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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
41231
World Ranking
2279
National Ranking
64

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Igor Jurisica is affiliated with the University Health Network in Canada and has an extensive publication record across multiple fields including medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans various specialized subfields such as molecular biology, rheumatology, immunology, cancer research, and surgery.

The main research topics covered by Jurisica include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Jurisica has contributed research to a variety of publication venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature Communications

Recent published works by Jurisica include:

  • The non-coding RNA interactome in joint health and disease, 2021, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Mechanical Stiffness Controls Dendritic Cell Metabolism and Function, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Information fusion as an integrative cross-cutting enabler to achieve robust, explainable, and trustworthy medical artificial intelligence, 2021, Information Fusion
  • Autoantibodies targeting GPCRs and RAS-related molecules associate with COVID-19 severity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • MicroRNA-34a-5p Promotes Joint Destruction During Osteoarthritis, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Collaborative work is a significant part of Jurisica's output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Chiara Pastrello
  • Max Kotlyar
  • Mohit Kapoor
  • Jason S. Rockel
  • Vinod Chandran

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Gene expression-based survival prediction in lung adenocarcinoma: a multi-site, blinded validation study.

    Kerby Shedden;Jeremy M.G. Taylor;Steven A. Enkemann;Ming Sound Tsao

  • Stem cell gene expression programs influence clinical outcome in human leukemia

    Kolja Eppert;Katsuto Takenaka;Eric R Lechman;Levi Waldron

  • Isolation of single human hematopoietic stem cells capable of long-term multilineage engraftment.

    Faiyaz Notta;Sergei Doulatov;Sergei Doulatov;Elisa Laurenti;Elisa Laurenti;Armando Poeppl

  • Modeling interactome: scale-free or geometric?

    N. Pržulj;D. G. Corneil;I. Jurisica

  • High-throughput mapping of a dynamic signaling network in mammalian cells.

    Miriam Barrios-Rodiles;Kevin R. Brown;Barish Ozdamar;Barish Ozdamar;Rohit Bose;Rohit Bose

  • Protein complex prediction via cost-based clustering

    A. D. King;N. Pržulj;I. Jurisica

  • Online Predicted Human Interaction Database

    Kevin R. Brown;Igor Jurisica

  • Protein interaction data curation: the International Molecular Exchange (IMEx) consortium

    Sandra Orchard;Samuel Kerrien;Sara Abbani;Bruno Aranda

  • The c-Myc Oncogene Directly Induces the H19 Noncoding RNA by Allele-Specific Binding to Potentiate Tumorigenesis

    Dalia Barsyte-Lovejoy;Suzanne K. Lau;Paul C. Boutros;Fereshteh Khosravi

  • Functional topology in a network of protein interactions

    N. Pržulj;D.A. Wigle;I. Jurisica

  • TAp73 knockout shows genomic instability with infertility and tumor suppressor functions

    Richard Tomasini;Katsuya Tsuchihara;Margareta Wilhelm;Masashi Fujitani

  • Prognostic and Predictive Gene Signature for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Chang Qi Zhu;Keyue Ding;Dan Strumpf;Barbara A. Weir

  • Comprehensive MicroRNA Profiling for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    Angela B.Y. Hui;Michelle Lenarduzzi;Tiffaney Krushel;Levi Waldron

  • mirDIP 4.1-integrative database of human microRNA target predictions

    Tomas Tokar;Chiara Pastrello;Andrea E M Rossos;Mark Abovsky

  • Molecular Evidence of Placental Hypoxia in Preeclampsia

    Nima Soleymanlou;Igor Jurisica;Igor Jurisica;Ori Nevo;Francesca Ietta

  • Dysregulation of the mevalonate pathway promotes transformation

    James W. Clendening;Aleks Pandyra;Paul C. Boutros;Samah El Ghamrasni

  • Prognostic gene-expression signature of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts in non-small cell lung cancer

    Roya Navab;Dan Strumpf;Bizhan Bandarchi;Chang-Qi Zhu

  • Modeling Interactome: Scale-Free or Geometric?

    Natasa Przulj;Derek G. Corneil;Igor Jurisica

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming-Sound Tsao
Ming-Sound Tsao Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Melania Pintilie
Melania Pintilie Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros University of California, Los Angeles
Linda Z. Penn
Linda Z. Penn University of Toronto
Wan L. Lam
Wan L. Lam BC Cancer Research Centre
Frances A. Shepherd
Frances A. Shepherd Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Suzanne Kamel-Reid
Suzanne Kamel-Reid University Health Network
Thomas Kislinger
Thomas Kislinger University of Toronto
Henning Hermjakob
Henning Hermjakob European Bioinformatics Institute
Igor Stagljar
Igor Stagljar University of Toronto

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