• The infectious basis of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis 

      Sakkas L.I., Daoussis D., Liossis S.-N., Bogdanos D.P. (2017)
      Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (HLA-DRB1SE) and anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPAs). ACPAs precedes the onset of clinical and subclinical RA. There are strong data for ...
    • Porphyromonas gingivalis and rheumatoid arthritis 

      Perricone C., Ceccarelli F., Saccucci M., Di Carlo G., Bogdanos D.P., Lucchetti R., Pilloni A., Valesini G., Polimeni A., Conti F. (2019)
      Purpose of review: To explore the pathogenic association between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis focusing on the role of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Recent findings: In the last decades our knowledge about the ...
    • Total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoporosis 

      Karachalios T.S., Koutalos A.A., Komnos G.A. (2020)
      There is a high prevalence of osteoporosis in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. There are several clinically relevant questions related to the management of such cases: the effect of ageing; the initial ...