Bogdanos DP, Smyk DS, Invernizzi P, Rigopoulou EI, Blank M, Sakkas L, Pouria S, Shoenfeld Y. Tracing environmental markers of autoimmunity: introducing the infectome. Immunol Res. 2013 Jul;56(2-3):220-40. doi: 10.1007/s12026-013-8399-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 23592050.

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Invernizzi P, Bossuyt X, Bogdanos DP. Serum autoantibodies: from identification to clinical relevance. Clin Dev Immunol. 2013;2013:382069. doi: 10.1155/2013/382069. Epub 2013 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 23573110; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3615582.

 

Roggenbuck D, Hiemann R, Bogdanos D, Reinhold D, Conrad K. Standardization of automated interpretation of immunofluorescence tests. Clin Chim Acta. 2013 Jun 5;421:168-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.03.019. Epub 2013 Mar 26. PubMed PMID: 23537734.

 

Radzimski C, Probst C, Teegen B, Rentzsch K, Blöcker IM, Dähnrich C, Schlumberger W, Stöcker W, Bogdanos DP, Komorowski L. Development of a recombinant cell-based indirect immunofluorescence assay for the determination of autoantibodies against soluble liver antigen in autoimmune hepatitis. Clin Dev Immunol. 2013;2013:572815. doi: 10.1155/2013/572815. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 23401700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3562650.

 

Roggenbuck D, Bogdanos D, Conrad K. Loss of tolerance to one or two major targets in Crohn's disease or just cross-reactivity? J Crohns Colitis. 2013 Aug;7(7):e273-4. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.12.013. Epub 2013 Jan 20. PubMed PMID: 23337370.

 

Probst C, Radzimski C, Blöcker IM, Teegen B, Bogdanos DP, Stöcker W, Komorowski L. Development of a recombinant cell-based indirect immunofluorescence assay (RC-IFA) for the determination of autoantibodies against "rings and rods"-associated inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 in viral hepatitis C. Clin Chim Acta. 2013 Mar 15;418:91-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.01.003. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 23333419.

 

Willitzki A, Hiemann R, Peters V, Sack U, Schierack P, Rödiger S, Anderer U, Conrad K, Bogdanos DP, Reinhold D, Roggenbuck D. New platform technology for comprehensive serological diagnostics of autoimmune diseases. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012;2012:284740. doi: 10.1155/2012/284740. Epub 2012 Dec 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 23316252; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3536031.

 

Bogdanos DP, Smyk DS, Invernizzi P, Rigopoulou EI, Blank M, Pouria S, Shoenfeld Y. Infectome: a platform to trace infectious triggers of autoimmunity. Autoimmun Rev. 2013 May;12(7):726-40. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.12.005. Epub 2012 Dec 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 23266520.

 

Smyk DS, Bogdanos DP, Pares A, Liaskos C, Billinis C, Burroughs AK, Rigopoulou EI. Tuberculosis is not a risk factor for primary biliary cirrhosis: a review of the literature. Tuberc Res Treat. 2012;2012:218183. doi: 10.1155/2012/218183. Epub 2012 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 23213506; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3504403.

 

Mavropoulos A, Orfanidou T, Liaskos C, Smyk DS, Billinis C, Blank M, Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP. p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK)-mediated autoimmunity: lessons to learn from ANCA vasculitis and pemphigus vulgaris. Autoimmun Rev. 2013 Mar;12(5):580-90. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.10.019. Epub 2012 Nov 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 23207287.

 

Ehser J, Holdener M, Christen S, Bayer M, Pfeilschifter JM, Hintermann E, Bogdanos D, Christen U. Molecular mimicry rather than identity breaks T-cell tolerance in the CYP2D6 mouse model for human autoimmune hepatitis. J Autoimmun. 2013 May;42:39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2012.11.001. Epub 2012 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 23200317.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP. Potential Roles for Infectious Agents in the Pathophysiology of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: What's New? Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Feb;15(1):14-24. doi: 10.1007/s11908-012-0304-2. PubMed PMID: 23188623.

 

Zampeli E, Protogerou A, Stamatelopoulos K, Fragiadaki K, Katsiari CG, Kyrkou K, Papamichael CM, Mavrikakis M, Nightingale P, Kitas GD, Sfikakis PP. Predictors of new atherosclerotic carotid plaque development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2012 Mar 5;14(2):R44. doi: 10.1186/ar3757. PubMed PMID: 22390577; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3446411.

 

Smyk DS, Bogdanos DP, Mytilinaiou MG, Burroughs AK, Rigopoulou EI. Rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis: cause, consequence, or coincidence? Arthritis. 2012;2012:391567. doi: 10.1155/2012/391567. Epub 2012 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 23150824; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3488395.

 

Kempinska-Podhorodecka A, Shums Z, Wasilewicz M, Wunsch E, Milkiewicz M, Bogdanos DP, Norman GL, Milkiewicz P. TRAF1 gene polymorphism correlates with the titre of Gp210 antibody in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012;2012:487521. doi: 10.1155/2012/487521. Epub 2012 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 23125866; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3485529.

 

Pavlidis P, Romanidou O, Roggenbuck D, Mytilinaiou MG, Al-Sulttan F, Liaskos C, Smyk DS, Koutsoumpas AL, Rigopoulou EI, Conrad K, Forbes A, Bogdanos DP. Ileal inflammation may trigger the development of GP2-specific pancreatic autoantibodies in patients with Crohn's disease. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012;2012:640835. doi: 10.1155/2012/640835. Epub 2012 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 23118780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3483735.

 

Bogdanos DP, Gershwin ME. What is new in primary biliary cirrhosis? Dig Dis. 2012;30 Suppl 1:20-31. doi: 10.1159/000341118. Epub 2012 Oct 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 23075865.

 

Roggenbuck D, Humbel RL, Reinhold D, Bogdanos DP, Conrad K, Laass MW. Glycoprotein 2 antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease: no association with disease phenotype? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Jan;56(1):e5. doi: 10.1097/MPG. 0b013e318275fa77. PubMed PMID: 23059646.

