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Ozturk I, Urgut O, Banti C, Kourkoumelis N, Owczarzak A, Kubicki M, Charalabopoulos K, Hadjikakou S. Synthesis, structural characterization and cytotoxicity of the antimony(III) chloride complex with N,N-dicyclohexyldithiooxamide. Polyhedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Shpakovsky DB, Banti CN, Beaulieu-Houle G, Kourkoumelis N, Manoli M, Manos MJ, Tasiopoulos AJ, Hadjikakou SK, Milaeva ER, Charalabopoulos K, Bakas T, Butler IS, Hadjiliadis N. Synthesis, structural characterization and in vitro inhibitory studies against human breast cancer of the bis-(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol)tin(iv) dichloride and its complexes. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:14568-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c2dt31527k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Banti CN, Giannoulis AD, Kourkoumelis N, Owczarzak AM, Poyraz M, Kubicki M, Charalabopoulos K, Hadjikakou SK. Mixed ligand–silver(i) complexes with anti-inflammatory agents which can bind to lipoxygenase and calf-thymus DNA, modulating their function and inducing apoptosis. Metallomics 2012; 4:545-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c2mt20039b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Loukopoulos P, Batistatou A, Virvilis K, Adamama-Moraitou K, Pardali D, Charalabopoulos K, Rallis T. Immunohistochemical Profile of a Gastric Diffuse Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma in a Dog. J Comp Pathol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2011.11.154] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Poyraz M, Banti C, Kourkoumelis N, Dokorou V, Manos M, Simčič M, Golič-Grdadolnik S, Mavromoustakos T, Giannoulis A, Verginadis I, Charalabopoulos K, Hadjikakou S. Synthesis, structural characterization and biological studies of novel mixed ligand Ag(I) complexes with triphenylphosphine and aspirin or salicylic acid. Inorganica Chim Acta 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2011.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Balas V, Verginadis I, Geromichalos G, Kourkoumelis N, Male L, Hursthouse M, Repana K, Yiannaki E, Charalabopoulos K, Bakas T, Hadjikakou S. Synthesis, structural characterization and biological studies of the triphenyltin(IV) complex with 2-thiobarbituric acid. Eur J Med Chem 2011; 46:2835-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simos Y, Karkabounas S, Verginadis I, Charalampidis P, Filiou D, Charalabopoulos K, Zioris I, Kalfakakou V, Evangellou A. Intra-peritoneal application of catechins and EGCG as in vivo inhibitors of ozone-induced oxidative stress. Phytomedicine 2011; 18:579-585. [PMID: 21111587 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2010] [Revised: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Oxidative stress is considered as a prominent feature of many acute and chronic diseases as well as of the normal aging process. We examined the effects of intra-peritoneal administration of catechins and EGCG as in vivo inhibitors of oxidative stress induced by ozone administration in two groups of Wistar rats. The first group was treated by intra-peritoneal administration of catechins and EGCG after the administration of ozone and the second group was pretreated by intra-peritoneal administration of catechins and EGCG prior to ozone administration. We determined in blood the activity of the enzymes superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, total antioxidant capacity, levels of copper and zinc and in urine malonaldehyde contents. Ozone administration resulted in significant reduction of glutathione peroxidase activity, plasma zinc levels and plasma and Red Blood Cells antioxidant capacity. Catechins and EGCG upregulate superoxide dismutase activity and maintain plasma and Red Blood Cells antioxidant capacity. Malonaldehyde levels at the end of the study were significantly increased only in the first group. Our data demonstrate that treatment with catechins and EGCG cannot reverse or prevent the effects of oxidative stress although some modulation occurs.
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- Y Simos
- Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece.
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Charalabopoulos K, Makris G, Charalabopoulos A, Golias C, Athanasiou K. Public knowledge, beliefs and practices in Greece about cancer etiology and prevention. East Mediterr Health J 2011. [DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.5.392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Charalabopoulos K, Makris G, Charalabopoulos A, Golias C, Athanasiou K. Public knowledge, beliefs and practices in Greece about cancer etiology and prevention. East Mediterr Health J 2011; 17:392-397. [PMID: 21796951] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This questionnaire survey of the parents of elementary schoolchildren in Greece assessed their self-reported knowledge, attitudes and practices towards smoking, diet and exposure to X-radiation. A random sample of 403 household units (379 fathers and 391 mothers) was selected from urban areas of Thessaloniki. Half of the parents who smoked (50.1%) did not ask for permission to smoke from other people and 66.0% regularly smoked in front of their children. On the other hand, 82.6% of smokers recognized the existence of a health risk to children from passive smoking. Parents overestimated the role of nuclear tests and accidents as factors in carcinogenesis. Two-thirds of parents did not know the beneficial role of the Mediterranean diet to health, and dietary intake analysis showed some departure from the traditional Mediterranean diet. A reconsideration of the policy regarding health education programmes concerning cancer prevention in Greece is needed.
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- K Charalabopoulos
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, loannina University Medical School, loannina, Greece.
