Obstetrics and Gynecology

Eric Devor, MS, PhD

Portrait

Mailing Address

Office: 3234 MERF
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: +1 319 335 8212
Email: eric-devor@uiowa.edu

Education

BS, Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1972
MS, Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1977
PhD, Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1979
Fellowship, Quantitative/Population Genetics , Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1985

Appointments

Primary: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Research Summary

Research is focused on microRNA (miRNA) expression and post-transcriptional gene regulation in endometrial cancer. Current research projects include quantitative expression of more than 650 human miRNAs in both endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma and endometrial serous adenocarcinoma; identification of the targets and function the microRNA miR-888 in endometrial cancer cell lines; and the role of microRNAs miR-135a and miR-135b in the Wnt signaling pathway in endometrial cancers.

Publications

  • Devor, E, Hovey, A, Goodheart, M, Ramachandran, S, Leslie, K. microRNA expression profiling of endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinomas and serous adenocarcinomas reveals profiles containing shared, unique and differentiating groups of microRNAs. Oncol Rep 26(4):995-1002, 2011. [PubMed]
  • Devor, E, Huang, L, Wise, A, Peek, A, Samollow, P. An X chromosome microRNA cluster in the marsupial species Monodelphis domestica. J Hered 102(5):577-83, 0. [PubMed]
  • Devor, E, Peek, A, Lanier, W, Samollow, P. Marsupial-specific microRNAs evolved from marsupial-specific transposable elements. Gene 448(2):187-91, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Abdurakhmonov, I, Devor, E, Buriev, Z, Huang, L, Makamov, A, Shermatov, S, Bozorov, T, Kushanov, F, Mavlonov, G, Abdukarimov, A. Small RNA regulation of ovule development in the cotton plant, G. hirsutum L. BMC Plant Biol 8:93, 2008. [PubMed]
  • Devor, E, Huang, L, Samollow, P. PiRNA-like RNAs in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica identify transcription clusters and likely marsupial transposon targets. Mamm Genome 19(7-8):581-6, 2008. [PubMed]
  • Devor, E, Samollow, P. In vitro and in silico annotation of conserved and nonconserved microRNAs in the genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica. J Hered 99(1):66-72, 0. [PubMed]
  • Melton, P, Briceño, I, Gómez, A, Devor, E J, Bernal, J E, Crawford, M H. Biological relationship between Central and South American Chibchan speaking populations: evidence from mtDNA. Am J Phys Anthropol 133(1):753-70, 2007. [PubMed]
  • Phillips-Krawczak, C, Devor, E, Zlojutro, M, Moffat-Wilson, K, Crawford, M. MtDNA variation in the Altai-Kizhi population of southern Siberia: a synthesis of genetic variation. Hum Biol 78(4):477-94, 2006. [PubMed]
  • Zlojutro, M, Rubicz, R, Devor, E, Spitsyn, V, Makarov, S, Wilson, K, Crawford, M. Genetic structure of the Aleuts and Circumpolar populations based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: a synthesis. Am J Phys Anthropol 129(3):446-64, 2006. [PubMed]
  • Devor, E. Primate microRNAs miR-220 and miR-492 lie within processed pseudogenes. J Hered 97(2):186-90, 0. [PubMed]