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1,2,3-Dithiazoles-new reversible melanin synthesis inhibitors: A chemical genomics study

Charalambous, Anna; Koyioni, Maria; Antoniades, Ioanna; Pegeioti, Despoina; Eleftheriou, Iro; Michaelidou, Sophia S.; Amelichev, Stanislav A.; Konstantinova, L. S.; Rakitin, O. A.; Koutentis, Panayiotis Andreas; Skourides, Paris A. (2015)

A chemical genomic screen of an in-house library of small molecule heterocycles was carried out using Xenopus laevis embryos. This led to the identification of N-(4-chloro-5H-1,2,3-dithiazol-5-ylidene)-4-methoxyaniline ...

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The 1.76 Å resolution crystal structure of glycogen phosphorylase b complexed with glucose, and CP320626, a potential antidiabetic drug

Oikonomakos, Nikos G.; Zographos, Spyros E.; Skamnaki, Vicky T.; Archontis, Georgios Z. (2002)

CP320626, a potential antidiabetic drug, inhibits glycogen phosphorylase in synergism with glucose. To elucidate the structural basis of synergistic inhibition, we determined the structure of muscle glycogen phosphorylase ...

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2nd combined working group and management committee meeting of urine and kidney proteomics COST action 29-30 March 2009, Nafplio, Greece

Vlahou, Antonia; Allmaier, G.; Attwood, T.; Bongcam-Rudloff, E.; Charonis, Aristidis S.; Frokiaer, J.; Mischak, H.; Schanstra, J.; Spasovski, G.; Aasberg, A.; Allory, Y.; Arthur, J.; Attwood, T.; Banks, R.; Baumann, M.; Benigni, A.; Bezerianos, Anastasios; Campistol, J. M.; Candiano, G.; Capasso, G.; Carpentier, S.; Dadlez, M.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Dijilianov, D.; De Zeeuw, D.; Decramer, S.; Dihazi, H.; Domon, B.; Endlich, N.; d'Alche-Buc, F.; D'Haese, P.; Edelman, A.; Egido, J.; El Nahas, M.; Farinazzo, A.; Fernandez-Llama, P.; Feldt-Rasmussen, B.; Frokiaer, J.; Gansevoort, R.; Garbis, S.; Garin, J.; Ghiggeri, G. M.; Gimenez, I.; Granier, C.; Goumenos, Dimitrios S.; Haylor, J. L.; Hilario, M.; Holthofer, H.; Kalousis, Alexandros; Kaski, S.; Knepper, M.; Korneti, P.; Kossida, Sophia A.; Langham, R.; Loftheim, H.; Lopez-Novoa, J.; Luider, T.; Magni, F.; Malats, N.; Martin, J. L.; Mayrhofer, C.; Monsarrat, B.; Mueller, G.; Nielsen, S.; Norling, M.; O'Connell, S.; Ortiz, A.; Perunicic-Pekovic, G.; Planelles, G.; Polenakovic, M.; Promponas, Vasilis J.; Rasic-Milutinovic, Z.; Rehulka, P.; Peter, K.; Righetti, P. G.; Ronco, P.; Ryan, M.; Sánchez-Carbayo, M.; Schanstra, J.; Semmes, J.; Sheehan, D.; Stenman, U. -H; Stodkilde-Jorgensen, L.; Tasic, V.; Theodorescu, D.; Thongboonkerd, V.; Toncheva, D.; Tsillibari, E.; Tsiotis, Georgios; Unwin, R.; Vanholder, R.; Vassilev, D.; Vickers, M. E.; Verhulst, A.; Vilasi, Annalisa; Vlahakos, D.; Vonk, R.; Wright, P. C.; Yamamoto, Tadashi; Yutaka, Y.; Zielenkiewicz, P. (2009)

EuroKUP (Urine and Kidney Proteomics

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40LoVe and Samba are involved in Xenopusneural development and functionally distinct from hnRNP AB

Andreou, Maria I.; Yan, C. Y. I.; Skourides, Paris A. (2014)

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) comprise a large group of modular RNA-binding proteins classified according to their conserved domains. This modular nature, coupled with a large choice of alternative ...

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Activated biochar derived from cactus fibres - Preparation, characterization and application on Cu(II) removal from aqueous solutions

Hadjittofi, Loukia; Prodromou, Melpomeni; Pashalidis, Ioannis (2014)

The adsorption efficiency of activated biochar prepared from cactus fibres regarding the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions has been investigated as a function of various physicochemical parameters (e.g. pH, initial ...

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Adsorption of hexavalent chromium on dunite

Demetriou, Antri; Pashalidis, Ioannis (2011)

The paper presents and discusses the effect of various physicochemical parameters (e.g. pH, ionic strength, Cr(VI) initial concentration, amount of the adsorbent, temperature and contact time between metal ion and adsorbent) ...

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Adsorption of hexavalent uranium on biomass by-product

Konstantinou, M.; Pashalidis, Ioannis (2007)

The effectiveness of the uranium removal by olive cake from aqueous solutions has been demonstrated in batch type experiments under normal atmospheric conditions. The adsorption capacity has been evaluated by using both ...

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Alpha spectroscopic analysis of actinides (Th, U and Pu) after separation from aqueous solutions by cation-exchange and liquid extraction

Kiliari, T.; Pashalidis, Ioannis (2010)

The radioactivity concentration of 236Pu, 232U and 228Th in aqueous samples has been determined by means of alpha spectroscopy after chemical separation and pre-concentration of the radionuclides by cation exchange and ...

