Victor Luria, PhD
Research Scientist in NeuroscienceCards
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Research
Publications
2024
Expression of Random Sequences and de novo Evolved Genes From the Mouse in Human Cells Reveals Functional Diversity and Specificity
Aldrovandi S, Castro J, Ullrich K, Karger A, Luria V, Tautz D. Expression of Random Sequences and de novo Evolved Genes From the Mouse in Human Cells Reveals Functional Diversity and Specificity. Genome Biology And Evolution 2024, 16: evae175. PMID: 39663928, PMCID: PMC11635099, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameGene open reading frameCellular regulatory pathwaysNoncoding DNAReading frameHuman cell linesHuman genomeAlpha-helicesGrowth experimentsCellular physiologyFunctional diversityPositive selectionBeta-sheetTranscriptomic responseRegulatory pathwaysAdaptive advantageHuman cellsGenesCell clonesCell linesSequenceClonesRandom sequencePathwayCellsIndividual variation in the emergence of anterior-to-posterior neural fates from human pluripotent stem cells
Kim S, Seo S, Stein-O’Brien G, Jaishankar A, Ogawa K, Micali N, Luria V, Karger A, Wang Y, Kim H, Hyde T, Kleinman J, Voss T, Fertig E, Shin J, Bürli R, Cross A, Brandon N, Weinberger D, Chenoweth J, Hoeppner D, Sestan N, Colantuoni C, McKay R. Individual variation in the emergence of anterior-to-posterior neural fates from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports 2024, 19: 1336-1350. PMID: 39151428, PMCID: PMC11411333, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman pluripotent stem cellsEarly mammalian developmentConsequences of variationPluripotent stem cellsTranscriptomic variationMammalian developmentTranscriptomic patternsTranscriptomic traitsReplicate linesMesendodermal lineagesNeural fateAdult tissuesLineagesHindbrain fateTranscriptional signatureTranscriptomic signaturesEarly eventLineage biasHuman pluripotent stem cell linesStem cellsFateIndividual variationAnterior to posterior structuresEpigenetic originCells
2023
Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome
Klarić T, Gudelj I, Santpere G, Novokmet M, Vučković F, Ma S, Doll H, Risgaard R, Bathla S, Karger A, Nairn A, Luria V, Bečeheli I, Sherwood C, Ely J, Hof P, Sousa A, Josić D, Lauc G, Sestan N. Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadg2615. PMID: 38055821, PMCID: PMC10699788, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg2615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity
Luria V, Ma S, Shibata M, Pattabiraman K, Sestan N. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2023, 80: 102699. PMID: 36921362, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102699.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation
Li F, Rane R, Luria V, Xiong Z, Chen J, Li Z, Catullo R, Griffin P, Schiffer M, Pearce S, Lee S, McElroy K, Stocker A, Shirriffs J, Cockerell F, Coppin C, Sgrò C, Karger A, Cain J, Weber J, Santpere G, Kirschner M, Hoffmann A, Oakeshott J, Zhang G. Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation. Molecular Ecology Resources 2021, 22: 1559-1581. PMID: 34839580, PMCID: PMC9299920, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate generalistsDrosophila speciesGenus DrosophilaPhylogenomic analysisSignificant phylogenetic incongruenceEvolutionary genomic studiesMelanogaster species groupGenome-wide signalsDifferent climatic nichesHigh-quality assemblySmall population sizeIncomplete lineageSubgenus DrosophilaAsymmetric introgressionSubgenus SophophoraPhylogenetic incongruenceNew transcriptomesGene gainClimatic nicheGenome diversityNatural populationsWidespread speciesGenomic signalsSpecies groupsClimate nicheNoncanonical open reading frames encode functional proteins essential for cancer cell survival
Prensner J, Enache O, Luria V, Krug K, Clauser K, Dempster J, Karger A, Wang L, Stumbraite K, Wang V, Botta G, Lyons N, Goodale A, Kalani Z, Fritchman B, Brown A, Alan D, Green T, Yang X, Jaffe J, Roth J, Piccioni F, Kirschner M, Ji Z, Root D, Golub T. Noncanonical open reading frames encode functional proteins essential for cancer cell survival. Nature Biotechnology 2021, 39: 697-704. PMID: 33510483, PMCID: PMC8195866, DOI: 10.1038/s41587-020-00806-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer cell linesOpen reading framePotential therapeutic targetCell linesGrowth inhibitory effectsCancer cell survivalInduced gene expression changesBreast cancerTherapeutic targetHuman cancer cell linesReading frameProtein expressionActive proteinProtein 1Gene expression changesCell survivalBiological effectsExpression changesViability defectsHuman genomeGenomic analysisCodon mutagenesisEctopic expressionFunctional proteinsKnockout
2020
TBIO-26. NON-CANONICAL OPEN READING FRAMES ENCODE FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS ESSENTIAL FOR CANCER CELL SURVIVAL
Prensner J, Enache O, Luria V, Krug K, Clauser K, Dempster J, Karger A, Wang L, Stumbraite K, Wang V, Botta G, Lyons N, Goodale A, Kalani Z, Fritchman B, Brown A, Alan D, Green T, Yang X, Jaffe J, Roth J, Piccioni F, Kirschner M, Ji Z, Root D, Golub T. TBIO-26. NON-CANONICAL OPEN READING FRAMES ENCODE FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS ESSENTIAL FOR CANCER CELL SURVIVAL. Neuro-Oncology 2020, 22: iii471-iii471. PMCID: PMC7715501, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa222.849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpen reading frameNon-canonical open reading framesProtein translationReading frameMultiple cancer typesPutative non-coding RNAProtein-coding genesSingle-cell RNA sequencingNon-canonical proteinsFunctional genomic screensCancer-implicated genesCancer cell linesCell-autonomous mannerNon-coding RNANon-coding RNAsGene expression changesPotential cancer therapeutic targetCell linesHEK293T cellsCancer cell survivalCancer therapeutic targetNon-gonadal tissuesCell cycle arrestRibosome profilingCancer cell typesThe Geometry of Limb Motor Innervation is Controlled by the Dorsal–Ventral Compartment Boundary in the Chick Limbless Mutant
Luria V, Laufer E. The Geometry of Limb Motor Innervation is Controlled by the Dorsal–Ventral Compartment Boundary in the Chick Limbless Mutant. Neuroscience 2020, 450: 29-47. PMID: 33038447, PMCID: PMC9922539, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe whale shark genome reveals how genomic and physiological properties scale with body size
Weber J, Park S, Luria V, Jeon S, Kim H, Jeon Y, Bhak Y, Jun J, Kim S, Hong W, Lee S, Cho Y, Karger A, Cain J, Manica A, Kim S, Kim J, Edwards J, Bhak J, Church G. The whale shark genome reveals how genomic and physiological properties scale with body size. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 20662-20671. PMID: 32753383, PMCID: PMC7456109, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922576117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhale shark genomeShark genomeBody sizeGene lengthWhale sharksLarge-scale comparative genomic analysisLong neural genesMetazoan genome architectureSlow evolutionary rateComparative genomics approachLonger gene lengthComparative genomic analysisMultiple genetic featuresCodon adaptation indexMetabolic rateAverage geneGenome architectureNeurodegeneration genesEvolutionary ratesMost genomesGenomic approachesGenomic traitsNeural genesGenome featuresBiological traitsSub-Acute Treatment of Curcumin Derivative J147 Ameliorates Depression-Like Behavior Through 5-HT1A-Mediated cAMP Signaling
Li J, Chen L, Li G, Chen X, Hu S, Zheng L, Luria V, Lv J, Sun Y, Xu Y, Yu Y. Sub-Acute Treatment of Curcumin Derivative J147 Ameliorates Depression-Like Behavior Through 5-HT1A-Mediated cAMP Signaling. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2020, 14: 701. PMID: 32733195, PMCID: PMC7360862, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntidepressant-like effectsDepression-like behaviorSub-acute treatmentMajor depressive disorderAcute treatmentNAD-299Rapid antidepressant-like effectsNeurotrophic factor levelsTail suspension testHippocampus of miceMale ICR miceSevere mental disordersMouse cortical tissueDose-dependent mannerRadioligand binding assaysMechanism of actionBDNF expressionImmobility timeICR miceNAS-181Depressive disorderReceptor subtypesTreatment periodSuspension testMental disorders