Nikolaos Balaskas
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Recent Articles
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Papagianni G, Panayiotou C, Vardas M, Balaskas N, Antonopoulos C, Tachmatzidis D, et al.
Cytokine
. 2023 Feb;
164:156157.
PMID: 36842369
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a low-grade, chronic inflammatory disease, associated with increased cardiovascular risk. The purpose of this systematic review/ meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of...
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Kadoglou N, Panayiotou C, Vardas M, Balaskas N, Kostomitsopoulos N, Tsaroucha A, et al.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
. 2022 May;
15(5).
PMID: 35631363
Silibinin/silymarin has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years and it is well-known for its hepato-protective properties. The present comprehensive literature review aimed to critically summarize the pharmacological...
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Balaskas N, Ng D, Zampieri N
Neuroscience
. 2020 May;
450:142-150.
PMID: 32387250
Throughout his scientific career, Tom Jessell pioneered the spinal cord as a model system to study the molecular programs of neural specification, axon guidance, and connection specificity. His contributions to...
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Balaskas N, Abbott L, Jessell T, Ng D
Neuron
. 2019 May;
102(6):1143-1156.e4.
PMID: 31076274
Proprioceptive sensory axons in the spinal cord form selective connections with motor neuron partners, but the strategies that confer such selectivity remain uncertain. We show that muscle-specific sensory axons project...
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Balaskas N, Ribeiro A, Panovska J, Dessaud E, Sasai N, Page K, et al.
Cell
. 2012 Jan;
148(1-2):273-84.
PMID: 22265416
Secreted signals, known as morphogens, provide the positional information that organizes gene expression and cellular differentiation in many developing tissues. In the vertebrate neural tube, Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) acts as...
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Cruz C, Ribes V, Kutejova E, Cayuso J, Lawson V, Norris D, et al.
Development
. 2010 Nov;
137(24):4271-82.
PMID: 21098568
Sonic hedgehog signalling is essential for the embryonic development of many tissues including the central nervous system, where it controls the pattern of cellular differentiation. A genome-wide screen of neural...
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Dessaud E, Ribes V, Balaskas N, Yang L, Pierani A, Kicheva A, et al.
PLoS Biol
. 2010 Jun;
8(6):e1000382.
PMID: 20532235
Morphogens are secreted signalling molecules that act in a graded manner to control the pattern of cellular differentiation in developing tissues. An example is Sonic hedgehog (Shh), which acts in...
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Ribes V, Balaskas N, Sasai N, Cruz C, Dessaud E, Cayuso J, et al.
Genes Dev
. 2010 Jun;
24(11):1186-200.
PMID: 20516201
The secreted ligand Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) organizes the pattern of cellular differentiation in the ventral neural tube. For the five neuronal subtypes, increasing levels and durations of Shh signaling direct...
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Lin W, Metzakopian E, Mavromatakis Y, Gao N, Balaskas N, Sasaki H, et al.
Dev Biol
. 2009 Jul;
333(2):386-96.
PMID: 19607821
Mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons control voluntary movement and reward based behaviours. Their dysfunction can lead to neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease. These neurons are thought to arise from progenitors in the...