Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

College of Pharmacy
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Zain Paroo, Ph.D.

Zain Paroo, Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor, Pharmacology





Contact Information
University of Illinois Medical Center
900 S. Ashland Ave
MBRB 3220, MC 870
Email: zparoo@uic.edu



Education


Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biochemistry, Southwestern Medical Center.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pharmacology, Southwestern Medical Center.

Ph.D., Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario.



Research Interests


Micro-RNA (miRNA)

Small-interfering RNA (siRNA)

Protein Biochemistry

RNA technologies and therapeutics




Publications (2007-2012)


Liu Q, Paroo Z. Dicer’s cut and switch. Science. 328: 314-315, 2010. DOI

Liu Q, Paroo Z. Biochemical principles of small RNA pathways. Annu Rev Biochem. 79, 2010.

Yoda M, Kawamata T, Paroo Z, Ye X, Liu Q, Tomari Y. ATP-dependent human RISC assembly pathways. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 17: 17-23, 2010.

Paroo Z, Ye X, Chen S, Liu Q. Phosphorylation of the human micro-RNA-generating complex mediates MAPK/Erk signaling. Cell. 139: 112-122, 2009.

Paroo Z, Pertsemlidis A. Micro-RNAs mature with help from cancer biology. Genome Biol. 10: 310, 2009.

Shan G, Li Y, Zhang J, Li W, Szulwach K, Duan R, Faghihi MA, Khalil AM, Lu L, Paroo Z, Chan A, Shi Z, Liu Q, Wahlestedt C, He C, Jin P. A small molecule enhances RNA interference and promotes microRNA processing. Nat Biotechnol. 26: 933-940, 2008.

Ye X, Paroo Z, Liu Q. Functional anatomy of the Drosophila microRNA-generating enzyme. J Biol Chem. 282: 28373-8, 2007.

Paroo Z, Liu Q, Wang X. Biochemical mechanisms of the RNA-induced silencing complex. Cell Res. 17:187-194, 2007.