Recent Scientific Achievements

2012

Hatzioannou A, Alevizaki M, Carayanniotis G, Lymberi P. (2012) Fine epitope mapping within the pathogenic thyroglobulin peptide 2340-2359: minimal epitopes retaining antigenicity across various MHC haplotypes are not necessarily immunogenic. Immunology;135(3):245-53.

Gouzelou E, Haralambous C, Amro A, Mentis A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Votypka J, Volf P, Ozensoy Toz S, Kuhls K, Schönian G, Soteriadou K. (2012). Multilocus Microsatellite Typing (MLMT) of Strains from Turkey and Cyprus Reveals a Novel Monophyletic L. donovani Sensu Lato Group. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 6(2):e1507.

Soares MB, Silva CV, Bastos TM, Guimarães ET, Figueira CP, Smirlis D, Azevedo WF Jr. (2012). Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity of nicotinamide. Acta Trop. 122(2):224-9

Breurec S, Michel R, Seck A, Brisse S, Côme D, Garin B, Huerre M, Mbengue M, Fall C, Sgouras DN, Thiberge  JM, Dia D, and Raymond J. (2012). Clinical Relevance of cagA and vacA Gene Polymorphisms in Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Senegalese Patients. Clinical Microbiology and Infection;18(2):153-9

2011

Breurec S, Michel R, Seck A, Brisse S, Côme D, Garin B, Huerre M, Mbengue M, Fall C, Sgouras DN, Thiberge  JM, Dia D, and Raymond J. (2011) Clinical Relevance of cagA and vacA Gene Polymorphisms in Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Senegalese Patients. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (in press).

D’ Andrea MM, Literacka E, Zioga A, Giani T, Baraniak A, Fiett J, Sadowy E, Tassios PT, Rossolini GM, Gniadkowski M, Miriagou V (2011) Evolution of a multi-drug-resistant Proteus mirabilis clone with chromosomal AmpC-type cephalosporinases spreading in Europe. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (in press).

Elkouris M, Balaskas N, Poulou M, Politis PK, Panayiotou E, Malas S, Thomaidou D, Remboutsika E. (2010) Sox1 Maintains the Undifferentiated State of Cortical Neural Progenitor Cells Via the Suppression of Prox1-Mediated Cell Cycle Exit and Neurogenesis.  Stem Cells 29(1):89-98.

Emmanouil M, Taoufik E, Tseveleki V, Vamvakas S-S, Probert L. (2011). A Role for Neuronal NF-κB in Suppressing Neuroinflammation and Promoting Neuroprotection in the CNS. Adv Exp Med Biol. 691:575-81.

Ghezzi P, Bernaudin M, Bianchi R, Blomgren K, Brines M, Campana W, Cavaletti G, Cerami A, Chopp M, Coleman T, Digicaylioglu M, Ehrenreich H, Erbayraktar S, Erbayraktar Z, Gassmann M, Genc S, Gokmen N, Grasso G, Juul S, Lipton SA, Hand CC, Latini R, Lauria G, Leist M, Newton SS, Petit E, Probert L, Sfacteria A, Siren AL, Talan M, Thiemermann C, Westenbrink D, Yaqoob M, Zhu C (2011). Erythropoietin: not just about erythropoiesis. Lancet. 375(9732):2142.

Giakkoupi P, Papagiannitsis CC, Miriagou V, Pappa O, Polemis M, Tryphinopoulou K, Tzouvelekis LS, Vatopoulos AC (2011) An update of the evolving epidemic of bla_KPc-2-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece (2009-2010). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (in press).

Hentschke M, Kotsakis SD, Wolters M, Heisig P, Miriagou V, Aepfelbacher M. CMY-42, a novel plasmid-mediated CMY-2 variant AmpC β-lactamase. Microbial Drug Resistance (in press).

Kalliampakou KI, Kouri ED, Boleti H, Pavli O, Maurousset L, Udvardi MK, Katinakis P, Lemoine R, Flemetakis E. ( 2011).Cloning and functional characterization of LjPLT4, a plasma membrane xylitol H(+)- symporter from Lotus japonicus. Mol Membr Biol. 28(1):1-13.

Koval L, Lykhmus O, Kalashnyk O, Bachinskaya N, Kravtsova G, Soldatkina M, Zouridakis M, Stergiou C, Tzartos S, Tsetlin V, Komisarenko S, Skok M. (2011) The presence and origin of autoantibodies against α4 and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the human blood: Possible relevance to Alzheimer’s pathology. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011 May 13 (in press).

Lavdas AA, Papastefanaki F, Thomaidou D, Matsas R. (2011) Cell adhesion molecules in gene and cell therapy approaches for nervous system repair. Curr Gene Ther. 11 (2):90-100.

Lioupis C, Barbatis C, Drougou A, Koliaraki V, Mamalaki A, Klonaris C, Georgopoulos S, Andrikopoulos V, Bastounis E. Association of haptoglobin genotype and common cardiovascular risk factors with the amount of iron in atherosclerotic carotid plaques. Atherosclerosis.  216(1):131-8.

Lykhmus O, Koval L, Skok M, Zouridakis M, ZisimopoulouP, TzartosSJ, Tsetlin VI, Granon S, Changeux JP, Komisarenko S, and Cloëz-Tayarani I. (2011) Antibodies against extracellular domains of alpha4 and alpha7 subunits alter the levels of nicotinic receptors in the mouse brain and affect memory: Possible relevance to Alzheimer’s disease pathology. J Alzheimers Dis. Feb 14 (in press).

Mankertz A, Mihneva Z, Gold H, Baumgarte S, Baillot A, Helble R, Roggendorf H, Bosevska G, Nedeljkovic J, Makowka A, Hutse V, Holzmann H, Aberle SW, Cordey S, Necula G, Mentis A, Korukluoğlu G, Carr M, Brown KE, Hübschen JM, Muller CP and Mulders MN. (2011) Spread of measles virus D4-Hamburg in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases  (in press).

Mathioudaki K, Scorilas A, Αrdavanis A, Lymberi P, Tsiambas E, Devetzi M, Apostolaki A, Talieri M. (2011) Clinical evaluation of PRMT1 gene expression in breast cancer. Tumour Biol Jun; 32(3):575-82.

