Publications

  1. Marcotte-Chénard A, Sandilands RE, Teixeira AA, McCarthy SF, Moya-Garzon MD, Goldberg E, Long JZ, Islam H, Little JP. Acute ketone monoester ingestion increases monocyte lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation and plasma β-hydroxybutyrate amino acid conjugates in humans. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2026 Mar 1;330(3):C643-C650. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00896.2025. 
  2. Hintzen JCJ, Beckley KD, Goldberg EL, Burslem GM. Internally quenched fluorescent peptides provide insights into underexplored and reversible post-translational modifications. Chem Sci. 2025 Dec 5;17(4):2317-2331. doi: 10.1039/d5sc08759g.
  3. Gonzalez-Hurtado E, Leveau C, Li K, Mishra M, Qu R, Goldberg EL, Sidorov S, Damani-Yokota P, Yeung ST, Khairallah C, Gonzalez D, Shepard TM, Camell C, Artyomov MN, Kluger Y, Khanna KM, Dixit VD. Nerve-associated macrophages control adipose homeostasis across lifespan and restrain age-related inflammation. Nat Aging. 2025 Sep;5(9):1828-1843. doi: 10.1038/s43587-025-00952-9. 
  4. Gonzatti MB, Hintzen JCJ, Sharma I, Najar MA, Tsusaka T, Marcinkiewicz MM, Da Silva Crispim CV, Snyder NW, Burslem GM, Goldberg EL. Class I histone deacetylases catalyze lysine lactylation. J Biol Chem. 2025 Oct;301(10):110602. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110602. 
  5. Liu S, Saraiva M, Bartman CR, Saurat N, Rosato PC, Licona-Limon P, Mendoza A, Guthmiller J, Mlynarczyk C, Goldberg E. Women in STEM becoming independent: People should feel free to be themselves and do great science. J Exp Med. 2025 Sep 1;222(9):e20251386. doi: 10.1084/jem.20251386.
  6. Neudorf H, Sandilands RE, Ursel S, Shaba H, Barg D, Tsusaka T, Moya-Garzón MD, Vaz E, Schimweg P, Goldberg EL, Long JZ, Krüger K, Islam H, Little JP. Altered immunometabolic response to fasting in humans living with obesity. iScience. 2025 Jun 11;28(7):112872. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112872.
  7. Tsusaka T, Najar MA, Schwarz B, Bohrnsen E, Oses-Prieto JA, Neudorf H, Lee C, Little JP, Burlingame AL, Bosio CM, Burslem GM, Goldberg EL. Reversible histone deacetylase activity catalyzes lysine acylation. Nat Chem Biol. 2025 Sep;21(9):1387-1396. doi: 10.1038/s41589-025-01869-5.
  8. Moya-Garzon MD, Wang M, Li VL, Lyu X, Wei W, Tung AS, Raun SH, Zhao M, Coassolo L, Islam H, Oliveira B, Dai Y, Spaas J, Delgado-Gonzalez A, Donoso K, Alvarez-Buylla A, Franco-Montalban F, Letian A, Ward CP, Liu L, Svensson KJ, Goldberg EL, Gardner CD, Little JP, Banik SM, Xu Y, Long JZ. A β-hydroxybutyrate shunt pathway generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites. Cell. 2025 Jan 9;188(1):175-186.e20. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.032. Epub 2024 Nov 12.
  9. Goldberg EL. (2024) Glucose restriction in antiviral defence. Nat Immunol. 2024 Jun;25(6):941-943. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01849-2.
