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Kartik N. Rajagopalan

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterORCID 0000-0001-8784-4860Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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PhysiologybioRxivPreprintApr 21, 2026

Lipid mobilization establishes metabolic tolerance and prevents autonomic collapse in infection

Ankita Sarkar, Shangkui Xie, Syed Kazim Rizvi…·Suraj J. Patel

This study identifies white adipose tissue lipolysis and circulating fatty acids as key mediators of metabolic tolerance to infection, showing improved survival in sepsis with beta3-adrenergic agonists.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.16.717052

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NeuroscienceNature MetabolismPeer-reviewedJul 1, 2025

DDHD2 is necessary for activity-driven fatty acid fueling of nerve terminal function

Mukesh Kumar, Yumei Wu, Justin L. Knapp…·Timothy A. Ryan

The paper shows that DDHD2 is essential for neurons to use fatty acids from lipid droplets as an energy source during activity when glucose is unavailable.

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