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Alan C Mullen MD, PhD

TitleProfessor
Endowed TitleMary C. DeFeudis Chair in Biomedical Research
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
Phone508-334-1000
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionGastroenterology

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentImmunology and Microbiology Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMD/PhD Program


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    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United StatesBEChemical Engineering
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMD
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPHDImmunology

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    1. Li R, Daneshvar K, Ji X, Pleet M, Igbinosun G, Iqbal MS, Kashanchi F, Mullen AC, Romerio F. Suppression of HIV-1 transcription and latency reversal via ectopic expression of the viral antisense transcript AST. Sci Adv. 2025 May 09; 11(19):eadu8014. PMID: 40344061.
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    2. Huppertz I, Mullen AC. Function Over Form: Defining Evolutionarily Conserved Long-noncoding RNAs Regulating Hepatic Metabolism. Gastroenterology. 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40286943.
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    3. Li W, Sparks RP, Sun C, Yang Y, Pantano L, Kirchner R, Arghiani N, Weilheimer A, Toles BJ, Chen JY, Moran SP, Barrera V, Li Z, Zhou P, Brassil ML, Wrobel D, Ho Sui SJ, Aspnes G, Schuler M, Smith J, Medoff BD, Zhou C, Boustany-Kari CM, Rippmann JF, Santos DM, Doerner JF, Mullen AC. Screening the human druggable genome identifies ABHD17B as an anti-fibrotic target in hepatic stellate cells. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 02; 16(1):2109. PMID: 40025044.
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    4. Watson BR, Paul B, Rahman RU, Amir-Zilberstein L, Segerstolpe ?, Epstein ET, Murphy S, Geistlinger L, Lee T, Shih A, Deguine J, Xavier RJ, Moffitt JR, Mullen AC. Spatial transcriptomics of healthy and fibrotic human liver at single-cell resolution. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 02; 16(1):319. PMID: 39747812.
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    5. Li R, Daneshvar K, Ji X, Pleet M, Igbinosun G, Iqbal MS, Kashanchi F, Mullen A, Romerio F. Epigenetic silencing and blockade of latency reversal by an HIV-1 encoded antisense transcript. bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 07. PMID: 39677709.
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    6. Hess A, Gentile SD, Saad AB, Rahman RU, Habboub T, Pratt DS, Mullen AC. Author Correction: Single-cell transcriptomics stratifies organoid models of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. EMBO J. 2024 Dec; 43(24):6792-6795. PMID: 39567832.
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    7. Friedline RH, Noh HL, Suk S, Albusharif M, Dagdeviren S, Saengnipanthkul S, Kim B, Kim AM, Kim LH, Tauer LA, Baez Torres NM, Choi S, Kim BY, Rao SD, Kasina K, Sun C, Toles BJ, Zhou C, Li Z, Benoit VM, Patel PR, Zheng DXT, Inashima K, Beaverson A, Hu X, Tran DA, Muller W, Greiner DL, Mullen AC, Lee KW, Kim JK. Author Correction: IFN?-IL12 axis regulates intercellular crosstalk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 23; 15(1):6195. PMID: 39043691.
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    8. Friedline RH, Noh HL, Suk S, Albusharif M, Dagdeviren S, Saengnipanthkul S, Kim B, Kim AM, Kim LH, Tauer LA, Baez Torres NM, Choi S, Kim BY, Rao SD, Kasina K, Sun C, Toles BJ, Zhou C, Li Z, Benoit VM, Patel PR, Zheng DXT, Inashima K, Beaverson A, Hu X, Tran DA, Muller W, Greiner DL, Mullen AC, Lee KW, Kim JK. IFN?-IL12 axis regulates intercellular crosstalk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 29; 15(1):5506. PMID: 38951527.
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    9. Sun C, Zhou C, Daneshvar K, Ben Saad A, Kratkiewicz AJ, Toles BJ, Arghiani N, Hess A, Chen JY, Pondick JV, York SR, Li W, Moran SP, Gentile SD, Rahman RU, Li Z, Zhou P, Sparks RP, Habboub T, Kim BM, Choi MY, Affo S, Schwabe RF, Popov YV, Mullen AC. Conserved long noncoding RNA TILAM promotes liver fibrosis through interaction with PML in HSCs. Hepatology. 2025 Mar 01; 81(3):853-869. PMID: 38563629.
