Publications

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2007

Deaglio S, Dwyer KM, Gao W, Friedman D, Usheva A, Erat A, Chen JF, Enjyoji K, Linden J, Oukka M, Kuchroo VK, Strom TB, Robson SC. Adenosine generation catalyzed by CD39 and CD73 expressed on regulatory T cells mediates immune suppression. J Exp Med. 2007 Jun 11;204(6):1257-65. Epub 2007 May 14.

Ollinger R, Yamashita K, Bilban M, Erat A, Kogler P, Thomas M, Csizmadia E, Usheva A, Margreiter R, Bach FH. Bilirubin and biliverdin treatment of atherosclerotic diseases. Cell Cycle. 2007 Jan 1;6(1):39-43. Epub 2007 Jan 11.

 

2006

Gelev V, Aktas H, Marintchev A, Ito T, Frueh D, Hemond M, Rovnyak D, Debus M, Hyberts S, Usheva A, Halperin J, Wagner G. Mapping of the auto-inhibitory interactions of protein kinase R by nuclear magnetic resonance. J Mol Biol. 2006 Dec 1;364(3):352-63. Epub 2006 Sep 1.

Zimon A, Erat A, Von Wald T, Bissell B, Koulova A, Choi CH, Bachvarov D, Reindollar RH, Usheva A. Genes invoked in the ovarian transition to menopause. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 Jun 28;34(11):3279-87. Print 2006.

Choi CH, Usheva A, Kalosakas G, Rasmussen KO, Bishop AR. Comment on "Can one predict DNA transcription start sites by studying bubbles?". Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jun 16;96(23):239801; author reply 239802. Epub 2006 Jun 14.

Rapti Z, Smerzi A, Rasmussen KO, Bishop AR, Choi CH, Usheva A. Healing length and bubble formation in DNA. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2006 May;73(5 Pt 1):051902. Epub 2006 May 4.

Bilban M, Bach FH, Otterbein SL, Ifedigbo E, de Costa d'Avila J, Esterbauer H, Chin BY, Usheva A, Robson SC, Wagner O, Otterbein LE. Carbon monoxide orchestrates a protective response through PPARgamma. Immunity. 2006 May;24(5):601-10.

Wu Y, Sun X, Kaczmarek E, Dwyer KM, Bianchi E, Usheva A, Robson SC. RanBPM associates with CD39 and modulates ecto-nucleotidase activity. Biochem J. 2006 May 15;396(1):23-30.

 

2005

Ollinger R, Bilban M, Erat A, Froio A, McDaid J, Tyagi S, Csizmadia E, Graca-Souza AV, Liloia A, Soares MP, Otterbein LE, Usheva A, Yamashita K, Bach FH. Bilirubin: a natural inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. Circulation. 2005 Aug 16;112(7):1030-9. Epub 2005 Aug 8.

Lee BC, Lee TH, Zagozdzon R, Avraham S, Usheva A, Avraham HK. Carboxyl-terminal Src kinase homologous kinase negatively regulates the chemokine receptor CXCR4 through YY1 and impairs CXCR4/CXCL12 (SDF-1alpha)-mediated breast cancer cell migration. Cancer Res. 2005 Apr 1;65(7):2840-5.

Choi CH, Zimon A, Usheva A. Metabolic stress regulates basic transcription through acetyl-coenzyme A. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2005 Mar;62(6):625-8.

Angers M, Drouin R, Bachvarova M, Paradis I, Bissell B, Hiromura M, Usheva A, Bachvarov D. In vivo DNase I-mediated footprinting analysis along the human bradykinin B1 receptor (BDKRB1) gene promoter: evidence for cell-specific regulation. Biochem J. 2005 Feb 11; [Epub ahead of print]

 

2004

Choi CH, Sabourin NA, Reagor DW, Redondo A, Usheva A. Capacitance-derived dielectric constants demonstrate differential preinitiation complexes in TBP-independent and TBP-dependent transcription. Biophys Chem. 2004 Sep 1;111(1):9-14.

