[HTML][HTML] Shared genetic predisposition in peripartum and dilated cardiomyopathies

…, J Li, E Mazaika, CM Yasso, T DeSouza… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Peripartum cardiomyopathy shares some clinical features with idiopathic dilated
cardiomyopathy, a disorder caused by mutations in more than 40 genes, including TTN, …

[PDF][PDF] The public repository of xenografts enables discovery and randomized phase II-like trials in mice

…, A Christodoulou, AL Christie, J Köster, TA DeSouza… - Cancer cell, 2016 - cell.com
More than 90% of drugs with preclinical activity fail in human trials, largely due to insufficient
efficacy. We hypothesized that adequately powered trials of patient-derived xenografts (PDX…

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling preserves progenitor cell multipotency during adipose tissue development

Z Yang Loureiro, S Joyce, T DeSouza… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells are essential for tissue development and repair throughout
life, but how they are maintained under chronic differentiation pressure is not known. …

Diverse repertoire of human adipocyte subtypes develops from transcriptionally distinct mesenchymal progenitor cells

…, Z Yang, A Sharma, T DeSouza… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Single-cell sequencing technologies have revealed an unexpectedly broad repertoire of
cells required to mediate complex functions in multicellular organisms. Despite the multiple …

Human thermogenic adipocyte regulation by the long noncoding RNA LINC00473

KV Tran, EL Brown, T DeSouza, NZ Jespersen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human thermogenic adipose tissue mitigates metabolic disease, thus raising much interest
in understanding its development and function. Here, we show that human thermogenic …

RhoA G17V is sufficient to induce autoimmunity and promotes T-cell lymphomagenesis in mice

…, L Brown, K Stevenson, T deSouza… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and other peripheral T-cell
lymphomas that harbor features of follicular helper T (T FH ) cells have a very poor prognosis. …

PAPPA-mediated adipose tissue remodeling mitigates insulin resistance and protects against gestational diabetes in mice and humans

R Rojas-Rodriguez, R Ziegler, T DeSouza… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Pregnancy is a physiological state of continuous adaptation to changing maternal and fetal
nutritional needs, including a reduction of maternal insulin sensitivity allowing for …

[PDF][PDF] Co-activation of AMPK and mTORC1 induces cytotoxicity in acute myeloid leukemia

…, J Mondesir, N Jacque, A Christodoulou, TA Desouza… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
AMPK is a master regulator of cellular metabolism that exerts either oncogenic or tumor
suppressor activity depending on context. Here, we report that the specific AMPK agonist …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-enhanced human adipocyte browning as cell therapy for metabolic disease

E Tsagkaraki, SM Nicoloro, T DeSouza… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with disturbances in insulin-regulated glucose
and lipid fluxes and severe comorbidities including cardiovascular disease and steatohepatitis…

[HTML][HTML] Distinct adipocyte progenitor cells are associated with regional phenotypes of perivascular aortic fat in mice

KV Tran, T Fitzgibbons, SY Min, T DeSouza… - Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Perivascular adipose tissue depots around the aorta are regionally distinct and
have specific functional properties. Thoracic aorta perivascular adipose tissue (tPVAT) …