• -572 G/C single nucleotide polymorphism of interleukin-6 and sepsis predisposition in chronic renal disease 

      Panayides A., Ioakeimidou A., Karamouzos V., Antonakos N., Koutelidakis I., Giannikopoulos G., Makaritsis K., Voloudakis N., Toutouzas K., Rovina N., Bristianou M., Damoraki G., Routsi C., Giamarellos-Bourboulis E.J. (2015)
      Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of interleukin (IL)-6 are associated with the development of chronic renal disease (CRD). Their impact for sepsis in the field of CRD was investigated. One control cohort of 115 ...
    • 99mTc sestamibi as a prognostic factor of response to first-line therapy and outcome in patients with malignant lymphoma 

      Spyridonidis, T. J.; Matsouka, P.; Symeonidis, A.; Savvopoulos, C.; Vassilakos, P. J.; Apostolopoulos, D. J. (2013)
      INTRODUCTION: Resistance to chemotherapy poses a major problem in cancer patients. Although of multifactorial origin, some of the implicated mechanisms also interfere with Tc-MIBI uptake and retention in cancer cells. The ...
    • Accuracy of the sleep clinical record for the diagnosis of pediatric moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome 

      Mylona A.M., Rapti G., Vavougios G., Lachanas V.A., Liakos P., Skoulakis C., Kaditis A.G., Gourgoulianis K., Alexopoulos E.I. (2022)
      Purpose: The sleep clinical record (SCR) has been used to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children when access to polysomnography (PSG) is limited. Our aim was to determine the best SCR score that could ...
    • Addressing the post-irradiation hypothalamic-pituitary endocrine abnormalities of brain tumors in pediatric patients 

      Velentza L., Tolia M., Christakou C., Nikolaou M., Zerdes I.-N., Tsoukalas N., Hajiioannou J., Tsanadis K., Rigas G., Mitsis M., Theodorou K., Pistevou-Gombaki K., Tsekeris P., Kyrgias G. (2017)
      Purpose: Hypothalamic-pituitary axis is susceptible to radiotherapy, causing endocrine disorders to childhood cancer survivors. We conducted a systematic review in order to assess the radiation-induced toxicity that leads ...
    • Alterations in xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme activities across menstrual cycle in healthy volunteers 

      Asprodini E., Tsiokou V., Begas E., Kilindris T., Kouvaras E., Samara M., Messinis I. (2019)
      The purpose of the study was to determine whether the in vivo activities of drug-metabolizing enzymes CYP1A2 and CYP2A6, xanthine oxidase (XO), and N-acetyltransferase-2 (NAT2) vary across the menstrual cycle. Forty-two ...
    • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders 

