PREPRINTS
  • Blood mitochondrial health markers cf-mtDNA and GDF15 in human aging
    Trumpff C, Huang Q, Liu CC, Habeck C, Stern Y, Belsky DW, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635306v1

  • Mitochondrial and Stress-Related Psychobiological Regulation of FGF21 in Humans
    Kurade M, Bobba-Alves N, Kelly C, Behnke A, Conklin Q, Juster RP, Hirano M, Trumpff C, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321437v1

  • The energetic stress marker GDF15 is induced by acute psychosocial stress
    Huang Q, Monzel AS, Rausser S, Haahr R, Devine J, Liu CC, Kelly C, Thompson E, Kurade M, Michelson J, Shaulson ED, Li S, Engelstad K, Tanji K, Lauriola V, Wang T, Wang S, Zuraikat FM, St-Onge MP, Kaufman BA, Sloan R, Juster RP, Marsland AL, Gouspillou G, Hirano M, Picard M, Trumpff C. 
    Preprint:  www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.19.590241v4
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  • The mitochondrial disease biomarker GDF15 is quantifiable in saliva, exhibits dynamic properties and correlates with disease severity
    Huang Q, Trumpff C, Monzel AS, Rausser S, Devine J, Liu CC, Kelly C, Kurade M, Li S, Engelstad K, Tani K, Lauriola V, Wang T, Wang S, Sloan R, Juster RP, Hirano M, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/m8rwj​

2023​​
  • MitoQuicLy: A high-throughput method for quantifying cell-free DNA from human plasma, serum, and saliva
    Michelson J, Rausser S, Peng A, Yu T, Sturm G, Trumpff C, Kaufman BA, Rai AJ,  Picard M.  Mitochondrion 2023   Link  PDF 
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2022​
  • Dynamic behavior of cell-free mitochondrial DNA in human saliva
    Trumpff C, Rausser S, Haahr R,  Karan KR, Gouspillou G, Putterman E, Kirschbaum C, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022  Link PDF

2021​
  • Stress and circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA: a systematic review of human studies, physiological considerations, and technical recommendations.
    Trumpff C, Michelson J, Lagranha CJ, Taleon V, Karan K, Sturm G, Lindqvist D, Fernström J, Moser D, Kaufman BA, Picard M.
    Mitochondrion 2021  PubMed   PDF​   Protocol

  • Blood mtDNA copy number: What are we counting?
    Picard M. Mitochondrion 2021  Link  PDF​​
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2020
  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain function modulates LPS-induced inflammatory signatures in human blood
    Karan KR, Trumpff C, McGill MA, Thomas  JE, Sturm G, Lauriola V, Sloan RP, Rohleder N, Kaufman BK, Marsland AL, Picard M. 
    Brain Behav Immun-Health 2020   PubMed   PDF​   Suppl

​2019​
  • Predictors of ccf-mtDNA reactivity to acute psychological stress identified using machine learning classifiers: A proof-of-concept
    Trumpff C, Marsland AL, Sloan RP, Kaufman BK, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinol 2019   PubMed   PDF

  • Acute psychological stress increases serum circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA
    Trumpff C, Marsland AL, Basualto C, Martin JL, Carroll JE, Sturm G, Gu Z, Vincent A, Kaufman BA, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinol 2019   PubMed   PDF​