Search

Now showing items 1-10 of 14

Occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with autoimmune liver diseases

Georgiadou, S. P.; Zachou, K.; Liaskos, C.; Gabeta, S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Dalekos, G. N. (2009)

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by undetectable serum HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) but detectable HBV-DNA in serum or liver. To determine the prevalence and clinical impact of occult HBV in autoimmune ...

Hair dyes as a risk for autoimmunity: From systemic lupus erythematosus to primary biliary cirrhosis

Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Bizzaro, N.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2013)

Environmental and genetic factors appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of the small and medium sized ...

Towards systemic sclerosis and away from primary biliary cirrhosis: The case of PTPN22

Smyk, D. S.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Milkiewicz, P.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of the small and medium size intrahepatic bile ducts. PBC patients often have concomitant autoimmune ...

Smoking as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: What we can learn from primary biliary cirrhosis

Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Muratori, L.; Burroughs, A. K.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease characterised by the immune-mediated destruction of biliary epithelial cells in small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease is characterised by circulating ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis is characterized by IgG3 antibodies cross-reactive with the major mitochondrial autoepitope and its lactobacillus mimic

Bogdanos, D. P.; Baum, H.; Okamoto, M.; Montalto, P.; Sharma, U. C.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Vlachogiannakos, J.; Ma, Y.; Burroughs, A. K.; Vergani, D. (2005)

The serological hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is the presence of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex E2 subunit (PDC-E2) antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs). Anti-PDC-E2 antibodies cross-react specifically with ...

Infectious triggers of primary biliary cirrhosis: Do we know enough?

Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Zen, Y.; Koutsoumpas, A.; Baum, H.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2011)

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an immune mediated liver disease directed against the biliary epithelial cells of the small bile ducts. The disease is characterised by circulating antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA), as ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis and Henoch-Schonlein purpura: report of two cases and review of the literature

Gatselis, N. K.; Stefos, A.; Gioti, C.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Dalekos, G. N. (2007)

We describe, for the first time, two adult patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who presented palpable purpuric lesions on the lower extremities and buttocks. Skin biopsy was consistent with Henoch-Schonlein purpura ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with systemic sclerosis: Diagnostic and clinical challenges

Rigamonti, C.; Bogdanos, D. P.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Burroughs, A. K. (2011)

Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) often have concurrent limited systemic sclerosis (SSc). Conversely, up to one-fourth of SSc patients are positive for PBC-specific antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA). The ...

Prospective evaluation of PBC-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Raszeja-Wyszomirska, J.; Wunsch, E.; Krawczyk, M.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Bogdanos, D.; Milkiewicz, P. (2015)

Background & Aims: Primary biliary cirrhosis and Primary sclerosing cholangitis are autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases sharing a lot in common, including a significant impairment of patients' health-related quality of ...