Publications in scientific journals

Circulating Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Among Macedonian COVID - 19 Patients in the First Year of Pandemic.

Kiprijanovska S, Bozhinovski G, Noveski P, Kostovska IM, Stefanovska ES, Vujovikј M, Dichevska H, Jakovchevska S, Jovanovska N, Gjorgoski I, Karanfilska DP, Dimovski A. Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2023 Jul 15;44(2):17-22. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2023-0018. PMID: 37453123.

Rosuvastatin effects on the HDL proteome in hyperlipidemic patients.

Vavlukis A, Mladenovska K, Davalieva K, Vavlukis M, Dimovski A. Acta Pharm. 2023 Sep 14;73(3):363-384. doi: 10.2478/acph-2023-0034. PMID: 37708957.

Aggregation tests identify new gene associations with breast cancer in populations with diverse ancestry.

Mueller SH, Lai AG, Valkovskaya M, Michailidou K, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Lush M, Abu-Ful Z, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Genome Med. 2023 Jan 26;15(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01152-5. PMID: 36703164; PMCID: PMC9878779.

Associations of a Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score with Tumor Characteristics and Survival.

Lopes Cardozo JMN, Andrulis IL, Bojesen SE, Dörk T, Eccles DM, Fasching PA, Hooning MJ, Keeman R, Nevanlinna H, Rutgers EJT, Easton DF, Hall P, Pharoah PDP, van 't Veer LJ, Schmidt MK; Breast Cancer Association Consortium and MINDACT Collaborators. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Apr 1;41(10):1849-1863. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01978.

Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study.

Dixon-Suen SC, Lewis SJ, Martin RM, English DR, Boyle T, Giles GG, Michailidou K, Bolla MK, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Oct;56(20):1157-1170. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105132.

Alström Syndrome with Early Vision and Hearing Impairment.

Ardiana Beqiri-Jashari, Aleksandra Janchevska, Irfan Ahmeti, Filip Doksimovski, Marija Cipanovska, Bojan Teov, Emilija Sukarova Stefanovska, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Zoran Gucev. Prilozi (MASA). Sec. of Med. Sci., XLIII 2, 43(2):159-162, 2022 doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2022-0028

A first report of a germline frameshift c.332dup mutation in men1 gene in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.

Toso Plaseski, Iskra Bitoska, Sasha Jovanovska-Mishevska, Biljana Todorova, Antonio Georgiev, Ivana Maleva Kostovska, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska. International Journal of Recent Research in Arts and Sciences March, 2022, Volume 14, p.185-194

The highest frequency of BRCA1 c.3700_3704del detected among Albanians from Kosovo

Maleva Kostovska I, Jakovchevska S, Jakimovska Özdemir M, Kiprijanovska S, Kubelka-Sabit K, Jasar Dz, Iljovska M, Lazareva E, Smichkoska S and Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy 2022, Volume 27, Number 2, pages: 303–309 DOI: 10.5603/RPOR.a2022.0030

Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk.

Dennis J, Tyrer JP, Walker LC, Michailidou K, Dorling L, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Freeman LEB, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Commun Biol. 2022 Jan 18;5(1):65. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02990-6. PMID: 35042965.

Current State of Compulsory Basic and Clinical Courses in Genetics for Medical Students at Medical Faculties in Balkan Countries With Slavic Languages.

Pereza N, Terzić R, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Miljanović O, Novaković I, Poslon &1;, Ostojić S, Peterlin B. Front Genet. 2022 Jan 10;12:793834. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.793834. PMID: 35082836;

Mitochondrial DNA mutations and the risk for aminoglycoside-induced deafness

Emilija Shukarova Stefanovska, Marina Davceva Chakar, Gjorgji Bozhinovski. Macedonian pharmaceutical bulletin, 68 (Suppl 1) 411 - 412 (2022), DOI:10.33320/maced.pharm.bull.2022.68.03.198

Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes.

Ahearn TU, Zhang H, Michailidou K, Milne RL, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Dunning AM, Lush M, Wang Q, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Auer PL, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Becher H, Behrens S, Benitez J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Breast Cancer Res. 2022 Jan 4;24(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s13058-021-01484-x. PMID: 34983606;

de Novo TINF2 C.845G>A: Pathogenic Variant in Patient with Dyskeratosis Congenita.

Kocheva SA, Gjorgjievska M, Martinova K, Antevska-Trajkova Z, Jovanovska A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Balkan J Med Genet. 2022 Jun 5;24(2):89-93. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0027. PMID: 36249522;

Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome identified through reverse phenotyping.

Kocheva S, Gjorgijevska M, Vujovic M, Martinova K, Antevska-Trajkova Z, Jovanovska A, Stavrikj K, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Cent Eur J Immunol. 2022;47(2):179-182. doi: 10.5114/ceji.2022.118079. Epub 2022 Jul 15. PMID: 36751388;

Comparative proteomics analysis of human FFPE testicular tissues reveals new candidate biomarkers for distinction among azoospermia types and subtypes.

Davalieva K, Rusevski A, Velkov M, Noveski P, Kubelka-Sabit K, Filipovski V, Plaseski T, Dimovski A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. J Proteomics. 2022 Sep 15;267:104686. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104686. Epub 2022 Jul 30. PMID: 35914715.

Proteomics of azoospermia: Towards the discovery of reliable markers for non-invasive diagnosis.

Rusevski A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Davalieva K. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2023 Jan;17(1):e2200060. doi: 10.1002/prca.202200060. Epub 2022 Oct 9. PMID: 36177695.

Two Brothers from Macedonia with Gitelman Syndrome.

Janchevska A, Tasic V, Jordanova O, Gucev Z, Jenkins L, Jovanovska N, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Ashton E, Bockenhauer D. Balkan J Med Genet. 2023 Jul 31;26(1):69-74. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2023-0009. PMID: 37576796;

Mutational Spectrum and Genotype-phenotype Correlations in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients from North Macedonia: Identification of Ten Novel NF1 Pathogenic Variants.

Gjorgjievska M, Bozhinovski G, Sukarova-Angelovska E, Kocova M, Kanzoska LM, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Balkan Med J. 2023 Jul 12;40(4):252-261. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2022-12-28.

Higher-order connections between stereotyped subsets: implications for improved patient classification in CLL

Agathangelidis A, Chatzidimitriou A, Gemenetzi K, Giudicelli V, Karypidou M, Plevova K, Dimovski A, et al. Blood 2021 Mar 11;137(10):1365-1376. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020007039 (IF 22.103).

Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk.

Park HA, Neumeyer S, Michailidou K, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Br J Cancer. 2021 Oct;125(8):1135-1145. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01432-8.

Comparative evaluation of two methods for L 1 C-MS/MS proteomic analysis of formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissues

Davalieva K, Kiprijanovska S, Dimovski A, Rosoklija R, and Dwork AJ. J Proteomics 2021 Mar 20;235:104117. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104117

Insight in the Current Progress in the Largest Clinical Trials for Covid-19 Drug Management (As of January 2021)

Irina Panovska-Stavridis , Nevenka Ridova, Tatjana Stojanoska, Ilir Demiri , Milena Stevanovic, Simona Stojanovska, Tara Ristevska, Aleksandar Dimkovski, Venko Filipce, Aleksandar Dimovski, Aleksandra Grozdanova. Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) 2021 Apr 23;42(1):5-18. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2021-0001.

B Cell Receptor signaling and genetic lesions in TP53 and CDKN2A/CDKN2B cooperate in Richter Transformation

Supriya Chakraborty, Claudio Martines, Fabiola Porro, Ilaria Fortunati, Alice Bonato, Marija Dimishkovska, Brijesh S. Yadav, Idanna Innocenti, Rosa Fazio, Tiziana Vaisitti, Silvia Deaglio, Alberto Zamò, Aleksandar J Dimovski, Luca Laurenti, and Dimitar G Efremov. Blood. 2021 Sep 23;138(12):1053-1066. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020008276.

