• Aberrant methylation of c-myc and c-fos protooncogenes and p53 tumor suppressor gene in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia 

      Papaggeli, P. C.; Kortsaris, A. C.; Matsouka, P. T. (2003)
      Purpose: Aberrant methylation, as an epigenetic phenomenon, may precede and regulate the expression of genes involved in transformation mechanisms that lead to leukemogenesis of hemopoietic cells. The genes involved mostly ...
    • Crosstalk mechanisms between the WNT signaling pathway and long non-coding RNAs 

      Zarkou V., Galaras A., Giakountis A., Hatzis P. (2018)
      The WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway controls a plethora of biological processes throughout animal development and adult life. Because of its fundamental role during animal lifespan, the WNT pathway is subject to strict ...
    • DIANA-TarBase v8: A decade-long collection of experimentally supported miRNA-gene interactions 

      Karagkouni D., Paraskevopoulou M.D., Chatzopoulos S., Vlachos I.S., Tastsoglou S., Kanellos I., Papadimitriou D., Kavakiotis I., Maniou S., Skoufos G., Vergoulis T., Dalamagas T., Hatzigeorgiou A.G. (2018)
      DIANA-TarBase v8 (http://www.microrna.gr/tarbase) is a reference database devoted to the indexing of experimentally supported microRNA (miRNA) targets. Its eighth version is the first database indexing >1 million entries, ...
    • DNA methylation regulates miR-140-5p and miR-146a expression in osteoarthritis 

      Papathanasiou I., Trachana V., Mourmoura E., Tsezou A. (2019)
      Aims: Previous studies have demonstrated that transcriptional silencing of miRNAs due to DNA hypermethylation is associated with different pathologies. It has also been reported that abnormal expression of miR-140-5p and ...
    • Interleukin 21 controls mRNAand MicroRNA expression in CD40-activated chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells 

      De Cecco L., Capaia M., Zupo S., Cutrona G., Matis S., Brizzolara A., Orengo A.M., Croce M., Marchesi E., Ferrarini M., Canevari S., Ferrini S., Speletas M. (2015)
      Several factors support CLL cell survival in the microenvironment. Under different experimental conditions, IL21 can either induce apoptosis or promote CLL cell survival. To investigate mechanisms involved in the effects ...
    • Non-coding RNAs in cancer-associated cachexia: clinical implications and future perspectives 

      Kottorou A., Dimitrakopoulos F.-I., Tsezou A. (2021)
      Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle loss, with or without adipose atrophy, irreversible through nutritional support, in the context of systemic inflammation and metabolic disorders. It ...
    • PKC and Ras differentially regulate gene expression of the dopaminergic marker TH and noradrenergic marker DBH 

      Theofilopoulos, S.; Tsirimonaki, E.; Sakellaridis, N.; Mangoura, D. (2007)
      We have successfully established for the first time in the literature cell lines from human fetal cells derived from the amniotic fluid (AF) and have documented that these cells may progress and stably express many of the ...
    • Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease and Nocturnin in squamous cell lung cancer: Prognostic value and impact on gene expression 

      Maragozidis P., Papanastasi E., Scutelnic D., Totomi A., Kokkori I., Zarogiannis S.G., Kerenidi T., Gourgoulianis K.I., Balatsos N.A.A. (2015)
      Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, mainly due to late diagnosis, poor prognosis and tumor heterogeneity. Thus, the need for biomarkers that will aid classification, treatment and ...
    • Regulation of microRNA in systemic lupus erythematosus: The role of miR-21 and miR-210 

      Kourti M., Sokratous M., Katsiari C.G. (2020)
      miRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that participate through silencing in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of microRNAs (miRNAs) as regulators of both ...
    • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration 

