Dr Maria Ikonomopoulou

Marcos-Pasero, Helena, Aguilar-Aguilar, Elena, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Loria-Kohen, Viviana (2021). BDNF gene as a precision skill of obesity management. Recent advances in NGF and related molecules: the continuum of the NGF “saga”. (pp. 233-248) edited by Laura Calzà, Luigi Aloe and Luciana Giardino. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74046-7_15

Smith, Jennifer J., Lau, Carus Ho Yee, Herzig, Volker, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Rash, Lachlan D. and King, Glenn F. (2015). Therapeutic applications of spider-venom peptides. Venoms to Drugs: Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics. (pp. 221-244) edited by Glenn F. King. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry.. doi: 10.1039/9781849737876-00221

Zancolli, Giulia, von Reumont, Björn Marcus, Anderluh, Gregor, Caliskan, Figen, Chiusano, Maria Luisa, Fröhlich, Jacob, Hapeshi, Evroula, Hempel, Benjamin-Florian, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Jungo, Florence, Marchot, Pascale, de Farias, Tarcisio Mendes, Modica, Maria Vittoria, Moran, Yehu, Nalbantsoy, Ayse, Procházka, Jan, Tarallo, Andrea, Tonello, Fiorella, Vitorino, Rui, Zammit, Mark Lawrence and Antunes, Agostinho (2024). Web of venom: exploration of big data resources in animal toxin research. GigaScience, 13 giae054. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giae054

Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Pearen, Michael A., Burgess, Anita G., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Hoang-Le, Diem, Genz, Berit, Saggiomo, Silvia L., Nawaratna, Sujeevi S. K., Poli, Maura, Reissmann, Regina, Gobert, Geoffrey N., Deutsch, Urban, Engelhardt, Britta, Brooks, Andrew J., Jones, Alun, Arosio, Paolo and Ramm, Grant A. (2024). The heavy subunit of ferritin stimulates NLRP3 inflammasomes in hepatic stellate cells through ICAM-1 to drive hepatic inflammation. Science Signaling, 17 (830) eade4335, 1-16. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.ade4335

Op den Brouw, Bianca, Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Charlton, Tom, Fry, Bryan G. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2023). Malaysian and Chinese King Cobra venom cytotoxicity in melanoma and neonatal foreskin fibroblasts is mediated by age and geography. Toxins, 15 (9) 549, 549. doi: 10.3390/toxins15090549

Dashevsky, Daniel, Baumann, Kate, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Nouwens, Amanda, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Schmidt, Justin O., Ge, Lilin, Kwok, Hang Fai, Rodriguez, Juanita and Fry, Bryan G. (2023). Functional and proteomic insights into Aculeata venoms. Toxins, 15 (3) 224, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/toxins15030224

op den Brouw, Bianca, Ghezellou, Parviz, Casewell, Nicholas R., Ali, Syed Abid, Fathinia, Behzad, Fry, Bryan G., Bos, Mettine H.A. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2021). Pharmacological characterisation of Pseudocerastes and Eristicophis viper venoms reveal anticancer (melanoma) properties and a potentially novel mode of fibrinogenolysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (13) 6896, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijms22136896

Ryan, Rachael Y. M., Seymour, Jamie, Loukas, Alex, Lopez, J. Alejandro, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Miles, John J. (2021). Immunological Responses to Envenomation. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 661082, 1-20. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.661082

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Lopez-Mancheño, Yaiza, Novelle, Marta G., Martinez-Uña, Maite, Gangoda, Lahiru, Pal, Martin, Costa-Machado, Luis Filipe, Fernandez-Marcos, Pablo Jose, Ramm, Grant A. and Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel Alejandro (2021). LXR stimulates a metabolic switch and reveals cholesterol homeostasis as a statin target in Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease. Cell Reports, 34 (11) 108851. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108851