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Georgiou E, Metsios A, Kourkoumelis N, Karkabounas S, Charalabopoulos K, Badeka A, Hadjikakou S. Inhibition of lipoxygenase (LOX) and anticancer activity caused by gold(I) mixed ligands complexes of triphenylphosphine and thioamides. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2010; 26:592-7. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2010.529807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- E. Georgiou
- Department of Chemistry, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
- Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Batistatou A, Doulis EA, Tiniakos D, Anogiannaki A, Charalabopoulos K. The introduction of medical humanities in the undergraduate curriculum of Greek medical schools: challenge and necessity. Hippokratia 2010; 14:241-243. [PMID: 21311630 PMCID: PMC3031316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Medical humanities is a multidisciplinary field, consisting of humanities (theory of literature and arts, philosophy, ethics, history and theology), social sciences (anthropology, psychology and sociology) and arts (literature, theater, cinema, music and visual arts), integrated in the undergraduate curriculum of Medical schools. The aim of the present study is to discuss medical humanities and support the necessity of introduction of a medical humanities course in the curriculum of Greek medical schools. MATERIALS, METHODS AND RESULTS Through the relevant Pub-Med search as well as taking into account various curricula of medical schools, it is evident that medical education today is characterized by acquisition of knowledge and skills and development of medical values and attitudes. Clinical observation with the recognition of key data and patterns in the collected information, is crucial in the final medical decision, i.e. in the complex process, through which doctors accumulate data, reach conclusions and decide on therapy. All sciences included in medical humanities are important for the high quality education of future doctors. The practice of Medicine is in large an image-related science. The history of anatomy and art are closely related, already from the Renaissance time. Studies have shown that attendance of courses on art critics improves the observational skills of medical students. Literature is the source of information about the nature and source of human emotions and behavior and of narratives of illness, and increases imagination. Philosophy aids in the development of analytical and synthetical thinking. Teaching of history of medicine develops humility and aids in avoiding the repetition of mistakes of the past, and quite often raises research and therapeutic skepticism. The comprehension of medical ethics and professional deontology guides the patient-doctor relationship, as well as the relations between physicians and their colleagues. The Medical Humanities course, which is already integrated in the undergraduate curriculum of many medical schools of Europe, USA and Australia, includes lectures by experts and students presentations on the above-mentioned areas and could be offered, for a semester, during the first years. CONCLUSION The aim of Medical Humanities course is the development of imagination and interpretation of data through analytical complex procedures, the development of skills of close observation and careful interpretation of the patient "language" and the enhancement of empathy for the patients, as well as the development of the physician-patient relationship and finally the conceptualization/construction of personal and professional values.
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Rizos C, Papassava M, Golias C, Charalabopoulos K. Alcohol consumption and prostate cancer: a mini review. Exp Oncol 2010; 32:66-70. [PMID: 20693964] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Prostate cancer has become a major public health problem worldwide although the etiology of prostate cancer remains largely unknown. Dietary factors, dietary supplements, and physical activity might be important in the prevention of the disease. In the majority of studies published, it was observed that high consumption of meat, alcohol and dairy products has been linked to a greater risk. Specifically, alcohol use, and particularly heavy use, may cause cancers of liver, esophagus, larynx, pharynx and oral cavity, with risks for the aero-digestive cancers. Moderate use among women has been related with increases in breast cancer. Alcohol consumption is a modifiable lifestyle factor that may affect prostate cancer risk. Alcohol alters the hormonal environment and in parallel, containing chemical substances such as flavonoids (red wine), may alter tumor cell growth. In this mini review, the relation between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer risk is analyzed.
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- Ch Rizos
- Medical Health Center of Paramythia, General Hospital "G. Hatzicostas", Makrygianni Av., 45001 Ioannina, Greece
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Georgolios AK, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. Integrins in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC): A Review of the Current Literature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 12:1-8. [PMID: 16371342 DOI: 10.1080/15419060500383093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 02/06/2023]
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Integrins are a family of adhesion molecules performing a major role in multiple cellular functions. Their contribution in carcinogenesis and metastatic process are the object of intense research activity worldwide during the last decades. This review focuses on the existing knowledge about integrin expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) as it has been acquired mainly by immunohistochemical methods and by in vitro assays. The elucidation of the exact role of integrins and the study of expressive alterations of these molecules in cancer cells, may result in novel therapeutical approaches for useful applications in the clinical routine of HNSCC in the future.
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- A K Georgolios
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Golias C, Iliadis I, Peschos D, Charalabopoulos K. Amplification and co-regulators of androgen receptor gene in prostate cancer. Exp Oncol 2009; 31:3-8. [PMID: 19300409] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy among males after lung cancer. The growth of prostate cancer cells depends on the presence of androgens, a group of steroid hormones that include testosterone and its more active metabolite dihydrotestoste-rone. Most prostate cancers are androgen-dependent and respond to the antiandrogens or androgen-deprivation therapy. However, the progression to an androgen-independent stage occurs frequently. Possible mechanisms that could be involved in the development of hormone resistant prostate cancer causes including androgen receptor (AR) mutations, AR amplification/over expression, interaction between AR and other growth factors, and enhanced signaling in a ligand-independent manner are discussed.
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- Ch Golias
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45100, Greece
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Eleftheriadou A, Chalastras T, Georgopoulos S, Yiotakis J, Manolopoulos L, Iliadis I, Charalabopoulos K, Kandiloros D. Long-Term Results of Plastipore Prostheses in Reconstruction of the Middle Ear Ossicular Chain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 71:284-8. [DOI: 10.1159/000253487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Golias C, Tsoutsi E, Matziridis A, Makridis P, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. Review. Leukocyte and endothelial cell adhesion molecules in inflammation focusing on inflammatory heart disease. In Vivo 2007; 21:757-769. [PMID: 18019409] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In multicellular organisms the development of adhesion bonds, either among cells or among cells and components of the extracellular matrix, is a crucial process. These interactions are mediated by molecules which are named adhesion molecules and play a main role both at the early stages of the development of tissue integrity and later. Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) have a key role in several pathologies such as cancer and inflammatory diseases. Selectins, integrins and immunoglobulin gene superfamily of adhesion receptors mediate different steps of leukocyte migration from the bloodstream towards the inflammatory foci. Leukocyte interactions with the vascular endothelium are highly orchestrated processes that include the capture of free-flowing leukocytes from the blood with subsequent leukocyte rolling, arrest, firm adhesion and ensuing diapedesis. These interactions occur under high shear stresses within venules and depend on multiple families of adhesion molecules. As a response to infection mediators, leukocyte gathering is considered to be crucial for the adequate defence of the organism to any kind of injury or infection. Endothelial activation contributes significantly to the systemic inflammatory response to bacteraemia and increased expression. Release of soluble endothelial markers into the circulation has been demonstrated together with elevated plasma levels of CAMs and has been reported in bacteraemic patients. It has been proposed that infection of endothelial cells with Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sanguis, or Staphylococcus epidermidis induces surface expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 and monocyte adhesion. In general, leukocyte/endothelial cell interactions such as capture, rolling, and firm adhesion can no longer be viewed as occurring in discrete steps mediated by individual families of adhesion molecules but rather as a series of overlapping synergistic interactions among adhesion molecules resulting in an adhesion cascade. These cascades thereby direct leukocyte migration, which is essential for the generation of effective inflammatory responses and the development of rapid immune responses.
