Steven Bensinger*
The Bensinger Laboratory is in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. We apply cutting-edge techniques to understand how lipid metabolism influences cell fate and function. Our work aims to find new ways to extend health and treat human diseases.
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Research Interests:
inflammation, cancer, host defense, T cells, isotope labeling, lipidomics, lipids, macrophage, innate immunity,Publications:
Leak L, Wang Z, Joseph AJ, Johnson B, Chan AA, Decosto CM, Magtanong L, Ko PJ, Lee WC, Ritho J, Manukian S, Millner A, Chitkara S, Salinas JJ, Skouta R, Rees MG, Ronan MM, Roth JA, Myers CL, Moffat J, Boone C, Bensinger SJ, Nathanson DA, Atilla-Gokcumen GE, Moding EJ, Dixon SJ. Tegavivint triggers TECR-dependent nonapoptotic cancer cell death. Nat Chem Biol. 2025 May 26. view on PubMed
Watson RL, Lung WY, Bensinger SJ, Belperio JA. Oropharyngeal Administration of Bleomycin in the Murine Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis. J Vis Exp. 2025 May 09; (219). view on PubMed
Chan H, Li F, Dokoshi T, Cavagnero KJ, Li Q, Chen Y, Aguilera C, Nakatsuji T, Liu E, Indra A, Yang D, Valentina O, Numata T, Crown B, Li H, Williams KJ, Chiu IM, Bensinger SJ, Chen W, Gallo RL. Psychological stress increases skin infection through the action of TGFβ to suppress immune-acting fibroblasts. Sci Immunol. 2025 Apr 11; 10(106):eads0519. view on PubMed
Sammarco A, Guerra G, Eyme KM, Kennewick K, Qiao Y, El Hokayem J, Williams KJ, Su B, Cakici C, Mnatsakanyan H, Zappulli V, Bensinger SJ, Badr CE. Targeting SCD triggers lipotoxicity of cancer cells and enhances anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer brain metastasis mouse models. Commun Biol. 2025 Apr 04; 8(1):562. view on PubMed
Kennewick KT, Bensinger SJ. Disrupting cholesterol homeostasis in T cells boosts antitumour responses. Nat Metab. 2025 Mar; 7(3):441-443. view on PubMed
Dixon S, Leak L, Wang Z, Lee WC, Johnson B, Millner A, Ko PJ, Decosto C, Magtanong L, Ritho J, Skouta R, Atilla-Gokcumen E, Myers C, Moffat J, Boone C, Bensinger S, Moding E, Joseph A, Chan A, Chitkara S, Salinas J, Nathanson D. A clinical drug candidate that triggers non-apoptotic cancer cell death. Res Sq. 2025 Feb 11. view on PubMed
Jones AE, Rios A, Ibrahimovic N, Chavez C, Bayley NA, Ball AB, Hsieh WY, Sammarco A, Bianchi AR, Cortez AA, Graeber TG, Hoffmann A, Bensinger SJ, Divakaruni AS. The metabolic cofactor Coenzyme A enhances alternative macrophage activation via MyD88-linked signaling. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 20. view on PubMed
Ball AB, Jones AE, Nguy?n KB, Rios A, Marx N, Hsieh WY, Yang K, Desousa BR, Kim KKO, Veliova M, Del Mundo ZM, Shirihai OS, Benincá C, Stiles L, Bensinger SJ, Divakaruni AS. Pro-inflammatory macrophage activation does not require inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation. EMBO Rep. 2025 Feb; 26(4):982-1002. view on PubMed
Hong SG, Kennelly JP, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ, Mack JJ. Flow-mediated modulation of the endothelial cell lipidome. Front Physiol. 2024; 15:1431847. view on PubMed
