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James Anthony Howard

University of CincinnatiORCID 0000-0001-5020-9687Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Thomas B. ThompsoniD· 3 shared Lucija HokiD· 2 shared Alena S Bruening· 1 shared Alexander S. BanksiD· 1 shared Cadence J Vieira· 1 shared Chandramohan KattamuriiD· 1 shared David PépiniD· 1 shared Deepti RamachandraniD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

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PhysiologybioRxivPreprintSep 24, 2026

GDF3 is an endogenous antagonist of the ActE-ALK7/ACVR2 pathway in adipocytes

Nagasuryaprasad Kotikalapudi, Deepti Ramachandran, Evelyn Y Zhou…·Alexander S. Banks

This study identifies GDF3 as an endogenous inhibitor of the ActE-ALK7 pathway in adipocytes, showing its role in metabolic diseases like MASLD/MASH and suggesting GDF3 inhibition as a therapeutic target.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.18.752693

humanmouse

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Molecular BiologyJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedAug 17, 2026

The crystal structure of the activin B:Fst288 complex and computational insights into the broad antagonistic activity and specificity of follistatin

Lucija Hok, Ryan G. Walker, James Anthony Howard…·Thomas B. Thompson

The paper solves the crystal structure of the ActB:Fst288 complex and uses computational analysis to explain Fst288's broad antagonistic activity and specificity for activins.

1 citation

protein structureexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 1, 2024

Structural Basis of Non-Latent Signaling by the Anti-Mullerian Hormone Procomplex

James Anthony Howard, Lucija Hok, Richard L. Cate…·Thomas B. Thompson

This study reveals the structural basis of AMH procomplex signaling, showing how the prodomain maintains activity through a unique conformational mechanism.

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experimental assay

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