1. Rethinking Obesity Through a Systems Lens: Identifying and Addressing Structural Drivers. Obesity and Endocrinology. 2026; 1.Landa-Rosales, Valeria,
Alba, Diana L.
2. Influence of Diet, Sex, and Strain on Adipose Tissue Distribution and Metabolic Risk in BXD Mouse Models. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2025; 9(Supplement).Jose Hernandez Nava, Stephen Brown Mayfield, Thuy An Pham, Suneil K Koliwad, MD, PhD, Diana Lucia Alba, MD.
3. A Distinct Form of Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Predicts Insulin Resistance in People with HIV. medRxiv. 2025 Jun 10.Alba DL, Choi MK, Abdellatif A, Brown Mayfield S, Pham TAT, Berrios D, Rodriguez A, Ewing M, Figueroa T, Gonzalez-Vargas J, Zhang N, An Z, Bu D, Deeks SG, Scherer PE, Hunt PW, Koliwad SK. PMID: 40463535; PMCID: PMC12132126.
4. Association between COVID-19 and the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Portugal - a registry study. BMC Endocr Disord. 2024 Aug 09; 24(1):145.Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Da Silva J, Diogo R, Claro AR, Ferro I, Romana A, Rocha P, Sá B, Lobarinhas G, Rolim S, Juhl CB, Højlund K, Fernandes I, Antunes S, Félix Calha MM, Gama G, Amálio S, Figueiras M, Silva T, Rosado M, Ferrão E, Arez L, Baptista A, Martins Ferreira A, Alba D, Godinho C, Leite AL, Afonso Lopes ML, Sampaio ML, Serra-Caetano J, Carvalho E. PMID: 39123199; PMCID: PMC11313027.
5. PTP1B mediates the inhibitory effect of MFGE8 on insulin signaling through the β5 integrin. J Biol Chem. 2024 02; 300(2):105631.Datta R, Mukherjee D, Podolsky MJ, Yang CD, Alba DL, Singh S, Arnold TD, Koliwad S, Lizama CO, Atabai K. PMID: 38199575; PMCID: PMC10850974.
6. Effects of Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Obesity in an Urban, Safety-Net Population. Cureus. 2023 Oct; 15(10):e47922.Kim EK, Hills NK, Cheng Z, Tucker C, Gutierrez M, Alba D, Murphy E, Kim S. PMID: 38034269; PMCID: PMC10682737.
7. MFGE8 inhibits insulin signaling through PTP1B. bioRxiv. 2023 Jun 01.Datta R, Podolsky MJ, Yang CD, Alba DL, Singh S, Koliwad S, Lizama CO, Atabai K. PMID: 37398282; PMCID: PMC10312531.
8. Torsion of undescended testicle in an adolescent: A rare challenging surgical emergency☆. Pediatr Neonatol. 2023 07; 64(4):476-477.Paiva Ferreira I, Alba D, Fernandes S, Tuna T, Branco T, Abreu Ferreira J. PMID: 36872196.
9. Autoantibodies to Perilipin-1 Define a Subset of Acquired Generalized Lipodystrophy. Diabetes. 2023 01 01; 72(1):59-70.Mandel-Brehm C, Vazquez SE, Liverman C, Cheng M, Quandt Z, Kung AF, Parent A, Miao B, Disse E, Cugnet-Anceau C, Dalle S, Orlova E, Frolova E, Alba D, Michels A, Oftedal BE, Lionakis MS, Husebye ES, Agarwal AK, Li X, Zhu C, Li Q, Oral E, Brown R, Anderson MS, Garg A, DeRisi JL. PMID: 35709010; PMCID: PMC9797316.
10. Van Neck-Odelberg Disease - A Rare or Underdiagnosed Condition? Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo). 2024 Oct; 59(5):e797-e800.Moreira M, Alba D, Nogueira H, Teixeira S. PMID: 39649046; PMCID: PMC11624946.
11. A gene-diet interaction controlling relative intake of dietary carbohydrates and fats. Mol Metab. 2022 04; 58:101442.Nelson NG, Wu L, Maier MT, Lam D, Cheang R, Alba D, Huang A, Neumann DA, Hill T, Vagena E, Barsh GS, Medina MW, Krauss RM, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. PMID: 35051651; PMCID: PMC9710720.
12. Probing Insulin Sensitivity with Metabolically Competent Human Stem Cell-Derived White Adipose Tissue Microphysiological Systems. Small. 2022 01; 18(3):e2103157.Qi L, Zushin PH, Chang CF, Lee YT, Alba DL, Koliwad SK, Stahl A. PMID: 34761526; PMCID: PMC8776615.
