• A bioinformatics analysis reveals novel pathogens as molecular mimicry triggers of systemic sclerosis 

      Gkoutzourelas A., Barmakoudi M., Bogdanos D.P. (2020)
      A recent bioinformatic analysis revealing dominant B cell epitopes of systemic sclerosis-specific autoantibodies, including anti-centromere B, anti-topoisomerase I and anti-fibrillarin, has demonstrated the existence of ...
    • Disease-related autoantibody profile in patients with systemic sclerosis 

      Liaskos C., Marou E., Simopoulou T., Barmakoudi M., Efthymiou G., Scheper T., Meyer W., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2017)
      Background: Autoantibodies (autoAbs) help in diagnosis and predicting clinical phenotypes in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Aim of the study: To determine the clinical utility of 13 SSc-related autoAbs in SSc patients. Material ...
    • Increased immunoreactivity against human cytomegalovirus UL83 in systemic sclerosis 

      Marou E., Liaskos C., Efthymiou G., Dardiotis E., Daponte A., Scheper T., Meyer W., Hadjigeorgiou G., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2017)
      Objective. To study immunoreactivity against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in systemic sclerosis (SSc), since HCMV has been put forward as a candidate infectious cause. Methods. Eighty four patients with SSc (67 females; ...
    • Multiparametric autoantibody profiling of patients with systemic sclerosis in Greece 

      Liaskos C., Marou E., Simopoulou T., Gkoutzourelas A., Barmakoudi M., Efthymiou G., Scheper T., Meyer W., Katsiari C.G., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2018)
      Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by a wide range of disease-specific and disease-related autoantibodies (autoAbs). Profile assays have been developed and are currently ...
    • Second generation analysis of antinuclear antibody (ANA) by combination of screening and confirmatory testing 

      Scholz J., Grossmann K., Knütter I., Hiemann R., Sowa M., Röber N., Rödiger S., Schierack P., Reinhold D., Bogdanos D.P., Meroni P.L., Radice A., Conrad K., Roggenbuck D. (2015)
      Background: For the serological diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, a two-tier approach starting with sensitive antinuclear antibody (ANA) detection by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on HEp-2 cells ...