www.med.uoc.gr Department  of  Biochemistry - Division of Basic Sciences - University  of  Crete
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High Quality Publications (2002 - 2007)

2007
Drosatos K, Sanoudou D, Kypreos KE, Kardassis D, Zannis VI. 2007 A dominant negative form of the transcription factor C-jun affects genes that have opposing effects on lipid homeostasis in mice. J Biol Chem. Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print].


2006
Dialynas GK, Makatsori D, Kourmouli N, Theodoropoulos PA, McLean K, Terjung S, Singh PB, Georgatos SD. 2006  Methylation-independent binding to histone H3 and cell cycle-dependent incorporation of HP1beta into heterochromatin. J Biol Chem. 281(20):14350-60.

Kampa M, Kogia C, Theodoropoulos PA, Anezinis P, Charalampopoulos I, Papakonstanti EA, Stathopoulos EN, Hatzoglou A, Stournaras C, Gravanis A, Castanas E. 2006  Activation of membrane androgen receptors potentiates the antiproliferative effects of paclitaxel on human prostate cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther. 5(5):1342-51.

Singaraja RR, Visscher H, James ER, Chroni A, Coutinho JM, Brunham LR, Kang MH, Zannis VI, Chimini G, Hayden MR. 2006  Specific mutations in ABCA1 have discrete effects on ABCA1 function and lipid phenotypes both in vivo and in vitro. Circ Res. 99(4):389-97.


2005
Charalampopoulos I, Dermitzaki E, Vardouli L, Tsatsanis C, Stournaras C, Margioris AN, Gravanis A.  2005  Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and allopregnanolone directly stimulate catecholamine production via induction of tyrosine hydroxylase and secretion by affecting actin polymerization. Endocrinology. 146(8):3309-18.

Hatzoglou A, Kampa M, Kogia C, Charalampopoulos I, Theodoropoulos PA, Anezinis P, Dambaki C, Papakonstanti EA, Stathopoulos EN, Stournaras C, Gravanis A, Castanas E. 2005  Membrane androgen receptor activation induces apoptotic regression of human prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 90(2):893-903.

Kypreos KE, van Dijk KW, Havekes LM, Zannis VI. 2005  Generation of a recombinant apolipoprotein E variant with improved biological functions: hydrophobic residues (LEU-261, TRP-264, PHE-265, LEU-268, VAL-269) of apoE can account for the apoE-induced hypertriglyceridemia. J Biol Chem. 280(8):6276-84.

Prokova V, Mavridou S, Papakosta P, Kardassis D. 2005 Characterization of a novel transcriptionally active domain in the transforming growth factor beta-regulated Smad3 protein. Nucleic Acids Res. Jul 1;33(12):3708-21.

Vardouli L, Moustakas A, Stournaras C. 2005  LIM-kinase 2 and cofilin phosphorylation mediate actin cytoskeleton reorganization induced by transforming growth factor-beta. J Biol Chem. 280(12):11448-57.


2004
Alexaki VI, Charalampopoulos I, Kampa M, Vassalou H, Theodoropoulos P, Stathopoulos EN, Hatzoglou A, Gravanis A, Castanas E. 2004  Estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects via membrane estrogen receptors and rapid Akt/NOS activation. FASEB J. 18(13):1594-6.

Koutsodontis G, Kardassis D. 2004 Inhibition of p53-mediated transcriptional responses by mithramycin A. Oncogene. Dec 9;23(57):9190-200.

Makatsori D, Kourmouli N, Polioudaki H, Shultz LD, McLean K, Theodoropoulos PA, Singh PB, Georgatos SD. 2004  The inner nuclear membrane protein lamin B receptor forms distinct microdomains and links epigenetically marked chromatin to the nuclear envelope. J Biol Chem. 279(24):25567-73.

Papakonstanti EA, Stournaras C. 2004 Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promotes survival of opossum kidney cells via Cdc42-induced phospholipase C-gamma1 activation and actin filament redistribution. Mol Biol Cell. 15(3):1273-86.


2003
Chou WC, Prokova V, Shiraishi K, Valcourt U, Moustakas A, Hadzopoulou-Cladaras M, Zannis VI, Kardassis D. 2003 Mechanism of a transcriptional cross talk between transforming growth factor-beta-regulated Smad3 and Smad4 proteins and orphan nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor-4. Mol Biol Cell. 14(3):1279-94.

Chroni A, Liu T, Gorshkova I, Kan HY, Uehara Y, Von Eckardstein A, Zannis VI. 2003  The central helices of ApoA-I can promote ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-mediated lipid efflux. Amino acid residues 220-231 of the wild-type ApoA-I are required for lipid efflux in vitro and high density lipoprotein formation in vivo. J Biol Chem. 278(9):6719-30.

Papakonstanti EA, Kampa M, Castanas E, Stournaras C. 2003 A rapid, nongenomic, signaling pathway regulates the actin reorganization induced by activation of membrane testosterone receptors. Mol Endocrinol. May;17(5):870-81.


2002
Kampa M, Papakonstanti EA, Hatzoglou A, Stathopoulos EN, Stournaras C, Castanas E. 2002  The human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP bears functional membrane testosterone receptors that increase PSA secretion and modify actin cytoskeleton. FASEB J. 16(11):1429-31.

Liu T, Krieger M, Kan HY, Zannis VI. 2002  The effects of mutations in helices 4 and 6 of ApoA-I on scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI)-mediated cholesterol efflux suggest that formation of a productive complex between reconstituted high density lipoprotein and SR-BI is required for efficient lipid transport. J Biol Chem. 277(24):21576-84.

Papakonstanti EA, Stournaras C. 2002  Association of PI-3 kinase with PAK1 leads to actin phosphorylation and cytoskeletal reorganization. Mol Biol Cell. 13(8):2946-62.

Prokova V, Mosialos G, Kardassis D. 2002 Inhibition of transforming growth factor beta signaling and Smad-dependent activation of transcription by the Latent Membrane Protein 1 of Epstein-Barr virus. J Biol Chem. 277(11):9342-50.
 



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