 

Smyk D, Rigopoulou EI, Zen Y, Abeles RD, Billinis C, Pares A, Bogdanos DP. Role for mycobacterial infection in pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis? World J Gastroenterol. 2012 Sep 21;18(35):4855-65. Review. PubMed PMID: 23002357; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3447267.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Pares A, Mytilinaiou MG, Invernizzi P, Bogdanos DP. Familial primary biliary cirrhosis: like mother, like daughter? Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2012 Jun;75(2):203-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 22870783.

 

Bogdanos DP, Roggenbuck D, Reinhold D, Wex T, Pavlidis P, von Arnim U, Malfertheiner P, Forbes A, Conrad K, Laass MW. Pancreatic-specific autoantibodies to glycoprotein 2 mirror disease location and behaviour in younger patients with Crohn's disease. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012 Aug 6;12:102. PubMed PMID: 22866900; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3449192.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Koutsoumpas AL, Kriese S, Burroughs AK, Bogdanos DP. Autoantibodies in autoimmune pancreatitis. Int J Rheumatol. 2012;2012:940831. doi: 10.1155/2012/940831. Epub 2012 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 22844291; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3403403.

 

Invernizzi P, Alessio MG, Smyk DS, Lleo A, Sonzogni A, Fabris L, Candusso M, Bogdanos DP, Iorio R, Torre G. Autoimmune hepatitis type 2 associated with an unexpected and transient presence of primary biliary cirrhosis-specific antimitochondrial antibodies: a case study and review of the literature. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul 20;12:92. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-92. Review. PubMed PMID: 22816667; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3464927.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Pares A, Billinis C, Burroughs AK, Muratori L, Invernizzi P, Bogdanos DP. Sex differences associated with primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012;2012:610504. doi: 10.1155/2012/610504. Epub 2012 May 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 22693524; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3369468.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Smyk DS, Matthews CE, Billinis C, Burroughs AK, Lenzi M, Bogdanos DP. Epstein-barr virus as a trigger of autoimmune liver diseases. Adv Virol. 2012;2012:987471. doi: 10.1155/2012/987471. Epub 2012 May 28. PubMed PMID: 22693505; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3368154.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Roggenbuck D, Smyk DS, Liaskos C, Mytilinaiou MG, Feist E, Conrad K, Bogdanos DP. Asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) as target autoantigen in liver autoimmunity: lost and found. Autoimmun Rev. 2012 Dec;12(2):260-9. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.04.005. Epub 2012 May 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 22571878.

 

Mytilinaiou MG, Meyer W, Scheper T, Rigopoulou EI, Probst C, Koutsoumpas AL, Abeles D, Burroughs AK, Komorowski L, Vergani D, Bogdanos DP. Diagnostic and clinical utility of antibodies against the nuclear body promyelocytic leukaemia and Sp100 antigens in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Chim Acta. 2012 Aug 16;413(15-16):1211-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.03.020. Epub 2012 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 22503841.

 

Duarte-Rey C, Bogdanos D, Yang CY, Roberts K, Leung PS, Anaya JM, Worman HJ, Gershwin ME. Primary biliary cirrhosis and the nuclear pore complex. Autoimmun Rev. 2012 Oct;11(12):898-902. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.03.005. Epub 2012 Apr 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 22487189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3396748.

 

Rigamonti C, Bogdanos DP, Mytilinaiou MG, Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Burroughs AK. Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with systemic sclerosis: diagnostic and clinical challenges. Int J Rheumatol. 2011;2011:976427. doi: 10.1155/2011/976427. Epub 2011 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 22187566; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3236477.

 

Duarte-Rey C, Bogdanos DP, Leung PS, Anaya JM, Gershwin ME. IgM predominance in autoimmune disease: genetics and gender. Autoimmun Rev. 2012 May;11(6-7):A404-12. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.12.001. Epub 2011 Dec 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 22178509.

 

Bogdanos DP, Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Mytilinaiou MG, Heneghan MA, Selmi C, Gershwin ME. Twin studies in autoimmune disease: genetics, gender and environment. J Autoimmun. 2012 May;38(2-3):J156-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.11.003. Epub 2011 Dec 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 22177232.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Muratori L, Burroughs AK, Bogdanos DP. Smoking as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: what we can learn from primary biliary cirrhosis. Ann Hepatol. 2012 Jan-Feb;11(1):7-14. Review. PubMed PMID: 22166556.

 

Zen Y, Bogdanos DP, Kawa S. Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2011 Dec 7;6:82. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-82. Review. PubMed PMID: 22151922; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3261813.

 

Smyk DS, Rigopoulou EI, Lleo A, Abeles RD, Mavropoulos A, Billinis C, Invernizzi P, Bogdanos DP. Immunopathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis: an old wives' tale. Immun Ageing. 2011 Dec 2;8(1):12. doi: 10.1186/1742-4933-8-12. PubMed PMID: 22136162; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3238302.

 

Mavropoulos A, Smyk D, Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture for flow cytometric analysis of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinases. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;806:275-85. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-367-7_19. PubMed PMID: 22057459.

 

Bogdanos DP, Rigopoulou EI, Smyk DS, Roggenbuck D, Reinhold D, Forbes A, Laass MW, Conrad K. Diagnostic value, clinical utility and pathogenic significance of reactivity to the molecular targets of Crohn's disease specific-pancreatic autoantibodies. Autoimmun Rev. 2011 Dec;11(2):143-8. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.09.004. Epub 2011 Sep 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 21983481.

 

Smyk DS, Bogdanos DP, Kriese S, Billinis C, Burroughs AK, Rigopoulou EI. Urinary tract infection as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: from bench to bedside. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2012 Apr;36(2):110-21. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.07.013. Epub 2011 Sep 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 21907008.

 

Smyk D, Cholongitas E, Kriese S, Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP. Primary biliary cirrhosis: family stories. Autoimmune Dis. 2011;2011:189585. doi: 10.4061/2011/189585. Epub 2011 May 5. PubMed PMID: 21687641; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3112499.

