• Browning formation markers of subcutaneous adipose tissue in relation to resting energy expenditure, physical activity and diet in humans 

      Dinas P.C., Valente A., Granzotto M., Rossato M., Vettor R., Zacharopoulou A., Carrillo A.E., Davies N.A., Gkiata P., Jamurtas A.Z., Koutedakis Y., Metsios G.S., Flouris A.D. (2017)
      Regular exercise and diet may contribute to white adipose tissue (WAT) conversion into a brown adipose-like phenotype that may increase resting energy expenditure (REE), leading to weight loss. We examined the relationship ...
    • Comparative Efficacy of 5 Exercise Types on Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of 81 Randomized Controlled Trials 

      Batrakoulis A., Jamurtas A.Z., Metsios G.S., Perivoliotis K., Liguori G., Feito Y., Riebe D., Thompson W.R., Angelopoulos T.J., Krustrup P., Mohr M., Draganidis D., Poulios A., Fatouros I.G. (2022)
      Background: Although regular exercise is recommended for preventing and treating overweight/obesity, the most effective exercise type for improving cardiometabolic health in individuals with overweight/obesity remains ...
    • Effect of pomegranate juice consumption on biochemical parameters and complete blood count 

      Manthou E., Georgakouli K., Deli C.K., Sotiropoulos A., Fatouros I.G., Kouretas D., Haroutounian S., Matthaiou C., Koutedakis Y., Jamurtas A.Z. (2017)
      Pomegranate has been used therapeutically for centuries. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of pomegranate juice (PJ) supplementation on complete blood count (CBC), glucose, blood lipids and C-reactive ...
    • Effectiveness of workplace wellness programmes for dietary habits, overweight, and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Peñalvo J.L., Sagastume D., Mertens E., Uzhova I., Smith J., Wu J.H.Y., Bishop E., Onopa J., Shi P., Micha R., Mozaffarian D. (2021)
      Background: The workplace offers a unique opportunity for effective health promotion. We aimed to comprehensively study the effectiveness of multicomponent worksite wellness programmes for improving diet and cardiometabolic ...
    • Effects of long-versus short-term exposure to the mediterranean diet on skin microvascular function and quality of life of healthy adults in Greece and the UK 

      Klonizakis M., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Theodoridis X., Milner M., Liu Y., Chourdakis M. (2019)
      The beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and improving CVD-related physiological indices have been well-documented. However, the exact MD adherence ...
    • Eight weeks unsupervised pulmonary rehabilitation in previously hospitalized of sars-cov-2 infection 

      Stavrou V.T., Tourlakopoulos K.N., Vavougios G.D., Papayianni E., Kiribesi K., Maggoutas S., Nikolaidis K., Fradelos E.C., Dimeas I., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K.I., Boutlas S. (2021)
      The aim of our study was to determine the impact of unsupervised Pulmonary Rehabilitation (uns-PR) on patients recovering from COVID-19, and determine its anthropometric, biological, demographic and fitness correlates. All ...
    • Genetic sharing with cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes reveals novel bone mineral density loci 

      Reppe S., Wang Y., Thompson W.K., McEvoy L.K., Schork A.J., Zuber V., LeBlanc M., Bettella F., Mills I.G., Desikan R.S., Djurovic S., Gautvik K.M., Dale A.M., Andreassen O.A., Estrada K., Styrkarsdottir U., Evangelou E., Hsu Y.-H., Duncan E.L., Ntzani E.E., Oei L., Albagha O.M.E., Amin N., Kemp J.P., Koller D.L., Li G., Liu C.-T., Minster R.L., Moayyeri A., Vandenput L., Willner D., Xiao S.-M., Yerges-Armstrong L.M., Zheng H.-F., Alonso N., Eriksson J., Kammerer C.M., Kaptoge S.K., Leo P.J., Thorleifsson G., Wilson S.G., Wilson J.F., Aalto V., Alen M., Aragaki A.K., Aspelund T., Center J.R., Dailiana Z., Duggan D.J., Garcia M., Garcia-Giralt N., Giroux S., Hallmans G., Hocking L.J., Husted L.B., Jameson K.A., Khusainova R., Kim G.S., Kooperberg C., Koromila T., Kruk M., Laaksonen M., Lacroix A.Z., Lee S.H., Leung P.C., Lewis J.R., Masi L., Mencej-Bedrac S., Nguyen T.V., Nogues X., Patel M.S., Prezelj J., Rose L.M., Scollen S., Siggeirsdottir K., Smith A.V., Svensson O., Trompet S., Trummer O., Van Schoor N.M., Woo J., Zhu K., Balcells S., Brandi M.L., Buckley B.M., Cheng S., Christiansen C., Cooper C., Dedoussis G., Ford I., Frost M., Goltzman D., González-Macías J., Kähönen M., Karlsson M., Khusnutdinova E., Koh J.-M., Kollia P., Langdahl B.L., Leslie W.D., Lips P., Ljunggren Ö., Lorenc R.S., Marc J., Mellström D., Obermayer-Pietsch B., Olmos J.M., Pettersson-Kymmer U., Reid D.M., Riancho J.A., Ridker P.M., Rousseau F., Slagboom P.E., Tang N.L.S., Urreizti R., Van Hul W., Viikari J., Zarrabeitia M.T., Aulchenko Y.S., Castano-Betancourt M., Grundberg E., Herrera L., Ingvarsson T., Johannsdottir H., Kwan T., Li R., Luben R., Medina-Gómez C., Palsson S.Th., Rotter J.I., Sigurdsson G., Van Meurs J.B.J., Verlaan D., Williams F.M.K., Wood A.R., Zhou Y., Pastinen T., Raychaudhuri S., Cauley J.A., Chasman D.I., Clark G.R., Cummings S.R., Danoy P., Dennison E.M., Eastell R., Eisman J.A., Gudnason V., Hofman A., Jackson R.D., Jones G., Jukema J.W., Khaw K.-T., Lehtimäki T., Liu Y., Lorentzon M., McCloskey E., Mitchell B.D., Nandakumar K., Nicholson G.C., Oostra B.A., Peacock M., Pols H.A.P., Prince R.L., Raitakari O., Reid I.R., Robbins J., Sambrook P.N., Sham P.C., Shuldiner A.R., Tylavsky F.A., Van Duijn C.M., Wareham N.J., Cupples L.A., Econs M.J., Evans D.M., Harris T.B., Kung A.W.C., Psaty B.M., Reeve J., Spector T.D., Streeten E.A., Zillikens M.C., Thorsteinsdottir U., Ohlsson C., Karasik D., Richards J.B., Brown M.A., Stefansson K., Uitterlinden A.G., Ralston S.H., Ioannidis J.P.A., Kiel D.P., Rivadeneira F., GEFOS Consortium (2015)
      Bone Mineral Density (BMD) is a highly heritable trait, but genome-wide association studies have identified few genetic risk factors. Epidemiological studies suggest associations between BMD and several traits and diseases, ...
    • HPA-Axis Activity and Nutritional Status Correlation in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder 