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- C Golias
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Greece
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Charalampopoulos A, Lazaris A, Misiakos E, Liakakos S, Macheras A, Peschos D, Batistatou A, Fotiadis K, Charalabopoulos K. Acute septic cholelithiasic cholecystitis and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder; an interesting association. Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2007; 70:267-270. [PMID: 18074735] [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: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder may present as acute lithiasic cholecystitis that leads to severe septic complications. The correlation between severe sepsis of the gallbladder and primary carcinoma is unclear. The goal of the present study is to examine the relation between severe septic complications of lithiasic cholecystitis and primary carcinoma of the gallbladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS A group of 72 patients (22 males, 50 females, age range: 45-99, mean age: 68.6 years), with severe septic cholelithiasic cholecystitis was treated with emergency surgery after failure of conservative treatment, and patients found with primary carcinoma of the gallbladder were registered. The resectability and operability of the tumor were studied, as well as tumor staging and overall patient survival. RESULTS During urgent surgery for severe septic lithiasic cholecystitis, 12 patients (12/72, 16.6%) were found with gallbladder carcinoma. Patients with septic acute lithiasic cholecystitis and carcinoma had a higher mean age compared to those without carcinoma (74.8 vs. 67.4 yrs). Eleven of 12 (91.6%) carcinomas were inoperable, despite resectability of 8 out of 12 (66.6%), and overall patient survival was limited to a few months after surgery. CONCLUSIONS Severe septic complications in elderly patients with a long-standing history of gallbladder stones may co-exist with primary carcinoma of the gallbladder. The percentage of a gallbladder carcinoma detected in septic patients reaches up to 16.6%. Even if these patients have a poor general health, surgical intervention is a solution when they appear with severe septic clinical symptoms caused by gallstones or carcinoma, in order to avoid lethal sepsis. The possibility of a carcinoma hidden in the gallbladder must be in mind during surgery. Imaging studies before surgery may detect the carcinoma; in most cases carcinomas are inoperable, although colecystectomy may be performed during surgery.
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- A Charalampopoulos
- Third Department of Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
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Golias C, Charalabopoulos A, Stagikas D, Charalabopoulos K, Batistatou A. The kinin system--bradykinin: biological effects and clinical implications. Multiple role of the kinin system--bradykinin. Hippokratia 2007; 11:124-128. [PMID: 19582206 PMCID: PMC2658795] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The present review article regarding the kinin system-bradykinin is dealing with the biological effects of the abovementioned entity mediated by specific B1 and B2 receptors as well as with its clinical implications known nowadays. The activation of the kinin system-bradykinin is particularly important in blood pressure regulation and in inflammatory reactions, through bradykinin ability to elevate vascular permeability and to cause vasodilatation in some arteries and veins. Recent data on bradykinin formation and release, synergy with ligands, receptors for bradykinin as well as on bradykinin participation in the mitogenesis process, are given in detail. Therapeutic potentials and future applications in many clinical situations including respiratory allergic reactions, septic shock, hypertension and its treatment, hypotensive transfusion reactions, heart diseases, pancreatitis, hereditary and acquired angioedema, Alzheimer disease and liver cirrhosis with ascites, are discussed in brief. Its role as a neuromediator, regulator of several vascular and renal functions, and its participation in signaling pathways, is also discussed in some detail.
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- Ch Golias
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Golias C, Charalabopoulos A, Stagikas D, Giannakopoulos X, Peschos D, Batistatou A, Sofikitis N, Charalabopoulos K. Molecular profiling and genomic microarrays in prostate cancer. Exp Oncol 2007; 29:82-4. [PMID: 17704736] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In the present review article a global approach regarding the usefulness of genomic microarrays in prostate cancer management, is attempted. Cancer is a multistep process of mutations in key regulatory genes and epigenetic alterations that result in loss of balanced gene expression. A complete knowledge of the interaction between the genetic variability of the neoformation (tumor profiling) and the genetic variability of the host (inherited genome profiling), will be able to determine the better strategy against the cancer and the less toxicity for the patient. Alterations in the sequence of the hormone binding domain of the androgen receptor as well as mutations in some genes, determine radioresistance and resistance or sensitivity to some chemotherapeutic drugs. New therapies using monoclonal antibodies directed against specific extracellular binding domains of some receptors are based on molecular alterations observed in tumors.
