Maria Kapetanaki

Maria Kapetanaki, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Department: Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research
Business Phone: (352) 294-8544
Business Email: mkapetanaki@ufl.edu

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Convergent and divergent immune aberrations in COVID-19, post-COVID-19-Interstitial Lung Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. [DOI] 10.1152/ajpcell.00528.2024. [PMID] 39510135.
2023
Early events marking lung fibroblast transition to profibrotic state in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Respiratory research. 24(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12931-023-02419-0. [PMID] 37085855.
2023
LEF1 isoforms regulate cellular senescence and aging.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2023.07.20.549883. [PMID] 37502913.
2023
LEF1 isoforms regulate cellular senescence and aging.
Aging cell. 22(12) [DOI] 10.1111/acel.14024. [PMID] 37961030.
2020
Heme Induces IL-6 and Cardiac Hypertrophy Genes Transcripts in Sickle Cell Mice.
Frontiers in immunology. 11 [DOI] 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01910. [PMID] 32973791.
2020
Nrf2 deficiency in mice attenuates erythropoietic stress-related macrophage hypercellularity.
Experimental hematology. 84:19-28.e4 [DOI] 10.1016/j.exphem.2020.02.005. [PMID] 32151553.
2020
The Worst Things in Life are Free: The Role of Free Heme in Sickle Cell Disease.
Frontiers in immunology. 11 [DOI] 10.3389/fimmu.2020.561917. [PMID] 33584641.
2019
Cardiac expression of HMOX1 and PGF in sickle cell mice and haem-treated wild type mice dominates organ expression profiles via Nrf2 (Nfe2l2).
British journal of haematology. 187(5):666-675 [DOI] 10.1111/bjh.16129. [PMID] 31389006.
2019
Free heme regulates placenta growth factor through NRF2-antioxidant response signaling.
Free radical biology & medicine. 143:300-308 [DOI] 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.08.009. [PMID] 31408727.
2019
PARP1 rs1805407 Increases Sensitivity to PARP1 Inhibitors in Cancer Cells Suggesting an Improved Therapeutic Strategy.
Scientific reports. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-019-39542-2. [PMID] 30824778.
2017
Modified mesenchymal stem cells using miRNA transduction alter lung injury in a bleomycin model.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology. 313(1):L92-L103 [DOI] 10.1152/ajplung.00323.2016. [PMID] 28385811.
2015
Aging and Lung Disease. Clinical Impact and Cellular and Molecular Pathways.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 12(12):S222-7 [DOI] 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201508-484PL. [PMID] 26653202.
2014
Aging mesenchymal stem cells fail to protect because of impaired migration and antiinflammatory response.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 189(7):787-98 [DOI] 10.1164/rccm.201306-1043OC. [PMID] 24559482.
2013
Expression of regulatory platelet microRNAs in patients with sickle cell disease.
PloS one. 8(4) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0060932. [PMID] 23593351.
2013
Influence of age on wound healing and fibrosis.
The Journal of pathology. 229(2):310-22 [DOI] 10.1002/path.4122. [PMID] 23124998.
2012
Global methylation patterns in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
PloS one. 7(4) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0033770. [PMID] 22506007.
2012
Mesenchymal stem cells enhance survival and bacterial clearance in murine Escherichia coli pneumonia.
Thorax. 67(6):533-9 [DOI] 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201176. [PMID] 22250097.
2012
Monoubiquitinated histone H2A destabilizes photolesion-containing nucleosomes with concomitant release of UV-damaged DNA-binding protein E3 ligase.
The Journal of biological chemistry. 287(15):12036-49 [DOI] 10.1074/jbc.M111.307058. [PMID] 22334663.
2008
The cullin 4B-based UV-damaged DNA-binding protein ligase binds to UV-damaged chromatin and ubiquitinates histone H2A.
Cancer research. 68(13):5014-22 [DOI] 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-6162. [PMID] 18593899.
2007
The DNA transposon Minos as a tool for transgenesis and functional genomic analysis in vertebrates and invertebrates.
Genome biology. 8 Suppl 1(Suppl 1) [PMID] 18047694.
2006
The DDB1-CUL4ADDB2 ubiquitin ligase is deficient in xeroderma pigmentosum group E and targets histone H2A at UV-damaged DNA sites.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103(8):2588-93 [PMID] 16473935.
2002
High frequencies of Minos transposon mobilization are obtained in insects by using in vitro synthesized mRNA as a source of transposase.
Nucleic acids research. 30(15):3333-40 [PMID] 12140317.

Grants

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
Integrative Model of Metabolomics, Equol and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (IMMEA)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF PITTSBURGH via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI

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