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A data driven approach reveals disease similarity on a molecular level

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

A new automated method for the determination of the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) of human plasma, based on the crocin bleaching assay

scientific article

A rapid, nongenomic, signaling pathway regulates the actin reorganization induced by activation of membrane testosterone receptors

scientific article published on 23 January 2003

APRIL binding to BCMA activates a JNK2-FOXO3-GADD45 pathway and induces a G2/M cell growth arrest in liver cells

scientific article published on 15 October 2012

Accurate prediction of severe allergic reactions by a small set of environmental parameters (NDVI, temperature)

scientific article

Acidification reveals a greater number of epidermal growth factor receptors in human placental and breast cancer membranes

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Activation of membrane androgen receptors potentiates the antiproliferative effects of paclitaxel on human prostate cancer cells

scientific article published on May 2006

Activation of membrane estrogen receptors induce pro-survival kinases

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Activin-A causes Hepatic stellate cell activation via the induction of TNFα and TGFβ in Kupffer cells.

scientific article

Adipocytes as immune cells: differential expression of TWEAK, BAFF, and APRIL and their receptors (Fn14, BAFF-R, TACI, and BCMA) at different stages of normal and pathological adipose tissue development

scientific article

Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal cells support skin reepithelialization through secretion of KGF-1 and PDGF-BB: comparison with dermal fibroblasts

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Analyzing Ethnopharmacological Data Matrices on Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants with the Contribution of Partial Order Techniques

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Androgen Control in Prostate Cancer

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Androgen Triggers the Pro-Migratory CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis in AR-Positive Breast Cancer Cell Lines: Underlying Mechanism and Possible Implications for the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors in Breast Cancer.

scientific article

Antagonizing effects of membrane-acting androgens on the eicosanoid receptor OXER1 in prostate cancer

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Antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of selective phenolic acids on T47D human breast cancer cells: potential mechanisms of action

scientific article

ArF-193 excimer laser and Emdogain in the treatment of experimental periodontitis: an experimental study in rabbits

scientific article

Are opioid peptides co-localized with vasopressin or oxytocin in the neural lobe of the rat?

scientific article

B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) activation exerts specific proinflammatory effects in normal human keratinocytes and is preferentially expressed in inflammatory skin pathologies

scientific article

BAFF, APRIL, TWEAK, BCMA, TACI and Fn14 proteins are related to human glioma tumor grade: immunohistochemistry and public microarray data meta-analysis

scientific article

BCMA (TNFRSF17) Induces APRIL and BAFF Mediated Breast Cancer Cell Stemness

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Bio-psychosocial determinants of cardiovascular disease in a rural population on Crete, Greece: formulating a hypothesis and designing the SPILI-III study

scientific article

Cancer chemotherapy reduces plasma total antioxidant capacity in children with malignancies

scholarly article by Maria Papageorgiou et al published January 2005 in Leukemia Research

Characterization of enkephalins and related peptides in rat hypophysial portal blood

scientific article published in September 1984

Climate Change Dependence in Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Medicinal Plants in Crete, Greece

scientific article published in 2023

Comparative thermodynamics of opioid receptor ligand interaction in the bovine adrenal medulla membranes--evidence of opioid site heterogeneity

scientific article

Comparison of a multiplex, bead-based fluorescent assay and immunofluorescence methods for the detection of ANA and ANCA autoantibodies in human serum

scientific article published on 3 March 2006

Conjugated and non-conjugated androgens differentially modulate specific early gene transcription in breast cancer in a cell-specific manner

scientific article published on 24 October 2009

Cord blood leptin levels in relation to child growth trajectories

scientific article

Correction: Accurate Prediction of Severe Allergic Reactions by a Small Set of Environmental Parameters (NDVI, Temperature).