      Salpietro V., Dixon C.L., Guo H., Bello O.D., Vandrovcova J., Efthymiou S., Maroofian R., Heimer G., Burglen L., Valence S., Torti E., Hacke M., Rankin J., Tariq H., Colin E., Procaccio V., Striano P., Mankad K., Lieb A., Chen S., Pisani L., Bettencourt C., Männikkö R., Manole A., Brusco A., Grosso E., Ferrero G.B., Armstrong-Moron J., Gueden S., Bar-Yosef O., Tzadok M., Monaghan K.G., Santiago-Sim T., Person R.E., Cho M.T., Willaert R., Yoo Y., Chae J.-H., Quan Y., Wu H., Wang T., Bernier R.A., Xia K., Blesson A., Jain M., Motazacker M.M., Jaeger B., Schneider A.L., Boysen K., Muir A.M., Myers C.T., Gavrilova R.H., Gunderson L., Schultz-Rogers L., Klee E.W., Dyment D., Osmond M., Parellada M., Llorente C., Gonzalez-Peñas J., Carracedo A., Van Haeringen A., Ruivenkamp C., Nava C., Heron D., Nardello R., Iacomino M., Minetti C., Skabar A., Fabretto A., Hanna M.G., Bugiardini E., Hostettler I., O’Callaghan B., Khan A., Cortese A., O’Connor E., Yau W.Y., Bourinaris T., Kaiyrzhanov R., Chelban V., Madej M., Diana M.C., Vari M.S., Pedemonte M., Bruno C., Balagura G., Scala M., Fiorillo C., Nobili L., Malintan N.T., Zanetti M.N., Krishnakumar S.S., Lignani G., Jepson J.E.C., Broda P., Baldassari S., Rossi P., Fruscione F., Madia F., Traverso M., De-Marco P., Pérez-Dueñas B., Munell F., Kriouile Y., El-Khorassani M., Karashova B., Avdjieva D., Kathom H., Tincheva R., Van-Maldergem L., Nachbauer W., Boesch S., Gagliano A., Amadori E., Goraya J.S., Sultan T., Kirmani S., Ibrahim S., Jan F., Mine J., Banu S., Veggiotti P., Zuccotti G.V., Ferrari M.D., Van Den Maagdenberg A.M.J., Verrotti A., Marseglia G.L., Savasta S., Soler M.A., Scuderi C., Borgione E., Chimenz R., Gitto E., Dipasquale V., Sallemi A., Fusco M., Cuppari C., Cutrupi M.C., Ruggieri M., Cama A., Capra V., Mencacci N.E., Boles R., Gupta N., Kabra M., Papacostas S., Zamba-Papanicolaou E., Dardiotis E., Maqbool S., Rana N., Atawneh O., Lim S.Y., Shaikh F., Koutsis G., Breza M., Coviello D.A., Dauvilliers Y.A., AlKhawaja I., AlKhawaja M., Al-Mutairi F., Stojkovic T., Ferrucci V., Zollo M., Alkuraya F.S., Kinali M., Sherifa H., Benrhouma H., Turki I.B.Y., Tazir M., Obeid M., Bakhtadze S., Saadi N.W., Zaki M.S., Triki C.C., Benfenati F., Gustincich S., Kara M., Belcastro V., Specchio N., Capovilla G., Karimiani E.G., Salih A.M., Okubadejo N.U., Ojo O.O., Oshinaike O.O., Oguntunde O., Wahab K., Bello A.H., Abubakar S., Obiabo Y., Nwazor E., Ekenze O., Williams U., Iyagba A., Taiwo L., Komolafe M., Senkevich K., Shashkin C., Zharkynbekova N., Koneyev K., Manizha G., Isrofilov M., Guliyeva U., Salayev K., Khachatryan S., Rossi S., Silvestri G., Haridy N., Ramenghi L.A., Xiromerisiou G., David E., Aguennouz M., Fidani L., Spanaki C., Tucci A., Raspall-Chaure M., Chez M., Tsai A., Fassi E., Shinawi M., Constantino J.N., De Zorzi R., Fortuna S., Kok F., Keren B., Bonneau D., Choi M., Benzeev B., Zara F., Mefford H.C., Scheffer I.E., Clayton-Smith J., Macaya A., Rothman J.E., Eichler E.E., Kullmann D.M., Houlden H., SYNAPS Study Group (2019)
      AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ligand-gated channels made up of combinations of GluA1-4 subunits encoded by GRIA1-4 genes. GluA2 has an especially important role because, following post-transcriptional editing at ...
    • Anatomy Learning from Prosected Cadaveric Specimens Versus Plastic Models: A Comparative Study of Upper Limb Anatomy 

      Mitrousias V., Karachalios T.S., Varitimidis S.E., Natsis K., Arvanitis D.L., Zibis A.H. (2020)
      Human cadaveric prosections are a traditional, effective, and highly appreciated modality of anatomy learning. Plastic models are an alternative teaching modality, though few studies examine their effectiveness in learning ...
    • Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Left Ventricular Failure in Beta-Thalassemia: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis 

      Dimou N.L., Pantavou K.G., Bagos P.G. (2017)
      Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is potentially a genetic risk factor for the development of left ventricular failure (LVF), the main cause of death in beta-thalassemia homozygotes. In the present study, we synthesize the results ...
    • Appetite control across the lifecourse: The acute impact of breakfast drink quantity and protein content. the full4health project 

      Crabtree D.R., Buosi W., Fyfe C.L., Horgan G.W., Manios Y., Androutsos O., Giannopoulou A., Finlayson G., Beaulieu K., Meek C.L., Holst J.J., Van Norren K., Mercer J.G., Johnstone A.M., Full4Health-Study Group (2020)
      Understanding the mechanisms of hunger, satiety and how nutrients affect appetite control is important for successful weight management across the lifecourse. The primary aim of this study was to describe acute appetite ...
    • Assessing performance in pre-season wrestling athletes using biomarkers 

