bold — Rohatgi Lab member
* — equal contribution
^ — corresponding author


PREPRINTS


Plasma membrane accessible cholesterol is regulated by ACC1 and lipid droplets.

Wijesinghe KM, Kim CW, Schad EO, Li S, Chen S, Takeshima E, Khandwala CB, Tillo D, Lebensohn AM, Olzmann JA, Rohatgi R, Kinnebrew M.
bioRxiv (2025) doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.21.671640

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PUBLICATIONS


2026


In colon cancer, beta-catenin regulates its own destruction, achieving a “just-right” level of signaling that drives cancer growth (auto-regulation via the “ouroboros mechanism”).

Mutational scanning reveals substrate-assisted autoregulation of the WNT destruction complex.

Padmanarayana M*, Sakalas S, Sarkar P, Ma M, Garvin ER, Lee E, Corsello SM, Guettler S, Pusapati GV*^, Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Genetics 58(7):1672-1686 (2026). PMID: 42393221

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The MEGF8–MOSMO–MGRN1 (MMM) complex operates like a fishing rig to ubiquitylate cell surface receptors.

Design principles of a membrane-spanning ubiquitin ligase.

Williams C*, Nocka LM*, Hedger G, Parashara P, Pardon E, Latorraca NR, Pusapati GV, Sarkar P, Lartey D, Gao L, Milenkovic L, Chalk R, Steyaert J, Marqusee S, Carrique L, Bazan JF, Rouse SL, Kong JH, Siebold C^, Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Molecular Cell 86(11):2207-2222 (2026). PMID: 42190653

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Regulation of EIF5A and hypusination by p53 determines colorectal cancer cell fitness.

Gobert AP^, Hawkins CV, Asim M, Barry DP, Delgado AG, Tyree RN, Carson KS, Kahlon NPS, Ciampa MV, Rose KL, Patel P, Pusapati GV, Rohatgi R, Yu W, Zhao S, Coburn LA, Blanca Piazuelo M, Wilson KT^. (^corresponding author)
Cancer Letters 656:218682 (2026). PMID: 42297232.

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Multiple modes of cholesterol translocation in the human Smoothened receptor.

Bansal P, Kinnebrew M, Rohatgi R, Shukla D^. (^corresponding author)
eLife 14:RP108030 (2026). PMID: 41811180

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cited by 1 [Google Scholar]


Several HSP90B1 client receptors are regulated by CCDC134.

Expanding roles of N-glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Ma M^, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Trends in Cell Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2025.12.001 Jan 14 2026.

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Model for regulated GRP94 N-glycosylation.

Structural basis of regulated N-glycosylation at the secretory translocon.

Yamsek M*, Ma M *, Jha R *, Wan Y, Li Q, Zhong F, DeLong K, Ji Z, Rohatgi R^, Keenan R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature 649:777–784 (2026). PMID: 41261126

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cited by 6 [Google Scholar]


2025


The TRIP12 E3 ligase induces SWI/SNF component BRG1-β-catenin interaction to promote Wnt signaling.

Kassel S, Yuan K, Bunnag N, Neitzel LR, Lu W, Schwarzkopf A, Maines B, Loberg MA, Xu G, Adams A, McCray AD, Cho A, Rockouski M, Orton G, Goldsmith L, Aronno MMA, Spencer ZT, Khan OM, Ye F, Williams C, Lebensohn AM, Rohatgi R, Wang X, Weiss VL, Hong CC, Kettenbach AN, Robbins DJ, Ahmed Y^, Lee E^. (^corresponding author).
Nature Communications 16:5248 (2025). PMID: 40473626

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cited by 6 [Google Scholar]


Artistic rendering of a universal prion-based mechanism for ionic strength sensing (represented by gauge) inside animal cells.

Direct ionic stress sensing and mitigation by the transcription factor NFAT5

Khandwala CB*, Sarkar P*, Schmidt HB, Ma M, Pusapati GV, Lamoliatte F, Kinnebrew M, Patel BB, Tillo D, Lebensohn AM, Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution, ^corresponding author).
Science Advances 11: eadu3194 (2025). PMID: 39970224

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cited by 9 [Google Scholar]


Serotonin signaling at cilia synapses.

DeLong K, Sheu SH^. (^corresponding author).
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 92:102994 (2025). PMID: 40081222.

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cited by 7 [Google Scholar]


2024


The pre-N segment tethers HSP90B1 during its translation, translocation, and folding to translocon-associated OST-A through an interaction between the SRT pseudosubstrate site and the STT3A sequon binding site.

Regulated N-glycosylation controls chaperone function and receptor trafficking.

Ma M, Dubey R, Jen A, Pusapati GV, Singal B, Shishkova E, Overmyer KA, Cormier-Daire V, Fedry J, Aravind L, Coon JJ, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author).
Science 386: 667-672(2024). PMID: 39509507

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cited by 28 [Google Scholar]


The exocyst complex and intracellular vesicles mediate soluble protein trafficking to the primary cilium.

Niedziółka SM, Datta S, Uśpieński T, Baran B, Skarżyńska W, Humke EW, Rohatgi R, Niewiadomski P^. ( ^corresponding author).
Communications Biology 7(1):213 (2024) PMID: 38378792

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A cholesterol-binding bacterial toxin provides a strategy for identifying a specific Scap inhibitor that blocks lipid synthesis in animal cells.

Xu S, Smothers JC, Rye D, Endapally S, Chen H, Li S, Liang G, Kinnebrew M, Rohatgi R, Posner BA, Radhakrishnan A^. (^corresponding author) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 121(7):e2318024121 (2024) PMID: 38330014

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cited by 16 [Google Scholar]


2023


The USP46 complex deubiquitylates LRP6 to promote Wnt/β-catenin signaling.

Ng VH*, Spencer Z*, Neitzel LR, Nayak A, Loberg MA, Shen C, Kassel SN, Kroh HK, An Z, Anthony CC, Bryant JM, Lawson A, Goldsmith L, Benchabane H, Hansen AG, Li J, D'Souza S, Lebensohn AM, Rohatgi R, Weiss WA, Weiss VL, Williams C, Hong CC, Robbins DJ, Ahmed Y^, Lee E.^ (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author) Nature Communications 14(1):6173. (2023) PMID: 37798301

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cited by 27 [Google Scholar]


The USP46 deubiquitylase complex increases Wingless/Wnt signaling strength by stabilizing Arrow/LRP6.

Spencer ZT*, Ng VH*, Benchabane H*, Siddiqui GS, Duwadi D, Maines B, Bryant JM, Schwarzkopf A, Yuan K, Kassel SN, Mishra A, Pimentel A, Lebensohn AM, Rohatgi R, Gerber SA, Robbins DJ, Lee E^, Ahmed Y^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Communications 14(1):6174. (2023) PMID: 37798281

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cited by 11 [Google Scholar]


PTCH1 and the energetics of cholesterol transport—the indirect pathway.

The energetics and ion coupling of cholesterol transport through Patched1.

Ansell TB, Corey RA, Viti LV, Kinnebrew M, Rohatgi R, Siebold C, Sansom MSP^. (^corresponding author) Science Advances 9(34):eadh1609 (2023) PMID: 37611095

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cited by 11 [Google Scholar]


Models for how PTCH inhibits SMO.

The Inseparable Relationship Between Cholesterol and Hedgehog Signaling.

Siebold C^ and Rohatgi R^ (^corresponding author)
Annual Review of Biochemistry 92:273-298 (2023) PMID: 37001135

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cited by 32 [Google Scholar]


2022


Oxaliplatin disrupts nucleolar function through biophysical disintegration.

Schmidt HB, Jaafar ZA, Wulff BE, Rodencal JJ, Hong K, Aziz-Zanjani MO, Jackson PK, Leonetti MD, Dixon SJ, Rohatgi R^, Brandman^ (^corresponding author) Cell Reports 41(6):111629. (2022). PMID: 36351392

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cited by 58 [Google Scholar]


Receptor control by membrane-tethered ubiquitin ligases in development and tissue homeostasis.

Lebensohn AM^, Bazan JF^, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Current Topics in Developmental Biology 150:25-89 (2022). PMID: 35817504

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cited by 18 [Google Scholar]


Two models for the regulation of SMO signaling by PTCH1. In model 1, PTCH1 depletes the membrane of accessible cholesterol, indirectly inhibiting SMO, while in model 2, PTCH1 directly removes cholesterol from the SMO CRD.

Patched 1 regulates Smoothened by controlling sterol binding to its extracellular cysteine-rich domain.

Kinnebrew M, Woolley RE, Ansell TB, Byrne EFX, Frigui S, Luchetti G, Sircar R, Nachtergaele S, Mydock-McGrane L, Krishnan K, Newstead S, Sansom MSP, Covey DF, Siebold C^, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author) Science Advances 8(22):eabm5563 (2022). PMID: 35658032

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Measuring and Manipulating Membrane Cholesterol for the Study of Hedgehog Signaling.

Kinnebrew M*, Johnson KA*, Radhakrishnan A^, Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Methods in Molecular Biology 2374:73-87. (2022) PMID: 34562244

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cited by 1 [Google Scholar]


2021


Hedgehog-Interacting Protein is a multimodal antagonist of Hedgehog signalling.

Griffiths SC*, Schwab RA*, El Omari K, Bishop B, Iverson EJ, Malinauskas T, Dubey R, Qian M, Covey DF, Gilbert RJC, Rohatgi R, Siebold C^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Communications 12(1):7171. (2021). PMID: 34887403

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cited by 41 [Google Scholar]


Patched 1 reduces the accessibility of cholesterol in the outer leaflet of membranes.

Kinnebrew M, Luchetti G, Sircar R, Frigui S, Viti LV, Naito T, Beckert F, Saheki Y, Siebold C, Radhakrishnan A, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author) eLife 10:e70504 (2021) PMID: 34698632

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Gene-teratogen interactions influence the penetrance of birth defects by altering Hedgehog signaling strength.

Kong JH, Young CB, Pusapati GV, Espinoza FH, Patel CB, Beckert F, Ho S, Patel BP, Gabriel GC, Aravind L, Bazan JF, Gunn TM^, Lo CW^, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author) Development 148 (19):dev199867 (2021). PMID: 34486668

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cited by 15 [Google Scholar]


Human-chimpanzee fused cells reveal cis-regulatory divergence underlying skeletal evolution.


Gokhman D^, Agoglia RM, Kinnebrew M, Gordon W, Sun D, Bajpai VK, Naqvi S, Chen C, Chan A, Chen C, Petrov DA, Ahituv N, Zhang H, Mishina Y, Wysocka J, Rohatgi R, and Fraser HB^. (^corresponding author)
Nature Genetics 53(4):467-476. (2021). PMID: 33731941

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Bile acid biosynthesis in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome bypassing cholesterol: Potential importance of pathway intermediates.

Abdel-Khalik J, Hearn T, Dickson AL, Crick PJ, Yutuc E, Austin-Muttitt K, Bigger BW, Morris AA, Shackleton CH, Clayton PT, Iida T, Sircar R, Rohatgi R, Marschall HU, Sjövall J, Björkhem I, Mullins JGL, Griffiths WJ^, and Wang Y^. (^corresponding author)
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 206:105794.(2021). PMID: 33246156

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cited by 31 [Google Scholar]


2020


Mutations in GRK2 cause Jeune syndrome by impairing Hedgehog and canonical Wnt signaling.

Bosakova M, Abraham SP, Nita A, Hruba E, Buchtova M, Taylor SP, Duran I, Martin J, Svozilova K, Barta T, Varecha M, Balek L, Kohoutek J, Radaszkiewicz T, Pusapati GV, Bryja V, Rush ET, Thiffault I, Nickerson DA, Bamshad MJ; University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Rohatgi R, Cohn DH, Krakow D^, and Krejci P^. (^corresponding author)
EMBO Molecular Medicine 12(11):e11739 (2020). PMID: 33200460

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cited by 33 [Google Scholar]


Cholesterol access in cellular membranes controls Hedgehog signaling.

Radhakrishnan A*^, Rohatgi R*^, and Siebold C*^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Chemical Biology 16(12):1303-1313 (2020). PMID: 33199907

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cited by 169 [Google Scholar]


A Membrane-Tethered Ubiquitination Pathway Regulates Hedgehog Signaling and Heart Development.

Kong JH*, Young CB*, Pusapati GV*, Patel CB, Ho S, Krishnan A, Lin JI, Devine W, Moreau de Bellaing A, Athni TS, Aravind L, Gunn TM^, Lo CW^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Developmental Cell 55(4):432-449 (2020). PMID: 32966817

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Flow Homogenization Enables a Massively Parallel Fluidic Design for High-throughput and Multiplexed Cell Isolation.

Ooi C^, Earhart CM, Hughes CE, Lee JR, Wong DJ, Wilson RJ, Rohatgi R, and Wang SX^. (^corresponding author)
Advanced Materials Technologies 5(5):1900960 (2020). PMID: 33072854

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R-spondins engage heparin sulfate proteoglycans to potentiate WNT signaling.

Dubey R*, Kerkhof PV, Jordens I, Malinauskas T, Pusapati GV, McKenna JK, Li D, Carette JE, Ho M, Siebold C, Maurice M, Lebensohn AM*^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
eLife 9:e54469 (2020). PMID: 32432544

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High-throughput Flow Cytometry Assay to Investigate TDP43 Splicing Function.

Schmidt HB^ and Rohatgi R. (^corresponding author)
Bio-protocol 10(8):e3594. (2020). PMID: 33659560

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TDP-43 α-helical structure tunes liquid–liquid phase separation and function.

Conicella A*E, Dignon GL*, Zerze GH, Schmidt HB, Alexandra MD, Kim YC, Rohatgi R, Ayala YM, Mittal J^, and Fawzi NL^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117(11):5883-2894. (2020). PMID: 32132204

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Lipid droplets can promote drug accumulation and activation.

Dubey R, Stivala CE, Nguyen HQ, Goo YH, Paul A, Carette JE, Trost BM, and Rohatgi R^.(^corresponding author)
Nature Chemical Biology 16(2):206-213 (2020) PMID: 31932720

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cited by 71 [Google Scholar]


2019


Cholesterol accessibility at the ciliary membrane controls hedgehog signaling.

Kinnebrew M*, Iverson EJ*, Patel BB, Pusapati GV, Kong JH, Johnson KA, Luchetti G, Eckert KM, McDonald JG, Covey DF, Siebold C, Radhakrishnan A^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
eLife 8:e50051 (2019). PMID: 31657721

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cited by 158 [Google Scholar]


Phase separation-deficient TDP43 remains functional in splicing.

Schmidt HB^, Barreau A, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Nature Communications 10(1):4890 (2019). PMID: 31653829

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cited by 208 [Google Scholar]


The morphogen Sonic Hedgehog inhibits its receptor Patched by a pincer grasp mechanism.

Rudolf AF*, Kinnebrew M*, Kowatsch C*, Ansell TB*, El Omari K*, Bishop B, Pardon E, Shwab RA, Malinauskas T, Qian M, Duman R, Covey DF, Steyaert J, Wagner A, Sansom MSP, Rohatgi R^, and Siebold C^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Chemical Biology 15(10):975-982. (2019). PMID: 31548691.

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Structures of vertebrate Patched and Smoothened reveal intimate links between cholesterol and Hedgehog signalling.

Kowatsch C*, Woolley RE*, Kinnebrew M, Rohatgi R^, and Siebold C^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 57:204-214. (2019). PMID: 31247512

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Biochemical mechanisms of vertebrate Hedgehog signaling.

Kong JH, Siebold C^, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Development 146(10):dev166892 (2019). PMID: 31092502.

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Discovery of gene regulatory elements through a new bioinformatics analysis of haploid genetic screens.

Patel BB*, Lebensohn AM*^, Pusapati GV, Carette JE, Salzman J^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
PLoS One 14(1):e0198463 (2019). PMID: 30695034

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Cholesterol interaction sites on the transmembrane domain of the Hedgehog signal transducer and class F G protein-coupled receptor Smoothened.

Hedger G, Koldsø H, Chavent M, Siebold C, Rohatgi R, and Sansom MSP^. (^corresponding author)
Structure 27(3):549-559.e2 (2019). PMID: 30595453

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cited by 105 [Google Scholar]


2018


Spatiotemporal manipulation of ciliary glutamylation reveals its roles in intraciliary trafficking and Hedgehog signaling.

Hong SR, Wang CL, Huang YS, Chang YC, Pusapati GV, Lin CY, Hsu N, Cheng HC, Chiang YC, Huang WE, Shaner NC, Rohatgi R, Inoue T^, and Lin YC^. (^corresponding author)
Nature Communications 9(1):1732 (2018). PMID: 29712905

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A single N-terminal phosphomimic disrupts TDP-43 polymerization, phase separation, and RNA splicing.

Wang A*, Conicella AE*, Schmidt HB, Martin EW, Rhoads SN, Reeb AN, Nourse A, Ramirez Montero D, Ryan VH, Rohatgi R, Shewmaker F, Naik MT, Mittag T, Ayala YM, and Fawzi NL^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
The EMBO Journal 37(5): e97452 (2018). PMID: 29438978.

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The Hedgehog signal transducer Smoothened (red) localized to the cilia of cells in the embryonic mouse spinal cord.

G-protein coupled receptors control the sensitivity of cells to the morphogen Sonic Hedgehog.

Pusapati GV*, Kong JH*, Patel BB, Gouti M, Sagner A, Sircar R, Luchetti G, Ingham PW, Briscoe J, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Science Signaling 11(516):eaa05749 (2018). PMID: 29438014.

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R-spondins can potentiate WNT signaling without LGRs.

Lebensohn AM^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
eLife 7:e33126 (2018). PMID: 29405118.

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An artistic depiction of the fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) method used in conjunction with CRISPR-based genome-wide screens to identify positive (green hedgehogs) and negative (red hedgehogs) regulators of the Hedgehog signaling pathway.

CRISPR screens uncover genes that regulate target cell sensitivity to the morphogen Sonic Hedgehog.

Pusapati GV*^, Kong JH*, Patel BB*, Krishnan A, Sagner A, Kinnebrew M, Briscoe J, Aravind L, and Rohatgi^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Developmental Cell 44(1):113-129 (2018). PMID: 29290584.

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Multiple ligand binding sites regulate the Hedgehog signal transducer Smoothened in vertebrates.

Byrne EF, Luchetti G, Rohatgi R^, and Siebold C^. (^corresponding author)
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 51:81-88 (2018). PMID: 29268141.

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cited by 80 [Google Scholar]


2017


Dynamic Remodeling of Membrane Composition Drives Cell Cycle through Primary Cilia Excision.

Phua SC^, Chiba S, Suzuki M, Su E, Roberson EC, Pusapati GV, Setou M, Rohatgi R, Reiter JF, Ikegami K^, and Inoue T^. (^corresponding author)
Cell 168(1-2):264-279 (2017). PMID: 28086093.

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cited by 419 [Google Scholar]


2016


Comparative genetic screens in human cells reveal new regulatory mechanisms in WNT signaling.

Lebensohn AM, Dubey R, Neitzel LR, Tacchelly-Benites O, Yang E, Marceau CD, Davis EM, Patel BB, Bahrami-Nejad Z, Travaglini KJ, Ahmed Y, Lee E, Carette JE^, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
eLife 5: e21459 (2016). PMID: 27996937.

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Cholesterol activates the G-protein coupled receptor Smoothened to promote Hedgehog signaling.

Luchetti G*, Sircar R*, Kong JH, Nachtergaele S, Sagner A, Byrne EF, Covey DF, Siebold C^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
eLife 5: e20304 (2016). PMID: 27705744.

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cited by 285 [Google Scholar]

 


Chromatin-remodeling complex SWI/SNF controls multidrug resistance by transcriptionally regulating the drug efflux pump ABCB1.

Dubey R*, Lebensohn AM*, Bahrami-Nejad Z, Marceau C, Champion M, Gevaert O, Sikic BI, Carette JE^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Cancer Research 76(19):5810-5821 (2016). PMID: 27503929.

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In vivo formation of vacuolated multi-phase compartments lacking membranes.

Schmidt HB^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Cell Reports 16(5):1228-1236 (2016). PMID: 27452472.

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Structural basis of Smoothened regulation by its extracellular domains.

Byrne EFX*, Sircar R*, Miller PS, Hedger G, Luchetti G, Nachtergaele S, Tully MD, Mydock-McGrane L, Covey DF, Rambo RP, Sansom MSP, Newstead S*, Rohatgi R^, and Siebold C^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature 535(7613):517-522 (2016). PMID: 27437577.

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An essential role for Grk2 in Hedgehog signaling downstream of Smoothened.

Zhao Z*, Lee RT*, Pusapati GV, Iyu A, Rohatgi R, and Ingham PW^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
EMBO Reports 17(5):739-752 (2016). PMID: 27113758.

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2015


Functional Divergence in the Role of N-Linked Glycosylation in Smoothened Signaling.

Marada S, Navarro G, Truong A, Stewart DP, Arensdorf AM, Nachtergaele S, Angelats E, Opferman JT, Rohatgi R, McCormick PJ, and Ogden SK^. (^corresponding author)
PLoS Genetics 11(8):e1005473 (2015). PMID: 26291458.

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Three-dimensional rendering of Smoothened protein presence in primary cilia lining the ventral spinal cord. Notch signaling facilitates Smoothened entry into primary cilia and, thereby, the potency of Sonic hedgehog in specifying distinct neural progenitor fates.

Notch activity modulates the responsiveness of neural progenitors to Sonic Hedgehog signaling.

Kong JH*, Yang L*, Dessaud E, Chuang K, Moore DM, Rohatgi R, Briscoe J, Novitch BG. (*equal contribution)
Developmental Cell 33(4):373-387 (2015). PMID: 25936505

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cited by 164 [Google Scholar]


Measuring Expression Levels of Endogenous Gli Genes by Immunoblotting and Real-Time PCR.

Niewiadomski P, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Natalia A. Riobo (ed.), Hedgehog Signaling Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology 1322: 81-92 (2015). PMID: 26179041

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Rapid Screening of Gli2/3 Mutants Using the Flp-In System.

Niewiadomski P, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Natalia A. Riobo (ed.), Hedgehog Signaling Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology 1322: 125-130 (2015). PMID: 26179044

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Measuring Gli2 Phosphorylation by Selected Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry.

Ahrends R*, Niewiadomski P*, Teruel MN, Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Natalia A. Riobo (ed.), Hedgehog Signaling Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology 1322: 105-123 (2015). PMID: 26179043

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2014


Location, location, and location: compartmentalization of Hedgehog signaling at primary cilia.

Pusapati GV^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
The EMBO Journal 33(17):1852-1854 (2014). PMID: 25037564.

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Frontiers in hedgehog signal transduction.

Guerrero I^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 33:50-51 (2014). PMID: 24946961.

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A novel osteogenic oxysterol compound for therapeutic development to promote bone growth: activation hedgehog signaling and osteogenesis through smoothened binding.

Montgomery SR, Nargizyan T, Meliton V, Nachtergaele S, Rohatgi R, Stappenbeck F, Jung ME, Johnson JS, Aghdasi B, Tian H, Weintraub G, Inoue H, Atti E, Tetradis S, Pereira RC, Hokugo A, Alobaidaan R, Tan Y, Hahn TJ, Wang JC, and Parhami F^. (^corresponding author)
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 29(8):1872-85 (2014). PMID: 24591126.

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G-protein-coupled receptors, Hedgehog signaling and primary cilia.

Mukhopadhyay S^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 33: 63-72 (2014). PMID: 24845016.

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Tracking the subcellular fate of 20(S)-hydroxycholesterol with click chemistry reveals a transport pathway to the Golgi.

Peyrot SM*, Nachtergaele S*, Luchetti G, Mydock-McGrane LK, Fujiwara H, Scherrer D, Jallouk A, Schlesinger PH, Ory DS, Covey DF, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 289(16):11095-11110 (2014). PMID: 24596093.

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EFCAB7 and IQCE regulate Hedgehog signaling by tethering the EVC-EVC2 complex to the base of primary cilia.

Pusapati GV*, Hughes CE*, Dorn KV*, Zhang D, Sugianto P, Aravind L^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Developmental Cell 28(5):483-496 (2014). PMID: 24582806.

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Gli protein activity is controlled by multi-site phosphorylation in vertebrate Hedgehog signaling.

Niewiadomski P^, Kong JH, Ahrends R, Ma Y, Humke EW, Khan S, Teruel MN, Novitch BG, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Cell Reports 6(1):168-81 (2014). PMID: 24373970.

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Isolation and mutational analysis of circulating tumor cells from lung cancer patients with magnetic sifters and biochips.

Earhart CM, Hughes CE, Gaster RS, Ooi CC, Wilson RJ, Zhou LY, Humke EW, Xu L, Wong DJ, Willingham SB, Schwartz EJ, Weissman IL, Jeffrey SS, Neal JW, Rohatgi R, Wakelee HA, and Wang SX^. (^corresponding author)
Lab on a Chip 14(1), 78-88 (2014). PMID: 23969419.

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2013


Structure and function of the Smoothened extracellular domain in vertebrate Hedgehog signaling.

Nachtergaele S*, Whalen DM*, Mydock LK, Zhao Z, Malinauskas T, Krishnan K, Ingham PW, Covey DF, Siebold C^, and Rohatgi R^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
eLife 2:e01340 (2013). PMID: 24171105.

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Chemically inducible diffusion trap at cilia reveals molecular sieve-like barrier.

Lin YC, Niewiadomski P*, Lin B*, Nakamura H*, Phua SC, Jiao J, Levchenko A, Inoue T, Rohatgi R, and Inoue T^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Nature Chemical Biology 9(7):437-443 (2013).  PMID: 23666116.

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Cancer risk after use of recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 for spinal arthrodesis.

Carragee EJ, Chu G, Rohatgi R, Hurwitz EL, Weiner BK, Yoon ST, Comer G, and Kopjar B. 
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 95(17), 1537-45 (2013). PMID: 24005193.

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2012


Oxysterols are allosteric activators of the oncoprotein Smoothened.

Nachtergaele S, Mydock LK, Krishnan K, Rammohan J, Schlesinger PH, Covey DF^, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Nature Chemical Biology 8(2):211-20 (2012). PMID: 22231273.

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A Smoothened-Evc2 complex transduces the Hedgehog signal at primary cilia.

Dorn K, Hughes CE and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Developmental Cell 23(4):823-35 (2012). PMID: 22981989.

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Singapore signalling: the 2012 hedgehog pathway cocktail.

Briscoe J^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
EMBO Reports 13(7):580-3 (2012). PMID: 22688966.

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2011


Cilia 2010: the surprise organelle of the decade.

Smith EF^ and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Science Signaling 4(155):mr1 (2011). PMID: 21224442

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2010


The output of Hedgehog signaling is controlled by the dynamic association between Suppressor of Fused and the Gli proteins.

Humke EW, Dorn KV, Milenkovic L, Scott MP, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
Genes & Development 24(7):670-82 (2010). PMID: 20360384.

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Role of lipid metabolism in smoothened derepression in hedgehog signaling.

Yavari A*, Nagaraj R*, Owusu-Ansah E, Folick A, Ngo K, Hillman T, Call G, Rohatgi R, Scott MP, and Banerjee U^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Developmental Cell 19(1):54-65 (2010). PMID: 20643350

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The ciliary membrane.

Rohatgi R^ and Snell WJ^. (^corresponding author)
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 22(4):541-546 (2010). PMID: 20399632.

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2009


Hedgehog signal transduction by Smoothened: pharmacologic evidence for a 2-step activation process.

Rohatgi R*, Milenkovic L*, Corcoran RB, and Scott MP^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106(9):3196-3201 (2009). PMID: 19218434.

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Lateral transport of Smoothened from the plasma membrane to the membrane of the cilium.

Milenkovic L, Scott MP^, and Rohatgi R^. (^corresponding author)
The Journal of Cell Biology 187(3): 365-374 (2009). PMID: 19948480

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2008


Arrestin' movement in cilia.