Germline MBD4-deficiency causes a novel multi-tumor predisposition syndrome

Claire Palles, Edward Chew, Judith E. Grolleman, Sara Galavotti, Christoffer Flensburg, Erik A.M. Jansen, Helen Curley, Aleksandar J. Dimovski, et al. bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.27.441137. New England Journal of Medicine submitted

De novo mutations in idiopathic male infertility-A pilot study

Hod&2;ić A, Maver A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Ristanović M, Noveski P, Zorn B, Terzic M, Kunej T, Peterlin B. Andrology. 2021 Jan;9(1):212-220. doi: 10.1111/andr.12897. Epub 2020 Sep 17. PMID: 32860660.

Renal Hypouricemia 1: Rare Disorder as Common Disease in Eastern Slovakia Roma Population.

Stiburkova B, Bohatá J, Pavelcová K, Tasic V, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Cho SK, Potočnaková L, #2;aligová J. Biomedicines. 2021 Nov 3;9(11):1607. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9111607. PMID: 34829836;

Two Years of Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in North Macedonia: First Experience.

Fustik S, Anastasovska V, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Stamatova A, Spirevska L, Pesevska M, Terzikj M, VujovicM. Balkan J Med Genet. 2021 Jul 27;24(1):41-46. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0015. PMID: 34447658;

Circulating variants of SARS-CoV-2 among Macedonian COVID - 19 patients in the first year of pandemic

Sanja Kiprijanovska, Gjorgji Bozhinovski, Predrag Noveski, Marija Vujovic, Dijana Plaseska Karanfilska, Aleksandar Dimovski. PloS ONE submitted

Is there a place for rosuvastatin in the Lp(a) management?

Vavlukis А, Vavlukis M, Dimovski A, Petrushevska G, Eftimov A, Domazetovska S, Demirovikj A, Mladenovska K. Macedonian Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 66 (Suppl 1) 85 - 86 (2020). DOI: 10.33320/maced.pharm.bull.2020.66.03.042

Prevalence of Subclinical Mastitis Pathogens in Small Dairy Farms in Republic of North Macedonia.

Janevski A, Cvetkovikj I, Kiprijanovska S, Dimovski A, Davalieva K, Angelovski Lj, Kjosevski M, Mitrov D Macedonian Veterinary Review 43 (1):I-VIII. doi:10.2478/macvetrev-2020-0010

The use of remdesivir outside of clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Halimi В, Daci А, Ridova N, Panovska-Stavridis I, Stevanovic M, Filipce V, Dimovski A and Grozdanova A. J Pharm Policy Pract. 2020 Sep 21;13:61 doi: 10.1186/s40545-020-00258-8

Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses.

Zhang H, Ahearn TU, Lecarpentier J, Barnes D, Beesley J, Qi G, Jiang X, O'Mara TA, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et.al. Nat Genet. 2020 Jun;52(6):572-581. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0609-2

Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

Fachal L, Aschard H, Beesley J, Barnes DR, Allen J, Kar S, Pooley KA, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Turman C, Soucy P, Lemaçon A, Lush M, Tyrer JP, Ghoussaini M, Moradi Marjaneh M, Jiang X, Agata S, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Nat Genet. 2020 Jan;52(1):56-73. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0537-1.

Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status.

Feng H, Gusev A, Pasaniuc B, Wu L, Long J, Abu-Full Z, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antoniou AC, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Genet Epidemiol. 2020 Jul;44(5):442-468. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22288.

Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Results of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in North Macedonia

Jovanovska A, Trajkova-Antevska Z, Kocheva S, Stankovikj S, Panovska-Stavridis I, Dimovski A, Martinova A. Prilozi (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) 2020 Sep 1;41(2):37-47 doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2020-0031.

Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion Transcript in Biopsy Specimen of Prostate Cancer Patients: A Single Centre Experience

Trifunovski A, Dimovski A, Dohcev S, Stavridis S, Stankov O, Saidi S, Gjorgjievska M, Popov Z. Prilozi (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) 2020 Jun 1;41(1):5-14 doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2020-0018

Molecular Monitoring in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Undergoing Matched Unrelated Donor – Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Single Center Experience.

