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Can Genetic Profile of Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation Alter Clinical Decisions? by Gourzi, P., Pantou, M.P., Gkouziouta, A., Chaidaroglou, A., Adamopoulos, S., Degiannis, D.

“…Although a significant proportion of cardiomyopathies are determined by genetic factors, the genetic testing of these patients has not been introduced…”
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Comparative Performance Evaluation of a Donor-Specific Bead-Based Crossmatch Technique for the Detection of Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies in Heart Transplantation by Chaidaroglou, A, Skoura, A, Degiannis, D

“…Abstract Introduction Recently new human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody screening methods have been shown to significantly improve thoracic transplantation…”
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Is Heart Transplantation a Therapeutic Intervention in Multi Drug Resistant Ventricular Assist Related Infections? by Gkouziouta, A, Chatzianastasiou, S, Kogerakis, N, Degiannis, D, Adamopoulos, S, Saroglou, G, Sfirakis, P

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480 Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibody Detection in Heart Transplantation: Comparison of a Donor-Specific Bead-Based Crossmatch Technique with Flow-Crossmatch and Single-Antigen Bead Methodology by Chaidaroglou, A, Skoura, A, Gouziouta, A, Degiannis, D

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Correlation between intracellular interferon-γ (IFN-γ) production by CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and IFN-γ gene polymorphism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) by Tsiavou, A., Hatziagelaki, E., Chaidaroglou, A., Koniavitou, K., Degiannis, D., Raptis, S.A.

“…IFN-γ is considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. In this study, the presence of T/A mutation at position −874 in IFN-γ gene was…”
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429 The Use of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection of Bacterial and Fungal Bloodstream Infections in Thoracic Allograft Recipients by Chaidaroglou, A, Manoli, E, Gkouziouta, A, Aggelaki, D, Pantou, M, Saroglou, G, Alivizatos, P, Degiannis, D

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Intracellular IFN-gamma production and IL-12 serum levels in latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) and in type 2 diabetes by Tsiavou, A, Degiannis, D, Hatziagelaki, E, Koniavitou, K, Raptis, S A

“…Th1 cytokines, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and Th1-inducing cytokines, such as IL-12, are involved in the pathogenesis of…”
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635: Clinical Impact of a New Real-Time PCR Assay (SeptiFast®) for Rapid Detection of Pathogens in Patients Bridged to Transplantation by Chaidaroglou, A, Manoli, E, Gkouziouta, A, Gourzi, P, Pantou, M.P, Hilidou, D, Degiannis, D, Saroglou, G, Alivizatos, P

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Heart Transplantation in a Low-Organ-Donation Environment: A Single Center Experience by Gkouziouta, A, Adamopoulos, S, Manginas, A, Karavolias, G.K, Leontiadis, E, Tsourelis, L, Zarkalis, D, Loukas, L, Stavridis, G, Antoniou, T, Degiannis, D, Melissari, E, Kaklamanis, L, Saroglou, G, Sfirakis, P, Alivizatos, P

“…Abstract Objective Heart transplantation is the “gold standard” for treating patients in end-stage heart failure who satisfy strict selection criteria…”
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93: Increased number of circulating progenitor cells following implantation of ventricular assist devices by Manginas, A, Giamouzis, G, Tsiavou, A, Sfirakis, P, Tsourelis, L, Leontiadis, E, Degiannis, D, Alivizatos, P.A, Kokkinos, D.V

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Flow cytometric detection of intracellular IL-12 release: in vitro effect of widely used immunosuppressants by Tsiavou, A, Degiannis, D, Hatziagelaki, E, Koniavitou, K, Raptis, S

“…Interleukin 12 (IL-12) is a potent regulator of the Th1/Th2 pathway, enhancing alloantigen-specific immune functions. In the present study, we developed a flow…”
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Genetic predisposition in pediatric acute myocarditis: a pilot study by Gourzi, P, Pantou, M P, Vagenakis, G, Tsoutsinos, A, Vatsellas, G, Makrythanasis, P, Rammos, S, Degiannis, D

“…Abstract Background Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle with a wide range of clinical presentations, from asymptomatic to cardiogenic…”
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Genetic testing in consecutive cases of acute and clinically suspected myocarditis with noise in the family by Papatheodorou, E, Pantou, M, Gourzi, P, Bakalakos, A, Tsatsopoulou, A, Vlagkouli, V, Rammos, S, Papagiannis, J, Efraimidis, M, Degiannis, D, Vardas, P, Anastasakis, A

“…Abstract Background Myocarditis is increasingly associated with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). Purpose The aim of our…”
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TNF-?, TGF-?1, IL-10, IL-6, Gene Polymorphisms in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by TSIAVOU, A., HATZIAGELAKI, E., CHAIDAROGLOU, A., MANGINAS, A., KONIAVITOU, K., DEGIANNIS, D., RAPTIS, S. A.

“…Abundant evidence suggests that cytokines involve in the pathogenesis of latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA). This is a slowly progressive form of type…”
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P6314Left- versus Bi-Ventricular Assist Device-mediated anti-HLA alloantibody induction in bridge-to-transplantation patients by Armenis, I, Chaidaroglou, A, Bonios, M, Leontiadis, E, Gkouziouta, A, Kogerakis, N, Fragkoulis, S, Zarkalis, D, Stavridis, G, Degiannis, D, Adamopoulos, S

“…Abstract Background Presence of anti-Human Leukocyte Antigen (anti-HLA) alloantibodies (allosensitization) in a heart transplantation candidate impedes the…”
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In vitro expression of activation markers and lymphocyte proliferation in response to interleukin 12: effect of immunosuppressive agents by Degiannis, D, Koniavitou, K

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Effects of cyclosporine and rapamycin on immunoglobulin production by preactivated human B cells by KIM, H.‐S., RASKOVA, J., DEGIANNIS, D., RASKA, K.

“…SUMMARY In order to assess the direct effects of cyclosporine A (CsA) and rapamycin on B cells, we utilized a two‐segment culture system of highly purified B…”
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Effects of cyclosporin A on immune activation markers in patients with active psoriasis by Economidou, J, Barkis, J, Demetriou, Z, Avgerinou, G, Psarra, K, Degiannis, D, Vareltzidis, A, Katsambas, A

“…Psoriasis is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease. The objective of this work was to investigate the presence of cellular and soluble activation molecules in…”
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(970) - LVAD versus BiVAD-mediated Allosensitization in Bridge-to-transplant Patients by Chaidaroglou, A., Bonios, M., Gkouziouta, A., Leontiadis, E., Pantou, M., Gourzi, P., Kapsalis, A., Kogerakis, N., Stavridis, G., Adamopoulos, S., Degiannis, D.

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Flow cytometric detection of IL-6 production by CD14+ cells: the effect of in vitro addition of cyclosporine-A and prednisolone by Degiannis, D, Kapsalis, A, Thalassinos, A, Koniavitou, K

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