Marianthi Kiriakidou, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
752 BRB II/III
421 CURIE BLVD
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
421 CURIE BLVD
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
Office: 215 573-6639
Fax: 215 573-7599
Fax: 215 573-7599
Email:
kiriakim@uphs.upenn.edu
kiriakim@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
M.D.
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine. Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992.
Permanent linkM.D.
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine. Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992.
Description of Research Expertise
microRNAs, RNAi, translational regulation, Argonaute, SLESelected Publications
M. Kiriakidou, G. Tan, S. Lamprinaki, M. De Plannell-Saguer, P.T. Nelson and Z.Mourelatos . : An mRNA m7G cap binding-like motif within human Argonaute2 represses translation. Cell 129(6): 1141-51, 2007.M Kiriakidou, P. Nelson, A. Kouranov, P. Fitziev, C. Bouyioukos, Z. Mourelatos and A Hatzigeorgiou.: A combined computational-experimental approach predicts human microRNA targets. Genes and Development 18(10): 1165-1178, 2004 Notes: Epub 2004 May 6.
M. Kiriakidou, P. Nelson, S. Lamprinaki, A Sharma, Z. Mourelatos: Detection of micro RNAs and assays to monitor microRNA activities in vivo and in vitro Methods. Methods in Molecular Biology 309: 295-310, 2005.
P. Nelson, M. Kiriakidou, A. Sharma, E. Maniataki and Z. Mourelatos: The microRNA world: small is mighty. Tib 2003, 28:534-40. Trends Biochem Science 28:534-40, 2003.
T. Sugawara, M. Kiriakidou, J. M. McAllister, C.B. Kallen and J. F. Strauss: multiple steroidegenic factor 1 binding elements in the human steroidogenic acute regulatory protein gene 5'-flanking region are required for maximal promoter activity and cyclic AMP responsiveness. Biochemistry 5(28), 7249-55, 1997.
M. Kiriakidou, D. A. Driscoll, J. M. Lopez-Guisa and J. F. Strauss III. : Cloning and expression of primate Daxx cDNAs and mapping of the human gene to chromosome 6p21.3 in the MHC region. DNA and Cell Biology 16, 1289-1298, 1997.
T. Sugawara, M. Kiriakidou, J. M. McAllister, J A Holt F. Arakane and J. F. Strauss III. : Regulation of expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene: a central role for steroidogenic factor 1. Steroids 62(1), 5-9, 1997.
T. Sugawara, J. Holt, M. Kiriakidou and J. F. Strauss III. : Steroidogenic factor 1-dependent promoter activity of the human Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) Gene. Biochemistry 35(28): 9052-9059, 1996.
M. Kiriakidou, J. M. McAllister, T. Sugawara and J. F. Strauss III. : Expression of Steroidegenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) in the human ovary. Journal of Clincal Endocrinology and Metabolism 81(11), 4122-4128 , 1996.