  10. Gonzatti MB, Goldberg EL.  (2024) Ketone bodies as chemical signals for the immune system. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00478.2023
  11. Tsusaka T, Najar MA, Schwarz B, Bohrnsen E, Oses-Prieto JA, Lee C, Burlingame AL, Bosio CM, Burslem GM, Goldberg EL. (2023) Reversible histone deacetylase activity catalyzes lysine acylation. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2023.11.17.567549
  12. Tsusaka T, Oses-Prieto JA, Lee C, DeFelice BC, Burlingame AL, Goldberg EL. (2023) Non-specific recognition of histone modifications by H3K9bhb antibody. iScience doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107235
  13. Goldberg EL, Letian A, Dlugos T, Leveau C, Dixit VD. (2023) Innate Immune cell-intrinsic ketogenesis is dispensable for organismal metabolism and age-related inflammation. J Biol Chem doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.103005
  14. Goldberg EL, Shchukina I, Youm YH, Ryu S, Tsusaka T, Young KC, Camell CD, Dlugos T, Artyomov MN, Dixit VD. (2021) IL-33 causes thermogenic failure in aging by expanding dysfunctional adipose ILC2. Cell Metabolism doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.08.004.
  15. Zhang X, McDonald JG, Aryal B, Canfrán-Duque A, Goldberg EL, Araldi E, Ding W, Fan Y, Thompson BM, Singh AK, Li Q, Tellides G, Ordovás-Montanes J, García Milian R, Dixit VD, Ikonen E, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. (2021) Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. PNAS  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107682118
  16. Goldberg, E.L. Integration of immune-metabolic signals to preserve healthy aging. Translational Medicine of Aging epub July 24, 2020
  17. Stubbs, B.J., Koutnik, A.P., Goldberg, E.L., Upadhyay, V., Turnbaugh, P.J., Verdin, E., Newman, J.C. (2020) Investigating ketone bodies as immunometabolic countermeasures against respiratory viral infections. Cell Med 1, 1-23 Published online July 15, 2020.
  18. Goldberg, E.L., Shaw, A.C., Montgomery, R.R. How Inflammation Blunts Innate Immunity in Aging. Weinberger B (ed): Vaccines for Older Adults: Current Practices and Future Opportunities. Interdiscip Top Gerontol Geriatr. 2020, vol 43, pp 1–17 PMID: 32294641
  19. Goldberg, E.L., Shchukina, I., Asher, J.L., Sidorov, S., Artyomov, M.N., Dixit, V.D. (2020) Ketogenesis activates metabolically protective γδ T cells in visceral adipose tissue. Nature Metabolism Published online January 20, 2020.
  20. Goldberg, E.L., Molony, R.D., Kudo, E., Sviatoslav, S., Kong, Y., Dixit, V.D., Iwasaki, A. (2019) Ketogenic diet activates protective γδ T cell responses against influenza virus infection. Science Immunology 2019 Nov 15;4(41). doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aav2026. PMID: 31732517
  21. Camell C.D., Günther P., Lee A., Goldberg E.L., Spadaro O., Youm Y.H., Bartke A., Hubbard G.B., Ikeno Y., Ruddle N.H., Schultze J., Dixit V.D. Aging Induces an Nlrp3 Inflammasome-Dependent Expansion of Adipose B Cells That Impairs Metabolic Homeostasis. Cell Metab 2019 Dec 3;30(6):1024-1039.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.10.006. PMID: 31735593
  22. Goldberg, E.L., Dixit, V.D. Bone Marrow: An Immunometabolic Refuge during Energy Depletion. Cell Metab. 2019 Oct 1;30(4):621-623. PMID: 31577929