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    10. Singh C, Jin B, Shrestha N, Markhard AL, Panda A, Calvo SE, Deik A, Pan X, Zuckerman AL, Ben Saad A, Corey KE, Sjoquist J, Osganian S, AminiTabrizi R, Rhee EP, Shah H, Goldberger O, Mullen AC, Cracan V, Clish CB, Mootha VK, Goodman RP. ChREBP is activated by reductive stress and mediates GCKR-associated metabolic traits. Cell Metab. 2024 01 02; 36(1):144-158.e7. PMID: 38101397.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Hess A, Gentile SD, Ben Saad A, Rahman RU, Habboub T, Pratt DS, Mullen AC. Single-cell transcriptomics stratifies organoid models of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. EMBO J. 2023 Dec 11; 42(24):e113898. PMID: 37962490.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Sun C, Zhou C, Daneshvar K, Kratkiewicz AJ, Saad AB, Hess A, Chen JY, Pondick JV, York SR, Li W, Moran S, Gentile S, Rahman RU, Li Z, Sparks R, Habboub T, Kim BM, Choi MY, Affo S, Schwabe RF, Popov YV, Mullen AC. Conserved long noncoding RNA TILAM promotes liver fibrosis through interaction with PML in hepatic stellate cells. bioRxiv. 2023 Jul 30. PMID: 37546982.
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    13. Li W, Chen JY, Sun C, Sparks RP, Pantano L, Rahman RU, Moran SP, Pondick JV, Kirchner R, Wrobel D, Bieler M, Sauer A, Ho Sui SJ, Doerner JF, Rippmann JF, Mullen AC. Nanchangmycin regulates FYN, PTK2, and MAPK1/3 to control the fibrotic activity of human hepatic stellate cells. Elife. 2022 05 26; 11. PMID: 35617485.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    14. Estevez M, Li R, Paul B, Daneshvar K, Mullen AC, Romerio F, Addepalli B. Identification and mapping of post-transcriptional modifications on the HIV-1 antisense transcript Ast in human cells. RNA. 2022 05; 28(5):697-710. PMID: 35168996.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Melendez J, Sieiro D, Salgado D, Morin V, Dejardin MJ, Zhou C, Mullen AC, Marcelle C. TGF? signalling acts as a molecular brake of myoblast fusion. Nat Commun. 2021 02 02; 12(1):749. PMID: 33531476.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Daneshvar K, Ardehali MB, Klein IA, Hsieh FK, Kratkiewicz AJ, Mahpour A, Cancelliere SOL, Zhou C, Cook BM, Li W, Pondick JV, Gupta SK, Moran SP, Young RA, Kingston RE, Mullen AC. lncRNA DIGIT and BRD3 protein form phase-separated condensates to regulate endoderm differentiation. Nat Cell Biol. 2020 10; 22(10):1211-1222. PMID: 32895492.
      Citations: 67     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    17. Mahpour A, Mullen AC. Our emerging understanding of the roles of long non-coding RNAs in normal liver function, disease, and malignancy. JHEP Rep. 2021 Feb; 3(1):100177. PMID: 33294829.
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    18. Alsamman S, Christenson SA, Yu A, Ayad NME, Mooring MS, Segal JM, Hu JK, Schaub JR, Ho SS, Rao V, Marlow MM, Turner SM, Sedki M, Pantano L, Ghoshal S, Ferreira DDS, Ma HY, Duwaerts CC, Espanol-Suner R, Wei L, Newcomb B, Mileva I, Canals D, Hannun YA, Chung RT, Mattis AN, Fuchs BC, Tager AM, Yimlamai D, Weaver VM, Mullen AC, Sheppard D, Chen JY. Targeting acid ceramidase inhibits YAP/TAZ signaling to reduce fibrosis in mice. Sci Transl Med. 2020 08 19; 12(557). PMID: 32817366.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    19. Ufere NN, Donlan J, Waldman L, Patel A, Dienstag JL, Friedman LS, Corey KE, Hashemi N, Carolan P, Mullen AC, Thiim M, Bhan I, Nipp R, Greer J, Temel J, Chung RT, El-Jawahri A. Physicians' Perspectives on Palliative Care for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease: A National Survey Study. Liver Transpl. 2019 06; 25(6):859-869. PMID: 30963669.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Ufere NN, Donlan J, Waldman L, Dienstag JL, Friedman LS, Corey KE, Hashemi N, Carolan P, Mullen AC, Thiim M, Bhan I, Nipp R, Greer JA, Temel JS, Chung RT, El-Jawahri A. Barriers to Use of Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Discussions for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 11; 17(12):2592-2599. PMID: 30885884.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Zhou C, Molinie B, Daneshvar K, Pondick JV, Wang J, Van Wittenberghe N, Xing Y, Giallourakis CC, Mullen AC. Genome-Wide Maps of m6A circRNAs Identify Widespread and Cell-Type-Specific Methylation Patterns that Are Distinct from mRNAs. Cell Rep. 2017 Aug 29; 20(9):2262-2276. PMID: 28854373.