Hong SG, Kennelly JP, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ, Mack JJ. Flow-Mediated Modulation of the Endothelial Cell Lipidome. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 15. view on PubMed
Steach HR, York AG, Skadow MH, Chen S, Zhao J, Williams KJ, Zhou Q, Hsieh WY, Brewer JR, Qu R, Shyer JA, Harman C, Sefik E, Mowell WK, Bailis W, Cui C, Kluger Y, Bensinger SJ, Craft J, Flavell RA. IL-4 Licenses B Cell Activation Through Cholesterol Synthesis. bioRxiv. 2024 May 15. view on PubMed
Ball AB, Jones AE, Nguy?n KB, Rios A, Marx N, Hsieh WY, Yang K, Desousa BR, Kim KKO, Veliova M, Del Mundo ZM, Shirihai OS, Benincá C, Stiles L, Bensinger SJ, Divakaruni AS. Pro-inflammatory macrophage activation does not require inhibition of mitochondrial respiration. bioRxiv. 2024 May 14. view on PubMed
Sammarco A, Guerra G, Eyme KM, Kennewick K, Qiao Y, Hokayem JE, Williams KJ, Su B, Zappulli V, Bensinger SJ, Badr CE. Targeting SCD triggers lipotoxicity of cancer cells and enhances anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer brain metastasis mouse models. bioRxiv. 2024 May 09. view on PubMed
Gao Y, Kennelly JP, Xiao X, Whang E, Ferrari A, Bedard AH, Mack JJ, Nguyen AH, Weston T, Uchiyama LF, Lee MS, Young SG, Bensinger SJ, Tontonoz P. T cell cholesterol transport is a metabolic checkpoint that links intestinal immune responses to dietary lipid absorption. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 11. view on PubMed
York AG, Skadow MH, Oh J, Qu R, Zhou QD, Hsieh WY, Mowel WK, Brewer JR, Kaffe E, Williams KJ, Kluger Y, Smale ST, Crawford JM, Bensinger SJ, Flavell RA. IL-10 constrains sphingolipid metabolism to limit inflammation. Nature. 2024 Mar; 627(8004):628-635. view on PubMed
Reina-Campos M, Heeg M, Kennewick K, Mathews IT, Galletti G, Luna V, Nguyen Q, Huang H, Milner JJ, Hu KH, Vichaidit A, Santillano N, Boland BS, Chang JT, Jain M, Sharma S, Krummel MF, Chi H, Bensinger SJ, Goldrath AW. Metabolic programs of T cell tissue residency empower tumour immunity. Nature. 2023 Sep; 621(7977):179-187. view on PubMed
Almoughrabie S, Cau L, Cavagnero K, O'Neill AM, Li F, Roso-Mares A, Mainzer C, Closs B, Kolar MJ, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ, Gallo RL. Commensal Cutibacterium acnes induce epidermal lipid synthesis important for skin barrier function. Sci Adv. 2023 08 18; 9(33):eadg6262. view on PubMed
Desousa BR, Kim KK, Jones AE, Ball AB, Hsieh WY, Swain P, Morrow DH, Brownstein AJ, Ferrick DA, Shirihai OS, Neilson A, Nathanson DA, Rogers GW, Dranka BP, Murphy AN, Affourtit C, Bensinger SJ, Stiles L, Romero N, Divakaruni AS. Calculation of ATP production rates using the Seahorse XF Analyzer. EMBO Rep. 2023 10 09; 24(10):e56380. view on PubMed
Minami JK, Morrow D, Bayley NA, Fernandez EG, Salinas JJ, Tse C, Zhu H, Su B, Plawat R, Jones A, Sammarco A, Liau LM, Graeber TG, Williams KJ, Cloughesy TF, Dixon SJ, Bensinger SJ, Nathanson DA. CDKN2A deletion remodels lipid metabolism to prime glioblastoma for ferroptosis. Cancer Cell. 2023 06 12; 41(6):1048-1060.e9. view on PubMed
York AG, Skadow MH, Qu R, Oh J, Mowel WK, Brewer JR, Kaffe E, Williams KJ, Kluger Y, Crawford JM, Smale ST, Bensinger SJ, Flavell RA. IL-10 constrains sphingolipid metabolism via fatty acid desaturation to limit inflammation. bioRxiv. 2023 May 08. view on PubMed
