• Regulatory B cells: New players in inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases 

      Sakkas L.I., Daoussis D., Mavropoulos A., Liossis S.-N., Bogdanos D.P. (2019)
      Objective: Regulatory B cells (Bregs) are a new subset of B cells with immunoregulatory functions, mainly through IL-10 production. Bregs suppress inflammatory Th1 and Th17 differentiation and induce Tregs suppressing ...
    • Smoke and autoimmunity: The fire behind the disease 

      Perricone C., Versini M., Ben-Ami D., Gertel S., Watad A., Segel M.J., Ceccarelli F., Conti F., Cantarini L., Bogdanos D.P., Antonelli A., Amital H., Valesini G., Shoenfeld Y. (2016)
      The association between smoke habit and autoimmunity has been hypothesized a long time ago. Smoke has been found to play a pathogenic role in certain autoimmune disease as it may trigger the development of autoantibodies ...