• Association analysis of FTO gene polymorphisms with obesity in Greek adults 

      Goutzelas Y., Kotsa K., Vasilopoulos Y., Tsekmekidou X., Stamatis C., Yovos J.G., Sarafidou T., Mamuris Z. (2017)
      Nowadays, obesity is the greatest scourge worldwide, particularly for the developed countries and is a huge burden for the public health. Over the past decade, GWAS have revealed a number of genes associated with obesity. ...
    • Genomic variants in the FTO gene are associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Greek patients 

      Mitropoulos K., Papadima E.M., Xiromerisiou G., Balasopoulou A., Charalampidou K., Galani V., Zafeiri K.-V., Dardiotis E., Ralli S., Deretzi G., John A., Kydonopoulou K., Papadopoulou E., Di Pardo A., Akcimen F., Loizedda A., Dobriĉić V., Novaković I., Kostic V.S., Mizzi C., Peters B.A., Basak N., Orrù S., Kiskinis E., Cooper D.N., Gerou S., Drmanac R., Bartsakoulia M., Tsermpini E.-E., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Ali B.R., Katsila T., Patrinos G.P. (2017)
      Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease whose complex pathology has been associated with a strong genetic component in the context of both familial and sporadic disease. Herein, we adopted ...