Kennewick KT, Bensinger SJ. Decoding the crosstalk between mevalonate metabolism and T cell function. Immunol Rev. 2023 08; 317(1):71-94. view on PubMed
Eyme KM, Sammarco A, Jha R, Mnatsakanyan H, Pechdimaljian C, Carvalho L, Neustadt R, Moses C, Alnasser A, Tardiff DF, Su B, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ, Chung CY, Badr CE. Targeting de novo lipid synthesis induces lipotoxicity and impairs DNA damage repair in glioblastoma mouse models. Sci Transl Med. 2023 01 18; 15(679):eabq6288. view on PubMed
Xiao X, Kennelly JP, Ferrari A, Clifford BL, Whang E, Gao Y, Qian K, Sandhu J, Jarrett KE, Brearley-Sholto MC, Nguyen A, Nagari RT, Lee MS, Zhang S, Weston TA, Young SG, Bensinger SJ, Villanueva CJ, de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Tontonoz P. Hepatic nonvesicular cholesterol transport is critical for systemic lipid homeostasis. Nat Metab. 2023 01; 5(1):165-181. view on PubMed
Magtanong L, Mueller GD, Williams KJ, Billmann M, Chan K, Armenta DA, Pope LE, Moffat J, Boone C, Myers CL, Olzmann JA, Bensinger SJ, Dixon SJ. Context-dependent regulation of ferroptosis sensitivity. Cell Chem Biol. 2022 Oct 20; 29(10):1568. view on PubMed
Magtanong L, Mueller GD, Williams KJ, Billmann M, Chan K, Armenta DA, Pope LE, Moffat J, Boone C, Myers CL, Olzmann JA, Bensinger SJ, Dixon SJ. Context-dependent regulation of ferroptosis sensitivity. Cell Chem Biol. 2022 09 15; 29(9):1409-1418.e6. view on PubMed
Li S, Yokota T, Wang P, Ten Hoeve J, Ma F, Le TM, Abt ER, Zhou Y, Wu R, Nanthavongdouangsy M, Rodriguez A, Wang Y, Lin YJ, Muranaka H, Sharpley M, Braddock DT, MacRae VE, Banerjee U, Chiou PY, Seldin M, Huang D, Teitell M, Gertsman I, Jung M, Bensinger SJ, Damoiseaux R, Faull K, Pellegrini M, Lusis AJ, Graeber TG, Radu CG, Deb A. Cardiomyocytes disrupt pyrimidine biosynthesis in nonmyocytes to regulate heart repair. J Clin Invest. 2022 01 18; 132(2). view on PubMed
Lee MS, Bensinger SJ. Reprogramming cholesterol metabolism in macrophages and its role in host defense against cholesterol-dependent cytolysins. Cell Mol Immunol. 2022 03; 19(3):327-336. view on PubMed
Lee AH, Sun L, Mochizuki AY, Reynoso JG, Orpilla J, Chow F, Kienzler JC, Everson RG, Nathanson DA, Bensinger SJ, Liau LM, Cloughesy T, Hugo W, Prins RM. Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade induces T cell and cDC1 activation but fails to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor associated macrophages in recurrent glioblastoma. Nat Commun. 2021 11 26; 12(1):6938. view on PubMed
Su B, Bettcher LF, Hsieh WY, Hornburg D, Pearson MJ, Blomberg N, Giera M, Snyder MP, Raftery D, Bensinger SJ, Williams KJ. A DMS Shotgun Lipidomics Workflow Application to Facilitate High-Throughput, Comprehensive Lipidomics. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2021 Nov 03; 32(11):2655-2663. view on PubMed
Flores YN, Amoon AT, Su B, Velazquez-Cruz R, Ramírez-Palacios P, Salmerón J, Rivera-Paredez B, Sinsheimer JS, Lusis AJ, Huertas-Vazquez A, Saab S, Glenn BA, May FP, Williams KJ, Bastani R, Bensinger SJ. Serum lipids are associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a pilot case-control study in Mexico. Lipids Health Dis. 2021 Oct 10; 20(1):136. view on PubMed
