Andreas Papapetropoulos
Affiliated Investigator
Pharmacology
BRFAA
Greece
Biography
Andreas Papapetropoulos received his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Patras (Greece) and earned his PhD in Pharmacology with distinction at the Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, GA).He is currently Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Athens. He serves on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Pharmacology and Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology and has refereed for over 50 international journals.
Research Interest
His research interest lie in physiological functions of the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway and its contribution to disease initiation and progression.
Publications
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Papapetropoulos, A., P. Piccardoni, G. Cirino, M. Bucci, R. Sorrentino, C. Cicala, K. Johnson, V. Zachariou, W. C. Sessa and D.C. Altieri. Hypotension and inflammatory gene expression triggered by factor Xa-nitric oxide signalling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 95:4738-4742, 1998
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A. Papapetropoulos, Pyriochou A, Altaany Z, Yang G, Marazioti A, Zhou Z, Jeschked MG, Branskid L.K., Herndon D.N., Wang R. and Szabo C. Hydrogen sulfide is an endogenous stimulator of angiogenesis. Proc Natl. Acad Sci USA 106:21972-7, 2009
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Papapetropoulos, A., G. GarcÃa-Cardeña, J.A. Madri and W. C. Sessa. Nitric oxide production contributes to the angiogenic properties of vascular endothelial growth factor in human endothelial cells. J. Clin. Invest. 100:3131-3139, 1997.