Panovska-Stavrdis I, Pivkova-Veljanovska A, Ridova N, Stojanovski Z, Cadievski L, Trajkova S, Popova-Labacevska M, Matevska-Geshkovska N, Cevreska L, Georgievski B, Dimovski A. Prilozi (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) 2020 Sep 1;41(2):11-18

Recent common origin, reduced population size, and marked admixture have shaped European Roma genomes

Erica Bianco, Guillaume Laval, Neus Font-Porterias, Carla García-Fernandez, Begoña Dobon, Rubén Sabido-Vera, Emilija Sukarova Stefanovska, Vaidutis Kučinskas, Halyna Makukh, Horolma Pamjav, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Mihai G Netea, Jaume Bertranpetit, Francesc Calafell, David Comas Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa156, (2020).

Sex-biased patterns shaped the genetic history of Roma

García-Fernández C, Font-Porterias N, Kučinskas V, Sukarova-Stefanovska E, Pamjav H, Makukh H, Dobon B, Bertranpetit J, Netea MG, Calafell F, Comas D. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 20;10(1):14464; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71066-y

Association of IL-10 (rs1800872) and IL-4R (rs1805010) polymorphisms with cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical carcinomas.

Duvlis S, Dabeski D, Noveski P, Ivkovski L, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. J BUON. 2020 Jan-Feb;25(1):132-140. PMID: 32277624.

Concurrent genetic and standard screening test for hearing reduction.

Marina Davcheva Chakar, Gjorgji Bozhinovski, Emilija Shukarova Stefanovska, Dejan Trajkov. Macedonian pharmaceutical bulletin, 66 (2) 35 – 40, 2020

Heterotopic ossifications and Charcot joints: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) and a novel NTRK1 gene mutation.

Gucev Z, Tasic V, Bogevska I, Laban N, Saveski A, Polenakovic M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Komlosi K, Winter J, Schweiger S, Nishimura G, Spranger J, Bartsch O. Eur J Med Genet. 2020 Jan;63(1):103613. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.01.003. Epub 2019 Jan 21. PMID: 30677517.

Novel Genotype in Two Siblings with 5-^5;-reductase 2 Deficiency: Different Clinical Course due to the Time of Diagnosis.

Kocova M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Noveski P, Kuzmanovska M. Balkan J Med Genet. 2019 Dec 21;22(2):69-76. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2019-0022.

Novel inflammatory biomarkers as additional value to traditional risk-factors in cardiovascular risk stratification. Open Access

Vavlukis А, Vavlukis M, Dimovski A, Petrushevska G, Eftimov A, Domazetovska S, Demirovikj A, Mladenovska K. Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2020 Nov 12; 8(B):1092-1104; doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.752 : 10.1002/humu.23842. Epub 2019 Jul 26. PMID: 31209999.

Heterotopic ossifications and Charcot joints: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) and a novel NTRK1 gene mutation.

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers.

Jiang X, Finucane HK, Schumacher FR, Schmit SL, Tyrer JP, Han Y, Michailidou K, Lesseur C, Kuchenbaecker KB, Dennis J, Conti DV, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 25;10(1):431. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08054-4. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 23;10(1):4386. PMID: 30683880; PMCID: PMC6347624.

Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

Mavaddat N, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Lush M, Fachal L, Lee A, et.al. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Jan 3;104(1):21-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.11.002.

The spectrum of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variants in Middle Eastern, North African, and South European countries.

Laitman Y, Friebel TM, Yannoukakos D, Fostira F, Konstantopoulou I, Figlioli G, Bonanni B, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Jakimovska M, et al. Hum Mutat. 2019 Nov;40(11):e1-e23. doi: 10.1002/humu.23842. Epub 2019 Jul 26. PMID: 31209999.

Associations of obesity and circulating insulin and glucose with breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

Y-chromosome haplogroup architecture confers susceptibility to azoospermia factor c microrearrangements: a retrospective study.

Kuzmanovska M, Noveski P, Terzic M, Plaseski T, Kubelka-Sabit K, Filipovski V, Lazarevski S, Sukarova Stefanovska E, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Croat Med J. 2019 Jun 13;60(3):273-283. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2019.60.273. PMID: 31187956;

Two truncating variants in FANCC and breast cancer risk.

Dörk T, Peterlongo P, Mannermaa A, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Ahearn T, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Augustinsson A, Freeman LEB, Beckmann MW, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Smichkoska S, et al. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 29;9(1):12524. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48804-y. PMID: 31467304;

Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer.

