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      AQP4 tag SNPs in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage in Greek and Polish population 

      Dardiotis, Efthimios; Siokas, Vasileios; Marogianni, Chrysa; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Sokratous, Maria; Paterakis, Konstantinos; Dardioti, Maria; Grigoriadis, Savas; Brotis, Alexandros; Kapsalaki, Eftychia; Fountas, Kostas; Jagiella, Jeremiasz; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2019)
      BACKROUND: A relatively small number of genetic variants are implicated to pathophysiology of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) has been reported to be implicated in the pathophysiological processes of ICH ...
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      BDNF rs6265 (Val66Met) Polymorphism as a Risk Factor for Blepharospasm 

      Siokas, Vasileios; Kardaras, Dimitrios; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Asproudis, Ioannis; Boboridis, Konstadinos G.; Papageorgiou, Eleni; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Tsironi, Evangelia E.; Dardiotis, Efthimios (2019)
      A few genetic variants are implicated in the development of blepharospasm (BSP). The precise role of the rs6265 on the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene on BSP remains controversial. The effect of rs6265 on BSP ...
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      CpG Island Methylation Patterns in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis 

      Sokratous, Maria; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Bellou, Eleni; Tsouris, Zisis; Michalopoulou, Amalia; Dardioti, Maria; Siokas, Vasileios; Rikos, Dimitrios; Tsatsakis, Aristidis; Kovatsi, Leda; Bogdanos, Dimitrios P.; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2018)
      DNA methylation may predispose to multiple sclerosis (MS), as aberrant methylation in the promoter regions across the genome seems to underlie several processes of MS. We have currently determined the methylation status ...
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      Genetic polymorphisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Evidence for implication in detoxification pathways of environmental toxicants 

      Dardiotis, Efthimios; Siokas, Vasileios; Sokratous, Maria; Tsouris, Zisis; Michalopoulou, Amalia; Andravizou, Athina; Dastamani, Metaxia; Ralli, Styliani; Vinceti, Marco; Tsatsakis, Aristidis; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2018)
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      Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiple sclerosis patients 

      Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Kountra, Persia-Maria; Koutsis, Georgios; Tsimourtou, Vana; Siokas, Vasileios; Dardioti, Maria; Rikos, Dimitrios; Marogianni, Chrysoula; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Karadima, Georgia; Ralli, Styliani; Grigoriadis, Nikolaos; Bogdanos, Dimitrios; Panas, Marios; Dardiotis, Efthimios (2019)
      To validate in an ethnically homogeneous Greek multiple sclerosis (MS) cohort, genetic risk factors for the disease, identified through a number of previous multi-ethnic genome-wide association studies (GWAS).
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      TNFRSF13C/BAFFR P21R and H159Y polymorphisms in multiple sclerosis 

      Ntellas, Panagiotis; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Sevdali, Eirini; Siokas, Vasileios; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Tsinti, Gerasimina; Germenis, Anastasios E.; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Eibel, Hermann; Speletas, Matthaios (2020)
      Recent studies implicate B cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis, and consequently, several molecules participating in B cell survival and proliferation, including B-cell activating factor (BAFF), have recently ...