Wondered how #adipocyte #fat release #lipid via #lipolysis in #fasting, cold exposure? Multi-year @Razanilab effort in @jclinicalinvest by postdoc maven @yushengyeh identifies #lysosome lipolysis (LAL) as major way on par with known cytosolic route (ATGL) https://t.co/ThtJuPgVUy

Proud of Terrific Trio @RazaniLab Postdocs make strong showing at #AHA25 NOLA this week: @yushengyeh competes as finalist in #BCVS Katz Basic Science Research Prize. @Ziyang_LiuPhD presents #Galectin3 & @AliiAjam #cholesterol #mtor work at VB.MDP.15/16 & ATVB Council Reception 🔥

Nice showing by @RazaniLab members at the 16th Annual #Aging Institute Research Day for @AgingPitt @PittDeptofMed. @AliiAjam & @MdSaifurRKhan1 won Best Posters for Clinical/Translational Postdoc and Basic Science Faculty category 🔥💪 Will you guys be able to eat all that? 🤔

Super discovery by @LodhiLab in @Nature today. BCFA, which are #fattyacids derived from #BCAA like #leucine, are metabolized in #peroxisomes as new form of #brownfat #thermogenesis (heat production). Thanks for including us in this multi-year effort 💪 https://t.co/iD8R7qSvHH

Nice way to close summer 2025 for @RazaniLab and also celebrate our summer students from @PittVMI VUE Program and @PittDeptofMed @pitt_medicine Dean's Summer Research Program 🎉

Congrats Dr. Bahram Razani (@BahramRazani) on the official lab launch @UCSF @UCSFMedicine. Looking forward to seeing Great things from the "other" Razani Lab! 😁

LIPA locus #SNP (#Lysosome Acid Lipase gene) long known as #CVD risk. Cool work by @FangLi47313348 of @hanrui_zhang lab in @ESC_Journals uses high-tech functional #genomics to uncover mechanism backed by mouse model. Thanks for including us in the journey.

Blocking #CD47 has emerged as promising therapy in #CVD. Check out work in @CircAHA by Zhen Guo of @Alicardsdoc lab identifying CD47 in #cardiomyopathy #heartfailure induced by doxorubicin & targeting it as novel therapy. Great partnering with you on this. https://t.co/53HoToyvIj

Hunting for the next key metabolite besides #TMAO driving #atherosclerosis #CVD? Need to read excellent work by @SanchoLab in @Nature implicating gut #microbiota derived "ImP" with possible links to our favorite #macrophage #mtor signaling in the plaque. https://t.co/SYsf9TLVF3

Check out our new commentary on #leucine and role in #CVD #atherosclerosis via #mtor #autophagy. Spearheaded by @XiangyuZ0321, @AliiAjam & @RazaniLab team we discuss next steps in limiting leucine's damage to the #macrophage & the atherosclerotic plaque. https://t.co/m3rZuwe3IL

Our work suggests that if trehalose has disease-fighting effects by ingestion, they are likely secondary to other physiological effects and not directly.

#trehalose is still a fascinating dissacharide that works brilliantly by parenteral (i.e. not oral) route to treat many diseases spanning #atherosclerosis, metabolic, & neurodegenerative diseases. It just cannot be ingested and assumed to be effective as suggested in many papers.

News flash #trehalose aficionados: New work by @yushengyeh and @RazaniLab team shows this natural sugar inducing #autophagy #TFEB to treat #obesity #metabolism & other diseases is NOT effective by oral route and KO of gut enzyme #trehalase doesn't help. https://t.co/JeZkN1UPXB

Bonanza of cool papers recently on curious BMP #lipids only found in #lysosomes, discovery of degrading enzyme PLA2G15, and role in physiology & disease by labs of @JudithSimcox in @Cell_Metabolism and @abu_remaileh in @Nature. https://t.co/QWsvxU78zH https://t.co/jsj1iVHjea

Look who got his 1st corresponding author paper in @theJIDJournal on #tcell MyD88/A20 & psoriatic #arthritis? Congrats Dr. Bahram Razani @BahramRazani, Dermatologist-Scientist extraordinaire @UCSFMedicine. Best wishes as you setup the "other" RazaniLab💪😁 https://t.co/uVV4EV4Ha5

Timely review of #precisionnutrition as strategy in #CVD #metabolism disease therapy in @NatureMedicine by @MartaGuasch1 @Riudecanyenc & colleagues. Note that uncovering mechanisms linking nutrients to cellular signaling true power of precision #nutrition. https://t.co/ANj8WgkTwa

Congratulations to Carlos Cosme (@life_of_carlos), @PittCMU_MSTP student in @RazaniLab @PittVMI for winning this year's Monga Family #Cardiovascular Research Award at #Pathobiology25 #ASIP2025 👏🏼👏🏼

And of course, can't forget to mention the fun of hanging out and enjoying some Chesapeake crab cakes 👌

Great showing by @RazaniLab at #VascularDiscovery25 in Baltimore the past 3 days. Kudos to the efforts of @KathyMartinYale, the entire organizing committee, & @American_Heart for the excellent programming & opportunity to present our work. See you all next year in Bellevue, WA!

Lots to like about work of @DrGregSteinberg lab in @NatMetabolism on #adrenaline stimulating #adipocyte #lipolysis (via ATGL) to activate #macrophage #GDF15 action on brain centers for #anxiety. Adipose-immune-brain axis also relevant to metabolic disease.

Interesting new concepts by @dillinlab in @CellCellPress on #autophagy #aggrephagy in "quiescent" cells actually inducing #lysosome damage that is curbed by #TFEB & UPR response. Novel way of looking at this & excited to see its role in #aging & disease. https://t.co/BamkJrjwOB