      Citations: 212     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    22. Mullen AC, Wrana JL. TGF-? Family Signaling in Embryonic and Somatic Stem-Cell Renewal and Differentiation. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017 Jul 05; 9(7). PMID: 28108485.
      Citations: 54     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Chen JY, Newcomb B, Zhou C, Pondick JV, Ghoshal S, York SR, Motola DL, Coant N, Yi JK, Mao C, Tanabe KK, Bronova I, Berdyshev EV, Fuchs BC, Hannun Y, Chung RT, Mullen AC. Tricyclic Antidepressants Promote Ceramide Accumulation to Regulate Collagen Production in Human Hepatic Stellate Cells. Sci Rep. 2017 03 21; 7:44867. PMID: 28322247.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    24. Mehta S, Cronkite DA, Basavappa M, Saunders TL, Adiliaghdam F, Amatullah H, Morrison SA, Pagan JD, Anthony RM, Tonnerre P, Lauer GM, Lee JC, Digumarthi S, Pantano L, Ho Sui SJ, Ji F, Sadreyev R, Zhou C, Mullen AC, Kumar V, Li Y, Wijmenga C, Xavier RJ, Means TK, Jeffrey KL. Maintenance of macrophage transcriptional programs and intestinal homeostasis by epigenetic reader SP140. Sci Immunol. 2017 Mar 03; 2(9). PMID: 28783698.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    
    25. Daneshvar K, Pondick JV, Kim BM, Zhou C, York SR, Macklin JA, Abualteen A, Tan B, Sigova AA, Marcho C, Tremblay KD, Mager J, Choi MY, Mullen AC. DIGIT Is a Conserved Long Noncoding RNA that Regulates GSC Expression to Control Definitive Endoderm Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Rep. 2016 10 04; 17(2):353-365. PMID: 27705785.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    26. Molinie B, Wang J, Lim KS, Hillebrand R, Lu ZX, Van Wittenberghe N, Howard BD, Daneshvar K, Mullen AC, Dedon P, Xing Y, Giallourakis CC. m(6)A-LAIC-seq reveals the census and complexity of the m(6)A epitranscriptome. Nat Methods. 2016 08; 13(8):692-8. PMID: 27376769.
      Citations: 177     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. Zhou C, York SR, Chen JY, Pondick JV, Motola DL, Chung RT, Mullen AC. Long noncoding RNAs expressed in human hepatic stellate cells form networks with extracellular matrix proteins. Genome Med. 2016 Mar 23; 8(1):31. PMID: 27007663.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    28. Batista PJ, Molinie B, Wang J, Qu K, Zhang J, Li L, Bouley DM, Lujan E, Haddad B, Daneshvar K, Carter AC, Flynn RA, Zhou C, Lim KS, Dedon P, Wernig M, Mullen AC, Xing Y, Giallourakis CC, Chang HY. m(6)A RNA modification controls cell fate transition in mammalian embryonic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2014 Dec 04; 15(6):707-19. PMID: 25456834.
      Citations: 613     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    29. Mullen AC. Hippo tips the TGF-? scale in favor of pluripotency. Cell Stem Cell. 2014 Jan 02; 14(1):6-8. PMID: 24388171.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    30. Sigova AA, Mullen AC, Molinie B, Gupta S, Orlando DA, Guenther MG, Almada AE, Lin C, Sharp PA, Giallourakis CC, Young RA. Divergent transcription of long noncoding RNA/mRNA gene pairs in embryonic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 19; 110(8):2876-81. PMID: 23382218.
