• Infectious triggers of primary biliary cirrhosis: Do we know enough? 

      Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Zen, Y.; Koutsoumpas, A.; Baum, H.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2011)
      Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an immune mediated liver disease directed against the biliary epithelial cells of the small bile ducts. The disease is characterised by circulating antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA), as ...
    • Popular and unpopular infectious agents linked to primary biliary cirrhosis 

      Koutsoumpas, A. L.; Kriese, S.; Rigopoulou, E. I. (2012)
      Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a progressive cholestatic liver disease characterized by the autoimmune destruction of the biliary epithelial cells of the small and medium-size bile ducts. The disease affects middle ...
    • Towards systemic sclerosis and away from primary biliary cirrhosis: The case of PTPN22 

      Smyk, D. S.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Milkiewicz, P.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)
      Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of the small and medium size intrahepatic bile ducts. PBC patients often have concomitant autoimmune ...