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- Ch Golias
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Batistatou A, Makrydimas G, Zagorianakou N, Zagorianakou P, Nakanishi Y, Agnantis NJ, Hirohashi S, Charalabopoulos K. Expression of Dysadherin and E-Cadherin in Trophoblastic Tissue in Normal and Abnormal Pregnancies. Placenta 2007; 28:590-2. [PMID: 17084448 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Revised: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Batistatou A, Peschos D, Tsanou H, Charalabopoulos A, Nakanishi Y, Hirohashi S, Agnantis NJ, Charalabopoulos K. In breast carcinoma dysadherin expression is correlated with invasiveness but not with E-cadherin. Br J Cancer 2007; 96:1404-8. [PMID: 17437014 PMCID: PMC2360179 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Reduction/loss of E-cadherin is associated with the development and progression of many epithelial tumours. Dysadherin, recently characterised by members of our research team, has an anti-cell–cell adhesion function and downregulates E-cadherin in a post-transcriptional manner. The aim of the present study was to study the role of dysadherin in breast cancer progression, in association with the E-cadherin expression and the histological type. We have selected ductal carcinoma, which is by far the most common type and lobular carcinoma, which has a distinctive microscopic appearance. Dysadherin and E-cadherin expression was examined immunohistochemically in 70 invasive ductal carcinomas, no special type (NST), and 30 invasive lobular carcinomas, with their adjacent in situ components. In ductal as well as in lobular carcinoma dysadherin was expressed only in the invasive and not in the in situ component, and this expression was independent of the E-cadherin expression. Specifically, all 10 (100%) Grade 1, 37out of 45(82.2%) Grade 2 and six out of 15 (40%) Grade 3 invasive ductal carcinomas showed preserved E-cadherin expression, while ‘positive dysadherin expression’ was found in six out of 10 (60%) Grade 1, 34 out of 45(75.5%) Grade 2 and all 15 (100%) Grade 3 neoplasms. None of the 30 infiltrating lobular carcinomas showed preserved E-cadherin expression, while all the 30 infiltrating lobular carcinomas exhibited ‘positive dysadherin expression’. Dysadherin may play an important role in breast cancer progression by promoting invasion and, particularly in lobular carcinomas, it might also be used as a marker of invasion.
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- A Batistatou
- Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, P.O. Box 1186, Ioannina 45110, Greece.
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Pafilis J, Batistatou A, Iliopoulou A, Tsanou E, Bakogiannis A, Dassopoulos G, Charalabopoulos K. Expression of adhesion molecules during normal pregnancy. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 329:1-11. [PMID: 17406899 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0406-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 02/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We review the available information regarding the role of adhesive molecules as potential participants in the complex events of fertilization, embryogenesis, implantation and placentation. Studies that specifically relate to the expression and modulation of adhesive molecules in fertilization, embryogenesis, and implantation have been identified in the literature and by Medline searches. Cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions play a critical role in various developmental processes and in the cascade of events that lead to implantation and to the normal development of the fetus during pregnancy. Adhesion molecules influence, directly or indirectly, numerous aspects of cell behaviour, cell migration, cell growth, cell survival, cell proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis.
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- J Pafilis
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Charalampopoulos A, Macheras A, Misiakos E, Batistatou A, Peschos D, Fotiadis K, Charalabopoulos K. Thoracoabdominal wall tumour seeding after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for recurrent colorectal liver metastatic lesion: a case report with a brief literature review. Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2007; 70:239-42. [PMID: 17715643] [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: 05/16/2023]
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Radiofrequency is a safe and effective minimally invasive procedure in the treatment of liver and other organs neoplastic lesions. Percutaneous access of neoplastic liver tissue is the most common access and electrodes are placed with imaging guidance into the tumour to be ablated. Complications during and after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are of major or minor severity. Tumour dissemination related to the percutaneous access seems to be very unusual. Herein, we present a rare case of thoracoabdominal tumour wall dissemination after RFA of a recurrent hepatic colorectal metastasis previously removed by surgery. A 64-year-old man with a recurrent hepatic metastatic lesion was treated with internally cooled radiofrequency (RF) for ablation of a 3x3 cm in size tumour mass. Two sessions of RFA in one-month period were performed. Computed tomography (CT) of the upper abdomen and carcinoembryonic (CEA) antigen were used for estimation of the disease progression in the patient's follow-up. Ten months after RFA the patient presented abdominal pain and a mass appeared on the right thoracoabdominal area with simultaneous lung metastases. In conclusion, a large size, bulky and superficial mass on the liver parenchyma adjacent to the thoracoabdominal wall as well as multiple RFA sessions, seem to represent risk factors for tumour dissemination through the needle electrode used during the RFA procedure in hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer.
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- A Charalampopoulos
- Third Department of Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Giannakopoulos X, Stagikas D, Peschos D, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. Implication of protocadherin-PC in the progression of the advanced prostate cancer. Exp Oncol 2007; 29:74-5. [PMID: 17500101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Mitselou A, Ioachim E, Peschos D, Charalabopoulos K, Michael M, Agnantis NJ, Vougiouklakis T. E-cadherin adhesion molecule and syndecan-1 expression in various thyroid pathologies. Exp Oncol 2007; 29:54-60. [PMID: 17431390] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Cadherins and syndecans are transmembrane glycoproteins implicated in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. Impairment of cadherin and syndecan mediated adhesion is likely to constitute one of the main factors leading to the reduced cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion characteristics of tumor cells and play a pivotal role in the acquisition of invasive and metastatic proprieties by neoplastic epithelial cells. AIM To elucidate the role and alterations of syndecan-1 expression in comparison with those of E-cadherin in normal and pathological thyroid glands (TG). METHODS A total of 55 TG carcinomas, 40 TG adenomas, 40 cases of hyperplastic TG disorders and 20 cases of normal TG autopsy samples, were evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The staining intensity, and localization of syndecan-1 and E-cadherin in sequential sections were examined, and semi-quantified. RESULTS Immunostaining of syndecan-1 and E-cadherin was strong in normal follicular TG epithelial cells, and located mainly in basolateral membrane. No significant change was seen in either molecule in hyperplastic TG disorders compared with TG adenomas. A significant reduction in expression of both syndecan-1 and E-cadherin was seen in well-differentiated TG carcinomas as compared with normal TG epithelium (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.032, respectively). Similarly, there was a significant reduction of both molecules expression in poorly differentiated and anaplastic TG carcinomas compared to well differentiated tumors (syndecan-1: p = 0.0037; and E-cadherin: p = 0.075). CONCLUSION Decreased E-cadherin and syndecan-1 expression along with decreasing cellular differentiation may be involved in the complex mechanism of progression of TG pathology.