 

Katsiari CG, Giavri I, Mitsikostas DD, Yiannopoulou KG, Sfikakis PP. Acute transverse myelitis and antiphospholipid antibodies in lupus. No evidence for anticoagulation. Eur J Neurol. 2011 Apr;18(4):556-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03208.x. Epub 2010 Sep 14. Review. Erratum in: Eur J Neurol. 2012 May;19(5):793. PubMed PMID: 20840379.

 

Barouta G, Karapetsa M, Kostopoulou E, Alexiou I, Koukoulis G, Sakkas LI. Oral tuberculosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis after long treatment with methotrexate and adalimumab. J Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Oct;16(7):330-1. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181f3c003. PubMed PMID: 20859224.

 

Koutroumpas A, Ziogas A, Alexiou I, Barouta G, Sakkas LI. Mycophenolate mofetil in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Oct;29(10):1167-8. doi: 10.1007/s10067-010-1498-z. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 20532938.

 

Anagnostopoulos I, Zinzaras E, Alexiou I, Papathanasiou AA, Davas E, Koutroumpas A, Barouta G, Sakkas LI. The prevalence of rheumatic diseases in central Greece: a population survey. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 May 26;11:98. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-98. PubMed PMID: 20504294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2890601.

 

Koutroumpas AC, Alexiou IS, Vlychou M, Sakkas LI. Comparison between clinical and ultrasonographic assessment in patients with erosive osteoarthritis of the hands. Clin Rheumatol. 2010 May;29(5):511-6. doi: 10.1007/s10067-009-1348-z. Epub 2010 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 20084443.

 

Koutsoumpas A, Polymeros D, Tsiamoulos Z, Smyk D, Karamanolis G, Triantafyllou K, Rigopoulou EI, Forbes A, Vergani D, Bogdanos DP, Ladas SD. Peculiar antibody reactivity to human connexin 37 and its microbial mimics in patients with Crohn's disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2011 Apr;5(2):101-9. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.10.009. Epub 2010 Dec 3. PubMed PMID: 21453878.

 

Sfikakis PP, Grigoropoulos V, Emfietzoglou I, Theodossiadis G, Tentolouris N, Delicha E, Katsiari C, Alexiadou K, Hatziagelaki E, Theodossiadis PG. Infliximab for diabetic macular edema refractory to laser photocoagulation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, 32-week study. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul;33(7):1523-8. doi: 10.2337/dc09-2372. Epub 2010 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 20413522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2890353.

 

Katsiari CG, Liossis SN, Sfikakis PP. The pathophysiologic role of monocytes and macrophages in systemic lupus erythematosus: a reappraisal. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Jun;39(6):491-503. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.11.002. Epub 2009 Jan 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 19147182.

 

Smyk D, Rigopoulou EI, Baum H, Burroughs AK, Vergani D, Bogdanos DP. Autoimmunity and environment: am I at risk? Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2012 Apr;42(2):199-212. doi: 10.1007/s12016-011-8259-x. Review. PubMed PMID: 21337133.

Pavlidis P, Forbes A, Bogdanos DP. Antibodies to glycoprotein 2 (GP2) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases from UK. Clin Chim Acta. 2011 May 12;412(11-12):1163-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.02.005. Epub 2011 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 21329686.

 

Smyk D, Mytilinaiou MG, Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP. PBC triggers in water reservoirs, coal mining areas and waste disposal sites: from Newcastle to New York. Dis Markers. 2010;29(6):337-44. doi: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0744. Review. PubMed PMID: 21297253; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3835285.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Vergani D, Burroughs AK. The role of E. coli infection in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis. Dis Markers. 2010;29(6):301-11. doi: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0745. Review. PubMed PMID: 21297249; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3835537.

 

Roggenbuck D, Reinhold D, Wex T, Goihl A, von Arnim U, Malfertheiner P, Büttner T, Porstmann T, Porstmann S, Liedvogel B, Bogdanos DP, Laass MW, Conrad K. Autoantibodies to GP2, the major zymogen granule membrane glycoprotein, are new markers in Crohn's disease. Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Apr 11;412(9-10):718-24. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.12.029. Epub 2010 Dec 31. PubMed PMID: 21195704.

 

Bogdanos DP, Komorowski L. Disease-specific autoantibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Mar 18;412(7-8):502-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.12.019. Epub 2010 Dec 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 21185272.

 

Liu H, Norman GL, Shums Z, Worman HJ, Krawitt EL, Bizzaro N, Vergani D, Bogdanos DP, Dalekos GN, Milkiewicz P, Czaja AJ, Heathcote EJ, Hirschfield GM, Tan EM, Miyachi K, Bignotto M, Battezzati PM, Lleo A, Leung PS, Podda M, Gershwin ME, Invernizzi P. PBC screen: an IgG/IgA dual isotype ELISA detecting multiple mitochondrial and nuclear autoantibodies specific for primary biliary cirrhosis. J Autoimmun. 2010 Dec;35(4):436-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.09.005. Epub 2010 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 20932720.

 

Sakkas LI, Davas EM, Kapsalaki E, Boulbou M, Makaritsis K, Alexiou I, Tsikrikas T, Stathakis N. Hematogenous spinal infection in central Greece. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Jul 1;34(15):E513-8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a9897e. PubMed PMID: 19564756.

 

Vlychou M, Koutroumpas A, Malizos K, Sakkas LI. Ultrasonographic evidence of inflammation is frequent in hands of patients with erosive osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Oct;17(10):1283-7. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.04.020. Epub 2009 May 7. PubMed PMID: 19447214.

 

Koutsoumpas A, Mytilinaiou M, Polymeros D, Dalekos GN, Bogdanos DP. Anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody responses specific for VacA do not trigger primary biliary cirrhosis-specific antimitochondrial antibodies. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Oct;21(10):1220. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32831a4807. PubMed PMID: 19749508.

 

Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Autoantibodies and their antigens in autoimmune hepatitis. Semin Liver Dis. 2009 Aug;29(3):241-53. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1233533. Epub 2009 Aug 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 19675997.

