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Christos Tsatsanis

Christos Tsatsanis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
11222
World Ranking
15566
National Ranking
38

Overview

Christos Tsatsanis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily intersects several subfields including molecular biology, immunology, physiology, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics encompass RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, immune cells in cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, epigenetics and DNA methylation, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and diet and metabolism studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tsatsanis include the following:

  • Metabolic Regulation of Macrophage Activation (2021), Journal of Innate Immunity
  • SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 Interaction Suppresses IRAK-M Expression and Promotes Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Macrophages (2021), Frontiers in Immunology
  • SARS-CoV-2 modulates inflammatory responses of alveolar epithelial type II cells via PI3K/AKT pathway (2022), Frontiers in Immunology
  • Evaluation of the necessity and the feasibility of the standardization of procalcitonin measurements: Activities of IFCC WG-PCT with involvement of all stakeholders (2021), Clinica Chimica Acta
  • Succinate mediates inflammation-induced adrenocortical dysfunction (2023), eLife

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ourania Kolliniati
  • Ioanna Lapi
  • Maria Daskalaki
  • Philip N. Tsichlis
  • George Laliotis

Tsatsanis has published multiple times in venues such as Marine Drugs, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Frontiers in Immunology, and Microorganisms. Notably, Marine Drugs accounts for several of their publications.

Their academic contributions cover a broad spectrum of research areas within the biomedical sciences, with particular attention to molecular and immunological responses that have relevance to infectious diseases and cancer biology.

Best Publications

  • TNF-α Induction by LPS Is Regulated Posttranscriptionally via a Tpl2/ERK-Dependent Pathway

    Calin D. Dumitru;Jeffrey D. Ceci;Christos Tsatsanis;Dimitris Kontoyiannis

  • Akt Signaling Pathway in Macrophage Activation and M1/M2 Polarization.

    Eleni Vergadi;Eleftheria Ieronymaki;Konstantina Lyroni;Katerina Vaporidi

  • The Kinase Akt1 Controls Macrophage Response to Lipopolysaccharide by Regulating MicroRNAs

    Ariadne Androulidaki;Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Alicia Arranz;Christina Doxaki

  • Signalling networks regulating cyclooxygenase-2.

    Christos Tsatsanis;Ariadne Androulidaki;Maria Venihaki;Andrew N. Margioris

  • Akt1 and Akt2 protein kinases differentially contribute to macrophage polarization

    Alicia Arranz;Christina Doxaki;Eleni Vergadi;Yeny Martinez de la Torre

  • Adiponectin induces TNF-alpha and IL-6 in macrophages and promotes tolerance to itself and other pro-inflammatory stimuli

    Christos Tsatsanis;Vassiliki Zacharioudaki;Ariadne Androulidaki;Erini Dermitzaki

  • Expansion of toll-like receptor 9-expressing B cells in active systemic lupus erythematosus: implications for the induction and maintenance of the autoimmune process.

    Eva D. Papadimitraki;Christianna Choulaki;Eleni Koutala;George Bertsias

  • Metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy and risk of preterm birth.

    Leda Chatzi;Estel Plana;Vasiliki Daraki;Polyxeni Karakosta

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Augments Proinflammatory Cytokine Production from Macrophages In Vitro and in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Endotoxin Shock in Mice

    Sofia Agelaki;Christos Tsatsanis;Achille Gravanis;Andrew N. Margioris

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

    Ioannis Charalampopoulos;Christos Tsatsanis;Erene Dermitzaki;Vasilia-Ismini Alexaki

  • Negative Association between Testosterone Concentration and Inflammatory Markers in Young Men: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study.

    Johannes Bobjer;Marianna Katrinaki;Christos Tsatsanis;Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

  • The gut microbiota in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease

    Kalliopi K. Gkouskou;Chrysoula Deligianni;Christos Tsatsanis;Aristides G. Eliopoulos

  • Akt2 Deficiency Protects from Acute Lung Injury via Alternative Macrophage Activation and miR-146a Induction in Mice

    Eleni Vergadi;Katerina Vaporidi;Emmanuel E. Theodorakis;Christina Doxaki

  • Tpl-2 is an oncogenic kinase that is activated by carboxy-terminal truncation.

    Jeffrey D. Ceci;Christos P. Patriotis;Christos Tsatsanis;Antonios M. Makris

  • The role of oncogenic kinases in human cancer (Review).

    C Tsatsanis;D A Spandidos

  • DNA damage triggers a chronic autoinflammatory response, leading to fat depletion in NER progeria.

    Ismene Karakasilioti;Irene Kamileri;Irene Kamileri;Georgia Chatzinikolaou;Theodoros Kosteas

  • The impact of adipose tissue-derived factors on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis.

    Christos Tsatsanis;Eirini Dermitzaki;Pavlina Avgoustinaki;Niki Malliaraki

  • Overexpression of the Tpl-2/Cot oncogene in human breast cancer.

    G Sourvinos;C Tsatsanis;C Tsatsanis;D A Spandidos

  • Neurosteroids as endogenous inhibitors of neuronal cell apoptosis in aging.

    Ioannis Charalampopoulos;Vassiliki-Ismini Alexaki;Christos Tsatsanis;Vassilis Minas

  • Regulation of Endotoxin Tolerance and Compensatory Anti-inflammatory Response Syndrome by Non-coding RNAs.

    Eleni Vergadi;Katerina Vaporidi;Christos Tsatsanis

Frequent Co-Authors

Demetrios A. Spandidos
Demetrios A. Spandidos University of Crete
Philip N. Tsichlis
Philip N. Tsichlis The Ohio State University
Aristides G. Eliopoulos
Aristides G. Eliopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Aleksander Giwercman
Aleksander Giwercman Lund University
Christos Stournaras
Christos Stournaras University of Crete
Vassilios Roussis
Vassilios Roussis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stephen Safe
Stephen Safe Texas A&M University
Jorge Ripoll
Jorge Ripoll Carlos III University of Madrid
Edward T.H. Yeh
Edward T.H. Yeh University of Missouri
Rosa P. Gomariz
Rosa P. Gomariz Complutense University of Madrid

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