Listar por autor "Germenis, A."
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Absence of aprataxin gene mutations in a Greek cohort with sporadic early onset ataxia and normal GAA triplets in frataxin gene
Daiou, C.; Christodoulou, K.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Panas, M.; Dardiotis, E.; Kladi, A.; Speletas, M.; Ntaios, G.; Papadimitriou, A.; Germenis, A.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2010)Phenotype of patients with the aprataxin gene mutation varies and according to previous studies, screening of aprataxin gene could be useful, once frataxin gene mutation is excluded in patients with normal GAA expansion ... -
Acute phase markers for the differentiation of infectious and malignant pleural effusions
Kiropoulos, T. S.; Kostikas, K.; Oikonomidi, S.; Tsilioni, I.; Nikoulis, D.; Germenis, A.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2007)Acute-phase markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), have been studied in inflammatory and malignant disorders. We examined the diagnostic value of these ... -
Adiponectin: A New Independent Predictor of Liver Steatosis and Response to IFN-alpha Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis C
Zografos, T. A.; Liaskos, C.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Togousidis, E.; Makaritsis, K.; Germenis, A.; Dalekos, G. N. (2008)OBJECTIVES: To compare serum adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha among patients with viral liver diseases; to investigate associations of serum adiponectin and TNF-alpha with histological or viral characteristics ... -
Alterations of leptin during IFN-alpha therapy in patients with chronic viral hepatitis
Zografos, T. A.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Liaskos, C.; Togousidis, E.; Zachou, K.; Gatselis, N.; Germenis, A.; Dalekos, G. N. (2006)Background/Aims: Leptin has a particular profibrogenic role in the liver. We investigated whether IFN-alpha influences leptin production in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and C (CHC). Leptin was determined in ... -
Analysis of SLC40A1(Ferroportin 1) gene at mrna level reveals rapidly the causative mutations in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis type IV
Speletas, M.; Kioumi, A.; Loules, G.; Kalala, F.; Katodritou, E.; Tsitouridis, I.; Hytiroglou, P.; Christakis, J.; Korantzis, I.; Germenis, A. (2007) -
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-2 (CCP2) autoantibodies and extra-articular manifestations in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Alexiou, I.; Germenis, A.; Koutroumpas, A.; Kontogianni, A.; Theodoridou, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2008)The objective of our study was to establish whether there is an association between rheumatoid arthritis with extra-articular manifestations (exRA) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide 2 (anti-CCP2) antibodies in Greeks. ... -
Clinical, functional and biochemical changes during recovery from COPD exacerbations
Koutsokera, A.; Kiropoulos, T. S.; Nikoulis, D. J.; Daniil, Z. D.; Tsolaki, V.; Tanou, K.; Papaioannou, A. I.; Germenis, A.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Kostikas, K. (2009)The pathways underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (ECOPD) remain unclear. This study describes the clinical., functional and biochemical changes during recovery from ECOPD. Thirty hospitalized ... -
Co-expression patterns of tumor-associated antigen genes by non-small cell lung carcinomas: Implications for immunotherapy
Karanikas, V.; Tsochas, S.; Boukas, K.; Kerenidi, T.; Nakou, M.; Dahabreh, J.; Poularakis, T.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Germenis, A. (2008) -
Country specific serum IgE reactivity profile and concordance with allergic history among acute lymphoblastic leukemia children and controls
Lariou, M. S.; Dikalioti, S.; Dessypris, N.; Pourtsidis, A.; Baka, M.; Polychronopoulou, S.; Piperopoulou, F. A.; Moschovi, M.; Fragandrea, I.; Kalmanti, M.; Germenis, A.; Petridou, E. (2012) -
Cytokine levels in the sera of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Tsoutsou, P. G.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Petinaki, E.; Germenis, A.; Tsoutsou, A. G.; Mpaka, M.; Efremidou, S.; Molyvdas, P. A. (2006)Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fibroprotiferative disorder. Cytokines contribute an important but yet undefined role to its pathogenesis. Objectives: The present study aims to compare serum levels of ... -
Determinants of cancer immunotherapy success
Karanikas, V.; Germenis, A. (2010) -
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 ... -
Diagnostic value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Alexiou, I.; Germenis, A.; Ziogas, A.; Theodoridou, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2007)Background: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies have been of diagnostic value in Northern European Caucasian patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA). In these populations, anti-CCP antibodies are ... -
Diagnostic value of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with extra-articular manifestations
Alexiou, I.; Germenis, A.; Ziogas, A.; Koutroumbas, A.; Theodoridou, K.; Kontogianni, A.; Sakkas, L. I. (2007) -
Expression patterns of endothelin-1 and its receptors in colorectal cancer
Liakou, P.; Tepetes, K.; Germenis, A.; Leventaki, V.; Atsaves, V.; Patsouris, E.; Roidis, N.; Hatzitheophilou, K.; Rassidakis, G. Z. (2012)Background and Objectives Endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstricting peptide, plays an important role in carcinogenesis. Previous in vitro studies have shown that colorectal cancer cells produce ET-1. Methods: ET-1 and ... -
IgA antibodies against deamidated gliadin peptides in patients with chronic liver diseases
Gatselis, N. K.; Zachou, K.; Norman, G. L.; Tzellas, G.; Speletas, M.; Gabeta, S.; Germenis, A.; Koukoulis, G. K.; Dalekos, G. N. (2012)Background/aims: IgA antibodies against tissue-transglutaminase (anti-tTG-IgA) and IgA and IgG antibodies against deamidated gliadin peptides (anti-DGP-IgA and anti-DGP-IgG) are considered specific for celiac disease (CD) ... -
Immunological mimic features of visceral leishmaniasis may systemic lupus erythematosus
Sakkas, L. I.; Boulbou, M.; Kyriakou, D.; Makri, I.; Sinani, C.; Germenis, A.; Stathakis, N. (2008)Objective: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by the intracellular parasite Leishmania, can present with fever, splenomegaly, pancytopenias, hypergammaglobulinemia, and autoantibody production. These features may mimic ... -
Impaired degradation and aberrant phagocytosis of necrotic cell debris in the peripheral blood of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome
Fragoulis, G. E.; Vakrakou, A. G.; Papadopoulou, A.; Germenis, A.; Kanavakis, E.; Moutsopoulos, H. M.; Manoussakis, M. N. (2015)Aberrant removal of necrotic debris is considered a feature with inflammatory consequences in SLE. Herein, primary Sjogren's syndrome (SS) patients were investigated for the first time for the capacity of their sera to ... -
Leptin receptor isoforms mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic viral hepatitis
Stefanou, N.; Satra, M.; Papanikolaou, V.; Kalala, F.; Gatselis, N.; Germenis, A.; Dalekos, G. N.; Tsezou, A. (2006)There is accumulating evidence that leptin has a pleiotropic role in hematopoiesis, immune response, fibrogenesis, and hepatocarcinogenesis. We investigated the expression of leptin and leptin receptor (OB-R) at the protein ... -
Low-frequency cd8+T cell precursors specific for survivin and survivin-2b in cancer patients: A caveat for immunotherapy?
Karanikas, V.; Soukou, F.; Kalala, F.; Kerenidi, T.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Germenis, A. (2008)