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Ng K, Giovannucci EL, Ogino S, Stampfer MJ, Gaziano JM, Ma J, Sesso HD, Anderson GL, Cochrane BB, Manson JE, Torrence ME, Kimmelman AC, Amundadottir LT, Vander Heiden MG, Fuchs CS, Wolpin BM. Circulating Metabolites and Survival Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 Jun;108(6):djv409. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv409. Print 2016 Jun. PubMed PMID: 26755275; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4849356.
Mayers JR, Vander Heiden MG. Famine versus feast: understanding the metabolism of tumors in vivo. Trends Biochem Sci. 2015 Mar;40(3):130-40. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.01.004. Epub 2015 Jan 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 25639751; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4340757.
Mayers JR, Wu C, Clish CB, Kraft P, Torrence ME, Fiske BP, Yuan C, Bao Y, Townsend MK, Tworoger SS, Davidson SM, Papagiannakopoulos T, Yang A, Dayton TL, Ogino S, Stampfer MJ, Giovannucci EL, Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Ma J, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Cochrane BB, Liu S, Wactawski-Wende J, Manson JE, Pollak MN, Kimmelman AC, Souza A, Pierce K, Wang TJ, Gerszten RE, Fuchs CS, Vander Heiden MG, Wolpin BM. Elevation of circulating branched-chain amino acids is an early event in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma development. Nat Med. 2014 Oct;20(10):1193-1198. doi: 10.1038/nm.3686. Epub 2014 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 25261994; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4191991.
Fendt SM, Bell EL, Keibler MA, Davidson SM, Wirth GJ, Fiske B, Mayers JR, Schwab M, Bellinger G, Csibi A, Patnaik A, Blouin MJ, Cantley LC, Guarente L, Blenis J, Pollak MN, Olumi AF, Vander Heiden MG, Stephanopoulos G. Metformin decreases glucose oxidation and increases the dependency of prostate cancer cells on reductive glutamine metabolism. Cancer Res. 2013 Jul 15;73(14):4429-38. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-0080. Epub 2013 May 17. PubMed PMID: 23687346; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3930683.
Mayers JR, Vander Heiden MG. BCAT1 defines gliomas by IDH status. Nat Med. 2013 Jul;19(7):816-7. doi: 10.1038/nm.3263. PubMed PMID: 23836221.
Cao H, Sekiya M, Ertunc ME, Burak MF, Mayers JR, White A, Inouye K, Rickey LM, Ercal BC, Furuhashi M, Tuncman G, Hotamisligil GS. Adipocyte lipid chaperone AP2 is a secreted adipokine regulating hepatic glucose production. Cell Metab. 2013 May 7;17(5):768-78. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.04.012. PubMed PMID: 23663740; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3755450.
Fendt SM, Bell EL, Keibler MA, Olenchock BA, Mayers JR, Wasylenko TM, Vokes NI, Guarente L, Vander Heiden MG, Stephanopoulos G. Reductive glutamine metabolism is a function of the α-ketoglutarate to citrate ratio in cells. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2236. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3236. PubMed PMID: 23900562; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3934748.
Erbay E, Babaev VR, Mayers JR, Makowski L, Charles KN, Snitow ME, Fazio S, Wiest MM, Watkins SM, Linton MF, Hotamisligil GS. Reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress through a macrophage lipid chaperone alleviates atherosclerosis. Nat Med. 2009 Dec;15(12):1383-91. doi: 10.1038/nm.2067. Epub 2009 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 19966778; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2790330.
Mayers JR, Iliff BW, Swoap SJ. Resveratrol treatment in mice does not elicit the bradycardia and hypothermia associated with calorie restriction. FASEB J. 2009 Apr;23(4):1032-40. doi: 10.1096/fj.08-115923. Epub 2008 Dec 4. PubMed PMID: 19056839; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2660640.
Cao H, Gerhold K, Mayers JR, Wiest MM, Watkins SM, Hotamisligil GS. Identification of a lipokine, a lipid hormone linking adipose tissue to systemic metabolism. Cell. 2008 Sep 19;134(6):933-44. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.07.048. PubMed PMID: 18805087; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2728618.