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Overview

Karen Reue is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans across fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to Medicine.

Their work focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, Biochemistry, and aspects of Public Health, Environmental, and Occupational Health. The central topics addressed in their publications cover Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Sex and Gender in Healthcare, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent venues for publishing their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Metabolism, Nature, and Scientific Reports.

Reue has co-authored extensively with collaborators such as Laurent Vergnes, Carrie B. Wiese, Marcus Seldin, Aldons J. Lusis, and Orian S. Shirihai.

Significant recent papers include:

  • A novel approach to measure mitochondrial respiration in frozen biological samples, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Creatine kinase B controls futile creatine cycling in thermogenic fat, 2021, Nature
  • Sex- and Gender-Based Pharmacological Response to Drugs, 2021, Pharmacological Reviews
  • X chromosome dosage of histone demethylase KDM5C determines sex differences in adiposity, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Estrogen receptor α controls metabolism in white and brown adipocytes by regulating Polg1 and mitochondrial remodeling, 2020, Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Lipodystrophy in the fld mouse results from mutation of a new gene encoding a nuclear protein, lipin.

    Miklós Péterfy;Jack Phan;Ping Xu;Karen Reue

  • Lamins A and C but not lamin B1 regulate nuclear mechanics

    Jan Lammerding;Loren G. Fong;Julie Y. Ji;Karen Reue;Karen Reue

  • The metabolite α-ketoglutarate extends lifespan by inhibiting ATP synthase and TOR

    Randall M. Chin;Xudong Fu;Melody Y. Pai;Laurent Vergnes

  • Sterol regulatory element–binding proteins are essential for the metabolic programming of effector T cells and adaptive immunity

    Yoko Kidani;Heidi Elsaesser;M Benjamin Hock;M Benjamin Hock;Laurent Vergnes

  • Metabolic state of glioma stem cells and nontumorigenic cells

    Erina Vlashi;Chann Lagadec;Laurent Vergnes;Tomoo Matsutani

  • Biochemistry, physiology, and genetics of GPAT, AGPAT, and lipin enzymes in triglyceride synthesis

    Kazuharu Takeuchi;Karen Reue

  • UCP2 regulates energy metabolism and differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells

    Jin Zhang;Ivan Khvorostov;Jason S. Hong;Yavuz Oktay

  • Limiting Cholesterol Biosynthetic Flux Spontaneously Engages Type I IFN Signaling

    Autumn G. York;Kevin J. Williams;Joseph P. Argus;Quan D. Zhou

  • Lamin B1 is required for mouse development and nuclear integrity.

    Laurent Vergnes;Miklós Péterfy;Martin O. Bergo;Stephen G. Young

  • XX sex chromosome complement promotes atherosclerosis in mice.

    Yasir AlSiraj;Xuqi Chen;Sean E. Thatcher;Ryan E. Temel

  • Metabolic syndrome: from epidemiology to systems biology

    Aldons J. Lusis;Alan D. Attie;Karen Reue

  • Three Mammalian Lipins Act as Phosphatidate Phosphatases with Distinct Tissue Expression Patterns

    Jimmy Donkor;Meltem Sariahmetoglu;Jay Dewald;David N. Brindley

  • Lipin, a lipodystrophy and obesity gene

    Jack Phan;Karen Reue

  • Farnesoid X-Activated Receptor Induces Apolipoprotein C-II Transcription: a Molecular Mechanism Linking Plasma Triglyceride Levels to Bile Acids

    Heidi Rachelle Kast;Catherine M. Nguyen;Christopher J. Sinal;Stacey A. Jones

  • Ath-1, a gene determining atherosclerosis susceptibility and high density lipoprotein levels in mice

    Beverly Paigen;Diane Mitchell;Karen Reue;Arlene Morrow

  • Lipin Expression Preceding Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor-γ Is Critical for Adipogenesis in Vivo and in Vitro

    Jack Phan;Miklós Péterfy;Karen Reue

  • The number of x chromosomes causes sex differences in adiposity in mice.

    Xuqi Chen;Rebecca McClusky;Jenny Chen;Simon W. Beaven

  • Alternatively Spliced Lipin Isoforms Exhibit Distinct Expression Pattern, Subcellular Localization, and Role in Adipogenesis

    Miklós Péterfy;Jack Phan;Karen Reue

  • Erratum: UCP2 regulates energy metabolism and differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells (EMBO Journal (2011) 30 (4860-4873) DOI:10.1038/emboj.2011.401)

    Jin Zhang;Ivan Khvorostov;Jason S. Hong;Yavuz Oktay

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Vergnes
Laurent Vergnes University of California, Los Angeles
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Loren G. Fong
Loren G. Fong University of California, Los Angeles
Arthur P. Arnold
Arthur P. Arnold University of California, Los Angeles
David N. Brindley
David N. Brindley University of Alberta
Anne P. Beigneux
Anne P. Beigneux University of California, Los Angeles
Michael C. Schotz
Michael C. Schotz University of California, Los Angeles
Rita M. Cantor
Rita M. Cantor University of California, Los Angeles

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