Publications
Articles
1. Vanderluit, J. L., Ferguson, K. L., Nikoletopoulou, V., Parker, M., Ruzhynsky, V., Alexson, T., McNamara, S. M., Park, D. S., Rudnicki, M., Slack, R. S. (2004). p107 regulates neural precursor cells in the mammalian brain. J. Cell Biol. 166:853-863.
2. Nikoletopoulou, V., Plachta, N., Allen, N.D:, Pinto L., Götz, M. and Barde, Y.-A. (2007) Neurotrophin receptor-mediated death of misspecified neurons generated from embryonic stem cells lacking Pax6. Cell Stem Cell 1, 529-540.
3. Nikoletopoulou, V., Frade, J.-M., Rencurel, C., Lickert, H., Giallonardo, P., Bibel, M., Barde, Y.-A. (2010) Neurotrophin receptors TrkA and TrkC, but not TrkB, induce neuronal apoptosis during development. Nature 467, 59-63.
4. Tiwari, V.K.*, Burger, L.*, Nikoletopoulou, V.*, Deogracias, R., Thakurela, S., Wirbelauer, C., Kaut, J., Terranova, R., Hoerner, L., Mielke, C., Boege, F., Murr, R., Peters, A.H., Barde, Y.A., Schuebeler, D. (2012) Target genes of Topoisomerase IIb regulate neuronal survival and are defined by their chromatin state. PNAS 109, 934-43.
5. Kourtis, N., Nikoletopoulou, V., and Tavernarakis, N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature 490(7419):213-8.
6. Pediaditakis, I., Efstathopoulos, P., Prousis, K.C., Zervou, M., Arevalo, J.C., Alexaki, V.I., Nikoletopoulou, V., et al. Neuropharmacology 111:266-282.
7. Nikoletopoulou, V., Sidiropoulou, K. and Tavernarakis, N. (2017) Modulation of autophagy by BDNF underlies synaptic plasticity. Under revision in Cell Metabolism
Reviews
1. Bischoff,V., Nikoletopoulou, V., Barde, Y.A (2011) Save or kill- the ambivalence of neurotrophin receptors. Med. Sci.(Paris) 2, 119-21.
2. Dekkers, M., Nikoletopoulou, V. and Barde, Y. A. (2013) Death of developing neurons: new insights and implications for connectivity. JCB 203(3):385-93.
3. Nikoletopoulou, V. and Tavernarakis, N. (2012) Embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation as a tool in neurobiology. Biotechnology journal 7(9):115668.
4. Nikoletopoulou, V. and Tavernarakis, N. (2012) Calcium homeostasis in aging neurons. Frontiers in Genetics, PMID:23060904.
5. Kourtis, N., Nikoletopoulou, V., Tavernarakis, N. (2012) Heat shock response and ionstasis: axis against neurodegeneration. Aging 4(12):856-8.
6. Nikoletopoulou, V. and Tavernarakis, N. (2013) Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Dynamics in Neurodegeneration: A Causative Relationship. Neurochem Res. [Epub ahead of print]
7. Nikoletopoulou, V., Markaki, M., Palikaras, K., Tavernarakis N. (2013) Crosstalk between apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy. Biochim Biophys Acta. [Epub ahead of print].
8. Nikoletopoulou, V., Kyriakakis, E. and Tavernarakis, N. (2013). Cellular and molecular longevity pathways: the old and the new. Trends Endocrinology Metabolism, PMID:24388148
9. Nikoletopoulou, V., Papandreou, M.E. and Tavernarakis, N. (2014). Autophagy in neuronal physiology and pathology. Cell death and Differentiation.
Book chapters
Nikoletopoulou, V and Tavernarakis, N. (2014). Necrotic cell death in C. elegans. Methods in Enzymology. PMID: 25065889