Dr. Demetrios A. Arvanitis

Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation

Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Research Associate

Εmail: [email protected]

Qualifications

1999-2005 Ph.D., School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece

1991-1996 B.Sc., Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Publications (selected)

1. Vafiadaki, E., Haghighi, K., & Arvanitis, D. A., et al. (2022). Aberrant PLN-R14del protein interactions intensify SERCA2a inhibition, driving impaired Ca2+ handling and arrhythmogenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(13), Article 6947.
2. Brandenburg, S., Pawlowitz, J., & Steckmeister, V., et al. (2022). A junctional cAMP compartment regulates rapid Ca2+ signaling in atrial myocytes. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 165, 141–157.
3. Haghighi, K., Gardner, G., & Vafiadaki, E., et al. (2021). Impaired right ventricular calcium cycling is an early risk factor in R14del-phospholamban arrhythmias. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(6), Article 502.
4. Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D. A., & Eliopoulos, A. G., et al. (2020). The cardioprotective PKA-mediated Hsp20 phosphorylation modulates protein associations regulating cytoskeletal dynamics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(24), Article 9572.
5. Arvanitis, D. A., Vafiadaki, E., & Johnson, D. M., et al. (2018). The histidine-rich calcium binding protein in regulation of cardiac rhythmicity. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, Article 1379.
6. Arvanitis, D. A., Vafiadaki, E., & Papalouka, V., et al. (2017). Muscle Lim Protein and myosin binding protein C form a complex regulating muscle differentiation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, 1864(12), 2308–2321.
7. Tzimas, C., Johnson, D. M., & Santiago, D. J., et al. (2017). Impaired calcium homeostasis is associated with sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias in a genetic equivalent mouse model of the human HRC-Ser96Ala variant. Cardiovascular Research, 113(11), 1403–1417.
8. Pollak, A. J., Haghighi, K., & Kunduri, S., et al. (2017). Phosphorylation of serine96 of histidine-rich calcium-binding protein by the Fam20C kinase functions to prevent cardiac arrhythmia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(34), 9098–9103.
9. Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D. A., & Sanoudou, D. (2015). Muscle LIM Protein: Master regulator of cardiac and skeletal muscle functions. Gene, 566(1), 1–7.
10. Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D. A., & Papalouka, V., et al. (2014). Muscle LIM protein isoform negatively regulates striated muscle actin dynamics and differentiation. The FEBS Journal, 281(14), 3261–3279.
11. Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D. A., & Sanoudou, D., et al. (2013). Identification of a protein phosphatase-1/phospholamban complex that is regulated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation. PLoS ONE, 8(11), Article e80867.
12. Singh, V. P., Rubinstein, J., & Arvanitis, D. A., et al. (2013). Abnormal calcium cycling and cardiac arrhythmias associated with the human Ser96Ala genetic variant of histidine-rich calcium-binding protein. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2(5), Article e000460.

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WOS ResearcherID: J-6434-2017