13. The East Asian gut microbiome is distinct from colocalized White subjects and connected to metabolic health. Elife. 2021 10 07; 10.Ang QY, Alba DL, Upadhyay V, Bisanz JE, Cai J, Lee HL, Barajas E, Wei G, Noecker C, Patterson AD, Koliwad SK, Turnbaugh PJ. PMID: 34617511; PMCID: PMC8612731.
14. CD81 Controls Beige Fat Progenitor Cell Growth and Energy Balance via FAK Signaling. Cell. 2020 08 06; 182(3):563-577.e20.Oguri Y, Shinoda K, Kim H, Alba DL, Bolus WR, Wang Q, Brown Z, Pradhan RN, Tajima K, Yoneshiro T, Ikeda K, Chen Y, Cheang RT, Tsujino K, Kim CR, Greiner VJ, Datta R, Yang CD, Atabai K, McManus MT, Koliwad SK, Spiegelman BM, Kajimura S. PMID: 32615086; PMCID: PMC7415677.
15. Genetic basis for the cooperative bioactivation of plant lignans by Eggerthella lenta and other human gut bacteria. Nat Microbiol. 2020 01; 5(1):56-66.Bess EN, Bisanz JE, Yarza F, Bustion A, Rich BE, Li X, Kitamura S, Waligurski E, Ang QY, Alba DL, Spanogiannopoulos P, Nayfach S, Koliwad SK, Wolan DW, Franke AA, Turnbaugh PJ. PMID: 31686027; PMCID: PMC6941677.
16. Elastase 3B mutation links to familial pancreatitis with diabetes and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Clin Invest. 2019 08 01; 129(11):4676-4681.Moore PC, Cortez JT, Chamberlain CE, Alba D, Berger AC, Quandt Z, Chan A, Cheng MH, Bautista JL, Peng J, German MS, Anderson MS, Oakes SA. PMID: 31369399; PMCID: PMC6819098.
17. Obesity and Fat Metabolism in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals: Immunopathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. J Infect Dis. 2019 07 02; 220(3):420-431.Godfrey C, Bremer A, Alba D, Apovian C, Koethe JR, Koliwad S, Lewis D, Lo J, McComsey GA, Eckard A, Srinivasa S, Trevillyan J, Palmer C, Grinspoon S. PMID: 30893434; PMCID: PMC6941618.
18. Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status. Physiol Behav. 2019 07 01; 206:264-273.Mason AE, Jhaveri K, Schleicher S, Almeida C, Hartman A, Wackerly A, Alba D, Koliwad SK, Epel ES, Aschbacher K. PMID: 31002858; PMCID: PMC6563839.
19. Changes in Lean Mass, Absolute and Relative Muscle Strength, and Physical Performance After Gastric Bypass Surgery. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 03 01; 104(3):711-720.Alba DL, Wu L, Cawthon PM, Mulligan K, Lang T, Patel S, King NJ, Carter JT, Rogers SJ, Posselt AM, Stewart L, Shoback DM, Schafer AL. PMID: 30657952; PMCID: PMC6339456.
20. Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 09 01; 103(9):3194-3204.Alba DL, Farooq JA, Lin MYC, Schafer AL, Shepherd J, Koliwad SK. PMID: 29846621; PMCID: PMC6126891.
21. Methadone-Associated Hypoglycemia in Chronic Renal Failure Masquerading as an Insulinoma. Pain Med. 2018 09 01; 19(9):1876-1878.Masharani U, Alba D. PMID: 29145621.
22. Repression of Adipose Tissue Fibrosis through a PRDM16-GTF2IRD1 Complex Improves Systemic Glucose Homeostasis. Cell Metab. 2018 01 09; 27(1):180-194.e6.Hasegawa Y, Ikeda K, Chen Y, Alba DL, Stifler D, Shinoda K, Hosono T, Maretich P, Yang Y, Ishigaki Y, Chi J, Cohen P, Koliwad SK, Kajimura S. PMID: 29320702; PMCID: PMC5765755.
23. Developmental staging of male murine embryonic gonad by SAGE analysis. J Genet Genomics. 2009 Apr; 36(4):215-27.Lee TL, Li Y, Alba D, Vong QP, Wu SM, Baxendale V, Rennert OM, Lau YF, Chan WY. PMID: 19376482; PMCID: PMC3314242.
24. Application of transcriptional and biological network analyses in mouse germ-cell transcriptomes. Genomics. 2006 Jul; 88(1):18-33.Lee TL, Alba D, Baxendale V, Rennert OM, Chan WY. PMID: 16678385.
25. Transcriptome analyses of male germ cells with serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2006 May 16; 250(1-2):8-19.Chan WY, Lee TL, Wu SM, Ruszczyk L, Alba D, Baxendale V, Rennert OM. PMID: 16413108.