Postmitotic neurons develop a p21‐dependent senescence‐like phenotype driven by a DNA damage response

…, S Miwa, M Maddick, V Korolchuk, A Tsolou… - Aging cell, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In senescent cells, a DNA damage response drives not only irreversible loss of replicative
capacity but also production and secretion of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and bioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and advances of multicellular tumor spheroids: challenges in their development and analysis

AG Mitrakas, A Tsolou, S Didaskalou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomedical research requires both in vitro and in vivo studies in order to explore disease
processes or drug interactions. Foundational investigations have been performed at the cellular …

Blocking LDHA glycolytic pathway sensitizes glioblastoma cells to radiation and temozolomide

M Koukourakis, A Tsolou, S Pouliliou, I Lamprou… - Biochemical and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Up-regulation of lactate dehydrogenase LDHA, is a frequent event in human
malignancies and relate to poor postoperative outcome. In the current study we examined the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the functional roles of aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 in human corneal epithelial cells

…, M Venetikidou, I Tsochantaridis, A Tsolou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 (ALDH3A1) oxidizes medium-chain aldehydes to their
corresponding carboxylic acids. It is expressed at high rates in the human cornea, where it has …

'Stemness' and 'senescence'related escape pathways are dose dependent in lung cancer cells surviving post irradiation

A Tsolou, I Lamprou, AO Fortosi, M Liousia… - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Aims Lung cancer is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and
radiotherapy is a major treatment of choice. However, radioresistance is a main reason for …

[HTML][HTML] Suppressed PLIN3 frequently occurs in prostate cancer, promoting docetaxel resistance via intensified autophagy, an event reversed by chloroquine

I Lamprou, A Tsolou, C Kakouratos, AG Mitrakas… - Medical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Lipid metabolism reprogramming is one of the adaptive events that drive tumor development
and survival, and may account for resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. Perilipins are …

[HTML][HTML] iNOS expression by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, PD-L1 and prognosis in non-small-cell lung cancer

A Giatromanolaki, A Tsolou, E Daridou, M Kouroupi… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of Inducible Nitric Oxygen Synthase (iNOS) in the progression of
human malignancies is obscure. We studied the expression patterns of iNOS in non-small-…

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of IKK-NFκB pathway sensitizes lung cancer cell lines to radiation

A Tsolou, M Liousia, D Kalamida… - Cancer biology & …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective : Cancer cell radioresistance is a stumbling block in radiation therapy. The activity
in the nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) pathway correlates with anti-apoptotic mechanisms and …

[HTML][HTML] Tripolin A, a novel small-molecule inhibitor of aurora A kinase, reveals new regulation of HURP's distribution on microtubules

IA Kesisova, KC Nakos, A Tsolou, D Angelis, J Lewis… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Mitotic regulators exhibiting gain of function in tumor cells are considered useful cancer
therapeutic targets for the development of small-molecule inhibitors. The human Aurora kinases …

[HTML][HTML] HURP localization in metaphase is the result of a multi-step process requiring its phosphorylation at Ser627 residue

…, I Kesisova, A Halavatyi, T Elmali, A Tsolou… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Faithful chromosome segregation during cell division requires accurate mitotic spindle
formation. As mitosis occurs rapidly within the cell cycle, the proteins involved in mitotic spindle …