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Vassilis I. Zannis

Vassilis I. Zannis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15243
World Ranking
7858
National Ranking
3571

Overview

Vassilis I. Zannis is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of their work primarily focus on Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The main topics of research covered by this scientist include:

  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Apelin-related biomedical research
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research

Among the recent publications by Vassilis I. Zannis are two notable papers. The first, published in 2021 in Metabolism, is titled "Reconstituted HDL-apoE3 promotes endothelial cell migration through ID1 and its downstream kinases ERK1/2, AKT and p38 MAPK." The second paper, appearing in 2022 in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, is titled "Using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to study the effect of myeloperoxidase on plasma lipid levels, HDL structure and functionality in mice expressing human apoA-I forms."

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Metabolism
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

They have collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, including:

  • Katerina Dalakoura-Karagkouni
  • Dimitris Kardassis
  • Eftaxia-Konstantina Valanti
  • Panagiotis Fotakis
  • Elizabeth Vafiadaki

Best Publications

  • Human very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein E isoprotein polymorphism is explained by genetic variation and posttranslational modification.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Proposed nomenclature of apoE isoproteins, apoE genotypes, and phenotypes.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow;Gerd Utermann;Robert W. Mahley

  • Role of apoA-I, ABCA1, LCAT, and SR-BI in the biogenesis of HDL.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Vassilis I. Zannis;Angeliki Chroni;Monty Krieger

  • Human apolipoprotein E isoprotein subclasses are genetically determined.

    V I Zannis;P W Just;J L Breslow

  • Transcriptional regulation of human apolipoprotein genes ApoB, ApoCIII, and ApoAII by members of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily HNF-4, ARP-1, EAR-2, and EAR-3.

    J. A. A. Ladias;M. Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;D. Kardassis;P. Cardot

  • MicroRNA-370 controls the expression of MicroRNA-122 and Cpt1α and affects lipid metabolism

    Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Yaeko Hiyama;Ira J. Goldberg

  • The complete sequence and structural analysis of human apolipoprotein B-100: relationship between apoB-100 and apoB-48 forms.

    C Cladaras;M Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;R T Nolte;D Atkinson

  • Isolation and characterization of the human apolipoprotein A-I gene.

    Sotirios K. Karathanasis;Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Characterization of the major apolipoproteins secreted by two human hepatoma cell lines.

    V. I. Zannis;J. L. Breslow;T. R. SanGiacomo;D. P. Aden

  • Apolipoproteins of HDL can directly mediate binding to the scavenger receptor SR-BI, an HDL receptor that mediates selective lipid uptake.

    S Xu;M Laccotripe;X Huang;A Rigotti

  • Distribution of apolipoprotein A-I, C-II, C-III, and E mRNA in fetal human tissues. Time-dependent induction of apolipoprotein E mRNA by cultures of human monocyte-macrophages.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;F. Session Cole;Cynthia L. Jackson;David M. Kurnit

  • Synthesis, intracellular processing, and signal peptide of human apolipoprotein E.

    V I Zannis;J McPherson;G Goldberger;S K Karathanasis

  • Studies of familial type III hyperlipoproteinemia using as a genetic marker the apoE phenotype E2/2.

    Jan L. Breslow;Vassilis I. Zannis;Thomas R. SanGiacomo;Jane L. H. C. Third

  • Hepatic apo-A-I and apo-E and intestinal apo-A-I are synthesized in precursor isoprotein forms by organ cultures of human fetal tissues.

    V I Zannis;D M Kurnit;J L Breslow

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for human apolipoprotein A-I

    J L Breslow;D Ross;J McPherson;H Williams

  • Linkage of human apolipoproteins A-I and C-III genes

    Sotirios K. Karathanasis;Joseph McPherson;Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Binding of high density lipoprotein (HDL) and discoidal reconstituted HDL to the HDL receptor scavenger receptor class B type I. Effect of lipid association and APOA-I mutations on receptor binding.

    Kalliopi N. Liadaki;Tong Liu;Shangzhe Xu;Brian Y. Ishida

  • Intracellular and extracellular processing of human apolipoprotein A-I: secreted apolipoprotein A-I isoprotein 2 is a propeptide

    V I Zannis;S K Karathanasis;H T Keutmann;G Goldberger

  • Interaction of nascent ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4 isoforms expressed in mammalian cells with amyloid peptide beta (1-40). Relevance to Alzheimer's disease.

    Sergei Aleshkov;Carmela R. Abraham;Vassilis I. Zannis

  • Structure and function of apolipoprotein A-I and high-density lipoprotein.

    Jere P. Segrest;Ling Li;G. M. Anantharamaiah;G. M. Anantharamaiah;Stephen C. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan L. Breslow
Jan L. Breslow Rockefeller University
Louis M. Havekes
Louis M. Havekes Leiden University Medical Center
Ko Willems van Dijk
Ko Willems van Dijk Leiden University Medical Center
Donald Small
Donald Small Johns Hopkins University
Haralambos Gavras
Haralambos Gavras Boston University
Jere P. Segrest
Jere P. Segrest Vanderbilt University
John S. Parks
John S. Parks Wake Forest University
G. M. Anantharamaiah
G. M. Anantharamaiah University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki

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