Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD

Professor

Dr. Suneil Koliwad is an Expert in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, serving as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UCSF Health. His lab, based in the UCSF Diabetes Center, focuses on the intersection of nutrition, inflammation, and metabolic tissue function in the context of normal physiology, and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease, and in the course of aging. His group strives to link basic mechanisms of metabolic regulation to causality in important clinical contexts, and has developed a highly innovative and deeply curated multiethnic obesity cohort at UCSF to assist in achieving this goal.
Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellowship, 06/2006 - Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, UCSF
Residency, 06/2003 - Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
M.D., 05/1999 - Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Ph.D., 05/1995 - Molecular Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine
B.S., 06/1992 - Psychobiology, University of California Los Angeles
Honors and Awards
  • Guenther Boden, MD Memorial Award Lecture, Temple University School of Medicine, 2024
  • Distinguished Endocrinologist Award Lecture, University of California Irvine, 2022
  • Election to American Society of Clinical Investigation, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), 2018
  • Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher, J. David Gladstone Institutes, 2011
  • A.P. Giannini Scholarship In Medical Research, UCSF and J. David Gladstone Institutes, 2006
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine, 1999
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Baylor College of Medicine, 1998
Publications
  1. Klonoff DC, Freckmann G, Pleus S, Kovatchev BP, Kerr D, Tse CC, Li C, Agus MSD, Dungan K, Voglová Hagerf B, Krouwer JS, Lee WA, Misra S, Rhee SY, Sabharwal A, Seley JJ, Shah VN, Tran NK, Waki K, Worth C, Tian T, Aaron RE, Rutledge K, Ho CN, Ayers AT, Adler A, Ahn DT, Aktürk HK, Al-Sofiani ME, Bailey TS, Baker M, Bally L, Bannuru RR, Bauer EM, Bee YM, Blanchette JE, Cengiz E, Chase JG, Y Chen K, Cherñavvsky D, Clements M, Cote GL, Dhatariya KK, Drincic A, Ejskjaer N, Espinoza J, Fabris C, Fleming GA, Gabbay MAL, Galindo RJ, Gómez-Medina AM, Heinemann L, Hermanns N, Hoang T, Hussain S, Jacobs PG, Jendle J, Joshi SR, Koliwad SK, Lal RA, Leiter LA, Lind M, Mader JK, Maran A, Masharani U, Mathioudakis N, McShane M, Mehta C, Moon SJ, Nichols JH, O'Neal DN, Pasquel FJ, Peters AL, Pfützner A, Pop-Busui R, Ranjitkar P, Rhee CM, Sacks DB, Schmidt S, Schwaighofer SM, Sheng B, Simonson GD, Sode K, Spanakis EK, Spartano NL, Umpierrez GE, Vareth M, Vesper HW, Wang J, Wright E, Wu AHB, Yeshiwas S, Zilbermint M, Kohn MA. The Diabetes Technology Society Error Grid and Trend Accuracy Matrix for Glucose Monitors. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2024. PMID: 39369312


  2. M Choi, A Abdellatif, D L Alba, S K Koliwad. 8154 The Pro-Fibrotic Transcriptional Profile of Adipose Tissue in Insulin Resistant Individuals. Journal of the Endocrine Society 2024. PMID:


  3. Valdearcos M, McGrath ER, Brown Mayfield SM, Folick A, Cheang RT, Li L, Bachor TP, Lippert RN, Xu AW, Koliwad SK. Microglia mediate the early-life programming of adult glucose control. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024. PMID: 39005380


  4. GWENDOLYN LEE, MICHAEL A. KOHN, ESTHER ROV-IKPAH, PARAS MEHTA, CRAIG SAN LUIS, CRAIG JOHNSON, SUNEIL K. KOLIWAD, ROBERT J. RUSHAKOFF. 1879-LB: Automated Self-Adjusting Subcutaneous Insulin Algorithm (SQIA) Improves Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients—Three-Year Experience. Diabetes 2024. PMID:


