
The Adar Lab
קבוצת אדר

The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine
הפקולטה לרפואה של האוניברסיטה העברית

Publications
1. Mielko, Z. Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Schaich, M.A.,Schnable, B., Burdinski, D., Adar, S., Pufall, M.,
Van Houten, B., Gordan, R., Afek, A.. (2022) “UV irradiation remodels the specificity landscape
of transcription factors”, PNAS, 120(11): e2217422120
2. Blessing, C., Apelt, K., González-Prieto, R., van den Heuvel, D., Gonzalez Leal C., Rother, M.B.,
van der Woude. M., Yifrach, A., Parnas. A., Shah, R.G., Tyrsett, T.K., Boer, D., Cai, J., Kragten,
A., Kim, H.-S., Schärer O.D., Vertegaal, A.C.O., Shah, G.M., Adar, S., Lans, H., van Attikum, H.,
Ladurner, A.G., and Luijsterburg, M.S. (2022) “XPC-PARP complexes engage the chromatin
remodeler ALC1 to catalyze global genome DNA damage repair”, Nature comm, 13(1):4762.
3. Alfi, O., Hamdan, M., Wald, O., Yakirevitch, A., Wandel, O., Oiknine-Djian, E., Gvili, B.,
Knoller, H., Rozendorn, N., Golan Berman H., Adar, S., Vorontsov, O., Mandelboim, M., Zakay-
Rones, Z., Oberbaum, M., Panet, A., Wolf, D.G. (2022) “SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Induces
Enhanced Mucosal Interferon Response Compared to other Variants of Concern, Associated with
Restricted Replication in Human Lung Tissues”. Viruses 14(7):1583
4. Nasereddin, A., Golan Berman, H., Wolf, D.G., Oiknine-Djian, E., Adar S. (2022) “Identification
of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern using amplicon next generation sequencing”, Microbiology
Spectrum, accepted.
5. Wegner, F., T. Roloff, M. Huber, S. Cordey, A. Ramette, Y. Gerth, C. Bertelli, M. Stange, H. M.
B. Seth-Smith, A. Mari, K. Leuzinger, L. Cerutti, K. Harshman, I. Xenarios, P. Le Mercier, P.
Bittel, S. Neuenschwander, O. Opota, J. Fuchs, M. Panning, C. Michel, M. Hallin, T. Demuyser,
R. De Mendonca, P. Savelkoul, J. Dingemans, B. van der Veer, S. A. Boers, E. C. J. Claas, J. P. M.
Coolen, W. J. G. Melchers, M. Gunell, T. Kallonen, T. Vuorinen, A. J. Hakanen, E. Bernhoff, M.
A. K. Hetland, H. Golan Berman, S. Adar, J. Moran-Gilad, D. G. Wolf, S. L. Leib, O. Nolte, L.
Kaiser, S. Schmutz, V. Kufner, M. Zaheri, A. Trkola, H. V. Aamot, H. H. Hirsch, G. Greub, and
A. Egli. (2022) “External Quality Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing: an ESGMD-SSM
Pilot Trial across 15 European Laboratories." J Clin Microbiol 60(1):e0169821
6. Yaakov, A., Vardi, O., Blumenfeld, B., Greenberg, A., Massey, D.J., Koren, A., Adar, S., Simon,
I., and Rosenberg, S., (2021) “Cancer mutational processes vary in their association with
replication timing and chromatin accessibility”. Cancer Res. 81(24):6106-6116
7. Douki T. and Adar S. (2021) “UV-induced formation of DNA damage in cells and their
mutational consequences”, chapter in the book “DNA photodamage”, The Royal Society of
Chemistry.
8. Golan-Berman, H., Chauhan, P., Shalev, S., Hassanain, H., Parnas, A., and Adar, S..(2021)
Genomic characterization of cisplatin response uncovers priming of cisplatin-induces genes in a
resistant cell line. IJMS 22(11):5814
9. Heilbrun, E.E., Meirav, M., Adar, S. (2021) “Exons and introns exhibit transcriptional strand
asymmetry of dinucleotide distribution, damage formation and DNA repair”, NAR genom.
