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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Tariq M. Rana is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broad areas, their research focuses particularly on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research portfolio covers a range of topics related to RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related gene regulation, and the molecular mechanisms underpinning cancer. They have contributed to advancing knowledge in areas including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical studies, interferon and immune responses, and animal virus infections.

Frequent publication venues where this researcher's work appears include:

  • The EMBO Journal
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Co-authorship collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, notably Shashi Kant Tiwari, Shaobo Wang, Hui Hui, Aaron F. Carlin, and Wanyu Li.

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their research contributions:

  • ALKBH5 regulates anti-PD-1 therapy response by modulating lactate and suppressive immune cell accumulation in tumor microenvironment, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • m 6 A RNA methyltransferases METTL3/14 regulate immune responses to anti-PD-1 therapy, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Cholesterol 25-Hydroxylase inhibits SARS -CoV-2 and other coronaviruses by depleting membrane cholesterol, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • METTL3 regulates viral m6A RNA modification and host cell innate immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2021, Cell Reports
  • m6A-RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors Impair Self-Renewal in Glioblastoma Stem Cells, 2021, ACS Chemical Biology

Among the recognitions received, they were named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Illuminating the silence: understanding the structure and function of small RNAs.

    Tariq M. Rana

  • siRNA function in RNAi: a chemical modification analysis.

    Ya-Lin Chiu;Tariq M. Rana

  • Therapeutic targeting of microRNAs: current status and future challenges

    Zhonghan Li;Tariq M. Rana

  • Zika Virus Depletes Neural Progenitors in Human Cerebral Organoids through Activation of the Innate Immune Receptor TLR3.

    Jason Dang;Shashi Kant Tiwari;Gianluigi Lichinchi;Yue Qin

  • RNAi in Human Cells: Basic Structural and Functional Features of Small Interfering RNA

    Ya-Lin Chiu;Tariq M. Rana

  • Translation Repression in Human Cells by MicroRNA-Induced Gene Silencing Requires RCK/p54

    Chia-ying Chu;Tariq M Rana

  • The long noncoding RNA THRIL regulates TNFα expression through its interaction with hnRNPL

    Zhonghan Li;Ti-Chun Chao;Kung-Yen Chang;Nianwei Lin

  • Cellular MicroRNA and P Bodies Modulate Host-HIV-1 Interactions

    Robin S. Nathans;Chia-ying Chu;Chia-ying Chu;Anna Kristina Serquina;Chih-Chung Lu;Chih-Chung Lu

  • Visualizing a correlation between siRNA localization, cellular uptake, and RNAi in living cells

    Ya-Lin Chiu;Akbar Ali;Chia-ying Chu;Hong Cao

  • Dynamics of the human and viral m 6 A RNA methylomes during HIV-1 infection of T cells

    Gianluigi Lichinchi;Gianluigi Lichinchi;Shang Gao;Yogesh Saletore;Gwendolyn Michelle Gonzalez

  • An Evolutionarily Conserved Long Noncoding RNA TUNA Controls Pluripotency and Neural Lineage Commitment

    Nianwei Lin;Kung-Yen Chang;Zhonghan Li;Keith Gates

  • ALKBH5 regulates anti-PD-1 therapy response by modulating lactate and suppressive immune cell accumulation in tumor microenvironment.

    Na Li;Yuqi Kang;Lingling Wang;Sarah Huff

  • Specific and potent RNAi in the nucleus of human cells.

    G Brett Robb;Kirk M Brown;Jaspreet Khurana;Tariq M Rana

  • Small RNA-mediated regulation of iPS cell generation

    Zhonghan Li;Chao-Shun Yang;Chao-Shun Yang;Katsuhiko Nakashima;Tariq M Rana;Tariq M Rana

  • Dynamics of Human and Viral RNA Methylation during Zika Virus Infection.

    Gianluigi Lichinchi;Gianluigi Lichinchi;Boxuan Simen Zhao;Boxuan Simen Zhao;Yinga Wu;Yinga Wu;Zhike Lu;Zhike Lu

  • RNA Helicase A Interacts with RISC in Human Cells and Functions in RISC Loading

    G. Brett Robb;Tariq M. Rana

  • m 6 A RNA methyltransferases METTL3/14 regulate immune responses to anti-PD-1 therapy.

    Lingling Wang;Hui Hui;Kriti Agrawal;Yuqi Kang

  • Luminescence resonance energy transfer

    Paul R. Selvin;Tariq M. Rana;John E. Hearst

  • DSIF and NELF Interact with RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex and HIV-1 Tat Stimulates P-TEFb-mediated Phosphorylation of RNA Polymerase II and DSIF during Transcription Elongation

    Yueh Hsin Ping;Tariq M. Rana

  • Small RNAs: Regulators and guardians of the genome

    Chia-Ying Chu;Tariq M Rana

Frequent Co-Authors

Celia A. Schiffer
Celia A. Schiffer University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Mario Stevenson
Mario Stevenson University of Miami
Michael K. Gilson
Michael K. Gilson University of California, San Diego
Yinsheng Wang
Yinsheng Wang University of California, Riverside
Kavita Shah
Kavita Shah Purdue University West Lafayette
Claude F. Meares
Claude F. Meares University of California, Davis
Davey M. Smith
Davey M. Smith University of California, San Diego
Kuan-Teh Jeang
Kuan-Teh Jeang National Institutes of Health
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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