• Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies nine new risk loci for primary sclerosing cholangitis 

      Liu, J. Z.; Hov, J. R.; Folseraas, T.; Ellinghaus, E.; Rushbrook, S. M.; Doncheva, N. T.; Andreassen, O. A.; Weersma, R. K.; Weismüller, T. J.; Eksteen, B.; Invernizzi, P.; Hirschfield, G. M.; Gotthardt, D. N.; Pares, A.; Ellinghaus, D.; Shah, T.; Juran, B. D.; Milkiewicz, P.; Rust, C.; Schramm, C.; Muler, T.; Srivastava, B.; Dalekos, G.; Nöthen, M. M.; Herms, S.; Winkelmann, J.; Mitrovic, M.; Braun, F.; Ponsioen, C. Y.; Croucher, P. J. P.; Sterneck, M.; Teufel, A.; Andrew, L. Mason; Saarela, J.; Leppa, V.; Dorfman, R.; Alvaro, D.; Floreani, A.; Onengut-Gumuscu, S.; Rich, S. S.; Thompson, W. K.; Schork, A. J.; Næss, S.; Thomsen, I.; Mayr, G.; König, I. R.; Hveem, K.; Cleynen, I.; Gutierrez-Achury, J.; Ricaño-Ponce, I.; Van Heel, D.; Björnsson, E.; Sandford, R. N.; Durie, P. R.; Melum, E.; Vatn, M. H.; Silverberg, M. S.; Duerr, R. H.; Padyukov, L.; Brand, S.; Sans, M.; Annese, V.; Achkar, J. P.; Boberg, K. M.; Marschall, H. U.; Chazouillères, O.; Bowlus, C. L.; Wijmenga, C.; Schrumpf, E.; Vermeire, S.; Albrecht, M.; Rioux, J. D.; Alexander, G.; Bergquist, A.; Cho, J.; Schreiber, S.; Manns, M. P.; Färkkilä, M.; Dale, A. M.; Chapman, R. W.; Konstantinos, N. Lazaridis; Franke, A.; Anderson, C. A.; Karlsen, T. H. (2013)
      Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a severe liver disease of unknown etiology leading to fibrotic destruction of the bile ducts and ultimately to the need for liver transplantation. We compared 3,789 PSC cases of ...
    • Familial primary biliary cirrhosis: Like mother, like daughter? 

      Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Pares, A.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)
      The reasons underlying why autoimmune diseases overwhelmingly affect women more than men are not clear. Nor are the reasons why autoimmune disease is more prevalent in families. This review uses primary biliary cirrhosis ...
    • Immunopathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis: an old wives' tale 

      Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Lleo, A.; Abeles, R. D.; Mavropoulos, A.; Billinis, C.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2011)
      Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease characterised by the autoimmune destruction of the small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease has an unpredictable clinical course, but may progress to fibrosis ...
    • Infectome: A platform to trace infectious triggers of autoimmunity 

      Bogdanos, D. P.; Smyk, D. S.; Invernizzi, P.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Blank, M.; Pouria, S.; Shoenfeld, Y. (2013)
      The "exposome" is a term recently used to describe all environmental factors, both exogenous and endogenous, which we are exposed to in a lifetime. It represents an important tool in the study of autoimmunity, complementing ...
    • PBC Screen: An IgG/IgA dual isotype ELISA detecting multiple mitochondrial and nuclear autoantibodies specific for primary biliary cirrhosis 

      Liu, H.; Norman, G. L.; Shums, Z.; Worman, H. J.; Krawitt, E. L.; Bizzaro, N.; Vergani, D.; Bogdanos, D. P.; Dalekos, G. N.; Milkiewicz, P.; Czaja, A. J.; Heathcote, E. J.; Hirschfield, G. M.; Tan, E. M.; Miyachi, K.; Bignotto, M.; Battezzati, P. M.; Lleo, A.; Leung, P. S.; Podda, M.; Gershwin, M. E.; Invernizzi, P. (2010)
      A dual isotype (IgG, IgA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) designed to provide enhanced detection of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)-specific autoantibodies against both major mitochondrial and nuclear antigens ...
    • Serum autoantibodies: From identification to clinical relevance 

      Invernizzi, P.; Bossuyt, X.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2013)
    • Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 

      Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Pares, A.; Billinis, C.; Burroughs, A. K.; Muratori, L.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)
      Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune origin, characterised by the destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease has an unpredictable clinical course but may progress to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Tracing environmental markers of autoimmunity: introducing the infectome 

      Bogdanos, D. P.; Smyk, D. S.; Invernizzi, P.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Blank, M.; Sakkas, L.; Pouria, S.; Shoenfeld, Y. (2013)
      We recently introduced the concept of the infectome as a means of studying all infectious factors which contribute to the development of autoimmune disease. It forms the infectious part of the exposome, which collates all ...
    • Vitamin D in autoimmune liver disease 

      Smyk, D. S.; Orfanidou, T.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P.; Lenzi, M. (2013)
      The development of autoimmune disease is based on the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental causes. Environmental factors include infectious and noninfectious agents, with some of these factors being ...