 

Mytilinaiou MG, Bogdanos DP. Primary biliary cirrhosis-specific autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis. Dig Liver Dis. 2009 Dec;41(12):916; author reply 916-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.05.005. Epub 2009 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 19604733.

 

Bogdanos DP, Vergani D. Bacteria and primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2009 Feb;36(1):30-9. doi: 10.1007/s12016-008-8087-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 18498061.

 

Vergani D, Longhi MS, Bogdanos DP, Ma Y, Mieli-Vergani G. Autoimmune hepatitis. Semin Immunopathol. 2009 Sep;31(3):421-35. doi: 10.1007/s00281-009-0170-7. Epub 2009 Jun 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 19533129.

 

Dähnrich C, Pares A, Caballeria L, Rosemann A, Schlumberger W, Probst C, Mytilinaiou M, Bogdanos D, Vergani D, Stöcker W, Komorowski L. New ELISA for detecting primary biliary cirrhosis-specific antimitochondrial antibodies. Clin Chem. 2009 May;55(5):978-85. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.118299. Epub 2009 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 19264849.

 

Davas EM, Alexiou I, Boulbou M, Koutroumpas A, Makaritsis K, Stathakis N, Sakkas LI. Co-morbidities increase the risk of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with TNFalpha inhibitors. J Infect. 2008 Nov;57(5):418-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.07.008. Epub 2008 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 18760485.

 

Alexiou I, Germenis A, Koutroumpas A, Kontogianni A, Theodoridou K, Sakkas LI. Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-2 (CCP2) autoantibodies and extra-articular manifestations in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Apr;27(4):511-3. doi: 10.1007/s10067-007-0800-1. Epub 2008 Jan 3. PubMed PMID: 18172572.

 

Sakkas LI, Boulbou M, Kyriakou D, Makri I, Sinani C, Germenis A, Stathakis N. Immunological features of visceral leishmaniasis may mimic systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Biochem. 2008 Jan;41(1-2):65-8. Epub 2007 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 17991433.Bogdanos DP, Dalekos GN. Enzymes as target antigens of liver-specific autoimmunity: the case of cytochromes P450s. Curr Med Chem. 2008;15(22):2285-92. Review. PubMed PMID: 18781950.

 

Katsiari CG, Dounis E, Sissopoulos A, Sfikakis PP. Clinical image: Stalagmite hips in a patient with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Sep;58(9):2844. doi: 10.1002/art.23726. PubMed PMID: 18759304.

 

Poulopoulou C, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Hatzimanolis A, Fragiadaki K, Polissidis A, Anderzanova E, Davaki P, Katsiari CG, Sfikakis PP. Glutamate levels and activity of the T cell voltage-gated potassium Kv1.3 channel in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 May;58(5):1445-50. doi: 10.1002/art.23446. PubMed PMID: 18438846.

 

Sfikakis PP, Gorgoulis VG, Katsiari CG, Evangelou K, Kostopoulos C, Black CM. Imatinib for the treatment of refractory, diffuse systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 May;47(5):735-7. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken104. Epub 2008 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 18326532.

 

Bogdanos D, Pusl T, Rust C, Vergani D, Beuers U. Primary biliary cirrhosis following Lactobacillus vaccination for recurrent vaginitis. J Hepatol. 2008 Sep;49(3):466-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.022. Epub 2008 Jun 25. PubMed PMID: 18644655.

 

Bogdanos DP, Invernizzi P, Mackay IR, Vergani D. Autoimmune liver serology: current diagnostic and clinical challenges. World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Jun 7;14(21):3374-87. Review. PubMed PMID: 18528935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2716592.

 

Granito A, Stanzani M, Muratori L, Bogdanos DP, Muratori P, Pappas G, Quarneti C, Lenzi M, Vergani D, Bianchi FB. LKM1-positive type 2 autoimmune hepatitis following allogenic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 May;103(5):1313-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01782_7.x. PubMed PMID: 18477361.

 

Dalekos GN, Bogdanos DP, Neuberger J. Celiac disease-related autoantibodies in end-stage autoimmune liver diseases: what is the message? Liver Int. 2008 Apr;28(4):426-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01708.x. PubMed PMID: 18339068.

 

Bernal W, Meda F, Ma Y, Bogdanos DP, Vergani D. Disease-specific autoantibodies in patients with acute liver failure: the King's College London Experience. Hepatology. 2008 Mar;47(3):1096-7; author reply 1097. doi: 10.1002/hep.22179. PubMed PMID: 18306217.

 

Alexiou I, Germenis A, Ziogas A, Theodoridou K, Sakkas LI. Diagnostic value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007 Apr 20;8:37. PubMed PMID: 17448247; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1876231.

 

A Z, Cd K, Ad V, T K, Li S. Expression of Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) α Protein in the Synovial Membrane from Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Int J Biomed Sci. 2007 Mar;3(1):46-9. PubMed PMID: 23675020; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3614619.

 

Sakkas LI, Platsoucas CD. The role of T cells in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Feb;56(2):409-24. Review. PubMed PMID: 17265476.

 

Nikou GC, Toumpanakis C, Katsiari C, Charalambopoulos D, Sfikakis PP. Treatment of small intestinal disease in systemic sclerosis with octreotide: a prospective study in seven patients. J Clin Rheumatol. 2007 Jun;13(3):119-23. PubMed PMID: 17551375.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Davies ET, Bogdanos DP, Liaskos C, Mytilinaiou M, Koukoulis GK, Dalekos GN, Vergani D. Antimitochondrial antibodies of immunoglobulin G3 subclass are associated with a more severe disease course in primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver Int. 2007 Nov;27(9):1226-31. PubMed PMID: 17919234.

 

Longhi MS, Hussain MJ, Bogdanos DP, Quaglia A, Mieli-Vergani G, Ma Y, Vergani D. Cytochrome P450IID6-specific CD8 T cell immune responses mirror disease activity in autoimmune hepatitis type 2. Hepatology. 2007 Aug;46(2):472-84. PubMed PMID: 17559153.

