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Achilleas D. Theocharis

Achilleas D. Theocharis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
13532
World Ranking
16503
National Ranking
39

Overview

Achilleas D. Theocharis is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily intersects with medicine, focusing on molecular biology, cancer research, cell biology, genetics, and immunology.

Their work frequently covers topics such as:

  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
  • Protease and inhibitor mechanisms
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer cells and metastasis
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy
  • Sirtuins and resveratrol in medicine

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • A guide to the composition and functions of the extracellular matrix, 2021, FEBS Journal
  • Complexity of matrix phenotypes, 2020, Matrix Biology Plus
  • Serglycin activates pro-tumorigenic signaling and controls glioblastoma cell stemness, differentiation and invasive potential, 2020, Matrix Biology Plus
  • Proteoglycans Determine the Dynamic Landscape of EMT and Cancer Cell Stemness, 2022, Cancers
  • Resistance to hormone therapy in breast cancer cells promotes autophagy and EGFR signaling pathway, 2023, American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Dimitra Manou, Nikos K. Karamanos, Zoi Piperigkou, Erik Knutsen, and Fatimah Mohammed A. Alzahrani, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Publication venues where their research commonly appears include:

  • Matrix Biology Plus
  • Cancers
  • Molecular Biology Reports
  • FEBS Journal
  • American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Best Publications

  • Extracellular matrix structure.

    Achilleas D Theocharis;Spyros S Skandalis;Chrysostomi Gialeli;Nikos K Karamanos

  • Roles of matrix metalloproteinases in cancer progression and their pharmacological targeting

    Chrisostomi Gialeli;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Nikos K. Karamanos

  • Glycosaminoglycans: key players in cancer cell biology and treatment

    Nikos Afratis;Chrisostomi Gialeli;Dragana Nikitovic;Theodore Tsegenidis

  • A guide to the composition and functions of the extracellular matrix.

    Nikos K. Karamanos;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Zoi Piperigkou;Dimitra Manou

  • Proteoglycans in health and disease: novel roles for proteoglycans in malignancy and their pharmacological targeting.

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Spyridon S. Skandalis;George N. Tzanakakis;Nikos K. Karamanos

  • The extracellular matrix as a multitasking player in disease.

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Dimitra Manou;Nikos K. Karamanos

  • Proteoglycan Chemical Diversity Drives Multifunctional Cell Regulation and Therapeutics.

    Nikos K. Karamanos;Nikos K. Karamanos;Zoi Piperigkou;Zoi Piperigkou;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Hideto Watanabe

  • Syndecans – key regulators of cell signaling and biological functions

    Nikolaos A. Afratis;Nikolaos A. Afratis;Dragana Nikitovic;Hinke A. B. Multhaupt;Achilleas D. Theocharis

  • Matrix modeling and remodeling: A biological interplay regulating tissue homeostasis and diseases.

    Nikos K. Karamanos;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Thomas Neill;Renato V. Iozzo

  • Cross-talk between estradiol receptor and EGFR/IGF-IR signaling pathways in estrogen-responsive breast cancers: focus on the role and impact of proteoglycans.

    Spyros S. Skandalis;Nikolaos Afratis;Gianna Smirlaki;Dragana Nikitovic

  • Proteoglycans remodeling in cancer: Underlying molecular mechanisms.

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Nikos K. Karamanos

  • Pancreatic carcinoma is characterized by elevated content of hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate with altered disaccharide composition

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Marina E. Tsara;Nikoletta Papageorgacopoulou;Dionisis D. Karavias

  • Estrogen receptor alpha mediates epithelial to mesenchymal transition, expression of specific matrix effectors and functional properties of breast cancer cells.

    Panagiotis Bouris;Spyros S. Skandalis;Zoi Piperigkou;Nikos Afratis

  • Insights into the key roles of proteoglycans in breast cancer biology and translational medicine.

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Spyros S. Skandalis;Thomas Neill;Hinke A.B. Multhaupt

  • Efficient TGFβ-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition depends on hyaluronan synthase HAS2

    Helena Porsch;Berit Bernert;Merima Mehić;A D Theocharis;A D Theocharis

  • Altered content composition and structure of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans in gastric carcinoma

    Achilleas D Theocharis;Demitrios H Vynios;Nikoletta Papageorgakopoulou;Spyros S Skandalis

  • Serglycin: at the crossroad of inflammation and malignancy.

    Angeliki Korpetinou;Spyros S. Skandalis;Vassiliki T. Labropoulou;Gianna Smirlaki

  • Genistein suppresses the invasive potential of human breast cancer cells through transcriptional regulation of metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors.

    O. C. Kousidou;T. N. Mitropoulou;A. E. Roussidis;D. Kletsas

  • Human colon adenocarcinoma is associated with specific post-translational modifications of versican and decorin.

    Achilleas D Theocharis

  • Serglycin Constitutively Secreted by Myeloma Plasma Cells Is a Potent Inhibitor of Bone Mineralization in Vitro

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Carina Seidel;Magne Borset;Katalin Dobra

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos K. Karamanos
Nikos K. Karamanos University of Patras
George N. Tzanakakis
George N. Tzanakakis University of Crete
Dimitris Kletsas
Dimitris Kletsas National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos
Renato V. Iozzo
Renato V. Iozzo Thomas Jefferson University
Martin Götte
Martin Götte University of Münster
Aristidis Moustakas
Aristidis Moustakas Uppsala University
Alberto Passi
Alberto Passi University of Insubria
Ralph D. Sanderson
Ralph D. Sanderson University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University

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