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50
Citations
8103
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17719
National Ranking
40

Overview

George Simos is affiliated with the University of Thessaly in Greece and focuses research efforts primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine.

The main subfields of study in their research include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Physiology, Oncology, and Hematology.

The main topics explored throughout their work cover:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George Simos include:

  • Ilias Mylonis
  • Georgia Chachami
  • Martina Samiotaki
  • George Panayotou
  • Chrysa Filippopoulou

Notable recent publications consist of:

  • "Transcriptional Response to Hypoxia: The Role of HIF-1-Associated Co-Regulators" (2023) published in Cells
  • "The Role of Sumoylation in the Response to Hypoxia: An Overview" (2020) published in Cells
  • "ERK signaling controls productive HIF-1 binding to chromatin and cancer cell adaptation to hypoxia through HIF-1α interaction with NPM1" (2021) published in Molecular Oncology
  • "Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1) stimulates HIF activity by supporting histone acetylation under hypoxia" (2022) published in FEBS Journal
  • "Specific Inhibition of HIF Activity: Can Peptides Lead the Way?" (2021) published in Cancers

Frequent publication venues where George Simos has contributed multiple articles comprise FEBS Journal, Cells, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Molecular Oncology, and Redox Biology.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear mRNA Export Requires Complex Formation between Mex67p and Mtr2p at the Nuclear Pores

    Helena Santos-Rosa;Horacio Moreno;George Simos;Alexandra Segref

  • Identification of MAPK Phosphorylation Sites and Their Role in the Localization and Activity of Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1α

    Ilias Mylonis;Georgia Chachami;Martina Samiotaki;George Panayotou

  • The yeast protein Arc1p binds to tRNA and functions as a cofactor for the methionyl- and glutamyl-tRNA synthetases.

    G. Simos;A. Segref;F. Fasiolo;K. Hellmuth

  • Yeast Los1p Has Properties of an Exportin-Like Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Factor for tRNA

    Klaus Hellmuth;Denise M. Lau;F. Ralf Bischoff;Markus Künzler

  • An aminoacylation-dependent nuclear tRNA export pathway in yeast

    Helge Grosshans;Ed Hurt;George Simos

  • Nuclear pore proteins are involved in the biogenesis of functional tRNA.

    G. Simos;H. Tekotte;H. Grosjean;A. Segref

  • Mtr10p functions as a nuclear import receptor for the mRNA-binding protein Npl3p

    Bruno Senger;George Simos;F.Ralf Bischoff;Alexandre Podtelejnikov

  • A Novel In Vivo Assay Reveals Inhibition of Ribosomal Nuclear Export in Ran-Cycle and Nucleoporin Mutants

    Ed Hurt;Stefan Hannus;Birgit Schmelzl;Denise Lau

  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factors and the Regulation of Lipid Metabolism

    Ilias Mylonis;George Simos;George Simos;Efrosyni Paraskeva

  • The lamin B receptor (LBR) provides essential chromatin docking sites at the nuclear envelope.

    A Pyrpasopoulou;J Meier;C Maison;G Simos

  • Characterization of Yeast Protein Deg1 as Pseudouridine Synthase (Pus3) Catalyzing the Formation of Ψ38 and Ψ39 in tRNA Anticodon Loop

    François Lecointe;George Simos;Anke Sauer;Eduard C. Hurt

  • Biogenesis of the signal recognition particle (SRP) involves import of SRP proteins into the nucleolus, assembly with the SRP-RNA, and Xpo1p-mediated export.

    Helge Grosshans;Karina Deinert;Ed Hurt;George Simos

  • A Conserved Domain within Arc1p Delivers tRNA to Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

    George Simos;Anke Sauer;Franco Fasiolo;Eduard C Hurt

  • Hypoxia causes triglyceride accumulation by HIF-1-mediated stimulation of lipin 1 expression

    Ilias Mylonis;Hiroshi Sembongi;Christina Befani;Panagiotis Liakos

  • Cobalt induces hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) in HeLa cells by an iron-independent, but ROS-, PI-3K- and MAPK-dependent mechanism.

    Anastasia Triantafyllou;Panagiotis Liakos;Andreas Tsakalof;Elena Georgatsou

  • Bortezomib represses HIF-1α protein expression and nuclear accumulation by inhibiting both PI3K/Akt/TOR and MAPK pathways in prostate cancer cells

    Christina D. Befani;Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios;Eleana Hatzidaki;Anna Patrikidou

  • The yeast tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p displays a multisite substrate specificity

    Y Motorin;G Keith;C Simon;D Foiret

  • Atypical CRM1-dependent Nuclear Export Signal Mediates Regulation of Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1α by MAPK *

    Ilias Mylonis;Georgia Chachami;Efrosyni Paraskeva;George Simos

  • The dietary flavonoid kaempferol effectively inhibits HIF-1 activity and hepatoma cancer cell viability under hypoxic conditions.

    Ilias Mylonis;Achillia Lakka;Andreas Tsakalof;George Simos

  • Binding of lamin A to polynucleosomes.

    J Yuan;G Simos;G Blobel;S D Georgatos

Frequent Co-Authors

Ed Hurt
Ed Hurt Heidelberg University
Henri Grosjean
Henri Grosjean Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
George Panayotou
George Panayotou Ludwig Cancer Research
Antonis E. Koromilas
Antonis E. Koromilas McGill University
Kostas Pantopoulos
Kostas Pantopoulos McGill University
Ivan Topisirovic
Ivan Topisirovic McGill University
George Klein
George Klein Karolinska Institute
David Tollervey
David Tollervey University of Edinburgh
Michael Hothorn
Michael Hothorn University of Geneva
Ralf Bartenschlager
Ralf Bartenschlager Heidelberg University

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