Bhat K, Saki M, Cheng F, He L, Zhang L, Ioannidis A, Nathanson D, Tsang J, Bensinger SJ, Nghiemphu PL, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Kornblum HI, Pajonk F. Dopamine Receptor Antagonists, Radiation, and Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Mouse Models of Glioblastoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 08 02; 113(8):1094-1104. view on PubMed
Mareninova OA, Vegh ET, Shalbueva N, Wightman CJ, Dillon DL, Malla S, Xie Y, Takahashi T, Rakonczay Z, French SW, Gaisano HY, Gorelick FS, Pandol SJ, Bensinger SJ, Davidson NO, Dawson DW, Gukovsky I, Gukovskaya AS. Dysregulation of mannose-6-phosphate-dependent cholesterol homeostasis in acinar cells mediates pancreatitis. J Clin Invest. 2021 08 02; 131(15). view on PubMed
Hsieh WY, Williams KJ, Su B, Bensinger SJ. Profiling of mouse macrophage lipidome using direct infusion shotgun mass spectrometry. STAR Protoc. 2021 03 19; 2(1):100235. view on PubMed
Zhou QD, Chi X, Lee MS, Hsieh WY, Mkrtchyan JJ, Feng AC, He C, York AG, Bui VL, Kronenberger EB, Ferrari A, Xiao X, Daly AE, Tarling EJ, Damoiseaux R, Scumpia PO, Smale ST, Williams KJ, Tontonoz P, Bensinger SJ. Interferon-mediated reprogramming of membrane cholesterol to evade bacterial toxins. Nat Immunol. 2020 07; 21(7):746-755. view on PubMed
Hsieh WY, Zhou QD, York AG, Williams KJ, Scumpia PO, Kronenberger EB, Hoi XP, Su B, Chi X, Bui VL, Khialeeva E, Kaplan A, Son YM, Divakaruni AS, Sun J, Smale ST, Flavell RA, Bensinger SJ. Toll-Like Receptors Induce Signal-Specific Reprogramming of the Macrophage Lipidome. Cell Metab. 2020 07 07; 32(1):128-143.e5. view on PubMed
Chi X, Bensinger SJ. (Sterol)ized Immunity: Could PI3K/AKT3 Be the Answer? Immunity. 2020 01 14; 52(1):4-6. view on PubMed
Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ. Cellular Fatty Acid Analysis in Macrophage Using Stable Isotope Labeling. Methods Mol Biol. 2020; 2184:47-60. view on PubMed
Argus JP, Wilks MQ, Zhou QD, Hsieh WY, Khialeeva E, Hoi XP, Bui V, Xu S, Yu AK, Wang ES, Herschman HR, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ. Development and Application of FASA, a Model for Quantifying Fatty Acid Metabolism Using Stable Isotope Labeling. Cell Rep. 2018 12 04; 25(10):2919-2934.e8. view on PubMed
Erbilgin A, Seldin MM, Wu X, Mehrabian M, Zhou Z, Qi H, Dabirian KS, Sevag Packard RR, Hsieh W, Bensinger SJ, Sinha S, Lusis AJ. Transcription Factor Zhx2 Deficiency Reduces Atherosclerosis and Promotes Macrophage Apoptosis in Mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 09; 38(9):2016-2027. view on PubMed
He C, Hu X, Weston TA, Jung RS, Sandhu J, Huang S, Heizer P, Kim J, Ellison R, Xu J, Kilburn M, Bensinger SJ, Riezman H, Tontonoz P, Fong LG, Jiang H, Young SG. Macrophages release plasma membrane-derived particles rich in accessible cholesterol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 09 04; 115(36):E8499-E8508. view on PubMed
Newton RH, Shrestha S, Sullivan JM, Yates KB, Compeer EB, Ron-Harel N, Blazar BR, Bensinger SJ, Haining WN, Dustin ML, Campbell DJ, Chi H, Turka LA. Maintenance of CD4 T cell fitness through regulation of Foxo1. Nat Immunol. 2018 08; 19(8):838-848. view on PubMed
Raud B, Roy DG, Divakaruni AS, Tarasenko TN, Franke R, Ma EH, Samborska B, Hsieh WY, Wong AH, Stüve P, Arnold-Schrauf C, Guderian M, Lochner M, Rampertaap S, Romito K, Monsale J, Brönstrup M, Bensinger SJ, Murphy AN, McGuire PJ, Jones RG, Sparwasser T, Berod L. Etomoxir Actions on Regulatory and Memory T Cells Are Independent of Cpt1a-Mediated Fatty Acid Oxidation. Cell Metab. 2018 09 04; 28(3):504-515.e7. view on PubMed
Divakaruni AS, Hsieh WY, Minarrieta L, Duong TN, Kim KKO, Desousa BR, Andreyev AY, Bowman CE, Caradonna K, Dranka BP, Ferrick DA, Liesa M, Stiles L, Rogers GW, Braas D, Ciaraldi TP, Wolfgang MJ, Sparwasser T, Berod L, Bensinger SJ, Murphy AN. Etomoxir Inhibits Macrophage Polarization by Disrupting CoA Homeostasis. Cell Metab. 2018 09 04; 28(3):490-503.e7. view on PubMed
Hasani-Sadrabadi MM, Majedi FS, Bensinger SJ, Wu BM, Bouchard LS, Weiss PS, Moshaverinia A. Mechanobiological Mimicry of Helper T Lymphocytes to Evaluate Cell-Biomaterials Crosstalk. Adv Mater. 2018 Jun; 30(23):e1706780. view on PubMed
Majedi FS, Hasani-Sadrabadi MM, Kidani Y, Thauland TJ, Moshaverinia A, Butte MJ, Bensinger SJ, Bouchard LS. Cytokine Secreting Microparticles Engineer the Fate and the Effector Functions of T-Cells. Adv Mater. 2018 Feb; 30(7). view on PubMed
Mai WX, Gosa L, Daniels VW, Ta L, Tsang JE, Higgins B, Gilmore WB, Bayley NA, Harati MD, Lee JT, Yong WH, Kornblum HI, Bensinger SJ, Mischel PS, Rao PN, Clark PM, Cloughesy TF, Letai A, Nathanson DA. Cytoplasmic p53 couples oncogene-driven glucose metabolism to apoptosis and is a therapeutic target in glioblastoma. Nat Med. 2017 Nov; 23(11):1342-1351. view on PubMed
Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ. Reviewing the impact of lipid synthetic flux on Th17 function. Curr Opin Immunol. 2017 Jun; 46:121-126. view on PubMed
Mukherjee P, Hough G, Chattopadhyay A, Navab M, Fogelman HR, Meriwether D, Williams K, Bensinger S, Moller T, Faull KF, Lusis AJ, Iruela-Arispe ML, Bostrom KI, Tontonoz P, Reddy ST, Fogelman AM. Transgenic tomatoes expressing the 6F peptide and ezetimibe prevent diet-induced increases of IFN-β and cholesterol 25-hydroxylase in jejunum. J Lipid Res. 2017 08; 58(8):1636-1647. view on PubMed
Palumbo T, Nakamura K, Lassman C, Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ, Busuttil R, Kupiec-Weglinski J, Zarrinpar A. Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Attenuates Liver Damage in a Mouse Warm Ischemia and Reperfusion Model. Transplantation. 2017 02; 101(2):322-331. view on PubMed
Khialeeva E, Chou JW, Allen DE, Chiu AM, Bensinger SJ, Carpenter EM. Reelin Deficiency Delays Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastatic Progression. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2017 03; 22(1):59-69. view on PubMed
Ito A, Hong C, Oka K, Salazar JV, Diehl C, Witztum JL, Diaz M, Castrillo A, Bensinger SJ, Chan L, Tontonoz P. Cholesterol Accumulation in CD11c+ Immune Cells Is a Causal and Targetable Factor in Autoimmune Disease. Immunity. 2016 12 20; 45(6):1311-1326. view on PubMed
