Selected publications:
- Bura A, Čabrijan S, Đurić I, Bruketa T, Jurak Begonja A. A Plethora of Functions Condensed into Tiny Phospholipids: The Story of PI4P and PI(4,5)P2. Cells. 2023 12(10), 1411; doi.org/10.3390/cells12101411. Q1 IF 7.666 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/12/10/1411
- Bura A, Čabrijan S, Bertović I, Jurak Begonja A. The intracellular and plasma membrane pools of PI4P control megakaryocyte maturation and proplatelet formation. Res Pract Thromb Haemost, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2023.100169. Q1 IF 5.953 https://www.rpthjournal.org/article/S2475-0379(23)00142-5/fulltext
- Jurak I, Cokarić Brdovčak M, Djaković L, Bertović I, Knežević K, Lončarić M, Jurak Begonja A, Malatesti N. Photodynamic Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection by Tricationic Amphiphilic Porphyrin with a Long Alkyl Chain. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Mar 15;15(3):956. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030956. Q1 IF 6.525
- Bura A, de Matteis MA, Bender M, Swinkels M, Versluis J, Jansen AJG, Jurak Begonja A. OCRL controls cytoskeletal reorganization during human platelet spreading. British Journal of Hematology, 2022 Sep 29, doi:10.1111/bjh.18478. Q1 IF 8.615 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/4IIW5U4JDVXDPDCFWDAN?target=10.1111/bjh.18478
- Marcelić M, Mahmutefendić Lučin H, Jurak Begonja A, Blagojević Zagorac G, Lučin P. Early Endosomal Vps34-Derived Phosphatidylinositol-3-Phosphate Is Indispensable for the Biogenesis of the Endosomal Recycling Compartment. Cells. 2022 Mar 11;11(6):962. doi: 10.3390/cells11060962. Q2 IF 7.666
- Bura A, Jurak Begonja A. Imaging of Intracellular and Plasma Membrane Pools of PI(4,5)P2 and PI4P in Human Platelets. Life. 2021, 11(12), 1331; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121331. Q2 IF 3.251
- Bertovic I, Bura A, Jurak Begonja A. Developmental differences of in vitro cultured murine bone marrow- and fetal liver-derived megakaryocytes. Platelets. 2021, doi: 10.1080/09537104.2021.2007869. Q1 IF 4.236 https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XQDDVTJGNK6EFR63HNXZ/full?target=10.1080/09537104.2021.2007869
- Bertovic I, Kurelic R, Mahmutefendić Lučin H, Jurak Begonja A. Early Endosomal GTPase Rab5 Regulates GPIb Trafficking and Platelet Production In Vitro. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2022 Jan;42(1):e10-e26. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316552. Article featured on the cover of ATVB. Q1 IF 10.51
- Milić M, Cvetić Ž, Bendelja K, Vuković B, Galić E, Ćurlin M, Dobrošević B, Jurak Begonja A, Vinković Vrček I. Response of platelets to silver nanoparticles designed with different surface functionalization. J Inorg Biochem. 2021 Aug 8;224:111565. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111. Q2 IF 3.3
- Marcelić M, Lučin HM, Begonja AJ, Zagorac GB, Lisnić VJ, Lučin P. Endosomal Phosphatidylinositol-3-Phosphate-Associated Functions Are Dispensable for Establishment of the Cytomegalovirus Pre-Assembly Compartment but Essential for the Virus Growth. Life (Basel). 2021 Aug 22;11(8):859. doi: 10.3390/life11080859. Q2 IF 3.251
- Shevchuk O, Jurak Begonja A, Gambaryan S, Huber TB, Renne T, Sickmann A. Proteomics: a tool to study platelet functions. Int J Mol Sci 2021 Apr 30;22(9):4776. doi: 10.3390/ijms22094776. 2021.
