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Infectious triggers of primary biliary cirrhosis: Do we know enough?
(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 ... -
International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study: protocol of a prospective observational cohort study on clinical and biological predictors of disease course and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome
(2017)Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy with a highly variable clinical presentation, course, and outcome. The factors that determine the clinical variation of GBS are poorly understood which ... -
Legal aspects on environmental noise and urban soundscape rehabilitation in mediterranean countries: The case of greece
(2012)Noise is an important environmental factor affecting the degradation of the urban environment and the quality of life especially where climatology favors outdoor activities and nightlife. In Greece, quality of life has ... -
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Microbiome in multiple sclerosis; where are we, what we know and do not know
(2020)An increase of multiple sclerosis (MS) incidence has been reported during the last decade, and this may be connected to environmental factors. This review article aims to encapsulate the current advances targeting the study ... -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school students in Greece
(2005)Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the requirements and practical steps for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission among high school student populations in two regional high schools ... -
Norovirus waterborne outbreak in Chalkidiki, Greece, 2015: Detection of GI.P2_GI.2 and GII.P16_GII.13 unusual strains
(2019)Noroviruses, along with rotaviruses, are among the leading causes of gastroenteritis worldwide and novel strains are periodically emerging. In August 2015, an unusual increase of gastroenteritis cases occurred in a touristic ... -
Otitis media with effusion prevalence in mountainous/rural and urban environment in greece
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Pharmacogenetics and psoriasis: Is targeted treatment a possibility?
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Popular and unpopular infectious agents linked to primary biliary cirrhosis
(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 ... -
Primary biliary cirrhosis: Family stories
(2011)Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic immune-mediated cholestatic liver disease of unknown aetiology which affects mostly women in middle age. Familial PBC is when PBC affects more than one member of the same family, ... -
Regulatory B and T lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis: friends or foes?
(2018)Current clinical experience with immunomodulatory agents and monoclonal antibodies in principle has established the benefit of depleting lymphocytic populations in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). B and T ... -
Risk and environmental factors associated with the presence of canine parvovirus type 2 in diarrheic dogs from thessaly, central greece
(2021)Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) primarily infects dogs, which are the main host reservoir, causing severe gastrointestinal disease associated with immunosuppression. The present study was conducted in Thessaly, Greece and ... -
Risk factor genes in patients with dystonia: A comprehensive review
(2019)Background: Dystonia is a movement disorder with high heterogeneity regarding phenotypic appearance and etiology that occurs in both sporadic and familial forms. The etiology of the disease remains unknown. However, there ... -
The role of invariant NKT in autoimmune liver disease: Can Vitamin D Act as an Immunomodulator?
(2018)Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a distinct lineage of T cells which express both the T cell receptor (TCR) and natural killer (NK) cell markers. Invariant NKT (iNKT) cells bear an invariant TCR and recognize a small variety ... -
Seasonal cellular stress responses of commercially important invertebrates at different habitats of the North Aegean Sea
(2020)In many aquatic species, the negative effect of temperature variations has a significant impact on physiological performance since beyond Tp (upper pejus) and Tc (critical temperatures), according to the oxygen- and ... -
T-cells and B-cells in systemic sclerosis
(2010)Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by activation of fibroblasts with extensive deposition of collagen, by small vessel vasculopathy with fibrointimal proliferation, and activation of the immune system, with hyper-γ- ... -
Towards a better pesticide policy for the European Union
(2017)This opinion article aims to foster the debate about pesticide legislation in the European Union (EU). Numerous formerly authorized and widely used pesticides are now banned in the EU because unexpected and unacceptable ... -
Vegetable organosulfur compounds and their health promoting effects
(2017)Background: Trends in modern pharmaceutical science show an increase in demand for new drugs and diet supplements derived from natural products, while during the last decades, great research is conducted regarding the ... -
Working in a warming world: Translating thermal physiology to policy-relevant information
(2022)[No abstract available]