Ferreira MA, Gamazon ER, Al-Ejeh F, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barnes DR, Barrowdale D, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Białkowska K, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, et al. Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 15;10(1):1741. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08053-5. PMID: 30988301;

Hyponatremic dehydration and metabolic alkalosis as dominant manifestation in cystic fibrosis infants with mild phenotype – a case series

Stojka Fustik, Tatjana Jakovska, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

Accepted in Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo (Serbian Archives of Medicine), Online first doi:10.2298/SARH170811053

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Jiang et al.

Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 25;10(1):431. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08054-4

Heterotopic ossifications and Charcot joints: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) and a novel NTRK1 gene mutation

Gucev Z, Tasic V, Bogevska I, Laban N, Saveski A, Polenakovic M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Komlosi K, Winter J, Schweiger S, Nishimura G, Spranger J, Bartsch O

Eur J Med Genet. 2019 Jan 21. pii: S1769-7212(18)30561-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.01.003. [Epub ahead of print]

Polygenic risk scores for prediction of breast cancer and breast cancer subtypes

Mavaddat et al.

Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Jan 3;104(1):21-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.11.002. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

Associations of obesity and circulating insulin and glucose with breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Shu et al.

Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Oct 1. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy201. [Epub ahead of print].

Noninvasive Antenatal Diagnosis of Fetal RhD Status

Emilija Velkova and Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 27(10):1-10, 2018. DOI:10.9734/JAMMR/2018/43917

A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

Wu et al.

Nat Genet. 2018 Jul;50(7):968-978. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0132-x. Epub 2018 Jun 18.

TIMP3 Promoter Methylation Represents an Epigenetic Marker of BRCA1ness Breast Cancer Tumours.

Maleva Kostovska I, Jakimovska M, Popovska-Jankovic K, Kubelka-Sabit K, Karagjozov M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Pathol Oncol Res. 2018 Oct;24(4):937-940. doi: 10.1007/s12253-018-0398-4. Epub 2018 Mar 9.

A Novel Founder Mutation in FANCA Gene (c.3446_3449dupCCCT) among Romani patients from the Balkan Region

Dimishkovska M, Mulliqi Kotori V, Gucev Z, Kocheva S, Polenakovic M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D

Balkan Med J. 2018 Jan 20;35(1):108-111. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.0618.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline variants in breast cancer patients from the Republic of Macedonia

Jakimovska M, Maleva Kostovska I, Popovska-Jankovic K, Kubelka-Sabit K, Karadjozov M, Stojanovska L, Arsovski A, Smichkoska S, Lazarova E, Jakimovska Dimitrovska M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jan 15. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4642-5.

Comparative Proteomics Analysis of Urine Reveals Down-Regulation of Acute Phase Response Signaling and LXR/RXR Activation Pathways in Prostate Cancer (http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/6/1/1)

Davalieva, K.; Kiprijanovska, S.; Maleva Kostovska, I.; Stavridis, S.; Stankov, O.; Komina, S.; Petrusevska, G.; Polenakovic, M

Proteomes 2018, 6, 1. doi:10.3390/proteomes6010001

Moleculary Confirmed, Cytogenetic Remission in a Case with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treated with Azacitidne

Panovska-Stavridis I, Ivanovski M, Trajkova S, Pivkova-Veljanovska A, Popova-Labaceska M, Matevska-Geshovska N, Noveski P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Cevrevska L, Dimovski AJ

Prilozi (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2017 Dec 1;38(3):157-162.https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2018-0017

Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

Milne RL, Kuchenbaecker KB, Dennis J, Jiang X, Rostamianfar A, Finucane H, Bolla MK, McGuffog L, Wang Q, Aalfs CM; ABCTB Investigators, Adams M, Adlard J, Agata S, Ahmed S, Ahsan H, Aittomäki K, Al-Ejeh F, Allen J, Ambrosone CB, Amos CI, Andrulis IL,… Plaseska-Karanfilska D,… Dominguez M, Mannermaa A, Olsson H, Teixeira MR, Stone J, Offit K, Ottini L, Park SK, Thomassen M, Hall P, Meindl A, Schmutzler RK, Droit A, Bader GD,

Nat Genet. 2017 Oct 23. doi: 10.1038/ng.3785.

Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Michailidou K, Lindström S, Dennis J, Beesley J, Hui S, Kar S, Lemaçon A, Soucy P, Glubb D, Rostamianfar A,… Plaseska-Karanfilska D,…. Andrulis IL, Amos CI, Couch FJ, Pharoah PDP, Chang-Claude J, Hall P, Hunter DJ, Milne RL, García-Closas M, Schmidt MK, Chanock SJ, Dunning AM, Edwards SL, Bader GD, Chenevix-Trench G, Simard J, Kraft P, Easton DF.

Nature. 2017 Oct 23. doi: 10.1038/nature24284

Detection of placental chromosomal aberrations in early spontaneous abortions in correlation with the histologic findings. Macedonian

Kubelka-Sabit KB, Bozinovski G, Jasar D, Filipovski V, Lazarevski S, Ivanovski M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Macedonian Medical Reviews, 71(1):64-71, 2017.

Mutation Analysis of the Common Deafness Genes in Patients with Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss in Republic of Macedonia.

Sukarova Stefanovska E, Bozinovski Gj, Momirovska A, Davceva Cakar M, Sukarova-Angelovska E, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Macedonian Medical Reviews, 71(1):20-26, 2017.

First cases with Hb Agrinio described in patients from Macedonia

Dimishkovska M, Kuzmanovska M, Kocheva S, Martinova K, Stojanovski Z, Karanfilski O, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Hemoglobin. 2017 Jul - Nov;41(4-6):308-310. doi: 10.1080/03630269.2017.1397016. Epub 2017 Dec 8.

Molecular and immunohistochemical characteristics of complete hydatiform moles.

Kubelka-Sabit K, Jasar D, Filipovski V, , Bozinovski G, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Pol J Pathol. 2017; 68(2):138-143. doi: 10.5114/pjp.2017.69689.

Influence of OASL gene polymorphisms on host response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

Sanja Kiprijanovska,Emilija Sukarova Stefanovska, Viktorija Chaloska Ivanova and Dijana Plaseska Karanfilska

The EuroBiotech Journal Medicine and Biotechnology April 2017 DOI10.24190/ISSN2564-615X/2017/02.02

Genetic variation in leptin and leptin receptor genes as a risk factor for idiopathic male infertility.

od&2;ić A, Ristanović M, Zorn B, Tulić C, Maver A, Novaković I, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Peterlin B.

Andrology. 2017 Jan;5(1):70-74. doi: 10.1111/andr.12295.

Analysis of mRNA Expression Levels in FFPE Testicular Biopsies Using Real-time PCR Arrays.

Predrag Noveski, Katerina Popovska-Jankovic, Katerina Kubelka, Vanja Filipovski, Slobodan Lazarevski, Toso Plaseski and Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska (2016)

Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, Vol. 1, p 50-56.

Screening for antimicrobial activity of Bacillus subtilis and Paenibacillus alvei isolated from rotten apples compost.

Natalija Atanasova-Pancevska, Ilina Popovska, Katarina Davalieva, Dzoko Kungulovski. (2016)

Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica, 32(1): 56-64.

MicroRNA expression profiles in testicular biopsies of patients with impaired spermatogenesis.

Noveski P., Popovska-Jankovic K., Kubelka-Sabit K., Filipovski V., Lazarevski S., Plaseski T., Plaseska-Karanfilska D. (2016

Andrology, Vol 4,(6), p. 1020–1027, doi: 10.1111/andr.12246

Association of p53Pro72Arg (rs1042522) and MDM2309 (rs2279744) polymorphisms with risk for cervical intraepthelial lesions and cervical cancer development in Macedonian women.

Sotirija Duvlis, Marija Hiljadnikova Bajro, Dijana Plaseska Karanfilska

Macedonian Pharmaceutical Bulletin. Volume 62 (2), pp 49-58, 2016.

MicroRNA Profiling in Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Associated with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

Katerina Popovska-Jankovic, Predrag Noveski, Ljubinka Jankovic-Velickovic, Slavica Stojnev, Rade Cukuranovic, Vladisav Stefanovic, Draga Toncheva, Rada Staneva, Momir Polenakovic, and Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

BioMed Research International Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 7450461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7450461

Rare ATAD5 missense variants in breast and ovarian cancer patients.

