Publications
2017
Zarko Manojlovic, Ryan Earwood, Akiko Kato, Diana Perez, Oscar A Cabrera, Ruth Didier, Timothy L Megraw, Branko Stefanovic, Yoichi Kato. La-related protein 6 controls ciliated cell differentiation. Cilia 6 (1), 4. 2017 Publication Link
Milica Vukmirovic, Jose D Herazo-Maya, John Blackmon, Vesna Skodric-Trifunovic, Dragana Jovanovic, Sonja Pavlovic, Jelena Stojsic, Vesna Zeljkovic, Xiting Yan, Robert Homer, Branko Stefanovic, Naftali Kaminski. Identification and validation of differentially expressed transcripts by RNA-sequencing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) lung tissue from patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 17 (1), 15. 2017. Publication Link
Y Zhang, B Stefanovic. mTORC1 phosphorylates LARP6 to stimulate type I collagen expression.
Sci Rep. 2017, Jan 23;7:41173 Publication Link
2016
Zhang Y, Stefanovic B. Akt mediated phosphorylation of LARP6: critical step on biosynthesis of type I collagen. Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 2;6:22597 Publication Link
2015
Seet LF, Toh LZ, Finger SN, Chu SW, Stefanovic B, Wong TT. Valproic acid suppresses collagen by selective regulation of Smads in conjunctival fibrosis. J Mol Med (Berl). 2016 Mar;94(3):321-34. doi: 10.1007/s00109-015-1358-z. Epub 2015 Oct 27. Publication Link
2014
Stefanovic L, Longo L, Zhang Y, Stefanovic B. Characterization of binding of LARP6 to the 5'
stem-loop of collagen mRNAs: implications for synthesis of type I collagen. RNA Biol.
2014;11(11):1386-401. Publication Link
Wang H., Stefanovic B. Role of LARP6 and nonmuscle myosin in partitioning of collagen mRNAs to the ER membrane. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 1;9(10):e108870. Publication Link
Manojlovic Z., Earwood R., Kato A., Stefanovic B., Kato Y. RFX7 is required for the formation of cilia in the neural tube. Mech. Dev. 2014, Feb. Publication Link
Blackstock C., Higashi Y., Sukhanov S., Shai SV., Stefanovic B., Tabony FM., Yoshida T., Delafontain P. Insulin-like growth factor 1 increases synthesis of collagen type I via induction of the mRNA binding protein LARP6 and binding to the 5’ stem-loop of col1A1 and col1A2 mRNA. J. Biol. Chem. 2014, Jan. Publication Link
2013
Vukmirovic M, Manojlovic Z, Stefanovic B. Serine-threonine kinase receptor associated protein (STRAP) regulates translation of type I collagen mRNAs. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Oct; 33 (19):3896-3906. Publication Link
Manojlovic Z, Blackmon J, Stefanovic B. Tacrolimus (FK506) prevents early stages of ethanol induced hepatic fibrosis by targeting LARP6 dependent mechanism of collagen synthesis. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 3;8(6):e65897. Publication Link
2012
Manojlovic Z, Stefanovic B. A novel role of RNA helicase A in regulation of translation of type I collagen mRNAs. RNA. 2012 Feb;18(2):321-34. Publication Link
Stefanovic, L., & Stefanovic, B. (2012). Cytokine receptor-like factor 1 (CRLF1) is expressed in activated hepatic stellate cells and fibrotic livers and downregulates expression of type III collagen. World Journal of Hepatology. Jan, 2013. Publication Link
Challa, A., Vukmirovic, M., & Stefanovic, B. (2012). The anti-fibrotic effects of Withaferin-A in cultured cells and in a mouse model of myocardial fibrosis. PLoS ONE 7(8): e42989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042989 Publication Link
Manojlovic, Z., & Stefanovic, B. (2012). A novel role of RNA helicase A in regulation of translation of type I collagen mRNAs. RNA, 18(2), 321-34. Publication Link
2011
Challa, A., & Stefanovic, B. (2011). A novel role of vimentin filaments: binding and stabilization of collagen mRNAs. Mol Cell Biol, 31(18), 3773-89. Publication Link
Parsons, C. J., Stefanovic, B., Seki, E., Aoyama, T., Latour, A. M., Marzluff, W. F., Rippe, R. A., & Brenner, D. A. (2011). Mutation of the 5 '-Untranslated Region Stem-Loop Structure Inhibits alpha 1(I) Collagen Expression in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(10), 8609-8619. Publication Link
2010
Cai, L., Fritz, D., Stefanovic, L., & Stefanovic, B. (2010). Nonmuscle Myosin-Dependent Synthesis of Type I Collagen. J Mol Biol, 401(4), 564-578. Publication Link
Cai, L., Fritz, D., Stefanovic, L., & Stefanovic, B. (2010). Binding of LARP6 to the Conserved 5 ' Stem-Loop Regulates Translation of mRNAs Encoding Type I Collagen. J Mol Biol, 395(2), 309-326. Publication Link