A5034726916- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Bone health and treatments
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Biomarkers in Disease Mechanisms
- Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
- Sports Performance and Training
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
University Hospital of Heraklion
2010-2024
University of Crete
2002-2019
Evangelismos Hospital
1999-2001
Laboratoire de Biochimie
2001
Aim The current study had two aims. primary purpose was to examine the association between serum vitamin D levels and ergometric evaluation of muscle strength, aerobic capacity, speed in professional soccer players. secondary aim evaluate effects off-season period on levels. Methods Sixty-seven Caucasian male players (age 25.6±6.2 height 1.81±0.08 m), members Greek Superleague Soccer teams one Football-league championship team participated this study. Exercise performance testing for...
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the effects a six-week off-season detraining period on exercise performance, body composition, and circulating sex steroid levels in soccer players. Methods Fifty-five professional male players, members two Greek Superleague Teams (Team A, n = 23; Team B, 22), participated study. first weeks players abstained from any physical activity. following four weeks, performed low-intensity (50%–60% VO2max) aerobic running 20 30 minutes duration three...
Anemia is an important complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Recent data suggest that hepcidin a major mediator anemia with central role in iron homeostasis and metabolism. The aim this study was to evaluate the serum levels its prohormone, prohepcidin, patients IBD comparison healthy controls.One hundred [49 ulcerative colitis (UC), 51 Crohn's (CD)] 102 controls were enrolled. Serum prohepcidin measured by commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays kits. Their...
Background There is evidence that fat mass correlated with bone mineral density (BMD) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but data on the role of adipokines this association are limited. The aim study was to investigate serum levels chemerin, visfatin, and vaspin, hormones act as adipokines, relation BMD patients ulcerative colitis (UC) Crohn’s (CD). Patients methods Serum from 120 IBD (68 CD, 52 UC) 98 matched healthy controls (HC) collected. Chemerin, vaspin were assessed using an...
Cigarette smoke itself is an abundant source of free radicals and a major cause oxidative stress, to which plasma antioxidants function as vital protective counterbalancing mechanism. The objective this study was investigate into the relationship between smoking status serum dietary micronutrient concentrations.Cross-sectional SUBJECTS - SETTING: 502 farmers from Valley Messara in Crete were randomly selected examined. Complete three-day 24-hr recall questionnaires collected along with...
TNF-alpha is a critical mediator of inflammation with an important role in metabolic profile and insulin resistance. The regulation these parameters by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is, however, poorly understood. aim this study was to assess the in-vivo TNF-alpha-mediated resistance lipid levels patients IBD.Twenty-two IBD (eight females; 19 Crohn's disease) received infliximab according treating physician's assessment at weeks 0, 2 6 from baseline subsequently every 8 were prospectively...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of atorvastatin in reducing hard exudates and diabetic macular edema. PATIENTS METHODS: An uncontrolled clinical case series included 18 eyes with maculopathy an elevated baseline lipid profile. All patients were treated atorvastatin. Ophthalmologic evaluation, including fundus photography fluorescein angiography, was performed at presentation repeated 3, 6, 12 months. Hard exudates, hemorrhages, leakage months evaluated compared findings....
Lipoprotein (a) is recognized as a risk factor for arterial and venous thrombosis, property that might be related to its structural similarity plasminogen. Since patients with inflammatory bowel disease frequently suffer from thromboembolic events, we studied the role of lipoprotein in conjunction lipids apolipoproteins Greek ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease.Lipoprotein (a), total cholesterol, high-density low-density triglycerides, apolipoprotein A-1 B-100 were determined sera 129...
Oxidative stress may play a critical role in the vascular disease of end stage renal failure and hemodialysis patients. Studies, analyzing either discrete analytes antioxidant substances, or integrated total activity human plasma during hemodialysis, give contradictory results.Recently, we have introduced new automated method for determination Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) plasma. We serially measured TAC corrected (cTAC: after subtraction interactions due to endogenous uric acid,...
Purpose: Evaluation of the treatment malignant obstructive jaundice by percutaneous insertion uncovered stents. Material and Methods: 51 patients (35 men, 16 women) with inoperable biliary obstruction underwent placement Wallstent endoprostheses. A total 65 endoprostheses were inserted. Results: technical success rate was 98%, procedure-related complications 10%. Early within first 30 days 2%. clinical 98% 30-day mortality late 16%. overall stent occlusion 18% at a mean 288.4 days. Mean...
The authors evaluated the frequency and type of lipid disorders associated with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) in older women referred to their university vascular disease prevention clinic. They also assessed results thyroid replacement therapy. Fasting serum profiles function tests were measured 333 apparently healthy (mean age: 71.8 +/- 7 years). These divided into 3 groups: group I: 60-69 years old (n = 132); II: 70-79 153); III: 80-89 48). SH was defined as a thyrotropin concentration...