Peer-review journals

Katsoulieris EN, Ioannou P, Afratis NA. Decoding Post-Transcriptional Networks Governing the Melanoma Extracellular Matrix. Cancers. 2026 Jul 18;18(14):2326. doi: 10.3390/cancers18142326.

Katsoulieris EN, Ioannou P, Afratis NA. Targeting the microbiota-miRNA-protease axis: A new therapeutic avenue in melanoma. FEBS J. 2026 Jul;293(13):4043-4063. doi: 10.1111/febs.70386.   

Afratis NA, Parikh S, Adir I, Parikh R, Solomonov I, Kollet O, Gelb S, Sade Y, Vaknine H, Zemser-Werner V, Brener R, Nizri E, Hershkovitz D, Ricard-Blum S, Levy C, Sagi I.Sci Transl Med. 2025 Oct 15;17(820):eadp3236

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

Book Chapter

Ioannou P, Mangani S, Katsoulieris E, Pilala KM, Soureas K, Scorilas A, Sagi I, Avgeris M, Afratis NA. Targeting Collagens and LOX Through Plant-Derived MicroRNAs (XenomiRs). Methods Mol Biol. 2026. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5194-0_16.

Afratis NA, Sagi I. Novel Approaches for Extracellular Matrix Targeting in Disease Treatment. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2019. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9133-4_21.

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. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1714-3_13.

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