Publications

DiKun KM, Tang X-H, Fu L, Choi ME, Lu C, Gudas LJ.  2024.  Retinoic acid receptor α activity in proximal tubules prevents kidney injury and fibrosis.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 121(7):e2311803121.

Melis M, Trasino SE, Tang X-H, Rappa A, Zhang T, Qin L, Gudas LJ.  2023.  Retinoic Acid Receptor β Loss in Hepatocytes Increases Steatosis and Elevates the Integrated Stress Response in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease.. Int J Mol Sci. 24(15)

Gudas LJ.  2022.  Retinoid metabolism: new insights.. J Mol Endocrinol.

Melis M, Tang X-H, Trasino SE, Gudas LJ.  2022.  Retinoids in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Liver Diseases.. Nutrients. 14(7)

Tang X-H, Gambardella J, Jankauskas S, Wang X, Santulli G, Gudas LJ, Levi R.  2021.  A Retinoic Acid Receptor β 2 Agonist Improves Cardiac Function in a Heart Failure Model.. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 379(2):182-190.

Tang X-H, Melis M, Lu C, Rappa A, Zhang T, Jessurun J, Gross SS, Gudas LJ.  2021.  A retinoic acid receptor β2 agonist attenuates transcriptome and metabolome changes underlying nonalcohol-associated fatty liver disease.. J Biol Chem. 297(6):101331.

Melis M, Tang X-H, Attarwala N, Chen Q, Prishker C, Qin L, Gross SS, Gudas LJ, Trasino SE.  2021.  A retinoic acid receptor β2 agonist protects against alcohol liver disease and modulates hepatic expression of canonical retinoid metabolism genes.. Biofactors.

Osei-Sarfo K, Gudas LJ.  2019.  Retinoids induce antagonism between FOXO3A and FOXM1 transcription factors in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells.. PLoS One. 14(4):e0215234.

Marino A, Sakamoto T, Tang X-H, Gudas LJ, Levi R.  2018.  A Retinoic Acid -Receptor Agonist Exerts Cardioprotective Effects.. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 366(2):314-321.

Sureshbabu A, Patino E, Ma KC, Laursen K, Finkelsztein EJ, Akchurin O, Muthukumar T, Ryter SW, Gudas L, Choi AMK et al..  2018.  RIPK3 promotes sepsis-induced acute kidney injury via mitochondrial dysfunction.. JCI Insight. 3(11)

Trasino SE, Tang X-H, Jessurun J, Gudas LJ.  2016.  A retinoic acid receptor β2 agonist reduces hepatic stellate cell activation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.. J Mol Med (Berl). 94(10):1143-1151.

Minton DR, Fu L, Mongan NP, Shevchuk MM, Nanus DM, Gudas LJ.  2016.  Role of NADH Dehydrogenase (Ubiquinone) 1 Alpha Subcomplex 4-Like 2 in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.. Clin Cancer Res. 22(11):2791-801.

Urvalek AM, Gudas LJ.  2014.  Retinoic acid and histone deacetylases regulate epigenetic changes in embryonic stem cells.. J Biol Chem. 289(28):19519-30.

Osei-Sarfo K, Gudas LJ.  2014.  Retinoic acid suppresses the canonical Wnt signaling pathway in embryonic stem cells and activates the noncanonical Wnt signaling pathway.. Stem Cells. 32(8):2061-71.

Orfali N, McKenna SL, Cahill MR, Gudas LJ, Mongan NP.  2014.  Retinoid receptor signaling and autophagy in acute promyelocytic leukemia.. Exp Cell Res. 324(1):1-12.

Gudas LJ, Fu L, Minton DR, Mongan NP, Nanus DM.  2014.  The role of HIF1α in renal cell carcinoma tumorigenesis.. J Mol Med (Berl). 92(8):825-36.

Urvalek A, Laursen KBruun, Gudas LJ.  2014.  The roles of retinoic acid and retinoic acid receptors in inducing epigenetic changes.. Subcell Biochem. 70:129-49.

Kashyap V, Laursen KB, Brenet F, Viale AJ, Scandura JM, Gudas LJ.  2013.  RARγ is essential for retinoic acid induced chromatin remodeling and transcriptional activation in embryonic stem cells.. J Cell Sci. 126(Pt 4):999-1008.

Gudas LJ.  2013.  Retinoids induce stem cell differentiation via epigenetic changes.. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 24(10-12):701-5.

Amat R, Gudas LJ.  2011.  RARγ is required for correct deposition and removal of Suz12 and H2A.Z in embryonic stem cells.. J Cell Physiol. 226(2):293-8.

Gudas LJ, Wagner JA.  2011.  Retinoids regulate stem cell differentiation.. J Cell Physiol. 226(2):322-30.

Tang X-H, Gudas LJ.  2011.  Retinoids, retinoic acid receptors, and cancer.. Annu Rev Pathol. 6:345-64.

Rezende NC, Lee M-Y, Monette S, Mark W, Lu A, Gudas LJ.  2011.  Rex1 (Zfp42) null mice show impaired testicular function, abnormal testis morphology, and aberrant gene expression.. Dev Biol. 356(2):370-82.

Kashyap V, Rezende NC, Scotland KB, Shaffer SM, Persson JLiao, Gudas LJ, Mongan NP.  2009.  Regulation of stem cell pluripotency and differentiation involves a mutual regulatory circuit of the NANOG, OCT4, and SOX2 pluripotency transcription factors with polycomb repressive complexes and stem cell microRNAs.. Stem Cells Dev. 18(7):1093-108.

Cai K, Gudas LJ.  2009.  Retinoic acid receptors and GATA transcription factors activate the transcription of the human lecithin:retinol acyltransferase gene.. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 41(3):546-53.