Dr Neville Vassallo

Krebs, B., Wiebelitz, A., Balitzki-Korte, B., Vassallo, N., Onodera T., Paluch, S., Kretzschmar, H.A. and Herms, J. (2007). The cellular prion protein modulates the intracellular calcium response to hydrogen peroxide. J Neurochem. 100, 358-357.

Priller, C., Dewachter, I., Vassallo, N., Pace, C., Kretzschmar, H.A., van Leuven, F. and Herms, J. (2007). Mutant presenilin 1 alters synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 1119-1127.

Vassallo, N. and Herms, J. (2006). Prion Proteins in Signal Transduction. New Research in Signal Transduction. Nova Publishers, New York, USA (Ed. Bruce Yanson) - by invitation

Krebs, B., Dorner-Ciossek, C., Schmalzbauer, R., Vassallo, N., Herms, J. and Kretzschmar H.A. (2006). Prion protein induced signaling cascades in monocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 340, 13-22.

Vassallo, N., Herms, J., Behrens, C., Krebs, B., Saeki, K., Onodera, T., Windl, O. and Kretzschmar HA. (2005). Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by cellular prion protein and its role in cell survival. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 332, 75-82.

Vassallo, N., Herms, J. and Kretzschmar H.A. (2004). The molecular pathology of prion diseases. Malta Medical Journal, 16, 12-16.

Balzan, R., Sapienza, K., Galea, D.R., Vassallo, N., Frey, H. and Bannister W.H. (2004). Aspirin commits yeast cells to apoptosis depending on carbon source. Microbiology, 150, 109-115.

Korte, S., Vassallo, N., Kramer, M.L., Kretzschmar, H.A. and Herms, J. (2003). Modulation of L-type voltage-gated calcium channels by recombinant prion protein. J Neurochem. 87, 1037-1042.

Vassallo, N. and Herms, J. (2003). Cellular prion protein function in copper homeostasis and redox signalling at the synapse. J Neurochem. 86, 538-544.

Vassallo, N., Galea, D.R., Bannister, W.H. and Balzan, R. (2000). Stimulation of yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase gene promoter by paraquat. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 270, 1036-1040.