Iva Lukić

E-mail: iva.lukic@vin.bg.ac.rs; iva.simic.1983@gmail.com
Phone: + 381 11 2455 561
ORCID: 0000-0002-5334-5702
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  • PhD: Faculty of  Biology, University of Belgrade; 2014.
    Title: "Analysis of lymphocyte glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation in healthy subjects and patients with current episode of depressive disorder"

    BSc: Molecular Biology and Physiology; Faculty of  Biology, University of Belgrade, 2008.

    Professional training

    2009 - University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    2015 – 2018 Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel

  • Research fields

    stress, depression, antidepressants, gut microbiota

    Selected publications

    1. Simic I, Adzic M, Maric N, Savic D, Djordjevic J, Mihaljevic M, Mitic M, Pavlovic Z, Soldatovic I, Krstic-Demonacos M, Jasovic-Gasic M, Radojcic M. (2013) A preliminary evaluation of leukocyte phospho-glucocorticoid receptor as a potential biomarker of depressogenic vulnerability in healthy adults. Psychiatry Res. 209(3): 658-664.
    2. Simic I, Maric N, Mitic M, Soldatovic I, Pavlovic Z, Mihaljevic M, Andric S, Radojcic M, Adzic M. (2013) Phosphorylation of leukocyte glucocorticoid receptor in patients with current episode of major depressive disorder. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry 40: 281-285.
    3. Lukic I, Mitic M, Djordjevic J, Tatalovic N, Bozovic N, Soldatovic I, Mihaljevic M, Pavlovic Z, Radojcic MB, Maric NP, Adzic M. (2014) Lymphocyte levels of redox-sensitive transcription factors and antioxidative enzymes as indicators of pro-oxidative state in depressive patients. Neuropsychobiology 70(1): 1-9.
    4. Lukic I, Getselter D, Koren O, Elliott E. (2019) Role of tryptophan in microbiota-induced depressive-like behavior: evidence from tryptophan depletion study. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 13, 123
    5. Lukic I, Getselter D, Ziv O, Oron O, Reuveni E, Koren O, Elliott E. (2019) Antidepressants affect gut microbiota and Ruminococcus flavefaciens is able to abolish their effects on depressive-like behavior. Translational Psychiatry 9 (1), 133.