Peer-review journals

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.

Klepfish M, Gross T, Vugman M, Afratis NA, Havusha-Laufer S, Brazowski E, Solomonov I, Varol C, Sagi I. LOXL2 Inhibition Paves the Way for Macrophage-Mediated Collagen Degradation in Liver Fibrosis. Front Immunol. 2020 Mar 31; 11:480. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00480.

Afratis NA, Sagi I. Novel Approaches for Extracellular Matrix Targeting in Disease Treatment. Methods Mol Biol. 1952:261-275. 2019. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9133-4_21

Afratis NA, Klepfish M, Karamanos N.K and Sagi I. The Apparent Competitive Action of ECM Proteases and Cross-Linking Enzymes During Fibrosis: Applications to Drug Discovery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 129:4-15. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2018.03.004.

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