Argus JP, Yu AK, Wang ES, Williams KJ, Bensinger SJ. An optimized method for measuring fatty acids and cholesterol in stable isotope-labeled cells. J Lipid Res. 2017 02; 58(2):460-468. view on PubMed
Gholkar AA, Cheung K, Williams KJ, Lo YC, Hamideh SA, Nnebe C, Khuu C, Bensinger SJ, Torres JZ. Fatostatin Inhibits Cancer Cell Proliferation by Affecting Mitotic Microtubule Spindle Assembly and Cell Division. J Biol Chem. 2016 08 12; 291(33):17001-8. view on PubMed
Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ. Modulating Cholesterol Homeostasis to Build a Better T Cell. Cell Metab. 2016 06 14; 23(6):963-964. view on PubMed
Meriwether D, Sulaiman D, Wagner A, Grijalva V, Kaji I, Williams KJ, Yu L, Fogelman S, Volpe C, Bensinger SJ, Anantharamaiah GM, Shechter I, Fogelman AM, Reddy ST. Transintestinal transport of the anti-inflammatory drug 4F and the modulation of transintestinal cholesterol efflux. J Lipid Res. 2016 07; 57(7):1175-93. view on PubMed
Ribas V, Drew BG, Zhou Z, Phun J, Kalajian NY, Soleymani T, Daraei P, Widjaja K, Wanagat J, de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Fluitt AH, Bensinger S, Le T, Radu C, Whitelegge JP, Beaven SW, Tontonoz P, Lusis AJ, Parks BW, Vergnes L, Reue K, Singh H, Bopassa JC, Toro L, Stefani E, Watt MJ, Schenk S, Akerstrom T, Kelly M, Pedersen BK, Hewitt SC, Korach KS, Hevener AL. Skeletal muscle action of estrogen receptor α is critical for the maintenance of mitochondrial function and metabolic homeostasis in females. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Apr 13; 8(334):334ra54. view on PubMed
Cunningham CR, Champhekar A, Tullius MV, Dillon BJ, Zhen A, de la Fuente JR, Herskovitz J, Elsaesser H, Snell LM, Wilson EB, de la Torre JC, Kitchen SG, Horwitz MA, Bensinger SJ, Smale ST, Brooks DG. Type I and Type II Interferon Coordinately Regulate Suppressive Dendritic Cell Fate and Function during Viral Persistence. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Jan; 12(1):e1005356. view on PubMed
York AG, Williams KJ, Argus JP, Zhou QD, Brar G, Vergnes L, Gray EE, Zhen A, Wu NC, Yamada DH, Cunningham CR, Tarling EJ, Wilks MQ, Casero D, Gray DH, Yu AK, Wang ES, Brooks DG, Sun R, Kitchen SG, Wu TT, Reue K, Stetson DB, Bensinger SJ. Limiting Cholesterol Biosynthetic Flux Spontaneously Engages Type I IFN Signaling. Cell. 2015 Dec 17; 163(7):1716-29. view on PubMed
Mercer JL, Argus JP, Crabtree DM, Keenan MM, Wilks MQ, Chi JT, Bensinger SJ, Lavau CP, Wechsler DS. Modulation of PICALM Levels Perturbs Cellular Cholesterol Homeostasis. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0129776. view on PubMed
Xie LX, Williams KJ, He CH, Weng E, Khong S, Rose TE, Kwon O, Bensinger SJ, Marbois BN, Clarke CF. Resveratrol and para-coumarate serve as ring precursors for coenzyme Q biosynthesis. J Lipid Res. 2015 Apr; 56(4):909-19. view on PubMed
Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ. Lipids rule: resetting lipid metabolism restores T cell function in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Invest. 2014 Feb; 124(2):482-5. view on PubMed