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Corticoliberin, somatocrinin and amine contents in normal and parkinsonian human hypothalamus

scientific article published in May 1985

Corticotropin-releasing hormone activates protein kinase C in an isoenzyme-specific manner

scientific journal article

Cortistatin production by HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line and distribution of somatostatin receptors

scientific article published on May 2004

Decreased total and corrected antioxidant capacity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published in September 2004

Dehydroepiandrosterone and allopregnanolone protect sympathoadrenal medulla cells against apoptosis via antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins

scientific article

Dehydroepiandrosterone protects human keratinocytes against apoptosis through membrane binding sites

scientific article published on 18 April 2009

Dehydroepiandrosterone, as Endogenous Inhibitor of Neuronal Cell Apoptosis: Potential Therapeutic Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Detection of the TNFSF members BAFF, APRIL, TWEAK and their receptors in normal kidney and renal cell carcinomas.

scientific article published in January 2011

Diagnostic value of ferritin, haptoglobin, α1-antitrypsin, lactate dehydrogenase and complement factors C3 and C4 in pleural effusion differentiation

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Differential detection of nuclear envelope autoantibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis using routine and alternative methods

scientific article

Distinct signaling pathways regulate differential opioid effects on actin cytoskeleton in malignant MCF7 and nonmalignant MCF12A human breast epithelial cells

scientific article

ERα17p, a peptide reproducing the hinge region of the estrogen receptor α associates to biological membranes: A biophysical approach

scientific article

ERα17p, an ERα P295 -T311 fragment, modifies the migration of breast cancer cells, through actin cytoskeleton rearrangements

scientific article

ERα36, a new variant of the ERα is expressed in triple negative breast carcinomas and has a specific transcriptomic signature in breast cancer cell lines

scientific article

Early alterations of actin cytoskeleton in OK cells by opioids.

scientific article

Early membrane initiated transcriptional effects of estrogens in breast cancer cells: First pharmacological evidence for a novel membrane estrogen receptor element (ERx).

scientific article

Effect of 41-CRF antiserum on the secretion of ACTH, B-Endorphin and α-MSH in the rat

scientific article published on 01 May 1983

Effect of Neonatal Treatment with Monosodium Glutamate on the Secretion of α-MSH, β-Endorphin and ACTH in the Rat ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Effect of nicotine on in vivo secretion of melanocorticotropic hormones in the rat

scientific article published on 01 March 1981

Eicosanoids in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Erythropoietin and its receptor in breast cancer: correlation with steroid receptors and outcome

scientific article published in October 2007

Estrogen anti-inflammatory activity on human monocytes is mediated through cross-talk between estrogen receptor ERα36 and GPR30/GPER1.

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects via membrane estrogen receptors and rapid Akt/NOS activation

scientific article published on 2 August 2004

Estrogen receptor-alpha isoforms are the main estrogen receptors expressed in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma.

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Evidence for a precursor for TRH in the neonatal rat pancreas

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Evidence for high peptide alpha-amidating activity in the pancrease from neonatal rats.

scientific article

Evidence for high peptide α-amidation activity in the neonatal rat pancreas

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Expression of TNF-superfamily members BAFF and APRIL in breast cancer: immunohistochemical study in 52 invasive ductal breast carcinomas

scientific article

First- and Second-Trimester Reference Intervals for Thyroid Hormones during Pregnancy in "Rhea" Mother-Child Cohort, Crete, Greece

scientific article published on 4 December 2011

G protein-associated, specific membrane binding sites mediate the neuroprotective effect of dehydroepiandrosterone

scientific article published on 11 January 2006

Gender-specific reference intervals for cord blood leptin in Crete, Greece

scientific article published on 2 August 2012

Human health effects of air pollution

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ICPBC and C12-ICPBC: two new red emitting, fluorescent Ca2+ indicators excited with visible light

scientific article published on 17 October 2005

Identification of polyproline II regions derived from the proline-rich nuclear receptor coactivators PNRC and PNRC2: new insights for ERα coactivator interactions.

scientific article published on 8 August 2013

Identification, characterization and localization of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors in human placenta

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Immunohistochemical and biochemical evidence for the presence of the pentapeptide met-enkephalin and the heptapeptide met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7 but not the octapeptide met-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 in amphibian chromaffin cells

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Immunohistochemical study of pElk-1 expression in human breast cancer: association with breast cancer biologic profile and clinicopathologic features

scientific article

Implementation of thyroid function tests algorithms by clinical laboratories: A four-year experience of good clinical and diagnostic practice in a tertiary hospital in Greece.

