PubMed

Heart failure as presenting manifestation of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus.

van der Laan-Baalbergen NE, Mollema SA, Kritikos H, Schoe A, Huizinga TW, Bax JJ, Boumpas DT, van Laar JM.

Neth J Med. 2009 Oct;67(9):295-301.PMID: 19841486 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Rituximab therapy reduces activated B cells in both the peripheral blood and bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: depletion of memory B cells correlates with clinical response.

Nakou M, Katsikas G, Sidiropoulos P, Bertsias G, Papadimitraki E, Raptopoulou A, Koutala H, Papadaki HA, Kritikos H, Boumpas DT.

Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(4):R131. Epub 2009 Aug 28.PMID: 19715572 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

The epidemiology of primary systemic vasculitides involving small vessels in Crete (southern Greece): a comparison of older versus younger adult patients.

Panagiotakis SH, Perysinakis GS, Kritikos H, Vassilopoulos D, Vrentzos G, Linardakis M, Bertsias G, Glaser K, Daphnis E, Boumpas DT.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009 May-Jun;27(3):409-15.PMID: 19604432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glomerular expression of toll-like receptor-9 in lupus nephritis but not in normal kidneys: implications for the amplification of the inflammatory response.

Papadimitraki ED, Tzardi M, Bertsias G, Sotsiou E, Boumpas DT.

Lupus. 2009 Aug;18(9):831-5.PMID: 19578108 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors in men with ankylosing spondylitis on anti-TNFalpha treatment: correlation with disease activity.

Papadakis JA, Sidiropoulos PI, Karvounaris SA, Vrentzos GE, Spanakis EK, Ganotakis ES, Kritikos HD, Mikhailidis DP, Boumpas DT.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009 Mar-Apr;27(2):292-8.PMID: 19473571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The TRAF1-C5 region on chromosome 9q33 is associated with multiple autoimmune diseases.

Kurreeman FA, Goulielmos GN, Alizadeh BZ, Rueda B, Houwing-Duistermaat J, Sánchez E, Bevova M, Radstake TR, Vonk MC, Galanakis E, Ortego N, Verduyn W, Zervou MI, Consortium S, Roep BO, Dema B, Espino L, Urcelay E, Boumpas DT, van den Berg LH, Wijmenga C, Koeleman BP, Huizinga TW, Toes RE, Martin J.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19433411 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

STAT4 is not associated with type 2 diabetes in the genetically homogeneous population of Crete.

Kofteridis D, Krasoudaki E, Kavousanaki M, Zervou MI, Panierakis C, Boumpas DT, Goulielmos GN.

Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009 Apr;13(2):281-4.PMID: 19371230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased risk of vascular events in systemic lupus erythematosus: is arterial stiffness a predictor of vascular risk?

Tziomalos K, Tziomalos K, Sivanadarajah N, Mikhailidis DP, Boumpas DT, Seifalian AM.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Nov-Dec;26(6):1134-45. Review.PMID: 19210887 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased expression of CD40 on bone marrow CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: contribution to Fas-mediated apoptosis.

Pyrovolaki K, Mavroudi I, Sidiropoulos P, Eliopoulos AG, Boumpas DT, Papadaki HA.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Feb;60(2):543-52.PMID: 19180486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic, immunologic, and immunohistochemical analysis of the programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 pathway in human systemic lupus erythematosus.

Bertsias GK, Nakou M, Choulaki C, Raptopoulou A, Papadimitraki E, Goulielmos G, Kritikos H, Sidiropoulos P, Tzardi M, Kardassis D, Mamalaki C, Boumpas DT.

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Jan;60(1):207-18.PMID: 19116915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Elaboration of the preliminary Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) score: a EULAR initiative.

Gossec L, Dougados M, Rincheval N, Balanescu A, Boumpas DT, Canadelo S, Carmona L, Daurès JP, de Wit M, Dijkmans BA, Englbrecht M, Gunendi Z, Heiberg T, Kirwan JR, Mola EM, Matucci-Cerinic M, Otsa K, Schett G, Sokka T, Wells GA, Aanerud GJ, Celano A, Dudkin A, Hernandez C, Koutsogianni K, Akca FN, Petre AM, Richards P, Scholte-Voshaar M, Von Krause G, Kvien TK.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Nov;68(11):1680-5. Epub 2008 Dec 3.PMID: 19054825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the use of methotrexate in rheumatic disorders with a focus on rheumatoid arthritis: integrating systematic literature research and expert opinion of a broad international panel of rheumatologists in the 3E Initiative.

