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Vasilis Vasiliou

Vasilis Vasiliou

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
24028
World Ranking
3702
National Ranking
1841

Overview

Vasilis Vasiliou is affiliated with Yale University in the United States, where their research spans across the broad fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their body of work includes contributions to molecular biology and the subfields of health, toxicology and mutagenesis, biochemistry, pathology and forensic medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of biochemical and environmental health concerns. These include metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, alcohol consumption and health effects, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, the impact of toxic organic pollutants, sulfur compounds in biology, and carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment.

Vasiliou has published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent contributions in the following venues:

  • Human Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chemico-Biological Interactions
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Toxicological Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vasiliou include:

  • "Glutathione Restricts Serine Metabolism to Preserve Regulatory T Cell Function," 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • "SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data can predict hospitalizations and ICU admissions," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission," 2020, Human Genomics
  • "Auto-deconvolution and molecular networking of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Lipid Annotator: Towards Accurate Annotation in Non-Targeted Liquid Chromatography High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS/MS) Lipidomics Using a Rapid and User-Friendly Software," 2020, Metabolites

Collaborations form a notable aspect of Vasiliou's research. Frequent co-authors include David C. Thompson, Georgia Charkoftaki, David J. Orlicky, and Emily A. Davidson, illustrating a network of partnerships across various research projects.

Best Publications

  • Non-P450 aldehyde oxidizing enzymes: the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily.

    Satori A Marchitti;Chad Brocker;Dimitrios Stagos;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • Human ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family.

    Vasilis Vasiliou;Konstandinos Vasiliou;Daniel W. Nebert

  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Inhibitors: a Comprehensive Review of the Pharmacology, Mechanism of Action, Substrate Specificity, and Clinical Application

    Vindhya Koppaka;David C. Thompson;Ying Chen;Manuel Ellermann

  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Cellular Responses to Oxidative/electrophilic Stress

    Surendra Singh;Chad Brocker;Vindhya Koppaka;Ying Chen

  • Role of the Ah receptor and the dioxin-inducible [Ah] gene battery in toxicity, cancer, and signal transduction.

    Daniel W. Nebert;Alvaro Puga;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study.

    Andrew T. Gloster;Demetris Lamnisos;Jelena Lubenko;Giovambattista Presti

  • Glutathione Primes T Cell Metabolism for Inflammation

    Tak W. Mak;Tak W. Mak;Melanie Grusdat;Gordon S. Duncan;Catherine Dostert

  • Role of aldehyde dehydrogenases in endogenous and xenobiotic metabolism.

    Vasilis Vasiliou;Aglaia Pappa;Dennis R Petersen

  • Analysis and update of the human aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) gene family

    Vasilis Vasiliou;Daniel W. Nebert

  • ANALYSIS OF THE GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE (GST) GENE FAMILY

    Daniel W Nebert;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • Evolutionary divergence and functions of the human interleukin (IL) gene family.

    Chad Brocker;David Thompson;Akiko Matsumoto;Daniel W Nebert

  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase gene superfamily: the 2002 update.

    Nickolas A Sophos;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • Update on the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH) superfamily

    Brian Jackson;Chad Brocker;David C Thompson;William Black

  • Role of human aldehyde dehydrogenases in endobiotic and xenobiotic metabolism

    Vasilis Vasiliou;Aglaia Pappa;Tia Estey

  • Neurotoxicity and Metabolism of the Catecholamine-Derived 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde and 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylglycolaldehyde: The Role of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase

    Satori A. Marchitti;Richard A. Deitrich;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • The role of hyperosmotic stress in inflammation and disease

    Chad Brocker;David C. Thompson;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • ALDH1A Isozymes are Markers of Human Melanoma Stem Cells and Potential Therapeutic Targets

    Yuchun Luo;Katiuscia Dallaglio;Ying Chen;William A. Robinson

  • Update of human and mouse forkhead box ( FOX ) gene families

    Brian C Jackson;Christopher Carpenter;Daniel W Nebert;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • Enzymatic mechanisms of ethanol oxidation in the brain.

    Sergey M. Zimatkin;Sergey P. Pronko;Vasilis Vasiliou;Frank J. Gonzalez

  • Glutathione defense mechanism in liver injury: insights from animal models

    Y. Chen;H. Dong;D.C. Thompson;H.G. Shertzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati
David J. Orlicky
David J. Orlicky University of Colorado Denver
Maria Karekla
Maria Karekla University of Cyprus
James V. Jester
James V. Jester University of California, Irvine
Frank J. Gonzalez
Frank J. Gonzalez National Institutes of Health
Joram Piatigorsky
Joram Piatigorsky National Institutes of Health
Alvaro Puga
Alvaro Puga University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Howard G. Shertzer
Howard G. Shertzer University of Cincinnati
Elspeth A. Bruford
Elspeth A. Bruford University of Cambridge
Dennis R. Petersen
Dennis R. Petersen University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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