Publications as first author


Hierarchical buffering of cellular RNA polymerase II pools maintains transcriptional homeostasis

Gillis A, Cacioppo R, …, Vidakovic AT, Berry S (2025)

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CRL3ARMC5 ubiquitin ligase and Integrator phosphatase form parallel mechanisms to control early stages of RNA Pol II transcription

Cacioppo R*, Gillis A*, Shlamovitz I*, Zeller A*, …, Berry S, Vidaković AT. (2024)

Molecular Cell 84.24 (2024): 4808-4823.

* contributed equally as first author


Global control of RNA polymerase II

Gillis A, Berry S (2024)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms (2024): 195024.

* contributed equally as first author


Critical assessment of G protein-biased agonism at the μ-opioid receptor

Gillis A*, Kliewer A*, …, Canals M. (2020)

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 41(12):947-959.


Intrinsic efficacy of opioid ligands and its importance for apparent bias, operational analysis, and therapeutic window

Gillis A, Sreenivasan V, Christie MJ (2020)

Molecular Pharmacology 98(4):410-424.


* contributed equally as first author

Morphine‐induced respiratory depression is independent of
β‐arrestin2 signalling

Kliewer A*, Gillis A*, Hill R*, …, Christie MJ, Schulz S. (2020)

British Journal of Pharmacology 177(13):2923-2931..


* contributed equally as first author

Low intrinsic efficacy for G protein activation can explain the improved side effect profiles of new opioid agonists

Gillis A*, Gondin AB*, …, Christie MJ, Canals M. (2020)

Science Signaling 13(625):eaaz3140


Publications as contributing author


Peripheral administration of selective glycine transporter-2 inhibitor, oleoyl-d-lysine, reverses chronic neuropathic pain but not acute or inflammatory pain in male mice

Wilson BS, Peiser-Oliver J, Gillis A, …, Vandenberg RJ, Mohammadi SA. (2022)

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 382(3):246-255.


A tetrapeptide class of biased analgesics from an Australian fungus targets the μ-opioid receptor.

Dekan Z*, Sianati S*, Yousuf A*, Sutcliffe KJ*, Gillis A, …, Christie MJ. (2019)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(44):22353-22358.

* contributed equally as first author