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Protein Metabolism and Homeostasis in Aging

(2010) Edited by Nektarios Tavernarakis.

Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, New York Springer-Verlag New York Inc. NY USA.

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Charmpilas N., Sotiriou A., Axarlis K., Tavernarakis N. and Hoppe T. (2024) Reproductive regulation of the mitochondrial stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 43: 114336. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Trends in Cell Biology )
Hofer S. J., Daskalaki I., Bergmann M., Friscic J., Zimmermann A., Mueller M. I., Abdellatif M., Nicastro R., Masser S., Durand S., Nartey A., Waltenstorfer M., Enzenhofer S., Faimann I., Gschiel V., Bajaj T., Niemeyer C., Gkikas I., Pein L., Cerrato G., Pan H., Liang Y. T., Tadic J., Jerkovic A., Aprahamian F., Robbins C. E., Nirmalathasan N., Habisch H., Annerer E., Dethloff F., Stumpe M., Grundler F., Wilhelmi de Toledo F., Heinz D. E., Koppold D. A., Rajput Khokhar A., Michalsen A., Tripolt N. J., Sourij H., Pieber T., de Cabo R., McCormick M., Magnes C., Kepp O., Dengjel J., Sigrist S. J., Gassen N. C., Sedej S., Madl T., De Virgilio C., Stelzl U., Hoffmann M. H., Eisenberg T., Tavernarakis N., Kroemer G. and Madeo F. (2024) Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity. Nature Cell Biology, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01468-x. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 ) (See also: Commentary in Nature Aging )
Petratou D., Gjikolaj M., Kaulich E., Schafer W. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) A proton-inhibited DEG/ENaC ion channel maintains neuronal ionstasis and promotes neuronal survival under stress. iScience, 26: 107117. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Tavernarakis N. (2023) Remote control of autophagy and metabolism in the liver. Cell Metabolism, 35: 725-727.
Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Coupling of autophagy and the mitochondrial intrinsic apoptosis pathway modulates proteostasis and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Disease, 14: 110. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Palikaras K., Mari M., Ploumi C., Princz A., Filippidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Age-dependent nuclear lipid droplet deposition is a cellular hallmark of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell, 22: e13788. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
Papandreou M.-E., Konstantinidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Nucleophagy delays ageing and preserves germline immortality. Nature Aging, 3: 34-46.
Tavernarakis N. (2023) Research Briefing: Nuclear autophagy promotes longevity and germline immortality. Nature Aging, 3: 11-12.
Daskalaki I., Markaki M., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Local coordination of mRNA storage and degradation in the vicinity of mitochondria modulates Caenorhabditis elegans somatic ageing. EMBO Journal, e112446. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Lionaki E., Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Ioannidi M.-K., Klapa M. I. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Mitochondrial protein import determines lifespan through metabolic reprogramming and de novo serine biosynthesis. Nature Communications, 13: 651. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 ) (See also: Commentary in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism )
Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. (2022) Sustained intracellular calcium mediates neuronal mitophagy in models of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Cell Death and Differentiation, 29: 167-177. (Supplementary material: 1 )
SenGupta T., Palikaras K., Esbensen Y. Q., Konstantinidis G., Naranjo Galindo F. J., Achanta K., Kassahun H., Stavgiannoudaki I., Bohr V. A., Akbari M., Gaare J., Tzoulis C., Tavernarakis N. and Nilsen H. (2021) Base excision repair causes age-dependent accumulation of single-stranded DNA breaks that contribute to Parkinson's disease pathology. Cell Reports, 36: 109668. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Princz A., Pelisch F. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) SUMO promotes longevity and maintains mitochondrial homeostasis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Scientific Reports, 10: 15513. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Rejuvenation Research \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
Tavernarakis N. (2020) Inflammation brakes mitochondrial metabolism in obesity. Nature Immunology, 21: 1143-1145.
Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Iwata K., Herkenne S., Quintana-Cabrera R., Semenzato M., Grespi F., Ross-Cisneros F. N., Carelli V., Sadun A. A., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. (2020) Inhibition of autophagy curtails visual loss in a model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Nature Communications, 11, 4029. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 )
Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for human diseases. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 63: 118-125.
Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 27: 601-617. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Lou G., Palikaras K., Lautrup S., Scheibye-Knudsen M., Tavernarakis N. and Fang E. F. (2020) Mitophagy and neuroprotection. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 26: 8-20.
Tavernarakis N. (2019) Ageing: Neural excitation moderates lifespan (Moderation of neural excitation promotes longevity). Nature, 574: 338-340.
Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Sica V., Martins I., Pol J., Loos F., Maiuri M. C., Durand S., Bossut N., Aprahamian F., Anagnostopoulos G., Niso-Santano M., Aranda F., Ramirez-Pardo I., Lallement J., Denom J., Boedec E., Gorwood P., Ramoz N., Clement K., Pelloux V., Rohia A., Pattou F., Raverdy V., Caiazzo R., Denis R. G. P., Boya P., Galluzzi L., Madeo F., Migrenne-Li S., Cruciani-Guglielmacci C., Tavernarakis N., Lopez-Otin C., Magnan C. and Kroemer G. (2019) Acyl-CoA-Binding Protein is a lipogenic factor that triggers food intake and obesity. Cell Metabolism, 30: 754-767.
Fang E. F., Hou Y., Palikaras K., Adriaanse B. A., Kerr J. S., Yang B., Lautrup S., Hasan-Olive M., Caponio D., Dan X., Rocktaschel P., Croteau D. L., Akbari M., Greig N. H., Fladby T., Nilsen H., Cader M. Z., Mattson M. P., Tavernarakis N. and Bohr V. A. (2019) Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-beta and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience, 22: 401-412. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Nucleophagy: from homeostasis to disease. Cell Death and Differentiation, 26: 630-639.
Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A., Schumacher B. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Maintenance of proteostasis by P body-mediated regulation of eIF4E availability during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 25: 199-211. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology. Nature Cell Biology, 20: 1013-1022.
Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Regulation and roles of autophagy at synapses. Trends in Cell Biology, 28: 646-661.
Pietrocola F., Castoldi F., Markaki M., Lachkar S., Chen G., Enot D. P., Durand S., Bossut N., Tong M., Malik S. A., Loos F., Dupont N., Marino G., Abdelkader N., Madeo F., Maiuri M. C., Kroemer R., Codogno P., SadoshimaJ., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2018) Aspirin recapitulates features of caloric restriction. Cell Reports, 22: 2395-2407. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
Nikoletopoulou V., Sidiropoulou K., Kallergi E., Dalezios Y. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Modulation of autophagy by BDNF underlies synaptic plasticity. Cell Metabolism, 26: 230-242. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Kyriakakis E., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Differential adiponectin signalling couples ER stress with lipid metabolism to modulate ageing in C. elegans. Scientific Reports, 7: 5115. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Schiavi A., Maglioni S., Palikaras K., Shaik A., Strapazzon F., Brinkmann V., Torgovnick A., Castelein N., De Henau S., Braeckman B. P., Cecconi F., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2015) Iron starvation-induced mitophagy mediates lifespan extension upon mitochondrial stress in C. elegans. Current Biology, 25: 1810-1822. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Balancing mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy to maintain energy metabolism homeostasis. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 1399-1401.
Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 521: 525-528. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluation)
Niso-Santano M., Malik S. A., Pietrocola F., Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Marino G., Cianfanelli V., Ben-Younes A., Troncoso R., Markaki M., Sica V., Izzo V., Chaba K., Bauvy C., Dupont N., Kepp O., Rockenfeller P., Wolinski H., Madeo F., Lavandero S., Codogno (2015) Unsaturated fatty acids induce non-canonical autophagy. EMBO Journal, 34: 1025-1041. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in EMBO Journal )
Nikoletopoulou V., Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Autophagy in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 398-407.
Nikoletopoulou V., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Cellular and molecular longevity pathways: The old and the new. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25: 212-223.
Buttner S., Habernig L., Broeskamp F., Ruli D, Vogtle F. N., Vlachos M., Macchi F., Kuttner V., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., Ring J., Markaki M., Taskin A. A., Benke S., Ruckenstuhl C., Braun R., Van den Haute C., Bammens T., van der Perren A., Frohlich K.-U., Winderickx J., Kroemer G., Baekelandt V., Tavernarakis N., Kovacs G. G., Dengjel J., Mesinger C., Sigrist S. J. and Madeo F. (2013) Endonuclease G mediates a-synuclein cytotoxicity during Parkinson's disease. EMBO Journal, 32: 3041-3054.
Coburn C., Allman E., Mahanti P., Benedetto A., Cabreiro F., Pincus Z., Matthijssens F., Araiz C., Mandel A., Vlachos M., Edwards S.-A., Fischer G., Davidson A., Pryor R., Stevens A., Slack F., Tavernarakis N., Braeckman B. P., Schroeder F., Nehrke K. and (2013) Anthranilate fluorescence marks a calcium-propagated necrotic wave that promotes organismal death in C. elegans. PLoS Biology, 11: e1001613. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluations)
Buttner S., Faes L., Reichelt W., Broeskamp F., Habernig L., Benke S., Kourtis N., Ruli D., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., D'hooge P., Ghillebert R., Franssens V., Harger A., Pieber T. R., Freudenberger P., Kroemer G., Sigrist S. J., Winderickx J., C (2013) The Ca(2+)/Mn(2+) ion-pump PMR1 links elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) levels to α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson's disease models. Cell Death and Differentiation, 20: 465-477.
Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology \| F1000 Biology evaluations)
Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 31: 654-666. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
Morselli E., Marino G., Bennetzen M., Eisenberg T., Megalou E., Schroeder S., Cabrera S., Benit P., Rustin P., Criollo A., Shen S., Kepp O., Maiuri C., Horio Y., Lopez-Otin C., Andersen J. S., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F., and Kroemer G. (2011) Spermidine and resveratrol induce autophagy by distinct pathways converging on the acetylproteome. Journal of Cell Biology, 192: 615-629. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Cellular stress response pathways and ageing: intricate molecular relationships. EMBO Journal, 30: 2520-2531.
Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) Can autophagy promote longevity? Nature Cell Biology, 12: 842-846.
Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signaling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Editor's summary)
Eisenberg T., Knauer H., Schauer A., Fussi H., Buttner S., Ruckenstuhl C., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Ring J., Schroder S., Antonacci L., Fahrenkrog B., Deszcz L., Hartl R., Magnes C., Sinner F., Schraml E., Criollo A., Megalou E., Weiskopf D., Laun P., Heeren (2009) Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. Nature Cell Biology, 11: 1305-1314. (Suppmementary information) (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Cell Biology News and Views \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin and mitochondrial biology. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 20: 394-401.
Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Autophagy and cell death in model organisms. Cell Death and Differentiation, 16: 21-30.
Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) A synaptic DEG/ENaC ion channel mediates learning in C. elegans by facilitating dopamine signalling. EMBO Journal, 27: 3288-3299. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Galluzzi L., Joza N., Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Hengartner M., Abrams J. M., Tavernarakis N., Penninger J., Madeo F. and Kroemer G. (2008) No death without life: vital functions of apoptotic effectors. Cell Death and Differentiation,15: 1113-1123.
Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Galluzzi L., Vitale I., Djavaheri-Mergny M., D'Amelio M., Criollo A., Morselli E., Zhu C., Harper F., Nannmanrk U., Samara C., Pinton P., Vicencio J.-M., Carnuccio R., Moll U. M., Madeo F., Paterlini-Brechot P., Rizzuto R., Szab (2008) Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53. Nature Cell Biology, 10: 676-687. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Cell Biology News and Views \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
Tavernarakis N. (2008) Ageing and the regulation of protein synthesis: A balancing act? Trends in Cell Biology, 18: 228-235.
Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Autophagy is required for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 15: 105-112. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Editor's summary \| Commentary in the Journal of Cell Biology )
Maiuri M. C., Le Toumelin G., Criollo A., Rain J.-C., Gautier F., Juin P., Tasdemir E., Pierron G., Troulinaki K., Tavernarakis N., Hickman J. A., Geneste O. and Kroemer G. (2007) Functional and physical interaction between Bcl-X(L) and a BH3-like domain in Beclin-1. EMBO Journal, 26: 2527-2539. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluation)
Liolios K., Tavernarakis N., Hugenholtz P. and Kyrpides N. C. (2006) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) v.2: a monitor of Genome Projects world-wide. Nucleic Acids Research, 34: D332-D334.
Artal-Sanz M., Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Lysosomal biogenesis and function is critical for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Journal of Cell Biology, 173: 231-239. (See also: Commentary in the Journal of Cell Biology )
Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) The role of synaptic ion channels in synaptic plasticity. EMBO Reports, 7: 1104-1110.
Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) The Vacuolar H+-ATPase mediates intracellular acidification required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Current Biology, 15: 1249-1254. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Genetic models of mechanotransduction: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Physiological Reviews, 84: 1097-1153.
Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) The biochemistry of neuronal necrosis: Rogue biology? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4: 672-684.
Syntichaki P., Xu K., Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Science STKE Editors choice \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Death by necrosis: Uncontrollable catastrophe or is there order behind the chaos? EMBO Reports, 3: 604-609. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Boutla A, Kalantidis K, Tavernarakis N, Tsagris M and Tabler M. (2002) Induction of RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans by RNAs derived from plants exhibiting post-transcriptional gene silencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 30: 1688-1694.
Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Necrotic cell death in C. elegans requires the function of calreticulin and regulators of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Neuron, 31: 957-971. (See also: Science STKE Editors choice)
Tavernarakis N., Everett J., Kyrpides N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Structural and functional features of the intracellular amino-termini of DEG/ENaC ion channels. Current Biology, 11: R205-R208. (Supplementary material: 1 )
Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2000) Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor. Nature Neuroscience, 3: 7-9.
Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Dorovkov M., Ryazanof A. and Driscoll M. (2000) Heritable and inducible interference by dsRNA. Nature Genetics, 24: 180-183.
Winnier A. R., Meir J. Y.-J., Ross J. M., Tavernarakis N., Driscoll M., Ishihara T., Katsoura I. and Miller D. M. III. (1999) Unc-4/UNC-37-dependent repression of motor neuron-specific genes controls synaptic choice in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes and Development, 13: 2774-2786.
Tavernarakis, N., Driscoll, M. and Kyrpides, N.C. (1999) The SPFH domain: a universal motif in stomatins and membrane-associated proteins implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24: 425-427.
Harbinder S., Tavernarakis N., Herndon L. A., Kinnell M., Xu S. Q., Fire A. and Driscoll M. (1997) Genetically targeted cell disruption in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94: 13128-13133.
Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1997) Molecular modeling of mechanotransduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Annual Reviews of Physiology, 59: 659-689.
Tavernarakis N., Shreffler W., Wang S. L. and Driscoll M. (1997) unc-8, a member of the DEG/ENaC superfamily, encodes a subunit of a candidate stretch-gated motor neuron channel that modulates locomotion in C. elegans. Neuron, 18: 107-119.
Kyrpides N., Tavernarakis N., Papamatheakis J. and Thireos G. (1995) A transient GCN4 mRNA destabilization follows GCN4 translational derepression. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270: 17317-17320. Equal contribution by Kyrpides N. and Tavernarakis N.
Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1995) A recombinatorial method useful for cloning dominant alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research, 23: 537-538.

Journal Articles


1. Liberale L., Tual-Chalot S., Sedej S., Ministrini S., Georgiopoulos G., Grunewald M., Bäck M., Bochaton-Piallat M.L., Boon R.A., Ramos G.C., de Winther M.P.J., Drosatos K., Evans P.C., Ferguson J.F., Forslund-Startceva S.K., Goettsch C., Giacca M., Haendeler J., Kallikourdis M., Ketelhuth D.F.J., Koenen R.R., Lacolley P., Lutgens E., Maffia P., Miwa S., Monaco C., Montecucco F., Norata G.D., Osto E., Richardson G.D., Riksen N.P., Soehnlein O., Spyridopoulos I., Van Linthout S., Vilahur G., Wentzel J.J., Andrés V., Badimon L., Benetos A., Binder C.J., Brandes R.P., Crea F., Furman D., Gorbunova V., Guzik T.J., Hill J.A., Lüscher T.F., Mittelbrunn M., Nencioni A., Netea M.G., Passos J.F., Stamatelopoulos K.S., Tavernarakis N., Ungvari Z., Wu J.C., Kirkland J.L., Camici G.G., Dimmeler S., Kroemer G., Abdellatif M., Stellos K. (2025) Roadmap for alleviating the manifestations of ageing in the cardiovascular system Nature Reviews Cardiology, DOI: 10.1038/s41569-025-01130-5 (Supplementary material: 1 )
2. Louka A., Spacho N., Korovesis D., Adamis K., Papadopoulos C., Kalaitzaki E.-E., Tavernarakis N. , Neochoritis C. G., and Eleftheriadis N. (2024) Crafting Molecular Tools for 15-Lipoxygenase-1 in a Single Step. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 11:e202418291. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202418291
3. Hofer S. J., Daskalaki I., Abdellatif M., Stelzl U., Sedej S., Tavernarakis N., Kroemer G. and Madeo F. (2024) A surge in endogenous spermidine is essential for rapamycin-induced autophagy and longevity. Autophagy, DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2396793.
4. Panda M. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) Mitostasis in age-associated neurodegeneration. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167547.
5. Kalykaki M., Rubio-Tomas T. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) The role of mitochondria in cytokine and chemokine signalling during ageing. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 222: 111993.
6. Rubio-Tomas T., Alegre-Cortes E., Lionaki E., Fuentes J. M. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) Heat shock and thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans: an overview of laboratory techniques. Methods in Cell Biology, 185: 1-17.
7. Wang H.-L., Siow R., Schmauck-Medina T., Zhang J., Sandset P. M, Filshie C., Lund O., Partridge L., Bergersen L. H., Rasmussen L. J., Palikaras K., Sotiropoulos I., Strom-Mathisen J., Rubinsztein D. C., Spillantini M. G., De Zeeuw C. I., Watne L. O., Vyhnalek M., Veverova K., Xiao Liang K., Tavernarakis N., Bohr V. A., Yokote K., Saarela J., Nilsen H., Gonos S., Scheibye-Knudsen M., Chen G., Kato H., Selbaek G., Fladby T., Nilsson P., Simonsen A., Aarsland D., Lautrup S., Ottersen O. P., Cox L. S. and Fang E. F. (2024) Meeting summary of the NYO3 5th NO-Age/AD meeting and the 1st Norway-UK joint meeting on ageing and dementia: Recent progress on mechanisms and interventional strategies. Journal of Gerontology, 79: glae029.
8. Petratou D., Fragkiadaki P., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) Assessing locomotory rate in response to food for the identification of neuronal and muscular defects in C. elegans. STAR Protocols, 5: 102801.
9. Charmpilas N., Sotiriou A., Axarlis K., Tavernarakis N. and Hoppe T. (2024) Reproductive regulation of the mitochondrial stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 43: 114336. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Trends in Cell Biology )
10. Konstantinidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) In vivo monitoring of nucleophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2845: 67-77.
