• Biochemical genetic variability in brown hares (Lepus europaeus) from Greece 

      Suchentrunk, F.; Mamuris, Z.; Sfougaris, A. I.; Stamatis, C. (2003)
      Allozyme variability of 91 brown hares (Lepus europaeus) from seven regions in Greece was compared to existing data of Bulgarian populations to test the hypothesis of the occurrence of specific alleles in Greece, likely ...
    • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations 

      Boer C.G., Hatzikotoulas K., Southam L., Stefánsdóttir L., Zhang Y., Coutinho de Almeida R., Wu T.T., Zheng J., Hartley A., Teder-Laving M., Skogholt A.H., Terao C., Zengini E., Alexiadis G., Barysenka A., Bjornsdottir G., Gabrielsen M.E., Gilly A., Ingvarsson T., Johnsen M.B., Jonsson H., Kloppenburg M., Luetge A., Lund S.H., Mägi R., Mangino M., Nelissen R.R.G.H.H., Shivakumar M., Steinberg J., Takuwa H., Thomas L.F., Tuerlings M., Loughlin J., Arden N., Birrell F., Carr A., Deloukas P., Doherty M., McCaskie A.W., Ollier W.E.R., Rai A., Ralston S.H., Spector T.D., Wallis G.A., Martinsen A.E., Willer C., Fors E.A., Mundal I., Hagen K., Nilsen K.B., Lie M.U., Børte S., Brumpton B., Nielsen J.B., Fritsche L.G., Zhou W., Heuch I., Storheim K., Tyrpenou E., Koukakis A., Chytas D., Evangelopoulos D.S., Efstathios C., Pneumaticos S., Nikolaou V.S., Malizos K., Anastasopoulou L., Abecasis G., Baras A., Cantor M., Coppola G., Deubler A., Economides A., Lotta L.A., Overton J.D., Reid J.G., Shuldiner A., Karalis K., Siminovitch K., Beechert C., Forsythe C., Fuller E.D., Gu Z., Lattari M., Lopez A., Schleicher T.D., Padilla M.S., Widom L., Wolf S.E., Pradhan M., Manoochehri K., Bai X., Balasubramanian S., Boutkov B., Eom G., Habegger L., Hawes A., Krasheninina O., Lanche R., Mansfield A.J., Maxwell E.K., Nafde M., O'Keeffe S., Orelus M., Panea R., Polanco T., Rasool A., Salerno W., Staples J.C., Li D., Sharma D., Banerjee I., Bovijn J., Locke A., Verweij N., Haas M., Hindy G., De T., Akbari P., Sosina O., Ferreira M.A.R., Jones M.B., Mighty J., LeBlanc M.G., Mitnaul L.J., Babis G.C., Cheung J.P.Y., Kang J.H., Kraft P., Lietman S.A., Samartzis D., Slagboom P.E., Stefansson K., Thorsteinsdottir U., Tobias J.H., Uitterlinden A.G., Winsvold B., Zwart J.-A., Davey Smith G., Sham P.C., Thorleifsson G., Gaunt T.R., Morris A.P., Valdes A.M., Tsezou A., Cheah K.S.E., Ikegawa S., Hveem K., Esko T., Wilkinson J.M., Meulenbelt I., Lee M.T.M., van Meurs J.B.J., Styrkársdóttir U., Zeggini E., arcOGEN Consortium, HUNT All-In Pain, ARGO Consortium, Regeneron Genetics Center (2021)
      Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and identify 100 independently associated ...
    • Genetic diversity and structure of Rhizobium leguminosarum populations associated with clover plants are influenced by local environmental variables 

      Stefan A., Van Cauwenberghe J., Rosu C.M., Stedel C., Labrou N.E., Flemetakis E., Efrose R.C. (2018)
      The identification and conservation of indigenous rhizobia associated with legume plants and their application as biofertilizers is becoming an agricultural worldwide priority. However, little is known about the genetic ...
    • Genetic variation in populations of the endangered fish Ladigesocypris ghigii and its implications for conservation 

      Mamuris, Z.; Stoumboudi, M. T.; Stamatis, C.; Barbieri, R.; Moutou, K. A. (2005)
      1. The genetic variation of the endangered freshwater fish Ladigesocypris ghigii, endemic to the island of Rhodes (Greece), was investigated for nine populations, originating from seven different stream systems and a ...
    • Genetic variation of Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) sampled from different hosts and localities in Greece 

      Margaritopoulos, J. T.; Bacandritsos, N.; Pekas, A. N.; Stamatis, C.; Mamuris, Z.; Tsitsipis, J. A. (2003)
      Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was applied to 120 individuals of Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius) representing six populations collected in northern, central and southern mainland Greece. One population ...
    • Genomic diversity and population structure of three autochthonous Greek sheep breeds assessed with genome-wide DNA arrays 

      Michailidou S., Tsangaris G., Fthenakis G.C., Tzora A., Skoufos I., Karkabounas S.C., Banos G., Argiriou A., Arsenos G. (2018)
      In the present study, genome-wide genotyping was applied to characterize the genetic diversity and population structure of three autochthonous Greek breeds: Boutsko, Karagouniko and Chios. Dairy sheep are among the most ...
    • GWAR: Robust analysis and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies 

      Dimou N.L., Tsirigos K.D., Elofsson A., Bagos P.G. (2017)
      Motivation: In the context of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), there is a variety of statistical techniques in order to conduct the analysis, but, in most cases, the underlying genetic model is usually unknown. Under ...
    • Large-scale replication and heterogeneity in Parkinson disease genetic loci 

