• First Results From a Propensity Matching Trial of Mycophenolate Mofetil vs. Azathioprine in Treatment-Naive AIH Patients 

      Dalekos G.N., Arvaniti P., Gatselis N.K., Samakidou A., Gabeta S., Rigopoulou E., Koukoulis G.K., Zachou K. (2022)
      Background/Aims: As previous real-world studies and meta-analyses have shown that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) might have better efficacy than azathioprine (AZA) in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), we conducted a propensity ...
    • Genetic association analysis identifies variants associated with disease progression in primary sclerosing cholangitis 

      Müller T., Alberts R., De Vries E.M.G., Goode E.C., Jiang X., Sampaziotis F., Rombouts K., Böttcher K., Folseraas T., Weismüller T.J., Mason A.L., Wang W., Alexander G., Alvaro D., Bergquist A., Björkström N.K., Beuers U., Björnsson E., Boberg K.M., Bowlus C.L., Bragazzi M.C., Carbone M., Chazouillères O., Cheung A., Dalekos G., Eaton J., Eksteen B., Ellinghaus D., Färkkilä M., Festen E.A.M., Floreani A., Franceschet I., Gotthardt D.N., Hirschfield G.M., Hoek B.V., Holm K., Hohenester S., Hov J.R., Imhann F., Invernizzi P., Juran B.D., Lenzen H., Lieb W., Liu J.Z., Marschall H.-U., Marzioni M., Melum E., Milkiewicz P., Pares A., Rupp C., Rust C., Sandford R.N., Schramm C., Schreiber S., Schrumpf E., Silverberg M.S., Srivastava B., Sterneck M., Teufel A., Vallier L., Verheij J., Vila A.V., De Vries B., Zachou K., Chapman R.W., Manns M.P., Pinzani M., Rushbrook S.M., Lazaridis K.N., Franke A., Anderson C.A., Karlsen T.H., Ponsioen C.Y., Weersma R.K. (2018)
      Objective Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a genetically complex, inflammatory bile duct disease of largely unknown aetiology often leading to liver transplantation or death. Little is known about the genetic ...
    • Mucosal Autoimmunity to Cell-Bound GP2 Isoforms Is a Sensitive Marker in PSC and Associated With the Clinical Phenotype 

      Sowa M., Kolenda R., Baumgart D.C., Pratschke J., Papp M., Tornai T., Suchanski J., Bogdanos D.P., Mytilinaiou M.G., Hammermann J., Laass M.W., Conrad K., Schramm C., Franke A., Roggenbuck D., Schierack P. (2018)
      Introduction: Zymogen granule glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was demonstrated as first autoimmune mucosal target in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) associated with disease severity. Autoantibodies to four GP2 isoforms (aGP21−4) ...
    • Presence of high avidity anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases 

      Zachou, K.; Liaskos, C.; Rigopoulou, E.; Gabeta, S.; Papamichalis, P.; Gatselis, N.; Georgiadou, S.; Dalekos, G. N. (2006)
      We studied the prevalence and clinical significance of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) as similar data are missing. Ninety-nine PBC patients, 41 ...
    • The role of invariant NKT in autoimmune liver disease: Can Vitamin D Act as an Immunomodulator? 

      Smyk D.S., Mavropoulos A., Mieli-Vergani G., Vergani D., Lenzi M., Bogdanos D.P. (2018)
      Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a distinct lineage of T cells which express both the T cell receptor (TCR) and natural killer (NK) cell markers. Invariant NKT (iNKT) cells bear an invariant TCR and recognize a small variety ...