Mavroidi A, Tzelepi E, Siatravani E, Godoy D, Miriagou V, Spratt BG. Analysis of emergence of quinolone-resistant gonococci in Greece by combined use of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Multi-Antigen Sequence Typing and Multi-Locus Sequence Typing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 49, 1196-1201.

Melidou A, Gioula G, Pogka V, Exindari M, Moutoussi A, Sgouras D, Papadakos K, Chatzidimitriou D, Karabaxoglou D, Mentis A and Malisiovas N. (2011) Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of Greek measles 2010 strains. Epidemiology and Infection (in press).

Papagiannitsis CC, Kotsakis SD, Petinaki E, Vatopoulos AC, Tzelepi E, Miriagou V, Tzouvelekis LS. Characterization of metallo-β-lactamase VIM-27, an A57S mutant of VIM-1 associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011 (in press).

Papagiannitsis CC, Tzouvelekis LS, Kotsakis SD, Tzelepi E, Miriagou V. Sequence of pR3521, an IncB self-transferable replicon from Escherichia coli encoding ACC-4, SCO-1, and TEM-1 β-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011, 55, 376-381.

Pogka V, Kossivakis A, Kalliaropoulos A, Moutousi A, Sgouras D, Panagiotopoulos T, Chrousos GP, Theodoridou M, Syriopoulou VP and Mentis AF. (2011) Respiratory viruses involved in Influenza-like Illness in a Greek pediatric population during the winter period of the years 2005-2008. Journal of Medical Virology (in press).

Smirlis D, Soteriadou K (2011). Trypanosomatid apoptosis: ‘Apoptosis’ without the canonical regulators. Virulence 2011 May 1;2(3).

Stergiou, Ch.,  Zisimopoulou, P., and  Tzartos, S.J. (2011). Expression of water-soluble, ligand-binding concatameric extracellular domains of the human neuronal nicotinic receptor alpha4 and beta2 subunits in the yeast pichia pastoris. Glycosylation is not required for ligand binding. J. Biol. Chem. 286: 8884-92.

2010

Avlami A, Bekris S, Ganteris G, Kraniotaki E, Malamou-Lada E, Orphanidou M, Paniara O, Pantazatou A, Papagiannitsis CC, Platsouka E, Stefanou I, Tzelepi E, Vagiakou H, Miriagou V. Detection of metallo-β-lactamase genes in clinical specimens by a commercial multiplex PCR system. Journal of Microbiological Methods 83, 185-187.

Boleti H, Smirlis D, Dalagiorgou G, Meurs EF, Christoforidis S, Mavromara P (2010) ER targeting and retention of the HCV NS4B protein relies on the concerted action of multiple structural features including its transmembrane domains. Mol Membr Biol. 27(1):50-74.

Cole MJ, Chisholm SA, Hoffmann S, Stary A, Lowndes C, Ison CA, and the European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESSTI) Network. European surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2010, 86, 427-432.

Evangelidou M, Tseveleki V, Vamvakas S-S, Probert L (2010). TNFRI is a positive T-cell costimulatory molecule important for the timing of cytokine responses. Immunol. Cell Biol. Jul; 88(5):586-95.

Garcia-Fernadez A, Miriagou V, Papagiannitsis CC, Giordano A, Venditti M, Mancini C, Carattoli A (2010). An ertapenem-resistant ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone which carries a novel OmpK36 porin variant. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 54, 4178-4184.

Gattenlöhner S, Jörissen H, Huhn M, Vincent A, Beeson D, Tzartos S, Mamalaki A, Etschmann B, Muller-Hermelink HK, Koscielniak E, Barth S, Marx A. A human recombinant autoantibody-based immunotoxin specific for the fetal acetylcholine receptor inhibits rhabdomyosarcoma growth in vitro and in a murine transplantation model. J Biomed Biotechnol. (2010) 187621.

Kaltezioti V, Kouroupi G, Oikonomaki M, Mantouvalou E, Charonis A, Rohrer H, Matsas R and Politis PK (2010) Prox1 suppresses Notch1 gene expression to regulate neurogenesis in the spinal cord, PLOS Biology, Dec 21;8(12):e1000565.

Katsarou Κ, Lavdas ΑΑ, Tsitoura P, Serti E, Markoulatos P, Mavromara P and Urania Georgopoulou U (2010). Endocytosis of hepatitis C virus non-enveloped capsid-like particles induces MAPK-ERK1/2 signalling events. Cell Mol Life Sci.  67(14):2491-506.

Keefe, D., Parng , C., Lundberg, D., Ray, S., Martineau-Bosc, J., Leng, C., Tzartos, S., Powell , J., Concino, M., Michael Heartlein, M.,   Lamsa. J., and Josiah, S. (2010). In vitro characterization of an acetylcholine receptor-transferrin fusion protein for the treatment of Myasthenia Gravis. Autoimmunity, 43(8):628-39.

Kotsakis SD, Miriagou V, Tzelepi E, Tzouvelekis LS (2010) Comparative biochemical and computational study of the role of naturally occurring mutations at Ambler’s positions 104 and 170 in GES β-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2010, 54, 4864-4871.

Kotsakis SD, Papagiannitsis CC, Tzelepi E, Legakis NJ, Miriagou V, Tzouvelekis LS (2010). GES-13, a novel β-lactamase variant possessing Lys-104 and Asn-170 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 54, 1331-3.

Kouroupi G, Lavdas AA, Gaitanou M, Thomaidou D, Stylianopoulou F and Matsas R (2010) Lentivirus-mediated expression of insulin-like growth factor-I promotes neural stem/precursor cell proliferation and enhances their potential to generate neurons J Neurochem, 115:460-475. Jul 31.

Lagoumintzis G, Zisimopoulou P, Kordas G, Lazaridis K, Poulas K, Tzartos SJ (2010). Recent approaches to the development of antigen-specific immunotherapies for myasthenia gravis. Autoimmunity. 43:436-45.