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Alport syndrome from bench to bedside: The potential of current treatment beyond RAAS blockade and the horizon of future therapies

Gross, O.; Perin, L.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2014)

The hereditary type IV collagen disease Alport syndrome (AS) always leads to end-stage renal failure. Yesterday, for the past 90 years, this course was described as 'inevitable'. Today, RAAS blockade has changed the ...

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Americium and samarium determination in aqueous solutions after separation by cation-exchange

Kiliari, T.; Pashalidis, Ioannis (2014)

The concentration of trivalent americium and samarium in aqueous samples has been determined by means of alpha-radiometry and UV-Vis photometry, respectively, after chemical separation and pre-concentration of the elements ...

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Amphiphilic model conetworks based on cross-linked star copolymers of benzyl methacrylate and 2-(dimenthylamino)ethyl methacrylate: Synthesis, characterization, and DNA adsorption studies

Achilleos, Demetra S.; Georgiou, Theoni K.; Patrickios, Costas S. (2006)

Six amphiphilic model conetworks of a new structure, that of cross-linked "in-out" star copolymers, were synthesized by the group transfer polymerization (GTP) of the hydrophobic monomer benzyl methacrylate (BzMA) and the ...

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Amphiphilic single and double networks: a small-angle X-ray scattering investigation

Zhang, X. K.; Kyriakos, K.; Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.; Kitiri, E. N.; Patrickios, Costas S.; Papadakis, Christine M. (2016)

We investigated the microphase-separated morphologies of water-swollen amphiphilic single and double polymer networks using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The networks consist of (i) a first conetwork containing ...

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Analysis of expired air of fasting male monks at Mount Athos

Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Agapiou, Agapios; Georgiadou, A. (2006)

Expired air chemical analysis is investigated as a search and locate method for the early detection of entrapped people under the ruins of collapsed buildings after an earthquake. Fasting individuals were examined as a ...

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Architectural insight into inovirus-associated vectors (IAVs) and development of IAV-based vaccines inducing humoral and cellular responses: Implications in HIV-1 vaccines

Hassapis, K. A.; Stylianou, Dora C.; Kostrikis, Leontios G. (2014)

Inovirus-associated vectors (IAVs) are engineered, non-lytic, filamentous bacteriophages that are assembled primarily from thousands of copies of the major coat protein gp8 and just five copies of each of the four minor ...

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Arginine methylation at histone H3R2 controls deposition of H3K4 trimethylation

Kirmizis, Antonis; Santos-Rosa, H.; Penkett, C. J.; Singer, M. A.; Vermeulen, M.; Mann, M.; Bähler, J.; Green, R. D.; Kouzarides, T. (2007)

Modifications on histones control important biological processes through their effects on chromatin structure. Methylation at lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4) is found at the 5′ end of active genes and contributes to ...

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The bacterial metabolite 2-aminoacetophenone promotes association of pathogenic bacteria with flies

Kapsetaki, Stefania Elisavet; Tzelepis, Ilias; Avgousti, Kalodoti; Livadaras, Ioannis; Garantonakis, Nikos G.; Varikou, Kyriaki N.; Apidianakis, Yiorgos (2014)

Bacteria contaminate insects and secrete metabolites that may affect insect behaviour and potentially fitness through unknown mechanisms. Here we show that the 'grape-like' odorant 2-aminoacetophenone (2AA), secreted by ...

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Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) protects against menadione-induced DNA damage through scavenging of reactive oxygen species: Bioassay-directed isolation and characterization of active principles

Burdette, J. E.; Chen, S. -N; Lu, Z. -Z; Xu, H.; White, B. E. P.; Fabricant, D. S.; Liu, J.; Fong, H. H. S.; Farnsworth, N. R.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Van Breemen, R. B.; Pezzuto, J. M.; Bolton, J. L. (2002)

The roots/rhizomes of Cimicifuga racemosa L. (Nutt.) (black cohosh) have traditionally been used to treat menopausal symptoms through an unknown mechanism of action. In an effort to determine if black cohosh had additional ...

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Broom-like and flower-like heterostructures of silver molybdate through pH controlled self assembly

Singh, D. P.; Sirota, B.; Talpatra, S.; Kohli, P.; Rebholz, Claus; Aouadi, S. M. (2012)

Silver molybdate microrods are selfassembled into micron sized, broom-like and flowerlike structures. Our investigations indicate that through a simple hydrothermal process, large scale production of such structure is ...

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C3 glomerulonephritis/CFHR5 nephropathy is an endemic disease in cyprus: Clinical and molecular findings in 21 families

Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Gale, D.; Cook, T.; Voskarides, Konstantinos; Athanasiou, Yiannis; Pierides, Alkis M. (2013)

Microscopic haematuria is the presenting symptom of several conditions, either heritable or acquired. A well-recognized familial condition is Alport syndrome, either of X-linked or autosomal recessive inheritance, as well ...

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Cancer chemopreventive activity of brassinin, a phytoalexin from cabbage

Mehta, R. G.; Liu, J.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Thomas, C. F.; Hawthorne, M.; You, M.; Gerhäuser, C.; Pezzuto, J. M.; Moon, R. C.; Moriarty, R. M. (1995)

Brassinin [3-(S-methyldithiocarbamoyl aminomethyl indole], a phytoalexin first identified as a constituent of cabbage, was synthesized and evaluated for cancer chemopreventive activity. Dose-dependent inhibition of ...