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- A Mitselou
- Department of Forensic Pathology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Economou V, Papadopoulou C, Brett M, Kansouzidou A, Charalabopoulos K, Filioussis G, Seferiadis K. Diarrheic shellfish poisoning due to toxic mussel consumption: The first recorded outbreak in Greece. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 24:297-305. [PMID: 17364933 DOI: 10.1080/02652030601053139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/23/2022]
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During the week of 14-20 January 2000, 120 people visited the Emergency Departments of hospitals in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, complaining of acute gastrointestinal illness after eating mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis). The symptoms indicated diarrhoeic shellfish poisoning, and the toxicity of mussels harvested from Thermaikos Gulf in Thessaloniki during the outbreak was investigated using mouse bioassays. The bioassays revealed toxicity to mice by the mussel samples; while high numbers of toxic algae Dinophysis acuminata were identified in water samples from Thermaikos Gulf. The harvesting of mussels was immediately suspended and a monitoring programme for algal blooms was established from then onwards. During a follow-up of the mussels' toxicity from January 2000 to January 2005, two more mussel samples were found positive for diarrheic shellfish poisoning: one harvested in March 2001 from the area of the outbreak (Thermaikos Gulf) and the other harvested in January 2001 from Amvrakikos Gulf in north-western Greece. However, no sporadic cases or outbreaks were reported during this period.
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- V Economou
- Microbiology Department, Food Microbiology Unit, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GR-45110, Greece
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Charalabopoulos K, Batistatou A, Agnantis NJ. Phyto- and trichobezoars as foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract. Int J Clin Pract 2007; 61:169; author reply 169-70. [PMID: 17229193 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Giannakopoulos X, Stagikas D, Charalabopoulos A, Sofikitis N, Charalabopoulos K. Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies in high risk localized prostate cancer. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2006; 25:469-73. [PMID: 17310835] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this review article adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies in patients at high risk for localized prostate cancer are presented in some detail. Adjuvant hormone therapy by antiandrogens as well as antineoplastic chemotherapeutic agents such as estramustine and taxanes are referred. Neoadjuvant therapies in addition to systemic therapy before or after local treatment for prostate cancer may improve the outcome of high risk patients otherwise destined to treatment fail. Data regarding some substances used in neoadjuvant therapies such as androgen deprivation therapy and use of rapamycin with its analogs, as well as some novel therapeutic approach strategies are also discussed.
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- X Giannakopoulos
- Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Clinical Unit, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Georgolios A, Batistatou A, Bonitsis N, Stagikas D, Manolopoulos L, Charalabopoulos K. The role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in head and neck cancer. Exp Oncol 2006; 28:270-4. [PMID: 17285109] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily of adhesion molecules expressed in multiple human tissues and participating in various physiologic and pathophysiologic processes of the human body. The alterations in the expression of ICAM-1 in the various types of the cancer of the head and neck are discussed in this mini-review following the existing status from the current literature. Possible applications of this developing knowledge in the diagnosis and prognosis of head and neck cancer are briefly mentioned.
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- A Georgolios
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Division of Adhesion Molecules, Ioannina University Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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Zoganas L, Bablekos G, Maiwand M, Charalabopoulos A, Andronadi V, Batistatou A, Vergoulas G, Charalabopoulos K. Quality of life survey and palliative care in lung cancer patients. Hippokratia 2006; 10:163-166. [PMID: 22087054 PMCID: PMC2464254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Aim. In patients with advanced and/or inoperable bronchial tumors, methods of palliative care such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, brachytherapy and cryotherapy, singly and/or in combination, aiming at extending the survival time and improving the quality of life, were examined. Methods. One hundred and sixty three (163) patients, with mean age 67.9 yrs (range 22-25) and a male/female ratio at 1.34/1, treated between 2000-2004 were studied. Eighty one (81) patients receiving only cryotherapy presented a two-year survival rate at 19.3%, whilst eighty three (83) patients treated with radiotherapy or brachytherapy and/or chemotherapy showed a two-year survival rate at 25%. Sixty-five percent (65%) of patients only cryotreated had improvement in at least one or more Karnofsky and WHO indices. Results. Eighty percent (80%) of patients who received cryotherapy accompanied with supplementary palliative treatment showed amelioration of their clinical status. Conclusion. It seems that for patients with advanced or inoperable lung tumors, cryotherapy associated with additional palliative care may influence the survival time and improve their quality of life.
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Bonitsis N, Batistatou A, Karantima S, Charalabopoulos K. The role of cadherin/catenin complex in malignant melanoma. Exp Oncol 2006; 28:187-93. [PMID: 17080010] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In the present review article the role of cadherin/catenin complex in cases of malignant melanoma is discussed in some detail. Cadherins represent the most important superfamily of adhesion molecules with epithelial E-cadherin being the most studied. Its role in normal state as well as in cancer invasion and metastasis and some other pathologies is crucial. E-cadherin expression is altered in malignant melanomas and its downregulation or absence is associated with melanoma invasion and metastasis potential. A shift from E-cadherin expression to neural N-cadherin expression in melanocytes is also detected in malignant melanomas formation. In addition, a discussion regarding the role of placental P-cadherin and vascular endothelial VE-cadherin as well as the recently identified molecule of dysadherin, is attempted in brief.
