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Liliana Attisano

Liliana Attisano

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
72
Citations
32259
World Ranking
1302
National Ranking
40

Overview

Liliana Attisano is a researcher affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their academic work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these domains, their research focuses substantially on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's investigations address a range of topics, notably Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Liliana Attisano has contributed to various academic publications, including:

  • NUAK1 promotes organ fibrosis via YAP and TGF-β/SMAD signaling, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Robust production of uniform human cerebral organoids from pluripotent stem cells, 2020, Life Science Alliance
  • A noncoding single-nucleotide polymorphism at 8q24 drives IDH1-mutant glioma formation, 2022, Science
  • The omega-3 hydroxy fatty acid 7(S)-HDHA is a high-affinity PPARα ligand that regulates brain neuronal morphology, 2022, Science Signaling
  • A multiplexed, next generation sequencing platform for high-throughput detection of SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Nature Communications

The researcher has frequently published work in several venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cells, Biophysical Journal, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Science Translational Medicine.

Collaboration plays a significant role in their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeffrey L. Wrana
  • J. Javier Hernández
  • Adam Sivitilli
  • Daniel Trcka
  • Tania Christova

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of activation of the TGF-β receptor

    Jeffrey L. Wrana;Liliana Attisano;Rotraud Wieser;Francesc Ventura

  • TGFβ signals through a heteromeric protein kinase receptor complex

    Jeffrey L. Wrana;Liliana Attisano;Juan Cárcamo;Alejandro Zentella

  • Signal Transduction by the TGF-β Superfamily

    Liliana Attisano;Jeffrey L. Wrana;Jeffrey L. Wrana

  • Mutations in the activin receptor–like kinase 1 gene in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2

    D.W. Johnson;J.N. Berg;J.N. Berg;M.A. Baldwin;C.J. Gallione

  • SARA, a FYVE Domain Protein that Recruits Smad2 to the TGFβ Receptor

    Tomoo Tsukazaki;Theodore A Chiang;Anne F Davison;Liliana Attisano

  • MADR2 maps to 18q21 and encodes a TGFβ-regulated MAD-related protein that is functionally mutated in colorectal carcinoma

    Kolja Eppert;Stephen W Scherer;Hilmi Ozcelik;Rosa Pirone

  • MADR2 Is a Substrate of the TGFβ Receptor and Its Phosphorylation Is Required for Nuclear Accumulation and Signaling

    Marina Macías-Silva;Shirin Abdollah;Pamela A Hoodless;Rosa Pirone

  • MADR1, a MAD-Related Protein That Functions in BMP2 Signaling Pathways

    Pamela A Hoodless;Theo Haerry;Shirin Abdollah;Mark Stapleton

  • Identification of human activin and TGFβ type I receptors that form heteromeric kinase complexes with type II receptors

    Liliana Attisano;Juan Cárcamo;Francesc Ventura;Frances M.B. Weis

  • The TGF-β family and its composite receptors

    Joan Massagué;Liliana Attisano;Jeffrey L. Wrana

  • Myostatin Signals through a Transforming Growth Factor β-Like Signaling Pathway To Block Adipogenesis

    A. Rebbapragada;H. Benchabane;H. Benchabane;J. L. Wrana;J. L. Wrana;A. J. Celeste

  • Smads as transcriptional co-modulators.

    Liliana Attisano;Jeffrey L Wrana

  • TβRI Phosphorylation of Smad2 on Ser465 and Ser467 Is Required for Smad2-Smad4 Complex Formation and Signaling

    Shirin Abdollah;Marina Macı́as-Silva;Tomoo Tsukazaki;Hidetoshi Hayashi

  • Smad2 and Smad3 Positively and Negatively Regulate TGFβ-Dependent Transcription through the Forkhead DNA-Binding Protein FAST2

    Etienne Labbé;Cristoforo Silvestri;Pamela A. Hoodless;Jeffrey L. Wrana

  • Association of Smads with lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1/T cell-specific factor mediates cooperative signaling by the transforming growth factor-β and Wnt pathways

    Etienne Labbé;Ainhoa Letamendia;Liliana Attisano

  • The TGFbeta Superfamily Signaling Pathway

    Alexander Weiss;Liliana Attisano

  • The Hippo Pathway Regulates Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

    Xaralabos Varelas;Bryan W. Miller;Richelle Sopko;Richelle Sopko;Siyuan Song

  • Novel activin receptors: distinct genes and alternative mRNA splicing generate a repertoire of serine/threonine kinase receptors.

    Liliana Attisano;Jeffrey L. Wrana;Sela Cheifetz;Joan Massague

  • Synergistic cooperation between hypoxia and transforming growth factor-beta pathways on human vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression.

    Tilman Sánchez-Elsner;Luisa María Botella;Beatriz Velasco;Angel L. Corbí

  • Type I receptors specify growth-inhibitory and transcriptional responses to transforming growth factor beta and activin.

    J Cárcamo;F M Weis;F Ventura;R Wieser

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Joan Massagué
Joan Massagué Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Laurence Pelletier
Laurence Pelletier Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Rod Bremner
Rod Bremner Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Tony Mazzulli
Tony Mazzulli University Health Network
Pamela A. Hoodless
Pamela A. Hoodless University of British Columbia
Michael B. O'Connor
Michael B. O'Connor University of Minnesota
James R. Woodgett
James R. Woodgett Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Myron I. Cybulsky
Myron I. Cybulsky University Health Network
Ana Cristina Andreazza
Ana Cristina Andreazza University of Toronto

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