Publications
2024
Bilea, F.; Garcia-Vaquero, M.; Magureanu, M.; Mihaila, I.; Mildažienė, V.; Mozetič, M.; Pawlat, J.; Primc, G.; Puač, N.; Robert, E.; Stancampiano, A.; Topala, I; Žūkienė, R. Non-Thermal Plasma as Environmentally-Friendly Technology for Agriculture: A Review and Roadmap. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2024, 1–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2024.2410145
Mildažienė, V.; Žukienė, R.; ˙ Degutytė-Fomins, L.; Naučiene, Z.; Minkutė,˙ R.; Jarukas, L.; Drapak, I.; Georgiyants, V.; Novickij, V.; Koga, K. Effects of Corm Treatment with Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field on Growth and Production of Saffron Metabolites in Crocus sativus. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 10412. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms251910412
Čėsnienė, I.; ˙Čėsna, V.; ˙ Miškelytė, D.; Novickij, V.; ˙ Mildažienė, V.; Sirgedaitė-Šežienė, V. Seed Treatment with Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field: Changes in Antioxidant Capacity of Seedlings in Different Picea abies (L.) H. Karst Half-Sib Families. Plants 2024, 13, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13152021
Okumura, T., Anan, T., Shi, H., Attri, P., Kamataki, K., Yamashita, N., Itagaki, N., Shiratani, M., Ishibashi, Y., Koga, K., Mildaziene, V. Response of lettuce seeds undergoing dormancy break and early senescence to plasma irradiation. Appl. Phys. Express 2024, 17, 057001. https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/ad3798
Žaltauskaitė, J., Meištininkas, R., Dikšaitytė, A., Degutyte-Fomins, L., Mildaziene, V., Nauciene, Z., Zukiene, R., Koga, K. Heavy fuel oil-contaminated soil remediation by individual and bioaugmentation-assisted phytoremediation with Medicago sativa and with cold plasma-treated M. sativa. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 30026–30038, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33182-4
Sakalauskaitė, S., Mikalayeva, V., Sutkuvienė, S., Daugelavičius, R. Mode of the Interaction of Efflux Inhibitor Phenylalanyl-arginyl-β-naphtylamide with Bacterial Cells. Biomedicines 2024, 12, 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12061324
Daugelavičius, R.; Daujotaitė, G.; Bamford, D.H. Lysis Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infected with ssRNA Phage PRR1. Viruses 2024, 16, 645. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16040645
2023
Lelis M.; Tuckute S.; Urbonavicius M.; Varnagiris S.; Sakalauskaite S.; Daugelavicius, R. C-TiO2+Ni and ZnO+Ni magnetic photocatalyst powder synthesis by reactive magnetron sputtering technique and their application for bacteria inactivation. Inorganics 2023, 11(2), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11020059
Gudynienė, V.; Juzėnas, S.; Stukonis, V.; Mildažienė, V.; Ivankov, A.; Norkevičienė, E. Comparing Non-Thermal Plasma and Cold Stratification: Which Pre-Sowing Treatment Benefits Wild Plant Emergence? Plants 2023, 12, 3220. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12183220
Čėsniene I, Miškelytė D, ˙ Novickij V, Mildažienė V, ˙ Sirgedaite-Šežienė V. Seed Treatment ˙ with Electromagnetic Field Induces Different Effects on Emergence, Growth and Profiles of Biochemical Compounds in Seven Half-Sib Families of Silver Birch. Plants 2023, 12, 3048. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12173048
Judickaitė A, Venckus J, Koga K, Shiratani M, Mildažienė V, Žūkienė R. Cold Plasma-Induced Changes in Stevia rebaudiana Morphometric and Biochemical Parameter Correlations. Plants 2023, 12, 1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12081585
2022
Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V, Lučinskaitė I, Mildažienė V, Ivankov A, Koga K, Shiratani M, Laužikė K, Baliuckas V. Changes in Content of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity Induced in Needles of Different Half-Sib Families of Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst) by Seed Treatment with Cold Plasma. Antioxidants. 2022; 11(8):1558. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11081558
Mildaziene V, Sera B. Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment on Plant Physiological and Biochemical Processes. Plants (Basel). 2022 Apr 8;11(8):1018. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11081018
