Anastasia Khvorova PHD
Title Professor
Institution University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department Program in Molecular Medicine
Address University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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Institution UMMS - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Department Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology

Institution UMMS - Programs, Centers and Institutes
Department RNA Therapeutics Institute
Publications
1. Khvorova A, Wolfson A. New competition in RNA regulation. Nat Biotechnol. 2012; 30(1):58-9.
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2. Lapierre J, Salomon W, Cardia J, Bulock K, Lam JT, Stanney WJ, Ford G, Smith-Anzures B, Woolf T, Kamens J, Khvorova A, Samarsky D. Potent and systematic RNAi mediated silencing with single oligonucleotide compounds. RNA. 2011 Jun; 17(6):1032-7.
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3. Robertson B, Dalby AB, Karpilow J, Khvorova A, Leake D, Vermeulen A. Specificity and functionality of microRNA inhibitors. Silence. 2010; 1(1):10.
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4. Simpson KJ, Selfors LM, Bui J, Reynolds A, Leake D, Khvorova A, Brugge JS. Identification of genes that regulate epithelial cell migration using an siRNA screening approach. Nat Cell Biol. 2008 Sep; 10(9):1027-38.
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5. Anderson EM, Birmingham A, Baskerville S, Reynolds A, Maksimova E, Leake D, Fedorov Y, Karpilow J, Khvorova A. Experimental validation of the importance of seed complement frequency to siRNA specificity. RNA. 2008 May; 14(5):853-61.
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6. Anderson E, Boese Q, Khvorova A, Karpilow J. Identifying siRNA-induced off-targets by microarray analysis. Methods Mol Biol. 2008; 442:45-63.
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7. Li L, Lin X, Khvorova A, Fesik SW, Shen Y. Defining the optimal parameters for hairpin-based knockdown constructs. RNA. 2007 Oct; 13(10):1765-74.
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8. Vermeulen A, Robertson B, Dalby AB, Marshall WS, Karpilow J, Leake D, Khvorova A, Baskerville S. Double-stranded regions are essential design components of potent inhibitors of RISC function. RNA. 2007 May; 13(5):723-30.
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9. Birmingham A, Anderson E, Sullivan K, Reynolds A, Boese Q, Leake D, Karpilow J, Khvorova A. A protocol for designing siRNAs with high functionality and specificity. Nat Protoc. 2007; 2(9):2068-78.
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10. Fedorov Y, Anderson EM, Birmingham A, Reynolds A, Karpilow J, Robinson K, Leake D, Marshall WS, Khvorova A. Off-target effects by siRNA can induce toxic phenotype. RNA. 2006 Jul; 12(7):1188-96.
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11. Jackson AL, Burchard J, Leake D, Reynolds A, Schelter J, Guo J, Johnson JM, Lim L, Karpilow J, Nichols K, Marshall W, Khvorova A, Linsley PS. Position-specific chemical modification of siRNAs reduces "off-target" transcript silencing. RNA. 2006 Jul; 12(7):1197-205.
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12. Reynolds A, Anderson EM, Vermeulen A, Fedorov Y, Robinson K, Leake D, Karpilow J, Marshall WS, Khvorova A. Induction of the interferon response by siRNA is cell type- and duplex length-dependent. RNA. 2006 Jun; 12(6):988-93.
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13. Birmingham A, Anderson EM, Reynolds A, Ilsley-Tyree D, Leake D, Fedorov Y, Baskerville S, Maksimova E, Robinson K, Karpilow J, Marshall WS, Khvorova A. 3' UTR seed matches, but not overall identity, are associated with RNAi off-targets. Nat Methods. 2006 Mar; 3(3):199-204.
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14. Benimetskaya L, Lai JC, Khvorova A, Wu S, Miller P, Stein CA. Induction of apoptosis by G3139 in melanoma cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Nov; 1058:235-45.
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15. Vermeulen A, Behlen L, Reynolds A, Wolfson A, Marshall WS, Karpilow J, Khvorova A. The contributions of dsRNA structure to Dicer specificity and efficiency. RNA. 2005 May; 11(5):674-82.
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16. Fedorov Y, King A, Anderson E, Karpilow J, Ilsley D, Marshall W, Khvorova A. Different delivery methods-different expression profiles. Nat Methods. 2005 Apr; 2(4):241.
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17. Lai JC, Benimetskaya L, Khvorova A, Wu S, Hua E, Miller P, Stein CA. Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides and G3139 induce apoptosis in 518A2 melanoma cells. Mol Cancer Ther. 2005 Feb; 4(2):305-15.
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18. Boese Q, Leake D, Reynolds A, Read S, Scaringe SA, Marshall WS, Khvorova A. Mechanistic insights aid computational short interfering RNA design. Methods Enzymol. 2005; 392:73-96.
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19. Kisseleva N, Khvorova A, Westhof E, Schiemann O. Binding of manganese(II) to a tertiary stabilized hammerhead ribozyme as studied by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. RNA. 2005 Jan; 11(1):1-6.
