Laboratories and investigators within the UCLA Division of Endocrinology influence the future of the field through publications in top-tier journals. Keep up with their latest work here.

June 2026

  1. Beshay LH, Makker J, Ahern S. Mixed Medullary and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Patient on Tirzepatide. Cureus. 2026 Apr 27;18(4):e107836. doi: 10.7759/cureus.107836. PMID: 42220693; PMCID: PMC13215789.
  2. Korevaar TIM, Leung AM, Alexander EK, Bliddal S, Boelaert K, Brenta G, Chou R, Dhillon-Smith R, Dosiou C, Eaton JL, Guan H, Kilpatrick SJ, Lasserre BJ, Lee SY, Maraka S, Meister KD, Morris-Wiseman LF, Nguyen CT, Pearce EN, Shan Z. American Thyroid Association 2026 Guidelines for Thyroid Disease in Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum. Thyroid. 2026 May;36(5):481-544. doi: 10.1177/10507256261445624. Epub 2026 May 31. PMID: 42219800.
  3. Castro-Sepúlveda M, Hevener AL, Joensuu M, Qiu J, Ryan DG, Yardeni T. Mitochondria across the globe: diverse voices, shared energy. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Jun;37(6):483-486. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2026.04.006. PMID: 42225056.
  4. Cushing J, Slusser W, Moin T. Translating 'food is medicine' from concept to reality. Nat Med. 2026 Jun 2. doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04420-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42230755.
  5. Ball AB, Stiles L, Divakaruni AS. Considerations and best practices for respirometry. Cell Metab. 2026 Jun 2;38(6):1093-1096. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2026.05.001. PMID: 42229405.
  6. Kumar A, Van C, Shahrvini T, Srikanthan P, Horwich TB. Body composition changes during cardiac rehabilitation and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J Plus. 2026 May 20;67:100805. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100805. PMID: 42238967; PMCID: PMC13226217.
  7. Takimoto SW, Freeby M, Han M, Vangala S, Fujimoto J, Dermenchyan A, Lambrechts S. Population-Level Teleretinal Screening Bulk Orders to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Rates: A Randomized Quality Improvement Trial. Telemed J E Health. 2026 Jun 3:15305627261450353. doi: 10.1177/15305627261450353. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42236467.
  8. Repetti GG, Abel ED, Tontonoz P, Sallam T. Adipose Tissue Plasticity, Lipoprotein Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Risk: The Emerging Role of the GLP-1 Axis. Circ Res. 2026 Jun 5;138(12):e328680. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.126.328680. Epub 2026 Jun 4. PMID: 42241516.
  9. Kelty TJ, Franczak E, Gay NR, Many GM, Sagendorf TJ, Sanford JA, Hou Z, Gaul DA, Fernández FM, Rekowski M, Burant CF, Hevener AL, Adkins JN, Bodine S, Lindholm ME, Ortlund EA, Schenk S, Thyfault JP, Rector RS; MoTrPAC study group. Endurance exercise elicits temporal and sexual dimorphic multi-omics remodeling of liver metabolism revealed by MoTrPAC. Cell Rep. 2026 Jun 8;45(6):117416. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117416. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42258354.
  10. Zelada H, Kaput KL, Runchey S, Le TN. Updates in Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD). Endocr Pract. 2026 Jun 9:S1530-891X(26)01031-1. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2026.05.038. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42263937.
  11. Lim A, Peluso EM, Downs IA, Horwich BH, Velez-Velez MA, Lechner MG. Severe autoimmunity after checkpoint inhibitor therapy in a patient with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1. JCEM Case Rep. 2026 Jun 9;4(7):luag112. doi: 10.1210/jcemcr/luag112. PMID: 42273283; PMCID: PMC13247532.