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- N Bonitsis
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Ioannina University Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. Crossing chromosomes in pleomorphic sarcoma. Exp Oncol 2006; 28:248. [PMID: 17080022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- A Batistatou
- Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.
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Batistatou A, Kamina S, Charalabopoulos K. Analogies in medicine: the rare paradigm of the Maltese (white) cross. Intern Med J 2006; 36:620-1. [PMID: 16911559 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Charalabopoulos K, Kotsalos A, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos A, Vezyraki P, Peschos D, Kalfakakou V, Evangelou A. Selenium in serum and neoplastic tissue in breast cancer: correlation with CEA. Br J Cancer 2006; 95:674-6. [PMID: 16880784 PMCID: PMC2360505 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Trace element selenium (Se) is regarded to be a breast cancer preventive factor involved in multiple protective pathways. In all, 80 women with breast cancer who underwent a radical mastectomy were enrolled in the study. Serum Se and carcinoembryonic antigen levels were measured using a fluorometric and IRMA assay, respectively. Se tissue concentration was determined by a tissue extracting fluorometric assay. For statistical analysis purposes t-test was used and P-values <0.001 were regarded as statistically significant. Serum Se was 42.5±7.5 μg l−1 in breast cancer patients and 67.6±5.36 μg l−1 in the age-matched control group of healthy individuals. Serum carcinoembryonic antigen in patients was 10±1.7 U ml−1 (normal <2.5 U ml−1 in nonsmokers/<3.5 U ml−1 in smokers). A statistically significant difference was found for both serum Se and CEA between two groups studied (P<0.001). Neoplastic tissue Se concentration was 2660±210 mg g−1 tissue; its concentration in the adjacent non-neoplastic tissue was 680±110 mg g−1 tissue (P<0.001). An inverse relationship between Se and CEA serum levels was found in the two groups studied (r=−0.794). There was no correlation between serum/tissue Se concentration and stage of the disease. The decrease in serum Se concentration as well as its increased concentration in the neoplastic breast tissue is of great significance. These alterations may reflect part of the defence mechanisms against the carcinogenetic process.
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- K Charalabopoulos
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, 13, Solomou str., 452 21 Ioannina, Greece.
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Maritsi D, Stagikas D, Charalabopoulos K, Batistatou A. What's new in p53? Hippokratia 2006; 10:116-119. [PMID: 20351806 PMCID: PMC2808394] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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p53 is the main intrinsic factor inducing apoptosis by recognizing the external stimuli and activating the p53 responsive genes to an irreversible series of events. P53 activates the transcription of specific proapoptotic genes called p53 target genes. A growing number of p53 responsive genes have been identified and numerous studies have demonstrated that p53 proapoptotic factors such as Noxa, Puma and Perp play cell type specific roles in p53's mediated response to certain stimuli. Perp (p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP-22) is a direct proapoptotic target gene encoding a tetraspan protein. Perp is highly expressed in cells undergoing apoptosis compared to cells under G1 arrest and its overexpression is sufficient to cause cell death in fibroblasts. Noxa is another member of the preapoptotic p53 genes family. When expressed Noxa acts in a BH3 motif-dependent localization to mitochondria, causing structural changes, activation of caspase 9 and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytosol. Puma (p53 mutant of apoptosis) is another critical mediator of p53-dependent apoptosis. P53 binds to Puma-promoter gene sites, leading to puma production. The mtCLIC, a member of intracellular chloride channels, is a cytoplasmic and mitochondrial protein positively regulated by p53. Caspase 10 is induced in p53-dependent manner leading to cellular apoptosis. Other newly announced factors are also involved in p53-regulated apoptosis such as brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor-1 (BSAI1), MSOD and GPX genes. A global discussion on this topic is attempted in the present review article.
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- D Maritsi
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Ioannina University Medical School, Ioannina, Greece
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Charalabopoulos K, Charalabopoulos A, Batistatou A. First case of unilateral pleuritis as initial manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Acta Clin Belg 2006; 61:182. [PMID: 17091915 DOI: 10.1179/acb.2006.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- K Charalabopoulos
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Georgolios A, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos A, Manolopoulos L, Charalabopoulos K. The role of CD44 adhesion molecule in oral cavity cancer. Exp Oncol 2006; 28:94-8. [PMID: 16837897] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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CD44 is an adhesion molecule, member of the transmembrane glucoprotein family, with large number of isoforms identified in many human tissues, with particularly high expression in proliferating cells and squamous cell epithelium. This review is focused on the role of CD44 in the carcinogenesis of the oral cavity with special emphasis on its potential use for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer of oral cavity.
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- A Georgolios
- Department of Physiology, Division of Adhesion Molecules, Ioannina University Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.