Moral-Sanz, Javier, Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Potriquet, Jeremy, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Brust, Andreas, Wilhelm, Patrick, Smallwood, Taylor B., Clark, Richard J., Fry, Bryan G., Alewood, Paul F., Waddell, Nicola, Miles, John J., Mulvenna, Jason P. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2021). ERK and mTORC1 inhibitors enhance the anti-cancer capacity of the octpep-1 venom-derived peptide in melanoma BRAF(V600E) mutations. Toxins, 13 (2) 146, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/toxins13020146

op den Brouw, Bianca, Coimbra, Francisco C. P., Bourke, Lachlan A., Huynh, Tam Minh, Vlecken, Danielle H. W., Ghezellou, Parviz, Visser, Jeroen C., Dobson, James S., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Casewell, Nicholas R., Ali, Syed A., Fathinia, Behzad, Hodgson, Wayne C. and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Extensive variation in the activities of Pseudocerastes and Eristicophis viper venoms suggests divergent envenoming strategies are used for prey capture. Toxins, 13 (2) 112, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/toxins13020112

Triana-Martínez, Francisco, Picallos-Rabina, Pilar, Da Silva-Álvarez, Sabela, Pietrocola, Federico, Llanos, Susana, Rodilla, Verónica, Soprano, Enrica, Pedrosa, Pablo, Ferreirós, Alba, Barradas, Marta, Hernández-González, Fernanda, Lalinde, Marta, Prats, Neus, Bernadó, Cristina, González, Patricia, Gómez, María, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Fernández-Marcos, Pablo J., García-Caballero, Tomás, del Pino, Pablo, Arribas, Joaquín, Vidal, Anxo, González-Barcia, Miguel, Serrano, Manuel, Loza, María I., Domínguez, Eduardo and Collado, Manuel (2020). Author Correction: Identification and characterization of Cardiac Glycosides as senolytic compounds (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (4731), 10.1038/s41467-019-12888-x). Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4771, 4771. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18714-z

Aguilar-Aguilar, Elena, Marcos-Pasero, Helena, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Loria-Kohen, Viviana (2020). Food implications in central sensitization syndromes. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9 (12) 4106, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/jcm9124106

Ryan, Rachael Y. M., Lutzky, Viviana P., Herzig, Volker, Smallwood, Taylor B., Potriquet, Jeremy, Wong, Yide, Masci, Paul, Lavin, Martin F., King, Glenn F., Lopez, J. Alejandro, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Miles, John J. (2020). Venom of the red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus shows immunosuppressive potential. Toxins, 12 (11) 674, 674. doi: 10.3390/toxins12110674

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A. (2018). The antiproliferative and apoptotic profile of gomesin against DFTD. Cell Death & Disease, 9 (8) 833, 833. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0885-2

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Pineda, Sandy S., Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo, Winnen, Brit, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Brust, Andreas, Sanchez, Laura, Alewood, Paul F., Ramm, Grant A., Miles, John J. and King, Glenn F. (2018). Gomesin inhibits melanoma growth by manipulating key signaling cascades that control cell death and proliferation. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11519, 11519. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29826-4

Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Deplazes, Evelyne, Pineda, Sandy S., Brust, Andreas, Marth, Tano, Wilhelm, Patrick, Martel, Nick, Ramm, Grant A., Mancera, Ricardo L., Alewood, Paul F., Woods, Gregory M., Belov, Katherine, Miles, John J., King, Glenn F. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2018). Gomesin peptides prevent proliferation and lead to the cell death of devil facial tumour disease cells. Cell Death Discovery, 4 (1) 19, 19. doi: 10.1038/s41420-018-0030-0

Goldenberg, Jonathan, Cipriani, Vittoria, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Arbuckle, Kevin, Debono, Jordan, Dashevsky, Daniel, Panagides, Nadya, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Koludarov, Ivan, Li, Bin, Santana, Renan Castro, Nouwens, Amanda, Jones, Alun, Hay, Chris, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Bush, Brian, Miles, John J, Ge, Lilin, Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G (2018). Proteomic and functional variation within black snake venoms (Elapidae: Pseudechis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 205, 53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2018.01.001

Jimenez, Rocio, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Lopez, J Alejandro and Miles, John J. (2017). Immune drug discovery from venoms. Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 141, 18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.11.006