Visser K, Katchamart W, Loza E, Martinez-Lopez JA, Salliot C, Trudeau J, Bombardier C, Carmona L, van der Heijde D, Bijlsma JW, Boumpas DT, Canhao H, Edwards CJ, Hamuryudan V, Kvien TK, Leeb BF, Martín-Mola EM, Mielants H, Müller-Ladner U, Murphy G, Østergaard M, Pereira IA, Ramos-Remus C, Valentini G, Zochling J, Dougados M.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jul;68(7):1086-93. Epub 2008 Nov 25.PMID: 19033291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evidence-based recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis: results of the Hellenic working group of the 3E Initiative in Rheumatology.

Raptopoulou A, Sidiropoulos P, Siakka P, Boki K, Drosos AA, Aslanidis S, Karras D, Pikazis D, Vassilopoulos D, Karassa F, Boumpas DT; Hellenic working group of the 3E Initiative in Rheumatology.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Sep-Oct;26(5):784-92.PMID: 19032809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sustained improvement of vascular endothelial function during anti-TNFalpha treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Sidiropoulos PI, Siakka P, Pagonidis K, Raptopoulou A, Kritikos H, Tsetis D, Boumpas DT.

Scand J Rheumatol. 2009 Jan-Feb;38(1):6-10.PMID: 18991190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gene expression in systemic lupus erythematosus: bone marrow analysis differentiates active from inactive disease and reveals apoptosis and granulopoiesis signatures.

Nakou M, Knowlton N, Frank MB, Bertsias G, Osban J, Sandel CE, Papadaki H, Raptopoulou A, Sidiropoulos P, Kritikos I, Tassiulas I, Centola M, Boumpas DT.

Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Nov;58(11):3541-9.PMID: 18975309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Update on the management of lupus nephritis: let the treatment fit the patient.

Bertsias G, Boumpas DT.

Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2008 Sep;4(9):464-72. Review.PMID: 18756272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

STAT4: a risk factor for type 1 diabetes?

Zervou MI, Mamoulakis D, Panierakis C, Boumpas DT, Goulielmos GN.

Hum Immunol. 2008 Oct;69(10):647-50. Epub 2008 Aug 12.PMID: 18703106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pharmacotherapy of lupus nephritis: time for a consensus?

Perysinaki G, Panagiotakis S, Bertsias G, Boumpas DT.

Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Aug;9(12):2099-115. Review.PMID: 18671465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of a TRAF1 and a STAT4 gene polymorphism with increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis in a genetically homogeneous population.

Zervou MI, Sidiropoulos P, Petraki E, Vazgiourakis V, Krasoudaki E, Raptopoulou A, Kritikos H, Choustoulaki E, Boumpas DT, Goulielmos GN.

Hum Immunol. 2008 Sep;69(9):567-71. Epub 2008 Jul 14.PMID: 18625278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spinal infections: evolving concepts.

Kourbeti IS, Tsiodras S, Boumpas DT.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2008 Jul;20(4):471-9. Review.PMID: 18525363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic syndrome in rheumatic diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical implications.

Sidiropoulos PI, Karvounaris SA, Boumpas DT.

Arthritis Res Ther. 2008;10(3):207. Epub 2008 May 8. Review.PMID: 18492218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical trials in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): lessons from the past as we proceed to the future--the EULAR recommendations for the management of SLE and the use of end-points in clinical trials.

Bertsias G, Gordon C, Boumpas DT.

Lupus. 2008;17(5):437-42. Review.PMID: 18490423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intron 4 a/b polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a genetically homogeneous population.

Galanakis E, Kofteridis D, Stratigi K, Petraki E, Vazgiourakis V, Fragouli E, Mamoulakis D, Boumpas DT, Goulielmos GN.

Hum Immunol. 2008 Apr-May;69(4-5):279-83. Epub 2008 Apr 1.PMID: 18486763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials in systemic lupus erythematosus: literature based evidence for the selection of endpoints.

