Joshua D. Rabinowitz

This study shows that caloric restriction before tumor induction delays cancer cachexia by reducing systemic inflammation and preserving lean mass.

The paper identifies altered tryptophan metabolism in cancer cachexia, showing serotonin depletion and kynurenine accumulation, which drive behavioral dysfunction but not wasting.

The paper quantifies protein turnover in frog and fly embryos using 18O-water labeling and proteomics, revealing divergent strategies of maternal proteome inheritance.

The paper shows liver-targeted copper supplementation reduces steatosis by enhancing lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation through copper-dependent metabolic pathways.

This study shows that pharmacologic AMPK activation with MK-8722 extends lifespan in C. elegans and improves metabolic health in aged mice.

This study shows that a ketogenic diet enhances the effectiveness of glutamine metabolism inhibitors in pancreatic cancer by increasing tumor reliance on glutamine for energy.

The paper uses in vivo isotope tracing and AI to identify biosynthetic origins of unknown metabolites, revealing new metabolic pathways and age-related changes.

This study investigates the metabolism of epigenetic ribonucleosides in human cells, revealing cytotoxic effects and mechanisms of RNA misincorporation and nucleolar stress.

COSIE is a computational framework that integrates multiple spatial omics modalities to generate high-resolution molecular landscapes, outperforming existing methods across diverse datasets.

This study identifies histidine depletion as an antileukemic strategy in T-ALL by revealing its role in suppressing cholesterol biosynthesis through ribosome stalling and GCN2 activation.

SAAR improves exercise capacity in mice by enhancing fat oxidation and substrate availability through VEGF signaling and CD36-dependent fatty acid transport.

This study develops a multi-nutrient differential equation model to show how competitive catabolism between glucose, fatty acids, and ketones under fasting conditions leads to systemic metabolic homeostasis, with implications for obesity-induced diabetes.

The paper engineers auxin-degrading bacteria to alleviate root growth inhibition and improve plant growth.

This paper develops a microengineered platform to study CAR T cell therapy in human solid tumors, showing improved trafficking and effector function, and identifying therapeutic targets and biomarkers.

This study maps spatial metabolic gradients in murine liver and intestine using integrated experimental-computational methods, revealing distinct metabolic patterns and fructose-induced metabolic derangements.

The paper shows that mammalian cells produce certain indole and phenol metabolites, while bacterial metabolism is required for others, highlighting host contributions to circulating pools.

This study shows that PAX3-FOXO1 drives metabolic vulnerabilities in rhabdomyosarcoma, making these cells sensitive to methotrexate.

This study shows that mitochondrial DNA mutations in NSCLC cause respiration defects, leading to glucose dependency, reduced serine synthesis, and increased cancer survival.

The paper investigates how high-fat circulating nutrients affect tumor growth and invasion in a 3D microfluidic model of triple-negative breast cancer, finding increased metabolic activity and MMP1 expression.

This study compares metabolic changes in acute and chronic LCMV infection using metabolomics and isotope tracing, finding more dramatic changes in chronic infection and altered thymidine metabolism as a marker.

This study investigates the effect of dietary fiber on immune checkpoint blockade efficacy in murine tumor models and finds inconsistent results across different models.

The paper uses photocatalytic proximity labeling to map HER2 interactions in breast cancer, identifying galectins and PTPRF as key players in resistance and signaling.

This study shows that BT2, an inhibitor of BCKDK, reduces plasma tryptophan by displacing it from albumin, revealing an off-target effect on tryptophan metabolism.

The paper identifies mTOR activation in POMC neurons as a key mechanism causing leptin resistance in diet-induced obese mice.

This paper shows autophagy prevents cachexia by suppressing CCL2, which damages appetite-promoting neurons, leading to lethal weight loss in mice.

This paper shows that immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) can delay cancer onset and improve survival in mice with mutator syndromes, but only if administered prophylactically before tumors develop.

Dyscovr identifies driver-associated transcriptional changes and prioritizes genes for therapeutic targeting in cancer.

This paper introduces DeepMet, a chemical language model that predicts and discovers unknown metabolites using mass spectrometry data.

This study shows that inhibiting IDO1 restores hippocampal glucose metabolism and rescues cognition in Alzheimer's disease models.