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Multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Greece: predominance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes endemic in the Former Soviet Union countries by Ioannidis, P., van Soolingen, D., Mokrousov, I., Papaventsis, D., Karabela, S., Konstantinidou, E., Marinou, I., Nikolaou, S., Kanavaki, S., Mantadakis, E., Samonis, G., Anthony, R., Vogiatzakis, E.

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Patterns of drug resistance among patients with tuberculous pleural effusion in Greece by Anastasakos, V., Skouras, V., Moschos, C., Tsikrika, S., Karabela, S., Marinou, I., Vogiatzakis, E., Konstantinou, K., Papavasiliou, A., Kalomenidis, I.

“…SETTING: Data on the relationship between pleural tuberculosis (TB) and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance are scarce.OBJECTIVE: To determine the patterns of…”
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A gain of function polymorphism in the interleukin 6 receptor influences RA susceptibility by Marinou, I, Walters, K, Winfield, J, Bax, D E, Wilson, A G

“…To investigate the possible role of a functional polymorphism in the soluble interleukin 6 receptor (sIL-6R) gene in the genetic background of rheumatoid…”
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Genetic influences modulating the radiological severity of rheumatoid arthritis by Marinou, I, Maxwell, J R, Wilson, A G

“…This review focuses on the contribution of genetic markers to the severity of radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Currently available biomarkers…”
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The Mal/TIRAP S180L and TLR4 G299D polymorphisms are not associated with susceptibility to, or severity of, rheumatoid arthritis by Sheedy, F J, Marinou, I, O'Neill, L A J, Wilson, A G

“…Toll-like receptors (TLRs), including TLR4, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Signalling by these receptors involves…”
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Association between radiographic severity of rheumatoid arthritis and shared epitope alleles: differing mechanisms of susceptibility and protection by Mewar, D, Marinou, I, Coote, A L, Moore, D J, Akil, M, Smillie, D, Dickson, M C, Binks, M H, Montgomery, D S, Wilson, A G

“…To investigate the association of a recently described classification of Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 shared epitope alleles with rheumatoid factors (RF)…”
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nonsynonymous substitution of cystatin A, a cysteine protease inhibitor of house dust mite protease, leads to decreased mRNA stability and shows a significant association with atopic dermatitis by Vasilopoulos, Y, Cork, M.J, Teare, D, Marinou, I, Ward, S.J, Duff, G.W, Tazi-Ahnini, R

“…Cystatin A (CSTA) is a strong candidate for atopic dermatitis (AD) because it maps to AD susceptibility locus on chromosome 3q21 and it does inhibit Der p 1…”
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Evidence of epistasis between interleukin 1 and selenoprotein-S with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis by Marinou, I, Walters, K, Dickson, M C, Binks, M H, Bax, D E, Wilson, A G

“…Selenoprotein-S (SELS) is involved in the stress response within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and inflammation. Recently, promoter variants in the SELS gene…”
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Tuberculosis in Greece: bacteriologically confirmed cases and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance, 1995-2009 by Papaventsis, D, Nikolaou, S, Karabela, S, Ioannidis, P, Konstantinidou, E, Marinou, I, Sainti, A, Kanavaki, S

“…The Greek National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria is a major source of tuberculosis (TB)-related data for Greece, where the TB burden and epidemiology…”
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Impact of the Gen-Probe Amplified MTD® Test on tuberculosis diagnosis in children by Papaventsis, D., Ioannidis, P., Karabela, S., Nikolaou, S., Syridou, G., Marinou, I., Konstantinidou, E., Amanatidou, V., Spyridis, N., Kanavaki, S., Tsolia, M.

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of the Gen-Probe Amplified MTD® Test (AMTD) for childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis compared to conventional…”
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A re-evaluation of three putative functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis by Plant, D, Barton, A, Thomson, W, Ke, X, Eyre, S, Hinks, A, Bowes, J, Gibbons, L J, Wilson, A G, Marinou, I, Morgan, A W, Steer, S, Hocking, L J, Reid, D M, Wordsworth, P, Harrison, P, Worthington, J

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Fatal case of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype infection in an injecting drug user, Athens, Greece, 2012 by Leuow, K, Papaventsis, D, Kourkoundi, S, Ioannidis, P, Karabela, S, Tsikrika, S, Marinou, I, Papavasileiou, A, Stone, M, Drobniewski, F, Paparisos, V, Vogiatzakis, E

“…We present the first fatal case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in an injecting drug user (IDU) in Athens, Greece, co-infected with human…”
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Haplotype-specific gene expression profiles in a telomeric major histocompatibility complex gene cluster and susceptibility to autoimmune diseases by Mewar, D, Marinou, I, Lee, M E, Timms, J M, Kilding, R, Teare, M D, Read, R C, Wilson, A G

“…The telomeric class III region of the major histocompatibility complex is gene dense, but apart from the three tumour necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily members…”
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Investigation of possible cytokine induction in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by heat-stable serotypes of Campylobacter jejuni by Chatzipanagiotou, S., Michalopoulou, M., Marinou, I., Boufidou, F., Papavasileiou, E., Trikka-Graphakos, E., Kabouri, E., Nicolaou, C., Legakis, N.J.

“…Several Campylobacter jejuni heat-stable (HS) serotypes have been associated with the autoimmune Guillain–Barré neurological syndrome (GBS). In order to…”
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Association of interleukin‐6 and interleukin‐10 genotypes with radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis is dependent on autoantibody status by Marinou, I., Healy, J., Mewar, D., Moore, D. J., Dickson, M. C., Binks, M. H., Montgomery, D. S., Walters, K., Wilson, A. G.

“…Objective Recent evidence has highlighted a major genetic contribution to radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of this study was to…”
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Impact of the Gen-Probe Amplified MTD registered Test on tuberculosis diagnosis in children by Papaventsis, D, Loannidis, P, Karabela, S, Nikolaou, S, Syridou, G, Marinou, I, Konstantinidou, E, Amanatidou, V, Spyridis, N, Kanavaki, S, Tsolia, M

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of the Gen-Probe Amplified MTD registered Test (AMTD) for childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis compared to conventional…”
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Lack of association or interactions between the IL-4, IL-4Rα and IL-13 genes, and rheumatoid arthritis by Marinou, Ioanna, Till, Simon H, Moore, David J, Wilson, Anthony G

“…Abstract Introduction A feature of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an imbalance between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Several recent studies…”
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The variability and accurate assessment of microinflammation in haemodialysis patients by Tsirpanlis, George, Bagos, Pantelis, Ioannou, Dimitris, Bleta, Aliki, Marinou, Ioanna, Lagouranis, Antonis, Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos, Nicolaou, Chrysoula

“…Background. Systemic microinflammation is correlated with atherosclerosis. It needs a reliable assessment. This study explores the temporal variations of three…”
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Original article: A nonsynonymous substitution of cystatin A, a cysteine protease inhibitor of house dust mite protease, leads to decreased mRNA stability and shows a significant association with atopic dermatitis by Vasilopoulos, Y, Cork, M J, Teare, D, Marinou, I, Ward, S J, Duff, G W, Tazi-Ahnini, R

“…Cystatin A (CSTA ) is a strong candidate for atopic dermatitis (AD) because it maps to AD susceptibility locus on chromosome 3q21 and it does inhibit Der p 1…”
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Polymorphism within the telomeric MHC and expression of rheumatoid arthritis candidate genes by Mewar, D, Marinou, I, Timms, JM, Kilding, R, Wilson, AG

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