Bertsias GK, Ioannidis JP, Boletis J, Bombardieri S, Cervera R, Dostal C, Font J, Gilboe IM, Houssiau F, Huizinga T, Isenberg D, Kallenberg CG, Khamashta M, Piette JC, Schneider M, Smolen J, Sturfelt G, Tincani A, van Vollenhoven R, Boumpas DT, Gordon C.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Apr;68(4):477-83. Epub 2008 Apr 23. Review.PMID: 18434449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Gordon C, Bertsias G, Ioannidis JP, Boletis J, Bombardieri S, Cervera R, Dostál C, Font J, Gilboe IM, Houssiau F, Huizinga TW, Isenberg D, Kallenberg CG, Khamashta MA, Piette JC, Schneider M, Smolen JS, Sturfelt G, Tincani A, Van Vollenhoven R, Boumpas DT.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Apr;68(4):470-6. Epub 2008 Apr 3. Review.PMID: 18388158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence-based recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis: systematic literature search of the 3E Initiative in Rheumatology involving a broad panel of experts and practising rheumatologists.

Sidiropoulos PI, Hatemi G, Song IH, Avouac J, Collantes E, Hamuryudan V, Herold M, Kvien TK, Mielants H, Mendoza JM, Olivieri I, Østergaard M, Schachna L, Sieper J, Boumpas DT, Dougados M.

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Mar;47(3):355-61. Review.PMID: 18276738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fungal infections complicating tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade therapy.

Tsiodras S, Samonis G, Boumpas DT, Kontoyiannis DP.

Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Feb;83(2):181-94. Review.PMID: 18241628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Familial Mediterranean Fever in Crete: a genetic and structural biological approach in a population of 'intermediate risk'.

Fragouli E, Eliopoulos E, Petraki E, Sidiropoulos P, Aksentijevich I, Galanakis E, Kritikos H, Repa A, Fragiadakis G, Boumpas D, Goulielmos GN.

Clin Genet. 2008 Feb;73(2):152-9. Epub 2007 Dec 29.PMID: 18177465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of the nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene polymorphism with increased risk for both lupus glomerulonephritis and rheumatoid arthritis in a single genetically homogeneous population.

Vazgiourakis V, Sidiropoulos P, Bertsias G, Koutsounaki E, Fragouli E, Raptopoulou A, Kritikos H, Boumpas DT, Goulielmos GN.

Lupus. 2007;16(11):867-74.PMID: 17971359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Toll like receptors and autoimmunity: a critical appraisal.

Papadimitraki ED, Bertsias GK, Boumpas DT.

J Autoimmun. 2007 Dec;29(4):310-8. Epub 2007 Oct 24. Review.PMID: 17959357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Functional, molecular and proteomic characterisation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

Kastrinaki MC, Sidiropoulos P, Roche S, Ringe J, Lehmann S, Kritikos H, Vlahava VM, Delorme B, Eliopoulos GD, Jorgensen C, Charbord P, Häupl T, Boumpas DT, Papadaki HA.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Jun;67(6):741-9. Epub 2007 Oct 5.PMID: 17921184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inflammasomes and rheumatic diseases: evolving concepts.

Sidiropoulos PI, Goulielmos G, Voloudakis GK, Petraki E, Boumpas DT.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Oct;67(10):1382-9. Epub 2007 Oct 5. Review.PMID: 17921182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of an ex vivo cellular model of rheumatoid arthritis: critical role of CD14-positive monocyte/macrophages in the development of pannus tissue.

Nozaki T, Takahashi K, Ishii O, Endo S, Hioki K, Mori T, Kikukawa T, Boumpas DT, Ozaki S, Yamada H.

Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Sep;56(9):2875-85.PMID: 17763413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chronic alcohol consumption as a predisposing factor for multiple tendon ruptures in unusual sites in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Bourikas LA, Kritikos HD, Papakostantinou OG, Katsikas GA, Boumpas DT, Sidiropoulos PI.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 May-Jun;25(3):461-3.PMID: 17631746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-citrulline antibodies in the diagnosis and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis: evolving concepts.

Raptopoulou A, Sidiropoulos P, Katsouraki M, Boumpas DT.

Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2007;44(4):339-63. Review.PMID: 17558653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus. Report of a Task Force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics.

Bertsias G, Ioannidis JP, Boletis J, Bombardieri S, Cervera R, Dostal C, Font J, Gilboe IM, Houssiau F, Huizinga T, Isenberg D, Kallenberg CG, Khamashta M, Piette JC, Schneider M, Smolen J, Sturfelt G, Tincani A, van Vollenhoven R, Gordon C, Boumpas DT; Task Force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Feb;67(2):195-205. Epub 2007 May 15.PMID: 17504841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis: the rationale for using statins.