      Papassotiriou I., Nifli A.-P. (2018)
      Introduction: Although regular training introduces the desired changes in athletes’ metabolism towards optimal final performance, literature is rarely focusing on the metabolic responses off-competition. Therefore, the aim ...
    • Assessing the association between breastfeeding, type of childbirth and family structure with childhood obesity: results from an observational study among 10–12 years old children 

      Kanellopoulou A., Antonogeorgos G., Kokkou S., Notara V., Rojas-Gil A.P., Kornilaki E.N., Lagiou A., Kosti R.I., Panagiotakos D.B. (2022)
      This study examined the association between breastfeeding, type of childbirth, and family structure with childhood obesity. During 2014–2016, 1728 Greek students attending primary schools and their parents were enrolled. ...
    • Associations between balance ability and dance performance using field balance tests 

      Clarke F., Koutedakis Y., Wilson M., Wyon M. (2019)
      AIMS: Although balance is a key element of dance, it remains to be confirmed which balance components are associated with dance performance. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between different field ...
    • The associations between dairy product consumption and biomarkers of inflammation, adipocytokines, and oxidative stress in children: A cross-sectional study 

      Aslam H., Jacka F.N., Marx W., Karatzi K., Mavrogianni C., Karaglani E., Mohebbi M., Pasco J.A., O’neil A., Berk M., Nomikos T., Kanellakis S., Androutsos O., Manios Y., Moschonis G. (2020)
      The association between dairy product consumption and biomarkers of inflammation, adipocytokines, and oxidative stress is poorly studied in children. Therefore, these associations were examined in a representative subsample ...
    • Associations between nutrition, energy expenditure and energy availability with bone mass acquisition in dance students: a 3-year longitudinal study 

      Amorim T., Freitas L., Metsios G.S., Gomes T.N., Wyon M., Flouris A.D., Maia J., Marques F., Nogueira L., Adubeiro N., Koutedakis Y. (2021)
      Summary: Three years of study showed that female and male vocational dancers displayed lower bone mass compared to controls, at forearm, lumbar spine and femoral neck. Energy intake was found to positively predict bone ...
    • Autoantibodies to asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) in patients with autoimmune liver diseases 

      Villalta, D.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Elsner, M.; Hentschel, C.; Cuccato, J.; Somma, V.; Schierack, P.; Roggenbuck, D.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2015)
      Background: The liver asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) is the only organ-specific autoantigenic target in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) patients and corresponding autoantibodies (Abs) have been suggested aiding in the ...
    • B Cells and COVID-19: Lessons From Patients With Agammaglobulinemia and the Study of Functional B-Cell Polymorphisms 

      Speletas M., Raftopoulou S., Farmaki E., Gatselis N., Germanidis G., Mouchtouri V.Α., Hatzianastasiou S., Georgiadou S., Tsinti G., Tsachouridou O., Tseroni M., Metallidis S., Dalekos G., Eibel H., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2022)
      [No abstract available]
    • Blink reflex habituation in migraine and chronic tension-type headache 

      Avramidis T., Bougea A., Hadjigeorgiou G., Thomaides T., Papadimitriou A. (2017)
      R1 and R2 blink reflex latencies were investigated blind in 55 patients with chronic tension-type headache, 55 patients with migraine, and 55 headache-free controls. Standard electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve ...
    • Blood donation knowledge and attitudes among undergraduate health science students: A cross-sectional study 

      Papagiannis D., Rachiotis G., Symvoulakis E.K., Anyfantakis D., Douvlataniotis K., Zilidis C., Markaki A., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2016)
      Awareness towards blood donation can be empowered by health professionals' role-modelling. We aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes among Greek undergraduate medical laboratory students. A questionnaire was distributed ...
    • Bone mineral density in vocational and professional ballet dancers 

      Amorim T., Koutedakis Y., Nevill A., Wyon M., Maia J., Machado J.C., Marques F., Metsios G.S., Flouris A.D., Adubeiro N., Nogueira L., Dimitriou L. (2017)
      Summary: According to existing literature, bone health in ballet dancers is controversial. We have verified that, compared to controls, young female and male vocational ballet dancers have lower bone mineral density (BMD) ...