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Jason A. Watts

National Institutes of HealthORCID 0000-0001-6584-6961Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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Don A. DelkeriD· 2 shared Joshua T. Burdick· 2 shared Vivian G. CheungiD· 2 shared A. Scott McCalliD· 1 shared Alan Bruzel· 1 shared Alexandra C. Schrimpe‐RutledgeiD· 1 shared Andrew Scott TerkeriD· 1 shared Aylin R. RodaniD· 1 shared

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PhysiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMay 25, 2026

Dehydration promotes intracellular lipid synthesis and accumulation

Joshua Carty, Jazlyn A. Selvasingh, Yvonne P. Zuchowski…·Juan Pablo Arroyo

This study shows dehydration increases intracellular lipid synthesis and accumulation by promoting glutamine oxidation and mitochondrial metabolic remodeling.

1 citation

experimental assaycell signaling & trafficking

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Molecular BiologyBMC BiologyPeer-reviewedMay 13, 2025

Guanine quadruplexes mediate mitochondrial RNA polymerase pausing

Ryan J. Snyder, Uma Shankar, Don A. Delker…·Jason A. Watts

The paper identifies guanine quadruplexes as mediators of mitochondrial RNA polymerase pausing and shows their impact on mitochondrial transcription and function.

5 citations

humanDNA methylation

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 1, 2022

A transcriptional mechanism involving R-loop, m6A modification and RNA abasic sites regulates an enhancer RNA of APOE.

Jason A. Watts, Christopher Grunseich, Yesenia Rodriguez…·Vivian G. Cheung

The paper identifies an enhancer RNA, AANCR, regulated by R-loops, m6A modification, and RNA abasic sites that influences APOE expression and Alzheimer's disease susceptibility.

2 citations

humanDNA methylation

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