• DNA methylation regulates miR-140-5p and miR-146a expression in osteoarthritis 

      Papathanasiou I., Trachana V., Mourmoura E., Tsezou A. (2019)
      Aims: Previous studies have demonstrated that transcriptional silencing of miRNAs due to DNA hypermethylation is associated with different pathologies. It has also been reported that abnormal expression of miR-140-5p and ...
    • Glucose Derivative Induced Vasculopathy in Children on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis 

      Bartosova M., Zhang C., Schaefer B., Herzog R., Ridinger D., Damgov I., Levai E., Marinovic I., Eckert C., Romero P., Sallay P., Ujszaszi A., Unterwurzacher M., Wagner A., Hildenbrand G., Warady B.A., Schaefer F., Zarogiannis S.G., Kratochwill K., Schmitt C.P. (2021)
      RATIONALE: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an exceedingly high cardiovascular risk; which further increases in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). The pathophysiological role of reactive metabolites ...
    • Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome in genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: a meta-analysis 

      Schormair B., Zhao C., Bell S., Tilch E., Salminen A.V., Pütz B., Dauvilliers Y., Stefani A., Högl B., Poewe W., Kemlink D., Sonka K., Bachmann C.G., Paulus W., Trenkwalder C., Oertel W.H., Hornyak M., Teder-Laving M., Metspalu A., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Polo O., Fietze I., Ross O.A., Wszolek Z., Butterworth A.S., Soranzo N., Ouwehand W.H., Roberts D.J., Danesh J., Allen R.P., Earley C.J., Ondo W.G., Xiong L., Montplaisir J., Gan-Or Z., Perola M., Vodicka P., Dina C., Franke A., Tittmann L., Stewart A.F.R., Shah S.H., Gieger C., Peters A., Rouleau G.A., Berger K., Oexle K., Di Angelantonio E., Hinds D.A., Müller-Myhsok B., Winkelmann J., Balkau B., Ducimetière P., Eschwège E., Rancière F., Alhenc-Gelas F., Gallois Y., Girault A., Fumeron F., Marre M., Roussel R., Bonnet F., Bonnefond A., Cauchi S., Froguel P., Cogneau J., Born C., Caces E., Cailleau M., Lantieri O., Moreau J.G., Rakotozafy F., Tichet J., Vol S., Agee M., Alipanahi B., Auton A., Bell R.K., Bryc K., Elson S.L., Fontanillas P., Furlotte N.A., Hinds D.A., Hromatka B.S., Huber K.E., Kleinman A., Litterman N.K., McIntyre M.H., Mountain J.L., Northover C.A., Pitts S.J., Sathirapongsasuti J.F., Sazonova O.V., Shelton J.F., Shringarpure S., Tian C., Tung J.Y., Vacic V., Wilson C.H., 23andMe Research Team, DESIR study group, 23andMe Research Team, DESIR study group, DESIR study group, DESIR study group (2017)
      Background Restless legs syndrome is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder with potentially severe mental and physical health consequences. Clearer understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is needed to improve ...
    • On the immunoregulatory role of statins in multiple sclerosis: the effects on Th17 cells 

      Ntolkeras G., Barba C., Mavropoulos A., Vasileiadis G.K., Dardiotis E., Sakkas L.I., Hadjigeorgiou G., Bogdanos D.P. (2019)
      Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs, also possess immunomodulatory properties, affecting among others T cell activation and differentiation, antigen presentation, and regulatory T cell (Tregs) maintenance and ...
    • TGF-β signaling is activated in patients with chronic HBV infection and repressed by SMAD7 overexpression after successful antiviral treatment 

      Argentou N., Germanidis G., Hytiroglou P., Apostolou E., Vassiliadis T., Patsiaoura K., Sideras P., Germenis A.E., Speletas M. (2016)
      Objectives: Although animal studies demonstrated that Smad7 induction ameliorates TGF-β/SMAD-mediated fibrogenesis, its role in human hepatic diseases is rather obscure. Our study explored the activation status of TGF-β/activin ...