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(2-Heremans-schmid glycoprotein (fetuin A) downregulation and its utility in inflammatory bowel disease

Manolakis A.C., Christodoulidis G., Kapsoritakis A.N., Georgoulias P., Tiaka E.K., Oikonomou K., Valotassiou V.J., Potamianos S.P. (2017)

AIM: To investigate the impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on α2-Heremans-Schmid Glycoprotein (AHSG/fetuin A) and potential associations with disease and patient characteristics. METHODS: AHSG serum levels were ...

A 72-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and a History of Malignancy

Perlepe G., Karetsi E., Papamichali R., Papadopoulos D., Chevas A., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)

A 72-year-old woman, nonsmoker, presented with approximately 2 months of nonproductive cough. The cough was initially intermittent, occurred more regularly during bedtime, but gradually became more frequent throughout the ...

ACOS syndrome: Single disease entity or not? Could exhaled nitric oxide be a useful biomarker for the differentiation of ACOS, asthma and COPD?

Karampitsakos T., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2016)

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represent two major public health problems. However, there is a significant proportion of patients with a mixed asthma-COPD phenotype. This condition is defined as ...

Alpha-actinin: A multidisciplinary protein with important role in B-cell driven autoimmunity

Kikonomou, K. G.; Zachou, K.; Dalekos, G. N. (2011)

Alpha-actinin (α-actinin) is a ubiquitous cytoskeletal protein, which belongs to the superfamily of filamentous actin (F-actin) crosslinking proteins. It is present in multiple subcellular regions of both muscle and ...

The annual direct costs of stable COPD in Greece

Stafyla E., Geitona M., Kerenidi T., Economou A., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2018)

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) places a major burden on health care systems and has substantial economic effects; however, the cost of stable disease in Greece has never been thoroughly explored. ...

Apremilast increases IL-10-producing regulatory B cells and decreases proinflammatory T cells and innate cells in psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis

Mavropoulos A., Zafiriou E., Simopoulou T., Brotis A.G., Liaskos C., Roussaki-Schulze A., Katsiari C.G., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2019)

Objectives: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis are immune-mediated inflammatory diseases sharing common immunological mechanisms. Regulatory B cells (Breg cells) producing IL-10 (B10 cells), a critical anti-inflammatory ...

Ascites in a patient with episodic angio-oedema and eosinophilia: Thinking outside the box

Rigopoulou E.I., Ioannou M., Papadamou G., Dalekos G.N. (2017)

Episodic angio-oedema with eosinophilia (EAE) or Gleich's syndrome is a rare condition characterised by recurrent episodes of oedema and eosinophilia, accompanied by urticaria, fever and weight gain. The presence of ascites ...

Association of FCGR2A with the response to infliximab treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Montes, A.; Perez-Pampin, E.; Narváez, J.; Cañete, J. D.; Navarro-Sarabia, F.; Moreira, V.; Fernández-Nebro, A.; Del Carmen Ordóñez, M.; De La Serna, A. R.; Magallares, B.; Vasilopoulos, Y.; Sarafidou, T.; Caliz, R.; Ferrer, M. A.; Joven, B.; Carreira, P.; Gómez-Reino, J. J.; Gonzalez, A. (2014)

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess a functional polymorphism in FCGR2A H131R, for association with the treatment response to Fc-containing inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF). METHODS: A total of 429 biologic-naive ...

Autoantibodies in autoimmune pancreatitis

Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Koutsoumpas, A. L.; Kriese, S.; Burroughs, A. K.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was first used to describe cases of pancreatitis with narrowing of the pancreatic duct, enlargement of the pancreas, hyper - globulinaemia, and antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity serologically. ...

Can pharmacologic agents speed the rate of resorption of pleural fluid?

Zarogiannis S.G., Kalomenidis I. (2015)

Purpose of review Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem resulting from a wide range of diseases. Treatment options include targeting the primary cause or, in persistent cases, invasive removal of the excess fluid ...

