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Makri E, Orfanidou M, Makri ES, Goulas A, Terpos E, Polyzos SA. Circulating Ferritin in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Clin Exp Hepatol 2024; 14:101353. [PMID: 38435724 PMCID: PMC10905002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Objectives To synthesize data on circulating ferritin between patients with histologically confirmed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-NAFLD controls. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library. Thirty-one studies comprising data on 5631 individuals (2929 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients and 2702 controls) were included in the meta-analysis. Results Higher circulating ferritin levels were observed in NAFLD patients than in controls [standardized mean difference (SMD) 1.14; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.73-1.55], in patients with simple nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) than in controls (SMD 0.57; 95% CI 0.34-0.80), in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) than in controls (SMD 0.95; 95% CI 0.69-1.22), and in NASH than in NAFL patients (SMD 0.62; 95% CI 0.25-0.99). There was moderate-to-high heterogeneity among studies in the above pairs of comparisons (I2 = 68-97%); no risk of publication bias was observed by Egger's test (P = 0.81, P = 0.72, P = 0.59, P = 0.42, respectively). The heterogeneity was reduced in the subgroup of biopsy-proven controls in all pairs of comparisons (I2 = 0-65%). The heterogeneity was also reduced after excluding studies with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) score <7 (n = 10) for the comparison of NAFLD patients vs. controls (I2 = 54%, P = 0.02). The meta-regression analysis revealed that the male ratio was positively associated with ferritin SMD in the comparison between NAFLD patients and controls and accounted for 32.7% (P = 0.002) of the heterogeneity in this pair of comparison. Conclusions Circulating ferritin was higher in NAFLD (or NAFL or NASH) patients compared with controls. Higher levels of circulating ferritin were also associated with the severity of the disease, which, however, should be cautiously interpreted.PROSPERO registration ID: CRD42022354025.
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- Eleftheria Makri
- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Makri ES, Xanthopoulos K, Mavrommatis Parasidis P, Makri E, Pettas S, Tsingotjidou A, Cheva A, Ballaouri I, Gerou S, Goulas A, Polyzos SA. Partial validation of a six-month high-fat diet and fructose-glucose drink combination as a mouse model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Endocrine 2024:10.1007/s12020-024-03769-5. [PMID: 38507181 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03769-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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PURPOSE The need to investigate the pathogenesis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has led to the development of multiple mouse models. The aim of this study was to validate a fast food diet (FFD) mouse model that is introduced as being close to the human disease. METHODS Eight to nine weeks old male and female C57BL/6 J mice were randomly allocated to a FFD group or to a chow diet (CD) group. Every four weeks, mice were weighed, and blood samples were collected for the measurement of glucose, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), triglycerides (TGs) and total cholesterol. After 25 weeks, mice were sacrificed, and liver tissue was histologically evaluated. RESULTS FFD mice gained more weight (p = 0.049) and presented a higher liver-to-body weight ratio (p < 0.001) compared to CD mice. FFD group presented with greater steatosis, hepatocellular ballooning and NAFLD activity score (NAS), whereas lobular inflammation and fibrosis were not significantly different compared to CD. When stratified by sex, NAS was different between FFD and CD groups in both male and female mice. Group by time interaction was significant for weight, ALT and cholesterol, but not for glucose, AST and TGs. CONCLUSION FFD mice presented with morphologic and biochemical features of NAFLD and with greater hepatic steatosis, hepatocellular ballooning and NAS, but not lobular inflammation and fibrosis, compared to CD mice. These results only partly validate the FFD mouse model for NAFLD, at least for a 6-month feeding period.
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- Evangelia S Makri
- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Histology & Embryology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Histology & Embryology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Incorvaia C, Ciprandi G, Nizi MC, Makri E, Ridolo E. Subcutaneous and sublingual allergen-specific immunotherapy: a tale of two routes. Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2020; 52:245-257. [PMID: 32372588 DOI: 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Summary Specific immunotherapy is the only treatment acting on the causes and not only on symptoms of respiratory allergy. It was first introduced as subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) with the aim to induce immunological tolerance to the administered allergen(s). In the 1980s, sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) was developed, mainly to improve the safety, which was a critical issue at that time. This article reviewed the available literature, including a large number of randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses, and real-life studies as well, on the outcomes of SCIT and SLIT concerning the treatment critical issues of the two routes, that are efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness, and compliance to treatment. The efficacy of SCIT and SLIT is similar in respiratory allergy, providing, based on the induction of typical changes in the immunologic response, an early control of symptoms that steadily increases during the treatment and its efficacy lasts after the recommended duration of three years. Such results are the reason why SCIT and SLIT have economic advantage over symptomatic drugs.