Choi CH, Kalosakas G, Rasmussen KO, Hiromura M, Bishop AR, Usheva A. DNA dynamically directs its own transcription initiation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Mar 5;32(4):1584-90. Print 2004.

Sarady JK, Zuckerbraun BS, Bilban M, Wagner O, Usheva A, Liu F, Ifedigbo E, Zamora R, Choi AM, Otterbein LE. Carbon monoxide protection against endotoxic shock involves reciprocal effects on iNOS in the lung and liver. FASEB J. 2004 May;18(7):854-6. Epub 2004 Mar 4.

Yamashita K, McDaid J, Ollinger R, Tsui TY, Berberat PO, Usheva A, Csizmadia E, Smith RN, Soares MP, Bach FH. Biliverdin, a natural product of heme catabolism, induces tolerance to cardiac allografts." FASEB J. 2004 Apr;18(6):765-7.

Choi CH, Burton ZF, Usheva A. Auto-acetylation of transcription factors as a control mechanism in gene expression. Cell Cycle. 2004 Mar-Apr; 3(2): 114-5.

Choi CH, Kalosakas G, Rasmussen KO, Hiromura M, Bishop AR, Usheva A. DNA dynamically directs its own transcription initiation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Mar 5;32(4):1584-90. Print 2004.

 

2003

Choi CH, Hiromura M, Usheva A. Transcription factor IIB acetylates itself to regulate transcription. Nature. 2003 Aug 21; 424(6951): 965-9.

Hiromura M, Choi CH, Sabourin NA, Jones H, Bachvarov D, Usheva A. YY1 is regulated by O-linked N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-glcNAcylation). J Biol Chem. 2003 Apr 18; 278(16): 14046-52. Epub 2003 Feb 13.

Otterbein LE, Zuckerbraun BS, Haga M, Liu F, Song R, Usheva A, Stachulak C, Bodyak N, Smith RN, Csizmadia E, Tyagi S, Akamatsu Y, Flavell RJ, Billiar TR, Tzeng E, Bach FH, Choi AM, Soares MP. Carbon monoxide suppresses arteriosclerotic lesions associated with chronic graft rejection and with balloon injury. Nat Med. 2003 Feb; 9(2): 183-90. Epub 2003 Jan 21.

Choi CH, Moser J, Sobourin N, Blagoev K, Naughton M, Usheva A. YY1-DNA interaction results in a significant change of electronic context as measured by capacitance. Biophys Chem. 2003 Jan 21; 103(2): 109-15.

Ohiro Y, Usheva A, Kobayashi S, Duffy SL, Nantz R, Gius D, Horikoshi N. Inhibition of stress-inducible kinase pathways by tumorigenic mutant p53. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jan; 23(1): 322-34.

 

2002

Bodyak, N, Sulijoadikusumo I, Kang, P, Horikoshi N, Usheva A. Gene expression profiling of the aging mouse cardiac myocytes. Nucleic Acids Research 2002, Sep 1; 30(17):3788-94.

Ohiro Y, Garkavtsev I, Kobayashi S, Sreekumar KR, Nantz R, Higashikubo BT, Duffy SL, Higashikubo R, Usheva A, Gius D, Kley N, Horikoshi N. A novel p53-inducible apoptogenic gene, PRG3, encodes a homologue of the apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF). FEBS Lett 2002; Jul 31; 524(1-3):163-71.

Soares MP, Usheva A, Brouard S, Berberat PO, Gunther L, Tobiasch E, Bach FH. Modulation of endothelial cell apoptosis by heme oxygenase-1-derived carbon monoxide. Antioxid Redox Signal 2002, Apr; 4(2):321-9.

 

2001

Sulijoadikusumo I, Horikoshi N, Usheva A. A New Function of the Mitochondrial Ribosomal RNA Protein folding. Biochemistry 2001, Sep 25; 40(38):11559-64.

