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Avtandilyan N., Ginovyan M., Javrushyan H., Hovhannisyan S., Nadiryan E., Sevoyan G., Harutyunyan T., Gevorgyan S., Karabekian Z., Maloyan A. 5-fluorouracil and Rumex obtusifolius extract combination trigger A549 cancer cell apoptosis: uncovering PI3K/Akt inhibition by in vitro and in silico approaches. Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 25;14(1):14676. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65816-5.

Rstakyan V., Mkhitaryan L., Baghdasaryan L., Ghaltaghchyan T., Karabekian Z., Sevoyan G.; Aghayan M.; Miguel A. Rodríguez. Stereolithography of ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration: Influence of hydroxyapatite/silica ratio on mechanical properties SSRN Jan 4, 2024. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4668189

Arestakesyan H., LeFevre N., Posnack N., Sarian A., Grigorian V., Ayvazyan N., Voskanyan A., Sarvazyan N., Karabekian Z. Changes in attachment and metabolic activity of rat neonatal cardiomyocytes and nonmyocytes caused by Macrovipera lebetina obtusa venom. Toxicology In Vitro, available online December 8, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2023.105755

Rstakyan V., Mkhitaryan L., Torosyan M., Karabekian Z., Sevoyan G., Aghayan M., Miguel A. Rodríguez. Manufacturing of Bioactive Biodegradable Scaffolds by Stereolithography. Advances in Science and Technology, Volume 134; pg 3-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-ilY5jt

Ginovyan M, Hovhannisyan S., Javrushyan H., Sevoyan G, Karabekian Z, Zakaryan N, Sahakyan N., Avtandilyan N. Screening revealed the strong cytotoxic activity of Alchemilla smirnovii and Hypericum alpestre ethanol extracts on different cancer cell lines. AIMS Biophysics 2023, Volume 10, Issue 1: 12-22. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2023002

Moghrovyan A., Parseghyan L., Sevoyan G., Darbinyan A., Sahakyan N, Gaboyan M, Karabekian Z, Voskanyan A. Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic properties of Origanum vulgare essential oil, rich with β-caryophyllene and β- caryophyllene oxide. Korean J Pain. 2022 Apr 1;35(2):140-151.

Ayvazyan N., Ghukasyan G., Ghulikyan L., Kirakosyan G., Sevoyan G., Voskanyan A., Karabekjan Z. The contribution of phospholipase A2 and metalloproteinases to the synergistic action of viper venom on the bioenergetic profile of Vero cells. Toxins (Basel), 2022 Oct 23;14(11):724

Karabekian. Z. Sarvazyan N. “Stem cells and basics of immunology”. Chapter 7. Basics of Tissue engineering: Protocols and Practical Exercises. Edited by Narine Sarvazyan. 2019. Springer publishing (English version in press) and Asoghik Publishing house (Armenian version ISBN 978-9939-1-0991-6)

Darbinyan A.A, Antonyan M.V., Koshatashyan H.R., Gevorgyan S.S., Arestakesyan H.V., Karabekian Z., N.M. Ayvazyan, A.V. Voskanyan. Changes in microglia activity of rat brain induced by Macrovipera lebetina obtusa venom. Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflamation 2018; 5:41.

H.V.Arestakesyan, Z.I.Karabekian. Adhesion properties of cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts are affected by Macrovipera lebetina obtusa crude venom. Issues in Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, Journal of Scientific and Practical Medicine, 2017, Volume 20, № 3 (113), p. 53-58.

Karabekian Z, Ding H, Stybayeva G, Ivanova I, Muselimyan N, Haque A, Toma I, Posnack N, Revzin A, Leitenberg D, Laflamme M, Sarvazyan N. HLA class I depleted hESC as a source of hypoimmunogenic cells for tissue engineering applications. Tissue Engineering Part A, 2015; Vol. 21.

Karabekian Z, Idrees S, Ding H, Jamshidi A, PosnackN, Sarvazyan N. Downregulation of beta-microglobulin to diminish T-lymphocyte lysis of non- syngeneic cell sources of engineered heart tissue constructs. Biomedical Materials 2015, March 16;10(3).

