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Gergely L. Lukacs

Gergely L. Lukacs

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
19779
World Ranking
5324
National Ranking
197

Overview

Gergely L. Lukacs is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research portfolio primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, they have contributed substantially to several subfields of study, such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology
  • Infectious Diseases

Their research focuses on diverse topics within molecular and cellular biology, with a particular emphasis on cystic fibrosis and related cellular mechanisms. Key research areas include:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Lukacs has published extensively, with multiple articles in high-impact and specialized journals. Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Allosteric folding correction of F508del and rare CFTR mutants by elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor (Trikafta) combination," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Ins and outs of AlphaFold2 transmembrane protein structure predictions," 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • "Elexacaftor co-potentiates the activity of F508del and gating mutants of CFTR," 2021, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • "Mechanism of PINK1 activation by autophosphorylation and insights into assembly on the TOM complex," 2021, Molecular Cell
  • "Analysis of AlphaMissense data in different protein groups and structural context," 2024, Scientific Data

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tamás Hegedűs
  • Guido Veit
  • Haijin Xu
  • Naoto Soya
  • Ariel Roldán

Best Publications

  • Size-dependent DNA Mobility in Cytoplasm and Nucleus

    Gergely L Lukacs;Peter Haggie;Olivier Seksek;Delphine Lechardeur

  • Metabolic instability of plasmid DNA in the cytosol: a potential barrier to gene transfer.

    Delphine Lechardeur;K. J. Sohn;M. Haardt;P. B. Joshi

  • Curcumin, a Major Constituent of Turmeric, Corrects Cystic Fibrosis Defects

    Marie E. Egan;Marilyn Pearson;Scott A. Weiner;Vanathy Rajendran

  • Small-molecule correctors of defective ΔF508-CFTR cellular processing identified by high-throughput screening

    Nicoletta Pedemonte;Gergely L. Lukacs;Kai Du;Emanuela Caci

  • From CFTR biology toward combinatorial pharmacotherapy: expanded classification of cystic fibrosis mutations.

    Gudio Veit;Radu G. Avramescu;Annette N. Chiang;Scott A. Houck

  • Conformational maturation of CFTR but not its mutant counterpart (delta F508) occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum and requires ATP.

    Gergely L. Lukacs;Abdalla Mohamed;Norbert Kartner;Xu Bao Chang

  • Peripheral Protein Quality Control Removes Unfolded CFTR from the Plasma Membrane

    Tsukasa Okiyoneda;Hervé Barrière;Miklós Bagdány;Wael M. Rabeh

  • Mechanism-based corrector combination restores ΔF508-CFTR folding and function

    Tsukasa Okiyoneda;Guido Veit;Johanna F Dekkers;Miklos Bagdany

  • The ΔF508 cystic fibrosis mutation impairs domain-domain interactions and arrests post-translational folding of CFTR

    Kai Du;Manu Sharma;Gergely L Lukacs

  • Intracellular routing of plasmid DNA during non-viral gene transfer

    Delphine Lechardeur;A S Verkman;Gergely L Lukacs

  • CFTR: folding, misfolding and correcting the ΔF508 conformational defect

    Gergely L. Lukacs;A.S. Verkman

  • Correction of both NBD1 energetics and domain interface is required to restore ΔF508 CFTR folding and function

    Wael M. Rabeh;Florian Bossard;Haijin Xu;Tsukasa Okiyoneda

  • Misfolding diverts CFTR from recycling to degradation quality control at early endosomes

    Manu Sharma;Francesca Pampinella;Csilla Nemes;Mohamed Benharouga

  • The delta F508 mutation decreases the stability of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in the plasma membrane. Determination of functional half-lives on transfected cells.

    Gergely L. Lukacs;Xiu Bao Chang;Christine Bear;Norbert Kartner

  • Some gating potentiators, including VX-770, diminish ΔF508-CFTR functional expression

    Guido Veit;Radu G. Avramescu;Doranda Perdomo;Puay Wah Phuan

  • Reduced histone deacetylase 7 activity restores function to misfolded CFTR in cystic fibrosis

    Darren M Hutt;David Herman;Ana P C Rodrigues;Sabrina Noel

  • Phagosomal acidification is mediated by a vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase in murine macrophages.

    G L Lukacs;O D Rotstein;S Grinstein

  • Intracellular barriers to non-viral gene transfer.

    Delphine Lechardeur;Gergely L Lukacs

  • C-terminal truncations destabilize the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator without impairing its biogenesis. A novel class of mutation.

    Martin Haardt;Mohamed Benharouga;Delphine Lechardeur;Norbert Kartner

  • Conformational and Temperature-sensitive Stability Defects of the ΔF508 Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator in Post-endoplasmic Reticulum Compartments

    Manu Sharma;Mohamed Benharouga;Wei Hu;Gergely L. Lukacs

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan S. Verkman
Alan S. Verkman University of California, San Francisco
Eric J. Sorscher
Eric J. Sorscher Emory University
Raymond A. Frizzell
Raymond A. Frizzell University of Pittsburgh
Aleksander Edelman
Aleksander Edelman Université Paris Cité
John R. Riordan
John R. Riordan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Luis J. V. Galietta
Luis J. V. Galietta Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine
Manu Sharma
Manu Sharma University of Tübingen
William E. Balch
William E. Balch Scripps Health
Walter E. Finkbeiner
Walter E. Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Dale J. Benos
Dale J. Benos University of Alabama at Birmingham

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