Mildaziene V, Ivankov A, Sera B, Baniulis D. Biochemical and Physiological Plant Processes Affected by Seed Treatment with Non-Thermal Plasma. Plants. 2022; 11(7):856. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070856
Judickaitė A, Lyushkevich V, Filatova I, Mildažienė V, Žūkienė R. The Potential of Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field as Stimulators of Natural Sweeteners Biosynthesis in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Plants (Basel). 2022 Feb 24;11(5):611. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11050611
2021
Vasiliauske D, Sakalauskaite S, Kuliesiene N, Tuckute S, Urbonavicius M, Varnagiris S, Daugelavicius R and Lelis M. Synergistic Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species by Visible Light Activated TiO2 and S. Enterica Interaction. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2021, vol.25, no.1, pp.978-989. https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2021-0074
Demikyte E., Sakalauskaite S., Kuliesiene N., Tuckute S., Urbonavicius M., Varnagiris S., Daugelavicius R., Lelis M. Ni underlayer effect for the structure development and visible light photocatalytic efficiency of carbon-doped TiO2 film. Environmental and Climate Technologies 2021, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1032–1042. http://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2021-0078
Sakalauskaite, S.; Vasiliauske, D.; Demikyte, E.; Daugelavicius, R.; Lelis, M. Influence of the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms on Disinfection Efficiency of the Visible Light and P25 TiO2 Photocatalyst. Catalysts 2021, 11, 1432. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11121432
Anes J, Dever K, Eshwar A, Nguyen S, Cao Y, Sivasankaran SK, Sakalauskaitė S, Lehner A, Devineau S, Daugelavičius R, Stephan R, Fanning S, Srikumar S. Analysis of the oxidative stress regulon identifies soxS as a genetic target for resistance reversal in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. mBio 2021, 12:e00867-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00867-21
Sakalauskaitė, S., Mikalayeva, V., Daugelavičius, R. Ethidium Binding to Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium Cells and Salmon Sperm DNA. Molecules 2021, 26, 3386. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26113386
Chen, C-L., Huang, W.-L., Chen, Y.-Ch., Lin, S., Daugelavičius, R., Rapoport, A., Chang, Ch-R. Mitochondria Dynamics Machinery is Required for Resistant to Dehydration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22, 4607. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094607
Kubiliute R., I. Januskeviciene, R. Urbanaviciute, K. Daniunaite, M.Drobniene, V. Ostapenko, R. Daugelavicius, S. Jarmalaite. Nongenotoxic ABCB1 activator tetraphenylphosphonium can contribute to doxorubicin resistance in MX-1 breast cancer cell line. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11:6556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86120-6
Vaitkienė S., Kuliešienė N., Sakalauskaitė S., Bekere L., Krasnova L., Vigante B., Duburs G., and Daugelavičius R. Antifungal activity of styrylpyridinium compounds against Candida albicans. Chem Biol Drug Design 2021, 97 (2):1-13. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cbdd.13777
Yousef S., Kuliešienė N., Sakalauskaitė S., Nenartavičius T., Daugelavičius R. Sustainable green strategy for recovery of glucose from end-of-life euro banknotes. Waste Management 2021, 123(2) :23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.007
Kuliešienė, N., Žūkienė, R., Khroustalyova, G., Chang, C.-R., Rapoport, A., Daugelavičius, R. Changes in Energy Status of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells during Dehydration and Rehydration. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020444
Vaitkienė, S., Bekere, L., Duburs, G., Daugelavičius, R. Interaction of Styrylpyridinium .Compound with Pathogenic Candida albicans Yeasts and Human Embryonic Kidney HEK-293 Cells. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 48. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010048
Ivankov, A.; Naučiene, Z.; ˙ Degutyte-Fomins, L.; Žūkienė, R.; ˙ Januškaitiene, I.; Malakauskienė, A.; ˙ Jakštas, V.; Ivanauskas, L.; Romanovskaja, D.; Šlepetiene, A.; Filatova, I.; Lyushkevich, V.; Mildažienė V. Changes in Agricultural Performance of Common Buckwheat Induced by Seed Treatment with Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4391.