  5. Mehta PB, Kohn MA, Rov-Ikpah E, San Luis C, Johnson C, Lee G, Koliwad S, Rushakoff RJ. Novel Automated Self-adjusting Subcutaneous Insulin Algorithm Improves Glycemic Control and Physician Efficiency in Hospitalized Patients. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2024. PMID: 38454631


  6. Datta R, Mukherjee D, Podolsky MJ, Yang CD, Alba DL, Singh S, Arnold TD, Koliwad S, Lizama CO, Atabai K. PTP1B mediates the inhibitory effect of MFGE8 on insulin signaling through the β5 integrin. The Journal of biological chemistry 2024. PMID: 38199575


  7. Vashisht R, Patel A, Dahm L, Han C, Medders KE, Mowers R, Byington CL, Koliwad SK, Butte AJ. Second-Line Pharmaceutical Treatments for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37782497


  8. Douglass JD, Ness KM, Valdearcos M, Wyse-Jackson A, Dorfman MD, Frey JM, Fasnacht RD, Santiago OD, Niraula A, Banerjee J, Robblee M, Koliwad SK, Thaler JP. Obesity-associated microglial inflammatory activation paradoxically improves glucose tolerance. Cell metabolism 2023. PMID: 37572666


  9. Klonoff DC, Yeung AM, Huang J, Espinoza JC, Raymond JK, Lee WA, Koliwad SK, Kerr D. Twenty-first century management of diabetes with shared telemedicine appointments. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2023. PMID: 37475531


  10. Datta R, Podolsky MJ, Yang CD, Alba DL, Singh S, Koliwad S, Lizama CO, Atabai K. MFGE8 inhibits insulin signaling through PTP1B. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023. PMID: 37398282


  11. Heindel JJ, Alvarez JA, Atlas E, Cave MC, Chatzi VL, Collier D, Corkey B, Fischer D, Goran MI, Howard S, Kahan S, Kayhoe M, Koliwad S, Kotz CM, La Merrill M, Lobstein T, Lumeng C, Ludwig DS, Lustig RH, Myers P, Nadal A, Trasande L, Redman LM, Rodeheffer MS, Sargis RM, Stephens JM, Ziegler TR, Blumberg B. Obesogens and Obesity: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions Summary from a Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptors Strategies Workshop. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2023. PMID: 37230178


  12. Elle N Clelland, Judy Gonzalez-Vargas, Sarah G Palilla, Suneil K Koliwad, Heather I Greenwood, Christopher J Schwartz, Chris C. Benz, Diana L Alba, Rita A Mukhtar. 407 Moving from observational studies to a clinical trial: the impact of obesity and surgical weight loss on breast imaging, tissue, and cancer screening experience: the B-BRITE study. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2023. PMID:


  13. Peters MC, Schiebler M, Cardet JC, Johansson MW, Sorkness R, DeBoer MD, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Castro M, Sumino K, Erzurum SC, Tattersall MC, Zein JG, Hastie AT, Moore W, Levy BD, Israel E, Duvall M, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Fajt ML, Koliwad SK, Denlinger LC, Woodruff PG, Jarjour NN, Fahy JV, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program-3. The Impact of Insulin Resistance on Loss of Lung Function and Response to Treatment in Asthma. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2022. PMID: 35687105


  14. Chen YH, Stokes AC, Aschmann HE, Chen R, DeVost S, Kiang MV, Koliwad S, Riley AR, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess natural-cause deaths in California by cause and setting: March 2020 through February 2021. PNAS nexus 2022. PMID: 35832865


  15. Vagena E, Crneta J, Engström P, He L, Yulyaningsih E, Korpel NL, Cheang RT, Bachor TP, Huang A, Michel G, Attal K, Berrios DI, Valdearcos M, Koliwad SK, Olson DP, Yi CX, Xu AW. ASB4 modulates central melanocortinergic neurons and calcitonin signaling to control satiety and glucose homeostasis. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2022. PMID: 35536884


