Joan Vaughan

Salk Institute for Biological Studies — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol(44), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors(22), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(22), TGF-β signaling in diseases(20), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(16)

Publications131 total

Microprotein-Derived Secreted Peptide That Stimulates Cellular cAMP Production
Biochemistry·2026
Abnormal mitochondrial structure and function in brown adipose tissue of SLC35A4-MP knockout mice
Science Advances·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals microproteins regulating adipocyte proliferation and lipid metabolism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
ShortStop: a machine learning framework for microprotein discovery
BMC Methods·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The ERVK3-1 Microprotein Interacts with the HUSH Complex
Biochemistry·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
CRISPR-Cas9 Screening Reveals Microproteins Regulating Adipocyte Proliferation and Lipid Metabolism
2025Open Access
Microprotein-encoding RNA regulation in cells treated with pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic stimuli
BMC Genomics·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Dual quorum-sensing control of purine biosynthesis drives pathogenic fitness of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Presynaptic sensor and silencer of peptidergic transmission reveal neuropeptides as primary transmitters in pontine fear circuit
Cell·2024· 28 citedOpen Access
An Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Microprotein from the SLC35A4 Upstream ORF Regulates Cellular Metabolism
Journal of Molecular Biology·2024· 25 citedOpen Access
Biochemistry and Protein Interactions of the CYREN Microprotein
Biochemistry·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Proteomic discovery of chemical probes that perturb protein complexes in human cells
Molecular Cell·2023· 89 citedOpen Access
The TINCR ubiquitin-like microprotein is a tumor suppressor in squamous cell carcinoma
Nature Communications·2023· 34 citedOpen Access
Correction: Mitochondrial DNA variation in Alzheimer’s disease reveals a unique microprotein called SHMOOSE
Molecular Psychiatry·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Profiling mouse brown and white adipocytes to identify metabolically relevant small ORFs and functional microproteins
Cell Metabolism·2023· 72 citedOpen Access
Proteomic discovery of chemical probes that perturb protein complexes in human cells
2022· 11 citedOpen Access
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system
Nature Chemical Biology·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial DNA variation in Alzheimer’s disease reveals a unique microprotein called SHMOOSE
Molecular Psychiatry·2022· 51 citedOpen Access
Profiling Mouse Brown and White Adipocytes to Identify Metabolically Relevant Small ORFs and Functional Microproteins
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Transcriptional co-activator regulates melanocyte differentiation and oncogenesis by integrating cAMP and MAPK/ERK pathways
Cell Reports·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Wylie Vale(36), Jean Rivier(11), Paul E. Sawchenko(11), Cynthia J. Donaldson(9), Marilyn H. Perrin(7), Catherine Rivier(6), Aaron J.W. Hsueh(6), Chien Li(6), Alon Chen(6), Kathleen Lewis(5), Anne Corrigan(5), Joachim Spiess(5), J. Rivier(5), Wylie Vale(5), Jean Rivier(5), Alan Saghatelian(4), Jackson C. Bittencourt(3), Richard McClintock(3), Amy L. Blount(3), Koichi S. Kunitake(3)