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ArticleCommunications biology2026

Mapping the GDF15 arm of the integrated stress response in human cells and tissues.

Janell L M Smith, Kamaryn T Tanner, Jack Devine, Anna S Monzel, Taivan Batjargal, Maxwell Z Wilson, Alan A Cohen, Martin Picard

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Article in Communications biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Systematic comparison of temporal hepatotoxicant-induced gene network responses across 3 liver test systems.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Janell L M SmithDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9488-2467
Kamaryn T TannerRobert N Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6613-7833
Jack DevineDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anna S MonzelDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8687-6019
Taivan BatjargalBiomolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Maxwell Z WilsonBiomolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0768-7004
Alan A CohenRobert N Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4113-3988
Martin PicardDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. martin.picard@columbia.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2835-0478

Funding

Metabolic regulation of human DNA methylation clocksR01AG066828 · NIA · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI PICARD, MARTIN · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Mapping Mitochondrial Diversity in the Aging Brain and Immune SystemR01AG086764 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Martin Picard · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Mitochondrial Stress Signal Transduction from Organelle to OrganismR35GM119793 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PICARD, MARTIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG066828NIA NIH HHS R01 AG086764NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119793U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AG066828U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AG086764U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM119793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial stress activates the integrated stress response (ISR) and triggers cell-cell communication through the secretion of the metabokine growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15). However, the gene network underlying the ISR remains poorly defined across metabolically diverse cellular states and tissues. Using RNAseq data from fibroblasts subjected to eleven metabolic perturbations, including genetic and pharmacological mitochondrial OxPhos defects, we show that the ISR has multiple arms. To quantify the GDF15 arm of ISR activation in human cells, we developed an ISR

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Growth Differentiation Factor 15Integrated Stress ResponseFibroblastsHumansMitochondriaGDF15 protein, humanGrowth Differentiation Factor 15

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PMID42203840
PMCPMC13493765

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