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- C Incorvaia
- Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy
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- Allergy Clinic, Casa di Cura Villa Montallegro, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Bonte C, Makri E, Ardeshirdavani A, Simm J, Moreau Y, Vercauteren F. Towards practical privacy-preserving genome-wide association study. BMC Bioinformatics 2018; 19:537. [PMID: 30572817 PMCID: PMC6302495 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-018-2541-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The deployment of Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) requires genomic information of a large population to produce reliable results. This raises significant privacy concerns, making people hesitate to contribute their genetic information to such studies. RESULTS We propose two provably secure solutions to address this challenge: (1) a somewhat homomorphic encryption (HE) approach, and (2) a secure multiparty computation (MPC) approach. Unlike previous work, our approach does not rely on adding noise to the input data, nor does it reveal any information about the patients. Our protocols aim to prevent data breaches by calculating the χ2 statistic in a privacy-preserving manner, without revealing any information other than whether the statistic is significant or not. Specifically, our protocols compute the χ2 statistic, but only return a yes/no answer, indicating significance. By not revealing the statistic value itself but only the significance, our approach thwarts attacks exploiting statistic values. We significantly increased the efficiency of our HE protocols by introducing a new masking technique to perform the secure comparison that is necessary for determining significance. CONCLUSIONS We show that full-scale privacy-preserving GWAS is practical, as long as the statistics can be computed by low degree polynomials. Our implementations demonstrated that both approaches are efficient. The secure multiparty computation technique completes its execution in approximately 2 ms for data contributed by one million subjects.
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- Charlotte Bonte
- imec-COSIC, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- imec-COSIC, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- ABRR, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Makropoulos C, Rozos E, Tsoukalas I, Plevri A, Karakatsanis G, Karagiannidis L, Makri E, Lioumis C, Noutsopoulos C, Mamais D, Rippis C, Lytras E. Sewer-mining: A water reuse option supporting circular economy, public service provision and entrepreneurship. J Environ Manage 2018; 216:285-298. [PMID: 28728973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Water scarcity, either due to increased urbanisation or climatic variability, has motivated societies to reduce pressure on water resources mainly by reducing water demand. However, this practice alone is not sufficient to guarantee the quality of life that high quality water services underpin, especially within a context of increased urbanisation. As such, the idea of water reuse has been gaining momentum for some time and has recently found a more general context within the idea of the Circular Economy. This paper is set within the context of an ongoing discussion between centralized and decentralized water reuse techniques and the investigation of trade-offs between efficiency and economic viability of reuse at different scales. Specifically, we argue for an intermediate scale of a water reuse option termed 'sewer-mining', which could be considered a reuse scheme at the neighbourhood scale. We suggest that sewer mining (a) provides a feasible alternative reuse option when the geography of the wastewater treatment plant is problematic, (b) relies on mature treatment technologies and (c) presents an opportunity for Small Medium Enterprises (SME) to be involved in the water market, securing environmental, social and economic benefits. To support this argument, we report on a pilot sewer-mining application in Athens, Greece. The pilot, integrates two subsystems: a packaged treatment unit and an information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. The paper reports on the pilot's overall performance and critically evaluates the potential of the sewer-mining idea to become a significant piece of the circular economy puzzle for water.
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- C Makropoulos
- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Athens Water and Sewerage Company S.A (EYDAP) - Research and Development - Oropou 156, 11146, Galatsi, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- TELINT RTD Consultancy Services Ltd., 1 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom
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- CHEMITEC Technical and Commercial Company, 23, Spyrou Vrettou Str., 136 71, Acharnes, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 5, 157 80, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Athens Water and Sewerage Company S.A (EYDAP) - Research and Development - Oropou 156, 11146, Galatsi, Athens, Greece
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- Athens Water and Sewerage Company S.A (EYDAP) - Research and Development - Oropou 156, 11146, Galatsi, Athens, Greece
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Incorvaia C, Masieri S, Cavaliere C, Makri E, Sposato B, Frati F. Asthma associated to rhinitis. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2018; 32:67-71. [PMID: 29552876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A large amount of data show that AR and asthma are associated both epidemiologically and clinically, introducing the definition of united airway disease. The mechanisms underlying such association were initially suggested to start from the nose, including the loss of the protective and homeostatic effects of nasal function, the activation of a naso-bronchial reflex and the spread of allergic inflammation from the nose to the lower airways. Later, other factors such as microbial stimuli and systemic inflammatory mechanisms, involving bloodstream and bone marrow, were advocated. The advance in knowledge made it clear that the link between asthma and AR is multifactorial, with particular importance for inflammatory cells and especially eosinophils. By the model of nasal challenge, important immunological responses were revealed, with particular importance for the increased expression of adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and E-selectin) and of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-13, that was accompanied by a rise of eosinophils in blood and developement of bronchial hyper-responsiveness. The occurrence in AR of a concomitant sinusitis is frequently associated with worse asthma outcomes, as assessed by a lower pulmonary function, increased asthma symptoms and poorer quality-of-life compared to patients with asthma alone.