Lavdas AA, Efrose R, Douris V, Gaitanou M, Swevers L, Thomaidou D, Iatrou K and Matsas R (2010) Soluble forms of the cell adhesion molecule L1 produced by insect and baculovirus-transduced mammalian cells enhance Schwann cell motility J Neurochem 115:1137–1149.

Lavdas AA, Chen J, Papastefanaki F, Chen S, Schachner M, Matsas R and Thomaidou D (2010) Schwann cells engineered to express the cell adhesion molecule L1 accelerate myelination and motor recovery after spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol 221:206–216.

Lekka E, Gritzapis AD, Perez SA, Tsavaris N, Missitzis I, Mamalaki A, Papamichail M, Baxevanis CN. Identification and characterization of a HER-2/neu epitope as a potential target for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2010 May;59(5):715-27.

Lykhmus, O , Koval, L., Pavlovych, S., Zouridakis, M., Zisimopoulou, P., Tzartos, S., Tsetlin, V., Volpina, O., Cloëz-Tayarani, I., Komisarenko, S., and Skok, M. (2010) Functional effects of antibodies against non-neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Immunol. Lett. 128(1):68-73.

Mazeris A, Soteriadou K, Dedet JP, Haralambous C, Tsatsaris A, Moschandreas J, Messaritakis I, Christodoulou V, Papadopoulos B, Ivovic V, Pratlong F, Loucaides F, Antoniou M (2010). Leishmaniases and the Cyprus paradox. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 82: 441-448.

Makri G, Lavdas AA, Katsimpardi L, Charneau P, Thomaidou D and Matsas R (2010) Transplantation of embryonic neural stem/ precursor cells overexpressing BM88/Cend1 enhances the generation of neuronal cells in the injured mouse cortex. Stem Cells 28(1):127-39.

Miriagou V, Cornaglia G, Edelstein M, Galani I, Giske CG, Gniakowski M, Malamou-Lada E, Martinez-Martinez L, Navarro F, Nordmann P, Peixe L, Pournaras S, Rossolini GM, Tsakris A, Vatopoulos A, Canton R (2010). Acquired carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens: detection and surveillance issues. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 16, 112-22. [Review]

Miriagou V, Papagiannitsis CC, Kotsakis SD, Loli A, Tzelepi E, Legakis NJ, Tzouvelekis LS (2010). Sequence of pNL194, a 79.3-Kilobase IncN plasmid carrying the bla_VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase gene in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 54, 4497-4502.

Miriagou V, Papagiannitsis CC, Tzelepi E, Casals JB, Legakis NJ, Tzouvelekis L (2010). Detecting VIM-1 production in Proteus mirabilis by an imipenem-dipicolinic acid double disk synergy test. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48, 667-8.

Panayotopoulou EG, Sgouras DN, Papadakos KS, Petraki K, Breurec S, Michopoulos S, Mantzaris G, Papatheodoridis G, Mentis A and Archimandritis A. (2010) CagA and VacA polymorphisms are associated with distinct pathological features in Helicobacter pylori-infected adults with peptic ulcer and non-peptic ulcer disease. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48(6):2237-9.

Papagiannitsis CC, Giakkoupi P, Tryfinopoulou K, Miriagou V, Tzouvelekis LS, Vatopoulos A (2010). Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae of a novel sequence type (ST383) producing VIM-4, KPC-2, and CMY-4 β-lactamases. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 36, 573-4.

Pavlakis P.P, Alexopoulos H., Kosmidis, M.L., Stamboulis E., Routsias J.G., Tzartos S.J., Tzioufas A.G., Moutsopoulos H.M., Dalakas, M.C. (2010). Peripheral neuropathies in Sjögren’s syndrome: a new reappraisal. J. Neurol. Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Dec 16.

Pervanidou D, Horefti E, Patrinos S, Lytras T, Triantafillou E, Mentis A, Bonovas S and Panagiotopoulos T.  (2010) Spotlight on measles 2010: ongoing measles outbreak in Greece, January-July 2010. Euro Surveill 15.

Roma-Giannikou E, Roubani A, Sgouras DN, Panayiotou J, van-Vliet C, Polyzos A, Roka K and Daikos G.  (2010) Endoscopic tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in children: Validation of rapid urease test. Helicobacter 15:227-32

Smirlis D, Duszenko M, Ruiz AJ, Scoulica E, Bastien P, Fasel N, Soteriadou K. (2010) Targeting essential pathways in trypanosomatids gives insights into protozoan mechanisms of cell death. Parasite & Vectors, 3:107.PMID: 21083891.

Sergaki MC, Guillemot F and Matsas R (2010) Impaired cerebellar development and deficits in motor coordination in mice lacking the neuronal protein BM88/Cend1. Mol Cell Neurosci 44(1):15-29.

Thomaidou D, Politis PK and Matsas R (2010) Neurogenesis in the Central Nervous System: Cell cycle progression/exit and differentiation of neuronal progenitors. In: Cell Cycle Regulation and Differentiation in Cardivascular and Neural Systems pp. 141-175, A. Giordano, U. Galderisi (eds) Springer.

Tseveleki V, Rubio R, Vamvakas S-S, White J, Taoufik E, Petit E, Quackenbush J, Probert L (2010). Comparative gene expression analysis in mouse models for multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke for identifying commonly regulated and disease-specific changes. Genomics Aug;96(2):82-91.

Tsochatzis E, Papatheodoridis GV, Koliaraki V, Hadziyannis E, Kafiri G, Manesis EK, Mamalaki A, Archimandritis AJ (2010). Serum hepcidin levels are related to the severity of liver histological lesions in chronic hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat. 2010 Nov;17(11):800-6.

Tzelepi E, Avgerinou H, Flemetakis A, Siatravani E, Stathi M, Daniilidou M, Miriagou V (2010). Changing figures of antimicrobial susceptibility and serovar distribution in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Greece. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2010, 37, 115-120.

Zioga A, Miriagou V, Tzelepi E, Douzinas E, Tsakiri M, Legakis NJ, Tzouvelekis LS (2010). The ongoing challenge of acquired carbapeneamases: a hospital outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae simultaneously producing VIM-1 and KPC-2. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2010, 36, 190-191.

