URMC / Labs / Munger Lab / Publications Recent Publications Hecht FZocchi MTuttle ETWard NPSmith BKang YPCazarin JSoares ZGOzgurses MEZhao HSheehan CAlimohammadi FMunger LDTrivedi DAsantewaa GBlick-Nitko SKZoeller JJChen YVasiliou VTurner BMMuir AColoff JLMunger JDeNicola GMHarris IS Catabolism of extracellular glutathione supplies amino acids to support tumor growth.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2024 Oct 11. Scales TQSmith BBlanchard LMWixom NTuttle ETAltman BJPeppone LJMunger JCampbell TMCampbell EKHarris IS A whole food, plant-based diet reduces amino acid levels in patients with metastatic breast cancer.; medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2024 Oct 09. Soto CALesch MLBecker JLSharipol AKhan ASchafer XLBecker MWMunger JCFrisch BJ The Lactate Receptor GPR81 is a Mechanism of Leukemia-Associated Macrophage Polarization in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2024 Aug 16. Blick-Nitko SKTure SKSchafer XLMunger JCLivada ACLi CMaurya PRondina MTMorrell CN Platelet Ido1 expression is induced during Plasmodium yoelii infection, altering plasma tryptophan metabolites.; Blood advances. 2024 Aug 12. Asantewaa GTuttle ETWard NPKang YPKim YKavanagh MEGirnius NChen YRodriguez KHecht FZocchi MSmorodintsev-Schiller LScales TQTaylor KAlimohammadi FDuncan RPSechrist ZRAgostini-Vulaj DSchafer XLChang HSmith ZRO'Connor TNWhelan SSelfors LMCrowdis JGray GKBronson RTBrenner DRufini ADirksen RTHezel AFHuber ARMunger JCravatt BFVasiliou VCole CLDeNicola GMHarris IS Glutathione synthesis in the mouse liver supports lipid abundance through NRF2 repression.; Nature communications; Vol 15(1), pp. 6152. 2024 Jul 21. Zhang KEldin PCiesla JHBriant LLentini JMRamos JCobb JMunger JFu D Proteolytic cleavage and inactivation of the TRMT1 tRNA modification enzyme by SARS-CoV-2 main protease.; eLife; Vol 12. 2024 May 30. Ciesla JHuang KLWagner EJMunger J A UL26-PIAS1 complex antagonizes anti-viral gene expression during Human Cytomegalovirus infection.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 20(5), pp. e1012058. 2024 May 20. Rasmussen ALGronvall GKLowen ACGoodrum FAlwine JAndersen KGAnthony SJBaines JBanerjee ABroadbent AJBrooke CBCampos SKCaposio PCasadevall AChan GCCliffe ARCollins-McMillen DConnell NDamania BDaugherty MDDebbink KDermody TSDiMaio DDuprex WPEmerman MGalloway DAGarry RFGoldstein SAGreninger ALHartman ALHogue BGHorner SMHotez PJJung JUKamil JPKarst SMLaimins LLakdawala SSLandais ILetko MLindenbach BLiu S-LLuftig MMcFadden GMehle AMorrison JMoscona AMühlberger EMunger JMünger KMurphy ENeufeldt CJNikolich JZO'Connor CMPekosz APermar SRPfeiffer JKPopescu SVPurdy JGRacaniello VRRice CMRunstadler JASapp MJScott RSSmith GASorrell EMSperanza EStreblow DTibbetts SAToth ZVan Doorslaer KWeiss SRWhite EAWhite TMWobus CEWorobey MYamaoka SYurochko A Virology-the path forward.; Journal of virology. 2024 Jan 03. Wu JSubbaiah KCVHedaya OChen SMunger JTang WHWYan CYao P FAM210A regulates mitochondrial translation and maintains cardiac mitochondrial homeostasis.; Cardiovascular research. 2023 Jul 31. Dunn DMPack LJMunger JC Raf1 promotes successful Human Cytomegalovirus replication and is regulated by AMPK-mediated phosphorylation during infection.