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Lisa A. Cirillo PhD

Assistant Dean, Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Cell Biology Neurobiology and Anatomy

Member of the Cancer Center

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Publications (21)

  • Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived hepatocytes provide insights on parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis in the immature liver. (Nghiem-Rao TH, Pfeifer C, Asuncion M, Nord J, Schill D, Pulakanti K, Patel SB, Cirillo LA, Rao S) Sci Rep 2021 Jun 11;11(1):12386 PMID: 34117281 PMCID: PMC8196029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107825189 06/13/2021       11 Citations
  • FoxO1 and FoxA1/2 form a complex on DNA and cooperate to open chromatin at insulin-regulated genes. (Schill D, Nord J, Cirillo LA) Biochem Cell Biol 2019 Apr;97(2):118-129 PMID: 30142277 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063944415 08/25/2018       9 Citations
  • HyCCAPP as a tool to characterize promoter DNA-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Guillen-Ahlers H, Rao PK, Levenstein ME, Kennedy-Darling J, Perumalla DS, Jadhav AY, Glenn JP, Ludwig-Kubinski A, Drigalenko E, Montoya MJ, Göring HH, Anderson CD, Scalf M, Gildersleeve HI, Cole R, Greene AM, Oduro AK, Lazarova K, Cesnik AJ, Barfknecht J, Cirillo LA, Gasch AP, Shortreed MR, Smith LM, Olivier M) Genomics 2016 Jun;107(6):267-73 PMID: 27184763 PMCID: PMC5017017 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84969263291 05/18/2016       12 Citations
  • Loss of Interdependent Binding by the FoxO1 and FoxA1/A2 Forkhead Transcription Factors Culminates in Perturbation of Active Chromatin Marks and Binding of Transcriptional Regulators at Insulin-sensitive Genes. (Yalley A, Schill D, Hatta M, Johnson N, Cirillo LA) J Biol Chem 2016 Apr 15;291(16):8848-61 PMID: 26929406 PMCID: PMC4861452 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84965080942 03/02/2016       24 Citations
  • Sequence-specific capture of protein-DNA complexes for mass spectrometric protein identification. (Wu CH, Chen S, Shortreed MR, Kreitinger GM, Yuan Y, Frey BL, Zhang Y, Mirza S, Cirillo LA, Olivier M, Smith LM) PLoS One 2011;6(10):e26217 PMID: 22028835 PMCID: PMC3197616 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80054776386 10/27/2011       26 Citations
  • Dynamic association of gammaherpesvirus DNA with core histone during de novo lytic infection of primary cells. (Mounce BC, Tsan FC, Kohler S, Cirillo LA, Tarakanova VL) Virology 2011 Dec 20;421(2):167-72 PMID: 22018782 PMCID: PMC3210866 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80355146848 10/25/2011       15 Citations
  • Gammaherpesvirus gene expression and DNA synthesis are facilitated by viral protein kinase and histone variant H2AX. (Mounce BC, Tsan FC, Droit L, Kohler S, Reitsma JM, Cirillo LA, Tarakanova VL) Virology 2011 Nov 25;420(2):73-81 PMID: 21943826 PMCID: PMC3204369 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80054053305 09/29/2011       19 Citations
  • Stable chromatin binding prevents FoxA acetylation, preserving FoxA chromatin remodeling. (Kohler S, Cirillo LA) J Biol Chem 2010 Jan 01;285(1):464-72 PMID: 19897491 PMCID: PMC2804194 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-73649108251 11/10/2009       31 Citations
  • Acetylation curtails nucleosome binding, not stable nucleosome remodeling, by FoxO1. (Hatta M, Liu F, Cirillo LA) Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009 Feb 20;379(4):1005-8 PMID: 19146829 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-58949091250 01/17/2009       27 Citations
  • Many forkheads in the road to regulation. Symposium on forkhead transcription factor networks in development, signalling and disease. (Cirillo LA, Barton MC) EMBO Rep 2008 Aug;9(8):721-4 PMID: 18617889 PMCID: PMC2515216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-48649105262 07/12/2008       10 Citations
  • Epigenetic silencing of maspin expression occurs early in the conversion of keratocytes to fibroblasts. (Horswill MA, Narayan M, Warejcka DJ, Cirillo LA, Twining SS) Exp Eye Res 2008 Apr;86(4):586-600 PMID: 18291368 PMCID: PMC2374753 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-41049108425 02/23/2008       23 Citations
  • Chromatin opening and stable perturbation of core histone:DNA contacts by FoxO1. (Hatta M, Cirillo LA) J Biol Chem 2007 Dec 07;282(49):35583-93 PMID: 17923482 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-37249054901 10/10/2007       109 Citations
  • Specific interactions of the wing domains of FOXA1 transcription factor with DNA. (Cirillo LA, Zaret KS) J Mol Biol 2007 Feb 23;366(3):720-4 PMID: 17189638 PMCID: PMC1793999 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33846589909 12/27/2006       67 Citations
  • Integrase-specific enhancement and suppression of retroviral DNA integration by compacted chromatin structure in vitro. (Taganov KD, Cuesta I, Daniel R, Cirillo LA, Katz RA, Zaret KS, Skalka AM) J Virol 2004 Jun;78(11):5848-55 PMID: 15140982 PMCID: PMC415796 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-2442707756 05/14/2004       51 Citations
  • Preparation of defined mononucleosomes, dinucleosomes, and nucleosome arrays in vitro and analysis of transcription factor binding. (Cirillo LA, Zaret KS) Methods Enzymol 2004;375:131-58 PMID: 14870664 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-1642494596 02/12/2004       8 Citations
  • The CBP bromodomain and nucleosome targeting are required for Zta-directed nucleosome acetylation and transcription activation. (Deng Z, Chen CJ, Chamberlin M, Lu F, Blobel GA, Speicher D, Cirillo LA, Zaret KS, Lieberman PM) Mol Cell Biol 2003 Apr;23(8):2633-44 PMID: 12665567 PMCID: PMC152567 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037383691 04/01/2003       44 Citations
  • Opening of compacted chromatin by early developmental transcription factors HNF3 (FoxA) and GATA-4. (Cirillo LA, Lin FR, Cuesta I, Friedman D, Jarnik M, Zaret KS) Mol Cell 2002 Feb;9(2):279-89 PMID: 11864602 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036184236 02/28/2002       1018 Citations
  • An early developmental transcription factor complex that is more stable on nucleosome core particles than on free DNA. (Cirillo LA, Zaret KS) Mol Cell 1999 Dec;4(6):961-9 PMID: 10635321 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033388099 01/15/2000       207 Citations
  • Binding of the winged-helix transcription factor HNF3 to a linker histone site on the nucleosome. (Cirillo LA, McPherson CE, Bossard P, Stevens K, Cherian S, Shim EY, Clark KL, Burley SK, Zaret KS) EMBO J 1998 Jan 02;17(1):244-54 PMID: 9427758 PMCID: PMC1170375 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032472365 02/28/1998       340 Citations
  • Developmental regulation of alpha-fetoprotein expression in intestinal epithelial cells of transgenic mice. (Cirillo LA, Emerson JA, Vacher J, Tyner AL) Dev Biol 1995 Apr;168(2):395-405 PMID: 7537233 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028987053 04/01/1995       6 Citations
  • The zonal expression of alpha-fetoprotein transgenes in the livers of adult mice. (Emerson JA, Vacher J, Cirillo LA, Tilghman SM, Tyner AL) Dev Dyn 1992 Sep;195(1):55-66 PMID: 1284040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0027049369 09/01/1992       26 Citations
    • Last update: 11/25/2025