2009

Abanades DR, Ramírez L, Iborra S, Soteriadou K, González VM, Bonay P, Alonso C, Soto M  (2009). Key role of the 3′ untranslated region in the cell cycle regulated expression of the Leishmania infantum histone H2A genes: minor synergistic effect of the 5′ untranslated region. BMC Mol Biol.  10:48.

Alam MZ, Haralambous C, Kuhls K, Gouzelou E, Sgouras D., Soteriadou K, Schnur L, Pratlong F, Schönian G.  (2009). The paraphyletic composition of Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37 revealed by multilocus microsatellite typing. Microbes Infect. 11, 707-715.

Antoniou M, Haralambous, C.  Mazeris A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K.  (2009). Leishmania donovani leishmaniasis in Cyprus.  Lancet Infect Dis. 9, 76-77.

Bush K, Jacoby GA, Amicosante G, Bonomo RA, Bradford P, Cornaglia G, Garau J, Giamarellou H, Jarlier V, Martinez-Martinez L, Miriagou V, Palzkill T, Pascual A, Rodriguez-Bano J, Rossolini GM, Sougakoff W, Vatopoulos A (2009).  Comment on: Redefining extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: balancing science and clinical need. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 64, 212-213.

Dimitriadis A, Gontinou C, Baxevanis CN, Mamalaki A. The mannosylated extracellular domain of Her2/neu produced in P. pastoris induces protective antitumor immunity (2009). BMC Cancer. 9:386.

Emmanouil M, Taoufik E, Tseveleki V, Vamvakas S-S, Tselios T, Karin M, Lassmann H, Probert L (2009). Neuronal IkappaB kinase beta protects mice from autoimmune encephalomyelitis by mediating neuroprotective and immunosuppressive effects in the central nervous system. J Immunol. 183(12):7877-89.

Georgaki-Angelaki H, Lycopoulou L, Stergiou N, Lazopoulou D, Paraskevakou H, Giannaki-Psinaki M, and Mentis A.  (2009) Membranous nephritis associated with acquired cytomegalovirus infection in a 19-month-old baby. Pediatr Nephrol 24:203-6.

Giakkoupi P, Pappa O, Polemis M, Vatopoulos A, Miriagou V, Zioga A, Papagiannitsis CC, Tzouvelekis LS (2009). Emerging Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coproducing KPC-2 and VIM-1 carbapenemases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2009, 53, 4048-4050.

Hubschen JM, Mihneva Z, Mentis AF, Schneider F, Aboudy Y, Grossman Z, Rudich H, Kasymbekova K, Sarv I, Nedeljkovic J, Tahita MC, Tarnagda Z, Ouedraogo JB, Gerasimova AG, Moskaleva TN, Tikhonova NT, Chitadze N, Forbi JC, Faneye AO, Otegbayo JA, Charpentier E and Muller CP.  (2009) Phylogenetic analysis of human parvovirus b19 sequences from eleven different countries confirms the predominance of genotype 1 and suggests the spread of genotype 3b. J Clin Microbiol 47:3735-8.

Katsarou K, Serti E, Tsitoura P, Lavdas AA, Varaklioti A, Pickl-Herk AM, Blaas D, Oz-Arslan D, Zhu R, Hinterdorfer P, Mavromara P, Georgopoulou U (2009). Green fluorescent protein – Tagged HCV non-enveloped capsid like particles: development of a new tool for tracking HCV core uptake. Biochimie Jul;91(7):903-15.

Keefe, D., Hess, D., Dosco, J., Tzartos, S.,  Powell, J., Lamsa. J., and Josiah, S (2009). A rapid, fluorescence based assay for detecting antigenic modulation of the acetylcholine receptor on human cell lines. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 76(3):206-12.

Koliaraki V, Marinou M, Vassilakopoulos TP, Vavourakis E, Tsochatzis E, Pangalis GA, Papatheodoridis G, Stamoulakatou A, Swinkels DW, Papanikolaou G, Mamalaki A (2009). A novel immunological assay for hepcidin quantification in human serum. PLoS One. 2009;4(2):e4581.

Kotsakis SD, Papagiannitsis CC, Tzelepi E, Tzouvelekis LS, Miriagou V (2009). Extended-spectrum properties of CMY-30, a Val211Gly mutant of CMY-2 cephalosporinase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2009, 53, 3520-3523.

Kroot JJ, Kemna EH, Bansal SS, Busbridge M, Campostrini N, Girelli D, Hider RC, Koliaraki V, Mamalaki A, Olbina G, Tomosugi N, Tselepis C, Ward DG, Ganz T, Hendriks JC, Swinkels DW. Results of the first international round robin for the quantification of urinary and plasma hepcidin assays: need for standardization. Haematologica. 2009 Dec;94(12):1748-52.

Lavdas, AA and Matsas, R (2009). Towards personalized cell replacement therapies for brain repair Personalized Medicine 6(3): 293-313.

Lavdas AA and Matsas R (2009). Schwann cell morphology In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (L.R. Squire, Editor). Oxford: Academic Press, pp 475-484.

Logotheti M, Pogka V, Horefti E, Papadakos K, Giannaki M, Pangalis A, Sgouras D and Mentis A (2009). Laboratory investigation and phylogenetic analysis of enteroviruses involved in an aseptic meningitis outbreak in Greece during the summer of 2007. J Clin Virol 46:270-4.

Lytras T, Theocharopoulos G, Tsiodras S, Mentis A, Panagiotopoulos T and Bonovas S  (2009). Enhanced surveillance of influenza A(H1N1)v in Greece during the containment phase. Euro Surveill 14.

Maragkoudakis PA, Papadelli M, Georgalaki M, Panayotopoulou EG, Martinez-Gonzalez B, Mentis AF, Petraki K, Sgouras DN and Tsakalidou E (2009). In vitro and in vivo safety evaluation of the bacteriocin producer Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198. Int J Food Microbiol 133:141-7.

Masgrau R, Hurel C, Papastefanaki F, Georgopoulou N, Thomaidou D and Matsas R (2009). BM88/Cend1 regulates stimuli-induced calcium mobilization. Neuropharmacology 56:598-609.