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- C Incorvaia
- Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Sense Organs, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy
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- Pneumology Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Master of Rinoallergologia Pratica, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Manzotti G, Riario-Sforza GG, Dimatteo M, Scolari C, Makri E, Incorvaia C. Comparing the compliance to a short schedule of subcutaneous immunotherapy and to sublingual immunotherapy during three years of treatment. Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 48:224-227. [PMID: 27852426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) in its two forms of subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) and sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is an effective treatment of respiratory allergy, but is particularly concerned by the issue of compliance. OBJECTIVE We aimed a real-life study at evaluating the compliance to SLIT and to SCIT administered by a short-course of four injections during a 3-year period of observation. METHODS A group of 145 patients (79 males, 66 females, age ranging from 14 to 69 years), suffering from pollen-induced rhino-conjunctivitis with or without asthma, were included in the study. Following adequate education on AIT and according to patient's preference, 72 patients chose to be treated with short-course SCIT and 73 chose to be treated with SLIT. The latter was performed by allergen extracts from different manufacturers according to the suggested schedules. RESULTS The rate of withdrawal was as follows: after one year, 15.6% for SCIT and 33.4 for SLIT; after two years, 25.6% for SCIT and 44.8% for SLIT; after three years, 26.7 for SCIT and 46% for SLIT. There was no significant difference in the rate of withdrawal between males and females. Regarding the safety, no systemic reaction requiring medical treatment was observed either in SCIT or SLIT group. CONCLUSION The findings of this study confirm that involving the patient in the choice of the route of administration is associated to a satisfactory compliance to AIT. In particular, more than 70% of patients treated with a short schedule of SCIT completed the three-years course of treatment that is recommended for AIT, while this goal was reached by 54% of SLIT treated patients.
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- G Manzotti
- Allergy Outpatients Service, Treviglio-Caravaggio General Hospital, Treviglio, Italy. E-mail:
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- Pharmacy Unit, General Hospital, Treviglio, Italy
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- Pharmacy Unit, General Hospital, Treviglio, Italy
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- Allergy/Pulmonary rehabilitation, ICP Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Allergy/Pulmonary rehabilitation, ICP Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Tziomalos K, Gkougkourelas I, Sarantopoulos A, Bekiari E, Raptis N, Makri E, Tselios K, Pantoura M, Hatzitolios A, Boura P. Prevalence of increased arterial stiffness and peripheral arterial disease in patients with systemic sclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tziomalos K, Gkougkourelas I, Sarantopoulos A, Bekiari E, Makri E, Raptis N, Tselios K, Pantoura M, Hatzitolios A, Boura P. Prevalence of increased arterial stiffness and peripheral arterial disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Atherosclerosis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tzebeliikos E, Makri E, Traiforos V, Tsigas G, Giailoglou D, Parashos I. PW01-79 - Effect of memantine treatment in cognitive and behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer disease patients. Eur Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)71478-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Raftopoulos V, Nikolopoulos G, Konte V, Pylli M, Tsiara C, Makri E, Paraskeva D. Post-exposure prophylaxis after non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece. Int Nurs Rev 2008; 55:68-72. [PMID: 18275538 DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM To assess the use of post-exposure prophylaxis after a non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece. METHODS We analysed the data that were reported to the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention by physicians who requested non-occupational post-exposure to HIV prophylaxis (NONOPEP). RESULTS During the period January 1996-June 2005 inclusive, 159 persons received NONOPEP (116 males, 42 females and 1 unknown). Fifty-three per cent of the males sought NONOPEP because of an exposure to sperm and vaginal secretions, while 35.7% of the females were exposed to sperm. Unprotected sex was the main reported cause of exposure to HIV (38.36%) followed by condom rupture (35.85%). For 110 (69.18%) persons, it was the first time they were prescribed NONOPEP. CONCLUSION The current surveillance system in Greece should be further developed to include the documentation of potential drug-toxicity, side effects and adherence to the prophylaxis. The health educational role of the nurse in HIV prevention in Greece should be developed.