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2023 Jul 26. Goodrum FLowen ALakdawala SAlwine JCasadevall AImperiale MAtwood WAvgousti DBaines JBanfield BBanks LBhaduri-McIntosh SBhattacharya DBlanco-Melo DBloom DBoon ABoulant SBrandt CBroadbent ABrooke CCameron CCampos SCaposio PChan GCliffe ACoffin JCollins KDamania BDaugherty MDebbink KDeCaprio JDermody TDikeakos JDiMaio DDinglasan RDuprex WPDutch RElde NEmerman MEnquist LFane BFernandez-Sesma AFlenniken MFrappier LFrieman MFrueh KGack MGaglia MGallagher TGalloway DGarcía-Sastre AGeballe AGlaunsinger BGoff SGreninger AHancock MHarris EHeaton NHeise MHeldwein EHogue BHorner SHutchinson EHyser JJackson WKalejta RKamil JKarst SKirchhoff FKnipe DKowalik TLagunoff MLaimins LLanglois RLauring ALee BLeib DLiu SLLongnecker RLopez CLuftig MLund JManicassamy BMcFadden GMcIntosh MMehle AMiller WAMohr IMoody CMoorman NMoscona AMounce BMunger JMünger KMurphy ENaghavi MNelson JNeufeldt CNikolich JO'Connor COno AOrenstein WOrnelles DOu JHParker JParrish CPekosz APellett PPfeiffer JPlemper RPolyak SPurdy JPyeon DQuinones-Mateu MRenne RRice CSchoggins JRoller RRussell CSandri-Goldin RSapp MSchang LSchmid SSchultz-Cherry SSemler BShenk TSilvestri GSimon VSmith GSmith JSpindler KStanifer MSubbarao KSundquist WSuthar MSutton TTai ATarakanova VtenOever BTibbetts STompkins SToth Zvan Doorslaer KVignuzzi MWallace NWalsh DWeekes MWeinberg JWeitzman MWeller SWhelan SWhite EWilliams BWobus CWong SYurochko A Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse.; mBio. 2023 Jan 26. Raymonda MHRodríguez-Sánchez ISchafer XLSmorodintsev-Schiller LHarris ISMunger J Cytomegalovirus-induced inactivation of TSC2 disrupts the coupling of fatty acid biosynthesis to glucose availability resulting in a vulnerability to glucose starvation.; mBio. 2023 Jan 20. Ciesla JMoreno IMunger J TNFα-induced metabolic reprogramming drives an intrinsic anti-viral state.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 18(7), pp. e1010722. 2022 Jul 14. Moreno IRodríguez-Sánchez ISchafer XMunger J Human cytomegalovirus induces neuronal enolase to support virally mediated metabolic remodeling.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 119(49), pp. e2205789119. 2022 Jan 02. Raymonda MHCiesla JHMonaghan MLeach JAsantewaa GSmorodintsev-Schiller LALutz MMSchafer XLTakimoto TDewhurst SMunger JHarris IS Pharmacologic profiling reveals lapatinib as a novel antiviral against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.; Virology; Vol 566. 2021 Nov 27. Monaghan MMunger J Contributions of the HCMV UL30-associated open reading frames to infection.; Journal of virology. 2021 Feb 10. Dunn DMRodriguez-Sanchez ISchafer XMunger J Human Cytomegalovirus Induces the Expression of the AMPKa2 Subunit to Drive Glycolytic Activation and Support Productive Viral Infection.; Journal of virology. 2020 Dec 02. Dunn DMMunger J Interplay Between Calcium and AMPK Signaling in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection.; Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology; Vol 10. 2020. Goodwin CMSchafer XMunger J UL26 attenuates IKKβ-mediated induction of ISG expression and enhanced protein ISGylation during HCMV infection.; Journal of virology. 2019 Sep 18. Meade NKing MMunger JWalsh D mTOR Dysregulation by Vaccinia Virus F17 Controls Multiple Processes with Varying Roles in Infection.; Journal of virology; Vol 93(15). 