Bioinform. 3(1):lqab020.
10. Heilbrun, E.E., Meirav, M., Parnas A., Adar, S. (2020) “The Hardwired transcriptional response
to DNA damage”, Current opinions in Systems Biology, invited review, Current Opinion in
Systems Biology 19:1-7.
11. van der Weegen Y, Golan-Berman H, Mevissen TET, Apelt K, González-Prieto R, Goedhart J,
Heilbrun EE, Vertegaal ACO, van den Heuvel D, Walter JC, Adar S, Luijsterburg MS. (2020)
“The cooperative action of CSB, CSA, and UVSSA target TFIIH to DNA damage-stalled RNA
polymerase II.” Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 30;11(1):2104.
12. Milo-Cochavi S., Adar S., and Covo S. (2019) “Developmentally-regulated oscillations in the
expression of UV repair genes in a soilborne plant pathogen dictate UV repair efficiency and
survival”, mBio.10(6):e02623-19
13. Hu, J. Selby CP. Adar, S. Adebali, O. and Sancar A. (2017) “Molecular mechanisms and genomic
maps of DNA excision repair in E.coli and humans”, J. Biol. Chem. 292(38):15588 –15597
14. Hu, J. Adebali, O. Adar, S. and Sancar A. (2017) “Dynamic maps of UV damage formation
and repair for the human genome”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 114(26):6758-6763.
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15. Li, W. Hu, J. Adebali, O. Adar, S. Yang, Y. Chiou, Y. and Sancar, A. (2017) “Human
genome-wide repair map of DNA damage cased by the cigarette smoke carcinogen
benzo[a]pyrene”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 114(26):6752-6757.
16. Hu, J. and Adar, S. (2017) “The cartography of UV-induced DNA damage formation and
DNA repair”, Photochem Photobiol. 93(1):199-206 , Corresponding author, invited review.
17. Hu, J., Lieb, JD., Sancar, A., Adar, S. (2016), “Cisplatin DNA damage and repair maps of the
human genome at single-nucleotide resolution”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 113(41):11507-
11512. Co-corresponding author.
18. Adar, S. * , Hu, J. * , Lieb, JD. and Sancar, A. (2016), “Genomewide kinetics of DNA excision
repair in relation to chromatin state and mutagenesis”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
113(6):E2124-E2133 * Equal contribution
19. Hu, J. * , Adar, S. * , Selby, PY., Lieb, JD. and Sancar, A.(2015), “Genome-Wide analysis of
human global and transcription-coupled excision repair of UV damage at single-nucleotide
resolution”, Genes and Development 29:948-960. * Equal contribution
20. Annayev, Y., Adar, S., Chiou, YY., Lieb, JD., Sancar, A., Ye, R. (2014) “Gene model 129
(gm129) encodes a novel transcriptional repressor that modulates circadian gene expression.” J.
Biol. Chem. 289(8):5013-24.
21. ENCODE Project Consortium (2012), “An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the
human genome” Nature 489(7414):57-74
22. Adar, S., Izhar, L. Hendel, A., Geacintov, N. and Livneh, Z (2009). "Repair of gaps opposite
lesions by homologous recombination in mammalian cells" Nucleic Acid Research 37(17):5737-
48.
23. Shachar, S., Ziv, O., Avkin ,S., Adar, S., Wittschieben, J., Reibner, T. Chaney, S., Friedberg,
EC., Wang, Z., Carell, T., Geacintov, N., (2009) “Two-Polymerase Mechanisms Dictate Error-Free
and Error-Prone Translesion DNA Synthesis in Mammals.” EMBO J 28(4): 383-393.
24. Adar, S. and Livneh, Z (2006). “Translesion DNA synthesis across non-DNA segments in
cultured human cells”. DNA Repair 5(4):479-90.
25. Avkin, S., Adar, S., Blander, G. and Livneh, Z. (2001). “Quantitative measurement of
translesion replication in human cells: evidence for bypass of abasic sites by a replicative DNA
polymerase.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99(6): 3764-9.