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2026

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Immunology

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101
Citations
48851
World Ranking
689
National Ranking
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Medicine

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Citations
49666
World Ranking
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National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Greece Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

George Kollias is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans multiple fields within the biomedical sciences, with primary focus areas including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. These disciplines are supported by a substantial body of publications and collaborations.

Their work engages with various subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Rheumatology, and Genetics. Key research topics addressed in their publications include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions, Immune cells in cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Recent scholarly publications by George Kollias cover diverse aspects of immunology, inflammation, cancer, and arthritis. Selected papers include:

  • "Fibroblasts as immune regulators in infection, inflammation and cancer" (2021) published in Nature Reviews. Immunology
  • "Paracrine orchestration of intestinal tumorigenesis by a mesenchymal niche" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The mesenchymal context in inflammation, immunity and cancer" (2020) published in Nature Immunology
  • "'SMASH' recommendations for standardised microscopic arthritis scoring of histological sections from inflammatory arthritis animal models" (2021) published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "The second decade of anti-TNF-a therapy in clinical practice: new lessons and future directions in the COVID-19 era" (2022) published in Rheumatology International

Frequent collaborators in their research include Maria C. Denis, Niki Karagianni, Marietta Armaka, Christos Tzaferis, and Lydia Ntari.

Their work has been disseminated through several leading publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nature Immunology
  • Physica Medica
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

George Kollias has been recognized by the scientific community with membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating their active role within molecular biology networks and governance.

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Position-independent, high-level expression of the human β-globin gene in transgenic mice

    Frank Grosveld;Greet Blom van Assendelft;David R. Greaves;George Kollias

  • Transgenic mice expressing human tumour necrosis factor: a predictive genetic model of arthritis.

    J. Keffer;L. Probert;H. Cazlaris;S. Georgopoulos

  • Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

    Séverine Boillée;Koji Yamanaka;Christian S. Lobsiger;Neal G. Copeland

  • THE TRANSMEMBRANE FORM OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR IS THE PRIME ACTIVATING LIGAND OF THE 80 KDA TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR

    Matthias Grell;Eleni Douni;Harald Wajant;Matthias Löhden

  • Impaired on/off regulation of TNF biosynthesis in mice lacking TNF AU-rich elements: implications for joint and gut-associated immunopathologies.

    Dimitris Kontoyiannis;Manolis Pasparakis;Theresa Torres Pizarro;Fabio Cominelli

  • CXCR4-activated astrocyte glutamate release via TNFalpha: amplification by microglia triggers neurotoxicity.

    Paola Bezzi;Maria Domercq;Liliana Brambilla;Rossella Galli

  • Immune and inflammatory responses in TNF alpha-deficient mice: a critical requirement for TNF alpha in the formation of primary B cell follicles, follicular dendritic cell networks and germinal centers, and in the maturation of the humoral immune response.

    M Pasparakis;L Alexopoulou;V Episkopou;G Kollias

  • Mice deficient in tumor necrosis factor-alpha are resistant to skin carcinogenesis.

    Robert J. Moore;David M. Owens;Gordon Stamp;Caroline Arnott

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

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

  • Interleukin 6 is required for the development of collagen-induced arthritis.

    Tonino Alonzi;Elena Fattori;Domenico Lazzaro;Patrizia Costa

  • Transgenic mice expressing the human heat shock protein 70 have improved post-ischemic myocardial recovery.

    Jean-Christophe Plumier;B. Ross;R. W. Currie;C. E. Angelidis

  • Osteoclasts are essential for TNF-α–mediated joint destruction

    Kurt Redlich;Silvia Hayer;Romeo Ricci;Jean-Pierre David

  • Fibroblasts as immune regulators in infection, inflammation and cancer

    Sarah Davidson;Mark Coles;Tom Thomas;George Kollias

  • MK2 targets AU-rich elements and regulates biosynthesis of tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-6 independently at different post-transcriptional levels.

    Armin Neininger;Dimitris Kontoyiannis;Alexey Kotlyarov;Reinhard Winzen

  • PREDOMINANT PATHOGENIC ROLE OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR IN EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS IN MICE

    Markus F. Neurath;Ivan Fuss;Manolis Pasparakis;Lena Alexopoulou

  • Uncoupling the Proinflammatory from the Immunosuppressive Properties of Tumor Necrosis Factor (Tnf) at the P55 TNF Receptor Level Implications for Pathogenesis and Therapy of Autoimmune Demyelination

    George Kassiotis;George Kollias

  • Spontaneous inflammatory demyelinating disease in transgenic mice showing central nervous system-specific expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha

    Lesley Probert;Katerina Akassoglou;Manolis Pasparakis;George Kontogeorgos

  • Endothelial cell-specific NF-kappaB inhibition protects mice from atherosclerosis.

    Ralph Gareus;Elena Kotsaki;Sofia Xanthoulea;Ingeborg van der Made

  • Mast Cells Control Neutrophil Recruitment during T Cell–Mediated Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Reactions through Tumor Necrosis Factor and Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 2

    Tilo Biedermann;Manfred Kneilling;Reinhard Mailhammer;Konrad Maier

  • The tumor-promoting actions of TNF-α involve TNFR1 and IL-17 in ovarian cancer in mice and humans

    Kellie A. Charles;Hagen Kulbe;Robin Soper;Monica Escorcio-Correia

Frequent Co-Authors

Manolis Pasparakis
Manolis Pasparakis University of Cologne
Lesley Probert
Lesley Probert Institut Pasteur
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
George Kassiotis
George Kassiotis The Francis Crick Institute
Lena Alexopoulou
Lena Alexopoulou Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Jochen Zwerina
Jochen Zwerina University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Katerina Akassoglou
Katerina Akassoglou University of California, San Francisco
Frank Grosveld
Frank Grosveld Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Dirk Elewaut
Dirk Elewaut Ghent University

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