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Vasilis S. Dionellis

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Geneva
Verified email at unige.ch
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[HTML][HTML] Non-covalent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors developed from in silico screen hits

…, S Rempel, A Kratzel, VS Dionellis, S Barriot… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
M pro , the main protease of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
is essential for the viral life cycle. Accordingly, several groups have performed in silico …

[PDF][PDF] Mitotic DNA synthesis is caused by transcription-replication conflicts in BRCA2-deficient cells

…, A Karamichali, SE Jones, F Ochs, VS Dionellis… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Aberrant replication causes cells lacking BRCA2 to enter mitosis with under-replicated DNA,
which activates a repair mechanism known as mitotic DNA synthesis (MiDAS). Here, we …

Cdt1 overexpression drives colorectal carcinogenesis through origin overlicensing and DNA damage

…, S Nikou, S Maxouri, VS Dionellis… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1 (CDT1), a protein of the pre‐replicative
complex, is essential for loading the minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) helicases …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription–replication conflicts underlie sensitivity to PARP inhibitors

…, A Freudenmann, LG Iacovino, VS Dionellis… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
An important advance in cancer therapy has been the development of poly (ADP-ribose)
polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of homologous recombination (HR)-deficient …

[PDF][PDF] Enhanced rate of acquisition of point mutations in mouse intestinal adenomas compared to normal tissue

N Lugli, VS Dionellis, P Ordóñez-Morán, I Kamileri… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
The most prevalent single-nucleotide substitution (SNS) found in cancers is a C-to-T
substitution in the CpG motif. It has been proposed that many of these SNSs arise during …

[HTML][HTML] Notch controls urothelial integrity in the mouse bladder

V Paraskevopoulou, V Bonis, VS Dionellis… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Notch signaling pathway mediates cell-cell communication regulating cell differentiation
and proliferation and cell fate decisions in various tissues. In the urinary bladder, Notch acts …

[HTML][HTML] Genome Sequencing of five Lacticaseibacillus Strains and Analysis of Type I and II Toxin-Antitoxin System Distribution

…, C Lazzi, G Vatsellas, D Chatzopoulos, VS Dionellis… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The analysis of bacterial genomes is a potent tool to investigate the distribution of specific
traits related to the ability of surviving in particular environments. Among the traits associated …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic instability profiles at the single cell level in mouse colorectal cancers of defined genotypes

VS Dionellis, M Norkin, A Karamichali, GG Rossetti… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality;
it typically originates as adenomas that progress over time to carcinomas. We decided to …

Beating cancer one carbon at a time

VS Dionellis, TD Halazonetis - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The mitochondrial arm of the one-carbon pathway, which is essential for nucleotide synthesis,
becomes dominant in cancer cells due to overexpression of several enzymes of the …

Identification of low micromolar SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors from hits identified by in silico screens

…, M Ossorio, S Barriot, L Tropia, VS Dionellis… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
M pro , also known as 3CL pro , is the main protease of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and,
as such, is essential for the viral life cycle. Two studies have each screened and ranked in …