  23. Camporez J.P., Lyu K., Goldberg  E.L., Zhang D., Cline G.W., Jurczak M.J., Dixit V.D., Petersen K.F., Shulman G.I. Anti-inflammatory effects of estrogen mediate the sexual dimorphic response to lipid-induced insulin resistance. J Physiol. 2019 June 17. PMID: 31206703
  24. Camell CD, Sander J, Spadaro O, Lee A, Nguyen KY, Wing A, Goldberg EL, Youm YH, Brown CW, Elsworth J, Rodeheffer MS, Schultze JL, Dixit VD. Inflammasome-driven catecholamine catabolism in macrophages blunts lipolysis during ageing. Nature. 2017 Oct 5;550(7674):119-123. PMID: 28953873
  25. Goldberg, E.L., Asher, J.L., Molony, R.D., Shaw, A.C., Zeiss, C.J., Wang, C., Morozova-Roche, L.A., Herzog, R.I., Iwasaki, A., Dixit, V.D. (2017) β-hydroxybutyrate deactivates neutrophil NLRP3 inflammasome to relieve gout flares. Cell Reports Feb 28;18(9):2077-2087. PMID 28249154
  26. Goldberg, E.L. and Dixit,V.D. (2017) Carnitine acetyltransferase (CRAT) expression in macrophages is dispensable for nutrient stress sensing and inflammation. Molecular Metabolism Jan 3;6(2):219-225. PMID 28180063
  27. Spadaro O., Goldberg, E.L., Camell, C.D., Youm, Y., Kopchick, J.J., Nguyen, K.Y., Bartke, A., Sun, L.Y., Dixit, V.D. (2016) Growth hormone receptor deficiency protects against age-related NLRP3 inflammasome activation and immune-senescence. Cell Reports Feb 23;14(7):1571-80. PMID 26876170
  28. Youm, Y.H., Nguyen, K.Y., Grant, R.W., Goldberg, E.L., Bodogai, M., Kim, D., D’Agostine, D., Planavsky, N., Lupfer, C., Kanneganti, T.D., Kang, S., Horvath, T.L., Fahmy, T.M., Crawford, P.A., Biragyn, A., Alnemri, E., Dixit, V.D. (2015) The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated inflammatory disease. Nat. Med. 21(3):263-9. PMID: 25686106.
  29. Goldberg, E.L. and Dixit, V.D. (2015) “Crowning” eosinophils in adipose tissue: does location matter? J Leukoc Biol. Oct;98(4):451-2. PMID 26429777
  30. Camell, C., Goldberg, E., Dixit, V.D. (2015) Regulation of Nlrp3 inflammasome by dietary metabolites. Seminars in Immunology 27:334-342. PMID 26776831
  31. Goldberg, E.L. and Dixit, V.D. (2015) Drivers of age-related inflammation and strategies for healthspan extension. Immunol Rev. 265(1):63-74. PMID 25879284
  32. Goldberg, E.L., Romero-Aleshire, M.J., Renkema, K.R., Ventevogel, M.S., Chew, W.M., Uhrlaub, J.L., Smithey, M.J., Limesand, K.H., Sempowski, G.D., Brooks, H.L., Nikolich-Zugich, J. (2015) Lifespan-extending calorie restriction or mTOR inhibition impair adaptive immunity of old mice by distinct mechanisms. Aging Cell. 14(1): 130-8. PMID: 25424641.
  33. Goldberg, E.L., Smithey, M.J., Lutes, L.K., Uhrlaub, J.L., Nikolich-Zugich, J. (2014) Immune memory-boosting dose of rapamycin impairs macrophage vesicle acidification and curtails glycolysis in effector CD8 cells, impairing defense against acute infections. J Immunol. 193(2): 757-63. PMID: 24913978.
  34. Kusne, Y.*, Goldberg, E.L.*, Parker, S.S., Hapak, S.M., Maskaykina, I.Y., Chew, W.M., Limesand, K.H., Brooks, H.L., Price, T.J., Sanai, N., Nikolich-Zugich, J., Ghosh, S. (2014) Contrasting effects of chronic, systemic treatment with mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and metformin on adult neural progenitors in mice. Age (Dordr). 36(1): 199-212. PMID: 23949159.                *Authors contributed equally
  35. Rudd, B.D., Venturi, V., Smith, N.L., Nzingha, K., Goldberg, E.L., Li, G., Nikolich-Zugich, J., Davenport, M.P. (2013) Acute neonatal infections ‘lock-in’ a suboptimal CD8+ T cell repertoire with impaired recall responses. PLoS Pathog. 9(9):e1003572. PMID: 24068921.