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Influence of acute, subchronic and chronic treatment with neuroleptic (haloperidol) on enkephalins and their precursors in the striatum of rat brain

scientific article published in February 1985

Interaction of opiates with opioid binding sites in the bovine adrenal medulla: I. Interaction with delta and mu sites

scientific article published in September 1985

Interaction of opiates with opioid binding sites in the bovine adrenal medulla: II. Interaction with kappa sites

scientific article published in September 1985

Interplay of estrogen receptors and GPR30 for the regulation of early membrane initiated transcriptional effects: A pharmacological approach

scientific article

Kappa 3: a novel subtype of the kappa opioid site in bovine adrenal medulla, highly selective for Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7.

scientific article published in December 1984

Leptin levels in cord blood and anthropometric measures at birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 09 December 2010

Maternal weight status, cord blood leptin and fetal growth: a prospective mother-child cohort study (Rhea study).

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Matrix metalloproteinase 2 secretion in WEHI 164 fibrosarcoma cells is nitric oxide-related and modified by morphine

scientific article published on 28 December 2005

Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in acute viral hepatitis

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Membrane androgen binding sites are preferentially expressed in human prostate carcinoma cells

scientific article

Membrane androgen receptor activation induces apoptotic regression of human prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

scientific article

Membrane androgen receptors (OXER1, GPRC6A AND ZIP9) in prostate and breast cancer: A comparative study of their expression

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Membrane steroid receptor signaling in normal and neoplastic cells

scientific article

Membrane testosterone binding sites in prostate carcinoma as a potential new marker and therapeutic target: study in paraffin tissue sections

scientific article

Membrane-initiated steroid action in breast and prostate cancer

scientific article published on 23 December 2007

Modification of opioid ligand binding in the central and the peripheral nervous system by different buffers

scientific article

Modulation of the estrogen-regulated proteins cathepsin D and pS2 by opioid agonists in hormone-sensitive breast cancer cell lines (MCF7 and T47D): evidence for an interaction between the two systems

scientific article published in December 1998

Monomeric and oligomeric flavanols are agonists of membrane androgen receptors

scientific article

Natural antisense RNA inhibits the expression of BCMA, a tumour necrosis factor receptor homologue

scientific article

Natural extranuclear androgen receptor ligands as endocrine disruptors of cancer cell growth

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Network Meta-Analysis of Metabolic Effects of Olive-Oil in Humans Shows the Importance of Olive Oil Consumption With Moderate Polyphenol Levels as Part of the Mediterranean Diet

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells abolishes the expression of membrane androgen receptors

scientific article published on 16 May 2006

Neurosteroid dehydroepiandrosterone interacts with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors, preventing neuronal apoptosis

scientific article

Neurosteroids as endogenous inhibitors of neuronal cell apoptosis in aging

scientific article published on November 2006

Nitric oxide and pro-inflammatory cytokines in acute hepatitis B

Novel oligomeric proanthocyanidin derivatives interact with membrane androgen sites and induce regression of hormone-independent prostate cancer

scientific article published on 04 January 2011

Nuclear localization of PD-L1: artifact or reality?

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Opiate binding sites spectrum on bovine adrenal medullas and six human pheochromocytomas

scientific article published on 01 January 1983

Opioid alkaloids and casomorphin peptides decrease the proliferation of prostatic cancer cell lines (LNCaP, PC3 and DU145) through a partial interaction with opioid receptors ⬇️

scientific article published on September 24, 1997

Opioids are non-competitive inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase in T47D human breast cancer cells

scientific article published in September 2001

Opioids increase bladder cancer cell migration via bradykinin B2 receptors

scientific article

Opioids modulate constitutive B-lymphocyte secretion

scientific article

Opposing effects of estradiol- and testosterone-membrane binding sites on T47D breast cancer cell apoptosis

scientific article published on 7 April 2005

Optimized detection of circulating anti-nuclear envelope autoantibodies by immunofluorescence

scientific article published on 6 September 2006

Partial ordering of undesirable effects reported for traditionally used medicinal herbal substances