 

Bogdanos DP, Liaskos C, Pares A, Norman G, Rigopoulou EI, Caballeria L, Dalekos GN, Rodes J, Vergani D. Anti-gp210 antibody mirrors disease severity in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2007 Jun;45(6):1583; author reply 1583-4. PubMed PMID: 17538935.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Bogdanos DP, Liaskos C, Koutsoumpas A, Baum H, Vergani D, Dalekos GN. Anti-mitochondrial antibody immunofluorescent titres correlate with the number and intensity of immunoblot-detected mitochondrial bands in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Chim Acta. 2007 May 1;380(1-2):118-21. Epub 2007 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 17321509.

 

Liaskos C, Bogdanos DP, Rigopoulou EI, Dalekos GN. Development of antimitochondrial antibodies in patients with autoimmune hepatitis: art of facts or an artifact? J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Mar;22(3):454-5. PubMed PMID: 17295788.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Dalekos G, Bogdanos DP. How common are connective tissue disorders in patients with autoimmune hepatitis? Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr;36(5):332; author reply 333. Epub 2007 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 17276497.

 

Liaskos C, Bogdanos DP, Davies ET, Dalekos GN. Diagnostic relevance of anti-filamentous actin antibodies in autoimmune hepatitis. J Clin Pathol. 2007 Jan;60(1):107-8. PubMed PMID: 17213359; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1860582.

 

Bogdanos DP, Rigopoulou EI. Viral/self-mimicry and immunological cross-reactivity as a trigger of hepatic C virus associated autoimmune diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007 Jul;77(1):155-6. Epub 2006 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 17118481.

 

Sakkas LI, Chikanza IC, Platsoucas CD. Mechanisms of Disease: the role of immune cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2006 Dec;2(12):679-85. Review. PubMed PMID: 17133253.

 

Koufakis DI, Karabatsas CH, Sakkas LI, Alvanou A, Manthos AK, Chatzoulis DZ. Conjunctival surface changes in patients with Sjogren's syndrome: a transmission electron microscopy study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Feb;47(2):541-4. PubMed PMID: 16431948.

 

Mullighan CG, Bogdanos DP, Vergani D, Bardy PG. Cytochrome P450 1A2 is a target antigen in hepatitic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 Nov;38(10):703-5. Epub 2006 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 17001344.

 

Bogdanos DP, Koutsoumpas A, Baum H, Vergani D. Borrelia Burgdorferi: a new self-mimicking trigger in primary biliary cirrhosis. Dig Liver Dis. 2006 Oct;38(10):781-2; author reply 782-3. Epub 2006 Jul 25. PubMed PMID: 16870516.

 

Bogdanos DP, Vergani D. Origin of cross-reactive autoimmunity in primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver Int. 2006 Aug;26(6):633-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 16842317.

 

Polymeros D, Bogdanos DP, Day R, Arioli D, Vergani D, Forbes A. Does cross-reactivity between mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis and human intestinal antigens characterize Crohn's disease? Gastroenterology. 2006 Jul;131(1):85-96. PubMed PMID: 16831593.

 

Bogdanos DP, Rigopoulou EI. Self-mimicking autoimmune domains of hepatitis C virus core antigen. Vaccine. 2006 Sep 11;24(37-39):6173-4. Epub 2006 Jun 9. PubMed PMID: 16806599.

 

Bogdanos DP, Liaskos C, Rigopoulou EI, Dalekos GN. Anti-mitochondrial antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: revealing the unforeseen. Clin Chim Acta. 2006 Nov;373(1-2):183-4; author reply 185. Epub 2006 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 16714006.

 

Ma Y, Bogdanos DP, Hussain MJ, Underhill J, Bansal S, Longhi MS, Cheeseman P, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Polyclonal T-cell responses to cytochrome P450IID6 are associated with disease activity in autoimmune hepatitis type 2. Gastroenterology. 2006 Mar;130(3):868-82. PubMed PMID: 16530525.

 

Katsiari CG, Tsokos GC. Transcriptional repression of interleukin-2 in human systemic lupus erythematosus. Autoimmun Rev. 2006 Feb;5(2):118-21. Epub 2005 Sep 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 16431340.

 

Kyttaris VC, Katsiari CG, Juang YT, Tsokos GC. New insights into the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2005 Dec;7(6):469-75. Review. PubMed PMID: 16303108.

 

Katsiari CG, Kyttaris VC, Juang YT, Tsokos GC. Protein phosphatase 2A is a negative regulator of IL-2 production in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov;115(11):3193-204. Epub 2005 Oct 13. PubMed PMID: 16224536; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1253625.

 

Moyssakis I, Gialafos E, Vassiliou V, Taktikou E, Katsiari C, Papadopoulos DP, Sfikakis PP. Aortic stiffness in systemic sclerosis is increased independently of the extent of skin involvement. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Feb;44(2):251-4. Epub 2004 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 15546962.

 

Bogdanos DP, Smith H, Ma Y, Baum H, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. A study of molecular mimicry and immunological cross-reactivity between hepatitis B surface antigen and myelin mimics. Clin Dev Immunol. 2005 Sep;12(3):217-24. PubMed PMID: 16295528; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2275415.

 

Sakkas LI. New developments in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. Autoimmunity. 2005 Mar;38(2):113-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 16040330.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Okamoto M, Montalto P, Sharma UC, Rigopoulou EI, Vlachogiannakos J, Ma Y, Burroughs AK, Vergani D. Primary biliary cirrhosis is characterized by IgG3 antibodies cross-reactive with the major mitochondrial autoepitope and its Lactobacillus mimic. Hepatology. 2005 Aug;42(2):458-65. PubMed PMID: 16025495.

 

Longhi MS, Ma Y, Mitry RR, Bogdanos DP, Heneghan M, Cheeseman P, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Effect of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T-cells on CD8 T-cell function in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. J Autoimmun. 2005 Aug;25(1):63-71. PubMed PMID: 16005184.

 

Muratori L, Bogdanos DP, Muratori P, Lenzi M, Granito A, Ma Y, Mieli-Vergani G, Bianchi FB, Vergani D. Susceptibility to thyroid disorders in hepatitis C. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Jun;3(6):595-603. PubMed PMID: 15952102.