2019 Aug 01. Rodríguez-Sánchez IMunger J Meal for Two: Human Cytomegalovirus-Induced Activation of Cellular Metabolism.; Viruses; Vol 11(3). 2019 Mar 19. Goodwin CMMunger J The IκB kinases restrict human cytomegalovirus infection.; Journal of virology. 2019 Feb 13. King MWMunger J Editing the human cytomegalovirus genome with the CRISPR/Cas9 system.; Virology; Vol 529. 2019 Jan 26. Rodríguez-Sánchez ISchafer XLMonaghan MMunger J The Human Cytomegalovirus UL38 protein drives mTOR-independent metabolic flux reprogramming by inhibiting TSC2.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 15(1). 2019 Jan 24. Goodwin CMCiesla JHMunger J Who's Driving? Human Cytomegalovirus, Interferon, and NFκB Signaling.; Viruses; Vol 10(9). 2018 Aug 21. Nadtochiy SMWang YTNehrke KMunger JBrookes PS Cardioprotection by nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN): Involvement of glycolysis and acidic pH.; Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology. 2018 Jun 26. Zhang JWang YTMiller JHDay MMMunger JCBrookes PS Accumulation of Succinate in Cardiac Ischemia Primarily Occurs via Canonical Krebs Cycle Activity.; Cell reports; Vol 23(9). 2018 May 29. Nadtochiy SMWang YTZhang JNehrke KSchafer XWelle KGhaemmaghami SMunger JBrookes PS Potential mechanisms linking SIRT activity and hypoxic 2-hydroxyglutarate generation: no role for direct enzyme (de)acetylation.; The Biochemical journal. 2017 Jul 03. Murphy PSWang JBhagwat SPMunger JCJanssen WJWright TWElliott MR CD73 regulates anti-inflammatory signaling between apoptotic cells and endotoxin-conditioned tissue macrophages.; Cell death and differentiation; Vol 24(3). 2017 Mar. Smith BSchafer XLAmbeskovic ASpencer CMLand HMunger J Addiction to Coupling of the Warburg Effect with Glutamine Catabolism in Cancer Cells.; Cell reports; Vol 17(3). 2016 Oct 11. Nadtochiy SMSchafer XFu DNehrke KMunger JBrookes PS Acidic pH Is a Metabolic Switch for 2-Hydroxyglutarate Generation and Signaling.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 291(38). 2016 Sep 16. Xu SSchafer XMunger J Expression of Oncogenic Alleles Induces Multiple Blocks to Human Cytomegalovirus Infection.; Journal of virology; Vol 90(9). 2016 May 1. Hollenbaugh JAMontero CSchinazi RFMunger JKim B Metabolic profiling during HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection of primary human monocyte-derived macrophages.; Virology; Vol 491. 2016 Apr. Goodwin CMXu SMunger J Stealing the Keys to the Kitchen: Viral Manipulation of the Host Cell Metabolic Network.; Trends in microbiology; Vol 23(12). 2015 Dec. Nadtochiy SMUrciuoli WZhang JSchafer XMunger JBrookes PS Metabolomic profiling of the heart during acute ischemic preconditioning reveals a role for SIRT1 in rapid cardioprotective metabolic adaptation.; Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology; Vol 88. 2015 Nov. Campbell ABushman JMunger JNoble MPröschel CMayer-Pröschel M Mutation of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated is associated with dysfunctional glutathione homeostasis in cerebellar astroglia.; Glia. 2015 Oct 15. Buescher JMAntoniewicz MRBoros LGBurgess SCBrunengraber HClish CBDeBerardinis RJFeron OFrezza CGhesquiere BGottlieb EHiller KJones RGKamphorst JJKibbey RGKimmelman ACLocasale JWLunt SYMaddocks ODMalloy CMetallo CMMeuillet EJMunger JNöh KRabinowitz JDRalser MSauer UStephanopoulos GSt-Pierre JTennant DAWittmann CVander Heiden MGVazquez AVousden KYoung JDZamboni NFendt SM A roadmap for interpreting (13)C metabolite labeling patterns from cells.; Current opinion in biotechnology; Vol 34. 