Maleva Kostovska I, Wang J, Bogdanova N, Schürmann P, Bhuju S, Geffers R, Dürst M, Liebrich C, Klapdor R, Christiansen H, Park-Simon TW, Hillemanns P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Dörk T.

Cancer Lett. 2016 Apr 1. pii: S0304-3835(16)30209-9. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.03.048.

CYP2D6 ALLELE DISTRIBUTION IN MACEDONIANS, ALBANIANS AND ROMANIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Kuzmanovska M, Dimishkovska M, Maleva Kostovska I, Noveski P, Sukarova Stefanovska E, Plaseska-Karanfilska D*

BALKAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 18 (2), 2015 4/5/2016

Proteomics Research in Schizophrenia.

Davalieva K, Maleva Kostovska I, Dwork AJ.

Front Cell Neurosci. 2016 Feb 16;10:18. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00018. eCollection 2016. Review.

Loss of Y Chromosome in Peripheral Blood of Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Patients

Predrag Noveski · Svetlana Madjunkova · Emilija Sukarova Stefanovska · Nadica Matevska Geshkovska · Maja Kuzmanovska · Aleksandar Dimovski · Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

PLOS ONE 11(1):E0146264 · JANUARY 2016

Clinical Relevance of CHEK2 and NBN Mutations in the Macedonian Population

I Maleva Kostovska · M. Jakimovska · K. Kubelka-Sabit · M. Karadjozov · A. Arsovski · L. Stojanovska · Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

BALKAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 18(1) · DECEMBER 2015

Hb G-Waimanalo [A1] or ^5;64(E13)AspU94;Asn (^5;1) (HBA1: c.193G>A) Observed in a Bulgarian Family

Georgi Petkov · Marija Dimishkovska · Vanya Tsoneva Ivanova · Georgi Yordanov · Alexandar Zdraveski · Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

Hemoglobin (Impact Factor: 0.96). 07/2015; DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1066685

Proteomics analysis of malignant and benign prostate tissue by 2-D DIGE/MS reveals new insights into proteins involved in prostate cancer

Katarina Davalieva, Ivana Maleva Kostovska, Sanja Kiprijanovska, Katerina Kubelka-Sabit, Vanja Filipovski, Sotir Stavridis, Oliver Stankov, Selim Komina, Gordana Petrusevska and Momir Polenakovic

The Prostate 06/2015; DOI:10.1002/pros.23034

Proteomics in diagnosis of prostate cancer

Katarina Davalieva and Momir Polenakovic

Contributions. Sec. Med. Sci., 2015, XXXVI (1), 5-36.

HPV E6/7 mRNA versus HPV DNA biomarker in cervical cancer screening of a group of Macedonian woman.

Duvlis S, Popovska-Jankovic K, Filipovski D, Kosevska E, Sarafinovska Arsova Z, Memeti Sh, Popeska Z, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Journal of Medical Virology 04/2015; DOI:10.1002/jmv.24199

Association study of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in SLC6A14 gene with male infertility

Noveski P, Mircevska M, Plaseski T, Peterlin B, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics, 17: 61-66,2015

Recombinant DNA Technology and Genetic Engineering (Chapter 16). In Munis Dundar (Ed.)

Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Popovski Z, Stankovic B.

Currernt Biotechnology and Applications 2015 (pp. 259-272) Erciyes, Turkey: Erciyes University

Proteomics analysis of urine reveals acute phase response proteins as candidate diagnostic biomarkers for prostate cancer

Katarina Davalieva, Sanja Kiprijanovska, Selim Komina, Gordana Petrusevska,Natasha Chokrevska Zografska and Momir Polenakovic

Proteome Science 2015, 13:2 doi:10.1186/s12953-014-0059-9

Molecular characterization of F9 gene among hemophilia B patients from Republic of Macedonia and South East Bulgaria: Identification of 6 novel mutations.