      Georgakouli K., Manthou E., Fatouros I.G., Deli C.K., Koutedakis Y., Theodorakis Y., Jamurtas A.Z. (2022)
      Impaired activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA-axis) is evident in alcohol use disorder (AUD), and may be implicated in various nutritional and metabolic alterations often seen in individuals with this ...
    • Human white-fat thermogenesis: Experimental and meta-analytic findings 

      Dinas P.C., Krase A., Nintou E., Georgakopoulos A., Granzotto M., Metaxas M., Karachaliou E., Rossato M., Vettor R., Georgoulias P., S. Mayor T., Koutsikos J., Athanasiou K., Ioannou L.G., Gkiata P., Carrillo A.E., Koutedakis Y., Metsios G.S., Jamurtas A.Z., Chatziioannou S., Flouris A.D. (2021)
      White adipose tissue (WAT) thermogenic activity may play a role in whole-body energy balance and two of its main regulators are thought to be environmental temperature (Tenv) and exercise. Low Tenv may increase uncoupling ...
    • Interrelations among the adipocytokines leptin and adiponectin, oxidative stress and aseptic inflammation markers in pre- and early-pubertal normal-weight and obese boys 

      Paltoglou G., Schoina M., Valsamakis G., Salakos N., Avloniti A., Chatzinikolaou A., Margeli A., Skevaki C., Papagianni M., Kanaka-Gantenbein C., Papassotiriou I., Chrousos G.P., Fatouros I.G., Mastorakos G. (2017)
      Purpose: Presumed interrelationships among deleterious aspects of adipose tissue metabolism, inflammation, and cellular oxidative stress could be influenced by pubertal hormonal changes. They were investigated in pre- and ...
    • The Niche of n-of-1 Trials in Precision Medicine for Weight Loss and Obesity Treatment: Back to the Future 

      Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkouskou K.K., Gkiouras K., Bogdanos D.P., Eliopoulos A.G., Goulis D.G. (2022)
      Purpose of Review: The n-of-1 clinical trials are considered the epitome of individualized health care. They are employed to address differences in treatment response and adverse events between patients, in a comparative ...
    • Normal menstrual cycle steroid hormones variation does not affect the blood levels of total adiponectin and its multimer forms 

      Chatzidimitriou, K.; Gougoura, S. G.; Bargiota, A.; Koukoulis, G. N. (2015)
      Objective Plasma total adiponectin reveals a sexual dimorphism indicating that gonadal steroids may be involved in its secretion and/or metabolism. However, results from previous reports are conflicting and data regarding ...
    • Prevalence of uncoupling protein one genetic polymorphisms and their relationship with cardiovascular and metabolic health 

      Dinas P.C., Nintou E., Vliora M., Pravednikova A.E., Sakellariou P., Witkowicz A., Kachaev Z.M., Kerchev V.V., Larina S.N., Cotton J., Kowalska A., Gkiata P., Bargiota A., Khachatryan Z.A., Hovhannisyan A.A., Antonosyan M.A., Margaryan S., Partyka A., Bogdanski P., Szulinska M., Kregielska-Narozna M., Czepczyński R., Ruchała M., Tomkiewicz A., Yepiskoposyan L., Karabon L., Shidlovskii Y., Metsios G.S., Flouris A.D. (2022)
      Contribution of UCP1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to susceptibility for cardiometabolic pathologies (CMP) and their involvement in specific risk factors for these conditions varies across populations. We tested ...