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Recent Publications

• *Lourie J, Goraltchouk A, Hollander JM, *Berger N, *Rosen HG, *Fujishiro AA, Luppino F, Seregin A, Rhym L, and Zou K. A Novel Gene Therapy Platform for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity. Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids 2025 Oct. 36(4):102739. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2025.102739.
• *#Berger N, *#Kugler B, Han D, Li M, *Nguyen P, *Anderson M, Patalano-Salsman S, Zhang S, Macoska J, Cai C. Zou K. Voluntary Exercise Attenuates Tumor Growth in a Preclinical Model of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2025 Aug 1;57(8):1732-1742. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003712.  Also featured in the UMass Boston News.
• *Kugler BA, Lourie J, *Berger N, *Lin N, *Nguyen P, *DosSantos E, *Ali A, *Sesay A, *Rosen HG, *Kalemba B, Hendricks GM, Houmard JA, Sesaki H, Gona P, You T, Yan Z, and Zou K. Partial skeletal muscle-specific Drp1 knockout enhances insulin sensitivity in diet-induced obese mice, but not in lean mice. Mol Metab. 2023 Nov;77:101802. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101802. Epub 2023 Sep 9. 
• *Tincknell JB, *Kugler B, *Spicuzza H, Yan H, You T, Zou K. High-Intensity Interval Training Attenuates Impairment in Regulatory Protein Machinery of Mitochondrial Quality Control in Skeletal Muscle of Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2023 Oct 18. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0286.