Transgenic Facilities

Selected Publications

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Trompouki E, Tsagaratou A, Kosmidis SK, Dollé P, Qian J, Kontoyiannis DL, Cardoso WV, Mosialos G. Truncation of the catalytic domain of the cylindromatosis tumor suppressor impairs lung maturation. Neoplasia. (2009) May;11(5):469-76.

Fotopoulou S, Oikonomou N, Grigorieva E, Nikitopoulou I, Paparountas T, Thanassopoulou A, Zhao Z, Xu Y, Kontoyiannis DL, Remboutsika E, Aidinis V. ATX expression and LPA signalling are vital for the development of the nervous system. Dev Biol. (2010) Mar 15;339(2):451-64.

Papadaki O, Milatos S, Grammenoudi S, Mukherjee N, Keene JD, Kontoyiannis DL. Control of thymic T cell maturation, deletion and egress by the RNA-binding protein HuR. J Immunol. (2009) Jun 1;182(11):6779-88.

Katsanou V, Milatos S, Yiakouvaki A, Sgantzis N, Kotsoni A, Alexiou M, Harokopos V, Aidinis V, Hemberger M, Kontoyiannis DL. The RNA-binding protein Elavl1/HuR is essential for placental branching morphogenesis and embryonic development. Mol Cell Biol. (2009) May; 29(10):2762-76

Tzima S, Victoratos P, Kranidioti K, Alexiou M, Kollias G. Myeloid heme oxygenase-1 regulates innate immunity and autoimmunity by modulating IFN-beta production. J Exp Med. (2009) May 11;206(5):1167-79.

Papadaki C, Alexiou M, Cecena G, Verykokakis M, Bilitou A, Cross JC, Oshima RG, Mavrothalassitis G. Transcriptional repressor Erf determines extraembryonic ectoderm differentiation. Mol Cell Biol. (2007) Jul; 27(14): 5201-13

Victoratos P, Lagnel J, Tzima S, Alimzhanov MB, Rajewsky K, Pasparakis M, Kollias G. FDC-specific functions of p55TNFR and IKK2 in the development of FDC networks and of antibody responses. Immunity (2006) Jan; 24 (1): 65-77

DNA microinjection Service

Panagopoulou P, Davos CH, Milner DJ, Varela E, Cameron J, Mann DL, Capetanaki Y. Desmin mediates TNF-alpha-induced aggregate formation and intercalated disk reorganization in heart failure. J Cell Biol. 2008 Jun 2;181(5):761-75.

Katsanou V, Papadaki O, Milatos S, Blackshear PJ, Anderson P, Kollias G, Kontoyiannis DL. HuR as a negative posttranscriptional modulator in inflammation. Mol. Cell (2005) Sep; 19(6): 777-89

Panagopoulos D, Victoratos P, Alexiou M, Kollias G, Mosialos G. Comparative analysis of signal transduction by CD40 and the Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1 in vivo. J Virol. (2004) Dec; 78(23):13253-61.

Archiving Services

Poulou M, Bell D, Bozonelos K, Alexiou M, Gavalas A, Lovell-Badge R, Remboutsika E. Development of a chromosomally integrated metabolite-inducible Leu3p-alpha-IPM “off-on” gene switch. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 31;5(8)