 

Rigopoulou EI, Davies ET, Pares A, Zachou K, Liaskos C, Bogdanos DP, Rodes J, Dalekos GN, Vergani D. Prevalence and clinical significance of isotype specific antinuclear antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis. Gut. 2005 Apr;54(4):528-32. PubMed PMID: 15753539; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1774444.

 

Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Non-organ-specific autoantibodies in hepatitis C virus infection: do they matter? Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 15;40(4):508-10. Epub 2005 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 15712071.

 

Ma Y, Meregalli M, Hodges S, Davies N, Bogdanos DP, Fargion S, Fiorelli G, Vergani D. Alcohol dehydrogenase: an autoantibody target in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2005 Jan-Mar;18(1):173-82. PubMed PMID: 15698522.

 

Sakkas LI, Platsoucas CD. Is systemic sclerosis an antigen-driven T cell disease? Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Jun;50(6):1721-33. Review. PubMed PMID: 15188347.

 

Sakkas LI, Koussidis G, Avgerinos E, Gaughan J, Platsoucas CD. Decreased expression of the CD3zeta chain in T cells infiltrating the synovial membrane of patients with osteoarthritis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Jan;11(1):195-202. PubMed PMID: 14715568; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC321327.

 

Katsiari CG, Tsokos GC. Re-establishment of tolerance: the prospect of developing specific treatment for human lupus. Lupus. 2004;13(7):485-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 15352417.

 

Bogdanos DP, Gilbert D, Bianchi I, Leoni S, Mitry RR, Ma Y, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Antibodies to soluble liver antigen and alpha-enolase in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. J Autoimmune Dis. 2004 Nov 19;1(1):4. PubMed PMID: 15679947; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC546408.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Gunsar F, Arioli D, Polymeros D, Ma Y, Burroughs AK, Vergani D. Extensive homology between the major immunodominant mitochondrial antigen in primary biliary cirrhosis and Helicobacter pylori does not lead to immunological cross-reactivity. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct;39(10):981-7. PubMed PMID: 15513338.

 

Longhi MS, Ma Y, Bogdanos DP, Cheeseman P, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Impairment of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T-cells in autoimmune liver disease. J Hepatol. 2004 Jul;41(1):31-7. PubMed PMID: 15246204.

 

Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Non-organ-specific autoantibodies in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 May 15;38(10):1505; author reply 1505-6. PubMed PMID: 15156495.

 

Bogdanos DP, Vergani D, Muratori P, Muratori L, Bianchi FB. Specificity of anti-sp100 antibody for primary biliary cirrhosis. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Apr;39(4):405-6; author reply 407. PubMed PMID: 15125479.

 

Bogdanos DP, Pares A, Baum H, Caballeria L, Rigopoulou EI, Ma Y, Burroughs AK, Rodes J, Vergani D. Disease-specific cross-reactivity between mimicking peptides of heat shock protein of Mycobacterium gordonae and dominant epitope of E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase is common in Spanish but not British patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. J Autoimmun. 2004 Jun;22(4):353-62. PubMed PMID: 15120760.

 

Bogdanos DP, Pares A, Rodés J, Vergani D. Primary biliary cirrhosis specific antinuclear antibodies in patients from Spain. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Apr;99(4):763-4; author reply 765. PubMed PMID: 15089915.

 

Bogdanos DP, Lenzi M, Okamoto M, Rigopoulou EI, Muratori P, Ma Y, Muratori L, Tsantoulas D, Mieli- Vergani G, Bianchi FB, Vergani D. Multiple viral/self immunological cross-reactivity in liver kidney microsomal antibody positive hepatitis C virus infected patients is associated with the possession of HLA B51. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2004 Jan-Apr;17(1):83-92. PubMed PMID: 15000871.

 

Bogdanos DP, Bianchi I, Ma Y, Mitry RR, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Targets of antibodies to soluble liver antigen in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Clin Chem. 2004 Mar;50(3):682-3; author reply 683-4. PubMed PMID: 14981048.

 

Vergani D, Bogdanos DP, Baum H. Unusual suspects in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2004 Jan;39(1):38-41. Review. PubMed PMID: 14752820.

 

Xu B, Sakkas LI, Goldman BI, Jeevanandam V, Gaughan J, Oleszak EL, Platsoucas CD. Identical alpha-chain T-cell receptor transcripts are present on T cells infiltrating coronary arteries of human cardiac allografts with chronic rejection. Cell Immunol. 2003 Oct;225(2):75-90. PubMed PMID: 14698142.

 

Derk CT, Sakkas LI, Rasheed M, Artlett C, Jimenez SA. Autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis and cancer: a case-control study. J Rheumatol. 2003 Sep;30(9):1994-6. PubMed PMID: 12966604.

 

Mountantonakis SE, Sakkas LI, Papadopoulos D, Stathakis N. Systemic sclerosis with bilateral hilar adenopathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2003 Aug;42(8):1007-9. PubMed PMID: 12869672.

 

Katsiari CG, Theodossiadis PG, Kaklamanis PG, Markomichelakis NN, Sfikakis PP. Successful long-term treatment of refractory Adamantiades-Behçet's disease (ABD) with infliximab: report of two patients. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003;528:551-5. PubMed PMID: 12918762.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Butler P, Rigopoulou EI, Davies ET, Ma Y, Burroughs AK, Vergani D. Association between the primary biliary cirrhosis specific anti-sp100 antibodies and recurrent urinary tract infection. Dig Liver Dis. 2003 Nov;35(11):801-5. PubMed PMID: 14674671.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Grasso A, Okamoto M, Butler P, Ma Y, Rigopoulou E, Montalto P, Davies ET, Burroughs AK, Vergani D. Microbial mimics are major targets of crossreactivity with human pyruvate dehydrogenase in primary biliary cirrhosis. J Hepatol. 2004 Jan;40(1):31-9. PubMed PMID: 14672611.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Vergani D. Antimitochondrial and other autoantibodies. Clin Liver Dis. 2003 Nov;7(4):759-77, vi. Review. PubMed PMID: 14594130.