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- V Raftopoulos
- Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Office, Athens, Greece.
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Tsoukala A, Papalamprou E, Makri E, Doxastakis G, Braudo EE. Adsorption at the air-water interface and emulsification properties of grain legume protein derivatives from pea and broad bean. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2006; 53:203-8. [PMID: 17049437 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 07/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Functional properties of native and modified (through induced autolysis) pea (Pisum sativum L.) and broad bean (Vicia faba L.) protein derivatives are studied. In specific, protein solubility and behavior at the air-water interface through surface pressure measurements are investigated. Furthermore the ability of the protein products to act as emulsifying agents and to stabilize emulsions is studied through oil droplet size distribution measurements and by the protein adsorbed at the oil-water interface. The data reveal that the ability of the proteins to act as surfactants and build up a rigid film around the oil droplets, mainly depends on their suitable molecular configuration and structure. Hydrolysis did not promote the functionality of the legume proteins. Broad bean exhibited better functionality than pea, before and after hydrolysis. Some comparisons were also made with lupin (Lupinus albus L.) protein isolate.
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- A Tsoukala
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Georgiadou SP, Zachou K, Rigopoulou E, Liaskos C, Mina P, Gerovasilis F, Makri E, Dalekos GN. Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Greek patients with chronic hepatitis C and in patients with diverse nonviral hepatic diseases. J Viral Hepat 2004; 11:358-65. [PMID: 15230859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2004.00513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported in patients with chronic hepatitis C who are negative for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). However, the significance of 'silent' HBV in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is unknown. We investigated 540 subjects for the presence of occult HBV in Greek HCV patients, patients with nonviral liver diseases and healthy donors in an attempt to determine the frequency and importance of this phenomenon. One hundred and eighty-seven anti-HCV(+)/HBsAg(-) patients' sera were investigated for the presence of HBV-DNA by polymerase chain reaction. Two hundred and eighty-two selected blood donors (positive for antibodies to HBV core antigen) and 71 patients with various nonviral hepatic diseases consisted the control groups [both controls were anti-HCV(-)/HBsAg(-)]. HBV-DNA was detected in 26.2% of HCV-infected patients vs 8.5% of patients with nonviral diseases (P = 0.003) and 0/282 of donors (P = 0.0000). HBV-DNA was neither associated with HBV markers, nor with the clinical status of HCV and nonHCV patients. Neither epidemiological, histologic and virologic data nor the response to therapy were associated with the HBV-DNA detection. Hence one quarter of HCV-infected patients had occult HBV infection. Similar findings were not found in both control groups. Occult HBV infection in Greek patients with chronic hepatitis C does not seem to modify the progression of chronic liver disease. Further studies of longer duration are needed in order to clarify the role of 'silent' HBV infection in HCV-infected patients.
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- S P Georgiadou
- Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
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Georgiadou SP, Zachou K, Rigopoulou E, Liaskos C, Mina P, Gerovasilis F, Makri E, Dalekos GN. Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Greek patients with chronic hepatitis C and in patients with diverse nonviral hepatic diseases. J Viral Hepat 2004. [PMID: 15230859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported in patients with chronic hepatitis C who are negative for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). However, the significance of 'silent' HBV in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is unknown. We investigated 540 subjects for the presence of occult HBV in Greek HCV patients, patients with nonviral liver diseases and healthy donors in an attempt to determine the frequency and importance of this phenomenon. One hundred and eighty-seven anti-HCV(+)/HBsAg(-) patients' sera were investigated for the presence of HBV-DNA by polymerase chain reaction. Two hundred and eighty-two selected blood donors (positive for antibodies to HBV core antigen) and 71 patients with various nonviral hepatic diseases consisted the control groups [both controls were anti-HCV(-)/HBsAg(-)]. HBV-DNA was detected in 26.2% of HCV-infected patients vs 8.5% of patients with nonviral diseases (P = 0.003) and 0/282 of donors (P = 0.0000). HBV-DNA was neither associated with HBV markers, nor with the clinical status of HCV and nonHCV patients. Neither epidemiological, histologic and virologic data nor the response to therapy were associated with the HBV-DNA detection. Hence one quarter of HCV-infected patients had occult HBV infection. Similar findings were not found in both control groups. Occult HBV infection in Greek patients with chronic hepatitis C does not seem to modify the progression of chronic liver disease. Further studies of longer duration are needed in order to clarify the role of 'silent' HBV infection in HCV-infected patients.
