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  1. Toward a magic or imaginary bullet? Ligands for drug targeting to cancer cells: principles, hopes, and challenges

    Article • International Journal of Nanomedicine, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski, Dr Monika Mariola Toporkiewicz

  2. Liposome-coated lipoplex–based carrier for antisense oligonucleotides

    Article • Cancer Biology & Therapy, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  3. Membrane Rafts in the Erythrocyte Membrane: A Novel Role of MPP1p55

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  4. A novel L1340P mutation in theANK1gene is associated with hereditary spherocytosis?

    Article • British Journal of Haematology, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  5. Upregulated expression and activation of membrane‑associated proteases in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Article • Oncology Reports, April 2014, Spandidos Publications

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  6. Membrane rafts as a novel target in cancer therapy

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  7. Spectrins: A structural platform for stabilization and activation of membrane channels, receptors and transporters

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  8. The role of MPP1/p55 and its palmitoylation in resting state raft organization in HEL cells

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  9. Release of an ∼55kDa fragment containing the actin-binding domain of β-spectrin by caspase-8 during FND-induced apoptosis depends on the presence of protein 4.1

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  10. microRNAs: fine tuning of erythropoiesis

    Article • Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  11. Human DHHC proteins: A spotlight on the hidden player of palmitoylation

    Article • European Journal of Cell Biology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  12. Key Amino Acid Residues of Ankyrin-Sensitive Phosphatidylethanolamine/Phosphatidylcholine-Lipid Binding Site of βI-Spectrin

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  13. Magnetic field 50 Hz: Its influence on living cells HL-60: Basic tests which have a practical application

    Article • May 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski, Professor Marcin Lukaszewicz

  14. The role of hydrophobic interactions in ankyrin–spectrin complex formation

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  15. Do we already know how spectrin attracts ankyrin?

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  16. Aggregation of spectrin and PKCθ is an early hallmark of fludarabine/mitoxantrone/dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in Jurkat T and HL60 cells

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  17. The effect of the lipid-binding site of the ankyrin-binding domain of erythroid β-spectrin on the properties of natural membranes and skeletal structures

    Article • Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, January 2010, De Gruyter

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  18. A Raft-Associated Species of Phosphatidylethanolamine Interacts with Cholesterol Comparably to Sphingomyelin. A Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2009, PLOS

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  19. Phospholipid-induced structural changes to an erythroid β spectrin ankyrin-dependent lipid-binding site

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  20. The 22.5kDa spectrin-binding domain of ankyrinR binds spectrin with high affinity and changes the spectrin distribution in cells in vivo

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  21. Liposomal formulation of 5-fluorocytosine in suicide gene therapy with cytosine deaminase – for colorectal cancer

    Article • Cancer Letters, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  22. Chapter Four Interactions of Erythroid and Nonerythroid Spectrins and Other Membrane-Skeletal Proteins with Lipid Mono- and Bilayers

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  23. Higly fusogenic cationic liposomes transiently permeabilize the plasma membrane of HeLa cells

    Article • Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, January 2007, De Gruyter

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  24. Structural insight into an ankyrin-sensitive lipid-binding site of erythroid β-spectrin

    Article • Molecular Membrane Biology, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  25. Spectrin–phospholipid interactions

    Article • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  26. (AC)n microsatellite polymorphism and 14-nucleotide deletion in exon 42 ankyrin-1 gene in several families with hereditary spherocytosis in a population of South-Western Poland

    Article • Annals of Hematology, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  27. PS exposure increases the susceptibility of cells to fusion with DOTAP liposomes

    Article • Chemico-Biological Interactions, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  28. Synthetic Vectors for Genetic Drug Delivery

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  29. Mitoxantrone changes spectrin-aminophospholipid interactions

    Article • Molecular Membrane Biology, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  30. Cholesterol affects spectrin–phospholipid interactions in a manner different from changes resulting from alterations in membrane fluidity due to fatty acyl chain composition

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  31. Changes in spectrin organisation in leukaemic and lymphoid cells upon chemotherapy

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  32. Mapping of an ankyrin-sensitive, phosphatidylethanolamine/phosphatidylcholine mono- and bi-layer binding site in erythroid β-spectrin

    Article • Biochemical Journal, September 2004, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  33. Proteins with Spectrin Motifs Which Do Not Belong to the Spectrin-α-Actinin- Dystrophin Family

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, August 2004, De Gruyter

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  34. A protein isolated from Escherichia coli, identified as GroEL, reacts with anti-β spectrin antibodies

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  35. Occurrence of lipid receptors inferred from brain and erythrocyte spectrins binding NaOH-extracted and protease-treated neuronal and erythrocyte membranes

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, April 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  36. Brain spectrin exerts much stronger effect on anionic phospholipid monolayers than erythroid spectrin

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, August 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  37. The domain of brain β-spectrin responsible for synaptic vesicle association is essential for synaptic transmission

    Article • Brain Research, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  38. Spectrin (βSpIIΣ1) is an essential component of synaptic transmission

    Article • Brain Research, January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  39. Brain spectrin (fodrin) interacts with phospholipids as revealed by intrinsic fluorescence quenching and monolayer experiments

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 1999, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  40. Effect of dihydralazine on the fluidity of erythrocyte membranes

    Article • IUBMB Life, July 1997, Wiley

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  41. ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) regulates cAMP synthesis in potato

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  42. Interaction of brain spectrin (fodrin) with phospholipids

    Article • Biochemistry, October 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  43. ARF-Protein Antisense Potato Displays Stable ADP-Ribosylation of 40 kDa Protein

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, February 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  44. Ankyrin inhibits binding of erythrocyte spectrin to phospholipid vesicles

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, April 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  45. Effect of hemin on growth and DNA synthesis of HL-60 cells

    Article • September 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  46. Does a Prototype Scaffold/Matrix-Attached Region (SAR Sequence) Affect Intrinsic Nuclear Matrix Endonuclease Specificity?

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, June 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Arkadiusz Kozubek, Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  47. Does the Nuclear Matrix Endonuclease Show Specificity towards DNA Topoisomers?

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, February 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Arkadiusz Kozubek, Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  48. The effect of annexin IV and VI on the fluidity of phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine bilayers studied with the use of 5-deoxylstearate spin label

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 1993, Wiley

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  49. The effect of synapsin I phosphorylation upon binding of synaptic vesicles to spectrin

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, August 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  50. Brain spectrin(240/235A): A novel astrocyte specific spectrin isoform

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, October 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  51. The effect of nonadec(en)ylresorcinol on the fluidity of liposome and erythrocyte membranes

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Arkadiusz Kozubek, Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  52. Interaction of spectrin with phospholipids. Quenching of spectrin intrinsic fluorescence by phospholipid suspensions

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, November 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  53. Labelling of erythrocyte spectrin in situ with phenylisothiocyanate

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski

  54. Fluorescent labelling of proteins on thin layers of solid dansyl chloride

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, September 1982, Elsevier

    Professor Aleksander F. Sikorski