  16. Folick A, Cheang RT, Valdearcos M, Koliwad SK. Metabolic factors in the regulation of hypothalamic innate immune responses in obesity. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2022. PMID: 35474339


  17. Klonoff DC, Wang J, Rodbard D, Kohn MA, Li C, Liepmann D, Kerr D, Ahn D, Peters AL, Umpierrez GE, Seley JJ, Xu NY, Nguyen KT, Simonson G, Agus MSD, Al-Sofiani ME, Armaiz-Pena G, Bailey TS, Basu A, Battelino T, Bekele SY, Benhamou PY, Bequette BW, Blevins T, Breton MD, Castle JR, Chase JG, Chen KY, Choudhary P, Clements MA, Close KL, Cook CB, Danne T, Doyle FJ, Drincic A, Dungan KM, Edelman SV, Ejskjaer N, Espinoza JC, Fleming GA, Forlenza GP, Freckmann G, Galindo RJ, Gomez AM, Gutow HA, Heinemann L, Hirsch IB, Hoang TD, Hovorka R, Jendle JH, Ji L, Joshi SR, Joubert M, Koliwad SK, Lal RA, Lansang MC, Lee WA, Leelarathna L, Leiter LA, Lind M, Litchman ML, Mader JK, Mahoney KM, Mankovsky B, Masharani U, Mathioudakis NN, Mayorov A, Messler J, Miller JD, Mohan V, Nichols JH, Nørgaard K, O'Neal DN, Pasquel FJ, Philis-Tsimikas A, Pieber T, Phillip M, Polonsky WH, Pop-Busui R, Rayman G, Rhee EJ, Russell SJ, Shah VN, Sherr JL, Sode K, Spanakis EK, Wake DJ, Waki K, Wallia A, Weinberg ME, Wolpert H, Wright EE, Zilbermint M, Kovatchev B. A Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Validated by Clinician Ratings. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2022. PMID: 35348391


  18. Nelson NG, Wu L, Maier MT, Lam D, Cheang R, Alba D, Huang A, Neumann DA, Hill T, Vagena E, Barsh GS, Medina MW, Krauss RM, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. A gene-diet interaction controlling relative intake of dietary carbohydrates and fats. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2022. PMID: 35051651


  19. Lauren Wimer, Martin Valdearcos Contreras, Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam, Jessica Ramirez, Jennifer Beck, Suneil Koliwad, Pankaj Kapahi. Reducing Methylglyoxal Rescues Obesity Related Phenotypes and Lifespan in a Leptin Receptor Deficient Mouse Model. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2021. PMID:


  20. Lauren Wimer, Martin Valdearcos Contreras, Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam, Jessica Ramirez, Jennifer Beck, Suneil Koliwad, Pankaj Kapahi. Reducing Methylglyoxal Rescues Obesity Related Phenotypes and Lifespan in a Leptin Receptor Deficient Mouse Model. Innovation in Aging 2021. PMID:


  21. Lauren Wimer, Martin Valdearcos Contreras, Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam, Jessica Ramirez, Jennifer Beck, Suneil Koliwad, Pankaj Kapahi. The relationship between physical activity intensity and volume on prospective falls in older adults. Innovation in Aging 2021. PMID:


  22. Qi L, Zushin PH, Chang CF, Lee YT, Alba DL, Koliwad SK, Stahl A. Probing Insulin Sensitivity with Metabolically Competent Human Stem Cell-Derived White Adipose Tissue Microphysiological Systems. AACE Clinical Case Reports 2021. PMID: 34761526


  23. Ang QY, Alba DL, Upadhyay V, Bisanz JE, Cai J, Lee HL, Barajas E, Wei G, Noecker C, Patterson AD, Koliwad SK, Turnbaugh PJ. The East Asian gut microbiome is distinct from colocalized white subjects and connected to metabolic health. eLife 2021. PMID: 34617511