Sukarova Stefanovska E., Bozinovski Gj., Trajkova-Antevska Z., Dejanova-Ilijevska V., Petkov G, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Haemophilia, 2015; 21(2), e144–e146, 2015; DOI: 10.1111/hae.12620

SNaPshot assay for the detection of the most common CFTR mutations in infertile men

Noveski P., Madjunkova S., Mircevska M., Plaseski T., Filipovski V., Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

PLoS One: 2014 Nov 11;9(11):e112498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112498. eCollection 2014.

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics – Facts, Editorial Policies, Practices and Challenges

Plaseska Karanfilska Dijana and Sukarova Stefanovska Emilija

Prilozi. 2014;35(3):89-93

Autism – genetics, electrophysiology and clinical syndromes

Pop-Jordanova N, Plasevska-Karanfilska D.

Prilozi. 2014;35(1):133-46

Mapping and identification of the urine proteome of prostatecancer patients by 2D PAGE/MS.

Sanja Kiprijanovska, Sotir Stavridis, Oliver Stankov, Selim Komina, Gordana Petrusevska, Momir Polenakovic and Katarina Davalieva.

International Journal of Proteomics, 2014: 594761doi: 10.1155/2014/594761. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

Assessment of the 2-D gel-based proteomics application of clinically archived formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues

Katarina Davalieva, Sanja Kiprijanovska and Momir Polenakovic.

Protein Journal, 2014; 33 (2): 135-142.doi: 10.1007/s10930-014-9545-2.

NGS nominated CELA1, HSPG2 and KCNK5 as candidate-genes for predisposition to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

Toncheva D, Mihailova – Hristova M, Vazharova R, Staneva R, Karachanak S, Dimitrov P, Simeonov V, Ivanov S, Balabanski L, Serbezov D, Malinov M, Stefanovic V, Cukuranovic R, Polenakovic M, Jankovic-Velickovic L, Djordjevic V, Jevtovic-Stoimenov T, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Galabov A, Djonov V, Dimova I.

BioMed Research International 2014; 2014:920723. doi: 10.1155/2014/920723. Epub 2014 May 15.

Speech perception outcome of cochlear implantation in DFNB1 patients

Davcheva-Chakar M, Sukarova-Stefanovska E, Lazarevska V, Filipche I, Zafirovska B.

Balkan Medical Journal, 2014; 31:60-63, DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2014.9535

Fast, reliable and low cost method for detection, quantification and genotyping of hepatitis C virus

K. Davalieva, S. Kiprijanovska and D. Plaseska-Karanfilska

Journal of Virological Methods,2014; 196: 104-112. doi: 10.1007/s10930-014-9545-2.

Fanconi anemia founder mutation in Macedonian patients

Madjunkova S, Kocheva SA, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Acta Haematologica 2014; 132(1):15-21. doi: 10.1159/000355191. Epub 2013 Dec 13.

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus genotypes in risk groups in the Republic of Macedonia: A five years survey

S. Kiprijanovska, K. Davalieva, P. Noveski, E. Sukarova-Stefanovska and D. Plaseska-Karanfilska

Journal of Medical Virology,2013; 9999: 1–7. doi: 10.1007/s10930-014-9545-2.

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in four risk groups in the Republic of Macedonia

S Kiprijanovska, K Davalieva, P Noveski, E Sukarova-Stefanovska, D Plaseska-Karanfilska and M Polenakovic

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2013; 20 (Suppl. S3). DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12166_4

An efficient and low cost method for detection, quantification and genotyping of hepatitis C virus

K Davalieva, S Kiprijanovska and D Plaseska-Karanfilska

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2013; 20 (Suppl. S3): 16-17. DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12166_1

A homozygous deletion of DPY19L2 gene is a cause of globozoospermia in men from the Republic of Macedonia

Noveski P., Madjunkova S., Maleva I., Sotirovska V, Petanovski Z, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics; 16:73-75, 2013. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2013-0021.

Molecular characterization of cystinuria in South-Eastern European countries

Popovska-Jankovic K, Tasic V, Bogdanovic R, Miljkovic P, Golubovic E, Soylu A, Saraga M, Pavicevic S, Baskin E, Akil I, Gregoric A, Lilova M, Topaloglu R, Sukarova Stefanovska E, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.

Urolithiasis 2013 Feb;41(1):21-30. doi: 10.1007/s00240-012-0531-x. Epub 2012 Dec 27

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