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PhD thesis (Biochemical and immunological study of the action of growth factors on the biosynthesis of secreted chondroitin and dermatan sulfate proteoglycans in melanoma and normal melanocyte cell lines).
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Lumican, a small Leucine-rich Proteoglycan substituted with Keratan Sulfate Chains is expressed and secreted by Human Melanoma Cells and not normal Melanocytes. M. Sifaki, M. Assouti, D. Nikitovic, K. Krasagakis, N. K. Karamanos and G. N. Tzanakakis.
IUBMB Life, (2006)58(10): 606 – 610.Chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate-containing proteoglycans are both partners and targets of basic fibroblast growth factor-mediated proliferation in human metastatic melanoma cell lines. D. Nikitovic, M. Assouti, M. Sifaki, P. Katonis, K. Krasagakis, N.K. Karamanos, G.N. Tzanakakis.
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 40 (2008) 72–83.Fibroblast growth factor-2 modulates melanoma adhesion and migration through a syndecan-4-dependent mechanism. Georgia Chalkiadaki, Dragana Nikitovic, Aikaterini Berdiaki, Maria Sifaki, Kostantinos Krasagakis. Pavlos Katonis, Nikos K. Karamanos, George N. Tzanakakis.
Int J Biochem Cell Biol (2009) in press.Botulinum toxin type A- treatment of a patient with multiple cutaneous piloleiomyomas Sifaki MK, Krueger-Krasagakis S, Koutsopoulos A, Evangelou GI, Tosca AD.
Dermatology. 2009; 218(1): 44-7.Ianoşi S, Ianoşi G, Neagoe D, Ionescu O, Zlatian O, Docea AO, Badiu C, Sifaki M, Tsoukalas D, Tsatsakis AM, Spandidos DA, Călina D.
Mol Med Rep. 2016 Dec;14(6):5501-5506. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5924. Epub 2016 Nov 4.Lupu M, Caruntu A, Caruntu C, Papagheorghe LML, Ilie MA, Voiculescu V, Boda D, Constantin C, Tanase C, Sifaki M, Drakoulis N, Mamoulakis C, Tzanakakis G, Neagu M, Spandidos DA, Izotov BN, Tsatsakis AM.
Oncol Rep. 2017 Sep;38(3):1327-1340. doi: 10.3892/or.2017.5817. Epub 2017 Jul 13.Yang SH, Tsatsakis AM, Tzanakakis G, Kim HS, Le B, Sifaki M, Spandidos DA, Tsukamoto C, Golokhvast KS, Izotov BN, Chung G.
Int J Mol Med. 2017 Sep;40(3):631-636. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3061. Epub 2017 Jul 10. - Other Locations
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