• Acute non-A, non-B, non-C hepatitis differences and similarities between hepatitis E virus infection and autoimmune hepatitis, with phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus in humans and wild boars 

      Zachou K., Azariadis K., Sofia M., Lyberopoulou A., Arvaniti P., Gatselis N., Spyrou V., Billinis C., Dalekos G.N. (2022)
      Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection incidence is increasing in Europe, accounting for the majority of acute hepatitis cases. We investigated the prevalence and clinical characteristics of acute hepatitis E (AHE) ...
    • Antimicrobial resistance, flaa sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis of campylobacter isolates from broiler chicken flocks in greece 

      Natsos G., Mouttotou N.K., Magiorkinis E., Ioannidis A., Magana M., Chatzipanagiotou S., Koutoulis K.C. (2021)
      Human campylobacteriosis caused by thermophilic Campylobacter species is the most commonly reported foodborne zoonosis. Consumption of contaminated poultry meat is regarded as the main source of human infection. This study ...
    • Association of codon 72 polymorphism of p53 with the severity of cervical dysplasia, E6-T350G and HPV16 variant lineages in HPV16-infected women 

      Moschonas G.D., Tsakogiannis D., Lamprou K.A., Mastora E., Dimitriou T.G., Kyriakopoulou Z., Kottaridi C., Karakitsos P., Markoulatos P. (2017)
      Purpose. Polymorphic variability in the tumour-suppressor protein p53 at codon 72 has a considerable impact on cervical cancer development. The present study clarified the association between p53 codon 72 genotypes and the ...
    • Cerebral and non-cerebral coenurosis: on the genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Taenia multiceps 

      Christodoulopoulos G., Dinkel A., Romig T., Ebi D., Mackenstedt U., Loos-Frank B. (2016)
      We characterised the causative agents of cerebral and non-cerebral coenurosis in livestock by determining the mitochondrial genotypes and morphological phenotypes of 52 Taenia multiceps isolates from a wide geographical ...
    • Characterization and Quantitative Determination of a Diverse Group of Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis NCIB 3610 Antibacterial Peptides 

      Karagiota A., Tsitsopoulou H., Tasakis R.N., Zoumpourtikoudi V., Touraki M. (2021)
      Five antibacterial peptides produced by Bacillus subtilis NCIB 3610 were purified, quantified, characterized, and identified in the present study. Cell-free extracts were subjected to three purification protocols employing ...
    • Detection and molecular characterization of a new genotype of infectious bursal disease virus in Portugal 

      Legnardi M., Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Koutoulis K., Duarte I., Silva M., Le Tallec B., Cecchinato M. (2022)
      Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is an immunosuppressive pathogen with a bi-segmented, double-stranded RNA genome. Two serotypes, named 1 and 2, are recognized, and serotype 1 is traditionally divided into classical, ...
    • DHLAS: A web-based information system for statistical genetic analysis of HLA population data 

      Thriskos, P.; Zintzaras, E.; Germenis, A. (2007)
      DHLAS (database HLA system) is a user-friendly, web-based information system for the analysis of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) data from population studies. DHLAS has been developed using JAVA and the R system, it runs ...
    • Emergence of a mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone associated with skin and soft tissue infections in Greece 

      Giormezis N., Doudoulakakis A., Tsilipounidaki K., Militsopoulou M., Kalogeras G., Stamouli V., Kolonitsiou F., Petinaki E., Lebessi E., Spiliopoulou I. (2021)
      Background: Staphylococcus aureus causes various infections, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). In this study, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) from SSTIs among patients in three tertiary-care ...
    • ESBL-Producing Moellerella wisconsensis—The Contribution of Wild Birds in the Dissemination of a Zoonotic Pathogen 

      Athanasakopoulou Z., Sofia M., Giannakopoulos A., Papageorgiou K., Chatzopoulos D.C., Spyrou V., Petridou E., Petinaki E., Billinis C. (2022)
      Moellerella wisconsensis is an Enterobacteriaceae with unclarified dispersion and pathogenic-ity. During an ongoing investigation about antimicrobial resistance in Greece, the occurrence of M. wisconsensis was evaluated ...
    • The Neighborhood of the Spike Gene Is a Hotspot for Modular Intertypic Homologous and Nonhomologous Recombination in Coronavirus Genomes 

      Nikolaidis M., Markoulatos P., Van De Peer Y., Oliver S.G., Amoutzias G.D. (2022)
      Coronaviruses (CoVs) have very large RNA viral genomes with a distinct genomic architecture of core and accessory open reading frames (ORFs). It is of utmost importance to understand their patterns and limits of homologous ...
    • Phylogenetic analysis of bird-virulent West Nile virus strain, Greece 

      Valiakos G., Plavos K., Vontas A., Sofia M., Giannakopoulos A., Giannoulis T., Spyrou V., Tsokana C.N., Chatzopoulos D., Kantere M., Diamantopoulos V., Theodorou A., Mpellou S., Tsakris A., Mamuris Z., Billinis C. (2019)
      We report the full polyprotein genomic sequence of a West Nile virus strain isolated from Eurasian magpies dying with neurologic signs in Greece. Our findings demonstrate the local genetic evolution of the West Nile virus ...
    • Predicting the responses of soil nitrite-oxidizers to multi-factorial global change: A trait-based approach 

