Publications

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Published works

Van Pelt, K.M. & Truttmann, M.C. (2025). Loss of FIC-1-mediated AMPylation activates the UPR

and upregulates cytosolic HSP70 family chaperones to suppress polyglutamine toxicity.

PLoS Genetics 21(6): e1011723. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011723

Van Pelt, K.M. & Truttmann, M.C. (2020). Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for studying aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases. Translational Medicine of Aging, 4: 60-72. doi.org/10.1016/j.tma.2020.05.001

Nath, S.R., Lieberman, M.L., Yu, Z., Marchioretti, C., Jones, S.T., Danby, E.C.E., Van Pelt, K.M., Soaru, G., Robins, D.M., Bates, G.P., Pennuto, M., Lieberman, A.P. (2020). MEF2 impairment underlies skeletal muscle atrophy in polyglutamine disease. Acta Neuropathologica, 140(1): 63-80.

doi.org/10.1007/s00401-020-02156-4

Preprints and upcoming manuscripts

Urban, N.D., Lacy, S.M., Van Pelt, K.M., Abdon, B., Mattiola, Z., Klaiss, A., Tabler, S., Truttmann, M.C. (2025). Functionally diversified BiP orthologs control body growth, reproduction, stress resistance, aging, and ER-Phagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. (In Revision). biorxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.14.633073

Van Pelt, K.M., Costa, M.C.C., & Truttmann, M.C. (2025). Ficd deletion ameliorates motor phenotypes in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. (Manuscript in preparation).