Kuliešienė N., Žūkienė R., Khroustalyova G., Chang Ch.-R., Rapoport A., Daugelavičius R. Changes in energy status of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells during dehydration and rehydration. Microorganisms. 2021, 9(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020444
Ivankov, A.; Zukiene, R.; Nauciene, Z.; Degutyte-Fomins, L.; Filatova, I.; Lyushkevich, V.; Mildaziene, V. The Effects of Red Clover Seed Treatment with Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field on Germination and Seedling Growth Are Dependent on Seed Color. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4676. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104676
Attri, P., Ishikawa K.; Okumura, T.; Koga, K.; Shiratani M.; Mildaziene, M. Impact of seed color and storage time on the radish seed germination and sprout growth in plasma agriculture. Sci. Rep. 2021, 11, 2539. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81175-x
2020
Ivankov, A., Nauciene, Z., Zukiene, R., Degutyte-Fomins, L., Malakauskiene, A., Kraujalis, P., Venskutonis, P.R., Filatova, I., Lyushkevich, V., Mildaziene V. Changes in growth and production of non-psychotropic cannabinoids induced by pre-sowing treatment of hemp seeds with cold plasma, vacuum and electromagnetic field, Applied Sciences, 2020, 10(23), 8519. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238519
Blinstrubienė A., Burbulis N., Juškevičiūtė N., Vaitkevičienė N., Žūkienė R. Effect of growth regulators on Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni callus genesis and influence of auxin and proline to steviol glycosides, phenols, flavonoids accumulation, and antioxidant activity in vitro. Molecules. 2020, 25 (12), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25122759
Sirgedaitė‐Šėžienė, V., Mildažienė, V., Žemaitis, P., Ivankov, A., Koga, K., Shiratani, M., & Baliuckas. Long‐term response of Norway spruce to seed treatment with cold plasma: Dependence of the effects on the genotype. Plasma Proc. Polym. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202000159
Tamošiūnė, I., Gelvonauskienė, D., Haimi, P., Mildažienė, V., Koga, K., Shiratani, M., & Baniulis, D. Cold Plasma Treatment of Sunflower Seeds Modulates Plant-Associated Microbiome and Stimulates Root and Lateral Organ Growth. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.568924
Mildažienė V., Ivankov, A., Paužaitė G., Naučienė Z., Žūkienė R., Degutytė-Fomins, Pukalskas A., Venskutonis P.R., Filatova I., Lyuskevich V. Seed treatment with cold plasma and electromagnetic field induces changes in red clover root growth dynamics, flavonoid exudation, and activates nodulation. Plasma Proc. Polym. 2020, 18(2), 2000160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202000160
Mildažienė V., Paužaitė G., Naučienė Z., Žūkienė R., Malakauskienė A., Norkevičienė E., Šlepetienė A., Stukonis V., Olšauskaitė V., Padarauskas A., Filatova I., Lyuskevich V. Effect of seed treatment with cold plasma and electromagnetic field on red clover germination, growth and content of major isoflavones. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2020, 53, 264001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab8140
Koga K., P. Attri, K. Kamataki, N. Itakagi, Shiratani M. , Mildažienė V. Impact of radish sprouts seeds coat color on the electron paramagnetic resonance signals after plasma treatment. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 59, SHHF01, 2020. https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ab7698
Degutytė-Fomins L., Paužaitė G., Žukienė R., Mildažienė V., Koga K., Shiratani M. Relationship between cold plasma treatment-induced changes in radish seed germination and phytohormone balance Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 59, SH1001, 2020. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.7567/1347-4065/ab656c