Mattheolabakis G, Taoufik E, Haralambous S, Roberts ML, Avgoustakis K (2009). In vivo investigation of tolerance and antitumor activity of cisplatin-loaded PLGA-mPEG nanoparticles. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2009 Feb;71(2):190-5.

Moumtzi SS, Roberts ML, Joyce T, Evangelidou M, Probert L, Frillingos S, Fotsis T, Pintzas A (2009). Gene Expression Profile Associated with Oncogenic Ras-induced Senescence, Cell Death, and Transforming Properties in Human Cells. Cancer Invest. 28(6):563-87.

Oikonomou E, Makrodouli E, Evagelidou M, Joyce T, Probert L, Pintzas A (2009). BRAF(V600E) efficient transformation and induction of microsatellite instability versus KRAS(G12V) induction of senescence markers in human colon cancer cells. Neoplasia 11(11):1116-31.

Panagiotopoulos T, Bonovas S, Danis K, Iliopoulos D, Dedoukou X, Pavli A, Smeti P, Mentis A, Kossivakis A, Melidou A, Diza E, Chatzidimitriou D, Koratzanis E, Michailides S, Passalidou E, Kollaras P, Nikolaides P and Tsiodras S.  (2009) Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece – community transmission within the European Union? Euro Surveill 14.

Papagiannitsis CC, Tzouvelekis LS, Miriagou V (2009). Relative strengths of the class 1 integron promoter hybrid 2 and the combinations of strong and hybrid 1 with an active P2 promoter. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 53, 277-280.

Roma E, Panayiotou J, Pachoula J, Kafritsa Y, Constantinidou C, Mentis A and Syriopoulou V.  (2009) Intrafamilial spread of Helicobacter pylori infection in Greece. J Clin Gastroenterol 43:711-5.

Savage EJ, Hughes G, Ison C, Lowndes CM, European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ESSTI) Network (2009). Syphilis and gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men. Euro Surveillance 14(47). pii: 19417.

Savage EJ, van de Laar MJ, Gallay A, van der Sande M, Hamouda O, Sasse A, Hoffman S, Diez M, Borrego MJ, Lowndes CM, Ison C, European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ESSTI) Network. Lymphogranuloma venereum in Europe, 2003-2008. Euro Surveillance 2009, 14(48). pii: 19428.

Smirlis D, Boleti H, Gaitanou M, Soto M,  Soteriadou K (2009). Leishmania donovani  RAN-GTPase interacts at the nuclear rim with         linker histone H1. Biochem J. 424(3):367-74.

Sgouras DN, Panayotopoulou EG, Papadakos K, Martinez-Gonzalez B, Roumbani A, Panayiotou J, vanVliet-Constantinidou C, Mentis AF and Roma-Giannikou E  (2009). CagA and VacA polymorphisms do not correlate with severity of histopathological lesions in Helicobacter pylori-infected Greek children. J Clin Microbiol 47:2426-34.

Tsiamalos, P, Kordas, G,  Kokla, A, Poulas, K, and Tzartos, SJ (2009). Epidemiological and immunological profile of MuSK myasthenia gravis in Greece. Eur. J. Neurol. 16: 925-30.

Xingi E, Smirlis D, Myrianthopoulos V, Magiatis P, Grant K, Meijer L, Mikros E, Skaltsounis AL, Soteriadou K  (2009). 5-Me-6-BIO targeting the leishmanial GSK-3 short form affects cell-cycle progression and induces apoptosis-like death: exploitation of GSK-3 for treating leishmaniasis. Int. J. Parasitol. 39(12): 1289-303

Zisimopoulou, P, Lagoumintzis, G, Trakas, N, Giastas, P, Poulas, K and  Tzartos, SJ (2009). Antigen-specific apheresis of autoantibodies as a treatment strategy for myasthenia gravis. In book: Myasthenia Gravis: Disease Mechanisms and Immune Intervention. 2^nd edition. Edited by P. Christadoss. Linus Publications, NY. pp. 393-406.

Zouridakis M, Zisimopoulou P, Eliopoulos E, Poulas K, and Tzartos SJ (2009). Design and expression of human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor extracellular domain mutants with enhanced solubility and ligand-binding properties. Bioch. Bioph. Acta. 1794: 355-66.

Zouridakis M, Zisimopoulou P, Poulas K, and Tzartos SJ (2009). Recent advances in understanding the structure of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. IUBMB Life, 61, 407–423.

Zioga A, Whichard J, Kotsakis SD, Tzouvelekis LS, Tzelepi E, Miriagou V (2009). CMY-31 and CMY-36 cephalosporinases encoded by ColE1-like plasmids. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2009, 53, 1256-1259.

2008

Bitzopoulou, K., ,Kostelidou, K., Poulas, K and Tzartos, S.J. (2008) Expression and characterization of mutant forms of the extracellular domain of the human AChR γ-subunit with improved solubility and enhanced antigenicity. Biochem. Biophys. Acta. 1784: 1226-33.

Dujardin JC, Campino L, Cañavate C, Dedet JP,  L  Gradoni, Soteriadou K, Mazeris A, Y Ozbel, M Boelaert (2008). Spread of vector-borne diseases and neglect of Leishmaniasis, Europe. Emerg Infect Dis.  7, 1013-1018

Gradoni L, Soteriadou K, Louizir H., Dakkak A, Ozensoy S, Jaffe C, Dedet J.P, Campino L, Canavate C, Dujardin J-C (2008). Drug regimens for visceral leishmaniasis in Mediterranean countries. Trop Med Int Health 13, 1272-1276. Epub 2008 Aug 24.

Haralambous C, Antoniou M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K  (2008). Development of a molecular assay specific for the Leishmania donovani complex that discriminates L. donovani/L. infantum zymodemes: a useful tool for typing MON-1. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 60(1):33-42.

Katsimpardi L, M Gaitanou, CE Malnou, PM Lledo, P. Charneau, R Matsas and D Thomaidou (2008). BM88/Cend1 expression levels are critical for proliferation and differentiation of subventricular zone-derived neural precursor cells. Stem Cells 26:1796-807.