      Sharma, M.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Aasly, J. O.; Annesi, G.; Brice, A.; Van Broeckhoven, C.; Bertram, L.; Bozi, M.; Crosiers, D.; Clarke, C.; Facheris, M.; Farrer, M.; Garraux, G.; Gispert, S.; Auburger, G.; Vilariño-Güell, C.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M.; Hicks, A. A.; Hattori, N.; Jeon, B.; Lesage, S.; Lill, C. M.; Lin, J. J.; Lynch, T.; Lichtner, P.; Lang, A. E.; Mok, V.; Jasinska-Myga, B.; Mellick, G. D.; Morrison, K. E.; Opala, G.; Pramstaller, P. P.; Pichler, I.; Park, S. S.; Quattrone, A.; Rogaeva, E.; Ross, O. A.; Stefanis, L.; Stockton, J. D.; Satake, W.; Silburn, P. A.; Theuns, J.; Tan, E. K.; Toda, T.; Tomiyama, H.; Uitti, R. J.; Wirdefeldt, K.; Wszolek, Z.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Yueh, K. C.; Zhao, Y.; Gasser, T.; Maraganore, D.; Krüger, R. (2012)
      Objective: Eleven genetic loci have reached genome-wide significance in a recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in Parkinson disease (PD) based on populations of Caucasian descent. The extent to which ...
    • Major histocompatibility complex variation at class II DQA locus in the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) 

      Koutsogiannouli, E. A.; Moutou, K. A.; Sarafidou, T.; Stamatis, C.; Spyrou, V.; Mamuris, Z. (2009)
      The major histocompatability complex (MHC) is a multigene family of receptors that bind and present antigenic peptides to T-cells. Genes of the MHC are characterized by an outstanding genetic polymorphism, which is considered ...
    • Micro-evolutionary change in relation to insecticide resistance in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae 

      Fenton, B.; Margaritopoulos, J. T.; Malloch, G. L.; Foster, S. P. (2010)
      2. Asexual organisms rely on mutation whereas sexual organisms combine mutation with recombination. 3. Few organisms provide examples of species that are both sexual and asexual, but aphids do. 4. To examine evolution on ...
    • Microsatellite analysis of olive fly populations in the mediterranean indicates a westward expansion of the species 

      Augustinos, A. A.; Mamuris, Z.; Stratikopoulos, E.; D'Amelio, S.; Zacharopoulou, A.; Mathiopoulos, K. D. (2005)
      Bactrocera oleae is the major insect pest of the olive fruit. Twelve microsatellite loci isolated from the genome of this insect were used in a Mediterranean-wide population analysis. These loci were highly polymorphic ...
    • Mitogenomic analysis in European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) proposes genetic and functional differentiation between the distinct lineages 

      Giannoulis T., Stamatis C., Tsipourlianos A., Mamuris Z. (2018)
      European brown hare is a small game species spreading across Europe to Asia Minor, with important economic traits. Population genetics studies using mitochondrial DNA markers have revealed the existence of two major ...
    • Pharmacogenetic analysis of TNF, TNFRSF1A, and TNFRSF1B gene polymorphisms and prediction of response to anti-TNF therapy in psoriasis patients in the greek population 

      Vasilopoulos, Y.; Manolika, M.; Zafiriou, E.; Sarafidou, T.; Bagiatis, V.; Krüger-Krasagaki, S.; Tosca, A.; Patsatsi, A.; Sotiriadis, D.; Mamuris, Z.; Roussaki-Schulze, A. (2012)
      Background: Although biologic therapies have revolutionized the treatment of psoriasis, patients exhibit a substantial heterogeneous response that could be due to complex genetic heterogeneity. Objective: The aim of this ...
    • Phylogeography of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations: The effects of historical genetic subdivisions and recent nonequilibrium dynamics 

      Randi, E.; Alves, P. C.; Carranza, J.; Milosevic-Zlatanovi, S.; Sfougaris, A.; Mucci, N. (2004)
      We sequenced 704 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control-region nucleotides and genotyped 11 autosomal microsatellites (STR) in 617 European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) samples, aiming to infer the species' phylogeographical ...
    • Tracking the global dispersal of a cosmopolitan insect pest, the peach potato aphid 

      Margaritopoulos, J. T.; Kasprowicz, L.; Malloch, G. L.; Fenton, B. (2009)
      Background. Global commerce and human transportation are responsible for the range expansion of various insect pests such as the plant sucking aphids. High resolution DNA markers provide the opportunity to examine the ...
    • TREM2 R47H (rs75932628) variant is unlikely to contribute to Multiple Sclerosis susceptibility and severity in a large Greek MS cohort 

      Rikos D., Siokas V., Aloizou A.-M., Tsouris Z., Aslanidou P., Koutsis G., Anagnostouli M., Bogdanos D.P., Grigoriadis N., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Dardiotis E. (2019)
      Background: Multiple Sclerosis is a multifactorial autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, characterized by focal inflammation, demyelination and secondary axonal injury. TREM2 is a signaling protein which ...
    • The use of various statistical methods for authenticity and detection of adulteration in fish and seafood 

      Kotsanopoulos K., Martsikalis P.V., Gkafas G.A., Exadactylos A. (2022)
      Various methodologies including genetic analyses, morphometrics, proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, etc. are now used or being developed to authenticate fish and seafood. Such techniques usually lead to the generation ...