  24. Nguyen KT, Xu NY, Zhang JY, Shang T, Basu A, Bergenstal RM, Castorino K, Chen KY, Kerr D, Koliwad SK, Laffel LM, Mathioudakis N, Midyett LK, Miller JD, Nichols JH, Pasquel FJ, Prahalad P, Prausnitz MR, Seley JJ, Sherr JL, Spanakis EK, Umpierrez GE, Wallia A, Klonoff DC. Continuous Ketone Monitoring Consensus Report 2021. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2021. PMID: 34605694


  25. Folick A, Koliwad SK, Valdearcos M. Microglial Lipid Biology in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis. Frontiers in endocrinology 2021. PMID: 34122343


  26. Arora S, Thompson PJ, Wang Y, Bhattacharyya A, Apostolopoulou H, Hatano R, Naikawadi RP, Shah A, Wolters PJ, Koliwad S, Bhattacharya M, Bhushan A. Invariant Natural Killer T cells coordinate removal of senescent cells. Med (New York, N.Y.) 2021. PMID: 34617070


  27. Datta R, Lizama CO, Soltani AK, Mckleroy W, Podolsky MJ, Yang CD, Huynh TL, Cautivo KM, Wang B, Koliwad SK, Abumrad NA, Atabai K. Autoregulation of insulin receptor signaling through MFGE8 and the αvβ5 integrin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021. PMID: 33903257


  28. Mehta PB, Kohn MA, Koliwad SK, Rushakoff RJ. Lack of association between either outpatient or inpatient glycemic control and COVID-19 illness severity or mortality in patients with diabetes. BMJ open diabetes research & care 2021. PMID: 34059527


  29. . Continuous Ketone Monitoring: A New Paradigm for Physiologic Monitoring. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2021. PMID: 33834884


  30. Peterson TA, Fontil V, Koliwad SK, Patel A, Butte AJ. Quantifying Variation in Treatment Utilization for Type 2 Diabetes Across Five Major University of California Health Systems. Diabetes care 2021. PMID: 33531419


  31. Lai LK, Valdearcos M, Morioka K, Saxena S, Feng X, Li R, Uchida Y, Lijun A, Li W, Pan J, Koliwad S, Marcucio R, Wulff H, Maze M. Blocking Kv1.3 potassium channels psrevents postoperative neuroinflammation and cognitive decline without impairing wound healing in mice. British journal of anaesthesia 2020. PMID: 32624183


  32. Oguri Y, Shinoda K, Kim H, Alba DL, Bolus WR, Wang Q, Brown Z, Pradhan RN, Tajima K, Yoneshiro T, Ikeda K, Chen Y, Cheang RT, Tsujino K, Kim CR, Greiner VJ, Datta R, Yang CD, Atabai K, McManus MT, Koliwad SK, Spiegelman BM, Kajimura S. CD81 Controls Beige Fat Progenitor Cell Growth and Energy Balance via FAK Signaling. Cell 2020. PMID: 32615086


  33. KELLY M. NESS, JOHN DOUGLASS, MARTIN VALDEARCOS-CONTRERAS, MAURICIO D. DORFMAN, ANZELA NIRAULA, SUNEIL K. KOLIWAD, JOSHUA THALER. 1769-P: Microglial Activation and Inactivation via Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) Alters Peripheral Glucose Homeostasis. Diabetes 2020. PMID:


  34. Ibars M, Maier MT, Yulyaningsih E, Perez L, Cheang R, Vilhelmsson A, Louie SM, Wegner SA, Yuan X, Eltzschig HK, Hopf FW, Nomura DK, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Neuronal modulation of hepatic lipid accumulation induced by binge-like drinking. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2020. PMID: 32045262


  35. Bess EN, Bisanz JE, Yarza F, Bustion A, Rich BE, Li X, Kitamura S, Waligurski E, Ang QY, Alba DL, Spanogiannopoulos P, Nayfach S, Koliwad SK, Wolan DW, Franke AA, Turnbaugh PJ. Genetic basis for the cooperative bioactivation of plant lignans by Eggerthella lenta and other human gut bacteria. Nature microbiology 2019. PMID: 31686027


