Research Activities

Publications:

Psarras S, Mavroidis M, Sanoudou D, Davos CH, Xanthou G, Varela AE, Panoutsakopoulou V, Capetanaki Y. Regulation of adverse remodelling by osteopontin in a genetic heart failure model. Eur Heart J, 2011 Apr 26,

Kypreou KP, Kavvadas P, Karamessinis P, Peroulis M, Alberti A, Sideras P, Psarras S, Capetanaki Y, Politis PK, Charonis AS. Altered expression of calreticulin during the development of fibrosis. Proteomics, 8, 2407, 2008

Volonaki E, Psarras S, Xepapadaki P, Psomali D, Gourgiotis D, Papadopoulos NG Synergistic effects of fluticasone propionate and salmeterol on inhibiting rhinovirus-induced epithelial production of remodelling-associated growth factors Clin Exp Allergy, 36, 1268-1273, 2006

Psarras S, Volonaki E, Skevaki, C, Hatzipsalti M, Bossios A, Pratsinis H, Tsigkos S, Gourgiotis D, Constantopoulos AG, Papapetropoulos A, Saxoni-Papageorgiou P, Papadopoulos NG. VEGF-mediated induction of angiogenesis by human rhinoviruses: a link by viral infection and airway remodelling in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 117, 291-297, 2006

Capetanaki Y, Bloch RJ, Kouloumenta, A, Mavroidis M and Psarras, S. “Muscle intermediate filaments and their links to membranes and membranous organelles”. Exp Cell Res, 313, 2063-2076, 2007

Psarras, S, Caramori, G. Contoli, M, Papadopoulos NG and Papi, A. Oxidants in asthma and in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 11, 2053-2062, 2005.

Psarras, S, Papadopoulos, N.G. and Johnston, S.L. “Diagnosis of viral respiratory illness - practical applications” in Kendig’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children (Chernick/Boat/Wilmott/Bush eds), 7th Ed, Chap. 22, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 388-403, 2006