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Peschos D, Damala C, Stefanou D, Tsanou E, Assimakopoulos D, Vougiouklakis T, Charalabopoulos K, Agnantis NJ. Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (gelatinase B) in benign, premalignant and malignant laryngeal lesions. Histol Histopathol 2006; 21:603-8. [PMID: 16528670 DOI: 10.14670/hh-21.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic zinc-containing enzymes, which are responsible for the breakdown of the extracellular matrix components in pathological and physiological conditions. They are involved in basement membrane disruption, stroma and blood vessel penetration, metastasis and more recently there is evidence that they participate in tumor growth and angiogenic events. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 (MMP 2 and 9) belong to the gelatinases, a subgroup of MMPs, and have the capacity to degrade the triple helix type IV collagen of basal lamina of the basement membrane. With the present study, we tried to demonstrate the expression of MMP-9 immunohistochemically, comparatively in benign, premalignant and malignant lesions of the larynx. We studied 154 laryngeal lesions including 55 squamous cell carcinomas, 8 in situ carcinomas, 54 cases of dysplasia (of low and intermediate grade), 13 papillomas and 24 cases of keratosis. Overexpression of MMP 9 was observed in 74.4% and 50% in invasive and in situ squamous cell carcinomas respectively. In dysplastic cases, in papillomas and in keratoses the percentage of overexpression was 62.9%, 61.53% and 54.16% respectively and the expression of MMP-9 was significantly higher in invasive squamous cell carcinomas compared to dysplasias (p=0.000004). Also significantly higher was the expression of MMP-9 in dysplastic cases compared to papillomas (p=0.023). The MMP-9 expression was related neither to survival nor to the other available clinicopathological parameters (tumor size, grade, clinical stage, lymph node status and patient age). In conclusion, our study indicates that the expression of MMP-9 is up-regulated in a stepwise fashion, with two main steps, the first one, when a dysplastic lesion evolves and the next one, when the dysplasia progresses to invasive carcinoma.
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- D Peschos
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Georgolios A, Batistatou A, Manolopoulos L, Charalabopoulos K. Role and expression patterns of E-cadherin in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2006; 25:5-14. [PMID: 16761612] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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E- cadherin is a member of the cadherin superfamily known as the main mediator of the cell- cell calcium dependent adhesion interactions. Research evidence also yields to this adhesion molecule an important role in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. This review focuses on the differential expression of E- cadherin in the various anatomic sites of the human body where HNSCC arises. Controversies in the results of various studies are discussed and possible prospects for application of all this developing knowledge to prognosis and therapy of the disease are briefly mentioned.
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- A Georgolios
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Charalabopoulos K, Gogali A, Dalavaga Y, Daskalopoulos G, Vassiliou M, Bablekos G, Karakosta A, Constantopoulos S. The clinical significance of soluble E-cadherin in nonsmall cell lung cancer. Exp Oncol 2006; 28:83-5. [PMID: 16614715] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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AIM Aberrant expression of the epithelial transmembrane adhesion molecule E-cadherin (E-cad) has been associated with many human malignancies. In the present study the clinical significance of serum levels of soluble E-cadherin (sE-cad) in newly diagnosed patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS An enzyme linked immunospecific assay (ELISA) to determine the circulating levels of sE-cad in 20 newly diagnosed patients with NSCLC as well as in 29 healthy volunteers (control group) was used. RESULTS NSCLC patients exerted increased circulating levels of sE-cad compared with individuals of the control group (p < 0.001). An association was also detected between serum sE-cad levels and the development of distant metastases. On the contrary, no statistically significant correlation could be established with histological type, gender and smoking habits. Patients with increased sE-cad levels at diagnosis had worser outcome, although multivariate analysis failed to demonstrate that sE-cad levels represent an independent prognostic factor of survival. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that E-cad plays a role in the pathogenesis of NSCLC. sE-cad levels may be further studied as a potential prognostic biomarker.
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- K Charalabopoulos
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Ioannina University Medical Faculty, Greece.
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Karakosta A, Golias C, Charalabopoulos A, Peschos D, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. Genetic models of human cancer as a multistep process. Paradigm models of colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and chronic myelogenous and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2005; 24:505-14. [PMID: 16471312] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Tumour formations arise as a consequence of alterations in the control of cell proliferation as well as with disorders in interactions between cells and their environment that result in invasion and metastasis. Recent advances in understanding the genetic basis of malignant diseases have been dominated by research in colorectal cancer. Genetic alterations of several proto-oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes (e.g. APC/MCC, RAS, DCC, p53 mutations and/or allelic losses, hyperexpression of c-MYC and RB genes), as well as other genomic alterations, appear at characteristic stages of tumor development and are observed in most neoplasms. Generally, the normal cell has multiple independent mechanisms that regulate its growth and differentiation potential, and several separate events would, therefore, be needed to override these control mechanisms, as well as induce the other aspects of the transformed phenotype, like metastasis. These signals may be either positive or negative, and the acquisition of tumorigenicity results from genetic changes that affect these control points following a multistep mode. Statistics of the frequency of cancer incidence with age in humans indicate that for the genesis of e.g. lung carcinoma, five or six steps are required. Other types of cancers, such as leukemias and sarcomas, probably require quite a different number of rate-limiting changes. One of the best characterized tumours to provide a genetic model is colorectal tumorigenesis. Mutations implicated in breast cancer tumorigenicity are also studied and used as a genetic model in the literature worldwide. Finally, activation of c-abl in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia could also be presented as an example, which provides probably the strongest evidence for the role of proto-oncogenes in human malignancy process.