  36. Godfrey C, Bremer A, Alba D, Apovian C, Koethe JR, Koliwad S, Lewis D, Lo J, McComsey GA, Eckard A, Srinivasa S, Trevillyan J, Palmer C, Grinspoon S. Obesity and Fat Metabolism in HIV-infected Individuals: Immunopathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. The Journal of infectious diseases 2019. PMID: 30893434


  37. Jaafar R, Tran S, Shah A, Sun G, Valdearcos M, Marchetti P, Masini M, Swisa A, Giacometti S, Bernal-Mizrachi E, Matveyenko A, Hebrok M, Dor Y, Rutter GA, Koliwad SK, Bhushan A. mTORC1 to AMPK switching underlies ß-cell metabolic plasticity during maturation and diabetes. The Journal of clinical investigation 2019. PMID: 31265435


  38. Mason AE, Jhaveri K, Schleicher S, Almeida C, Hartman A, Wackerly A, Alba D, Koliwad SK, Epel ES, Aschbacher K. Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status. Physiology & behavior 2019. PMID: 31002858


  39. Valdearcos M, Myers MG, Koliwad SK. Hypothalamic microglia as potential regulators of metabolic physiology. Nature metabolism 2019. PMID: 32694719


  40. McQueen AE, Koliwad SK, Wang JC. Fighting obesity by targeting factors regulating beige adipocytes. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2018. PMID: 30148740


  41. Alba DL, Farooq JA, Lin MYC, Schafer AL, Shepherd J, Koliwad SK. Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese-Americans. 2018. PMID: 29846621


  42. Nguyen AD, Nguyen TA, Singh RK, Eberlé D, Zhang J, Abate JP, Robles A, Koliwad S, Huang EJ, Maxfield FR, Walther TC, Farese RV. Progranulin in the hematopoietic compartment protects mice from atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2018. PMID: 30212683


  43. Valdearcos M, Douglass JD, Robblee MM, Dorfman MD, Stifler DR, Bennett ML, Gerritse I, Fasnacht R, Barres BA, Thaler JP, Koliwad SK. Microglial Inflammatory Signaling Orchestrates the Hypothalamic Immune Response to Dietary Excess and Mediates Obesity Susceptibility. Cell metabolism 2018. PMID: 29874568


  44. Maier MT, Vilhelmsson A, Louie SM, Vagena E, Nomura DK, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Regulation of Hepatic Lipid Accumulation and Distribution by Agouti-Related Protein in Male Mice. Endocrinology 2018. PMID: 29750244


  45. JOHN DOUGLASS, MARTIN VALDEARCOS, SUNEIL K. KOLIWAD, JOSH THALER. Microglia Activation Regulates Systemic Glucose Tolerance. Diabetes 2018. PMID:


  46. Hu J, Feng X, Valdearcos M, Lutrin D, Uchida Y, Koliwad SK, Maze M. Interleukin-6 is both necessary and sufficient to produce perioperative neurocognitive disorder in mice. British journal of anaesthesia 2018. PMID: 29452810


  47. Hasegawa Y, Ikeda K, Chen Y, Alba DL, Stifler D, Shinoda K, Hosono T, Maretich P, Yang Y, Ishigaki Y, Chi J, Cohen P, Koliwad SK, Kajimura S. Repression of Adipose Tissue Fibrosis through a PRDM16-GTF2IRD1 Complex Improves Systemic Glucose Homeostasis. Cell metabolism 2018. PMID: 29320702


  48. Gray NE, Lam LN, Yang K, Zhou AY, Koliwad S, Wang JC. Angiopoietin-like 4 (Angptl4) protein is a physiological mediator of intracellular lipolysis in murine adipocytes. The Journal of biological chemistry 2017. PMID: 28963337