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20. Benimetskaya L, Lai JC, Khvorova A, Wu S, Hua E, Miller P, Zhang LM, Stein CA. Relative Bcl-2 independence of drug-induced cytotoxicity and resistance in 518A2 melanoma cells. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Dec 15; 10(24):8371-9.
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21. Saksmerprome V, Roychowdhury-Saha M, Jayasena S, Khvorova A, Burke DH. Artificial tertiary motifs stabilize trans-cleaving hammerhead ribozymes under conditions of submillimolar divalent ions and high temperatures. RNA. 2004 Dec; 10(12):1916-24.
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22. Canny MD, Jucker FM, Kellogg E, Khvorova A, Jayasena SD, Pardi A. Fast cleavage kinetics of a natural hammerhead ribozyme. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Sep 8; 126(35):10848-9.
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23. Miller JT, Khvorova A, Scaringe SA, Le Grice SF. Synthetic tRNALys,3 as the replication primer for the HIV-1HXB2 and HIV-1Mal genomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004; 32(15):4687-95.
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24. Penedo JC, Wilson TJ, Jayasena SD, Khvorova A, Lilley DM. Folding of the natural hammerhead ribozyme is enhanced by interaction of auxiliary elements. RNA. 2004 May; 10(5):880-8.
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25. Raffo A, Lai JC, Stein CA, Miller P, Scaringe S, Khvorova A, Benimetskaya L. Antisense RNA down-regulation of bcl-2 expression in DU145 prostate cancer cells does not diminish the cytostatic effects of G3139 (Oblimersen). Clin Cancer Res. 2004 May 1; 10(9):3195-206.
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26. Huang F, Khvorova A, Marshall W, Sorkin A. Analysis of clathrin-mediated endocytosis of epidermal growth factor receptor by RNA interference. J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 16; 279(16):16657-61.
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27. Hsieh AC, Bo R, Manola J, Vazquez F, Bare O, Khvorova A, Scaringe S, Sellers WR. A library of siRNA duplexes targeting the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway: determinants of gene silencing for use in cell-based screens. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004; 32(3):893-901.
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28. Li T, Chang CY, Jin DY, Lin PJ, Khvorova A, Stafford DW. Identification of the gene for vitamin K epoxide reductase. Nature. 2004 Feb 5; 427(6974):541-4.
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29. Reynolds A, Leake D, Boese Q, Scaringe S, Marshall WS, Khvorova A. Rational siRNA design for RNA interference. Nat Biotechnol. 2004 Mar; 22(3):326-30.
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30. Khvorova A, Reynolds A, Jayasena SD. Functional siRNAs and miRNAs exhibit strand bias. Cell. 2003 Oct 17; 115(2):209-16.
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31. Khvorova A, Lescoute A, Westhof E, Jayasena SD. Sequence elements outside the hammerhead ribozyme catalytic core enable intracellular activity. Nat Struct Biol. 2003 Sep; 10(9):708-12.
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32. Wilson JA, Jayasena S, Khvorova A, Sabatinos S, Rodrigue-Gervais IG, Arya S, Sarangi F, Harris-Brandts M, Beaulieu S, Richardson CD. RNA interference blocks gene expression and RNA synthesis from hepatitis C replicons propagated in human liver cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 4; 100(5):2783-8.
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33. Wolfson AD, Khvorova AM, Sauter C, Florentz C, Giegé R. Mimics of yeast tRNAAsp and their recognition by aspartyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 1999 Sep 14; 38(37):11926-32.
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34. Khvorova AM, Motorin IuA, Vol'fson AD. [Mechanism of discrimination of tRNA(Phe) from E. coli by yeast phenylalanine-tRNA-synthetase]. Biokhimiia. 1993 Apr; 58(4):613-9.
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35. Khvorova AM, Motorin YuA , Wolfson AD, Gladilin KL. Anticodon-dependent aminoacylation of RNA minisubstrate by lysyl-tRNA synthetase. FEBS Lett. 1992 Dec 21; 314(3):256-8.
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36. Khvorova AM, Motorin IuA, Vol'fson AD. [Pyrophosphate-dependent inactivation of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase during aminoacylation of heterologous tRNA]. Biokhimiia. 1992 Dec; 57(12):1913-6.
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37. Khvorova AM, Motorin YuA , Wolfson AD. Crucial role of pyrophosphate in the aminoacylation of E. coli tRNA(Phe) by yeast phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase. FEBS Lett. 1992 Oct 19; 311(2):139-42.
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38. Khvorova AM, Motorin IuA, Vol'fson AD, Gladilin KL. [Specific aminoacylation of oligo U-CCA lysyl-tRNA-synthetase molecules]. Dokl Akad Nauk. 1992; 325(1):179-82.
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Keywords   
RNA, Small Interfering
RNA Interference
RNA, Double-Stranded
RNA, Catalytic
Transfection
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