Publications

Peer-review journals

Ioannou P, Katsoulieris E, Afratis NA. Matrix Dynamics and Microbiome Crosstalk: Matrix Metalloproteinases as Key Players in Disease and Therapy. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Apr 11;26(8):3621. doi: 10.3390/ijms26083621.

Afratis NA, Riley BT, Chandler PG, Buckle AM, Sagi I. Allosteric Anti-KLK4 Antibody Development for Targeted Anti-cancer Effects in Ovarian Carcinoma. J Mol Biol. 2025 Mar 26:169101. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.169101

Arvaniti O.S, Rodias E, Terpou A, Afratis NA, Athanasiou G, Zahariadis T. Bactrocera oleae Control and Smart Farming Technologies for Olive Orchards in the Context of Optimal Olive Oil Quality: A Review/ doi:10.3390/agronomy14112586

Terpou A. Arvaniti O.S, Afratis NA, Athanasiou G, Binard F, Zahariadis T. Sustainable solutions for mitigating spring frost effects on grape and wine quality: facilitating digital transactions in the viniculture sector. Sustainable Food Technology, 2024, 2(4), pp. 967–975. doi: 10.1039/d4fb00050a

Lagoumintzis G, Afratis NA, Patrinos GP. Editorial: Nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition: advancing basic, clinical, and translational research. Front Nutr. 2024. Jun 14;11:1435475. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1435475

Karamanos NK, Theocharis AD, Piperigkou Z, Manou D, Passi A, Skandalis SS, Vynios DH, Orian-Rousseau V, Ricard-Blum S, Schmelzer CEH, Duca L, Durbeej M, Afratis NA, Troeberg L, Franchi M, Masola V, Onisto M. A guide to the composition and functions of the extracellular matrix. FEBS J. 2021 Feb 19. doi: 10.1111/febs.15776.

Book Chapter

Afratis NA, Sagi I. Novel Approaches for Extracellular Matrix Targeting in Disease Treatment. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2019.

Asimakopoulou AP, Malavaki C, Afratis NA, Theocharis AD, Lamari FN, Karamanos NK. Validated capillary electrophoretic assays for disaccharide composition analysis of galactosaminoglycans in biologic samples and drugs/nutraceuticals. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2015.

Skandalis SS, Gialeli C, Afratis N, Aletras A. J, Tsegenidis T, Theocharis AD, Karamanos NK. Pharmacological targeting of proteoglycans and metalloproteinases: an emerging aspect in cancer treatment. Extracellular Matrix: Pathobiology and Signaling, DeGruyter, 2012