Riki Kawaguchi, Ph.D.

Publications

1. Kawaguchi, RK, Ballouz, S, Pena, MT, French, L, Knight, FM, Adams, LB et al.. Monocyte Lineage Expansion Drives Transcriptomic Individuality in Genetically Identical Armadillo Quadruplets. bioRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898/2026.03.30.715171. PubMed PMID:41959222 PubMed Central PMC13060256.
2. Oyabu, M, Sakaue, M, Kubo, A, Yoshioka, K, Kawaguchi, R, Yamamoto, H et al.. Loss of FoxO in skeletal muscle leads to disrupted muscle metabolism and exacerbates starvation-induced hepatic steatosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026;123 (15):e2600036123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2600036123. PubMed PMID:41950099 PubMed Central PMC13079935.
3. Takahashi, K, Kurokawa, K, Kawaguchi, R, Takeda, H, Tsuji, M. AICAR improves depression-like behaviors and is associated with hippocampal AMPK activation and modulation of neurogenesis and neuroinflammation in a microbiota disruption model. Neurochem Int. 2026;196 :106152. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2026.106152. PubMed PMID:41932583 .
4. Xia, W, Morcom, L, Xu, Z, Lu, IL, Wang, Q, Hoi, KK et al.. Expansion of outer cortical CUX2 neurons requires adaptations for DNA repair. Nature. 2026; :. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4. PubMed PMID:41922774 .
5. Morcom, L, Xia, W, Xu, Z, Awasthi, Y, Geywitz, C, Ellis, MO et al.. DNA damage burden causes selective CUX2 neuron loss in neuroinflammation. Nature. 2026; :. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3. PubMed PMID:41922773 .