Petkova V, Romanowski MJ, Sulijoadikusumo I, Rohne D, Kang P, Shenk T, Usheva A. Interaction between YY1 and the retinoblastoma protein: regulation of cell cycle progression in differentiated cells. J Biol Chem. 2001, Mar 16; 276(11):7932-6.

Liao, HS, Kang, P, Nagashima H, Yamasaki, N, Usheva, A, Ding, B, Lorell, B, Izumo, S. Cardiac-specific overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 increases smaller mononuclear cardiomyocytes. Circ Res. 2001, Mar 2; 88(4):443-50.

Kasahara H, Usheva A, Ueyama T, Aoki H, Horikoshi N, Izumo S. Characterization of homo- and heterodimerization of cardiac Csx/Nkx2.5 homeoprotein. J Biol Chem. 2001, Feb 16; 276(7):4570-809

 

2000

Kang, PM, Haunstetter, A, Aoki, H, Usheva, A, Izumo, S. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Adult Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis During Hypoxia and Reoxygenation. Circ Res. 2000, Jul 21; 87(2):118-25.

 

1999

Ericsson J, Usheva A, Edwards PA. YY1 is a negative regulator of transcription of three sterol regulatory element-binding protein-responsive genes. J Biol Chem. 1999 May 14; 274(20): 14508-13.

 

1996

Usheva A, Shenk T. YY1 transcriptional initiator: protein interactions and association with a DNA site containing unpaired strands. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Nov 26; 93(24): 13571-6.

Houbaviy HB, Usheva A, Shenk T, Burley SK. Cocrystal structure of YY1 bound to the adeno-associated virus P5 initiator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Nov 26; 93(24): 13577-82.

 

1995

Nikolov DB, Chen H, Halay ED, Usheva AA, Hisatake K, Lee DK, Roeder RG, Burley SK. Crystal structure of a TFIIB-TBP-TATA-element ternary complex. Nature. 1995 Sep 14; 377(6545): 119-28.

Horikoshi N, Usheva A, Chen J, Levine AJ, Weinmann R, Shenk T. Two domains of p53 interact with the TATA-binding protein, and the adenovirus 13S E1A protein disrupts the association, relieving p53-mediated transcriptional repression. Mol Cell Biol. 1995 Jan; 15(1): 227-34.

 

1994

Usheva A, Shenk T. TATA-binding protein-independent initiation: YY1, TFIIB, and RNA polymerase II direct basal transcription on supercoiled template DNA. Cell. 1994 Mar 25; 76(6): 1115-21.

 

1992

Seto E, Usheva A, Zambetti GP, Momand J, Horikoshi N, Weinmann R, Levine AJ, Shenk T. Wild-type p53 binds to the TATA-binding protein and represses transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Dec 15; 89(24): 12028-32.

Usheva A, Maldonado E, Goldring A, Lu H, Houbavi C, Reinberg D, Aloni Y. Specific interaction between the nonphosphorylated form of RNA polymerase II and the TATA-binding protein. Cell. 1992 May 29; 69(5): 871-81.

 

1990

Ivanov I, Rommens J, Sarafova A, Maximova V, Usheva A, Bardarov S, Papageorgiou A, Jay E. Chemical synthesis and characteristics of a hybrid phage T5-lac promoter. Microbiologica. 1990 Apr; 13(2): 85-90.

 

Reviews

Choi CH, Zimon A, Usheva A. Metabolic stress regulates basic transcription through acetyl-coenzyme A. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2005 Mar;62(6):625-8.

Choi CH, Burton ZF, Usheva A. Auto-acetylation of transcription factors as a control mechanism in gene expression. Cell Cycle. 2004 Feb;3(2):114-5.

Soares MP, Usheva A, Brouard S, Berberat PO, Gunther L, Tobiasch E, Bach FH. Modulation of endothelial cell apoptosis by heme oxygenase-1-derived carbon monoxide. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2002 Apr;4(2):321-9.

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