Ermira Samara-Kuko

1.5k citations

13 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 10

Co-authors: Marinee Chuah Thierry VandenDriessche Janka Mátrai Abel Acosta‐Sanchez Ling Ma Zoltán Ivics Lajos Mátés Zsuzsanna Izsvák
Topics: Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers)CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers)RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Molecular Biology Oncology
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research Nature Communications Nature Genetics
Partner nations: Belgium United Kingdom Germany

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Ermira Samara-Kuko

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust stable gene transfer in vertebrates

2009 706 citations Lajos Mátés, Marinee Chuah et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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13 of 13 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-Term Functional Correction of Pompe Disease and Increased α-Glucosidase Expression after Gene Therapy with Novel Combinations of Muscle-Targeted Transcriptional Cis -Regulatory Elements 2025 ·Human Gene Therapy ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ermira Samara-Kuko,Fangye Gao,Marinee Chuah,Thierry VandenDriessche	0
2	Universal allogeneic CAR T cells engineered with Sleeping Beauty transposons and CRISPR-CAS9 for cancer immunotherapy 2022 ·Molecular Therapy ·Jaitip Tipanee,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Thierry Gevaert,Marinee Chuah,Thierry VandenDriessche	45
3	Validation of miR-20a as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Liver Carcinoma Using Hepatocyte-Specific Hyperactive piggyBac Transposons 2020 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·Jaitip Tipanee,Mario Di Matteo,Warut Tulalamba,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Jiri Keirsse,Jo A. Van Ginderachter,Marinee Chuah,Thierry VandenDriessche	10
4	Next-generation muscle-directed gene therapy by in silico vector design 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Shilpita Sarcar,Warut Tulalamba,Melvin Y. Rincón,Jaitip Tipanee,Hoa Pham,Hanneke Evens,(unknown),Ermira Samara-Kuko,Marleen Keyaerts,Mariana Loperfido,Emanuele Berardi,Susan Jarmin,Pieter In 'T Veld,George Dickson,Tony Lahoutte,Maurilio Sampaolesi,Pieter De Bleser,Thierry VandenDriessche,Marinee Chuah	43
5	Efficient In Vivo Liver-Directed Gene Editing Using CRISPR/Cas9 2018 ·Molecular Therapy ·Kshitiz Singh,Hanneke Evens,Nisha Nair,Melvin Y. Rincón,Shilpita Sarcar,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Marinee Chuah,Thierry VandenDriessche	44
6	piggyBactransposons expressing full-length human dystrophin enable genetic correction of dystrophic mesoangioblasts 2015 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Mariana Loperfido,Susan Jarmin,Sumitava Dastidar,Mario Di Matteo,Ilaria Perini,Marc T. Moore,Nisha Nair,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Takis Athanasopoulos,Francesco Saverio Tedesco,George Dickson,Maurilio Sampaolesi,Thierry VandenDriessche,Marinee Chuah	18
7	Genome-wide Computational Analysis Reveals Cardiomyocyte-specific Transcriptional Cis-regulatory Motifs That Enable Efficient Cardiac Gene Therapy 2014 ·Molecular Therapy ·Melvin Y. Rincón,Shilpita Sarcar,Dina Danso‐Abeam,Marleen Keyaerts,Janka Mátrai,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Takis Athanasopoulos,George Dickson,Tony Lahoutte,Pieter De Bleser,Thierry VandenDriessche,Marinee Chuah	33
8	Hepatocyte-targeted expression by integrase-defective lentiviral vectors induces antigen-specific tolerance in mice with low genotoxic risk 2011 ·Hepatology ·Janka Mátrai,Alessio Cantore,Cynthia C. Bartholomae,Andrea Annoni,Wei Wang,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Liesbeth De Waele,Ling Ma,Pietro Genovese,Martina Damo,Anne I.J. Arens,Kevin Goudy,Timothy C. Nichols,Christof von Kalle,Marinee Chuah,Maria Grazia Roncarolo,Manfred Schmidt,Thierry VandenDriessche,Luigi Naldini	111
9	Novel Hyperactive Transposons for Genetic Modification of Induced Pluripotent and Adult Stem Cells: A Non-Viral Paradigm for Coaxed Differentiation 2010 ·Molecular Therapy ·Eyayu Belay,Janka Mátrai,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Ling Ma,Mattia Quattrocelli,Lajos Mátés,Pau Sancho‐Bru,Martine Geraerts,Bin Yan,Joris Vermeesch,Melvin Y. Rincón,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Zoltán Ivics,Catherine M. Verfaillie,Maurilio Sampaolesi,Zsuzsanna Izsvák,Thierry VandenDriessche,Marinee Chuah	17
10	Novel Hyperactive Transposons for Genetic Modification of Induced Pluripotent and Adult Stem Cells: A Nonviral Paradigm for Coaxed Differentiation 2010 ·Stem Cells ·Eyayu Belay,Janka Mátrai,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Ling Ma,Mattia Quattrocelli,Lajos Mátés,Pau Sancho‐Bru,Martine Geraerts,Bing Yan,Joris Vermeesch,Melvin Y. Rincón,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Zoltán Ivics,Catherine M. Verfaillie,Maurilio Sampaolesi,Zsuzsanna Izsvák,Thierry VandenDriessche,Marinee Chuah	39
11	Sustained therapeutic factor IX expression in liver using integration-deficient lentiviral vectors. 2009 ·Human Gene Therapy ·Janka Mátrai,Marinee Chuah,Alessio Cantore,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Cynthia C. Bartholomae,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Ling Ma,Liesbeth De Waele,Manfred Schmidt,(unknown),Luigi Naldini,Thierry VandenDriessche	1
12	Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust stable gene transfer in vertebratesbreakdown → 2009 ·Nature Genetics ·Lajos Mátés,Marinee Chuah,Eyayu Belay,Boris Jerchow,Namitha Manoj,Abel Acosta‐Sanchez,Dawid P. Grzela,Andrea Schmitt,Katja Becker,Janka Mátrai,Ling Ma,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Conny Gysemans,(unknown),Csaba Miskey,Bradley S. Fletcher,Thierry VandenDriessche,Zoltán Ivics,Zsuzsanna Izsvák	706
13	Combinations of hepatocyte-specific transcription factor binding sites identified de novo using a novel bioinformatics algorithm yield robust liver-specific expression 2008 ·Human Gene Therapy ·(unknown),Marinee Chuah,(unknown),Bing Yan,Pieter De Bleser,Bart Hooghe,Janka Mátrai,Ling Ma,Ermira Samara-Kuko,Frans van Roy,Thierry VandenDriessche	1

About Ermira Samara-Kuko

Ermira Samara-Kuko is a scholar working on Aging, Business and International Management and Genetics, having authored 13 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (502 citations), Molecular Biology (868 citations) and Oncology (198 citations). Ermira Samara-Kuko has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Marinee Chuah, Thierry VandenDriessche, Janka Mátrai, Abel Acosta‐Sanchez, Ling Ma, Zoltán Ivics, Lajos Mátés, Zsuzsanna Izsvák, Eyayu Belay and Conny Gysemans. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

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