      Citations: 266     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Mullen AC, Orlando DA, Newman JJ, Lov?n J, Kumar RM, Bilodeau S, Reddy J, Guenther MG, DeKoter RP, Young RA. Master transcription factors determine cell-type-specific responses to TGF-? signaling. Cell. 2011 Oct 28; 147(3):565-76. PMID: 22036565.
      Citations: 341     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    32. Intlekofer AM, Takemoto N, Wherry EJ, Longworth SA, Northrup JT, Palanivel VR, Mullen AC, Gasink CR, Kaech SM, Miller JD, Gapin L, Ryan K, Russ AP, Lindsten T, Orange JS, Goldrath AW, Ahmed R, Reiner SL. Effector and memory CD8+ T cell fate coupled by T-bet and eomesodermin. Nat Immunol. 2005 Dec; 6(12):1236-44. PMID: 16273099.
      Citations: 697     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    33. Pearce EL, Mullen AC, Martins GA, Krawczyk CM, Hutchins AS, Zediak VP, Banica M, DiCioccio CB, Gross DA, Mao CA, Shen H, Cereb N, Yang SY, Lindsten T, Rossant J, Hunter CA, Reiner SL. Control of effector CD8+ T cell function by the transcription factor Eomesodermin. Science. 2003 Nov 07; 302(5647):1041-3. PMID: 14605368.
      Citations: 517     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Reiner SL, Mullen AC, Hutchins AS, Pearce EL. Helper T cell differentiation and the problem of cellular inheritance. Immunol Res. 2003; 27(2-3):463-8. PMID: 12857989.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    35. Hutchins AS, Mullen AC, Lee HW, Sykes KJ, High FA, Hendrich BD, Bird AP, Reiner SL. Gene silencing quantitatively controls the function of a developmental trans-activator. Mol Cell. 2002 Jul; 10(1):81-91. PMID: 12150909.
      Citations: 78     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    36. Mullen AC, Hutchins AS, High FA, Lee HW, Sykes KJ, Chodosh LA, Reiner SL. Hlx is induced by and genetically interacts with T-bet to promote heritable T(H)1 gene induction. Nat Immunol. 2002 Jul; 3(7):652-8. PMID: 12055627.
      Citations: 118     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    37. Mullen AC, Hutchins AS, Villarino AV, Lee HW, High FA, Cereb N, Yang SY, Hua X, Reiner SL. Cell cycle controlling the silencing and functioning of mammalian activators. Curr Biol. 2001 Oct 30; 11(21):1695-9. PMID: 11696328.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    38. Doyle AM, Mullen AC, Villarino AV, Hutchins AS, High FA, Lee HW, Thompson CB, Reiner SL. Induction of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) restricts clonal expansion of helper T cells. J Exp Med. 2001 Oct 01; 194(7):893-902. PMID: 11581312.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    39. Mullen AC, High FA, Hutchins AS, Lee HW, Villarino AV, Livingston DM, Kung AL, Cereb N, Yao TP, Yang SY, Reiner SL. Role of T-bet in commitment of TH1 cells before IL-12-dependent selection. Science. 2001 Jun 08; 292(5523):1907-10. PMID: 11397944.
      Citations: 265     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    40. Masteller EL, Chuang E, Mullen AC, Reiner SL, Thompson CB. Structural analysis of CTLA-4 function in vivo. J Immunol. 2000 May 15; 164(10):5319-27. PMID: 10799894.
      Citations: 78     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    41. Bird JJ, Brown DR, Mullen AC, Moskowitz NH, Mahowald MA, Sider JR, Gajewski TF, Wang CR, Reiner SL. Helper T cell differentiation is controlled by the cell cycle. Immunity. 1998 Aug; 9(2):229-37. PMID: 9729043.
      Citations: 242     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    42. Claffey KP, Shih SC, Mullen A, Dziennis S, Cusick JL, Abrams KR, Lee SW, Detmar M. Identification of a human VPF/VEGF 3' untranslated region mediating hypoxia-induced mRNA stability. Mol Biol Cell. 1998 Feb; 9(2):469-81. PMID: 9450968.
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