      Fritsche, L. G.; Chen, W.; Schu, M.; Yaspan, B. L.; Yu, Y.; Thorleifsson, G.; Zack, D. J.; Arakawa, S.; Cipriani, V.; Ripke, S.; Igo, R. P.; Buitendijk, G. H. S.; Sim, X.; Weeks, D. E.; Guymer, R. H.; Merriam, J. E.; Francis, P. J.; Hannum, G.; Agarwal, A.; Armbrecht, A. M.; Audo, I.; Aung, T.; Barile, G. R.; Benchaboune, M.; Bird, A. C.; Bishop, P. N.; Branham, K. E.; Brooks, M.; Brucker, A. J.; Cade, W. H.; Cain, M. S.; Campochiaro, P. A.; Chan, C. C.; Cheng, C. Y.; Chew, E. Y.; Chin, K. A.; Chowers, I.; Clayton, D. G.; Cojocaru, R.; Conley, Y. P.; Cornes, B. K.; Daly, M. J.; Dhillon, B.; Edwards, A. O.; Evangelou, E.; Fagerness, J.; Ferreyra, H. A.; Friedman, J. S.; Geirsdottir, A.; George, R. J.; Gieger, C.; Gupta, N.; Hagstrom, S. A.; Harding, S. P.; Haritoglou, C.; Heckenlively, J. R.; Holz, F. G.; Hughes, G.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Ishibashi, T.; Joseph, P.; Jun, G.; Kamatani, Y.; Katsanis, N.; N Keilhauer, C.; Khan, J. C.; Kim, I. K.; Kiyohara, Y.; Klein, B. E. K.; Klein, R.; Kovach, J. L.; Kozak, I.; Lee, C. J.; Lee, K. E.; Lichtner, P.; Lotery, A. J.; Meitinger, T.; Mitchell, P.; Mohand-Saïd, S.; Moore, A. T.; Morgan, D. J.; Morrison, M. A.; Myers, C. E.; Naj, A. C.; Nakamura, Y.; Okada, Y.; Orlin, A.; Ortube, M. C.; Othman, M. I.; Pappas, C.; Park, K. H.; Pauer, G. J. T.; Peachey, N. S.; Poch, O.; Priya, R. R.; Reynolds, R.; Richardson, A. J.; Ripp, R.; Rudolph, G.; Ryu, E.; Sahel, J. A.; Schaumberg, D. A.; Scholl, H. P. N.; Schwartz, S. G.; Scott, W. K.; Shahid, H.; Sigurdsson, H.; Silvestri, G.; Sivakumaran, T. A.; Smith, R. T.; Sobrin, L.; Souied, E. H.; Stambolian, D. E.; Stefansson, H.; Sturgill-Short, G. M.; Takahashi, A.; Tosakulwong, N.; Truitt, B. J.; Tsironi, E. E.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Van Duijn, C. M.; Vijaya, L.; Vingerling, J. R.; Vithana, E. N.; Webster, A. R.; Wichmann, H. E.; Winkler, T. W.; Wong, T. Y.; Wright, A. F.; Zelenika, D.; Zhang, M.; Zhao, L.; Zhang, K.; Klein, M. L.; Hageman, G. S.; Lathrop, G. M.; Stefansson, K.; Allikmets, R.; Baird, P. N.; Gorin, M. B.; Wang, J. J.; Klaver, C. C. W.; Seddon, J. M.; Pericak-Vance, M. A.; Iyengar, S. K.; Yates, J. R. W.; Swaroop, A.; Weber, B. H. F.; Kubo, M.; Deangelis, M. M.; Léveillard, T.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Haines, J. L.; Farrer, L. A.; Heid, I. M.; Abecasis, G. R. (2013)
      Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of blindness in older individuals. To accelerate the understanding of AMD biology and help design new therapies, we executed a collaborative genome-wide association ...
    • Transcriptome Analysis Identifies Immune Markers Related to Visceral Leishmaniasis Establishment in the Experimental Model of BALB/c Mice 

      Agallou M., Athanasiou E., Kammona O., Tastsoglou S., Hatzigeorgiou A.G., Kiparissides C., Karagouni E. (2019)
      Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani and L. infantum is a potentially fatal disease. To date there are no registered vaccines for disease prevention despite the fact that several vaccines are in ...