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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul M. Lieberman is affiliated with The Wistar Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Oncology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Immunology.

Lieberman has focused on key topics including:

  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV Research and Treatment

Recent notable publications by Lieberman include:

  • Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis, 2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • TERRA G-quadruplex RNA interaction with TRF2 GAR domain is required for telomere integrity, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Epigenetic specifications of host chromosome docking sites for latent Epstein-Barr virus, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The three-dimensional structure of Epstein-Barr virus genome varies by latency type and is regulated by PARP1 enzymatic activity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Cell-cycle-dependent EBNA1-DNA crosslinking promotes replication termination at oriP and viral episome maintenance, 2021, Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lieberman include:

  • Samantha S. Soldan
  • Andrew V. Kossenkov
  • Olga Vladimirova
  • Italo Tempera
  • Fang Lü

Lieberman publishes regularly in a variety of scientific journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Virology
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • TERRA RNA Binding to TRF2 Facilitates Heterochromatin Formation and ORC Recruitment at Telomeres

    Zhong Deng;Julie Norseen;Andreas Wiedmer;Harold Riethman

  • Fatty acid transport protein 2 reprograms neutrophils in cancer

    Filippo Veglia;Vladimir A. Tyurin;Maria Blasi;Alessandra De Leo

  • Holo-TFIID supports transcriptional stimulation by diverse activators and from a TATA-less promoter.

    Qiang Zhou;Paul M. Lieberman;Thomas G. Boyer;Arnold J. Berk

  • Cohesins localize with CTCF at the KSHV latency control region and at cellular c-myc and H19/Igf2 insulators

    William Stedman;Hyojeung Kang;Shu Lin;Joseph L Kissil

  • The c-MYC Oncoprotein Is a Substrate of the Acetyltransferases hGCN5/PCAF and TIP60

    Jagruti H. Patel;Yanping Du;Penny G. Ard;Charles Phillips

  • Cloning of a transcriptionally active human TATA binding factor.

    C. Cheng Kao;Paul M. Lieberman;Martin C. Schmidt;Qiang Zhou

  • A new Epstein-Barr virus transactivator, R, induces expression of a cytoplasmic early antigen.

    J M Hardwick;P M Lieberman;S D Hayward

  • The Zta trans-activator protein stabilizes TFIID association with promoter DNA by direct protein-protein interaction.

    P M Lieberman;A J Berk

  • Editing of Epstein-Barr Virus-encoded BART6 MicroRNAs Controls Their Dicer Targeting and Consequently Affects Viral Latency

    Hisashi Iizasa;Bjorn-Erik Wulff;Nageswara R. Alla;Manolis Maragkakis

  • The zta transactivator involved in induction of lytic cycle gene expression in Epstein-Barr virus-infected lymphocytes binds to both AP-1 and ZRE sites in target promoter and enhancer regions.

    P M Lieberman;J M Hardwick;J Sample;G S Hayward

  • A mechanism for TAFs in transcriptional activation: activation domain enhancement of TFIID-TFIIA--promoter DNA complex formation.

    P M Lieberman;A J Berk

  • Direct cleavage of human TATA-binding protein by poliovirus protease 3C in vivo and in vitro.

    M. E. Clark;P. M. Lieberman;A. J. Berk;Asim Dasgupta

  • Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced miR-155 Attenuates NF-κB Signaling and Stabilizes Latent Virus Persistence

    Fang Lu;Andreas Weidmer;Chang Gong Liu;Stefano Volinia

  • An Atlas of the Epstein-Barr Virus Transcriptome and Epigenome Reveals Host-Virus Regulatory Interactions

    Aaron Arvey;Italo Tempera;Kevin Tsai;Horng-Shen Chen

  • A general mechanism for transcriptional synergy by eukaryotic activators

    Tianhuai Chi;Paul Lieberman;Katharine Ellwood;Michael Carey

  • Lack of p21 expression links cell cycle control and appendage regeneration in mice

    Khamilia Bedelbaeva;Andrew Snyder;Dmitri Gourevitch;Lise Clark

  • Epigenetic regulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latency by virus-encoded microRNAs that target Rta and the cellular Rbl2-DNMT pathway.

    Fang Lu;William Stedman;Malik Yousef;Rolf Renne

  • Molecular cloning of the small (gamma) subunit of human TFIIA reveals functions critical for activated transcription.

    J Ozer;P A Moore;A H Bolden;A Lee

  • ORC, MCM, and Histone Hyperacetylation at the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latent Replication Origin

    William Stedman;Zhong Deng;Fang Lu;Paul M. Lieberman

  • Chromatin Remodeling of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus ORF50 Promoter Correlates with Reactivation from Latency

    Fang Lu;Jing Zhou;Andreas Wiedmer;Kevin Madden

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew V. Kossenkov
Andrew V. Kossenkov The Wistar Institute
Louise C. Showe
Louise C. Showe The Wistar Institute
Ramana V. Davuluri
Ramana V. Davuluri Stony Brook University
Maureen E. Murphy
Maureen E. Murphy The Wistar Institute
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Marisa S. Bartolomei University of Pennsylvania
Ronen Marmorstein
Ronen Marmorstein University of Pennsylvania
Gary S. Hayward
Gary S. Hayward Johns Hopkins University
Arnold J. Berk
Arnold J. Berk University of California, Los Angeles
Erle S. Robertson
Erle S. Robertson University of Pennsylvania
Gerd A. Blobel
Gerd A. Blobel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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