Posnack NG, Idrees R, Ding H, Jaimes R 3rd, Stybayeva G, Karabekian Z, Laflamme MA, Sarvazyan N. Exposure to phthalates affects calcium handling and intercellular connectivity of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 23;10(3):e0121927. doi: 10.1371

Horai R, Silver PB, Chen J, Agarwal RK, Chong WP, Jittayasothorn Y, Mattapallil MJ, Nguyen S, Natarajan K, Villasmil R, Wang P, Karabekian Z, Lytton SD, Chan CC, Caspi RR.Breakdown of immune privilege and spontaneous autoimmunity in mice expressing a transgenic T cell receptor specific for a retinal autoantigen.J Autoimmun. 2013 Aug;44:21-33

Karabekian Z., Gillum N., and Sarvazyan N. Immunological barriers to stem-cell based cardiac repair. Stem cell Reviews and Reports, 2011, Jun;7(2):315-25

Mattapallil MJ, Silver PB, Mattapallil JJ, Horai R, Karabekian Z, McDowell JH, Chan CC, James EA, Kwok WW, Sen HN, Nussenblatt RB, David CS, Caspi RR. Uveitis- associated epitopes of retinal antigens are pathogenic in the humanized mouse model of uveitis and identify autoaggressive T cells. J Immunol. 2011 Aug 15;187(4):1977-85. 

Karabekian Z., Gillum N., Wong E., and Sarvazyan N. Effects of N-cadherin overexpression on adhesion properties of embryonic stem cells. 2009, Cell Adhesion and Migration, Vol.3, 305-10.

Gillum N., Karabekian Z., Swift L., Brown R., Kay M., and Sarvazyan N. Clinically relevant concentrations of Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) uncouple cardiac syncytium. 2009. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Vol. 236 :25-38

Bakunts K., Gillum N., Karabekian Z., Sarvazyan N. Formation of cardiac fibers in Matrigel matrix. 2008. BioTechniques, Vol. 44. p. 341-8.

Karabekian, Z., Lytton S., Silver P.S., Sergeev Y., Jonathan P. Schneck and Rachel Caspi. Antigen/MHC Class II/Ig Dimers for Study of Uveitogenic T Cells: IRBP p161–180 Presented by both IA and IE Molecules.2005. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 46:3769–3776.

Liang, W., Karabekian, Z., Xu, Q., Viley, A. M. and David W. Scott. B cell delivered gene transfer of human S-Ag Ig fusion protein protects from Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis 2006.Clinical Immunology, Volume 118:35-41.

Karabekian Z, Hanson L.K., Slater J.S., Krishna N., Bolin L.L., Julie A. Kerry, and Ann E. Campbell. Complex formation among murine cytomegalovirus US22 proteins encoded by M139, M 140, and M141 2005. Journal of Virology, 79:1-11.

Pennesi G., Mattapallil M.J., Sun Sh., Avichezer D., Silver P.S., Karabekian Z., David Ch.S., Hargrave P.A., McDowell J. H., Smith W. C., Wiggert B., Donoso L. A., Chan Ch., Caspi R.R. A humanized model of experimental autoimmune uveitis in HLA transgenic mice. 2003. Journal of Clinical Investigations, 111:1171-1180.

Ciocco-Schmitt G.M., Karabekian Z., Godfrey E.W., Stenberg R.M., Campbell A.E., and Julie A. Kerry. Identification and characterization of novel murine cytomegalovirus M112/113 gene products, 2002. Virology, 294:199-208

Hanson, L. K., Slater J.S., Karabekian Z., Ciocco-Schmitt G., and A. E. Campbell. Products of US22 genes M140 andM141 confer efficient replication of murine cytomegalovirus in macrophages and spleen. 2001. Journal of Virology, 75:6292- 301.

Hanson L.K., Slater J.S., Karabekian Z., MacDonald M.R., Virgin IV H.W., Biron Ch.A., Ruzek M.C., van Rooijen N., Ciavarra R.P., Stenberg R.M., and A.E. Campbell. Replication of murine cytomegalovirus in differentiated macrophages as a determinant of viral pathogenesis. 1999. Journal of Virology, 73:5970-5980.

Hanson, L.K., Dalton B.L., Karabekian Z., Farrell H.E., Rawlinson W.D., Stenberg R.M., and A.E. Campbell. Transcriptional analysis of the murine cytomegalovirus Hind III I region: Identification of a novel immediate early gene region. 1999. Virology, 260:156-164.