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Amy Rios

University of California, Los Angeles

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Immunology· 2 Biochemistry· 1 Cancer Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1

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The metabolic cofactor Coenzyme A enhances alternative macrophage activation via MyD88-linked signaling

Anthony E. Jones, Amy Rios, Neira Ibrahimovic, Andréa B Ball, Carolina Chávez, Nicholas A. Bayley, Natalie A. Falta, Marisa Mekkittikul, Clarissa Carrillo, Wei Yuan Hsieh, Alessandro Sammarco, Amber B Reyes, Angel A Cortez, Thomas G. Graeber, Richard L. Watson, , Ajit S. Divakaruni

This study shows Coenzyme A enhances alternative macrophage activation via MyD88-linked signaling by providing a weak TLR4 signal.

EMBO Reports · Sep 18, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Metabolic regulation of RNA methylation by the m6A-reader IGF2BP3

Gunjan Sharma, Martin E Gutierrez, Anthony E. Jones, S. S. Kapoor, Amit Kumar Jaiswal, Zachary T. Neeb, Amy Rios, Poornima Dorairaj, Michelle L. Thaxton, Tasha Lotus Lin, Tiffany M. Tran, Lyna E.S. Kabbani, Alexander J. Ritter, Georgia Scherer, Jacob P. Sorrentino, , Dinesh S. Rao

This study shows IGF2BP3 regulates RNA methylation by altering cellular metabolism to increase SAM production, enhancing m6A modifications and gene expression in leukemia.

Cell Reports · Sep 27, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

13C tracing in synaptosomes reveals that SGLT2 inhibition with dapagliflozin prevents metabolic deficits in the 5X-FAD model of Alzheimer's Disease

Marisa Mekkittikul, Cansheng Zhu, Bezawit T. Danna, Xiaohong Zuo, Amy Rios, Krista Yang, Miranda Villanueva, Devanshi Agarwal, Daniel Castro, Xuelin Gu, Alexander R. Strofs, Orian S. Shirihai, Linsey Stiles, Sally Ann Frautschy, Jan Oscarsson, , Ajit S. Divakaruni

bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry

Pro-inflammatory macrophage activation does not require inhibition of mitochondrial respiration

Andréa B Ball, Anthony E. Jones, Kaitlyn B. Nguyễn, Amy Rios, Nico Marx, Wei Yuan Hsieh, Krista Yang, Brandon R. Desousa, Kristen K.O. Kim, Michaela Veliova, Zena D. Del Mundo, Orian S. Shirihai, Cristiane Benincá, Linsey Stiles, Steven J. Bensinger, Ajit S. Divakaruni

This study shows that reduced oxidative phosphorylation is not required for pro-inflammatory macrophage activation, challenging the conventional model of mitochondrial reprogramming.

EMBO Reports · Jan 3, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology