• White, Phillip J., Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen, and Jonathan E. Campbell. “Islet hormones at the intersection of glucose and amino acid metabolism.” Nat Rev Endocrinol 21, no. 7 (July 2025): 397–412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-025-01100-4.
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  • McGarrah, Robert W., and Phillip J. White. “Branched-chain amino acids in cardiovascular disease.” Nat Rev Cardiol 20, no. 2 (February 2023): 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00760-3.
  • Sargsyan, Ashot, Ludivine Doridot, Sarah A. Hannou, Wenxin Tong, Harini Srinivasan, Rachael Ivison, Ruby Monn, et al. “HGFAC is a ChREBP-regulated hepatokine that enhances glucose and lipid homeostasis.” JCI Insight 8, no. 1 (January 10, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.153740.
  • Gumus Balikcioglu, Pinar, Catherine Jachthuber Trub, Metin Balikcioglu, Olga Ilkayeva, Phillip J. White, Michael Muehlbauer, James R. Bain, Sarah Armstrong, and Michael Freemark. “Branched-chain α-keto acids and glutamate/glutamine: Biomarkers of insulin resistance in childhood obesity.” Endocrinol Diabetes Metab 6, no. 1 (January 2023): e388. https://doi.org/10.1002/edm2.388.
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  • Grenier-Larouche, Thomas, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Yann Deleye, Paola Leon-Mimila, Jacquelyn M. Walejko, Robert W. McGarrah, Simon Marceau, et al. “Altered branched-chain α-keto acid metabolism is a feature of NAFLD in individuals with severe obesity.” OpenRxiv, February 8, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.07.22270618.
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  • Abdi, Khadar, Ramona Rodriguiz, William Wetsel, Michelle Arlotto, Robert McGarrah, and Phillip White. “Nervous system reduction in branched-chain amino acid metabolism disrupts hippocampal neurogenesis and memory.” BioRxiv, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.10.495711.
  • White, Phillip J., Robert W. McGarrah, Mark A. Herman, James R. Bain, Svati H. Shah, and Christopher B. Newgard. “Insulin action, type 2 diabetes, and branched-chain amino acids: A two-way street.” Mol Metab 52 (October 2021): 101261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101261.
  • Jachthuber Trub, Catherine, Metin Balikcioglu, Michael Freemark, James Bain, Michael Muehlbauer, Olga Ilkayeva, Phillip J. White, et al. “Impact of lifestyle Intervention on branched-chain amino acid catabolism and insulin sensitivity in adolescents with obesity.” Endocrinol Diabetes Metab 4, no. 3 (July 2021): e00250. https://doi.org/10.1002/edm2.250.
  • Lee, Jennifer, Archana Vijayakumar, Phillip J. White, Yuping Xu, Olga Ilkayeva, Christopher J. Lynch, Christopher B. Newgard, and Barbara B. Kahn. “BCAA Supplementation in Mice with Diet-induced Obesity Alters the Metabolome Without Impairing Glucose Homeostasis.” Endocrinology 162, no. 7 (July 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqab062.
  • Choi, Béatrice S-Y, Noëmie Daniel, Vanessa P. Houde, Adia Ouellette, Bruno Marcotte, Thibault V. Varin, Cécile Vors, et al. “Feeding diversified protein sources exacerbates hepatic insulin resistance via increased gut microbial branched-chain fatty acids and mTORC1 signaling in obese mice.” Nat Commun 12, no. 1 (June 7, 2021): 3377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23782-w.
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  • Walejko, Jacquelyn M., Bridgette A. Christopher, Scott B. Crown, Guo-Fang Zhang, Adrian Pickar-Oliver, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Matthew W. Foster, et al. “Branched-chain α-ketoacids are preferentially reaminated and activate protein synthesis in the heart.” Nat Commun 12, no. 1 (March 15, 2021): 1680. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21962-2.
  • White, Phillip J., and Manal F. Abdelmalek. “Insights Into Metabolic Mechanisms and Their Application in the Treatment of NASH.” Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken) 17, no. 1 (January 2021): 29–32. https://doi.org/10.1002/cld.1062.
  • Hung, Yu-Han, Ramja Sritharan, Marie-Claude Vohl, Olga Ilkayeva, Laurent Biertho, André Tchernof, Phillip White, and Praveen Sethupathy. “Super-enhancer signature reveals key mechanisms associated with resistance to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in humans with obesity.” BioRxiv, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.20.457162.
  • White, Phillip J., Amanda L. Lapworth, Robert W. McGarrah, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Scott B. Crown, Olga Ilkayeva, Jie An, et al. “Muscle-Liver Trafficking of BCAA-Derived Nitrogen Underlies Obesity-Related Glycine Depletion.” Cell Rep 33, no. 6 (November 10, 2020): 108375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108375.
  • McGarrah, Robert W., Guo-Fang Zhang, Bridgette A. Christopher, Yann Deleye, Jacquelyn M. Walejko, Stephani Page, Olga Ilkayeva, Phillip J. White, and Christopher B. Newgard. “Dietary branched-chain amino acid restriction alters fuel selection and reduces triglyceride stores in hearts of Zucker fatty rats.” Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 318, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): E216–23. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00334.2019.
  • Huang, Rong, Xiaohua Zong, Puviindran Nadesan, Janet L. Huebner, Virginia B. Kraus, James P. White, Phillip J. White, and Gurpreet S. Baht. “Lowering circulating apolipoprotein E levels improves aged bone fracture healing.” JCI Insight 4, no. 18 (September 19, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.129144.
  • Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Qiang Wang, Kazuki Tajima, Mami Matsushita, Hiroko Maki, Kaori Igarashi, Zhipeng Dai, et al. “BCAA catabolism in brown fat controls energy homeostasis through SLC25A44.” Nature 572, no. 7771 (August 2019): 614–19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1503-x.
  • Hung, Yu-Han, Matt Kanke, C Lisa Kurtz, Rebecca Cubitt, Rodica P. Bunaciu, Ji Miao, Liye Zhou, et al. “Acute suppression of insulin resistance-associated hepatic miR-29 in vivo improves glycemic control in adult mice.” Physiol Genomics 51, no. 8 (August 1, 2019): 379–89. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00037.2019.
  • Ericksen, Russell E., Siew Lan Lim, Eoin McDonnell, Wai Ho Shuen, Maya Vadiveloo, Phillip J. White, Zhaobing Ding, et al. “Loss of BCAA Catabolism during Carcinogenesis Enhances mTORC1 Activity and Promotes Tumor Development and Progression.” Cell Metab 29, no. 5 (May 7, 2019): 1151-1165.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2018.12.020.
  • White, Phillip J., and Christopher B. Newgard. “Branched-chain amino acids in disease.” Science 363, no. 6427 (February 8, 2019): 582–83. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav0558.
  • Hung, Yu-Han, Matt Kanke, Catherine Lisa Kurtz, Rebecca L. Cubitt, Rodica P. Bunaciu, Liye Zhou, Phillip J. White, et al. “MiR-29 Regulates de novo Lipogenesis in the Liver and Circulating Triglyceride Levels in a Sirt1-Dependent Manner.” Front Physiol 10 (2019): 1367. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01367.
  • White, Phillip J., Robert W. McGarrah, Paul A. Grimsrud, Shih-Chia Tso, Wen-Hsuan Yang, Jonathan M. Haldeman, Thomas Grenier-Larouche, et al. “The BCKDH Kinase and Phosphatase Integrate BCAA and Lipid Metabolism via Regulation of ATP-Citrate Lyase.” Cell Metab 27, no. 6 (June 5, 2018): 1281-1293.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2018.04.015.
  • Gurley, Jami M., Olga Ilkayeva, Robert M. Jackson, Beth A. Griesel, Phillip White, Satochi Matsuzaki, Rizwan Qaisar, et al. “Enhanced GLUT4-Dependent Glucose Transport Relieves Nutrient Stress in Obese Mice Through Changes in Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism.” Diabetes 65, no. 12 (December 2016): 3585–97. https://doi.org/10.2337/db16-0709.
  • Vandal, Milene, Philip J. White, Marine Tournissac, Cyntia Tremblay, Isabelle St-Amour, Janelle Drouin-Ouellet, Melanie Bousquet, et al. “Impaired thermoregulation and beneficial effects of thermoneutrality in the 3×Tg-AD model of Alzheimer's disease.” Neurobiol Aging 43 (July 2016): 47–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.03.024.
  • White, Phillip J., Amanda L. Lapworth, Jie An, Liping Wang, Robert W. McGarrah, Robert D. Stevens, Olga Ilkayeva, et al. “Branched-chain amino acid restriction in Zucker-fatty rats improves muscle insulin sensitivity by enhancing efficiency of fatty acid oxidation and acyl-glycine export.” Mol Metab 5, no. 7 (July 2016): 538–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2016.04.006.
  • Vandal, Milene, Phillip J. White, Geneviève Chevrier, Cyntia Tremblay, Isabelle St-Amour, Emmanuel Planel, Andre Marette, and Frederic Calon. “Age-dependent impairment of glucose tolerance in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.” FASEB J 29, no. 10 (October 2015): 4273–84. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.14-268482.
  • Glynn, Erin L., Lucy W. Piner, Kim M. Huffman, Cris A. Slentz, Lorraine Elliot-Penry, Hiba AbouAssi, Phillip J. White, et al. “Impact of combined resistance and aerobic exercise training on branched-chain amino acid turnover, glycine metabolism and insulin sensitivity in overweight humans.” Diabetologia 58, no. 10 (October 2015): 2324–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-015-3705-6.
  • White, P. J., P. L. Mitchell, M. Schwab, J. Trottier, J. X. Kang, O. Barbier, and A. Marette. “Erratum: Transgenic ω -3 PUFA enrichment alters morphology and gene expression profile in adipose tissue of obese mice: Potential role for protectins (Metab Clin Exp (2015): 64 (666-676)).” Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 64, no. 9 (September 1, 2015): E7–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.04.007.
  • White, Phillip J., Patricia L. Mitchell, Michael Schwab, Jocelyn Trottier, Jing X. Kang, Olivier Barbier, and André Marette. “Transgenic ω-3 PUFA enrichment alters morphology and gene expression profile in adipose tissue of obese mice: Potential role for protectins.” Metabolism 64, no. 6 (June 2015): 666–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.01.017.
  • Vandal, Milene, Phillip J. White, Cyntia Tremblay, Isabelle St-Amour, Geneviève Chevrier, Vincent Emond, Dominique Lefrançois, et al. “Insulin reverses the high-fat diet-induced increase in brain Aβ and improves memory in an animal model of Alzheimer disease.” Diabetes 63, no. 12 (December 2014): 4291–4301. https://doi.org/10.2337/db14-0375.
  • Shin, Andrew C., Martin Fasshauer, Nika Filatova, Linus A. Grundell, Elizabeth Zielinski, Jian-Ying Zhou, Thomas Scherer, et al. “Brain insulin lowers circulating BCAA levels by inducing hepatic BCAA catabolism.” Cell Metab 20, no. 5 (November 4, 2014): 898–909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2014.09.003.
  • White, Phillip J., Philippe St-Pierre, Alexandre Charbonneau, Patricia L. Mitchell, Emmanuelle St-Amand, Bruno Marcotte, and André Marette. “Protectin DX alleviates insulin resistance by activating a myokine-liver glucoregulatory axis.” Nat Med 20, no. 6 (June 2014): 664–69. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3549.
  • White, Phillip J., and André Marette. “Potential role of omega-3-derived resolution mediators in metabolic inflammation.” Immunol Cell Biol 92, no. 4 (April 2014): 324–30. https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.2013.112.
  • Turner, N., G. M. Kowalski, S. J. Leslie, S. Risis, C. Yang, R. S. Lee-Young, J. R. Babb, et al. “Distinct patterns of tissue-specific lipid accumulation during the induction of insulin resistance in mice by high-fat feeding.” Diabetologia 56, no. 7 (July 2013): 1638–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-013-2913-1.
  • Vandal, Milene, Cyntia Tremblay, Isabelle St‐Amour, Janelle Drouin‐Ouellet, Phillip White, Melanie Bousquet, Emmanuel Planel, André Marette, and Frederic Calon. “P2–417: A self‐amplifying loop between thermogenesis and Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in 3xTg‐AD mice.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia 9, no. 4S_Part_13 (July 2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1067.
  • Vandal, Milene, Phillip White, Cyntia Tremblay, Janelle Drouin‐Ouellet, Melanie Bousquet, Emmanuel Planel, Andre Marette, and Frederic Calon. “O1‐02‐03: Metabolic defects in the 3xTg‐AD model of Alzheimer's disease are further enhanced by diet‐induced obesity.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia 8, no. 4S_Part_2 (July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.210.
  • Pilon, Geneviève, Jérôme Ruzzin, Laurie-Eve Rioux, Charles Lavigne, Phillip J. White, Livar Frøyland, Hélène Jacques, Piotr Bryl, Lucie Beaulieu, and André Marette. “Differential effects of various fish proteins in altering body weight, adiposity, inflammatory status, and insulin sensitivity in high-fat-fed rats.” Metabolism 60, no. 8 (August 2011): 1122–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2010.12.005.
  • Pilon, Geneviève, Alexandre Charbonneau, Phillip J. White, Patrice Dallaire, Mylène Perreault, Sonia Kapur, and André Marette. “Endotoxin mediated-iNOS induction causes insulin resistance via ONOO⁻ induced tyrosine nitration of IRS-1 in skeletal muscle.” PLoS One 5, no. 12 (December 28, 2010): e15912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015912.
  • White, Phillip J., Alexandre Charbonneau, Gregory J. Cooney, and André Marette. “Nitrosative modifications of protein and lipid signaling molecules by reactive nitrogen species.” Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 299, no. 6 (December 2010): E868–78. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00510.2010.
  • White, Phillip J., Makoto Arita, Ryo Taguchi, Jing X. Kang, and André Marette. “Transgenic restoration of long-chain n-3 fatty acids in insulin target tissues improves resolution capacity and alleviates obesity-linked inflammation and insulin resistance in high-fat-fed mice.” Diabetes 59, no. 12 (December 2010): 3066–73. https://doi.org/10.2337/db10-0054.
  • Gingras, Andrée-Anne, Phillip James White, P Yvan Chouinard, Pierre Julien, Teresa A. Davis, Luce Dombrowski, Yvon Couture, et al. “Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids regulate bovine whole-body protein metabolism by promoting muscle insulin signalling to the Akt-mTOR-S6K1 pathway and insulin sensitivity.” J Physiol 579, no. Pt 1 (February 15, 2007): 269–84. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2006.121079.
  • White, P. J., and A. Marette. “Is omega-3 key to unlocking inflammation in obesity?” Diabetologia 49, no. 9 (September 2006): 1999–2001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-006-0346-9.
  • ENRICHD Investigators. “Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study intervention: rationale and design.” Psychosom Med 63, no. 5 (2001): 747–55.