Kuliesiene N., Sakalauskaite S., Tuckute S., Urbonavicius M., Varnagiris S., Daugelavicius R., Lelis M. TiO2 Application for the Photocatalytical Inactivation of S. enterica, E. coli and M. luteus Bacteria Mixtures. Environmental and Climate Technologies 2020, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 418–429. https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0113
Sakalauskaite S., Kuliesiene N, Galalyte N., Tuckute S., Urbonavicius M., Varnagiris S., Daugelavicius R., Lelis M. Potential and Risk of the Visible Light Assisted Photocatalytical Treatment of PRD1 and T4 Bacteriophage Mixtures. Environmental and Climate Technologies 2020, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 215–224. https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0098
Tamošiūnas M. Vaitkienė S., Mikštaitė N., Galalytė D., Kuliešienė N., Cugmas B., Lihachev A., Daugelavičius R. Assessment of Candida albicans biofilm growth by laser speckle contrast imaging. Proc. SPIE 11585, Biophotonics—Riga 2020, 1158509. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582216
Ragelienė L., Paulauskaitė R., Trečiokaitė L.,Žūkienė R., Daugelavičius R., Tučkutė S., and Bendoraitienė J. 2020. Impact of BaSO4 particles on the viability of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. J Pharmacy Pharmacol, 8:361-373.
Vaitkienė S, Daugelavičius R, Sychrová H and Kodedová M. Styrylpyridinium derivatives as new potent antifungal drugs and fluorescence probes. Front. Microbiol. 2020, 11:2077. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02077
Vasylyshyn R., Kurylenko O., Ruchala, J., Shevchuk, N., Kuliesiene N., Khroustalyova, G., Rapoport A., Daugelavicius R., Dmytruk K., and Sibirny A. Engineering of sugar transporters for improvement of xylose utilization during high‑temperature alcoholic fermentation in Ogataea polymorpha yeast. Microb. Cell Fact. 2020, 19:96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-020-01354-9
Sutkuvienė S, Sakalauskaitė S, Kuliešienė N, Ragelienė L, Daugelavičius R. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of synthesized 9H-alkylcarbazole and 10H-alkylphenothiazine derivatives on the cells of Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Candida albicans. Biologija 2020, 66 (2):80–93. https://doi.org/10.6001/biologija.v66i2.4255
Varnagiris S., Urbonavicius M., Sakalauskaite S., Daugelavicius R., Pranevicius L., Lelis M., Milcius D. Floating TiO2 photocatalyst for efficient inactivation of E. coli and decomposition of methylene blue solution. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 720:137600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137600
2019
Kurylenko, O., Rozenfelde, L., Khroustalyova, G., Vasylyshyn, R., Ruchala, J., Chang, C-R., Daugelavicius, R., Sibirny, A., Rapoport A. Anhydrobiosis in yeasts: Glutathione synthesis by yeast Ogataea (Hansenula) polymorpha cells after their dehydration-rehydration. J. Biotechnol. 2019, 304:28–30. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.08.005
Vaičiukynė M., Žiauka J., Žūkienė R., Vertelkaitė L., Kuusienė, S. Abscisic acid promotes root system development in birch tissue culture: a comparison to aspen culture and conventional rooting‐related growth regulators. Physiologia Plantarum. 2019, 165(1), 114-122. (IF 3.00). https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12860
2018
Šilkūnienė G., Žūkienė R., Naučienė Z., Degutytė-Fomins L., Mildažienė V. Impact of Gender and Age on Hyperthermia-Induced Changes in Respiration of Liver Mitochondria. Medicina. 2018, 54(4), 1-14. (IF 1,467). https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina54040062
Satkauskiene I., Wood T., Rutkauskaite-Suciliene J., Mildaziene V., Tuckute S. Freshwater bryozoans of Lithuania (Bryozoa). ZooKeys 2018, 774(3):53-75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.774.21769
