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EDUCATION:
2018 PhD, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece
2011 MSC, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece
2011 Practise Research Laboratory of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology University of Crete
2009 Bachelor in Biology, University of Crete, Greece
2009 Research in Laboratory of Pediatric Hematopoiesis and Oncology, University of Crete
2008 Practise in Diagnostic Laboratory of Microbiology and Biopathology, Ios, Greece
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Study of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of ex-vivo expanded Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJ-MSCs).
- Study of factors/pathways implicated in stemness and/or differentiation of BM- and WJ-MSCs.
- Study of the quantitative, funactional, cytogenetic and immunoregulatory properties of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in patients with hematological malignansies.
- Investigation of the osteoinductive potential of BM-and WJ-MSCS immobilized on novel implantable biomaterials.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- BATSALI AK, PONTIKOGLOU C, KOUTROULAKIS D, PAVLAKI K, DAMIANAKI A, MAVROUDI I, ALPANTAKI K, KOUVIDI E, KONTAKIS G, PAPADAKI HA. Differential expression of cell cycle and WNT pathway-related genes accounts for differences in the growth and differentiation potential of Wharton's jelly and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2017 Apr 26;8(1):102
- KOUVIDI E, STRATIGI A, BATSALI A, MAVROUDI I, MASTRODEMOU S, XIMERI M, PAPADAKI HA ,PONTIKOGLOU CG. Cytogenetic evaluation of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndromes at different time-points during ex vivo expansion. Leuk Res. 2016 ;43:24-32.
- PAVLAKI K, PONTIKOGLOU C, DEMETRIADOU A, , DAMIANAKI A, S IMANTIRAKIS E, KONTAKIS M, GALANOPOULOS A, KOTSIANIDIS I, KASTRINAKI M-C, PAPADAKI H. Impaired proliferative potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes is associated with abnormal Wnt signaling pathway Stem Cells Dev 2014;23:1568-81
- KASTRINAKI MC, PAVLAKI K, BATSALI A, KOUVIDI E, MAVROUDI E, PONTIKOGLOU C, PAPADAKI H. Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Immune-Mediated Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Clin Dev Immunol 2013:265608
- CHATZINIKOLAIDOU M, KALIVA M, BATSALI A, PONTIKOGLOU C, VAMVAKAKI M. Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cell response on chitosan-grafted-poly(ε-caprolactone) for myoc- ardium tissue engineering, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2014;20:2030-9
- BATSALI AK, KASTRINAKI MC, PAPADAKI HA, PONTIKOGLOU C. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from Wharton's Jelly of the umbilical cord: biological properties and emerging clinical applications. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther. 2013;8:144-55