Kokotas SN, Bolanaki E, Sgouras D, Pogka V, Logotheti M, Kossivakis A, Horefti E, Papadakos K and Mentis A (2008). Cocirculation of genotypes D4 and D6 in Greece during the 2005 to 2006 measles epidemic. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 62:58-66.

Koliaraki V, Marinou M, Samiotaki M, Panayotou G, Pantopoulos K, Mamalaki A (2008). Iron regulatory and bactericidal properties of human recombinant hepcidin expressed in Pichia pastoris. Biochimie 90(5):726-35.

Konstantakaki, M, Tzartos, S.J., Poulas, K. and Eliopoulos, E. (2008).  Μodel of the extracellular domain of the human α7 nAChR based on the crystal structure of the mouse α1 nAChR extracellular domain.  J. Mol. Graph Modelling. 26: 1333-7.

Kremer JR, Brown KE, Jin L, Santibanez S, Shulga SV, Aboudy Y, Demchyshyna IV, Djemileva S, Echevarria JE, Featherstone DF, Hukic M, Johansen K, Litwinska B, Lopareva E, Lupulescu E, Mentis A, Mihneva Z, Mosquera MM, Muscat M, Naumova MA, Nedeljkovic J, Nekrasova LS, Magurano F, Fortuna C, de Andrade HR, Richard JL, Robo A, Rota PA, Samoilovich EO, Sarv I, Semeiko GV, Shugayev N, Utegenova ES, van Binnendijk R, Vinner L, Waku-Kouomou D, Wild TF, Brown DW, Mankertz A, Muller CP and Mulders MN  (2008). High genetic diversity of measles virus, World Health Organization European Region, 2005-2006. Emerg Infect Dis 14:107-14.

Kuhls K, Chicharro C, Cañavate C, Cortes S, Campino L, Haralambous C,  K,  Soteriadou, F. Pratlong, Dedet JP, Mauricio M, Miles I, Schaar M, Ochsenreither S, Radtke OA, Schönian G (2008). Differentiation and Gene Flow among European Populations of Leishmania infantum MON-1. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2(7):e261

Lavdas AA, Papastefanaki F, Thomaidou D, Matsas R (2008). Schwann cell transplantation for CNS repair. Curr Med Chem 15:151-60

Loli A, Tzouvelekis LS, Gianneli D, Tzelepi E, Miriagou V (2008). Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii with chromosomally encoded VIM-1 undetectable by imipenem-EDTA synergy tests. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 52, 1894-6.

Miriagou V, Douzinas EE, Papagiannitsis CC, Piperaki E, Legakis NJ, Tzouvelekis LS (2008). Emergence of Serratia liquefaciens and Klebsiella oxytoca with metallo-β-lactamase-encoding IncW plasmids: further spread of the bla_VIM-1–carrying integron In-e541. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 32, 538-547.

Papageorgiou I, De Koning HP, Soteriadou K, Diallinas G (2008). Kinetic and mutational analysis of the Trypanosoma brucei NBT1 nucleobase transporter expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals structural similarities between ENT and MFS transporters. Int J Parasitol. 38(6):641-53.

Politis PK, Akrivou S, Hurel C, Papadodima O, Matsas R (2008). BM88/Cend1 is involved in histone deacetylase inhibition-mediated growth arrest and differentiation of neuroblastoma cells. FEBS Lett 582:741-8.

Politis PK, Thomaidou D, Matsas R. (2008) Coordination of cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal progenitors. Cell Cycle Mar 15;7(6):691-7

Quinones MP, Kalkonde Y, Estrada CA, Jimenez F, Ramirez R, Mahimainathan L, Mummidi S, Choudhury GG, Martinez H, Adams L, Mack M, Reddick RL, Maffi S, Haralambous S, Probert L, Ahuja SK, Ahuja SS (2008). Role of astrocytes and chemokine systems in acute TNFalpha induced demyelinating syndrome: CCR2-dependent signals promote astrocyte activation and survival via NF-kappaB and Akt. Mol.Cell.Neurosci. 37(1):96-109.

Sidera K, Gaitanou M, Stellas D, Matsas R, Patsavoudi E (2008). A critical role for HSP90 in cancer cell invasion involves interaction with the extracellular domain of HER-2. J Biol Chem 283:2031-41.

Tzartos, S.J., Bitzopoulou, K., Gavra, I., Kordas, G., Jacobson, L., Kostelidou, K., Lagoumintzis, G., Lazos, O., Poulas, K., Sideris, S., Sotiriadis, A., Trakas, N.,and Zisimopoulou, P (2008). Antigen-specific apheresis of pathogenic autoantibodies from myasthenia gravis sera. Ann. N.Y Acad. Sci., 1132:291-9.

Tzelepi E, Daniilidou M, Miriagou V, Siatravani E, Pavlidou E, Flemetakis A (2008).  Cluster of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to the newer cephalosporins in Northern Greece. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 62, 637-639.

Taoufik E & Probert L (2008). Ischemic neuronal damage. Curr.Pharm.Des. 14: 3565-3573.

Taoufik E, Petit E, Divoux D, Tseveleki V, Mengozzi M, Roberts ML, Valable S, Ghezzi P, Quackenbush J, Brines M, Cerami A & Probert L (2008). TNF receptor I sensitizes neurons to erythropoietin- and VEGF-mediated neuroprotection after ischemic and excitotoxic injury. PNAS USA 105: 6185-6190.

Taoufik E, Tseveleki V, Euagelidou M, Emmanouil M, Voulgari-Kokota A, Haralambous S, Probert L (2008). Positive and negative implications of tumor necrosis factor neutralization for the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Neurodegener.Dis. 5(1):32-7.

Yi, H.J.,  Chae, C.S., So, J.S., Tzartos, S.J. Souroujon MC, Fuchs, S., Im, SH (2008) Suppression of experimental myasthenia gravis by a B-cell epitope-free recombinant acetylcholine receptor. Mol. Immunol. 461:192-201.

