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Alexander Anastasios Soukas, Ph.D., M.D.

TitleAssistant Professor of Medicine
InstitutionMassachusetts General Hospital
DepartmentMedicine
AddressMassachusetts General Hospital
Center for Human Genetic Research, CPZN6224
185 Cambridge St
Boston MA 02114
Phone617/724-5897
Fax617/726-5949

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  1. Pino EC, Webster CM, Carr CE, Soukas AA. Biochemical and high throughput microscopic assessment of fat mass in caenorhabditis elegans. J Vis Exp. 2013; (73).
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  2. Yuan M, Pino E, Wu L, Kacergis M, Soukas AA. Identification of Akt-independent regulation of hepatic lipogenesis by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 2. J Biol Chem. 2012 Aug 24; 287(35):29579-88.
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  3. O'Rourke EJ, Soukas AA, Carr CE, Ruvkun G. C. elegans major fats are stored in vesicles distinct from lysosome-related organelles. Cell Metab. 2009 Nov; 10(5):430-5.
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  4. Soukas AA, Kane EA, Carr CE, Melo JA, Ruvkun G. Rictor/TORC2 regulates fat metabolism, feeding, growth, and life span in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Dev. 2009 Feb 15; 23(4):496-511.
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  5. Birsoy K, Soukas A, Torrens J, Ceccarini G, Montez J, Maffei M, Cohen P, Fayzikhodjaeva G, Viale A, Socci ND, Friedman JM. Cellular program controlling the recovery of adipose tissue mass: An in vivo imaging approach. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 2; 105(35):12985-90.
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  6. Montez JM, Soukas A, Asilmaz E, Fayzikhodjaeva G, Fantuzzi G, Friedman JM. Acute leptin deficiency, leptin resistance, and the physiologic response to leptin withdrawal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 15; 102(7):2537-42.
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  7. Cohen P, Yang G, Yu X, Soukas AA, Wolfish CS, Friedman JM, Li C. Induction of leptin receptor expression in the liver by leptin and food deprivation. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 18; 280(11):10034-9.
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  8. Asilmaz E, Cohen P, Miyazaki M, Dobrzyn P, Ueki K, Fayzikhodjaeva G, Soukas AA, Kahn CR, Ntambi JM, Socci ND, Friedman JM. Site and mechanism of leptin action in a rodent form of congenital lipodystrophy. J Clin Invest. 2004 Feb; 113(3):414-24.
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  9. Cohen P, Miyazaki M, Socci ND, Hagge-Greenberg A, Liedtke W, Soukas AA, Sharma R, Hudgins LC, Ntambi JM, Friedman JM. Role for stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 in leptin-mediated weight loss. Science. 2002 Jul 12; 297(5579):240-3.
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  10. Chiellini C, Bertacca A, Novelli SE, Görgün CZ, Ciccarone A, Giordano A, Xu H, Soukas A, Costa M, Gandini D, Dimitri R, Bottone P, Cecchetti P, Pardini E, Perego L, Navalesi R, Folli F, Benzi L, Cinti S, Friedman JM, Hotamisligil GS, Maffei M. Obesity modulates the expression of haptoglobin in the white adipose tissue via TNFalpha. J Cell Physiol. 2002 Feb; 190(2):251-8.
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  11. Soukas A, Socci ND, Saatkamp BD, Novelli S, Friedman JM. Distinct transcriptional profiles of adipogenesis in vivo and in vitro. J Biol Chem. 2001 Sep 7; 276(36):34167-74.
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  12. Yoon JC, Chickering TW, Rosen ED, Dussault B, Qin Y, Soukas A, Friedman JM, Holmes WE, Spiegelman BM. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma target gene encoding a novel angiopoietin-related protein associated with adipose differentiation. Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Jul; 20(14):5343-9.
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  13. Soukas A, Cohen P, Socci ND, Friedman JM. Leptin-specific patterns of gene expression in white adipose tissue. Genes Dev. 2000 Apr 15; 14(8):963-80.
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  14. Ylikahri R, Heikkonen E, Soukas A. The sauna and alcohol. Ann Clin Res. 1988; 20(4):287-91.
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