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18577
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7592

Overview

Anny Usheva is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work is also associated with several subfields including molecular biology, physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and surgery.

Usheva has contributed to a diverse range of scientific topics. Key areas of focus in their research include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

The scientist has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Frank W. Sellke
  • Boian S. Alexandrov
  • A. R. Bishop
  • Debolina Banerjee
  • Dwight D. Harris

Usheva's research has been published in a variety of venues. Among the notable publication venues where they have multiple contributions are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Circulation
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Usheva include:

  • "Metabolic regulation of endothelial SK channels and human coronary microvascular function," 2020, International Journal of Cardiology
  • "Metabolomics and the pig model reveal aberrant cardiac energy metabolism in metabolic syndrome," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Canagliflozin improves coronary microvascular vasodilation and increases absolute blood flow to the myocardium independent of angiogenesis," 2023, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "DNA breathing integration with deep learning foundational model advances genome-wide binding prediction of human transcription factors," 2024, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Examining DNA breathing with pyDNA-EPBD," 2023, Bioinformatics

Best Publications

  • Adenosine generation catalyzed by CD39 and CD73 expressed on regulatory T cells mediates immune suppression

    Silvia Deaglio;Karen M. Dwyer;Wenda Gao;David J Friedman

  • Crystal structure of a TFIIB-TBP-TATA-element ternary complex.

    Dimitar B. Nikolov;Hua Chen;Hua Chen;Elaine D. Halay;Elaine D. Halay;Anny A. Usheva

  • Wild-type p53 binds to the TATA-binding protein and represses transcription.

    Edward Seto;Anny Usheva;Gerard P. Zambetti;Jamil Momand

  • Carbon monoxide suppresses arteriosclerotic lesions associated with chronic graft rejection and with balloon injury

    Leo E Otterbein;Brian S Zuckerbraun;Manabu Haga;Fang Liu

  • Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Adult Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis During Hypoxia and Reoxygenation

    Peter M. Kang;Armin Haunstetter;Hiroki Aoki;Anny Usheva

  • TATA-binding protein-independent initiation: YY1, TFIIB, and RNA polymerase II direct basal transcription on supercoiled template DNA

    Anny Usheva;Thomas Shenk

  • Specific interaction between the nonphosphorylated form of RNA polymerase II and the TATA-binding protein.

    Anny Usheva;Edio Maldonado;Anat Goldring;Hua Lu

  • Bilirubin: a natural inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.

    Robert Ollinger;Martin Bilban;Anna Erat;Alberto Froio

  • Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Inhibits Insulin Signaling in Adipocytes by Inducing Proinflammatory Cytokines in Macrophages through a c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase- and Toll-Like Receptor 4-Dependent and Retinol-Independent Mechanism

    Julie Norseen;Tetsuya Hosooka;Ann Hammarstedt;Mark M. Yore

  • Two domains of p53 interact with the TATA-binding protein, and the adenovirus 13S E1A protein disrupts the association, relieving p53-mediated transcriptional repression.

    Nobuo Horikoshi;Anny Usheva;Jiandong Chen;Arnold J. Levine

  • Cocrystal structure of YY1 bound to the adeno-associated virus P5 initiator.

    Hristo B. Houbaviy;Anny Usheva;Thomas Shenk;Stephen K. Burley

  • Carbon monoxide protection against endotoxic shock involves reciprocal effects on iNOS in the lung and liver

    Judit K. Sarady;Brian S. Zuckerbraun;Martin Bilban;Oswald Wagner

  • DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field.

    B.S. Alexandrov;V. Gelev;A.R. Bishop;A. Usheva

  • DNA dynamically directs its own transcription initiation

    Chu H. Choi;George Kalosakas;Kim Ø. Rasmussen;Makoto Hiromura

  • Biliverdin, a natural product of heme catabolism, induces tolerance to cardiac allografts.

    Kenichiro Yamashita;James McDaid;Robert Öllinger;Tung-Yu Tsui

  • Carbon Monoxide Orchestrates a Protective Response through PPARγ

    Martin Bilban;Fritz H. Bach;Sherrie L. Otterbein;Emeka Ifedigbo

  • Modulation of endothelial cell apoptosis by heme oxygenase-1-derived carbon monoxide.

    Miguel P. Soares;Anny Usheva;Sophie Brouard;Pascal O. Berberat

  • Mammalian stem cells reprogramming in response to terahertz radiation.

    Jonathan Bock;Yayoi Fukuyo;Sona Kang;M. Lisa Phipps

  • YY1 Is Regulated by O-LinkedN-Acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation)

    Makoto Hiromura;Chu H. Choi;Nicaulas A. Sabourin;Heath Jones

  • YY1 transcriptional initiator: Protein interactions and association with a DNA site containing unpaired strands

    Anny Usheva;Thomas Shenk

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon C. Robson
Simon C. Robson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fritz H. Bach
Fritz H. Bach Harvard Medical School
Ludmil B. Alexandrov
Ludmil B. Alexandrov University of California, San Diego
Frank W. Sellke
Frank W. Sellke Brown University
Miguel P. Soares
Miguel P. Soares Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Martin Bilban
Martin Bilban Medical University of Vienna
Leo E. Otterbein
Leo E. Otterbein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas Shenk
Thomas Shenk Princeton University
David Gius
David Gius Northwestern University
Hou-Tong Chen
Hou-Tong Chen Los Alamos National Laboratory

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