Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "LIVER-DISEASE"

Anti-cardiolipin antibodies in patients with chronic viral hepatitis are independent of beta2-glycoprotein I cofactor or features of antiphospholipid syndrome

Zachou, K.; Liaskos, C.; Christodoulou, D. K.; Kardasi, M.; Papadamou, G.; Gatselis, N.; Georgiadou, S. P.; Tsianos, E. V.; Dalekos, G. N. (2003)

Background Although controversial, some authorities have implicated hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a cause of anti-phospholipid syndrome (APLS). Anti-cardiolipin antibodies (anti-CLAbs) in APLS are cofactor-dependent ('pathogenic' ...

Association between the primary biliary cirrhosis specific anti-sp100 antibodies and recurrent urinary tract infection

Bogdanos, D. P.; Baum, H.; Butler, P.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Davies, E. T.; Ma, Y.; Burroughs, A. K.; Vergani, D. (2003)

Background and aims. Recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI) have been suggested to be involved in the induction of anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA), the serological hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), in ...

Autoimmunity and Environment: Am I at risk?

Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Baum, H.; Burroughs, A. K.; Vergani, D.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)

The complex interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility plays an essential role in disease pathogenesis. This is especially true for autoimmunity, where clinical reports, genomic and epidemiological ...

Comparison of simplified score with the revised original score for the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis: A new or a complementary diagnostic score?

Gatselis, N. K.; Zachou, K.; Papamichalis, P.; Koukoulis, G. K.; Gabeta, S.; Dalekos, G. N.; Rigopoulou, E. I. (2010)

Background and aims: The International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group developed a simplified score for autoimmune hepatitis. We assessed this "new scoring system" and compared it with the International Autoimmune Hepatitis ...

Cultivation of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.), a medicinal weed

Karkanis, A.; Bilalis, D.; Efthimiadou, A. (2011)

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.) is the most researched plant for the treatment of liver disease. Its therapeutic properties are due to the presence of silymarin, a mixture of three flavonolignans (silybin, ...

Descriptive epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B by using data from a hepatitis registry in Central Greece

Stefos, A.; Gatselis, N.; Zachou, K.; Rigopoulou, E.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Dalekos, G. N. (2009)

Background: In Greece, there are few data on the epidemiological characteristics of HBV. Our aim was to study the epidemiological patterns of HBV in Central Greece and identify the possible differences in HBV prevalence ...

Disease-specific cross-reactivity between mimicking peptides of heat shock protein of mycobacterium gordonae and dominant epitope of E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase is common in Spanish but not British patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Bogdanos, D. P.; Pares, A.; Baum, H.; Caballeria, L.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Ma, Y.; Burroughs, A. K.; Rodes, J.; Vergani, D. (2004)

Previous studies on Spanish patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) have shown extensive, disease-specific cross-reactivity between the 65-kDa heat shock protein (hsp65) of Mycobacterium gordonae and pyruvate ...

Efficacy of Interferon A-2b Monotherapy in B-Thalassemics with Chronic Hepatitis C

Kalafateli, M.; Kourakli, A.; Gatselis, N.; Lambropoulou, P.; Thomopoulos, K.; Tsamandas, A.; Christofidou, M.; Zachou, K.; Jelastopoulou, E.; Nikolopoulou, V.; Symeonidis, A.; Dalekos, G. N.; Lambropoulou-Karatza, C.; Triantos, C. (2015)

Background & Aims: Monotherapy with standard or pegylated interferon (PegIFN) remains the first-line treatment for HCV infection in patients with thalassemia major (beta TM), although its long-term impact is still unknown. ...

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 ...

Incidence and predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma in Caucasian chronic hepatitis B patients receiving entecavir or tenofovir

Papatheodoridis, G. V.; Dalekos, G. N.; Yurdaydin, C.; Buti, M.; Goulis, J.; Arends, P.; Sypsa, V.; Manolakopoulos, S.; Mangia, G.; Gatselis, N.; Keskin, O.; Savvidou, S.; Hansen, B. E.; Papaioannou, C.; Galanis, K.; Idilman, R.; Colombo, M.; Esteban, R.; Janssen, H. L. A.; Lampertico, P. (2015)

Background & Aims: The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Caucasian patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), treated with entecavir (ETV) or tenofovir (TDF), is unclear. We evaluated the incidence and predictors of ...

Increased incidence of anti-cardiolipin antibodies in patients with hepatitis C is not associated with aetiopathogenetic link to anti-phospholipid syndrome

Dalekos, G. N.; Kistis, K. G.; Boumba, D. S.; Voulgari, P.; Zervou, E. K.; Drosos, A. A.; Tsianos, E. V. (2000)

Objective Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been found to be associated with various diseases known as extra-hepatic manifestations of HCV. Recently, HCV has been implicated as a cause of the antiphospholipid ...