11. Hofer S. J., Daskalaki I., Bergmann M., Friscic J., Zimmermann A., Mueller M. I., Abdellatif M., Nicastro R., Masser S., Durand S., Nartey A., Waltenstorfer M., Enzenhofer S., Faimann I., Gschiel V., Bajaj T., Niemeyer C., Gkikas I., Pein L., Cerrato G., Pan H., Liang Y. T., Tadic J., Jerkovic A., Aprahamian F., Robbins C. E., Nirmalathasan N., Habisch H., Annerer E., Dethloff F., Stumpe M., Grundler F., Wilhelmi de Toledo F., Heinz D. E., Koppold D. A., Rajput Khokhar A., Michalsen A., Tripolt N. J., Sourij H., Pieber T., de Cabo R., McCormick M., Magnes C., Kepp O., Dengjel J., Sigrist S. J., Gassen N. C., Sedej S., Madl T., De Virgilio C., Stelzl U., Hoffmann M. H., Eisenberg T., Tavernarakis N., Kroemer G. and Madeo F. (2024) Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity. Nature Cell Biology, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01468-x. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 ) (See also: Commentary in Nature Aging )
12. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) Nuclear lipid droplets: a novel regulator of nuclear homeostasis and ageing. Aging, 16(22):13436-13441. DOI: 10.18632/aging.206175
13. Sotiriou Α., Ploumi C., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2024) Assessing polyglutamine tract aggregation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Cell Biology, 181: 1-15.
14. Petratou D., Gjikolaj M., Kaulich E., Schafer W. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) A proton-inhibited DEG/ENaC ion channel maintains neuronal ionstasis and promotes neuronal survival under stress. iScience, 26: 107117. (Supplementary material: 1 )
15. Tavernarakis N. (2023) Remote control of autophagy and metabolism in the liver. Cell Metabolism, 35: 725-727.
16. Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Coupling of autophagy and the mitochondrial intrinsic apoptosis pathway modulates proteostasis and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Disease, 14: 110. (Supplementary material: 1 )
17. Palikaras K., Mari M., Ploumi C., Princz A., Filippidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Age-dependent nuclear lipid droplet deposition is a cellular hallmark of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell, 22: e13788. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
18. Papandreou M.-E., Konstantinidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Nucleophagy delays ageing and preserves germline immortality. Nature Aging, 3: 34-46.
19. Tavernarakis N. (2023) Research Briefing: Nuclear autophagy promotes longevity and germline immortality. Nature Aging, 3: 11-12.
20. Sturm A., Sharma H., Bodnar F., Ahslam M., Kovacs T., Nemeth A., Hotzi B., Billes V., Sigmond T., Tatrai K., Egyed B., Teglas-Huszar B., Schlosser G., Charmpilas N., Ploumi C., Perczel A., Tavernarakis N. and Vellai T. (2023) N6-methyladenine progressively accumulates in mitochondrial DNA during aging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24: 14858. (Supplementary material: 1 )
21. Daskalaki I., Markaki M., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Local coordination of mRNA storage and degradation in the vicinity of mitochondria modulates Caenorhabditis elegans somatic ageing. EMBO Journal, e112446. (Supplementary material: 1 )
22. Metaxakis A., Pavlidis M. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Neuronal atg1 coordinates autophagy induction and physiological adaptations to balance mTORC1 signalling. Cells, 12: 2024. (Supplementary material: 1 )
23. Fang E. F., Tavernarakis N. and Palikaras K. (2023) Editorial: Mitophagy in Health and Disease-Volume II. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 11: 1242664.
24. Markaki M., Tsagkari D. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Mitophagy and long-term neuronal homeostasis. Journal of Cell Science, 136: jcs260638.
25. Spanoudakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Age-associated anatomical and physiological alterations in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 213: 111827.
26. Cao S.-Q., Wang H.-L., Palikaras P., Tavernarakis N. and Fang E. F. (2023) Chemotaxis assay for evaluation of memory-like behavior in wild-type and Alzheimer's-disease-like C. elegans models. STAR Protocols, 4: 102250.
27. Vitale I., … Tavernarakis N., … and Galluzzi L. (2023) Apoptotic cell death in disease - Current understanding of the NCCD 2023. Cell Death and Differentiation, 30: 1097-1154.
28. Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Kounakis K., Tavernarakis N. and Lionaki E. (2023) MitoSNARE assembly and disassembly factors regulate basal autophagy and ageing in C. elegans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24: 4230.
29. Lionaki E., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) The mitochondrial protein import machinery conveys stress signals to the cytosol and beyond. BioEssays, 45: 2200160.
30. Korovesis D., Rubio-Tomas T. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Oxidative stress in age-related neurodegenerative diseases: an overview of recent tools and findings. Antioxidants, 12, 131.
31. Rubio-Tomas T., Sotiriou A. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) The interplay between selective types of (macro)autophagy: mitophagy and xenophagy. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, 374: 129-157.
32. Lionaki E., Gkikas I., Daskalaki I., Ioannidi M.-K., Klapa M. I. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Mitochondrial protein import determines lifespan through metabolic reprogramming and de novo serine biosynthesis. Nature Communications, 13: 651. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 ) (See also: Commentary in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism )
33. Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. (2022) Sustained intracellular calcium mediates neuronal mitophagy in models of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Cell Death and Differentiation, 29: 167-177. (Supplementary material: 1 )
34. Rubio-Tomas T. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Lipid metabolism and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans: a complex interplay. Biogerontology, 23: 541-557.
35. Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Assessment of Neuronal Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2515: 309-317.
36. Palikaras K., SenGupta T., Nilsen H. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Assessment of dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a C. elegans model of Parkinson's disease. STAR Protocols, 3: 101264.
37. Ploumi C., Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) The complex interplay between autophagy and cell death pathways. Biochemical Journal, 479: 75-90.
38. Lionaki E., Ploumi C. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) One carbon metabolism: pulling the strings behind ageing and neurodegeneration? Cells, 11: 214.
39. Konstantinidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2022) Autophagy of the nucleus in health and disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9: e814955.
40. SenGupta T., Palikaras K., Esbensen Y. Q., Konstantinidis G., Naranjo Galindo F. J., Achanta K., Kassahun H., Stavgiannoudaki I., Bohr V. A., Akbari M., Gaare J., Tzoulis C., Tavernarakis N. and Nilsen H. (2021) Base excision repair causes age-dependent accumulation of single-stranded DNA breaks that contribute to Parkinson's disease pathology. Cell Reports, 36: 109668. (Supplementary material: 1 )
41. Markaki M., Tsagkari D. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Mitophagy mechanisms in neuronal physiology and pathology during ageing. Biophysical Reviews, 13: 955-965.
42. Aman Y., Schmauck-Medina T., Hansen M. , I Morimoto R., Simon A. K., Bjedov I., Palikaras K., Simonsen A., Johansen T., Tavernarakis N., Rubinsztein D. C., Partridge L., Kroemer G., Labbadia J. and Fang E. F. (2021) Autophagy in healthy ageing and disease. Nature Aging, 1: 634-650.
43. Tsaknakis G., Galli A., Papadakis S., Kanellou P., Chiara E., Todisco G., Bono E., Rizzo E., Molteni E., Fragiadaki I., Mavroudi I., Pontikoglou C., Batas A., Maxouri S., Linardaki E., Tavernarakis N., Malcovati L. and Papadaki H. (2021) Incidence and Prognosis of Clonal Hematopoiesis in patients with Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia. Blood, 138: 1249-1257. (Supplementary material: 1 )
44. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Selective autophagy as a potential therapeutic target in age-associated pathologies. Metabolites, 11: 588.
45. Klionsky D. J., ... Tavernarakis N., ... Galluzzi L. and Pietrocola F. (2021) Autophagy in major human diseases. EMBO Journal, 40:e108863.
46. Tsafas V., Giouroukou K., Kounakis K., Mari M., Fotakis C., Tavernarakis N. and Filippidis G. (2021) Monitoring ageing-associated structural alterations in Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscles via PSHG measurements. Journal of Biophotonics, 14: e202100173.
47. Konstantinidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Molecular Basis of Neuronal Autophagy in Ageing: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans. Cells, 10: 694.
48. Klionsky D., … Tavernarakis N., et al. (2021) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). Autophagy, 17: 1-382.
49. Palikaras K., Fang E. F. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Editorial: Mitophagy in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9: 647036.
50. Ploumi C., Sotiriou A. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Monitoring autophagic flux in Caenorhabditis elegans using p62/SQST-1 reporters. Methods in Cell Biology, 165: 73-87.
51. Princz A., Pelisch F. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) SUMO promotes longevity and maintains mitochondrial homeostasis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Scientific Reports, 10: 15513. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Rejuvenation Research \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
52. Tavernarakis N. (2020) Inflammation brakes mitochondrial metabolism in obesity. Nature Immunology, 21: 1143-1145.
53. Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Iwata K., Herkenne S., Quintana-Cabrera R., Semenzato M., Grespi F., Ross-Cisneros F. N., Carelli V., Sadun A. A., Tavernarakis N. and Scorrano L. (2020) Inhibition of autophagy curtails visual loss in a model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Nature Communications, 11, 4029. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 )
54. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for human diseases. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 63: 118-125.
55. Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitochondrial maturation drives germline stem cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 27: 601-617. (Supplementary material: 1 )
56. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Editorial: Autophagy mechanisms and roles: recent advances and implications. FEBS Journal, 287: 5024-5026.
57. Papandreou M.-E., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Assessment of de novo protein synthesis rates in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 163: e61170. (Supplementary material: 1 )
58. Daskalaki I. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitochondrial biogenesis in organismal senescence and neurodegeneration. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 191: 111345.
59. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Modeling age-associated neurodegenerative diseases in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 162: e61169. (Supplementary material: 1 )
60. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Editorial: Mitophagy in physiology and pathology. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 190: 111291.
61. Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Molecular interventions towards Multiple Sclerosis treatment. Brain Sciences, 10: e299.
62. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitochondrial turnover and homeostasis in ageing and neurodegeneration. FEBS Letters, 594: 2370-2379.
63. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Crosstalk between endo/exocytosis and autophagy in health and disease. Biotechnology Journal, 15: e1900267.
64. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Regulation and roles of mitophagy at synapses. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 187: 111216.
65. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Nucleophagy mediators and mechanisms. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, 172: 1-14.
66. Madeo F., Tavernarakis N., Bravo-San Pedro J. M. and Kroemer G. (2020) ACBP is an appetite stimulator across phylogenetic barriers. Cell Stress, 4: 27-29.
