@article{lodge_scheidemantle_adams_cottam_richard_breuer_thompson_shrestha_liu_kennedy_2024, title={Fructose regulates the pentose phosphate pathway and induces an inflammatory and resolution phenotype in Kupffer cells}, volume={14}, ISSN={["2045-2322"]}, DOI={10.1038/s41598-024-54272-w}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, author={Lodge, Mareca and Scheidemantle, Grace and Adams, Victoria R. and Cottam, Matthew A. and Richard, Daniel and Breuer, Denitra and Thompson, Peter and Shrestha, Kritika and Liu, Xiaojing and Kennedy, Arion}, year={2024}, month={Feb} }
 @article{adams_collins_williams_holmes_hess_atkins_scheidemantle_liu_lodge_johnson_et al._2024, title={Myeloid cell MHC I expression drives CD8<SUP>+</SUP> T cell activation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis}, volume={14}, ISSN={["1664-3224"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1302006}, DOI={10.3389/fimmu.2023.1302006}, abstractNote={Background & aimsActivated CD8+ T cells are elevated in Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and are important for driving fibrosis and inflammation. Despite this, mechanisms of CD8+ T cell activation in NASH are largely limited. Specific CD8+ T cell subsets may become activated through metabolic signals or cytokines. However, studies in NASH have not evaluated the impact of antigen presentation or the involvement of specific antigens. Therefore, we determined if activated CD8+ T cells are dependent on MHC class I expression in NASH to regulate fibrosis and inflammation.}, journal={FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY}, author={Adams, Victoria R. and Collins, Leonard B. and Williams, Taufika Islam and Holmes, Jennifer and Hess, Paul and Atkins, Hannah M. and Scheidemantle, Grace and Liu, Xiaojing and Lodge, Mareca and Johnson, Aaron J. and et al.}, editor={Williams, Taufika Islam and Collins, Leonard B. and Kennedy, ArionEditors}, year={2024}, month={Jan} }
 @article{pal_sun_armstrong_manke_reisdorph_adams_kennedy_zu_moustaid-moussa_carroll_et al._2022, title={Beneficial effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on the metabolic profile of obese female mice entails upregulation of HEPEs and increased abundance of enteric Akkermansia muciniphila}, volume={1867}, ISSN={["1879-2618"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.159059}, abstractNote={Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) ethyl esters are of interest given their clinical approval for lowering circulating triglycerides and cardiometabolic disease risk. EPA ethyl esters prevent metabolic complications driven by a high fat diet in male mice; however, their impact on female mice is less studied. Herein, we first investigated how EPA influences the metabolic profile of female C57BL/6J mice consuming a high fat diet. EPA lowered murine fat mass accumulation, potentially through increased biosynthesis of 8-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (HEPE), as revealed by mass spectrometry and cell culture studies. EPA also reversed the effects of a high fat diet on circulating levels of insulin, glucose, and select inflammatory/metabolic markers. Next, we studied if the improved metabolic profile of obese mice consuming EPA was associated with a reduction in the abundance of key gut Gram-negative bacteria that contribute toward impaired glucose metabolism. Using fecal 16S-ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, we found EPA restructured the gut microbiota in a time-dependent manner but did not lower the levels of key Gram-negative bacteria. Interestingly, EPA robustly increased the abundance of the Gram-negative Akkermansia muciniphila, which controls glucose homeostasis. Finally, predictive functional profiling of microbial communities revealed EPA-mediated reversal of high fat diet-associated changes in a wide range of genes related to pathways such as Th-17 cell differentiation and PI3K-Akt signaling. Collectively, these results show that EPA ethyl esters prevent some of the deleterious effects of a high fat diet in female mice, which may be mediated mechanistically through 8-HEPE and the upregulation of intestinal Akkermansia muciniphila.}, number={1}, journal={BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS}, author={Pal, Anandita and Sun, Shan and Armstrong, Michael and Manke, Jonathan and Reisdorph, Nicole and Adams, Victoria R. and Kennedy, Arion and Zu, Yujiao and Moustaid-Moussa, Naima and Carroll, Ian and et al.}, year={2022}, month={Jan} }