Rohatgi R and Scott MP^. (^corresponding author)
Science 320(5884): 1777-1781 (2008). PMID: 18583599

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2007


Patched1 regulates hedgehog signaling at the primary cilium.

Rohatgi R*, Milenkovic L*, and Scott MP^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Science 317(5836): 372-376 (2007). PMID: 17641202

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Patching the gaps in Hedgehog signaling.

Rohatgi R and Scott MP^. (^corresponding author)
Nature Cell Biology 9(9): 1005-1009 (2007). PMID: 17762891

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2006


In vitro reconstitution of cdc42-mediated actin assembly using purified components

Ho HY, Rohatgi R, Lebensohn A, and Kirschner MW. (^corresponding author)
Methods in Enzymology 406: 174-190 (2006). PMID: 16472658

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2004


Loss-of-function analysis of EphA receptors in retinotectal mapping.

Feldheim DA, Nakamoto M, Osterfield M, Gale NW, DeChiara TM, Rohatgi R, Yancopoulos GD, Flanagan JG^. (^corresponding author)
The Journal of Neuroscience 24(10): 2542-2550 (2004). PMID: 15014130

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Toca-1 mediates Cdc42-dependent actin nucleation by activating the N-WASP-WIP complex.

Ho HY*, Rohatgi R*, Lebensohn A, Ma L, Li L, Gygi SP, and Kirschner MW*. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Cell 118(2): 203-216 (2004). PMID: 15260990

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2002


Mechanism of regulation of WAVE1-induced actin nucleation by Rac1 and Nck.

Eden S, Rohatgi R, Podtelejnikov AV, Mann M, and Kirschner MW^. (^corresponding author)
Nature 418(6899): 790-793 (2002). PMID: 12181570

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2001


CR16 forms a complex with N-WASP in brain and is a novel member of a conserved proline-rich actin-binding protein family.

Ho HY*, Rohatgi R*, Ma L, and Kirschner MW^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98(20): 11306-11311 (2001). PMID: 11553796

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Nck and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate synergistically activate actin polymerization through the N-WASP-Arp2/3 pathway.

Rohatgi R, Nollau P, Ho HY, Kirschner MW^, and Mayer BJ. (^corresponding author)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(28): 26448-26452 (2001). PMID: 11340081

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WIP regulates N-WASP-mediated actin polymerization and filopodium formation.

Martinez-Quiles N, Rohatgi R, Anton IM, Medina M, Saville SP, Miki H, Yamaguchi H, Takenawa T, Hartwig JH, Geha RS^, and Ramesh N. (^corresponding author) 
Nature Cell Biology. 3(5): 484-491 (2001). PMID: 11331876

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2000


Mechanism of N-WASP activation by CDC42 and phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate.

Rohatgi R*, Ho HY*, and Kirschner MW^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
The Journal of Cell Biology 150(6): 1299-1310 (2000). PMID: 10995436

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1999


The interaction between N-WASP and the Arp2/3 complex links Cdc42-dependent signals to actin assembly.

Rohatgi R*, Ma L*, Miki H, Lopez M, Kirchhausen T, Takenawa T, and Kirschner MW^. (*equal contribution; ^corresponding author)
Cell 97(2): 221-231 (1999). PMID: 10219243

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1998


The Arp2/3 complex mediates actin polymerization induced by the small GTP-binding protein Cdc42.

Ma L, Rohatgi R, and Kirschner MW^. (^corresponding author)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 95(26): 15362-15367 (1998). PMID: 9860974

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1996


Nonenzymatic, template-directed ligation of oligoribonucleotides is highly regioselective for the formation of 3'-5' phosphodiester bonds.

Rohatgi R, Bartel DP, and Szostak JW^. (^corresponding author)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 118(14):3340-3344 (1996). PMID: 11539268

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Kinetic and mechanistic analysis of nonenzymatic, template-directed oligoribonucleotide ligation.

Rohatgi R, Bartel DP, and Szostak JW^. (^corresponding author)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 118(14):3332-3339 (1996). PMID: 11539267

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