Cancer-associated stroke: Pathophysiology, detection and management (Review)

Dardiotis E., Aloizou A.-M., Markoula S., Siokas V., Tsarouhas K., Tzanakakis G., Libra M., Kyritsis A.P., Brotis A.G., Aschner M., Gozes I., Bogdanos D.P., Spandidos D.A., Mitsias P.D., Tsatsakis A. (2019)

Numerous types of cancer have been shown to be associated with either ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. In this review, the epidemiology and pathophysiology of stroke in cancer patients is discussed, while providing vital ...

Classification of COPD patients and compliance to recommended treatment in Greece according to GOLD 2017 report: the RELICO study

Tzanakis N., Koulouris N., Dimakou K., Gourgoulianis K., Kosmas E., Chasapidou G., Konstantinidis A., Kyriakopoulos C., Kontakiotis T., Rapti A., Gaga M., Kalafatakis K., Kostikas K. (2021)

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multifactorial clinical condition, characterized by chronic progressive (or worsening) respiratory symptoms, structural pulmonary abnormalities, and impaired ...

Clinical features and outcomes of patients with tubercular uveitis treated with antitubercular therapy in the collaborative ocular tuberculosis study (COTS)-1

Agrawal R., Gunasekeran D.V., Grant R., Agarwal A., Kon O.M., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Phaik C.S., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Raje D., Cunningham E., Kempen J., Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Study Group (2017)

IMPORTANCE Eradication of systemic tuberculosis (TB) has been limited by neglected populations and the HIV pandemic. Whereas ocular TB often presents as uveitis without any prior evidence of systemic TB, the existing ...

The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Report 3: Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis and Management of Tubercular Uveitis: Global Trends

Agarwal A., Agrawal R., Gunasekaran D.V., Raje D., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Chee S.P., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2019)

Purpose: To analyze the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ocular fluids in management of tubercular (TB) anterior, intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Methods: In Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study ...

Concurrent cardiac sarcoidosis and obstructive sleep apnea presenting as arrhythmias

Malli F., Bardaka F., Gourgoulianis K.I., Daniil Z. (2020)

Background: Cardiac involvement is a rare and potentially fatal presentation of sarcoidosis. Obstructive sleep apnea may complicate sarcoidosis. Case presentation: We report a case of a sarcoidosis patient with cardiac ...

COVID-19 associated pulmonary embolism with D-dimer values within the referent range: A case report and review of the literature

Javorac J., Živanovic D., Stojkov S., Milicic J.D., Fradelos E., Savic N. (2021)

OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 is associated with an increased incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE). Elevated D-dimer levels are linked to an increased risk of PE and poor clinical outcome. We reported a case of PE in a COVID-19 ...

Current guidelines for the management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Antoniou, K. M.; Daniil, Z.; Polychronopoulos, V.; Papiris, S.; Bouros, D. (2012)

Deciphering anti-MOG IgG antibodies: Clinical and radiological spectrum, and comparison of antibody detection assays

Tzartos J.S., Karagiorgou K., Tzanetakos D., Breza M., Evangelopoulos M.E., Pelidou S.-H., Bakirtzis C., Nikolaidis I., Koutsis G., Notas K., Chroni E., Markakis I., Grigoriadis N.C., Anagnostouli M., Orologas A., Parisis D., Karapanayiotides T., Papadimitriou D., Kostadima V., Elloul J., Xidakis I., Maris T., Zisimopoulou P., Tzartos S., Kilidireas C. (2020)

IgG antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) detected by cell based assays (CBA) have been identified in a constantly expanding spectrum of CNS demyelinating disorders. However, a universally accepted CBA ...

Diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary health care physicians

Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Hamos, B.; Rizopoulou, D.; Efthimiou, A.; Christou, K.; Molyvdas, P. A. (2001)

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of the role of primary health care physicians in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)). METHOD: Sixty-five primary care ...

Disease management knowledge is poor in Greek patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease before entering pulmonary rehabilitation: A qualitative study

Siafaka M.D., Kortianou E.A., Mavronasou A., Rovina N., Koulouris N.G. (2022)

INTRODUCTION Patient knowledge on important self-management topics of COPD is low. Education component of pulmonary rehabilitation may increase knowledge, facilitate health behavior change and improve self-efficacy. The ...