• Autoimmunity and Environment: Am I at risk? 

      Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Baum, H.; Burroughs, A. K.; Vergani, D.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2012)
      The complex interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility plays an essential role in disease pathogenesis. This is especially true for autoimmunity, where clinical reports, genomic and epidemiological ...
    • A contribution to the aphid fauna of Greece 

      Tsitsipis, J. A.; Katis, N. I.; Margaritopoulos, J. T.; Lykouressis, D. P.; Avgelis, A. D.; Gargalianou, I.; Zarpas, K. D.; Perdikis, D. C.; Papapanayotou, A. (2007)
      In the present study a list of the aphid species recorded in Greece is provided. The list includes records before 1992, which have been published in previous papers, as well as data from an almost ten-year survey using ...
    • Cord blood as a source of non-senescent lymphocytes for tumor immunotherapy 

      Germenis, A. E.; Karanikas, V. (2010)
      While proof of concept that the immune system can be harnessed to attack cancer cells has been established, only a minority of patients are cured with immunotherapeutic regimens designed to enhance host autologous immunity. ...
    • Diagnostic performance of a rapid in-clinic test for the detection of Canine Parvovirus under different storage conditions and vaccination status 

      Kantere, M. C.; Athanasiou, L. V.; Spyrou, V.; Kyriakis, C. S.; Kontos, V.; Chatzopoulos, D. C.; Tsokana, C. N.; Billinis, C. (2015)
      Canine parvovirus (CPV) is one of the most common causes of acute haemorrhagic enteritis in young dogs, while clinical diagnosis is often indecisive. The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of an ...
    • Direct extraction and molecular characterization of enteroviruses genomes from human faecal samples 

      Bolanaki, E.; Kottaridi, C.; Dedepsidis, E.; Kyriakopoulou, Z.; Pliaka, V.; Pratti, A.; Levidiotou-Stefanou, S.; Markoulatos, P. (2008)
      Routine diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is still based on classical virological procedures. Several enteroviruses serotypes are not easily isolated in cell cultures system used and routinely more than one passage ...
    • First incidence of clinical signs of nodavirus infection in sea bream, Sparus auratus L 

      Bitchava, K.; Xylouri, E.; Fragkiadaki, E.; Athanassopoulou, F.; Papanastassopoulou, M.; Sabatakou, O. (2007)
      The causal agent of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in fish is an RNA virus known as nodavirus, a member of the Nodaviridae family. According to published data, sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) that are infected with the ...
    • High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) in parotid lesions 

      Vageli, D.; Sourvinos, G.; Ioannou, M.; Koukoulis, G. K.; Spandidos, D. A. (2007)
      Although several studies have reported that oropharyngeal infection with HPV may predispose to tumorigenesis, little is known about the etiological factors of salivary gland tumors and the presence of HPV. We studied 9 ...
    • Pathogenesis of experimental encephalomyocarditis: A histopathological, immunohistochemical and virological study in mice 

      Psalla, D.; Psychas, V.; Spyrou, V.; Billinis, C.; Papaioannou, N.; Vlemmas, I. (2006)
      Mice (n = 20) aged 8 weeks were infected, either by oronasal inoculation or by contact, with one of two different myocardial strains of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), namely, the Greek strain 424/90 and the Belgian ...
    • Recombinant Sabin environmental isolates in Greece and Cyprus 

      Paximadi, E.; Karakasiliotis, I.; Papaventsis, D.; Papageorgiou, G.; Markoulatos, P. (2008)
      Aims: Twenty-one polioviruses (PVs) Sabin strains were isolated from sewage treatment plants from Metamorphosis, Athens, Greece during the time period from May to October 1996, and from two other sites located at Nicosia ...
    • Safety and efficacy of lamivudine in patients with severe acute or fulminant hepatitis B, a multicenter experience 

      Tillmann, H. L.; Hadem, J.; Leifeld, L.; Zachou, K.; Canbay, A.; Eisenbach, C.; Graziadei, I.; Encke, J.; Schmidt, H.; Vogel, W.; Schneider, A.; Spengler, U.; Gerken, G.; Dalekos, G. N.; Wedemeyer, H.; Manns, M. P. (2006)
      Acute hepatitis B progresses to liver failure with the need of liver transplantation in about 1% of cases. We treated patients with severe acute or fulminant hepatitis B with lamivudine in an attempt to prevent hepatitis ...
    • Sequence-based genotyping HPV L1 DNA and RNA transcripts in clinical specimens 

      Satra, M.; Vamvakopoulou, D. N.; Sioutopoulou, D. O.; Kollia, P.; Kiritsaka, A.; Sotiriou, S.; Antonakopoulos, G.; Alexandris, E.; Costantoulakis, P.; Vamvakopoulos, N. C. (2009)
      We developed a direct sequence-based genotyping method to detect single and multiple HPV L1 DNA and RNA types in genital and dermatological specimens. Our method couples PCR amplification of a highly conserved HPV L1 segment ...
    • Two diseases of dimorphotheca caused by lettuce mosaic potyvirus and tomato spotted wilt tospovirus 

      Manoussopoulos, I. N.; Chatzivassiliou, E. K.; Smyrnioudis, I. N.; Katis, N. I. (1999)
      In 1997, virus-like symptoms were observed in dimorphotheca plants (Dimorphotheca sinuata) at two different locations in Greece. In a greenhouse near Heraklion (Crete), plants showed chlorotic patches mainly in the older ...