Zisimopoulou, P, Lagoumintzis, G, Kostelidou, K, Bitzopoulou, K, Kordas, G, Trakas, N, Poulas, K and  Tzartos, SJ (2008) Towards antigen-specific apheresis of pathogenic autoantibodies as a further step in the treatment of myasthenia gravis by plasmapheresis. J. Neuroimmmunol. 201, 95-103.

Zisimopoulou, P, Lagoumintzis, G, Poulas, K and  Tzartos, SJ (2008). Antigen-specific apheresis of human anti-acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies from myasthenia gravis patients’ sera using Escherichia coli-expressed receptor domains. J. Neuroimmmunol. 200: 133-141.

Zioga A, Whichard JM, Joyce KJ, Tzelepi E, Tzouvelekis LS, Miriagou V (2008). Evidence for chromosomal and plasmid location of CMY-2 cephalosporinase gene in Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008, 61, 1389-1399.

2007

Avrameas S, Ternynck T, Tsonis IA, Lymberi P (2007). Naturally occurring B-cell autoreactivity: a critical overview. J Autoimmun; 29:213-8.

Georgopoulou K, Smirlis D, Bisti S, Xingi E, Skaltsounis L and Soteriadou K (2007). In vitro activity of 10-deacetylbaccatin III against Leishmania donovani promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes. Planta Med 73, 1081-1088.

Gravvanis AI, Lavdas AA, Papalois A, Tsoutsos DA, Matsas R (2007). The beneficial effect of genetically engineered Schwann cells with enhanced motility in peripheral nerve regeneration Acta Neurochir Suppl.;100:51-6

Haralambous C, Dakkak A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP and Soteriadou K (2007). First detection and genetic typing of Leishmania infantum MON-24 in a dog from the Moroccan Mediterranean coast: genetic diversity of MON-24. Acta Trop 103(1), 69-79.

Hatzioanou A, Liakata E, Karras E, Thrasyvoulides A, Alevizaki M, Lymberi P (2007). Pathogenicity of a human thyroglobulin peptide (2340-2359) in mice with high or low genetic susceptibility to thyroiditis. Immunology; 122:343-9.

Kalamida, D, Poulas  K, Avramopoulou V, Fostieri E, Lagoumintzis G, Lazaridis K, Sideri A, Zouridakis M and Tzartos SJ (2007). Muscle and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: structure, function and pathogenicity. FEBS J. 274, 3799-845 .

Konstantakaki M, Tzartos SJ, Poulas K, and Eliopoulos E (2007). Molecular modeling of the complex between Torpedo acetylcholine receptor and anti-MIR Fab198. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 356:569-75.

Kostelidou K., Trakas N and Tzartos SJ (2007). Extracellular domains of the β, γ and ε subunits of the human acetylcholine receptor as immunoadsorbents for myasthenic autoantibodies: a combination of immunoadsorbents results in increased efficiency. J. Neuroimmmunol. 190:44-52.

Kyrlagkitsis I, Ladas SD, Mallass EG, Raptis S, Mentis A, Delliou E, Zizi-Serbetzoglou A, Elemenoglou I, Antonakopoulos N and Karamanolis DG  (2007). Evaluation of a conventional ELISA (Novitec) and a near patient immunochromatographic test (Stick H. pyl) for Helicobacter pylori antigen detection in stool. Hepatogastroenterology 54:799-802.

Lekakis J, Bisti S, Tsougos E, Papathanassiou  A, Dagres N, Ikonomidis I, Soteriadou K, Tselepis AD, Goudevenos J  and Kremastinos DT (2007). Platelet glycoprotein IIb HPA-3 polymorphism and acute coronary syndromes. Int J Cardiol. 127(1):46-50

Livaditi O, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Kakkas I, Kapsimali V, Lymberi P, Papastariades C, Douzinas EE (2007). Grouping of patients with common variable immunodeficiency based on immunoglobulin biosynthesis: comparison with a classification system on CD4- naïve cells. Immunol. Lett; 114:103-9.

Lukes J, Mauricio IL, Schonian G, Dujardin JC, Soteriadou K, Dedet JP, Kuhls K, Tintaya KW, Jirku M, Chocholova E, Haralambous C, Pratlong F, Obornik M, Horak A, Ayala FJ, and Miles MA (2007). Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

Maeda S and Mentis AF (2007). Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Helicobacter 12 Suppl 1:10-4.

Oikonomou E, Kothonidis K, Taoufik E, Probert E, Zografos G, Nasioulas G, Andera L, Pintzas A (2007). Newly established tumourigenic primary human colon cancer cell lines are sensitive to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Br.J.Cancer 97(1): 73-84.

Panayotopoulou EG, Sgouras DN, Papadakos K, Kalliaropoulos A, Papatheodoridis G, Mentis AF and Archimandritis AJ  (2007). Strategy to characterize the number and type of repeating EPIYA phosphorylation motifs in the carboxyl terminus of CagA protein in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol 45:488-95.

Paraschos S, Magiatis P, Mitakou S, Petraki K, Kalliaropoulos A, Maragkoudakis P, Mentis A, Sgouras D and Skaltsounis AL  (2007). In vitro and in vivo activities of Chios mastic gum extracts and constituents against Helicobacter pylori. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:551-9.

Papastefanaki F, Chen J, Lavdas AA, Thomaidou D, Schachner M, Matsas R (2007). Grafts of Schwann cells engineered to express PSA-NCAM promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Brain 130:2159-74.

Politis PK, Makri G, Thomaidou D, Geissen M, Rohrer H, Matsas R (2007). BM88/CEND1 coordinates cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal precursors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2104 (45):17861-6

Politis PK, Rohrer H, Matsas R (2007). Expression pattern of BM88 in the developing nervous system of the chick and mouse embryo. Gene Expr Patterns 7:165-77.

Sideris S, Lagoumintzis G, Kordas G, Kostelidou K, Sotiriadis A, Poulas K and Tzartos SJ (2007). Isolation and functional characterization of anti-acetylcholine receptor subunit-specific autoantibodies from myasthenic patients: receptor loss in cell culture. J. Neuroimmunol. 189:111-7.