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- S P Georgiadou
- Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
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Moulas A, Noulas A, Makri E, Papadamou G, Bonanou-Tzedaki S, Dalekos G. Total Antioxidant Status and Erythrocyte Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and C. EUR J INFLAMM 2004. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0400200205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Damage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected hepatocytes is mediated by both a direct cytopathic effect of the viruses and by immunologic response of T-cells, However, other mechanisms such as oxidative stress, may also be involved in cellular damage. We conducted a study to investigate the status of superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) and the total antioxidant status (TAS) in a consecutive cohort of patients infected with HBV and HCV infections, including HBV patients in the chronic inactive state of the disease. The latter were included in an attempt to determine whether antioxidant status is affected even in cases where an obvious viral activity is absent. TAS and SOD were measured in 55 patients (43 HBV, 12 HCV) and 25 healthy controls. 17 out of 43 patients had chronic inactive HBV state, 15 had chronic hepatitis Band 11 had HBV-related cirrhosis. In the HCV group, 6 patients had chronic hepatitis C and 6 HCV-related cirrhosis. Erythrocyte SOD activity was determined in haemolysate from red blood cells using a kinetic spectrophotometer method. TAS was measured by a colorimetric assay. The mean TAS and SOD values in the total number of patients (1.20±0.12 mmol/L and 1040±255 Ulg Hb, respectively) were significantly lower (p<0.001) compared to healthy controls (1.57±0.13 mmol/L and 1491±420 D/g Hb), Comparisons between groups showed significantly lower (p<0.001) TAS and SOD values in each subgroup of patients compared to healthy controls. A significant positive correlation was found between TAS and SOD in the total number ofpatients (n= 55, p<0.01), in the chronic hepatitis group (n=21, p=0.01) and in the total group of HBV patients (n=43, p<0.01). We demonstrated a significant reduced antioxidant capacity in patients with chronic HBV and HCV as indicated by low TAS and SOD. These findings were independent of the virological, biochemical and clinical status of the patients, including those with chronic inactive HBV state. This could suggest that the tissue-related consequences of oxidative stress might start from the inactive stage of liver viral diseases. However, our observations should be viewed with caution and need to be tested in a larger numbers of patients in order to determine prospectively whether these findings have pathophysiological and/or clinical significance.
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- A.N. Moulas
- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Department of Animal Production, Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Department of Medical Laboratories) GR 41110 Larissa; University of Thessaly, Medical School
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- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Academic Liver Unit, Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Academic Liver Unit, Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Department of Biochemistry, Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Academic Liver Unit, Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
- Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Larissa, Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine), Papakiriazi 22 str, GR 41222 Larissa, Greece
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Chatziarsenis M, Makri E, Sapouna‐Chatziarseni W, Fioretos M, Faresjö T, Trell E, Lionis C. Care preferences in a Cretan community with integrated hospital/general practice services. Int J Health Care Qual Assur 2001. [DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000005638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chatziarsenis M, Lionis C, Makri E, Sapouna K, Fioretos M, Faresjö T, Mavromanolakis M, Vlachonikolis J, Trell E. Bringing community involvement into a Cretan primary/hospital care center: an evaluation of population habits and attitudes toward health care. J Med Syst 1999; 23:123-31. [PMID: 10435243 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020541303359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In a small Cretan township hospital combining secondary and primary care, a questionnaire was distributed to a consecutive visitor sample. The questionnaire requested information on the participants' personal smoking and other life habits, perceptions and expectations of the delivery of the health care services, and attitudes toward their own doctors and others who provide various health services. Three hundred and one individuals of both sexes who were 15 years and older participated in the study (participation rate, more than 97%). An interesting and varied response was recorded, covering a wide range of perceptions, opinions, and attitudes not only toward the services, but also toward the staff. Although a high confidence in and appreciation of both the primary care and hospital sections appeared in the study results, these attitudes should not be allowed to deteriorate. Therefore, specific actions should be undertaken: constant upgrading of the existing organizational context, implementation of promotional and educational programs, and use of the questionnaire as an effective tool for periodically assessing the population's attitudes, experiences, and expectations.
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