- Bertovic I, Kurelic R, Milosevic I, Bender M, Krauss M, Haucke V, Jurak Begonja A. Vps34 derived phosphatidylinositol 3-monophosphate modulates megakaryocyte maturation and proplatelet production through late endosomes/lysosomes. 2020 J Thrombosis Haemostasis, 2020 Jul;18(7):1756-1772. doi: 10.1111/jth.14764. Article featured on the cover of JTH. Q1 IF 5.824
- Palma-Barqueros V, Torregrosa JM, Caparrós-Pérez E, Mota N, Bohdan N, Llanos MC, Jurak Begonja A, Sola-Visner M, Vicente V, Teruel-Montoya R, Rivera J, Ferrer Marin F. Developmental differences in platelet inhibition response to PGE1. Neonatology. 2019 Nov 29:1-9.
- Marecic V, Shevchuk O, Ozanic M, Mihelcic M, Steinert M, Jurak Begonja A, Abu Kwaik Y, Santic M. Isolation of F. novicida-containing phagosome from infected human monocyte derived macrophages. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2017 Jul 5;7:303. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00303. eCollection 2017.
- Jurak Begonja A, Pluthero FG, Suphamungmee W, Giannini S, Christensen H, Leung R, Lo RW, Nakamura F, Lehman W, Plomann M, Hoffmeister KM, Kahr WH, Hartwig JH, Falet H. FlnA binding to PACSIN2 F-BAR domain regulates membrane tubulation in megakaryocytes and platelets. Blood. 2015 Apr 2. pii: blood-2014-07-587600.
- Grozovsky R, Begonja AJ, Liu K, Visner G, Falet H, Hartwig JH, Hoffmeister KM. The Ashwell-Morell receptor regulates hepatic thrombopoietin production via JAK2-STAT3 signaling. Nat Med, 2015 Jan; 21(1):47-54.
- Begonja AJ, Gambaryan S, Schulze H, Patel-Hett S, Italiano JE, Hartwig JH, Walter U. Differential roles of cAMP and cGMP in megakaryocyte maturation and platelet biogenesis. Exp Hematol, 2013 Jan;41(1):91-101.
- Thon JH, Macleod H, Begonja AJ, Zhu J, Lee KC, Mogilner A, Hartwig JH, Italiano JE Jr. Microtubule and cortical forces determine platelet size during vascular platelet production. Nat Commun 2012 May 22;3:852.
- Jurak Begonja A, Hoffmeister K, Hartwig JH, Falet H. FlnA-null megakaryocytes prematurely release large and fragile platelets that circulate poorly. Blood 2011 118(8):2285-95.
- Patel-Hett S, Wang H, Begonja AJ, Thon JN, Alden EC, Wandersee NJ, An X, Mohandas N, Hartwig JH, Italiano JE Jr. The spectrin-based membrane skeleton stabilizes mouse megakaryocyte membrane systems and is essential for proplatelet and platelet formation. Blood 2011; 118(6):1641-52.
- Falet H, Pollitt AY, Begonja AJ, Weber SE, Duerschmied D, Wagner DD, Watson SP, Hartwig JH. A novel interaction between FlnA and Syk regulates platelet ITAM-mediated receptor signaling and function. J Exp Med. 2010; 207(9):1967-79.
- Rukoyatkina N, Begonja AJ, Geiger J, Eigenthaler M, Walter U, Gambaryan S. Phosphatidylserine surface expression and integrin alpha IIb beta 3 activity on thrombin/convulxin stimulated platelets/particles of different sizes. Br J Haematol. 2009; 144:591-602.
- Begonja AJ, Geiger J, Rukoyatkina N, Rauchfuss S, Gambaryan S, Walter U. Thrombin stimulation of p38 MAP kinase in human platelets is mediated by ADP and thromboxane A2 and inhibited by cGMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase. Blood 2007; 109:616-618.
- Zahedi RP, Begonja AJ, Gambaryan S, Sickmann A. Phosphoproteomics of human platelets: A quest for novel activation pathways. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006; 1764:1963-1976.
- Begonja AJ, Teichmann L, Geiger J, Gambaryan S, Walter U. Platelet regulation by NO/cGMP signaling and NAD(P)H oxidase-generated ROS. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2006; 36:166-170.
- Begonja AJ, Gambaryan S, Geiger J, Aktas B, Pozgajova M, Nieswandt B, Walter U. Platelet NAD(P)H-oxidase-generated ROS production regulates alphaIIbbeta3-integrin activation independent of the NO/cGMP pathway. Blood 2005; 106:2757-2760.