Schjerven H, McLaughlin J, Arenzana TL, Frietze S, Cheng D, Wadsworth SE, Lawson GW, Bensinger SJ, Farnham PJ, Witte ON, Smale ST. Selective regulation of lymphopoiesis and leukemogenesis by individual zinc fingers of Ikaros. Nat Immunol. 2013 Oct; 14(10):1073-83. view on PubMed
York AG, Bensinger SJ. Subverting sterols: rerouting an oxysterol-signaling pathway to promote tumor growth. J Exp Med. 2013 Aug 26; 210(9):1653-6. view on PubMed
Argus JP, Bensinger SJ. Immunology. Fueling function over expansion in T cells. Science. 2013 Jul 05; 341(6141):37-8. view on PubMed
Ahler E, Sullivan WJ, Cass A, Braas D, York AG, Bensinger SJ, Graeber TG, Christofk HR. Doxycycline alters metabolism and proliferation of human cell lines. PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e64561. view on PubMed
Kidani Y, Elsaesser H, Hock MB, Vergnes L, Williams KJ, Argus JP, Marbois BN, Komisopoulou E, Wilson EB, Osborne TF, Graeber TG, Reue K, Brooks DG, Bensinger SJ. Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins are essential for the metabolic programming of effector T cells and adaptive immunity. Nat Immunol. 2013 May; 14(5):489-99. view on PubMed
Akhavan D, Pourzia AL, Nourian AA, Williams KJ, Nathanson D, Babic I, Villa GR, Tanaka K, Nael A, Yang H, Dang J, Vinters HV, Yong WH, Flagg M, Tamanoi F, Sasayama T, James CD, Kornblum HI, Cloughesy TF, Cavenee WK, Bensinger SJ, Mischel PS. De-repression of PDGFRβ transcription promotes acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in glioblastoma patients. Cancer Discov. 2013 May; 3(5):534-47. view on PubMed
Williams KJ, Argus JP, Zhu Y, Wilks MQ, Marbois BN, York AG, Kidani Y, Pourzia AL, Akhavan D, Lisiero DN, Komisopoulou E, Henkin AH, Soto H, Chamberlain BT, Vergnes L, Jung ME, Torres JZ, Liau LM, Christofk HR, Prins RM, Mischel PS, Reue K, Graeber TG, Bensinger SJ. An essential requirement for the SCAP/SREBP signaling axis to protect cancer cells from lipotoxicity. Cancer Res. 2013 May 01; 73(9):2850-62. view on PubMed
Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ. Liver X receptor and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor as integrators of lipid homeostasis and immunity. Immunol Rev. 2012 Sep; 249(1):72-83. view on PubMed
Wilson EB, Kidani Y, Elsaesser H, Barnard J, Raff L, Karp CL, Bensinger S, Brooks DG. Emergence of distinct multiarmed immunoregulatory antigen-presenting cells during persistent viral infection. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 May 17; 11(5):481-91. view on PubMed
Bensinger SJ, Christofk HR. New aspects of the Warburg effect in cancer cell biology. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2012 Jun; 23(4):352-61. view on PubMed
Hong C, Kidani Y, A-Gonzalez N, Phung T, Ito A, Rong X, Ericson K, Mikkola H, Beaven SW, Miller LS, Shao WH, Cohen PL, Castrillo A, Tontonoz P, Bensinger SJ. Coordinate regulation of neutrophil homeostasis by liver X receptors in mice. J Clin Invest. 2012 Jan; 122(1):337-47. view on PubMed
Ribas V, Drew BG, Le JA, Soleymani T, Daraei P, Sitz D, Mohammad L, Henstridge DC, Febbraio MA, Hewitt SC, Korach KS, Bensinger SJ, Hevener AL. Myeloid-specific estrogen receptor alpha deficiency impairs metabolic homeostasis and accelerates atherosclerotic lesion development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 27; 108(39):16457-62. view on PubMed
