• Helicobacter pylori and autoimmune disease: Cause or bystander 

      Smyk, D. S.; Koutsoumpas, A. L.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Sakkas, L. I.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2014)
      Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the main cause of chronic gastritis and a major risk factor for gastric cancer. This pathogen has also been considered a potential trigger of gastric autoimmunity, and in particular of ...
    • IgA anti-b2GPI antibodies in patients with autoimmune liver diseases 

      Gabeta, S.; Norman, G. L.; Gatselis, N.; Liaskos, C.; Papamichalis, P. A.; Garagounis, A.; Zachou, K.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Dalekos, G. N. (2008)
      Introduction Recently, we reported a high prevalence of immunoglobulin G and/or immunoglobulin M anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in patients with autoimmune liver diseases, namely, autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary ...
    • Twin studies in autoimmune disease: Genetics, gender and environment 

      Bogdanos, D. P.; Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Heneghan, M. A.; Selmi, C.; Gershwin, M. E. (2012)
      Twin studies are powerful tools to discriminate whether a complex disease is due to genetic or environmental factors. High concordance rates among monozygotic (MZ) twins support genetic factors being predominantly involved, ...