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Long-term safety of anti-TNF treatment in patients with rheumatic diseases and chronic or resolved hepatitis B virus infection by Vassilopoulos, D, Apostolopoulou, A, Hadziyannis, E, Papatheodoridis, G V, Manolakopoulos, S, Koskinas, J, Manesis, E K, Archimandritis, A I

“…The aim of this prospective study was to examine the safety of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in patients with rheumatic disease and hepatitis B…”
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Natural history of chronic HBV infection: A cohort study with up to 12 years follow-up in North Greece (part of the Interreg I-II/EC-project) by Zacharakis, G.H., Koskinas, J., Kotsiou, S., Papoutselis, M., Tzara, F., Vafeiadis, N., Archimandritis, A.J., Papoutselis, K.

“…The aim of the study was to assess the long‐term outcome of chronic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers in the general population in North Greece…”
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Metabolic syndrome is associated with severe fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis and non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis by TSOCHATZIS, E., PAPATHEODORIDIS, G. V., MANESIS, E. K., KAFIRI, G., TINIAKOS, D. G., ARCHIMANDRITIS, A. J.

“…Summary Background  The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its possible impact on the severity of liver histological lesions have not been studied…”
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Serum hepcidin levels are related to the severity of liver histological lesions in chronic hepatitis C by Tsochatzis, E., Papatheodoridis, G. V., Koliaraki, V., Hadziyannis, E., Kafiri, G., Manesis, E. K., Mamalaki, A., Archimandritis, A. J.

“…Hepcidin is synthesized in the liver and has a crucial role in iron homoeostasis. Its synthesis is up‐regulated in chronic inflammation and iron excess. We…”
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Serum apoptotic caspase activity as a marker of severity in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection by Papatheodoridis, G V, Hadziyannis, E, Tsochatzis, E, Chrysanthos, N, Georgiou, A, Kafiri, G, Manolakopoulos, S, Tiniakos, D G, Giannousis, I, Manesis, E K, Archimandritis, A J

“…In chronic hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, apoptotic caspases are activated in liver, and serum caspase activity has been suggested as a…”
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Correlation of NK T-like CD3+CD56+ cells and CD4+CD25+(hi) regulatory T cells with VEGF and TNFα in ascites from advanced ovarian cancer: Association with platinum resistance and prognosis in patients receiving first-line, platinum-based chemotherapy by Bamias, Aristotelis, Koutsoukou, Vasiliki, Terpos, Evangelos, Tsiatas, Marinos L, Liakos, Christina, Tsitsilonis, Ourania, Rodolakis, Alexandros, Voulgaris, Zannis, Vlahos, G, Papageorgiou, Theocharis, Papatheodoridis, G, Archimandritis, A, Antsaklis, A, Dimopoulos, M.A

“…Abstract Background Several cytokines have been associated with immune regulation and prognosis in ovarian cancer. CD4+CD25+ Tregs and CD3+CD56+ NK-like T…”
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Serum HCV RNA levels and HCV genotype do not affect insulin resistance in nondiabetic patients with chronic hepatitis C: a multicentre study by TSOCHATZIS, E., MANOLAKOPOULOS, S., PAPATHEODORIDIS, G. V., HADZIYANNIS, E., TRIANTOS, C., ZISIMOPOULOS, K., GOULIS, I., TZOURMAKLIOTIS, D., AKRIVIADIS, E., MANESIS, E. K., ARCHIMANDRITIS, A. J.

“…Summary Background  Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) induces insulin resistance (IR) and subsequently diabetes. Aim  To examine viral, metabolic and histological…”
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Study comparing the effect of pioglitazone in combination with either metformin or sulphonylureas on lipid profile and glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes (ECLA) by Karamanos, B., Thanopoulou, A., Drossinos, V., Charalampidou, E., Sourmeli, S., Archimandritis, A.

“…Abstract Objective: To explore whether the improvement of lipid profile and glycaemic control observed in randomized control trials with pioglitazone (PIO) is…”
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Significant differences of lymphocytes isolated from ascites of patients with ovarian cancer compared to blood and tumor lymphocytes. Association of CD3+ CD56+ cells with platinum resistance by Bamias, A, Tsiatas, M.L, Kafantari, E, Liakou, C, Rodolakis, A, Voulgaris, Z, Vlahos, G, Papageorgiou, T, Tsitsilonis, O, Bamia, C, Papatheodoridis, G, Politi, Ek, Archimandritis, A, Antsaklis, A, Dimopoulos, M.A

