Publications
See a complete PubMed list of publications by Celine Riera, PhD.
Selected Key Publications
- Jovanovic P, Pool AH, Morones N, Wang Y, Novinbakht E, Keshishian N, Jang K, Oka Y, Riera CE. A sex-specific thermogenic neurocircuit induced by predator smell recruiting cholecystokinin neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 15;14(1):4937.
- Jovanovic P, Riera CE. Olfactory system and energy metabolism—a two-way street. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Apr;33(4):281-291.
- Jovanovic P, Wang Y, Vit JP, Novinbakht E, Morones N, Hogg E, Tagliati M, Riera CE. Sustained chemogenetic activation of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons promotes dopaminergic neuron survival in synucleinopathy. PLoS One. 2022 Mar 22;17(3):e0263074.
- Makwana K*, Chodavarapu H*, Morones N, Chi J, Riera CE, Novinbakht E, Nguyen PT, Jovanovic P, Wang Y, Nguyen PT, et al. Sensory neurons expressing calcitonin gene-related peptide regulate adaptive thermogenesis and diet-induced obesity. Mol Metab. 2021 Jan 5:101161.
- Halloran J, Lalande A, Zeng M, Chodavarapu H, Riera CE. (2020). Monoclonal therapy against calcitonin gene-related peptide lowers hyperglycemia and obesity in type 2 diabetes mouse models. Metabol Open. 2020 Oct 8;8:100060.
- Fine LG, Riera CE. (2019). Sense of Smell as the Central Driver of Pavlovian Appetite Behavior in Mammals. Front Physiol. 2019 Sep 18;10:1151.
- Riera CE, Tsaousidou E, Halloran J, Follett P, Hahn O, Pereira MA, Engstrom Ruud L, Alber J, Tharp K, Anderson CM, et al. The sense of smell impacts metabolic health and obesity. Cell Metab. 2017 Jul 5;26(1):198-211.
- Riera CE, Merkwirth C, de Magalhaes Filho CD, Dillin A. Signaling networks determining life span. Annu Rev Biochem. 2016 Jun 2;85:35-64.
- Riera CE, Dillin A. Emerging role of sensory perception in aging and metabolism. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2016 May;27(5):294-303.
- Riera CE, Dillin A. Can aging be “drugged”? Nat Med. 2015 Dec;21(12):1400-1405.
- Riera CE, Dillin A. Tipping the metabolic scales towards increased longevity in mammals. Nat Cell Biol. 2015 Mar;17(3):196-203.
- Riera CE, Huising MO, Follett P, Leblanc M, Halloran J, Van Andel R, de Magalhaes Filho CD, Merkwirth C, Dillin A. TRPV1 pain receptors regulate longevity and metabolism by neuropeptide signaling. Cell. 2014 May22;157(5):1023-1036.
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