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Anthony J. Covarrubias, PhD

Assistant Professor. UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Division of Life Sciences
Verified email at mednet.ucla.edu
Cited by 3321

NAD+ metabolism and its roles in cellular processes during ageing

AJ Covarrubias, R Perrone, A Grozio… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is a coenzyme for redox reactions, making it
central to energy metabolism. NAD + is also an essential cofactor for non-redox NAD + -…

The enigmatic LEA proteins and other hydrophilins

…, A Garciarrubio, F Campos, AA Covarrubias - Plant …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Water limitation affects all types of organisms at some stage during their life cycle; therefore,
many strategies have been selected through evolution to cope with water deficit, including …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system

JM Bartleson, D Radenkovic, AJ Covarrubias… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with particular
risk for severe disease and death in older adults and in adults with age-related metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Highly hydrophilic proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes are common during conditions of water deficit

…, A Garciarrubio, AA Covarrubias - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
The late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are plant proteins that are synthesized at
the onset of desiccation in maturing seeds and in vegetative organs exposed to water deficit. …

[HTML][HTML] The TSC-mTOR pathway regulates macrophage polarization

V Byles, AJ Covarrubias, I Ben-Sahra… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Macrophages are able to polarize to proinflammatory M1 or alternative M2 states with distinct
phenotypes and physiological functions. How metabolic status regulates macrophage …

Senescent cells promote tissue NAD+ decline during ageing via the activation of CD38+ macrophages

AJ Covarrubias, A Kale, R Perrone… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Declining tissue nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) levels are linked to ageing and
its associated diseases. However, the mechanism for this decline is unclear. Here, we show …

Akt-mTORC1 signaling regulates Acly to integrate metabolic input to control of macrophage activation

AJ Covarrubias, HI Aksoylar, J Yu, NW Snyder… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.11612.001 Macrophage activation/polarization to distinct functional states is
critically supported by metabolic shifts. How polarizing signals coordinate metabolic and …

[PDF][PDF] Ketogenic diet reduces midlife mortality and improves memory in aging mice

JC Newman, AJ Covarrubias, M Zhao, X Yu, P Gut… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Ketogenic diets recapitulate certain metabolic aspects of dietary restriction such as reliance
on fatty acid metabolism and production of ketone bodies. We investigated whether an …

Control of macrophage metabolism and activation by mTOR and Akt signaling

AJ Covarrubias, HI Aksoylar, T Horng - Seminars in immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Macrophages are pleiotropic cells that assume a variety of functions depending on their
tissue of residence and tissue state. They maintain homeostasis as well as coordinate …

Conserved and novel miRNAs in the legume Phaseolus vulgaris in response to stress

…, G Estrada-Navarrete, F Sanchez, AA Covarrubias… - Plant molecular …, 2009 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules recognized as important regulators of gene
expression. Although plant miRNAs have been extensively studied in model systems, less is …