Veronica L. Li

Neurosciences Institute — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

12h-index907citations29works12.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(6), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer(5), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies(4), Diet and metabolism studies(4), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment(4)

Publications29 total

Lac-Phe induces hypophagia by inhibiting AgRP neurons in mice
Nature Metabolism·2025· 3 cited
Genetic depletion of adipose-derived Isthmin-1 causes hepatic steatosis
Molecular Metabolism·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Prohormone cleavage prediction uncovers a non-incretin anti-obesity peptide
Nature·2025· 19 cited
A β-hydroxybutyrate shunt pathway generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites
Cell·2024· 41 citedOpen Access
A secondary β-hydroxybutyrate metabolic pathway linked to energy balance
2024Open Access
SLC17A1/3 transporters mediate renal excretion of Lac-Phe in mice and humans
Nature Communications·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Mixed alkyl/aryl phosphonates identify metabolic serine hydrolases as antimalarial targets
Cell chemical biology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Lac-Phe (N-lactoyl-phenylalanine)
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
SLC17 transporters mediate renal excretion of Lac-Phe in mice and humans
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Lac-Phe mediates the effects of metformin on food intake and body weight
Nature Metabolism·2024· 63 citedOpen Access
Mixed Alkyl/Aryl Phosphonates Identify Metabolic Serine Hydrolases as Antimalarial Targets
2024Open Access
Mixed Alkyl/Aryl Phosphonates Identify Metabolic Serine Hydrolases as Antimalarial Targets
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
A class of secreted mammalian peptides with potential to expand cell-cell communication
Nature Communications·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Sensitization of cancer cells to ferroptosis coincident with cell cycle arrest
Cell chemical biology·2023· 91 citedOpen Access
Lac-Phe mediates the anti-obesity effect of metformin
2023· 4 citedOpen Access
A Cell Cycle-Dependent Ferroptosis Sensitivity Switch Governed by EMP2
2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A class of secreted mammalian peptides with potential to expand cell-cell communication
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
CYP4F2 is a human-specific determinant of circulating N-acyl amino acid levels
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The role of somatosensory innervation of adipose tissues
Nature·2022· 99 citedOpen Access
An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity
Nature·2022· 291 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jonathan Z. Long(24), Wei Wei(12), Stephanie M. Terrell(9), Xuchao Lyu(8), Amanda L. Wiggenhorn(7), Joon T. Kim(6), Alan Sheng-Hwa Tung(6), Laetitia Coassolo(6), Katrin J. Svensson(6), Matthew Bogyo(6), Shuke Xiao(5), Julia T. Tanzo(4), Yong Xu(4), Meng Zhao(4), Jan Spaas(4), Steven M. Banik(3), María Dolores Moya-Garzón(3), Shuliang Deng(3), Shuning Zheng(3), Zsu‐Zsu Chen(3)