 

Bogdanos DP, McFarlane IG. Cytochrome P450 2A6 meets P450 2D6: an enigma of viral infections and autoimmunity. J Hepatol. 2003 Nov;39(5):860-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 14568272.

 

Gregorio GV, Choudhuri K, Ma Y, Pensati P, Iorio R, Grant P, Garson J, Bogdanos DP, Vegnente A, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Mimicry between the hepatitis C virus polyprotein and antigenic targets of nuclear and smooth muscle antibodies in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Clin Exp Immunol. 2003 Sep;133(3):404-13. PubMed PMID: 12930368; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1808793.

 

Vergani D, Bogdanos DP. Positive markers in AMA-negative PBC. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Feb;98(2):241-3. PubMed PMID: 12591035.

Kerkar N, Choudhuri K, Ma Y, Mahmoud A, Bogdanos DP, Muratori L, Bianchi F, Williams R, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Cytochrome P4502D6(193-212): a new immunodominant epitope and target of virus/self cross-reactivity in liver kidney microsomal autoantibody type 1-positive liver disease. J Immunol. 2003 Feb 1;170(3):1481-9. PubMed PMID: 12538711.

 

Sakkas LI, Platsoucas CD. Role of T cells in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Nov;46(11):3112-3. PubMed PMID: 12428269.

 

Sakkas LI, Xu B, Artlett CM, Lu S, Jimenez SA, Platsoucas CD. Oligoclonal T cell expansion in the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis. J Immunol. 2002 Apr 1;168(7):3649-59. PubMed PMID: 11907131.

 

Katsiari CG, Liossis SN, Dimopoulos AM, Charalambopoulo DV, Mavrikakis M, Sfikakis PP. CD40L overexpression on T cells and monocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus is resistant to calcineurin inhibition. Lupus. 2002;11(6):370-8. PubMed PMID: 12139375.

 

Katsiari CG, Liossis SN, Souliotis VL, Dimopoulos AM, Manoussakis MN, Sfikakis PP. Aberrant expression of the costimulatory molecule CD40 ligand on monocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Immunol. 2002 Apr;103(1):54-62. PubMed PMID: 11987985.

 

Hannam S, Bogdanos DP, Davies ET, Hussain MJ, Portmann BC, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Neonatal liver disease associated with placental transfer of anti-mitochondrial antibodies. Autoimmunity. 2002 Dec;35(8):545-50. PubMed PMID: 12765481.

 

Vergani D, Choudhuri K, Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G. Pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis. Clin Liver Dis. 2002 Aug;6(3):727-37. Review. PubMed PMID: 12362577.

 

Ma Y, Thomas MG, Okamoto M, Bogdanos DP, Nagl S, Kerkar N, Lopes AR, Muratori L, Lenzi M, Bianchi FB, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Key residues of a major cytochrome P4502D6 epitope are located on the surface of the molecule. J Immunol. 2002 Jul 1;169(1):277-85. PubMed PMID: 12077255.

 

Ma Y, Okamoto M, Thomas MG, Bogdanos DP, Lopes AR, Portmann B, Underhill J, Dürr R, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Antibodies to conformational epitopes of soluble liver antigen define a severe form of autoimmune liver disease. Hepatology. 2002 Mar;35(3):658-64. PubMed PMID: 11870381.

 

Bogdanos DP, Baum H, Sharma UC, Grasso A, Ma Y, Burroughs AK, Vergani D. Antibodies against homologous microbial caseinolytic proteases P characterize primary biliary cirrhosis. J Hepatol. 2002 Jan;36(1):14-21. PubMed PMID: 11804659.

 

Xu B, Sakkas LI, Slachta CA, Goldman BI, Jeevanandam V, Oleszak EL, Platsoucas CD. Apoptosis in chronic rejection of human cardiac allografts. Transplantation. 2001 Apr 27;71(8):1137-46. PubMed PMID: 11374416.

 

Sfikakis PP, Theodossiadis PG, Katsiari CG, Kaklamanis P, Markomichelakis NN. Effect of infliximab on sight-threatening panuveitis in Behçet's disease. Lancet. 2001 Jul 28;358(9278):295-6. PubMed PMID: 11498218.

 

Wen L, Ma Y, Bogdanos DP, Wong FS, Demaine A, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Pediatric autoimmune liver diseases: the molecular basis of humoral and cellular immunity. Curr Mol Med. 2001 Jul;1(3):379-89. Review. PubMed PMID: 11899084.

 

Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Liver-kidney microsomal antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Dec;96(12):3447-8. PubMed PMID: 11774973.

 

Bogdanos DP, Choudhuri K, Vergani D. Molecular mimicry and autoimmune liver disease: virtuous intentions, malign consequences. Liver. 2001 Aug;21(4):225-32. Review. PubMed PMID: 11454184.

 

Baum H, Bogdanos DP, Vergani D. Antibodies to Clp protease in primary biliary cirrhosis: possible role of a mimicking T-cell epitope. J Hepatol. 2001 May;34(5):785-7. PubMed PMID: 11434633.

 

Katsetos CD, Kontogeorgos G, Geddes JF, Herman MM, Tsimara-Papastamatiou H, Yu Y, Sakkas LI, Tsokos M, Patchefsky AS, Ehya H, Cooper HS, Provencio J, Spano AJ, Frankfurter A. Differential distribution of the neuron-associated class III beta-tubulin in neuroendocrine lung tumors. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2000 Apr;124(4):535-44. PubMed PMID: 10747310.

 

Bogdanos DP, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Virus, liver and autoimmunity. Dig Liver Dis. 2000 Jun-Jul;32(5):440-6. PubMed PMID: 11030191.

 

Bogdanos DP, Muratori L, Bianchi FB, Vergani D. Hepatitis C virus and autoimmunity. Hepatology. 2000 Jun;31(6):1380. PubMed PMID: 10866525.

 

Sakkas LI, Tourtellotte C, Berney S, Myers AR, Platsoucas CD. Increased levels of alternatively spliced interleukin 4 (IL-4delta2) transcripts in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic sclerosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1999 Sep;6(5):660-4. PubMed PMID: 10473513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC95750.

 

Sakkas LI, Johanson NA, Scanzello CR, Platsoucas CD. Interleukin-12 is expressed by infiltrating macrophages and synovial lining cells in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Cell Immunol. 1998 Sep 15;188(2):105-10. PubMed PMID: 9756640.

 

Sakkas LI, Scanzello C, Johanson N, Burkholder J, Mitra A, Salgame P, Katsetos CD, Platsoucas CD. T cells and T-cell cytokine transcripts in the synovial membrane in patients with osteoarthritis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1998 Jul;5(4):430-7. PubMed PMID: 9665944; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC95595.

 

Yang JS, Mathioudakis G, Kruzel E, Angelo LS, Sakkas LI, Lee JE, Oleszak EL, Platsoucas CD. An anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody (LDA-8) induces cellular aggregation of human lymphoblastoid cell lines and peripheral blood lymphocytes. Hematopathol Mol Hematol. 1997-1998;11(1):29-40. PubMed PMID: 9439978.

 

Sakkas LI, Moore DF, Akritidis NC. Cancer in families with systemic sclerosis. Am J Med Sci. 1995 Dec;310(6):223-5. PubMed PMID: 7503100.

Akritidis N, Sakkas LI. Adult onset Still's disease. 16 cases. Presse Med. 1995 Sep 16;24(26):1207-8. PubMed PMID: 7567848.

 

Sakkas LI, Platsoucas CD. Immunopathogenesis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: role of T cells and MHC. Immunol Res. 1995;14(3):218-36. Review. PubMed PMID: 8778211.

 

Sakkas LI. Consider the study populations when assessing results: comment on the article by Drosos et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1994 May;37(5):779. PubMed PMID: 8185708.

 

Sakkas LI, Chen PF, Platsoucas CD. T-cell antigen receptors in rheumatoid arthritis. Immunol Res. 1994;13(2-3):117-38. Review. PubMed PMID: 7775804.

 

Sakkas LI, Chikanza IC, Vaughan RW, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. Gold induced nephropathy in rheumatoid arthritis and HLA class II genes. Ann Rheum Dis. 1993 Apr;52(4):300-1. PubMed PMID: 8484697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1005629.

 

Drosos AA, Sakkas LI, Goussia A, Siamopoulos KC, Moutsopoulos HM. Pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in Wegener's granulomatosis: a pilot study. J Intern Med. 1992 Sep;232(3):279-82. PubMed PMID: 1402626.

 

Sakkas LI, Marchesoni A, Kerr LA, Ranza R, Colombo B, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. Immunoglobulin heavy chain gene polymorphisms in Italian patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Br J Rheumatol. 1991 Dec;30(6):449-50. PubMed PMID: 1684125.

 

Sakkas LI, Vaughan RW, Panayi GS, Welsh KI. Application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to HLA-C locus typing. Eur J Immunogenet. 1991 Jun;18(3):185-7. PubMed PMID: 1931912.

 

Kerr LA, Navsaria HA, Barker JN, Sakkas LI, Leigh IM, MacDonald DM, Welsh KI. Interferon-gamma activates co-ordinate transcription of HLA-DR, DQ, and DP genes in cultured keratinocytes and requires de novo protein synthesis. J Invest Dermatol. 1990 Dec;95(6):653-6. PubMed PMID: 2174448.

 

Sakkas LI, Loqueman N, Bird H, Vaughan RW, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. HLA class II and T cell receptor gene polymorphisms in psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. J Rheumatol. 1990 Nov;17(11):1487-90. PubMed PMID: 2273489.

 

Sakkas LI, Loqueman N, Panayi GS, Myles AB, Welsh KI. Immunogenetics of polymyalgia rheumatica. Br J Rheumatol. 1990 Oct;29(5):331-4. PubMed PMID: 1977488.

 

Sakkas LI, Macfarlane DG, Bird H, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. Association of osteoarthritis with homozygosity for a 5.8 kb Taq I fragment of the alpha 1-antichymotrypsin gene. Br J Rheumatol. 1990 Aug;29(4):245-8. PubMed PMID: 1974162.

 

Wordsworth BP, Lanchbury JS, Sakkas LI, Welsh KI, Panayi GS, Bell JI. HLA-DR4 subtype frequencies in rheumatoid arthritis indicate that DRB1 is the major susceptibility locus within the HLA class II region. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Dec;86(24):10049-53. PubMed PMID: 2481309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC298641.

 

Lanchbury JS, Sakkas LI, Marsh SG, Bodmer JG, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. HLA-DQ beta 3.1 allele is a determinant of susceptibility to DR4-associated rheumatoid Arthritis. Hum Immunol. 1989 Sep;26(1):59-71. PubMed PMID: 2789210.

 

Stephens HA, Sakkas LI, Vaughan RW, Teitsson I, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. HLA-DQw7 is a disease severity marker in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Immunogenetics. 1989;30(2):119-22. PubMed PMID: 2569443.

 

Stephens HA, Vaughan RW, Sakkas LI, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. Southern blot analysis of HLA-DP gene polymorphisms in Caucasoid rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and controls. Immunogenetics. 1989;30(3):149-55. PubMed PMID: 2476386.

 

Sakkas LI, Demaine AG, Panayi GS, Welsh KI. Arthritis in patients with psoriasis is associated with an immunoglobulin gene polymorphism. Arthritis Rheum. 1988 Feb;31(2):276-8. PubMed PMID: 2831908.​

 

Sakkas LI, Demaine AG, Vaughan RW, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. The association of DNA variants at or near the IgH locus with rheumatoid arthritis. J Immunogenet. 1987 Aug-Oct;14(4-5):189-96. PubMed PMID: 2900853.

 

Sakkas LI, Demaine AG, Welsh KI, Panayi GS. Restriction fragment length polymorphism for the T cell receptor alpha and beta chain genes in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1987 Feb;30(2):231-2. PubMed PMID: 2881550.

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