• Animal models in peritoneal dialysis 

      Nikitidou, O.; Peppa, V. I.; Leivaditis, K.; Eleftheriadis, T.; Zarogiannis, S. G.; Liakopoulos, V. (2015)
      Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been extensively used over the past years as a method of kidney replacement therapy for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). In an attempt to better understand the properties of the ...
    • Molecular Cloning, Carbohydrate Specificity and the Crystal Structure of Two Sclerotium rolfsii Lectin Variants 

      Peppa, V. I.; Venkat, H.; Kantsadi, A. L.; Inamdar, S. R.; Bhat, G. G.; Eligar, S.; Shivanand, A.; Chachadi, V. B.; Satisha, G. J.; Swamy, B. M.; Skamnaki, V. T.; Zographos, S. E.; Leonidas, D. D. (2015)
      SRL is a cell wall associated developmental-stage specific lectin secreted by Sclerotium rolfsii, a soil-born pathogenic fungus. SRL displays specificity for TF antigen (Gal13GalNAc--Ser//Thr) expressed in all cancer types ...
    • VEGF increases the permeability of sheep pleura ex vivo through VEGFR2 stimulation 

      Peppa, V. I.; Arsenopoulou, Z. V.; Zarogiannis, S. G.; Deligiorgi, T.; Jagirdar, R.; Makantasis, I.; Stefanidis, I.; Liakopoulos, V.; Molyvdas, P. A.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Hatzoglou, C. (2014)
      Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a cytokine that increases vascular permeability to water and proteins and induces angiogenesis, has been implicated in the development of pleural effusions. Inflammatory and ...