  49. McQueen AE, Kanamaluru D, Yan K, Gray NE, Wu L, Li ML, Chang A, Hasan A, Stifler D, Koliwad SK, Wang JC. The C-terminal fibrinogen-like domain of angiopoietin-like 4 stimulates adipose tissue lipolysis and promotes energy expenditure. The Journal of biological chemistry 2017. PMID: 28842503


  50. Klonoff DC, Kerr D, Wong JC, Pavlovic Y, Koliwad S, Hu J, Salber P, Aguilera A, Long W, Hamilton G, Chen KY, Adi S. Digital Diabetes Congress 2017. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2017. PMID: 28786320


  51. Chitraju C, Mejhert N, Haas JT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Grueter CA, Imbriglio JE, Pinto S, Koliwad SK, Walther TC, Farese RV. Triglyceride Synthesis by DGAT1 Protects Adipocytes from Lipid-Induced ER Stress during Lipolysis. Cell metabolism 2017. PMID: 28768178


  52. Valdearcos M, Douglass JD, Robblee MM, Dorfman MD, Stifler DR, Bennett ML, Gerritse I, Fasnacht R, Barres BA, Thaler JP, Koliwad SK. Microglial Inflammatory Signaling Orchestrates the Hypothalamic Immune Response to Dietary Excess and Mediates Obesity Susceptibility. Cell metabolism 2017. PMID: 28683286


  53. Yulyaningsih E, Rudenko IA, Valdearcos M, Dahlén E, Vagena E, Chan A, Alvarez-Buylla A, Vaisse C, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Acute Lesioning and Rapid Repair of Hypothalamic Neurons outside the Blood-Brain Barrier. Volume 19 of Issue 11. 2017. PMID: 28614713


  54. Feng X, Valdearcos M, Uchida Y, Lutrin D, Maze M, Koliwad SK. Microglia mediate postoperative hippocampal inflammation and cognitive decline in mice. JCI insight 2017. PMID: 28405620


  55. Kuang R, Jahangiri A, Mascharak S, Nguyen A, Chandra A, Flanigan PM, Yagnik G, Wagner JR, De Lay M, Carrera D, Castro BA, Hayes J, Sidorov M, Garcia JL, Eriksson P, Ronen S, Phillips J, Molinaro A, Koliwad S, Aghi MK. GLUT3 upregulation promotes metabolic reprogramming associated with antiangiogenic therapy resistance. JCI insight 2017. PMID: 28138554


  56. Azar KM, Koliwad S, Poon T, Xiao L, Lv N, Griggs R, Ma J. The Electronic CardioMetabolic Program (eCMP) for Patients With Cardiometabolic Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of medical Internet research 2016. PMID: 27234480


  57. Robblee MM, Kim CC, Porter Abate J, Valdearcos M, Sandlund KL, Shenoy MK, Volmer R, Iwawaki T, Koliwad SK. Saturated Fatty Acids Engage an IRE1a-Dependent Pathway to Activate the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Myeloid Cells. Cell reports 2016. PMID: 26971994


  58. Rottkamp DM, Rudenko IA, Maier MT, Roshanbin S, Yulyaningsih E, Perez L, Valdearcos M, Chua S, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Leptin potentiates astrogenesis in the developing hypothalamus. Molecular metabolism 2015. PMID: 26629411


  59. Valdearcos M, Xu AW, Koliwad SK. Hypothalamic inflammation in the control of metabolic function. Annual review of physiology 2015. PMID: 25668019


  60. Valdearcos M, Robblee MM, Benjamin DI, Nomura DK, Xu AW, Koliwad SK. Microglia dictate the impact of saturated fat consumption on hypothalamic inflammation and neuronal function. Cell reports 2014. PMID: 25497089


  61. Mattis AN, Song G, Hitchner K, Kim RY, Lee AY, Sharma AD, Malato Y, McManus MT, Esau CC, Koller E, Koliwad S, Lim LP, Maher JJ, Raffai RL, Willenbring H. A screen in mice uncovers repression of lipoprotein lipase by microRNA-29a as a mechanism for lipid distribution away from the liver. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2014. PMID: 25131933