Peri-nuclear antibodies correlate with survival in Greek primary biliary cirrhosis patients

scientific article

Plasma antioxidant capacity in morbidly obese patients before and after weight loss

scientific article published in March 2006

Polyphenol interaction with the T47D human breast cancer cell line

scientific article published on January 2005

Polyphenols and cancer cell growth.

scientific article published on January 2007

Post-market outcome of an extract of traditional Cretan herbs on upper respiratory tract infections: a pragmatic, prospective observational study

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Potent inhibitory action of red wine polyphenols on human breast cancer cells

scientific article published on June 2000

Quercetin accumulates in nuclear structures and triggers specific gene expression in epithelial cells.

scientific article published on 22 July 2011

Quercetin exhibits a specific fluorescence in cellular milieu: a valuable tool for the study of its intracellular distribution

scientific article published on 27 March 2007

Rapid genotyping of CYP2D6, CYP2C19 and TPMT polymorphisms by primer extension reaction in a dipstick format

scientific article published on 2 October 2007

Reassessment of opioid binding sites in the rat brain

scientific article published in May 1986

Receptorphin: a conserved peptide derived from the sequence of the opioid receptor, with opioid displacement activity and potent antiproliferative actions in tumor cells

scientific article

Reduced systemic inflammatory response to implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents in patients with stable coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 25 September 2006

Reporting effectiveness of an extract of three traditional Cretan herbs on upper respiratory tract infection: results from a double-blind randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Resveratrol exerts its antiproliferative effect on HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells, by inducing cell cycle arrest, and NOS activation

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Serum level of interleukin-16 in multiple myeloma patients and its relationship to disease activity

scholarly article by Michael G. Alexandrakis et al published 2004 in American Journal of Hematology

Significant metabolic improvement by a water extract of olives: animal and human evidence

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

TWEAK affects keratinocyte G2/M growth arrest and induces apoptosis through the translocation of the AIF protein to the nucleus

scientific article

Tamoxifen induces a pluripotency signature in breast cancer cells and human tumors

scientific article

Testosterone membrane-initiated action in breast cancer cells: Interaction with the androgen signaling pathway and EPOR.

scientific article

The Seventh International Meeting on Rapid Responses to Steroid Hormones, RRSH 2011.

scientific article published in August 2012

The antiproliferative effect of opioid receptor agonists on the T47D human breast cancer cell line, is partially mediated through opioid receptors.

scientific article published on January 1996

The estrogen receptor alpha-derived peptide ERα17p (P(295)-T(311)) exerts pro-apoptotic actions in breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo, independently from their ERα status

scientific article published on 27 November 2010

The inhibitory effect of opioids on HepG2 cells is mediated via interaction with somatostatin receptors

scientific article published on 18 October 2006

The opioid agonist ethylketocyclazocine reverts the rapid, non-genomic effects of membrane testosterone receptors in the human prostate LNCaP cell line

scientific article published on April 2004

Thyroid dysfunction and autoantibodies in early pregnancy are associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes and adverse birth outcomes

scientific article published on 26 September 2012

Total and corrected antioxidant capacity in hemodialyzed patients

scientific article

Vitamin D levels in a large Mediterranean cohort: reconsidering normal cut-off values

scientific article published on April 2016

Whole transcriptome analysis of the ERα synthetic fragment P295-T311 (ERα17p) identifies specific ERα-isoform (ERα, ERα36)-dependent and -independent actions in breast cancer cells

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Wine Antioxidant Polyphenols Inhibit the Proliferation of Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

scholarly article by Marilenna Kampa et al published July 2000 in Nutrition and Cancer

κ-opioids induce a reversible inhibition of CFU-GM from CD133+ cord blood cells

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