      Le Roux X., Bouskill N.J., Niboyet A., Barthes L., Dijkstra P., Field C.B., Hungate B.A., Lerondelle C., Pommier T., Tang J., Terada A., Tourna M., Poly F. (2016)
      Soil microbial diversity is huge and a few grams of soil contain more bacterial taxa than there are bird species on Earth. This high diversity often makes predicting the responses of soil bacteria to environmental change ...
    • RAPD markers reveal genetic variation between Cichorium spinosum L. and Taraxacum sp.; A substantial medicinal plants of Greece 

      Shidfar M., Keskin S., Khah E.M., Petropoulos S., Ozdemir F.A., Gokcen I.S. (2018)
      Fifteen Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to measure genetic diversity and genetic relationships between five endemic genera of Mediterranean basin (Greece). Three species of Cichorium spinosum were ...
    • Recurrent horizontal transfer identifies mitochondrial positive selection in a transmissible cancer 

      Strakova A., Nicholls T.J., Baez-Ortega A., Ní Leathlobhair M., Sampson A.T., Hughes K., Bolton I.A.G., Gori K., Wang J., Airikkala-Otter I., Allen J.L., Allum K.M., Arnold C.L., Bansse-Issa L., Bhutia T.N., Bisson J.L., Blank K., Briceño C., Castillo Domracheva A., Corrigan A.M., Cran H.R., Crawford J.T., Cutter S.M., Davis E., de Castro K.F., De Nardi A.B., de Vos A.P., Delgadillo Keenan L., Donelan E.M., Espinoza Huerta A.R., Faramade I.A., Fazil M., Fotopoulou E., Fruean S.N., Gallardo-Arrieta F., Glebova O., Gouletsou P.G., Häfelin Manrique R.F., Henriques J.J.G.P., Horta R.S., Ignatenko N., Kane Y., King C., Koenig D., Krupa A., Kruzeniski S.J., Lanza-Perea M., Lazyan M., Lopez Quintana A.M., Losfelt T., Marino G., Martínez Castañeda S., Martínez-López M.F., Masuruli B.M., Meyer M., Migneco E.J., Nakanwagi B., Neal K.B., Neunzig W., Nixon S.J., Ortega-Pacheco A., Pedraza-Ordoñez F., Peleteiro M.C., Polak K., Pye R.J., Ramirez-Ante J.C., Reece J.F., Rojas Gutierrez J., Sadia H., Schmeling S.K., Shamanova O., Sherlock A.G., Steenland-Smit A.E., Svitich A., Tapia Martínez L.J., Thoya Ngoka I., Torres C.G., Tudor E.M., van der Wel M.G., Vițălaru B.A., Vural S.A., Walkinton O., Wehrle-Martinez A.S., Widdowson S.A.E., Zvarich I., Chinnery P.F., Falkenberg M., Gustafsson C.M., Murchison E.P. (2020)
      Autonomous replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) creates the potential for evolutionary conflict driven by emergence of haplotypes under positive selection for ‘selfish’ traits, such as replicative ...
    • Somatic evolution and global expansion of an ancient transmissible cancer lineage 

      Baez-Ortega A., Gori K., Strakova A., Allen J.L., Allum K.M., Bansse-Issa L., Bhutia T.N., Bisson J.L., Briceño C., Domracheva A.C., Corrigan A.M., Cran H.R., Crawford J.T., Davis E., De Castro K.F., De Nardi A.B., De Vos A.P., Keenan L.D., Donelan E.M., Espinoza Huerta A.R., Faramade I.A., Fazil M., Fotopoulou E., Fruean S.N., Gallardo-Arrieta F., Glebova O., Gouletsou P.G., Häfelin Manrique R.F., Henriques J.J.G.P., Horta R.S., Ignatenko N., Kane Y., King C., Koenig D., Krupa A., Kruzeniski S.J., Kwon Y.-M., Lanza-Perea M., Lazyan M., Lopez Quintana A.M., Losfelt T., Marino G., Castañeda S.M., Martínez-López M.F., Meyer M., Migneco E.J., Nakanwagi B., Neal K.B., Neunzig W., Leathlobhair M.N., Nixon S.J., Ortega-Pacheco A., Pedraza-Ordoñez F., Peleteiro M.C., Polak K., Pye R.J., Reece J.F., Gutierrez J.R., Sadia H., Schmeling S.K., Shamanova O., Sherlock A.G., Stammnitz M., Steenland-Smit A.E., Svitich A., Tapia Martínez L.J., Ngoka I.T., Torres C.G., Tudor E.M., Van Der Wel M.G., Viţălaru B.A., Vural S.A., Walkinton O., Wang J., Wehrle-Martinez A.S., Widdowson S.A.E., Stratton M.R., Alexandrov L.B., Martincorena I., Murchison E.P. (2019)
      The canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) is a cancer lineage that arose several millennia ago and survives by “metastasizing” between hosts through cell transfer. The somatic mutations in this cancer record its ...