Peter Arvan

Peter Arvan
William K and Delores S Brehm Professor of Type 1 Diabetes Research
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Medical School
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Peter Arvan
Peter Arvan
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  • Qualifications

    • MD, PhD
      Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
      1977 - 1984
    • AB
      Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
      1977 - 1981

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Biosciences Initiative

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Coordinated expression and assembly of BiP, p58IPK, and ER chaperone complexes maximize proinsulin folding in pancreatic β cells
      Jang I, Duffey A, Itkin-Ansari P, Arvan P, Kaufman RJ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026 Jun 9; 123 (23): e2533617123 DOI:10.1073/pnas.2533617123
      PMID: 42224595
    • Journal Article
      Substrate for Thyroid Hormone Synthesis: Biochemistry, Evolution, and Physiology.
      Young C, Arvan P. FASEB J, 2026 Apr 30; 40 (8): e71801 DOI:10.1096/fj.202600673R
      PMID: PMC13078365
    • Journal Article
      Thyroid Hormone Synthesis Without Thyroglobulin.
      Young C, Zhang X, Kellogg AP, Fonseca TL, Pena K, Beyzin A, Liao X-H, Cicatiello AG, Zhang H, Bianco AC, Refetoff S, Arvan P. Thyroid, 2026 Mar 9; 10507256261429120 DOI:10.1177/10507256261429120
      PMID: 41801750
    • Journal Article
      SEL1L-HRD1 ER-associated degradation facilitates prohormone convertase 2 maturation and glucagon production in islet α cells.
      Zhu W, Pan L, Cui X, Russo AC, Ray R, Pederson B, Wei X, Lin LL, Torres M, Hafner H, Gregg B, Shrestha N, Liu C, Naji A, Arvan P, Sandoval DA, Lindberg I, Qi L, Reinert RB. Nat Commun, 2026 Feb 25; DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-69928-6
      PMID: 41741474
    • Journal Article
      Stimulated thyroid hormone synthesis machinery drives thyrocyte cell death independent of ER stress
      Young C, Zhang X, Wang X, Kellogg AP, Pena K, Cumming AZ, Liao XH, Larkin D, Zhang H, Mastroianni E, Grasberger H, Refetoff S, Arvan P. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026 Feb 2; 136 (3): 1 - 11. DOI:10.1172/JCI204387
    • Journal Article
      Limiting ER-associated degradation capacity triggers acute and chronic effects on insulin biosynthesis
      Arunagiri A, Haataja L, Alam M, Gleason NF, Mastroianni E, Cheng CY, Bazzi S, Knupp J, Metawea I, Hassan A, Larkin D, Fang D, Tsai B, Qi L, Arvan P. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026 Jan 16; 136 (2): DOI:10.1172/JCI188888
      PMID: 41129238
    • Journal Article
      A new form of diabetes caused by INS mutations defined by zygosity, stem cell and population data
      Tong Y, Becker M, Schierloh U, Natividade da Silva F, Haataja L, Cai Y, Patel KA, Kobaisi F, Mirshahi UL, Colclough K, Javed MS, Wakeling MN, Fantuzzi F, Lytrivi M, Sawatani T, Arroyo MN, Yi X, Vinci C, Montaser H, Pachera N, Otonkoski T, Igoillo-Esteve M, Scharfmann R, Hattersley AT, Arvan P, De Beaufort C, Cnop M. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2026 Jan 1; DOI:10.1038/s44321-025-00362-9
      PMID: 41484206
    • Journal Article
      Structural Communication Between C-Peptide and Insulin Within the Proinsulin Molecule
      Shao R, Alam M, Haataja L, Arvan P. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2026 Jan 1; 27 (1): DOI:10.3390/ijms27010483
      PMID: 41516356

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