Stefanidis C,  Loutradis D, Koumbi L, Anastasiadou V, Dinopoulou V, Kiapekou E, Lavdas AA, Mesogitis S,  Antsaklis A (2007). Deleted in Azoospermia-Like (DAZL) gene expressing cells in human amniotic fluid: a new source for germ cells research. Fertility and Sterility Fertil Steril. Nov 17;

Taoufik E, Valable S, Muller G, Roberts ML, Divoux D, Tinel A, Voulgari-Kokota A, Tseveleki V, Altruda F, Lassmann H, Petit E & Probert L (2007). FLIP_L protects neurons against in vivo ischemia and in vitro glucose-deprivation-induced cell death. J.Neurosci. 27 (25): 6633-6646.

Thrasyvoulides A, Liakata E, Lymberi P. (2007) Spreading of antibody reactivity to non-thyroid antigens during experimental immunization with human thyroglobulin. Clin Exp Immunol; 147:120-7

Tseveleki V, Tsagosis P, Koutsoni O, Dotsika E & Probert L (2007). Cellular FLIP long isoform transgenic mice overcome inherent T_h2-biased immune responses to efficiently resolve Leishmania major infection. Int.Immunol. 19: 1183-1189.

Zouridakis M, Zisimopoulou P, Eliopoulos E, Jacobson L, Poulas K. and Tzartos SJ (2007)  Recombinant Extracellular Domains of Human Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Preliminary Studies on Mutant Forms for the Improvement of Solubility. Neurophysiology, 39: 259-263.

Zouridakis M, Kostelidou K, Sotiriadis A, Stergiou Ch, Eliopoulos E, Poulas K, and Tzartos SJ (2007). Circular Dichroism Studies of Recombinant Extracellular Domains of Human Muscle and Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Provide an Insight into their structure. Intl. J. Biol. Macromol. 41:423-9.

2006

Bisti S, Konidou G, Boelaert J, Lebastard M and Soteriadou K (2006). Effective parasite killing in iron loaded BALB/c mice inoculated in the ear dermis with high and low doses of Leishmania major is associated with an increase in oxidative burst: absence of dermal lesions in the model that is closer to natural settings. Microbes and Infection 8, 1464-1472.

Bisti Sand Soteriadou K (2006). Protective Immunity and Resistance to Re-infection in iron-loaded BALB/c mice inoculated with a low number of Leishmania major metacyclic promastigotes is associated with NF-κB activation. Microbes and Infection 8, 1473-1482.

Fostieri E, Kostelidou K, Poulas K, and Tzartos SJ  (2006). Recent advances in the understanding and therapy of myasthenia gravis. Future Neurology, 1, 799-817.

Georgopoulos SD, Polymeros D, Triantafyllou K, Spiliadi C, Mentis A, Karamanolis DG and Ladas SD.  (2006) Hypergastrinemia is associated with increased risk of distal colon adenomas. Digestion 74:42-6.

Georgopoulou N, Hurel C, Politis PK, Gaitanou M, Matsas R, Thomaidou D (2006). BM88 is a dual function molecule inducing cell cycle exit and neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cells via cyclin D1 down-regulation and retinoblastoma protein hypophosphorylation. J Biol Chem 281:33606-20.

Kenoutis C, Efrose RC, Swevers L, Lavdas AA, Gaitanou M, Matsas R, Iatrou K (2006). Baculovirus-mediated gene delivery into Mammalian cells does not alter their transcriptional and differentiating potential but is accompanied by early viral gene expression. J Virol 80:4135-46.

Kostelidou K, Trakas N, Zouridakis M, Bitzopoulou K, Sotiriadis A, Gavra H, and Tzartos SJ (2006). Expression and characterization of soluble forms of the extracellular domains of the β, γ and ε subunits of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor. FEBS J. 273: 3557-3568.

Lavdas AA, Franceschini I, Dubois-Dalcq M, Matsas R (2006). Schwann cells genetically engineered to express PSA show enhanced migratory potential without impairment of their myelinating ability in vitro. GLIA 53(8):868-78.

Lymberi P, Philippou G, Liakata Ε, Hatzioanou A, Souvatzoglou A (2006). Thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase as autoantigens. Felicitation Volume in honour of Prof. Demetrios Koutras, Scientific Editions Parissianos, 15:101-8 (in greek).

Matronardi FG, Wood DD, Mei J, Raijmakers R, Tseveleki V, Dosch H-M, Probert L, Casaccia-Bonnefil P & Moscarello MA (2006). Increased citrullination of histone H3 in multiple sclerosis brain and animal models of demyelination: a role for tumor necrosis factor-induced peptidylarginine deiminase 4 translocation. J.Neurosci. 26: 11387-11396.

Roberts ML, Drosopoulos KG, Vasileiou I, Stricker M, Taoufik E, Maercker C, Guialis A, Alexis MN, Pintzas A (2006). Microarray analysis of the differential transformation mediated by Kirsten and Harvey Ras oncogenes in a human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line. Int J Cancer. 2006 Feb 1;118(3):616-27.

Smirlis D, Bisti S, Xingi E, Konidou G, Thiakaki M. and Soteriadou K (2006). Leishmania histone H1 up-regulation delays parasite cell-cycle progression, parasite differentiation and reduces Leishmania infectivity in vivo.  Mol. Microbiol. 60(6), 1457-1473.

Spala G, Panagiotopoulos T, Mavroidi N, Dedoukou X, Baka A, Tsonou P, Triantafyllou P, Mentis A, Kyriazopoulou V, Melidou A and Tsiodras S  (2006). A pseudo-outbreak of human A/H5N1 infections in Greece and its public health implications. Euro Surveill 11:263-7.

Thiakaki M, Kolli Β, Chang K-Pand Soteriadou K (2006). Down-regulation of gp63 level in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes reduces their infectivity to BALB/c mice. Microbes and Infection 8, 1455-1463.

Thrasyvoulides A, Lymberi P (2006). A human thyroglobulin peptide able to drive intramolecular B cell epitope spreading when administered in rabbits. In: Sadia Rashid (ed) Essays on Science. Felicitation Volume in honour of Prof. Wolfgang Voelter, Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, 8:1-17.