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59
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12832
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5462

Overview

Adly Yacoub is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple areas within medicine, with a particular focus on genetics, immunology, and biochemistry as applied to neurological and immune-related conditions.

Yacoub's recent publications include:

  • Whole exome sequencing revealed ultra-rare genetic variations in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, 2024, published in Neurological Sciences
  • Retraction Notice to: Inhibition of Multiple Protective Signaling Pathways and Ad.5/3 Delivery Enhances mda-7/IL-24 Therapy of Malignant Glioma, 2024, published in Molecular Therapy
  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation and Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface for Post-amputation Pain (P5-7.004), 2025, published in Neurology

Their frequent coauthors include Amjad Mahasneh, Ahmed Yassin, Rowida Almomani, Suha Aqaileh, and Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi.

Yacoub's work has been published across diverse respected venues such as:

  • Neurological Sciences
  • Molecular Therapy
  • Neurology

Their primary fields of study are Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields that Yacoub focuses on include Genetics, Immunology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Oncology, and Rehabilitation.

Core topics in their research emphasize:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

This scope of research reflects Yacoub's involvement in investigating complex biological mechanisms and clinical conditions involving genetic variations, immune system behavior, and neurological disorders. The combination of clinical medicine and molecular biology in their work positions them at the intersection of translational research aimed at understanding and potentially improving therapies for neurological and immunological diseases.

Best Publications

  • MAPK pathways in radiation responses.

    Paul Dent;Adly Yacoub;Paul B Fisher;Michael P Hagan

  • Stress and radiation-induced activation of multiple intracellular signaling pathways.

    Paul Dent;Adly Yacoub;Joseph Contessa;Ruben Caron

  • Radiation-induced cell signaling: inside-out and outside-in

    Kristoffer Valerie;Adly Yacoub;Michael P. Hagan;David T. Curiel

  • Mutations in the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Pathway Predict for Antitumor Activity of the Inhibitor PX-866 whereas Oncogenic Ras Is a Dominant Predictor for Resistance

    Nathan T. Ihle;Robert Lemos;Peter Wipf;Adly Yacoub

  • Melanoma differentiation associated gene-7, mda-7/IL-24, selectively induces growth suppression, apoptosis and radiosensitization in malignant gliomas in a p53-independent manner.

    Zao-Zhong Su;Irina V Lebedeva;Devanand Sarkar;Rahul V Gopalkrishnan

  • Epidermal growth factor and ionizing radiation up-regulate the DNA repair genes XRCC1 and ERCC1 in DU145 and LNCaP prostate carcinoma through MAPK signaling

    Adly Yacoub;Robert McKinstry;Darin Hinman;Theodore Chung

  • Mitochondrial localized Stat3 promotes breast cancer growth via phosphorylation of serine 727.

    Qifang Zhang;Vidisha Raje;Vasily A. Yakovlev;Adly Yacoub

  • Inhibition of the MAPK and PI3K pathways enhances UDCA-induced apoptosis in primary rodent hepatocytes

    Liang Qiao;Adly Yacoub;Elaine Studer;Seema Gupta

  • Autocrine loops with positive feedback enable context-dependent cell signaling

    Stanislav Yefimovic Shvartsman;M. P. Hagan;A. Yacoub;P. Dent

  • Ionizing radiation modulates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression through multiple mitogen activated protein kinase dependent pathways.

    Jong-Sung Park;Liang Qiao;Zao-Zong Su;Darin Hinman

  • Vorinostat and sorafenib synergistically kill tumor cells via FLIP suppression and CD95 activation

    Guo Zhang;Margaret A. Park;Clint Mitchell;Hossein Hamed

  • mda-7/IL-24: exploiting cancer's Achilles' heel.

    Irina V. Lebedeva;Moira Sauane;Rahul V. Gopalkrishnan;Devanand Sarkar

  • Astrocyte elevated gene-1: a novel target for human glioma therapy.

    Luni Emdad;Devanand Sarkar;Seok-Geun Lee;Zhao Zhong Su

  • Mechanism of Autophagy to Apoptosis Switch Triggered in Prostate Cancer Cells by Antitumor Cytokine Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 7/Interleukin-24

    Sujit K. Bhutia;Rupesh Dash;Swadesh K. Das;Belal Azab

  • A Drosophila ribosomal protein contains 8-oxoguanine and abasic site DNA repair activities.

    Adly Yacoub;Laura Augeri;Mark Kelley;Paul W. Doetsch

  • Sorafenib enhances pemetrexed cytotoxicity through an autophagy -dependent mechanism in cancer cells

    M. Danielle Bareford;Margaret A. Park;Adly Yacoub;Hossein A. Hamed

  • mda-7/IL-24: a unique member of the IL-10 gene family promoting cancer-targeted toxicity.

    Rupesh Dash;Sujit K. Bhutia;Belal Azab;Zhao zhong Su

  • RLIP76 is a major determinant of radiation sensitivity.

    Sanjay Awasthi;Sharad S. Singhal;Sushma Yadav;Jyotsana Singhal

  • Vorinostat and sorafenib increase CD95 activation in gastrointestinal tumor cells through a Ca(2+)-de novo ceramide-PP2A-reactive oxygen species-dependent signaling pathway.

    Margaret A. Park;Clint Mitchell;Guo Zhang;Adly Yacoub

  • The DNA Repair Activity of Human Redox/Repair Protein APE/Ref-1 Is Inactivated by Phosphorylation

    Adly Yacoub;Mark R. Kelley;Walter A. Deutsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Dent
Paul Dent Virginia Commonwealth University
Steven Grant
Steven Grant Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul B. Fisher
Paul B. Fisher Virginia Commonwealth University
David T. Curiel
David T. Curiel Washington University in St. Louis
Devanand Sarkar
Devanand Sarkar Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul B. Fisher
Paul B. Fisher Virginia Commonwealth University
Igor Dmitriev
Igor Dmitriev Washington University in St. Louis
Pankaj Gupta
Pankaj Gupta Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University
Kristoffer Valerie
Kristoffer Valerie Virginia Commonwealth University

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