“…Abstract Objectives Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and T regulatory cells (Tregs) have been associated with prognosis in ovarian cancer, but their…”
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Survivin Expression in Colorectal Carcinomas: Correlations with Clinicopathological Parameters and Survival by Kalliakmanis, J. G, Kouvidou, Ch, Latoufis, C, Kouvatseas, G, Anagnostakis, D, Papatheodoridis, G, Koskinas, J, Archimandritis, A

“…Background Survivin is a new member of the Inhibitor of apoptosis protein family that has a dual function as a mitotic regulator and apoptosis inhibitor…”
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The status of antimicrobial resistance of Helicobacter pylori in eastern Europe by Boyanova, L., Mentis, A., Gubina, M., Rozynek, E., Gosciniak, G., Kalenic, S., Göral, V., Kupcinskas, L., Kantarçeken, B., Aydin, A., Archimandritis, A., Dzierżanowska, D., Vcev, A., Ivanova, K., Marina, M., Mitov, I., Petrov, P., Özden, A., Popova, M.

“…To evaluate the primary, secondary and combined resistance to five antimicrobial agents of 2340 Helicobacter pylori isolates from 19 centers in 10 countries in…”
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Hepatic steatosis in chronic hepatitis B develops due to host metabolic factors: A comparative approach with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C by Tsochatzis, E, Papatheodoridis, G.V, Manesis, E.K, Chrysanthos, N, Kafiri, G, Archimandritis, A.J

“…Abstract Background/aims Hepatic steatosis has not been adequately studied in chronic hepatitis B, while it is considered to be a cardinal feature in chronic…”
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230 SERUM HEPCIDIN LEVELS DEPEND ON AETIOLOGY BUT NOT SEVERITY OF CIRRHOSIS by Tsochatzis, E, Papatheodoridis, G, Koliaraki, V, Mamalaki, A, Archimandritis, A

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Evidence that even “normal” albuminuria may denote incipient GFR reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Kravaritou, M, Thanopoulou, A, Karamanos, B, Kofinis, A, Noutsou, M, Spanou, E, Varsou, A, Archimandritis, A

“…Abstract Aims In patients with diabetes and microalbuminuria, small changes of GFR could have been missed, due to the lack of sensitive methodology for GFR…”
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Prevalence of glucose intolerance in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C: a prospective case-control study by Mavrogiannaki, A., Karamanos, B., Manesis, E. K., Papatheodoridis, G. V., Koskinas, J., Archimandritis, A. J.

“…Despite several studies, the association of glucose intolerance with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) or C (CHC) virus infection remains controversial. We evaluated…”
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Hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients receiving chemotherapy for malignancies: role of precore stop-codon and basic core promoter mutations by Alexopoulou, A., Theodorou, M., Dourakis, S. P., Karayiannis, P., Sagkana, E., Papanikolopoulos, K., Archimandritis, A. J.

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains carrying the precore stop‐codon mutation (A1896) have been considered among the predisposing factors for reactivation during…”
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Epidemiological evidence for the non-random clustering of the components of the metabolic syndrome: multicentre study of the Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes by Thanopoulou, A, Karamanos, B, Angelico, F, Assad-Khalil, S, Djordjevic, P, Katsilambros, N, Migdalis, I, Mrabet, M, Petkova, M, Roussi, D

“…Objective: To determine: (a) whether the components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) cluster more frequently than predicted by chance alone and (b) whether…”
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512 IN VITRO CO-CULTURE OF PRIMARY HUMAN TUMOR AND NON-TUMOR HEPATOCYTES WITH AUTOLOGOUS PBMCS AND STUDY OF THEIR IMMUNOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS by Doumba, P.P, Nikolopoulou, M, Derventzi, A, Gomatos, I.P, Galani, E, Leandros, E, Katsaragakis, S, Archimandritis, A, Konstadoulakis, M.M, Koskinas, J

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Liver Transplantation in Greek Patients: Epidemiological Data, Morbidity, and Mortality of 71 Patients from a Single Center With 6 Years of Mean Follow-up by Tsochatzis, E, Koskinas, J, Manesis, E.K, Archimandritis, A.J

“…Abstract Liver transplantation remains an underdeveloped technique in Greece; currently there is no information on outcomes in Greek patients. In this study,…”
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207 MELD VS CPS FOR PROGNOSIS IN CIRRHOSIS. RESULTS FROM A MULTICENTRE STUDY by Triantos, C, Zisimopoulos, K, Tsochatzis, E, Vlachogiannakos, J, Manolakopoulos, S, Rigamonti, C, Goulis, J, Manesis, E, Anastasiou, J, Papalexi, F, Georgiou, K, Saveriadis, A, Thomopoulos, K, Margaritis, V, Tzourmakliotis, D, Akriviadis, E, Archimandritis, A, Karamanolis, D, Nikolopoulou, V, Buroughs, A.K

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