Smith, Jennifer J., Herzig, Volker, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Dziemborowicz, Slawomir, Bosmans, Frank, Nicholson, Graham M. and King, Glenn F. (2017). Insect-active toxins with promiscuous pharmacology from the African theraphosid spider Monocentropus balfouri. Toxins, 9 (5) 155, 155. doi: 10.3390/toxins9050155

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Smith, Jennifer J., Herzig, Volker, Pineda, Sandy S., Dziemborowicz, Sławomir, Er, Sing-Yan, Durek, Thomas, Gilchrist, John, Alewood, Paul F., Nicholson, Graham M., Bosmans, Frank and King, Glenn F. (2016). Isolation of two insecticidal toxins from venom of the Australian theraphosid spider Coremiocnemis tropix. Toxicon, 123, 62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.10.013

Herzig, Volker, Ikonomopoulou, Maria, Smith, Jennifer J., Dziemborowicz, Slawomir, Gilchrist, John, Kuhn-Nentwig, Lucia, Rezende, Fernanda Oliveira, Moreira, Luciano Andrade, Nicholson, Graham M., Bosmans, Frank and King, Glenn F. (2016). Molecular basis of the remarkable species selectivity of an insecticidal sodium channel toxin from the African spider Augacephalus ezendami. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 29538, 29538. doi: 10.1038/srep29538

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Bradley, Adrian J., Ibrahim, Kammarudin, Limpus, Colin J., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Vagenas, Dimitrios and Whittier, Joan M. (2014). Hormone and metabolite profiles in nesting green and flatback turtles: Turtle species with different life histories. Advances in Zoology, 2014 (Article ID 503209), 1-9. doi: 10.1155/2014/503209

Pineda, Sandy S., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Rupasinghe, Darshani B., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and King, Glenn F. (2014). Spider venomics: implications for drug discovery. Future Medicinal Chemistry, 6 (15), 1699-1714. doi: 10.4155/FMC.14.103

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Olszowy, Henry, Francis, Rod, Ibrahim, Kamarruddin and Whittier, Joan (2013). Accumulation of trace metals in the embryos and hatchlings of Chelonia mydas from Peninsular Malaysia incubated at different temperatures. Science of the Total Environment, 450, 301-306. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.031

Ikonomopoulou, Maria and King, Glenn (2013). Natural born insect killers: Spider-venom peptides and their potential for managing arthropod pests. Outlooks on Pest Management, 24 (1), 16-19. doi: 10.1564/v24_feb_05

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Hodge, Mary and Whittier, Joan M. (2012). An investigation of organochlorine and polychlorobiphenyl concentrations in the blood and eggs of the carnivorous flatback turtle, Natator depressus, from Queensland, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 11 (2), 255-259. doi: 10.2744/CCB-0981.1

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Aland, Rachel C., Ibrahim, Kamarrudin, Gosden, Edward and Whittier, Joan M. (2012). Quantitative sex identification of hatchling green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Herpetology, 46 (3), 331-337. doi: 10.1670/10-333

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Olszowy, H, Limpus, C, Francis, R and Whittier, Joan (2011). Trace element concentrations in nesting flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia. Marine Environmental Research, 71 (1), 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.09.003

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Olszowy, H., Hodge, M. and Bradley, A. J. (2009). The effect of organochlorines and heavy metals on sex steroid-binding proteins in vitro in the plasma of nesting green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 179 (5), 653-662. doi: 10.1007/s00360-009-0347-3

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Ibrahim, K. and Bradley, A. J. (2008). Sex steroid binding proteins in the plasma of hatchling Chelonia mydas. Journal of comparative physiology B, 178 (7), 837-843. doi: 10.1007/s00360-008-0271-y

Ikonomopoulou, MP, Bradley, AJ, Whittier, JM and Ibrahim, K (2006). Identification and properties of steroid-binding proteins in nesting Chelonia mydas plasma. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 176 (8), 775-782. doi: 10.1007/s00360-006-0099-2

Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. and Rose, Randy W. (2006). The development of endothermy during pouch life in the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii), a marsupial. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79 (3), 468-473. doi: 10.1086/502819

