2014, Volume 2 - Issue 2

2014, Volume 2 - Issue 2

INTERVIEW Article


Discoveries Interview: Prof. Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis on the cardiac injury and repair processes

Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Summary, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2014.12 


Prof. Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis is a Professor of Cardiology, in the Department of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, in New York, USA and the Edmond J. Safra/ Republic National Bank of New York Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. Frangogiannis received his medical degree from the University of Athens Medical School and completed residency training in Internal Medicine (Clinical Investigator Pathway). After a fellowship in Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Frangogiannis joined the faculty at Baylor. Read more 


ORIGINAL Articles


PLK1 is a binding partner and a negative regulator of FOXO3 tumor suppressor

Octavian Bucur, Andreea Lucia Stancu, Maria Sinziana Muraru, Armelle Melet, Stefana Maria Petrescu and Roya Khosravi-Far* 
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Suppl. Material (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References DOI:10.15190/d.2014.8  Citations: 12  PubMed
*Corresp. author's affiliation: BIDMC & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA


Characterization of rapid neutrophil extracellular trap formation and its cooperation with phagocytosis in human neutrophils

Mona Saffarzadeh*, Hector A. Cabrera-Fuentes, Florian Veit, Dongsheng Jiang, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek, Christian Gille, Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers, Dominik Hartl and Klaus T. Preissner
*Corresp. author's affiliation: Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany & University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany;


Data integration of 104 studies related with microRNA epigenetics revealed that miR-34 gene family is silenced by DNA methylation in the highest number of cancer types

Ziga Strmsek, Tanja Kunej*
*Corresp. author's affiliation: Chair of Genetics, Animal Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

FOCUSED REVIEWS and PERSPECTIVE Articles


New Frontiers for the NFIL3 bZIP Transcription Factor in Cancer, Metabolism and Beyond

Megan Keniry*, Robert K. Dearth, Michael Persans, and Ramon Parsons**
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2014.7  Citations: 6  PubMed   
Corresp. author's affiliation: *University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA &
** Chair of Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA


Present and Future Applications of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in the Clinic

Christopher A. Crutchfield and William Clarke* 
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2014.9  Citations: 0
*Corresp. author's affiliation: Director of Clinical Toxicology and Point-of-Care Testing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA