Costin, G.-E., Trif, M., Nichita, N., Dwek, R. A., Petrescu, S. M. pH-sensitive liposomes are efficient carriers for endoplasmic reticulum targeted drugs in mouse melanoma cells. BBRC, p.918-923, 2002.

Kushimoto, T., Valencia, J. C., Costin, G.-E., Toyofuku, K., Watabe, H., Yasumoto, K.-I., Rouzaud, F., Vieira, W. D., Hearing, V. J. “Makoto Seiji memorial lecture”: The melanosome: an ideal model to study cellular differentiation” (review). Pigment Cell Res. (Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC)), p.237-244, 2003.

Costin, G.-E., Valencia, J. C., Vieira, W. D., Lamoreux, M. L., Hearing, V. J. Tyrosinase processing and intracellular trafficking is disrupted in mouse primary melanocytes carrying the underwhite (uw) mutation. A model for oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) Type 4. J. Cell. Sci., p.3203-3212, 2003.

Rouzaud, F., Annereau, J.-P., Valencia, J. C., Costin, G.-E., Hearing, V. J. Regulation of melanocortin 1 receptor expression at the mRNA and protein levels by its natural agonist and antagonist. FASEB J., p.2154-2156, 2003.

Costin, G.-E. What is the advantage of having melanin in parts of the central nervous system (e.g. substantia nigra)?. IUBMB Life, p.47-49, 2004.

Costin, G.-E., Vieira, W. D., Valencia, J. C., Rouzaud, F., Lamoreux, M. L., Hearing, V. J. Immortalization of mouse melanocytes carrying mutations in various pigmentation genes. Anal. Biochem., p.170-174, 2004.

Greggio, E., Bergantino, E., Carter, D., Ahmad, R., Costin G.-E., Hearing, V. J., Clarimon, J., Singleton, A., Eerola, J., Hellström, O., Tienari, P. J., Miller, D. W., Beilina, A., Bubacco, L., Cookson, M. R. Tyrosinase exacerbates dopamine and -synuclein toxicity but is not genetically associated with Parkinson’s disease. J. Neurochem., p.246-256, 2005.

Gertrude-E. Costin, Julio C. Valencia, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito, Wilfred D. Vieira, Yuji Yamaguchi, Adina L. Milac, François Rouzaud, Andrei-J. Petrescu, M. Lynn Lamoreux, Vincent J. Hearing Mutations in the mouse Dct gene induce a reduction of eumelanin and an increase in the level of pheomelanin produced by melanocytes in culture. Biochem. J., p.249-259, 2005.

Hideya Ando, Zhi-Ming Wen, Hee-Yong Kim, Norman Salem, Jr., Julio C. Valencia, Gertrude-E. Costin, Hidenori Watabe, Ken-ichi Yasumoto, Yoko Niki, Hirofumi Kondoh, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Vincent J. Hearing Modulating the intracellular composition of fatty acids affects the post-Golgi degradation of tyrosinase and elicits its retention in the endoplasmic reticulum by hyper-ubiquitination and proteasome inhibition. Biochem. J., p.43-50, 2005.

Gertrude-E. Costin, Stanca A. Birlea What is the mechanism for the pigmentation that so commonly accompanies human pregnancy?. IUBMB Life, p.55-57, 2006.

Stanca Birlea, Marius Birlea, Danut Cimponeriu, Pompilia Apostol, Rodica Cosgarea, Lucian Gavrila, Stefan Tigan, Gertrude Costin, Pranab K. Das Autoimmune diseases and vitamin D receptor Apa-I polymorphism are associated with vitiligo in a small inbred Romanian community. Acta Derm. Venereol., p.209-214, 2006.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, LÁSZLÓ FERENCZ Patterns in distribution, abundance and prey preferences of parasitoid rove beetles Aleochara bipustulata (L.) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Hungarian agroecosystems. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, p.6-15, 2008.

Gherghel I., Strugariu Al., Glavan T. Eremias arguta deserti (Reptilia: Lacertidae): is not extinct from Romanian Moldavia. North-Western Journal of Zoology, p.115-120, 2007.

Cowburn RF, Popescu BO, Ankarcrona M, Dehvari N, Cedazo-Minguez A Presenilin-mediated signal transduction. Physiol Behav., p.93-7, 2007.

TIBOR HARTEL, COSMIN IOAN MOGA, KINGA ÖLLERER, LÁSZLÓ DEMETER, DORU M. RUSTI, ISTVÁN SAS, ADALBERT BALOG A proposal toward the adoption of spatial heterogeneity in studying the distribution of animals in Romanian landscapes. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 2008.

Hartel, T., Sas, I., Pernetta, A.P., Geltsch, I.C. The reproductive dynamics of temperate amphibians: a review. North-Western Journal of Zoology, p.127-145, 2007.

Sas, I., Covaciu-Marcov, S.D. Overwintering without winter: the exceptional case of two terrestrial anurans from the thermal habitats in Romania. North-Western Journal of Zoology, p.121-126, 2007.

Mark G. Poolman, Cristiana Sebu, Michael K. Pidcock, David A. Fell Modular decomposition of metabolic systems via null-space analysis. Journal of Theoretical Biology, p.691–705, 2007.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, PÉTER SZARVAS Dominance, Activity Density and Prey Preferences of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Conventionally Treated Hungarian Agro-Ecosystems. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (in press)., 2008.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) collected during the long term ecological research in a Hungarian oak forest. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, p.263-266, 2008.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ Chemical disturbances effects on community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Hungarian agricultural fields. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, p.67-74, 2007.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Central European apple and pear orchards – Comparative studies of species richness abundance and diversity. JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH, p.309-320, 2007.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ Studies on rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in hungarian orchards ecosystems. JOURNAL OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL PLANT RESEARCH, p.149-159, 2006.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ Community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in apple orchards under different pest management system programs in Hungary. ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, p.377-385, 2007.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ Species composition and community structure of the rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an experimental vineyard under different vineyard management systems. ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, p.367-376, 2007.

CSABA KUTASI, VIKTOR MARKÓ, ADALBERT BALOG Species Composition of Carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Communities in Apple and Pear Orchards in Hungary. ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, p.71-89, 2004.

ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, CSABA KUTASI, LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM Species Composition of Ground Dwelling Staphylinid (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in Apple and Pear Orchards in Hungary. ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, p.181-198, 2003.

Voiculescu O, Bertocchini F, Wolpert L, Keller RE, Stern CD The amniote primitive streak is defined by epithelial cell intercalation before gastrulation. Nature, p.1049-52, 2007.

Gherghel, I., Strugariu, Al., Ghiurcă, D., Roşu, S., Huţuleac-Volosciuc, M.V. The composition and distribution of the herpetofauna from the Valea Neagră River Basin (Neamţ County, Romania). Herpetologica Romanica, Bulletin of the Romanian Herpetological Society, p.70-76, 2007.

Sas, I., Kovacs, E.H., Covaciu-Marcov, S.D., Strugariu, Al., Covaci, R., Ferenţi, S. Food habits of a Pool Frog Pelophylax lessonae – Edible Frog Pelophylax kl. esculentus population from North-Western Romania. Biota, Journal of Biology and Ecology, p.71-28, 2007.

Köhn M, Gutierrez-Rodriguez M, Jonkheijm P, Wetzel S, Wacker R, Schroeder H, Prinz H, Niemeyer CM, Breinbauer R, Szedlacsek SE, Waldmann H. A microarray strategy for mapping the substrate specificity of protein tyrosine phosphatase.. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl., p.7700-3, 2007.

Vlad MO, Morán F, Popa VT, Szedlacsek SE, Ross J. Functional, fractal nonlinear response with application to rate processes with memory, allometry, and population genetics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, p.4798-803, 2007.

