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Dr. Jay Horton's Recent Publications
Lakoski, S.G., Lagace, T.A., Cohen, J.C., Horton, J.D., Hobbs, H.H. 2009. Plasma levels of PCSK9 in a large multiethnic population. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2009 Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print]
McNutt, M.C., Kwon, H.J., Chen, C., Chen, J.R., Horton, J.D., Lagace, T.A. 2009. Antagonism of secreted PCSK9 increases low density lipoprotein receptor expression in HepG2 cells. J. Biol. Chem. 284:10561-70.
Cortés, V.A., Curtis, D.E., Sukumaran, S., Shao, X., Parameswara, V., Rashid, S., Smith, A.R., Ren, J., Esser, V., Hammer, R.E., Agarwal, A.K., Horton, J.D., Garg, A. 2009 Molecular mechanisms of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in the AGPAT2-deficient mouse model of congenital generalized lipodystrophy. Cell Metab. 9:165-76.
Horton, J.D., Cohen, J.C., Hobbs, H.H. 2009. PCSK9: a convertase that coordinates LDL catabolism. J. Lipid Res. 50: Suppl:S172-7.
Y.A. Moon, R.E. Hammer, J.D. Horton. 2009. Deletion of ELOVL5 leads to fatty liver through activation of SREBP-1c in mice. J. Lipid Res. 50: 412-23.
M. Frank-Kamenetsky, A. Grefhorst, N.N. Anderson, T.S. Racie, B. Bramlage, A. Akinc, D. Butler, K. Charisse, R. Dorkin, Y. Fan, C. Gamba-Vitalo, P. Hadwiger, M. Jayaraman, M. John, K.N. Jayaprakash, M. Maier, L. Nechev, K.G. Rajeev, T. Read, I. Röhl, J. Soutschek, P. Tan, J. Wong, G. Wang, T. Zimmermann, A. de Fougerolles, H.P. Vornlocher, R. Langer, D. G. Anderson, M. Manoharan, V. Koteliansky, J.D. Horton, K. Fitzgerald.
2008. Therapeutic RNAi targeting PCSK9 acutely lowers plasma cholesterol in rodents and LDL cholesterol in nonhuman primates.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:11915-20.
J.D. Horton. 2008. Physiology: Unfolding Lipid Metabolism.
Science. 320:1433-4.
K. Minehira, S.G. Young, C.J. Villanueva, L. Yetukuri, M. Oresic, M.K. Hellerstein, R.V. Farese, Jr., J.D. Horton, F. Preitner, B. Thorens, L. Tappy. 2008. Blocking VLDL secretion causes hepatic steatosis but does not affect peripheral lipid stores or insulin sensitivity in mice.
J. Lipid Res. 49: 2038-44.
J.D. Horton, J.C. Cohen, H.H. Hobbs. 2007. Molecular biology of PCSK9: its role in LDL metabolism. Trends Biochem Sci. 32:71-77.
D.W. Zhang, T.A. Lagace, R. Garuti, Z. Zhao, M. McDonald, J.D. Horton, J.C. Cohen, H.H. Hobbs. 2007. Binding of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 to epidermal growth factor-like repeat A of low density lipoprotein receptor decreases receptor recycling and increases degradation. J. Biol. Chem. 282:18602-18612.
M.C. McNutt, T.A. Lagace, J.D. Horton. 2007. Catalytic Activity Is Not Required for Secreted PCSK9 to Reduce Low Density Lipoprotein Receptors in HepG2 Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 282:20799-20803.
M. John, R. Constien, A. Akinc, M. Goldberg, Y.A. Moon, M. Spranger, P. Hadwiger, J. Soutschek, H.P. Vomlocher, M. Manoharan, M. Stoffel, R. Langer, D.G. Anderson, J.D. Horton, V. Kotelianksky, and D. Bumcrot. 2007. Effective RNAi-mediated gene silencing without interruption of the endogenous microRNA pathway. Nature 449:745-747.
Z. Zhao, Y. Tuakli-Wosornu, T.A. Lagace, L. Kinch, N.V. Grishin, J.D. Horton, J.C. Cohen, H.H. Hobbs. 2006. Molecular characterization of loss-of-function mutations in PCSK9 and identification of a compound heterozygote.
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79:514-523.
T. A. Lagace, D. E. Curtis, R. Garuti, M. C. McNutt, S. W. Park, H. B. Prather, N. N. Anderson, Y. K. Ho, R. E. Hammer, and J. D. Horton. 2006. Secreted PCSK9 decreases LDL receptors in hepatocytes and livers of parabiotic mice. J. Clin. Invest. 116:2995-3005.
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
J.D. Horton, Y. Bashmakov, I. Shimomura and H. Shimano. 1998. Regulation of sterol regulatory element binding proteins in livers of fasted and refed mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 95:5987-5992.

I. Shimomura, Y. Bashmakov and J.D. Horton. 1999. Increased levels of nuclear SREBP-1c associated with fatty livers in two mouse models of diabetes mellitus. J. Biol. Chem. 274:30028-30032.
Y-A. Moon, N.A. Shah, S. Mohapatra, J.A. Warrington and J.D. Horton. 2001. Identification of a mammalian long chain fatty acyl elongase regulated by sterol regulatory element-binding proteins. J. Biol. Chem.
276:45358-45366.
J.D. Horton, N.A. Shah, J.A. Warrington, N.N. Anderson, S.W. Park, M.S. Brown, and J.L. Goldstein. 2003. Combined analysis of oligonucleotide microarray data from transgenic and knockout mice identifies direct SREBP target genes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 100:12027-12032.
T.A. Lagace, D.E. Curtis, R. Garuti, M.C. McNutt, S.W. Park, H.B. Prather, N.N. Anderson, Y.K. Ho, R.E. Hammer, and J.D. Horton. 2006. Secreted PCSK9 decreases LDL receptors in hepatocytes and livers of parabiotic mice. J. Clin. Invest. 116:2995-3005 .
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