  62. Warne JP, Varonin JM, Nielsen SS, Olofsson LE, Kaelin CB, Chua S, Barsh GS, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Coordinated regulation of hepatic energy stores by leptin and hypothalamic agouti-related protein. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2013. PMID: 23864684


  63. Suneil K. Koliwad, Taiyi Kuo, Lauren E. Shipp, Nora E. Gray, Fredrik Backhed, Alex Yick-Lun So, Robert V. Farese, Jen-Chywan Wang. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4, fasting-induced adipose factor) is a direct glucocorticoid receptor target and participates in glucocorticoid-regulated triglyceride metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012. PMID:


  64. Gray NE, Lam LN, Yang K, Zhou AY, Koliwad S, Wang JC. Angiopoietin-like 4 (Angptl4) protein is a physiological mediator of intracellular lipolysis in murine adipocytes. The Journal of biological chemistry 2012. PMID: 22267746


  65. Streeper RS, Grueter CA, Salomonis N, Cases S, Levin MC, Koliwad SK, Zhou P, Hirschey MD, Verdin E, Farese RV. Deficiency of the lipid synthesis enzyme, DGAT1, extends longevity in mice. Aging 2012. PMID: 22291164


  66. Suneil K. Koliwad, Ryan S. Streeper, Mara Monetti, Ivo Cornelissen, Liana Chan, Koji Terayama, Stephen Naylor, Meghana Rao, Brian Hubbard, Robert V. Farese. DGAT1-dependent triacylglycerol storage by macrophages protects mice from diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation 2011. PMID:


  67. Koliwad SK, Streeper RS, Monetti M, Cornelissen I, Chan L, Terayama K, Naylor S, Rao M, Hubbard B, Farese RV. DGAT1-dependent triacylglycerol storage by macrophages protects mice from diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation. The Journal of clinical investigation 2010. PMID: 20124729


  68. Koliwad SK, Kuo T, Shipp LE, Gray NE, Backhed F, So AY, Farese RV, Wang JC. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4, fasting-induced adipose factor) is a direct glucocorticoid receptor target and participates in glucocorticoid-regulated triglyceride metabolism. The Journal of biological chemistry 2009. PMID: 19628874


  69. Yen CL, Stone SJ, Koliwad S, Harris C, Farese RV. Thematic review series: glycerolipids. DGAT enzymes and triacylglycerol biosynthesis. Journal of lipid research 2008. PMID: 18757836


  70. Streeper RS, Koliwad SK, Villanueva CJ, Farese RV. Effects of DGAT1 deficiency on energy and glucose metabolism are independent of adiponectin. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2006. PMID: 16595853


  71. Ryan S Streeper, Sylvaine Cases, Suneil K Koliwad, Robert V Farese. Increased longevity in mice lacking DGAT1. The FASEB Journal 2006. PMID:


  72. Suneil K. Koliwad, Anna K. Brezinska, Stephen J. Elliott. 4 Redox Regulation of Ion Channels. Antioxidant and Redox Regulation of Genes 2000. PMID:


  73. Sullivan R, Koliwad SK, Kunze DL. Analysis of a Ca2+-activated K+ channel that mediates hyperpolarization via the thrombin receptor pathway. The American journal of physiology 1998. PMID: 9814983


  74. Elliott SJ, Koliwad SK. Redox control of ion channel activity in vascular endothelial cells by glutathione. Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) 1997. PMID: 9329010


  75. Koliwad SK, Elliott SJ, Kunze DL. Oxidized glutathione mediates cation channel activation in calf vascular endothelial cells during oxidant stress. The Journal of physiology 1996. PMID: 8866350


  76. Elliott SJ, Koliwad SK. Oxidant stress and endothelial membrane transport. Free radical biology & medicine 1995. PMID: 8529924