• 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 ...
    • The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis 

      Sakkas L.I., Bogdanos D.P. (2016)
      Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by extensive collagen deposition, microvasculopathy and autoantibodies. All three features can be promoted by activation of T cells and B cells. T cells are of Th2 type producing ...