67. Theodosiou T., Papanikolaou N., Savvaki M., Bonetto G., Maxouri S., Fakourelli E., Eliopoulos A. G., Tavernarakis N., Amoutzias G., Pavlopoulos G. A., Aivaliotis M., Nikoletopoulou V., Tzamarias D., Karagogeos D. and Iliopoulos I. (2020) UniProt Related Documents (UniReD): assisting wet lab biologists in their quest on finding novel counterparts in a protein network. Nucleic Acids Research - Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2: lqaa005. (Supplementary material: 1 )
68. Charmpilas C., Ruckenstuhl C., Sica V., Büttner S., Habernig L., Dichtinger S., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N., Bravo-San Pedro J.M. and Kroemer G. (2020) Acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP): a phylogenetically conserved appetite stimulator. Cell Death and Disease, 11: 7. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 )
69. Lou G., Palikaras K., Lautrup S., Scheibye-Knudsen M., Tavernarakis N. and Fang E. F. (2020) Mitophagy and neuroprotection. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 26: 8-20.
70. Formisano R., Mersha M. D., Caplan J., Singh A., Rankin C. H., Tavernarakis N. and Dhillon H. S. (2020) Synaptic vesicle fusion is modulated through feedback inhibition by dopamine auto-receptors. Synapse, 74: e22131. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
71. Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) SUMOylation in neurodegenerative diseases. Gerontology, 66: 122-130.
72. Kutnyanszky V., Hargitai B., Hotzi B., Kosztelnik M., Ortutay C., Kovacs T., Gyory E., Borden K., Princz A., Tavernarakis N., Takacs-Vellai K., and Vellai T. (2020) Sex-specific regulation of neuronal functions in Caenorhabditis elegans: the sex-determining protein TRA-1 represses goa-1/Ga(i/o). Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 295: 357-371. (Supplementary material: 1 )
73. Tavernarakis N. (2019) Ageing: Neural excitation moderates lifespan (Moderation of neural excitation promotes longevity). Nature, 574: 338-340.
74. Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Sica V., Martins I., Pol J., Loos F., Maiuri M. C., Durand S., Bossut N., Aprahamian F., Anagnostopoulos G., Niso-Santano M., Aranda F., Ramirez-Pardo I., Lallement J., Denom J., Boedec E., Gorwood P., Ramoz N., Clement K., Pelloux V., Rohia A., Pattou F., Raverdy V., Caiazzo R., Denis R. G. P., Boya P., Galluzzi L., Madeo F., Migrenne-Li S., Cruciani-Guglielmacci C., Tavernarakis N., Lopez-Otin C., Magnan C. and Kroemer G. (2019) Acyl-CoA-Binding Protein is a lipogenic factor that triggers food intake and obesity. Cell Metabolism, 30: 754-767.
75. Fang E. F., Hou Y., Palikaras K., Adriaanse B. A., Kerr J. S., Yang B., Lautrup S., Hasan-Olive M., Caponio D., Dan X., Rocktaschel P., Croteau D. L., Akbari M., Greig N. H., Fladby T., Nilsen H., Cader M. Z., Mattson M. P., Tavernarakis N. and Bohr V. A. (2019) Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-beta and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience, 22: 401-412. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
76. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Nucleophagy: from homeostasis to disease. Cell Death and Differentiation, 26: 630-639.
77. Chen G., Xie W., Nah J., Sauvat A., Liu P., Pietrocola F., Sica V., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Zimmermann A., Pendl T., Tadic J., Bergmann M., Hofer S. J., Markaki M., Tavernarakis N., Domuz L. Lachkar S., Sadoshima J., Madeo F., Kepp O. and Kroemer G. (2019) 3,4-Dimethoxychalcone induces autophagy through activation of the transcription factors TFE3 and TFEB. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 11: e10469. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
78. Kounakis K., Chaniotakis M., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Emerging roles of lipophagy in ageing and age-related diseases. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 7: 185.
79. Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) The cytoskeleton as a modulator of ageing and neurodegeneration. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1178: 227-245.
80. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Mitophagy dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1880: 655-668.
81. Rieckher M., Markaki M., Princz A., Schumacher B. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Maintenance of proteostasis by P body-mediated regulation of eIF4E availability during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Reports, 25: 199-211. (Supplementary material: 1 )
82. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology. Nature Cell Biology, 20: 1013-1022.
83. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Regulation and roles of autophagy at synapses. Trends in Cell Biology, 28: 646-661.
84. Pietrocola F., Castoldi F., Markaki M., Lachkar S., Chen G., Enot D. P., Durand S., Bossut N., Tong M., Malik S. A., Loos F., Dupont N., Marino G., Abdelkader N., Madeo F., Maiuri M. C., Kroemer R., Codogno P., SadoshimaJ., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2018) Aspirin recapitulates features of caloric restriction. Cell Reports, 22: 2395-2407. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
85. Daskalaki I., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Hypoxia and selective autophagy in cancer development and therapy. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 6: 104.
86. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Small heat shock proteins and neurodegeneration: recent developments. BioMolecular Concepts, 9: 94-102.
87. Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Novel insights into the anti-ageing role of mitophagy. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, 340: 169-208.
88. Princz A., Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Mitochondrial contributions to neuronal development and function. Biological Chemistry, 399: 723-739.
89. Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Multimodal sensory processing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Open Biology, 8: 180049.
90. Gkikas I., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) The role of mitophagy in innate immunity. Frontiers in Immunology, 9: 1283.
91. Metaxakis A., Ploumi C. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Autophagy in age-associated neurodegeneration. Cells, 7: 37.
92. Galluzzi L., … Tavernarakis N., ... and Kroemer G. (2018) Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018. Cell Death and Differentiation, 25: 486-541. (See also: F1000 Biology evaluation)
93. Hotzi B., Kosztelnik M., Hargitai B., Takacs-Vellai K., Barna J., Borden K., Malnasi-Csizmadia A., Lippai M.,Ortutay C., Bacquet C., Pasparaki A., Arányi T., Tavernarakis N. and Vellai T. (2018) Sex-specific regulation of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell, 17: e12724.
94. Rieckher M., Psycharakis S. E., Ancora D., Liapis E., Zacharopoulos A., Ripoll J., Tavernarakis N., and Zacharakis G. (2018) Demonstrating improved multiscale imaging capabilities of light sheet microscopy in the quantification of fluorescence dynamics. Biotechnology Journal, 13: 1700419 (1-7).
95. Nikoletopoulou V., Sidiropoulou K., Kallergi E., Dalezios Y. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Modulation of autophagy by BDNF underlies synaptic plasticity. Cell Metabolism, 26: 230-242. (Supplementary material: 1 )
96. Kyriakakis E., Charmpilas N. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Differential adiponectin signalling couples ER stress with lipid metabolism to modulate ageing in C. elegans. Scientific Reports, 7: 5115. (Supplementary material: 1 )
97. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The PMR1 pump in alpha-synuclein toxicity and neurodegeneration. Neuroscience Letters, 663: 66-71.
98. Palikaras K., Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Mitophagy and age-related pathologies: Development of new therapeutics by targeting mitochondrial turnover. Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 178:157-174.
99. Fang E. F., Palikaras K., Sun N., Fivenson E. M., Spangler R. D., Kerr J. S., Cordonnier S. A., Hou Y., Dombi E., Kassahun H., Tavernarakis N., Poulton J., Nilsen H. and Bohr V. A. (2017) In vitro and in vivo detection of mitophagy in human cells, C. elegans, and mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 129: e56301. (Supplementary material: 1 )
100. Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Generation of Caenorhabditis elegans transgenic animals by DNA microinjection. Bio-protocol, 7: e2565. (Supplementary material: 1 )
101. Galluzzi L., … Tavernarakis N., ... and Kroemer G. (2017) Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes. EMBO Journal, 36:1811-1836.
102. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Assessing mitochondrial selective autophagy in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1567: 349-361.
103. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Monitoring autophagic responses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Enzymology, 588: 429-444.
104. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) In vivo mitophagy monitoring in Caenorhabditis elegans to determine mitochondrial homeostasis. Bio-protocol, 7: e2215.
105. Charmpilas N., Kounakis K. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Monitoring mitophagy during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1759: 151-160.
106. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Protein synthesis rate assessment by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). Bio-protocol, 7: e2156.
107. Charmpilas N., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Small heat shock proteins in ageing and age-related diseases. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 22: 481-492.
108. Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The role of SUMOylation in ageing and senescent decline. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 162: 85-90.
109. Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) P-Body and Stress Granule Quantification in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 7: e2108.
110. Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Autophagy and the endo/exosomal pathways in health and disease. Biotechnology Journal, 12: 1600175 (1-9).
111. Palikaras K., Mari M., Petanidou B., Pasparaki A, Filippidis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Ectopic fat deposition contributes to age-associated pathology in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Lipid Research, 58: 72-80.
112. Ploumi C., Daskalaki I. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) Mitochondrial biogenesis and clearance: a balancing act. FEBS Journal, 284: 183-195.
113. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Intracellular Assessment of ATP Levels in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 6: e2048.
114. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Measuring oxygen consumption rate in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol, 6: e2049.
115. Roussou I.G., Savakis C., Tavernarakis N. and Metaxakis A. (2016) Stage dependent nutritional regulation of transgenerational longevity. Nutrition and Healthy Aging, 4: 47-54.
116. Lionaki E., Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2016) Differential protein distribution between the nucleus and mitochondria: implications in aging. Frontiers in Genetics, 7: 162.
117. Pediaditakis I., Efstathopoulos P., Prousis C. K., Zervou M., Arevalo J.-C., Alexaki I. V., Nikoletopoulou V., Karagianni E., Potamitis C., Tavernarakis N., Chavakis T., Margioris N. A., Venihaki M., Calogeropoulou T., Charalampopoulos I. and Gravanis A. (2016) Selective and differential interactions of BNN27, a novel C17-spiroepoxy steroid derivative, with TrkA receptors, regulating neuronal survival and differentiation. Neuropharmacology, 111: 266-282.