Bondarenko OM, Sihtmäe M, Kuzmičiova J, Ragelienė L, Kahru A, Daugelavičius R. Plasma membrane is the target of rapid antibacterial action of silver nanoparticles in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int J Nanomedicine. 2018; 13:6779-6790. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S177163
Tatariants, M., Yousef, S., Sakalauskaitė, S., Daugelavičius, R., Denafas, G., Bendikiene, R. Antimicrobial copper nanoparticles synthesized from waste printed circuit boards using advanced chemical technology. Waste Management 2018; 78(8):521-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.06.016
Kulikova-Borovikova, D., Khroustalyova, G., Chang, C.-R., Daugelavicius, R., Yurkiv, M., Ruchala, J., Sibirny, A., Rapoport, A. Anhydrobiosis in yeast: Glutathione overproduction improves resistance to dehydration of a recombinant Ogataea (Hansenula) polymorpha strain. Proc Biochem. 2018; 71 (8): 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2018.05.016
2017
Tamosiunas M, Kuliešienė N, Daugelavicius R. Implicit dosimetry of microorganism photodynamic inactivation. Proc. SPIE 10592, Biophotonics—Riga 2017, 105920K. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2297221
Varnagiris, S, S. Sakalauskaite, S. Tuckute, M. Lelis, R. Daugelavicius and D. Milcius. Investigation of E. coli bacteria inactivation by photocatalytic activity of TiO2 coated expanded polystyrene foam. Materials Research Express. 2017; 4(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa6604
Mikalayeva V, Sakalauskaitė S, Daugelavičius R. Interaction of ethidium and tetraphenylphosphonium cations with Salmonella enterica cells. Medicina (Kaunas). 2017; 53(2):122-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.04.001
Žūkienė R., Naučienė Z., Šilkūnienė G., Vanagas T., Gulbinas A., Zimkus A. , Mildažienė. Contribution of mitochondria to injury of hepatocytes and liver tissue by hyperthermia. Medicina, 2017, 53(1), 40-49. (IF 1,429). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.01.001
2016
Mildaziene V., Pauzaite G., Malakauskiene A., Zukiene R., Nauciene Z., Filatova I., Azharonok I., Lyushkevich V. Response of Perennial Woody Plants to Seed Treatment by Electromagnetic Field and Low-Temperature Plasma. Bioelectromagnetics. 2016, 37, 536-548. (IF 1,933). https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22003
Mikučionienė, D., R. Milašius, R. Daugelavičius, L. Ragelienė, N. Venslauskaitė, A. Ragaišienė, Ž. Rukuižienė. Preliminary investigation into the antimicrobial activity of an electrospun polyamide nanofibrous web with micro particles of Baltic amber. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2016. 24, 5(119): 34-37. doi:10.5604/12303666.1215524
Orentaite I, Poranen MM, Oksanen HM, Daugelavicius R, Bamford DH. K2 killer toxin-induced physiological changes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Research. 2016; 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/fow003
Svirskaitė J, Oksanen HM, Daugelavičius R, Bamford DH. 2016. Monitoring Physiological Changes in Haloarchaeal Cell during Virus Release. Viruses. 2016; 8(3): E59. https://doi.org/10.3390/v8030059
Kubiliūtė R, Šulskytė I, Daniūnaitė K, Daugelavičius R, Jarmalaitė S. Molecular features of doxorubicin-resistance development in colorectal cancer CX-1 cell line. Medicina (Kaunas). 2016; 52(5):298-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.003
2015
Žūkienė R., Snitka V. Zinc oxide nanoparticle and bovine serum albumin interaction and nanoparticles influence on cytotoxicity in vitro. Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2015. 135, 316-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.07.054
2014
Antanavičiūtė I., Mildazienė V., Stankevičius E, Herdegen T., Skeberdis V. A. 2014. Hyperthermia differently affects connexin43 expression and gap junction permeability in skeletal myoblasts and HeLa cells. Mediators of Inflammation. Article ID 748290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/748290