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2025

Moya-Garzon MD, Wang M, Li VL, Lyu X, Wei W, Tung AS, Raun SH, Zhao M, Coassolo L, Islam H, Oliveira B, Dai Y, Spaas J, Delgado-Gonzalez A, Donoso K, Alvarez-Buylla A, Franco-Montalban F, Letian A, Ward CP, Liu L, Svensson KJ, Goldberg EL, Gardner CD, Little JP, Banik SM, Xu Y, Long JZ.
A β-hydroxybutyrate shunt pathway generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites.
Cell. 2025 Jan 9;188(1):175-186.e20.
bioRxiv

2024

Wei W, Lyu X, Markhard AL, Fu S, Mardjuki RE, Cavanagh PE, Zeng X, Rajniak J, Lu N, Xiao S, Zhao M, Moya-Garzon MD, Truong SD, Chou JCC, Wat LW, Chidambaranathan-Reghupaty S, Coassolo L, Xu D, Shen F, Huang W, Ramirez CB, Jang C, Svensson KJ, Fischbach MA, Long JZ.
PTER is a N-acetyltaurine hydrolase that regulates feeding and obesity.
Nature 2024 Sep;633(8028):182-188.
bioRxiv
Science press: Nature Chemical Biology Research Highlight, C&EN, Science Signaling Editors’ Choice, MSN, Stanford Medicine News Center

Mehdipour M, Park S, Wei W, Long JZ, Huang GN.
Ophthalmic acid is a bloodborne metabolite that contributes to age-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.
bioRxiv

Xiao S, Li VL, Lyu X, Chen X, Wei W, Abbasi F, Knowles JW, Deng S, Tiwari G, Shi X, Zheng S, Farrell L, Chen ZZ, Taylor KD, Guo X, Goodarzi MO, Wood AC, Ida Chen YD, Lange LA, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Clish CB, Tahir UA, Gerszten RE, Benson MD, Long JZ.
Lac-Phe mediates the effects metformin on food intake and body weight.
Nat Metab. 2024 Apr;6(4):659
bioRxiv
Press: BioWorld, Science Daily, MSN, Science Blog, Tech Explorist, Technology Networks, Medical News Today, GEN, Very Well Health
Science Press: Nature Metabolism News & Views, Nature Reviews Endocrinology Research Highlight, Stanford Medicine News Center, Trinity College Dublin Featured

Wei W, Raun S, Long JZ.
Molecular insights from multi-omic studies of physical activity.
Diabetes 2024 Feb 1;73(2):162-168

2023

Wiggenhorn AL, Abuzaid HZ, Coassolo L, Li VL, Tanzo JT, Wei W, Lyu X, Svensson KJ, Long JZ.
A class of secreted mammalian peptides with potential to expand cell-cell communication.
Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 8;14(1):8125.
bioRxiv

Wei W, Riley NM, Lyu X, Shen X, Guo J, Raun SH, Zhao M, Moya-Garzon MD, Basu H, Tung AS, Li VL, Huang W, Wiggenhorn AL, Svensson KJ, Snyder MP, Bertozzi CR, Long JZ.
Organism-wide, cell-type-specific secretome mapping of exercise training in mice.
Cell Metab. 2023 Jul 11;35(7):1261-1279.e11.
bioRxiv
Press: Science Signaling Editors’ Choice; The Scientist News & Opinion

Tanzo JT, Li VL, Wiggenhorn AL, Moya-Garzon MD, Wei W, Lyu X, Dong W, Tahir UA, Chen ZZ, Cruz DE, Deng S, Shi X, Zheng S, Guo Y, Sims M, Abu-Remaileh M, Wilson JG, Gerszten RE, Long JZ, Benson MD.
CYP4F2 is a human-specific determinant of circulating N-acyl amino acid levels.
J Biol Chem. 2023 Jun;299(6):104764.
bioRxiv

2022

Xie Q, Li J, Li H, Udeshi ND, Svinkina T, Orlin D, Kohani S, Guajardo R, Mani DR, Xu C, Li T, Han S, Wei W, Shuster SA, Luginbuhl DJ, Quake SR, Murthy SE, Ting AY, Carr SA, Luo L.
Transcription factor Acj6 controls dendrite targeting via a combinatorial cell-surface code.
Neuron. 2022 Jul 20;110(14):2299-2314.e8.

Li VL, He Y, Contrepois K, Liu H, Kim JT, Wiggenhorn AM, Tanzo JT, Tung AS, Lyu X, Zushin PH, Jansen RS, Michael B, Loh KY, Yang AC, Carl CS, Voldstedlund CT, Wei W, Terrell SM, Moeller BC, Arthur RM, Wallis GA, Wetering K, Stahl A, Kiens B, Richter EA, Banik SM, Snyder MP, Xu Y, Long JZ.
An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity.
Nature 2022 Jun;606(7915):785-790.
Press: New York Times, Yahoo! News, Fox News, MSN, Daily Mail UK, Fierce Biotech, NewScientist, ScienceDaily, Cosmos Magazine, Technology Networks, BioSpace, Euronews, La Vanguardia, Today UK News, SciTechDaily, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Science Press: Nature News & Views, Science News, C&EN, Stanford Medicine News, UC Davis News, Baylor College of Medicine News, Radboud University News, Netherlands Cancer Institute News
Media: 90 seconds with Lisa Kim

2021

Wei W,* Riley NM,* Lyu X, Bertozzi CR, Long JZ.
Protocol for cell type-specific labeling, enrichment, and proteomic profiling of plasma proteins in mice.
STAR Protoc. 2021 Dec 11;2(4):101014. *equal contribution

Basu H, Pekkurnaz G, Falk J, Wei W, Chin M, Steen J, Schwarz TL.
FHL2 anchors mitochondria to actin and adapts mitochondrial dynamics to glucose supply.
J Cell Biol. 2021 Oct 4;220(10).

Wei W*, Riley NM*, Yang AC, Kim JT, Terrell SM, Li VL, Garcia-Contreras M, Bertozzi CR, Long JZ.
Cell type-selective secretome profiling in vivo
Nat. Chem. Biol. 2021 Mar;17(3):326-334 *equal contribution
bioRxiv
Science Press: Nature Methods Research Highlight, F1000

2020

Kim JT, Jedrychowski MP, Wei W, Fernandez D, Fischer CR, Banik SM, Spiegelman BM, Long JZ.
A plasma protein network regulates PM20D1 and N-acyl amino acid bioactivity.
Cell Chem. Biol. 2020 Sep 17;27(9):1130-1139
Science Press: Cell Chemical Biology Preview

Kim JT, Terrell SM, Li VL, Wei W, Fischer CR, Long JZ.
Cooperative enzymatic control of N-acyl amino acids by PM20D1 and FAAH.
eLife 2020 Apr 9;9:e5521.

2019

Shlevkov E, Basu H, Bray MA, Sun Z, Wei W, Apaydin K, Karhohs K, Chen PF, Smith JLM, Wiskow O, Roet K, Huang X, Eggan K, Carpenter AE, Kleiman RJ, Schwarz TL.
A High-Content Screen Identifies TPP1 and Aurora B as Regulators of Axonal Mitochondrial Transport.
Cell Rep. 2019 Sep 17;28(12):3224-3237.e5.