Selected Publications
Saito K, Davis KC, Morgan DA, Toth BA, Jiang J, Singh U, Berglund ED, Grobe JL, Rahmouni K, Cui H. Celastrol Reduces Obesity in MC4R Deficiency and Stimulates Sympathetic Nerve Activity Affecting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Functions. Diabete. 2019 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Bell BB, Harlan SM, Morgan DA, Guo DF, Cui H, Rahmouni K. Corrigendum to "Differential contribution of POMC and AgRP neurons to the regulation of regional autonomic nerve activity by leptin" [Molecular Metabolism 8 (2018) 1-12]. Molecular metabolism. 2018 August 1;14:158.
Saito K, Cui H. Emerging Roles of Estrogen-Related Receptors in the Brain: Potential Interactions with Estrogen Signaling. International journal of molecular sciences. 2018 April 5;19(4).
Morselli LL, Claflin KE, Cui H, Grobe JL. Control of Energy Expenditure by AgRP Neurons of the Arcuate Nucleus: Neurocircuitry, Signaling Pathways, and Angiotensin. Current hypertension reports. 2018 March 19;20(3):25.
Lutter M, Khan MZ, Saito K, Davis KC, Kidder IJ, McDonald L, Darbro BW, Pieper AA, Cui H. The Eating-Disorder Associated HDAC4A778T Mutation Alters Feeding Behaviors in Female Mice. Biological Psychiatry. 2017;81(9):770-777.
Guo DF, Cui H, Zhang Q, Morgan DA, Thedens DR, Nishimura D, Grobe JL, Sheffield VC, Rahmouni K. The BBSome Controls Energy Homeostasis by Mediating the Transport of the Leptin Receptor to the Plasma Membrane. PLoS Genet. 2016;12(2):e1005890.
De Jesús-Cortés H, Lu Y, Anderson RM, Khan MZ, Nath V, McDaniel L, Lutter M, Radley JJ, Pieper AA, Cui H. Loss of estrogen-related receptor alpha disrupts ventral-striatal synaptic function in female mice. Neuroscience. 2016;329:66-73.
Liu Y, Huang Y, Liu T, Wu H, Cui H, Gautron L. Lipopolysacharide rapidly and completely suppresses AgRP neuron-mediated food intake in male mice. Endocrinology. 2016 April 25;157(6):2380-92.
Morgan DA, McDaniel LN, Yin T, Khan M, Jiang J, Acevedo MR, Walsh SA, Ponto LL, Norris AW, Lutter M, Rahmouni K, Cui H. Regulation of glucose tolerance and sympathetic activity by MC4R signaling in the lateral hypothalamus. Diabetes. 2015;64(6):1976-87
Cui H, Lu Y, Khan MZ, Anderson RM, McDaniel L, Wilson HE, Yin TC, Radley JJ, Pieper AA, Lutter M. Behavioral disturbances in estrogen-related receptor alpha-null mice. Cell Rep. 2015;11(3):344-350.
Cui H, Lutter M. The expression of MC4Rs in D1R neurons regulates food intake and locomotor sensitization to cocaine. Genes Brain Behav. 2013;12(6):658-65.
Cui H, Moore J, Ashimi SS, Mason BL, Drawbridge JN, Han S, Hing B, Matthews A, McAdams CJ, Darbro BW, Pieper AA, Waller DA, Xing C, Lutter M. Eating disorder predisposition is associated with ESRRA and HDAC4 mutations. J Clin Invest. 2013;123(11):4706-13.
Cui H, Sohn JW, Gautron L, Funahashi H, Williams KW, Elmquist JK, Lutter M. Neuroanatomy of melanocortin-4 receptor pathway in the lateral hypothalamic area. J Comp Neurol. 2012;520(18):4168-83.
Cui H, Mason BL, Lee C, Nishi A, Elmquist JK, Lutter M. Melanocortin 4 receptor signaling in dopamine 1 receptor neurons is required for procedural memory learning. Physiol Behav. 2012;106(2):201-10.