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Smolenski, A. P. and Rose R. W. (2005). Changes in milk composition during lactation in the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) (Marsupialia: Peramelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 53 (1), 59-65. doi: 10.1071/ZO04044

Rose, Randy W. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2005). Shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis in a marsupial, the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii). Journal of Thermal Biology, 30 (2), 85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.07.006

Ikonomopoulou, M. P. and Rose, R. W. (2003). The metabolic rate and thermal conductance of the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) at different ambient temperatures. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51 (6), 603-610. doi: 10.1071/ZO03064

Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Brust, Andreas, Potriquet, Jeremy, Daley, Joshua, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Asa, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Wilhelm, Patrick, Chin, Yanni, Smallwood, Taylor, Clark, Richard, King, Glenn, Ramm, Grant, Waddell, Nic, Lewis, Richard, Boyle, Glen, Fry, Bryan, Alewood, Paul, Mulvenna, Jason, Miles, John and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2020). The antiproliferative profile of a linear octopus-derived peptide in melanoma of BRAF-mutation. 20th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.10.014

Peigneur, Steve, Tsarev, Andrey V., Paramonov, Alexander S., Schroeder, Christina I., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Inagaki, Hidetoshi, Craik, David J., Konno, Katsuhiro, Shenkarev, Zakhar O. and Tytgat, Jan (2020). The insecticidal wasp toxin Γ–Pompilidotoxin is a linear peptide modulating voltage-gated sodium channels. 20th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

Ma, Linlin, Chin, Yanni K., Dekan, Zoltan, Ikonomopoulou, Maria, Herzig, Volker, Chow, Chun Yuen, Alewood, Paul and King, Glenn F. (2017). Novel Human Eag Channel Antagonists from Spider Venoms. 58th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, San Francisco, CA, United States, 15-19 February 2014. St. Louis, MO 63146 United States: Cell Press. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.1800

Ryan, R., Ikonomopoulou, M., Haigh, O., Lutzky, V, Martinez, Jimenez R., Ratnatunga, C., Wong, Y., Rojas, Leal, I, Lopez, A., Fry, B., Herzig, V, King, G. and Miles, J. (2016). Exploring the immunosuppressive potential of venom-derived molecules. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - VCH. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200

Jimenez-Martinez, R., Ikonomopoulou, M., Haigh, O., Lutzky, V, Leal-Rojas, I, Ryan, R., Ratnatunga, C., Wong, Y., Lopez, A., Fry, B., Herzig, V, King, G. and Miles, J. J. (2016). Investigating venom-derived molecules that augment human immune function. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - VCH. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Whittier, J. H., Olszowy, H. M., Hodge, M. A. and Bradley, A. J. (2008). Heavy metals and pesticides in the blood and eggs of flatback turtles (Natator depressus). 28th Sea Turtle Symposium, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 22-26 February 2008.

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Whittier, J. M., Ibrahim, K. and Bradley, A. J. (2007). Sex steroid binding proteins in the plasma of hatchling Chelonia mydas. 45th Annual Meeting of the Australian Marine Sciences Association: AMSA2007, Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2007. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Whittier, J. M., Ibrahim, K. and Bradley, A. (2007). A grim prognosis: the effect of toxicants and heavy metals on steroid-protein interactions in nesting green turtles, Chelonia mydas. 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA, 22-28 February, 2007. International Sea Turtle Society.

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Whittier, J. M., Aland, R. C. and Kamarruddin, I. (2006). Identification of sex in hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mynas) by morphometric histological measurements. International Sea Turtle Symposium, Crete, Greece, 2-8 April 2006.

Ikonomopoulou, M. P., Bradley, A. J., Whittier J. M. and Ibrahim, K. (2005). Identification and properties of sex steroid binding proteins in nesting Chelonia mydas plasma. ANZSCPB 2005: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dunedin, Otago, N.Z., 9-11 December 2005. Dunedin, NZ: Australian & New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry.

Ikonomopoulou, Maria (2008). Steroid hormones, steroid binding proteins and persistent environmental pollutants in green (Chelonia mydas) and flatback (Natator depressus) turtles. PhD Thesis, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/162620

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