  12. Wang N, DiCorpo DA, Zhang Y, Kleinbrink E, Arnett DK, Barnard J, Blangero J, Bowden DW, Carson AP, Chen YI, Chung MK, Curran JE, Darbar D, Duggirala R, Ellinor PT, Fatkin D, Fornage M, Heard-Costa N, He J, Hou L, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg C, Loos RJF, McManus DD, Mitchell BD, Minster RL, North KE, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Redline S, Rich SS, Roden D, Rotter JI, Shoemaker MB, Smith JD, Van Wagoner DR, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Bis JC, Brody JA, Cade BE, Clish CB, de Vries PS, Floyd JS, Freedman BI, Gabriel S, Gerzsten RE, Goodarzi MO, Gu C, Guo X, Gupta N, Heckbert SR, Hsu S, Hung YJ, Kalyani RR, Kelly TN, Kinney GL, Li C, Liu S, Liu Y, Lloyd-Jones DM, Manson JE, Mathias RA, Mercader JM, Morrison AC, Naseri T, Onengut S, Palmer ND, Peyser PA, Qi Q, Raghavan S, Reiner AP, Rooney MR, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Sarnowski C, Smith JD, Smith JA, Spartano NL, Tahir U, Taylor KD, Tobias DK, Tracy RP, Viali S, Wang H, Wood AC, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Dupuis J, Liu CT, Sladek R, Wessel J, Meigs JB, Manning AK; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium:. Colocalization of eQTLs With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits Using Whole-Genome Sequences in Diverse Populations From the NHLBI Trans-Omics in Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program. Diabetes. 2026 Jun 11:db250557. doi: 10.2337/db25-0557. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42274313.
  13. Mulroy M, Primbas A, Salusky IB, Weinreb J, Shieh A. Management of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Jun 16. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000001149. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42302124.
  14. Sheshadri P, Costa-Besada MA, Fisher A, Kiraly S, Singh K, Kourouzidou I, Blacker TS, Zeng J, Shirihai OS, Grinstaff MW, Duchen MR. Targeting lysosomal pH restores mitochondrial quality control in GBA1-mutant Parkinson's disease. Transl Neurodegener. 2026 Jun 17;15(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s40035-026-00559-z. PMID: 42310725.
  15. Jung W, Abushukair H, Patil NY, Ampadu F, Firouzi M, Rus I, Choi J, Muthukrishnan SD, Shukla S, Tarantini S, Csiszar A, Mehla K, Kim D, Yoon JH, Kim D, Kim J, Jung J, Klementieva O, Shah YM, Yoshihara E, Singh PK, Joshi AD, Oh TG. Spatial transcriptome mapping identifies Ppara-Anxa2 cross-talk in microplastic-induced hepatotoxicity. Sci Adv. 2026 Jun 19;12(25):eaec8681. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aec8681. Epub 2026 Jun 17. PMID: 42308314; PMCID: PMC13274612.
  16. Perini Villanueva G, Solorzano WM, Everett E. Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes: Clinical Outcomes, Disparities in Access, and Cost-effectiveness. Curr Diab Rep. 2026 Jun 22;26(1):19. doi: 10.1007/s11892-026-01631-8. PMID: 42329523.
  17. Diramerian LG, Douek M, Tse G, Iskander P, Li S, Yeh MW, Livhits MJ, Leung AM, Chiu HK, Wu JX. Risk-stratification of pediatric thyroid nodules using ATA and ACR TIRADS adult thyroid nodule scoring systems. Endocr Pract. 2026 Jun 26:S1530-891X(26)01041-4. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2026.06.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42362055.
  18. Chan AP, Jarrett KE, Lai RW, Clifford BL, Williams KJ, Tarling EJ, de Aguiar Vallim TQ. A protocol for noninvasive quantification of dietary fat absorption in mice. STAR Protoc. 2026 Jun 25;7(3):104658. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104658. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42360884.
  19. Chen B, Wang J, Qian Q, Zhang G, Wang Y, Li M, Tan R, Yang Z, Zhao W, Ciampa G, Yang Bennett DS, Liu Y, Zhu Q, Zhu Z, Masenga SK, Vue Z, Le H, Shi Q, Zingman LV, Hinton AO Jr, Hall DD, Abel ED, Yang L, Song LS. Junctophilin-2-orchestrated calcium signalosome regulates brown adipocyte thermogenesis and energy metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jul 7;123(27):e2524943123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2524943123. Epub 2026 Jun 29. PMID: 42372139.