Gazi IF, Boumpas DT, Mikhailidis DP, Ganotakis ES.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 Jan-Feb;25(1):102-11. Review.PMID: 17418000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infliximab therapy in pulmonary fibrosis associated with collagen vascular disease.

Antoniou KM, Mamoulaki M, Malagari K, Kritikos HD, Bouros D, Siafakas NM, Boumpas DT.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 Jan-Feb;25(1):23-8.PMID: 17417986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Urine proteomics for the early diagnosis of acute glomerulonephritis: has the time come?

Boumpas DT, Kuroiwa T.

Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Mar;56(3):705-9. No abstract available. PMID: 17328039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Long-term effects of combination treatment with fludarabine and low-dose pulse cyclophosphamide in patients with lupus nephritis.

Illei GG, Yarboro CH, Kuroiwa T, Schlimgen R, Austin HA, Tisdale JF, Chitkara P, Fleisher T, Klippel JH, Balow JE, Boumpas DT.

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2007 Jun;46(6):952-6. Epub 2007 Feb 22.PMID: 17317716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Central nervous system involvement as the presenting manifestation of autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study using the American College of Rheumatology nomenclature for neuropsychiatric lupus.

Mastorodemos V, Mamoulaki M, Kritikos H, Plaitakis A, Boumpas DT.

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006 Nov-Dec;24(6):629-35.PMID: 17207377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oral and ocular/orbital manifestations of temporal arteritis: a disease with deceptive clinical symptoms and devastating consequences.

Paraskevas KI, Boumpas DT, Vrentzos GE, Mikhailidis DP.

Clin Rheumatol. 2007 Jul;26(7):1044-8. Epub 2006 Dec 16. Review.PMID: 17180298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Concomitant onset of graves disease and rheumatoid arthritis after a serious life event.

Bourikas LA, Sidiropoulos PI, Goulielmos GN, Boumpas DT, Kritikos HD.

J Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Dec;12(6):326-7. No abstract available. PMID: 17149073 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expansion of toll-like receptor 9-expressing B cells in active systemic lupus erythematosus: implications for the induction and maintenance of the autoimmune process.

Papadimitraki ED, Choulaki C, Koutala E, Bertsias G, Tsatsanis C, Gergianaki I, Raptopoulou A, Kritikos HD, Mamalaki C, Sidiropoulos P, Boumpas DT.

Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Nov;54(11):3601-11.PMID: 17075805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Modest but sustained increase of serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in patients with inflammatory arthritides treated with infliximab.

Spanakis E, Sidiropoulos P, Papadakis J, Ganotakis E, Katsikas G, Karvounaris S, Bizaki A, Kritikos H, Boumpas DT.

J Rheumatol. 2006 Dec;33(12):2440-6. Epub 2006 Oct 1.PMID: 17014005 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimum therapeutic approaches for lupus nephritis: what therapy and for whom?

Boumpas DT, Sidiropoulos P, Bertsias G.

Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2005 Nov;1(1):22-30. Review.PMID: 16932624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic syndrome is common among middle-to-older aged Mediterranean patients with rheumatoid arthritis and correlates with disease activity: a retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, study.

Karvounaris SA, Sidiropoulos PI, Papadakis JA, Spanakis EK, Bertsias GK, Kritikos HD, Ganotakis ES, Boumpas DT.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jan;66(1):28-33. Epub 2006 Jun 22.PMID: 16793841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mutational analysis of the PRYSPRY domain of pyrin and implications for familial mediterranean fever (FMF).

Goulielmos GN, Fragouli E, Aksentijevich I, Sidiropoulos P, Boumpas DT, Eliopoulos E.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jul 14;345(4):1326-32. Epub 2006 May 15.PMID: 16730661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential drug resistance to anti-tumour necrosis factor agents in rheumatoid arthritis.

Sidiropoulos PI, Boumpas DT.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Jun;65(6):701-3. No abstract available. PMID: 16699049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An open label, single dose study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and effects on CD25 expression of ciclosporin in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite treatment with methotrexate and infliximab.

Sidiropoulos PI, Siakka P, Raptopoulou A, Mamoulaki M, Choulaki C, Koutala H, Kouroumali H, Kritikos H, Boumpas DT.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Apr;65(4):538-41. Epub 2005 Aug 26.PMID: 16126800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article