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- A Karakosta
- Dept. of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Mittari E, Charalabopoulos A, Batistatou A, Charalabopoulos K. The role of E-cadherin/catenin complex in laryngeal cancer. Exp Oncol 2005; 27:257-61. [PMID: 16404343] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In this review the role of the epithelial E-cadherin/catenin complex in cases of laryngeal cancer is discussed. Cancer of the larynx remains the second most common head and neck malignancy. The E-cadherin/catenin complex expression is abnormal in laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas. Loss or reduction of E-cadherin expression is especially observed in supraglottic larynx cancer in relation with poor histological differentiation and/or lymph nodes metastases. Controversial results in some studies regarding the role of the E-cadherin/catenin complex in various anatomical parts of the larynx have been reported. Further studies are needed to establish the importance of the E-cadherin/catenin complex as a potential biomarker in laryngeal cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
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- E Mittari
- Department of Physiology, Clinical Unit, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Tsanou E, Ioachim E, Stefaniotou M, Gorezis S, Charalabopoulos K, Bagli H, Peschos D, Psilas K, Agnantis NJ. Immunohistochemical study of angiogenesis and proliferative activity in epiretinal membranes. Int J Clin Pract 2005; 59:1157-61. [PMID: 16178982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00573.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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Formation of epiretinal membranes (ERMs) is a serious complication of retinal diseases, the most important being proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). In this study, our goal was to (i) calculate the microvessel density (MVD), (ii) evaluate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and (iii) correlate angiogenesis with the proliferative activity as expressed by the expression of Ki67 marker, in both membrane types. We performed immunohistochemistry in 14 PVR and eight PDR membranes, using antibodies against CD34, VEGF, Ki67 and glial fibrillary acidic protein. PDR membranes presented higher average count of microvessels compared with PVR membranes (p = 0.0015). No differences were observed concerning VEGF expression (p = 0.1). The expression of Ki67 was not correlated with microvessel number or VEGF expression. Our study confirms the presence of vascularisation in PDR membranes, as well as the presence of VEGF even in avascular PVR membranes, suggesting that immunoreactivity for VEGF may not be accompanied by angiogenesis.
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- E Tsanou
- Department of Pathology-Cytology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Di Micco P, Fontanella A, Di Micco B, Charalabopoulos K. DIC and lymphoma: editorial comment. Exp Oncol 2005; 27:243-4. [PMID: 16244590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Solitary renal cysts are a common and usually asymptomatic occurrence in older patients. They may be associated with hypertension or abdominal disturbances, as they can be responsible for compression of surrounding tissues and distortion of renal vessels. This report presents an interesting case of a hypertensive patient with a solitary renal cyst of a marked size. Owing to the high risk of performing a surgical procedure in such a patient, a distinct therapeutic solution was opted for. Successful management of this case was achieved by a combination of percutaneous fluid aspiration and injection of alcohol and Vibramycin inside the cystic cavity. Percutaneous fluid evacuation combined with the administration of a sclerosing agent is suggested as a safe and effective alternative for cyst decompression and blood pressure normalisation.
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Karachaliou I, Papadopoulou K, Karachalios G, Charalabopoulos A, Papalimneou V, Charalabopoulos K. An increase in creatine kinase secondary to acute pancreatitis: a case report. Int J Clin Pract 2005:40-2. [PMID: 15875618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-504x.2005.00337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/29/2022] Open
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Creatine kinase (CK) activity is found in high concentrations in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and brain. Here, we describe a 64-year-old woman with acute pancreatitis and elevated serum CK activity. This association is extraordinarily rare. In particular, laboratory findings which were found to be abnormal were serum CK 4.150 U/l (peaked 1 day after admission) with the CK-MB fraction being less than 5%, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 424 U/l, serum lipase 1.265 U/I and serum amylase 1.105 U/l. Some data regarding the phenomenon of acute pancreatitis and elevated serum CK activity are given.
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- I Karachaliou
- Department of Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Neurologic involvement in patients with familial Mediterranean fever is relatively uncommon, and rarely described in the literature. Although headache occurs frequently, meningitis and convulsions are rare. We describe the case of a 30-year-old man with attacks of meningitis. After colchicine therapy, no further recurrence of fever and meningitis were observed. These findings suggest that meningitis should be considered as an unusual manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever.
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- I Karachaliou
- Second Department of Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Charalabopoulos K, Charalabopoulos A, Papalimneou V, Kiortsis D, Dimicco P, Kostoula OK, Karachalios GN. Consequences of the discontinuation of antihypertensive treatment in successfully treated patients. Int J Clin Pract 2005; 59:704-8. [PMID: 15924599 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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Hypertension is probably the most important public health problem in developed countries. Over the last 40 years, an increasing number of hypertensive patients have been treated with various antihypertensive drugs. If the blood pressure (BP) is controlled, the discontinuation of the antihypertensive drug may result either in a relapse of the disease or in the maintenance of normal BP for a long time. In this study, we discuss the available data regarding the consequences of antihypertensive drug withdrawal in successfully treated patients and we suggest guidelines for the application in clinical practice.
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Karachalios GN, Charalabopoulos A, Papalimneou V, Kiortsis D, Dimicco P, Kostoula OK, Charalabopoulos K. Withdrawal syndrome following cessation of antihypertensive drug therapy. Int J Clin Pract 2005; 59:562-70. [PMID: 15857353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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In this study, a review of the available information concerning abrupt withdrawal of antihypertensive drug therapy is presented. Abrupt withdrawal of these drugs can produce a syndrome of sympathetic overactivity that includes nervousness, tachycardia, headache, agitation and nausea 36-72 h after cessation of the drug. A withdrawal syndrome may occur after discontinuation of almost all types of antihypertensive drugs, but mostly occurs with clonidine, beta-blockers, methyldopa and guanabenz. Less commonly can produce a rapid increase of the blood pressure to pre-treatment levels or above, or both and/or myocardial ischaemia. Although the exact incidence of the syndrome is not known, it appears to be rare, at least in patients receiving standard doses of the above antihypertensive drugs. The best treatment is prevention. In this study regarding the withdrawal syndrome that follows cessation of antihypertensive drugs therapy, a reference to the abrupt discontinuation of the main categories of antihypertensive drugs is also attempted.
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