• Cell-specific and roasting-dependent regulation of the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway by coffee extracts 

      Priftis A., Angeli-Terzidou A.-E., Veskoukis A.S., Spandidos D.A., Kouretas D. (2018)
      Coffee is a popular beverage that contains various bioactive compounds. However, its molecular mechanism of action is not fully elucidated. In this context, two previously characterized coffee extracts, a lightly roasted ...
    • Comparison of antioxidant activity between green and roasted coffee beans using molecular methods 

      Priftis A., Stagos D., Konstantinopoulos K., Tsitsimpikou C., Spandidos D.A., Tsatsakis A.M., Tzatzarakis M.N., Kouretas D. (2015)
      Coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed beverages worldwide due to its pleasant taste and aroma. A number of studies have been performed to elucidate the possible beneficial effects of coffee consumption on ...
    • Effect of polyphenols from coffee and grape on gene expression in myoblasts 

      Priftis A., Goutzourelas N., Halabalaki M., Ntasi G., Stagos D., Amoutzias G.D., Skaltsounis L.A., Kouretas D. (2018)
      Coffee and grape contain various bioactive compounds like polyphenols that may exert beneficial effects, especially antioxidant activity, on human health upon consumption. However, the molecular mechanisms through which ...
    • A lightly roasted coffee extract improves blood and tissue redox status in rats through enhancement of GSH biosynthesis 

      Priftis A., Soursou V., Makiou A.-S., Tekos F., Veskoukis A.S., Tsantarliotou M.P., Taitzoglou I.A., Kouretas D. (2019)
      Coffee is a highly consumed beverage with many putative beneficial health effects, however these often come from observational studies. In the current work, a lightly roasted coffee extract that has previously been reported ...
    • Mendelian Randomisation Study of Smoking, Alcohol, and Coffee Drinking in Relation to Parkinson's Disease 

      Domenighetti C., Sugier P.-E., Sreelatha A.A.K., Schulte C., Grover S., Mohamed O., Portugal B., May P., Bobbili D.R., Radivojkov-Blagojevic M., Lichtner P., Singleton A.B., Hernandez D.G., Edsall C., Mellick G.D., Zimprich A., Pirker W., Rogaeva E., Lang A.E., Koks S., Taba P., Lesage S., Brice A., Corvol J.-C., Chartier-Harlin M.-C., Mutez E., Brockmann K., Deutschländer A.B., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Dardiotis E., Stefanis L., Simitsi A.M., Valente E.M., Petrucci S., Duga S., Straniero L., Zecchinelli A., Pezzoli G., Brighina L., Ferrarese C., Annesi G., Quattrone A., Gagliardi M., Matsuo H., Kawamura Y., Hattori N., Nishioka K., Chung S.J., Kim Y.J., Kolber P., Van De Warrenburg B.P.C., Bloem B.R., Aasly J., Toft M., Pihlstrøm L., Guedes L.C., Ferreira J.J., Bardien S., Carr J., Tolosa E., Ezquerra M., Pastor P., Diez-Fairen M., Wirdefeldt K., Pedersen N.L., Ran C., Belin A.C., Puschmann A., Hellberg C., Clarke C.E., Morrison K.E., Tan M., Krainc D., Burbulla L.F., Farrer M.J., Krüger R., Gasser T., Sharma M., Elbaz A. (2022)
      Background: Previous studies showed that lifestyle behaviors (cigarette smoking, alcohol, coffee) are inversely associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). The prodromal phase of PD raises the possibility that these associations ...
    • Prevalence and factors associated with smoking in a nationally representative sample of Greek adults: The Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS) 

      Michas G., Magriplis E., Micha R., Chourdakis M., Koutelidakis A., Dimitriadis G., Panagiotakos D., Zampelas A. (2022)
      Background: The aim of this study was to assess smoking prevalence among Greek adults and in sub-populations with specific sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants. Moreover, to explore the association between smoking ...
    • Roasted and green coffee extracts show antioxidant and cytotoxic activity in myoblast and endothelial cell lines in a cell specific manner 

      Priftis A., Panagiotou E.-M., Lakis K., Plika C., Halabalaki M., Ntasi G., Veskoukis A.S., Stagos D., Skaltsounis L.A., Kouretas D. (2018)
      Coffee is one of the most highly consumed beverages with potential beneficial health implications, however its molecular mechanism of action has not been completely elucidated yet. To that cause, the polyphenolic composition ...
    • The use of spent coffee grounds in growing media for the production of Brassica seedlings in nurseries 

      Chrysargyris A., Antoniou O., Xylia P., Petropoulos S., Tzortzakis N. (2021)
      Large quantities of spent coffee grounds (SCG) are generated the last decades, and their recycling is of research interest challenge. In the present study, SCG was tested to substitute peat (P) in substrate mixtures for ...