Cynthia J. Donaldson

Salk Institute for Biological Studies — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

37h-index8.3kcitations73works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol(19), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(12), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(10), Pancreatic function and diabetes(10), RNA modifications and cancer(8)

Publications73 total

Microprotein-Derived Secreted Peptide That Stimulates Cellular cAMP Production
Biochemistry·2026
CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals microproteins regulating adipocyte proliferation and lipid metabolism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
CRISPR-Cas9 Screening Reveals Microproteins Regulating Adipocyte Proliferation and Lipid Metabolism
2025Open Access
Acute inflammation upregulates FAHFAs in adipose tissue and in differentiated adipocytes
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Microprotein-encoding RNA regulation in cells treated with pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic stimuli
BMC Genomics·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Urocortin 3 contributes to paracrine inhibition of islet alpha cells in mice
Journal of Endocrinology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Biochemistry and Protein Interactions of the CYREN Microprotein
Biochemistry·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
The TINCR ubiquitin-like microprotein is a tumor suppressor in squamous cell carcinoma
Nature Communications·2023· 34 citedOpen Access
Profiling mouse brown and white adipocytes to identify metabolically relevant small ORFs and functional microproteins
Cell Metabolism·2023· 72 citedOpen Access
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system
Nature Chemical Biology·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
Profiling Mouse Brown and White Adipocytes to Identify Metabolically Relevant Small ORFs and Functional Microproteins
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Functional Heterogeneity Among Pancreatic Alpha Cells
Journal of the Endocrine Society·2021Open Access
Regulation of the ER stress response by a mitochondrial microprotein
The FASEB Journal·2020· 6 cited
Accurate Annotation of Protein‐coding Small Open Reading Frames in the Human Genome
The FASEB Journal·2020
Role of AIG1 and ADTRP in Endogenous FAHFA Regulation
The FASEB Journal·2020
AIG1 and ADTRP are endogenous hydrolases of fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs) in mice
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2020· 40 citedOpen Access
Accurate annotation of human protein-coding small open reading frames
Nature Chemical Biology·2019· 247 citedOpen Access
Regulation of the ER stress response by a mitochondrial microprotein
Nature Communications·2019· 187 citedOpen Access
CDK12 phosphorylates 4E-BP1 to enable mTORC1-dependent translation and mitotic genome stability
Genes & Development·2019· 79 citedOpen Access
An Improved Human smORF Annnotation Workflow Combining De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Ribo-Seq
2019Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Wylie Vale(22), Joan Vaughan(21), Alan Saghatelian(15), Marilyn H. Perrin(10), Jean Rivier(9), Mark O. Huising(8), Kathleen Lewis(7), Talitha van der Meulen(7), Thomas F. Martínez(7), Paul E. Sawchenko(6), Louise M. Bilezikjian(6), Qian Chu(6), Jolene K. Diedrich(6), Amy L. Blount(4), Dan Tan(4), Steve W. Sutton(3), Renjie Chen(3), Anne Corrigan(3), Alex M. Mawla(3), Elena L. Cáceres(3)