118. Papaevgeniou N., Sakellari M., Jha S., Tavernarakis N., Holmberg C., Gonos E. S. and Chondrogianni N. (2016) 18a-glycyrrhetinic acid proteasome activator decelerates aging and Alzheimer's disease progression in C. elegans and neuronal cultures. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 25: 855-869.
119. Klionsky D., … Tavernarakis N., et al. (2016) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy, 12: 1-222.
120. Schiavi A., Maglioni S., Palikaras K., Shaik A., Strapazzon F., Brinkmann V., Torgovnick A., Castelein N., De Henau S., Braeckman B. P., Cecconi F., Tavernarakis N. and Ventura N. (2015) Iron starvation-induced mitophagy mediates lifespan extension upon mitochondrial stress in C. elegans. Current Biology, 25: 1810-1822. (Supplementary material: 1 )
121. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Balancing mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy to maintain energy metabolism homeostasis. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 1399-1401.
122. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coordination of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 521: 525-528. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluation)
123. Niso-Santano M., Malik S. A., Pietrocola F., Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Marino G., Cianfanelli V., Ben-Younes A., Troncoso R., Markaki M., Sica V., Izzo V., Chaba K., Bauvy C., Dupont N., Kepp O., Rockenfeller P., Wolinski H., Madeo F., Lavandero S., Codogno (2015) Unsaturated fatty acids induce non-canonical autophagy. EMBO Journal, 34: 1025-1041. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in EMBO Journal )
124. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Mitophagy: in sickness and in health. Molecular and Cellular Oncology, 3: e1056332.
125. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Interfacing mitochondrial biogenesis and elimination to enhance host pathogen defense and longevity. Worm, 4: e1071763.
126. Palikaras K., Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Coupling mitogenesis and mitophagy for longevity. Autophagy, 11: 1428-1430.
127. Taferner A., Pircher H., Koziel R., von Grafenstein S., Baraldo G., Palikaras K., Liedl K. R., Tavernarakis N. and Jansen-Duerr P. (2015) FAH domain containing protein 1 (FAHD-1) is required for mitochondrial function and locomotion activity in C. elegans. PLoS One, 10: e0134161.
128. Rieckher M., Kyparissidis-Kokkinidis I., Zacharopoulos A., Kourmoulakis G., Tavernarakis N., Ripoll J. and Zacharakis G. (2015) A customized light sheet microscope to measure spatio-temporal protein dynamics in small organisms. PLoS One, 10: e0127869.
129. Lionaki E., Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Mitochondria, autophagy and age-associated neurodegenerative diseases: New insights into a complex interplay. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1847: 1412-1423.
130. Mari M., Filippidis G., Palikaras K., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Imaging ectopic fat deposition in Caenorhabditis elegans muscles using nonlinear microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 78: 523-528.
131. Niso-Santano M., Bravo-San Pedro J. M., Maiuri M. C., Tavernarakis N., Cecconi F., Madeo F., Codogno P., Galluzzi L. and Kroemer G. (2015) Novel inducers of BECN1-independent autophagy: cis-unsaturated fatty acids. Autophagy, 11: 575-577.
132. Kyriakakis E., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Stress responses during ageing: Molecular pathways regulating protein homeostasis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1292: 215-234.
133. Kyriakakis E., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for cancer research. Molecular and Cellular Oncology, 2: e975027.
134. Charmpilas N., Daskalaki I., Papandreou M. E. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Protein synthesis as an integral quality control mechanism during ageing. Aging Research Reviews, 23: 75-89.
135. Nikoletopoulou V., Papandreou M.-E. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Autophagy in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 398-407.
136. Nikoletopoulou V., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Cellular and molecular longevity pathways: The old and the new. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25: 212-223.
137. Buttner S., Broeskamp F., Sommer C., Markaki M., Habernig L., Alavian-Ghavanini A., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., Michael E., Kroemer G., Tavernarakis N., Sigrist S. J. and Madeo F. (2014) Spermidine protects against alpha-synuclein neurotoxicity. Cell Cycle, 13: 3903-3908.
138. Chondrogianni N., Georgila K., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N. and Gonos E. S. (2014) 20S proteasome activation promotes life span extension and resistance to proteotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. FASEB Journal, 29: 611-622.
139. Lorenzo Galluzzi L., …, Tavernarakis N., … and Kroemer G. (2014) Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015. Cell Death and Differentiation, 22: 58-73.
140. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Necrotic cell death in C. elegans. Methods in Enzymology, 545: 127-155.
141. Gkikas I., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Longevity pathways and memory ageing. Frontiers in Genetics, 5: 155.
142. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Mitochondrial homeostasis: The interplay between mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis. Experimental Gerontology, 56: 182-188.
143. Tserevelakis G., Megalou E. V., Filippidis G., Petanidou B., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Label-free imaging of lipid depositions in C. elegans using third-harmonic generation microscopy. PLoS One, 9: e84431.
144. Kypri E., Cristodoulou A., Maimaris Y., Lethan M., Markaki M., Lyssandrou C., Lederer C. W., Tavernarakis N., Geimer S., Pedersen L. B. and Santama N. (2014) The nucleotide binding proteins Nubp1 and Nubp2 are negative regulators of ciliogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 71: 517-538.
145. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics in neurodegeneration: A causative relationship. Neurochemical Research, 39: 542-545.
146. Buttner S., Habernig L., Broeskamp F., Ruli D, Vogtle F. N., Vlachos M., Macchi F., Kuttner V., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., Ring J., Markaki M., Taskin A. A., Benke S., Ruckenstuhl C., Braun R., Van den Haute C., Bammens T., van der Perren A., Frohlich K.-U., Winderickx J., Kroemer G., Baekelandt V., Tavernarakis N., Kovacs G. G., Dengjel J., Mesinger C., Sigrist S. J. and Madeo F. (2013) Endonuclease G mediates a-synuclein cytotoxicity during Parkinson's disease. EMBO Journal, 32: 3041-3054.
147. Coburn C., Allman E., Mahanti P., Benedetto A., Cabreiro F., Pincus Z., Matthijssens F., Araiz C., Mandel A., Vlachos M., Edwards S.-A., Fischer G., Davidson A., Pryor R., Stevens A., Slack F., Tavernarakis N., Braeckman B. P., Schroeder F., Nehrke K. and (2013) Anthranilate fluorescence marks a calcium-propagated necrotic wave that promotes organismal death in C. elegans. PLoS Biology, 11: e1001613. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluations)
148. Buttner S., Faes L., Reichelt W., Broeskamp F., Habernig L., Benke S., Kourtis N., Ruli D., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Eisenberg T., D'hooge P., Ghillebert R., Franssens V., Harger A., Pieber T. R., Freudenberger P., Kroemer G., Sigrist S. J., Winderickx J., C (2013) The Ca(2+)/Mn(2+) ion-pump PMR1 links elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) levels to α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson's disease models. Cell Death and Differentiation, 20: 465-477.
149. Nikoletopoulou V., Markaki M., Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Crosstalk between apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1833: 3448-3459.
150. Mersha M., Formisano R., McDonald R., Pandey P., Tavernarakis N. and Harbinder S. (2013) GPA-14, a Galpha(i) subunit mediates dopaminergic behavioral plasticity in C. elegans. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 9: 16.
151. Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Oxidative stress and mitochondrial protein quality control in ageing. Journal of Proteomics, 92: 181-194.
152. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Metabolic control by TOR and autophagy during ageing. Gerontology, 59: 340-348.
153. Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) High throughput and longitudinal analysis of ageing and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 965: 485-500. (Supplementary material: 1 )
154. Lionaki E. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Assessing ageing and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans: Cohort survival analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 965: 473-484.
155. Katidou M., Tavernarakis N. and Karagogeos D. (2013) The contactin RIG-6 mediates neuronal and non-neuronal cell migration in C. elegans. Developmental Biology, 373: 184-195.
156. Lionaki E., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Autophagy and ageing: Insights from invertebrate model organisms. Ageing Research Reviews, 12: 413-428.
157. Bauer M. A., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Ruckenstuhl C., Reisenbichler A., Megalou E. V., Eisenberg T., Magnes C., Jungwirth H., Sinner F. M., Pieber T. R., Frohlich K.-U., Kroemer K., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo F. (2013) Spermidine promotes mating and fertilization efficiency in model organisms. Cell Cycle, 12: 346-352.
158. Schiavi A., Torgovnick A., Kell A., Megalou E. V., Castelain N., Guccini I., Marzocchetta L., Gelino S., Hansen M., Malisan F., Condo I., Bei R., Rea S. L., Braeckman B., Tavernarakis N., Testi R. and Ventura N. (2013) Autophagy induction extends lifespan and reduces lipid content in response to frataxin silencing in C. elegans. Experimental Gerontology, 48:191-201.
159. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation as a tool in neurobiology. Biotechnology Journal, 7: 1156-1168.
160. Anisimov V. N., Bartke A., Barzilai N., Batin M. A., Blagosklonny M. V., Brown-Borg H., Budovskaya Y., Campisi J., Friguet B., Fraifeld V., Franceschi C., Gems D., Gladyshev V., Gorbunova V., Gudkov A. V., Kennedy B., Konovalenko M., Kraemer B., Moskalev (2012) The Second International Conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity". Aging, 4: 305-317.
161. Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Heat shock response and ionstasis: axis against neurodegeneration Aging, 4: 856-858.
162. Soulitzis N., Neofytou E., Psarrou M., Anagnostis A., Tavernarakis N., Siafakas N. and Tzortzaki E. G. (2012) Downregulation of lung mitochondrial prohibitin in COPD. Respiratory Medicine, 106: 954-961. (Supplementary material: 1 )
163. Zhu S., Dong D., Birk U. J., Rieckher M., Tavernarakis N., Qu X., Liang J., Tian J. and Ripoll J. (2012) Automated motion correction for in vivo Optical Projection Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 31: 1358-1371.
164. Kourtis N., Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Small heat shock proteins protect from heat stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature, 490: 213-218. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Commentary in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology \| F1000 Biology evaluations)
165. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 31: 654-666. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
166. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing. Frontiers in Genetics, 3: 297.
167. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Calcium homeostasis in aging neurons. Frontiers in Genetics, 3: 200.
168. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration: The involvement of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking. Worm, 1: 176-181.
169. Klionsky D. J., ... Markaki M., ... Tavernarakis N., et al. (2012) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy, 8: 445-544.
170. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Endocytosis and intracellular trafficking contribute to necrotic neurodegeneration in C. elegans. EMBO Journal, 30: 1-13. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 )
171. Rieckher M., Birk U. J., Meyer H., Ripoll J. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Microscopic optical projection tomography in vivo. PLoS One, 6: e18963. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 )
172. Tserevelakis G. J., Filippidis, G., Megalou E., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Cell tracking studies in live Caenorhabditis elegans embryos via Third Harmonic Generation imaging microscopy measurements. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 16: 046019/1-6.
173. Krasagakis K., Metaxari M., Zervou M., Stathopoulos E. N., Eberle J., Kanitakis J., Georgoulias V., Kruger-Krasagakis S., Tavernarakis N. and Tosca A. D. (2011) Identification of the M541L sequence variation of the transmembrane Kit domain in Merkel cell carcinoma. Anticancer Research, 31: 807-811.
174. Marino G., Morselli E., Bennetzen M. V., Eisenberg T., Megalou E., Schroeder S., Cabrera S., Benit P., Rustin P., Criollo A., Kepp O., Galluzzi L., Shen S., Malik S. A., Maiuri M. C., Horio Y., Lopez-Otin C., Andersen J. S., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F. and (2011) Longevity-relevant regulation of autophagy at the level of the acetylproteome. Autophagy, 7: 647-649.
175. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) The role of autophagy in genetic pathways influencing ageing. Biogerontology, 12: 377-386.
176. Krasagakis K., Fragiadaki I., Metaxari M., Kruger-Krasagakis S., Tzanakakis G. N., Stathopoulos E. N., Eberle J., Tavernarakis N. and Tosca A. D. (2011) Kit receptor activation by autocrine and paracrine stem cell factor stimulates growth of merkel cell carcinoma in vitro. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 226: 1099-1109.
177. Morselli E., Marino G., Bennetzen M., Eisenberg T., Megalou E., Schroeder S., Cabrera S., Benit P., Rustin P., Criollo A., Shen S., Kepp O., Maiuri C., Horio Y., Lopez-Otin C., Andersen J. S., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F., and Kroemer G. (2011) Spermidine and resveratrol induce autophagy by distinct pathways converging on the acetylproteome. Journal of Cell Biology, 192: 615-629. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 )
178. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2011) Cellular stress response pathways and ageing: intricate molecular relationships. EMBO Journal, 30: 2520-2531.
179. Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Roles for SUMO modification during senescence. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 694: 160-171.
180. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Opposing function of mitochondrial prohibitin in aging. Aging, 2: 1004-1011.
181. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Modelling human diseases in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biotechnology Journal, 5: 1261-1276.
182. Gessmann R., Kourtis N., Petratos K. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Molecular modelling of mechanosensory ion channel structural and functional features. PLoS One, 5: e12814.
183. Birk U. J., Rieckher M., Konstantinides N., Darrell A., Sarasa-Renedo A., Meyer H., Tavernarakis N. and Ripoll J. (2010) Correction for specimen movement and rotation errors for in vivo optical projection tomography. Biomedical Optics Express, 1: 87-96.
184. Tserevelakis G. J., Filippidis G., Krmpot A. J., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Imaging Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis by Third-Harmonic Generation microscopy. Micron, 41: 444-447.
185. Vlachos M. and Tavernarakis N. (2010) Non-apoptotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developmental Dynamics, 239: 1337-1351.
186. Morselli E., Maiuri M. C., Markaki M., Megalou E., Pasparaki A., Palikaras K, Galluzzi L., Criollo A., Malik S. A., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) Caloric restriction and resveratrol prolong longevity via the sirtuin-1 mediated induction of autophagy. Cell Death and Disease, 1: e10.
187. Eisenberg T., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Buttner S., Tavernarakis N. and Madeo F. (2010) Necrosis in yeast. Apoptosis, 15: 257-268.
188. Morselli E., Maiuri M. C., Markaki M., Megalou E., Pasparaki A., Palikaras K, Criollo A., Galluzzi L., Malik S. A., Vitale I., Michaud M., Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) The life span-prolonging effect of sirtuin-1 is mediated by autophagy. Autophagy, 6: 186-188.
189. Liolios K., Chen A., Mavromatis K., Tavernarakis N., Hugenholtz P., Markowitz V. and Kyrpides N. C. (2010) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata. Nucleic Acids Research, 38: D346-D354.
190. Madeo F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2010) Can autophagy promote longevity? Nature Cell Biology, 12: 842-846.
191. Morselli E., Galluzzi L., Kepp O., Criollo A., Maiuri M. C., Tavernarakis N., Madeo F., and Kroemer G. (2009) Autophagy mediates pharmacological lifespan extension. Aging, 1: 961-970.
192. Andreou A. M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) SUMOylation and cell signalling. Biotechnology Journal, 4: 1740-1752.
193. Filippidis G., Gualda E. J., Mari M., Troulinaki K., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) In vivo imaging of cell morphology and cellular processes in Caenorhabditis elegans using non-linear phenomena. Micron, 40: 876-880.
194. Filippidis G., Troulinaki K., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) In vivo polarization-dependant Second and Third harmonic generation imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans pharyngeal muscles. Laser Physics, 19: 1475-1479.
195. Rieckher M., Kourtis N., Pasparaki A. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Transgenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in Molecular Biology, 561: 21-39.
196. Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) The NemaGENETAG initiative: large scale transposon insertion gene-tagging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetica, 137: 39-46.
197. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Cell-specific monitoring of protein synthesis in vivo. PLOS One, 4: e4547. (Supplementary material: 1 )
198. Megalou E. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research, 1793: 1444-1451.
199. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin couples diapause signaling to mitochondrial energy metabolism during ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 461: 793-797. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Editor's summary)
200. Eisenberg T., Knauer H., Schauer A., Fussi H., Buttner S., Ruckenstuhl C., Carmona-Gutierrez D., Ring J., Schroder S., Antonacci L., Fahrenkrog B., Deszcz L., Hartl R., Magnes C., Sinner F., Schraml E., Criollo A., Megalou E., Weiskopf D., Laun P., Heeren (2009) Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. Nature Cell Biology, 11: 1305-1314. (Suppmementary information) (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Cell Biology News and Views \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
201. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Prohibitin and mitochondrial biology. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 20: 394-401.
202. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Autophagy and cell death in model organisms. Cell Death and Differentiation, 16: 21-30.
203. Tavernarakis N. (2008) Editorial: Brain Matters. Biotechnology Journal, 3: 1459.
204. Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Mari M., Voglis G., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans by third harmonic generation microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 232: 270-275.
205. Tavernarakis N., Pasparaki A., Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C. and Kroemer G. (2008) The effects of p53 on whole organism longevity are mediated by autophagy. Autophagy, 4: 810-814.
206. Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Morselli E., Criollo A., D'Amelio M., Djavaheri-Mergny M., Cecconi F., Tavernarakis N. and Kroemer G. (2008) A dual role of p53 in the control of autophagy. Autophagy, 4: 810-814.
207. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Mechanisms of ageing and energy metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans. IUBMB Life, 60: 315-322.
208. Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Autophagy and cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 14: 97-115.
209. Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Voglis G., Mari M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of cellular structures in Caenorhabditis elegans by combined TPEF, SHG and THG microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 229: 141-150.
210. Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) A synaptic DEG/ENaC ion channel mediates learning in C. elegans by facilitating dopamine signalling. EMBO Journal, 27: 3288-3299. (Supplementary material: 1 )
211. Galluzzi L., Joza N., Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Hengartner M., Abrams J. M., Tavernarakis N., Penninger J., Madeo F. and Kroemer G. (2008) No death without life: vital functions of apoptotic effectors. Cell Death and Differentiation,15: 1113-1123.
212. Tasdemir E., Maiuri M. C., Galluzzi L., Vitale I., Djavaheri-Mergny M., D'Amelio M., Criollo A., Morselli E., Zhu C., Harper F., Nannmanrk U., Samara C., Pinton P., Vicencio J.-M., Carnuccio R., Moll U. M., Madeo F., Paterlini-Brechot P., Rizzuto R., Szab (2008) Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53. Nature Cell Biology, 10: 676-687. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Cell Biology News and Views \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
213. Tavernarakis N. (2008) Ageing and the regulation of protein synthesis: A balancing act? Trends in Cell Biology, 18: 228-235.
214. Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Autophagy is required for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation, 15: 105-112. (Supplementary material: 1 )
215. Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1119: 289-295.
216. Liolios K., Mavromatis K., Tavernarakis N. and Kyrpides N. C. (2007) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2007: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata. Nucleic Acids Research, 36: D475-479.
217. Tsibidis G. D. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Nemo: A computational tool for analyzing nematode locomotion. BMC Neuroscience, 8: 86-93. (Supplementary material: 1 )
218. Wong D., Bazopoulou D., Pujol N., Tavernarakis N. and Ewbank J. J. (2007) Genome-wide investigation reveals pathogen-specific and shared signatures in the response of C. elegans to infection. Genome Biology, 8: R194. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 )
219. Tavernarakis N. (2007) Protein synthesis and aging: eIF4E and the soma vs. germline distinction. Cell Cycle, 6: 1168-1171.
220. Tavernarakis N. (2007) Editorial: Diseases of the brain - neuronal function and dysfunction. Biotechnology Journal, 2: 517-518.
221. Tavernarakis N. (2007) Cardiomyocyte necrosis: Alternative mechanisms, effective interventions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1773: 480-482.
222. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Non-developmentally programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 17: 122-133.
223. Syntichaki P. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) eIF4E function in somatic cells modulates ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 445: 922-926. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Nature Editor's summary \| Commentary in the Journal of Cell Biology )
224. Maiuri M. C., Le Toumelin G., Criollo A., Rain J.-C., Gautier F., Juin P., Tasdemir E., Pierron G., Troulinaki K., Tavernarakis N., Hickman J. A., Geneste O. and Kroemer G. (2007) Functional and physical interaction between Bcl-X(L) and a BH3-like domain in Beclin-1. EMBO Journal, 26: 2527-2539. (Supplementary material: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 ) (See also: F1000 Biology evaluation)
225. Artal-Sanz M., de Jong L. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Caenorhabditis elegans: A versatile platform for drug discovery. Biotechnology Journal, 1: 1405-1418.
226. Lochnit G., Grabitzki J., Henkel B., Tavernarakis N. and Geyer R. (2006) First identification of a phosphorylcholine-substituted protein from Caenorhabditis elegans: isolation and characterization of the aspartyl protease ASP-6. Biological Chemistry, 387: 1487-1493.
227. Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Signaling pathways regulating protein synthesis during ageing. Experimental Gerontology, 41: 1020-1025.
228. Koukidou M., Klinakis A., Reboulakis C., Zagoraiou L., Tavernarakis N., Livadaras I., Economopoulos E. and Savakis C. (2006) Germline transformation of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae using a universal transgenesis marker. Insect Molecular Biology, 15: 95-103.
229. Liolios K., Tavernarakis N., Hugenholtz P. and Kyrpides N. C. (2006) The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) v.2: a monitor of Genome Projects world-wide. Nucleic Acids Research, 34: D332-D334.
230. Artal-Sanz M., Samara C., Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) Lysosomal biogenesis and function is critical for necrotic cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Journal of Cell Biology, 173: 231-239. (See also: Commentary in the Journal of Cell Biology )
231. Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2006) The role of synaptic ion channels in synaptic plasticity. EMBO Reports, 7: 1104-1110.
232. Filippidis G., Kouloumentas C., Kapsokalyvas D., Voglis G, Tavernarakis N. and Papazoglou T. G. (2005) Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans samples and sub-cellular localization of new generation photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, using non-linear microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38: 2625-2632.
233. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Proteolytic mechanisms in necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration. FEBS Letters, 579: 3287-3296.
234. Filippidis G., Kouloumentas C., Voglis G., Zacharopoulou F., Papazoglou T. G. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans neurons by second-harmonic generation and two-photon excitation fluorescence. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10: 24015/1-8.
235. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Neurodegenerative Conditions Associated with Ageing: A Molecular Interplay? Mechanisms in Ageing and Development, 126: 23-33.
236. Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) The Vacuolar H+-ATPase mediates intracellular acidification required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Current Biology, 15: 1249-1254. (Supplementary material: 1 )
237. Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Genetic models of mechanotransduction: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Physiological Reviews, 84: 1097-1153.
238. Samara C. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) Calcium-dependent and aspartyl proteases in neurodegeneration and ageing in C. elegans. Ageing Research Reviews, 2: 451-471.
239. Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2003) The biochemistry of neuronal necrosis: Rogue biology? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4: 672-684.
240. Gonos E. S., Agrafiotis D., Dondas A. S., Efthimiopoulos D., Galaris D., Karamanos N. K., Kletsas D., Koletas E., Panayotou G., Sekeri-Pataryas K. E, Simoes D., Sourlingas T. G., Stathakos D., Stratigos A. J., Tavernarakis N., Trougatos G. and Vynios D. H (2002) Ageing research in Greece. Experimental Gerontology, 37: 735-74.
241. Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2002) Caloric restriction and lifespan: a role for protein turnover? Mechanisms in Aging and Development, 123: 215-229.
242. Syntichaki P., Xu K., Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans. Nature, 419: 939-944. (Supplementary material: 1 ) (See also: Science STKE Editors choice \| F1000 Biology evaluation)
243. Syntichaki P. and Tavernarakis N. (2002) Death by necrosis: Uncontrollable catastrophe or is there order behind the chaos? EMBO Reports, 3: 604-609. (Supplementary material: 1 )
244. Boutla A, Kalantidis K, Tavernarakis N, Tsagris M and Tabler M. (2002) Induction of RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans by RNAs derived from plants exhibiting post-transcriptional gene silencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 30: 1688-1694.
245. Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Mechanotransduction in Caenorhabditis elegans: The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 35: 1-18.
246. Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Degenerins: At the core of the metazoan mechanotransducer? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 940: 28-41.
247. Xu K., Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Necrotic cell death in C. elegans requires the function of calreticulin and regulators of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Neuron, 31: 957-971. (See also: Science STKE Editors choice)
248. Tavernarakis N., Everett J., Kyrpides N. and Driscoll M. (2001) Structural and functional features of the intracellular amino-termini of DEG/ENaC ion channels. Current Biology, 11: R205-R208. (Supplementary material: 1 )
249. Tavernarakis N., and Driscoll M. (2000) Caenorhabditis elegans degenerins and vertebrate ENaC ion channels contain an extracellular domain related to venom neurotoxins. Journal of Neurogenetics, 13: 257-264.
250. Benos P., Tavernarakis N., Brogna S., Thireos G. and Savakis C. (2000) Acquisition of a potential marker for insect transformation: isolation of a novel alcohol dehydrogenase gene from Bactrocera oleae by functional complementation in yeast. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 263: 90-95.
251. Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (2000) Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor. Nature Neuroscience, 3: 7-9.
252. Tavernarakis N., Wang S. L., Dorovkov M., Ryazanof A. and Driscoll M. (2000) Heritable and inducible interference by dsRNA. Nature Genetics, 24: 180-183.
253. Tavernarakis, N., Driscoll, M. and Kyrpides, N.C. (1999) The SPFH domain: implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover in stomatins and other membrane-associated proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24: 425-427.
254. Winnier A. R., Meir J. Y.-J., Ross J. M., Tavernarakis N., Driscoll M., Ishihara T., Katsoura I. and Miller D. M. III. (1999) Unc-4/UNC-37-dependent repression of motor neuron-specific genes controls synaptic choice in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes and Development, 13: 2774-2786.
255. Tavernarakis, N., Driscoll, M. and Kyrpides, N.C. (1999) The SPFH domain: a universal motif in stomatins and membrane-associated proteins implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24: 425-427.
256. Driscoll M. and Tavernarakis N. (1997) Molecules that mediate touch transduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin, 10: 33-42.
257. Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1997) The DNA target sequence influences the dependence of the yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4 on co-factors. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 253: 766-769.
258. Harbinder S., Tavernarakis N., Herndon L. A., Kinnell M., Xu S. Q., Fire A. and Driscoll M. (1997) Genetically targeted cell disruption in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94: 13128-13133.
259. Tavernarakis N. and Driscoll M. (1997) Molecular modeling of mechanotransduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Annual Reviews of Physiology, 59: 659-689.
260. Tavernarakis N., Shreffler W., Wang S. L. and Driscoll M. (1997) unc-8, a member of the DEG/ENaC superfamily, encodes a subunit of a candidate stretch-gated motor neuron channel that modulates locomotion in C. elegans. Neuron, 18: 107-119.
261. Tavernarakis N., Alexandraki D., Liodis P., Tzamarias D. and Thireos G. (1996) Gene overexpression reveals alternative mechanisms to induce GCN4 mRNA translation. Gene, 179: 271-277.
262. Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1996) Genetic evidence for functional specificity of the yeast Gcn2 kinase. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 251: 613-618.
263. Katsoulou C., Tzermia M., Tavernarakis N. and Alexandraki, D. (1996) Sequence analysis of a 40.7 Kb segment from the left arm of yeast chromosome X revealed 14 known genes and 13 new open reading frames including homologues to genes clustered on the right arm of chromosome XI. Yeast, 12: 787-797.
264. Tavernarakis N., Hatzidakis G., Vlatakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1995) Amplification and nonisotopic detection of specific DNA sequences in a single microtiter well. Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease, 7: 202-206.
265. Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1995) Transcriptional interference mediated by GCN4 overexpression reveals multiple mechanisms for the mediation of transcriptional activation. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 247: 571-578.
266. Kyrpides N., Tavernarakis N., Papamatheakis J. and Thireos G. (1995) A transient GCN4 mRNA destabilization follows GCN4 translational derepression. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270: 17317-17320. Equal contribution by Kyrpides N. and Tavernarakis N.
267. Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1995) A recombinatorial method useful for cloning dominant alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research, 23: 537-538.
268. Tavernarakis N., Triantafyllaki A., Hatzakis E. and Krambovitis E. (1993) Detection of anti-Rev antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 patients using a recombinant 18kD Rev protein. Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease, 5: 117-121.

Invited Book Chapters


1. Metaxakis A, Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) The epigenetics of ageing. Aging: from fundamental biology to societal impact (Paulo Oliveira and Joao Malva, editors) Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.
2. Gkikas I. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Phospholipids and the unfolded protein response. Proteostasis, Oxidative Stress and Disease (Enrique Cadenas, Helmut Sies, Niki Chondrogianni, Elah Pick and Anna Gioran, editors) Taylor and Francis, Abingdon, UK.
3. Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2021) Ageing and the Brain. Alzheimer's Disease (Ioannis Sotiropoulos and Christina Dalla, editors), Crete University Press, Heraklion Greece.
4. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitophagy. Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology (Stefan Offermanns, Walter Rosenthal, editors), Springer Major Reference Works, Heidelberg, Germany.
5. Daskalaki I., Markaki M. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Ageing in the nematode Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology (Suresh Rattan, editor), Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.
6. Ploumi C., Kyriakakis E. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Dynamics of iron homeostasis in health and disease: Molecular mechanisms and methods for iron determination. Thermodynamics and Biophysics of Biomedical Nanosystems: Applications and Practical Considerations (Costas Demetzos, Natassa Pippa, editors) Springer-Nature, London, UK.
7. Palikaras K., Princz A. and Tavernarakis N. (2018) Mitophagy modulators. Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology (Suresh Rattan, editor), Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.
8. Markaki M., Metaxakis A. and Tavernarakis N. (2017) The role of autophagy in ageing: Molecular mechanisms. Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation Immunity, Infection and Aging (Eric M. A. Hayat, editor) Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.
9. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Multiphoton fluorescence light microscopy (v. 3.0). eLS: Citable reviews in the life sciences (Jose M. Valpuesta, editor), Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK.
10. Mari M., Petanidou B., Palikaras K., Fotakis C., Tavernarakis N., and Filippidis G. (2015) Non-linear imaging techniques visualize the lipid profile of Advanced Microscopy Techniques IV; and Neurophotonics II (Emmanuel Beaurepaire, Peter T. C. So, Francesco Pavone, and Elizabeth M. Hillman, editors), SPIE Press, Bellingham, USA.
11. Nikoletopoulou V. and Tavernarakis N. (2014) Necrotic cell death in Necrotic Cell Death (Han-Ming Shen and Peter Vandenabeele, editors) Springer/Humana Press, New York, USA.
12. Tavernarakis N. (2013) Protein synthesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Aging (Jan Vijg, Judith Campisi and Gordon Lithgow, editors), Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Press, Washington DC, USA.
13. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2013) Caenorhabditis elegans Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics (2nd edition; Stanley Maloy and Kelly Hughes, editors), Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
14. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2012) Multiphoton fluorescence light microscopy (v. 2.0). eLS: Citable reviews in the life sciences (Jose M. Valpuesta, editor), Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK.
15. Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Roles for sumo modification during senescence. Protein metabolism and homeostasis in ageing (Nektarios Tavernarakis, editor), Landes Bioscience and Springer, New York, USA. The book online
16. Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Aging: Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging. Handbook of The Neuroscience of Aging (Patrick R. Hof and Charles V. Mobbs, editors), Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.
17. Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Aging: Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Larry Squire, editor), Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Oxford, UK.
18. Artal-Sanz M. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Common aging mechanisms: Energy metabolism and longevity in Life Span Extension: from single cell organism to man (Christian Sell, editor), Humana Press, Springer, New York, USA.
19. Rieckher M. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Caspase-independent cell death mechanisms in simple animal models. Acute Neuronal Injury: The Role of Excitotoxic Programmed Cell Death Mechanisms (Denson G. Fujikawa, editor) Springer Verlag, New York, USA.
20. Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Protein synthesis and ageing. Protein Biosynthesis: New Research (Frank Columbus, editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.
21. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Mechanosensory transduction in the nematode Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors) Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
22. Bazopoulou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Topics in Membranes: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, (Owen Hamill, Sidney Simon and Dale Benos, editors), Elsevier Inc., Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
23. Bazopoulou M. D., Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels in sensory mechanotransduction. Molecular Sensors for Cardiovascular Homeostasis (Donna Wang, editor), Springer Science Academic Publishers, New York, USA.
24. Gualda E. J., Filippidis G., Voglis G., Mari M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2007) In vivo imaging of anatomical features of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using non-linear (TPEF-SHG-THG) microscopy. In Confocal, Multiphoton and Nonlinear Microscopic Imaging III (Tony Wilson and Ammasi Periasamy, editors), SPIE Press, Bellingham, USA.
25. Voglis G. and Tavernarakis N. (2005) Mechanotransduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues, (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors) Academic Book Russian International Publishers, Inc. Russia. (Also accessible at NCBI Books)
26. Bazopoulou M. D., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2004) Protein Turnover and ageing. Focus on Protein Research (John W. Robinson, editor), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.
27. Tavernarakis N., and Driscoll M. (2001) Cell/Neuron degeneration. The Encyclopedia of Genetics, Vol. 1, (Sydney Brenner and Jeffrey Miller, editors). Academic Press, New York, USA.

Miscellaneous Publications

Editorials, commentaries, science popularizing articles


1. Korovesis D., Rubio-Tomas T. and Tavernarakis N. (2023) Role of Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Neurological Diseases. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia, Biology, Entry ID: 40157.
2. Tavernarakis N. (2022) Mitochondrial homeostasis in neurodegeneration and ageing. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1339: 381-382.
3. Tavernarakis N. (2022) One-Carbon Metabolism Modulates Ageing and Neurodegeneration. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia, Neurodegeneration, Entry ID: 19368.
4. Tavernarakis N. (2022) A life in Science: Interview with Editorial Board Members of the FEBS Journal. FEBS Journal, DOI: 10.1111/febs.15892.
5. Tavernarakis N. (2021) Selective Autophagy in Age-Associated Pathologies. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Entry ID: 15025.
6. Tavernarakis N. (2021) Neuronal Autophagy in Ageing. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia, Neurosciences, Entry ID: 14384.
7. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2020) Mitophagy in health and disease. Atlas of Science (https://atlasofscience.org/).
8. Gnaiger E,, … Tavernarakis N., et al. (2020) Quantitative mitochondrial physiology: Mitochondrial respiratory states and rates. Bioenergetics Communications, DOI: 10.26124bec2020-0001.v1.
9. Tavernarakis N. (2020) Regulation and roles of autophagy in the brain. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1195: 33.
10. Metaxakis A., Petratou D. and Tavernarakis N. (2019) Multimodal sensory processing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Atlas of Science (https://atlasofscience.org/).
11. Zaninello M., Palikaras K., Naon D., Ross-Cisneros F., Tavernarakis N., Carelli V., Sadun A. and Scorrano L. (2016) A localized autophagic filter prevents entry of mitochondria carrying pathogenic Opa1 mutations in retinal ganglion cell axons Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1857 S1: e108.
12. Palikaras K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) In vivo imaging of mitophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Protocols, DOI: 10.1038/protex.2015.090.
13. Artal-Sanz M., Troulinaki K. and Tavernarakis N. (2015) Invertebrate Models of Normal Brain Aging Reference Module on Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, ScienceDirect, Elsevier.
14. Chondrogianni N., Georgila K., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2014) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and alleviates aggregation-related pathologies Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 75: S1, S18.
15. Georgila K., Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. FEBS Journal, 281: S1, S243.
16. Georgila K., Chondrogianni N., Kourtis N., Tavernarakis N., and Gonos E. S. (2013) Enhanced proteasome degradation extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and ameliorates neurodegeneration. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Volume 65: S1, S32.
17. Aviles-Espinosa R., Tserevelakis G. J., C. O. Santos S. I., Filippidis G., Krmpot A. J., Vlachos M., Tavernarakis N., Brodschelm A., Kaenders W., Artigas D. and Loza-Alvarez P. (2010) Cell division stage in C. elegans imaged using third harmonic generation microscopy In Biomedical Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2010).
18. Andreou A.M. and Tavernarakis N. (2009) Preface: Ageing and the importance of protein metabolism and homeostasis. In Protein metabolism and homeostasis in ageing (Nektarios Tavernarakis, editor), Landes Bioscience and Springer, New York, USA.
19. Cruz-Jentoft A. J., … Tavernarakis N., … et al. (2009) European Silver Paper on the future of health promotion and preventive actions, basic research and clinical aspects of age-related diseases. Endokrynologia Polska, 60: 408-414.
20. Tavernarakis N. (2008) Preface to the Greek Edition In A Universe Of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination (Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi), Crete University Press, Heraklion Greece. CUP \| BiblioNet.
21. Filippidis G., Gualda E. J., Mari M., Voglis G., Vlachos M., Fotakis C. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) In vivo imaging of cellular structures and processes in Caenorhabditis elegans using non-linear microscopy. IEEE Proceedings, Imaging Systems and Techniques.
22. Tavernarakis N. (2008) Foreword. In Mechanosensitivity and the Nervous System (Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva, editors) Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
23. Tavernarakis N. (2008) Protein synthesis and ageing: a balancing act? The FEBS Journal, 275 S1: 32, IL3E-5.
24. Kourtis N. and Tavernarakis N. (2008) Monitoring protein synthesis by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) in vivo. Nature Protocols, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.84.
25. Tavernarakis N. (2007) Revealing the secrets of ageing. Research and Technology, Periodical of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, 23: 35-37.
26. Tavernarakis N. (2006) Proteolytic pathways in necrotic cell death. BioTech International, 16: 1-4.
27. Tavernarakis N., Syntichaki P., Samara C and Troulinaki K. (2005) Biochemical pathways mediating necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans. The FEBS Journal, 272 S1: 178, B4-004.
28. Tavernarakis N. Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Voglis G. (2004) Of Men and Worms II: The role of Caenorhabditis elegans in modern biomedical research. The Greek quarterly BIO, 8: 30-34.
29. Tavernarakis N. Syntichaki P., Samara C. and Voglis G. (2004) Of Men and Worms I: The biology of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The Greek quarterly BIO, 8: 30-34.
30. Tavernarakis N. (2003) Death by misadventure. New Scientist, 2382: 30-33 [Web \| Figure].
31. Tavernarakis N. (2002) RNAi is antagonized by A-->I hyperediting. Genome Biology, 3: reports0013.
32. Tavernarakis N. (2002) Extending the lifespan of long-lived mice. Genome Biology, 3: reports0012.
33. Tavernarakis N. (2001) Identification of neuropeptide-like protein gene families in Caenorhabditis elegans and other species. Genome Biology, 2: reports0010.
34. Tavernarakis N., Xu K and Driscoll M. (2001) Execution of necrotic-like cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans requires Cathepsin D activity ScientificWorldJournal, 1: 139-141.
35. Tavernarakis N., Hatzidakis G. and Krambovitis E. (1997) Rapid amplification and detection of nucleic acids. Biotechnology Advances, 15: 471.
36. Tavernarakis N. and Thireos G. (1994) A dominant mutation affects the activation potential of certain transcription activators in yeast. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 56 S18C: 38, L247.

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