Hansson CA, Popescu BO, Laudon H, Cedazo-Minguez A, Popescu LM, Winblad B, Ankarcrona M Caspase-cleaved presenilin-1 is part of active gamma-secretase complexes. J Neurochem., p.356-364, 2006.

Popescu BO, Ankarcrona M Mechanisms of cell death in Alzheimer’s disease: Role of presenilins.. J Alzheimers Dis., p.123-128, 2004.

Popescu BO, Cedazo-Minguez A, Benedikz E, Nishimura T, Winblad B, Ankarcrona M, Cowburn RF Gamma-secretase activity of presenilin 1 regulates acetylcholine muscarinic receptor mediated signal transduction.. J Biol Chem., p.6455-6464, 2004.

Cedazo-Mínguez A, Popescu BO, Blanco-Millán JM, Akterin S, Pei JJ, Winblad B, Cowburn RF Apolipoprotein E and beta-amyloid peptide regulation of glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta.. J Neurochem., p.1152-1164, 2003.

Popescu BO, Oprica M, Sajin M, Stanciu CL, Bajenaru O, Predescu A, Vidulescu C, Popescu LM Dantrolene protects neurons against kainic acid induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.. J Cell Mol Med., p.555-569, 2002.

Popescu AT, Vidulescu C, Stanciu CL, Popescu BO, Popescu LM Selective protection by phosphatidic acid against staurosporine-induced neuronal apoptosis. J Cell Mol Med., p.433-438, 2002.

Cedazo-Minguez A, Popescu BO, Ankarcrona M, Nishimura T, Cowburn RF The presenilin 1 exon 9 deletion gives enhanced basal phospholipase C activity and a resultant increase in intracellular calcium concentrations.. J Biol Chem., p.36646-3665, 2002.

Popescu BO, Cedazo-Minguez A, Popescu LM, Winblad B, Cowburn RF, Ankarcrona M. Caspase cleavage of exon 9 deleted presenilin-1 is an early event in apoptosis induced by calcium ionophore A 23187 in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.. J Neurosci Res, p.122-134, 2001.

Popescu BO, Ankarcrona M Neurons bearing presenilins: weapons for defense or suicide?. J Cell Mol Med., p.249-261, 2000.

Zagrean L, Moldovan M, Munteanu AM, Spulber S, Voiculescu BA, Popescu BO. Early electrocortical changes consistent with ischemic preconditioning in rat.. J Cell Mol Med., p.215-223, 2000.

Yunhe Bao, Kasey Konesky, Young-Jun Park, Simona Rosu, Pamela N Dyer, Danny Rangasamy, David J Tremethick, Paul J Laybourn & Karolin Luger Nucleosomes containing the histone variant H2A.Bbd organize only 118 base pairs of DNA. EMBO Journal, 2004.

Luscier, J.D, Thompson, W.L, Wilson, J.M, Gorham, B.E. and Drãguţ, L.D. Techniques for determining percent ground cover – Reply. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, p.240-240, 2007.

F. Rouzaud, G-E. Costin, Y. Yamaguchi, J. C. Valencia, W. F. Berens, K. G. Chen, T. Hoashi, M. Bohm, Z. A. Abdel-Malek, V. J. Hearing Regulation of constitutive and UVR-induced skin pigmentation by melanocortin 1 receptor isoforms. FASEB J, p.1927-1929, 2006.

Costin, GE, Hearing, VJ . Human skin pigmentation: melanocytes modulate skin color in response to stress.. FASEB J, p.976-994, 2007.

Valencia, J. C., Rouzaud, F., Julien, S., Chen, K. G., Passeron, T., Yamaguchi, Y., Abu-Asab, M., Tsokos, M., Costin, G. E., Yamaguchi, H., Miller Jenkins, L. M., Nagashima, K., Appella, E., Hearing, V. J. Sialylated core 1 O-glycans influence the sorting of Pmel17/gp100 and determine its capacity to form fibrils.. J. Biol. Chem., p.11266-1128, 2007.