2015 Aug. Xu SSpencer CMMunger J Transformation with oncogenic Ras and the simian virus 40 T antigens induces caspase-dependent sensitivity to fatty acid biosynthetic inhibition.; Journal of virology; Vol 89(12). 2015 Jun. DeVito SROrtiz-Riaño EMartínez-Sobrido LMunger J Cytomegalovirus-mediated activation of pyrimidine biosynthesis drives UDP-sugar synthesis to support viral protein glycosylation.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 111(50). 2014 Dec 16. Mathers CSchafer XMartínez-Sobrido LMunger J The human cytomegalovirus UL26 protein antagonizes NF-κB activation.; Journal of virology; Vol 88(24). 2014 Dec. Proschel CStripay JLShih CHMunger JCNoble MD Delayed transplantation of precursor cell-derived astrocytes provides multiple benefits in a rat model of Parkinsons.; EMBO molecular medicine; Vol 6(4). 2014 Apr. Ortiz-Riaño ENgo NDevito SEggink DMunger JShaw MLde la Torre JCMartínez-Sobrido L Inhibition of arenavirus by A3, a pyrimidine biosynthesis inhibitor.; Journal of virology; Vol 88(2). 2014 Jan. Mathers CSpencer CMMunger J Distinct domains within the human cytomegalovirus U(L)26 protein are important for wildtype viral replication and virion stability.; PloS one; Vol 9(2). 2014. Pei SMinhajuddin MCallahan KPBalys MAshton JMNeering SJLagadinou EDCorbett CYe HLiesveld JLO'Dwyer KMLi ZShi LGreninger PSettleman JBenes CHagen FKMunger JCrooks PABecker MWJordan CT Targeting aberrant glutathione metabolism to eradicate human acute myelogenous leukemia cells.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 288(47). 2013 Nov 22. Sasaki MKnobbe CBMunger JCLind EFBrenner DBrüstle AHarris ISHolmes RWakeham AHaight JYou-Ten ALi WYSchalm SSu SMVirtanen CReifenberger GOhashi PSBarber DLFigueroa MEMelnick AZúñiga-Pflücker JCMak TW IDH1(R132H) mutation increases murine haematopoietic progenitors and alters epigenetics.; Nature; Vol 488(7413). 2012 Aug 30. McArdle JMoorman NJMunger J HCMV targets the metabolic stress response through activation of AMPK whose activity is important for viral replication.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 8(1). 2012 Jan. Wang RDillon CPShi LZMilasta SCarter RFinkelstein DMcCormick LLFitzgerald PChi HMunger JGreen DR The transcription factor Myc controls metabolic reprogramming upon T lymphocyte activation.; Immunity; Vol 35(6). 2011 Dec 23. Hollenbaugh JAMunger JKim B Metabolite profiles of human immunodeficiency virus infected CD4+ T cells and macrophages using LC-MS/MS analysis.; Virology; Vol 415(2). 2011 Jul 5. Spencer CMSchafer XLMoorman NJMunger J Human cytomegalovirus induces the activity and expression of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, a fatty acid biosynthetic enzyme whose inhibition attenuates viral replication.; Journal of virology; Vol 85(12). 2011 Jun. McArdle JSchafer XLMunger J Inhibition of calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase blocks human cytomegalovirus-induced glycolytic activation and severely attenuates production of viral progeny.; Journal of virology; Vol 85(2). 2011 Jan.