Publications

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)

Melis M, Tang X-H, Mai K, Gudas LJ, Trasino SE.  2022.  Fenretinide Reduces Intestinal Mucin-2-Positive Goblet Cells in Chronic Alcohol Abuse.. Pharmacology. :1-11.

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, Marta M, Gudas LJ, Mai K, Trasino SE.  2021.  Fenretinide Improves Intestinal Barrier Function and Mitigates Alcohol Liver Disease. Front. Pharmacol.

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.

Trasino SE, Tang X-H, Trujillo C, Andres J, Ehrt S, Gudas LJ.  2020.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is exacerbated in mice lacking lecithin:retinol acyltransferase.. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 1866(11):165909.

Melis M, Tang X-H, Trasino SE, Patel VM, Stummer DJ, Jessurun J, Gudas LJ.  2019.  Effects of AM80 compared to AC261066 in a high fat diet mouse model of liver disease.. PLoS One. 14(1):e0211071.

Trasino SE, Tang X-H, Shevchuk MM, Choi ME, Gudas LJ.  2018.  Amelioration of Diabetic Nephropathy Using a Retinoic Acid Receptor 2 Agonist.. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 367(1):82-94.

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.

Trasino SE, Tang X-H, Jessurun J, Gudas LJ.  2015.  Obesity Leads to Tissue, but not Serum Vitamin A Deficiency.. Sci Rep. 5:15893.

Trasino SE, Gudas LJ.  2015.  Vitamin A: a missing link in diabetes? Diabetes Manag (Lond). 5(5):359-367.

Trasino SE, Benoit YD, Gudas LJ.  2015.  Vitamin A deficiency causes hyperglycemia and loss of pancreatic β-cell mass.. J Biol Chem. 290(3):1456-73.