Wolkers MC, Bensinger SJ, Green DR, Schoenberger SP, Janssen EM. Interleukin-2 rescues helpless effector CD8+ T cells by diminishing the susceptibility to TRAIL mediated death. Immunol Lett. 2011 Sep 30; 139(1-2):25-32. view on PubMed
Beaven SW, Wroblewski K, Wang J, Hong C, Bensinger S, Tsukamoto H, Tontonoz P. Liver X receptor signaling is a determinant of stellate cell activation and susceptibility to fibrotic liver disease. Gastroenterology. 2011 Mar; 140(3):1052-62. view on PubMed
Guo D, Prins RM, Dang J, Kuga D, Iwanami A, Soto H, Lin KY, Huang TT, Akhavan D, Hock MB, Zhu S, Kofman AA, Bensinger SJ, Yong WH, Vinters HV, Horvath S, Watson AD, Kuhn JG, Robins HI, Mehta MP, Wen PY, DeAngelis LM, Prados MD, Mellinghoff IK, Cloughesy TF, Mischel PS. EGFR signaling through an Akt-SREBP-1-dependent, rapamycin-resistant pathway sensitizes glioblastomas to antilipogenic therapy. Sci Signal. 2009 Dec 15; 2(101):ra82. view on PubMed
A-Gonzalez N, Bensinger SJ, Hong C, Beceiro S, Bradley MN, Zelcer N, Deniz J, Ramirez C, Díaz M, Gallardo G, de Galarreta CR, Salazar J, Lopez F, Edwards P, Parks J, Andujar M, Tontonoz P, Castrillo A. Apoptotic cells promote their own clearance and immune tolerance through activation of the nuclear receptor LXR. Immunity. 2009 Aug 21; 31(2):245-58. view on PubMed
Bensinger SJ, Tontonoz P. A Nurr1 pathway for neuroprotection. Cell. 2009 Apr 03; 137(1):26-8. view on PubMed
Frank MJ, Dawson DW, Bensinger SJ, Hong JS, Knosp WM, Xu L, Balatoni CE, Allen EL, Shen RR, Bar-Sagi D, Martin GR, Teitell MA. Expression of sprouty2 inhibits B-cell proliferation and is epigenetically silenced in mouse and human B-cell lymphomas. Blood. 2009 Mar 12; 113(11):2478-87. view on PubMed
Chao LC, Bensinger SJ, Villanueva CJ, Wroblewski K, Tontonoz P. Inhibition of adipocyte differentiation by Nur77, Nurr1, and Nor1. Mol Endocrinol. 2008 Dec; 22(12):2596-608. view on PubMed
Hummasti S, Hong C, Bensinger SJ, Tontonoz P. HRASLS3 is a PPARgamma-selective target gene that promotes adipocyte differentiation. J Lipid Res. 2008 Dec; 49(12):2535-44. view on PubMed
Bensinger SJ, Tontonoz P. Integration of metabolism and inflammation by lipid-activated nuclear receptors. Nature. 2008 Jul 24; 454(7203):470-7. view on PubMed
Bensinger SJ, Bradley MN, Joseph SB, Zelcer N, Janssen EM, Hausner MA, Shih R, Parks JS, Edwards PA, Jamieson BD, Tontonoz P. LXR signaling couples sterol metabolism to proliferation in the acquired immune response. Cell. 2008 Jul 11; 134(1):97-111. view on PubMed
Walsh PT, Buckler JL, Zhang J, Gelman AE, Dalton NM, Taylor DK, Bensinger SJ, Hancock WW, Turka LA. PTEN inhibits IL-2 receptor-mediated expansion of CD4+ CD25+ Tregs. J Clin Invest. 2006 Sep; 116(9):2521-31. view on PubMed
Saleh M, Mathison JC, Wolinski MK, Bensinger SJ, Fitzgerald P, Droin N, Ulevitch RJ, Green DR, Nicholson DW. Enhanced bacterial clearance and sepsis resistance in caspase-12-deficient mice. Nature. 2006 Apr 20; 440(7087):1064-8. view on PubMed
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