[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers to improve diagnosis and monitoring of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: current status and future perspectives

K Archontogeorgis, E Nena, N Papanas… - Pulmonary …, 2014 - hindawi.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by recurrent episodes of upper
airway collapse associated with oxygen desaturation and sleep disruption. It is proposed that …

[HTML][HTML] Lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases: a systematic review

K Archontogeorgis, P Steiropoulos, A Tzouvelekis… - Pulmonary …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) represent a heterogeneous group of more than two hundred
diseases of either known or unknown etiology with different pathogenesis and prognosis. …

The role of vitamin D in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

K Archontogeorgis, E Nena, N Papanas… - Breathe, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder of multifactorial pathogenesis
and is associated with obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D is a fat-…

[HTML][HTML] Increased expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) in patients with different forms of lung fibrosis

…, P Boglou, A Koulelidis, K Archontogeorgis… - BioMed research …, 2013 - hindawi.com
Introduction. Emerging evidence supports the role of epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGFR)
in fibrogenesis. The aim of our study was to investigate the expression profiles of EGFR in …

Prognostic factors in patients presenting with pleural effusion revealing malignancy

…, I Sotiriou, MI Koukourakis, K Archontogeorgis… - Respiration, 2014 - karger.com
Background: The survival of patients with malignant pleural effusion is considered generally
poor. Most of the studies reporting results of prognostic factors are retrospective, using …

Effect of compliance to continuous positive airway pressure on exacerbations, lung function and symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and …

A Voulgaris, K Archontogeorgis… - The Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Patients with overlap syndrome (OS), that is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are at increased risk of acute exacerbations …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular risk assessment in a cohort of newly diagnosed patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

K Archontogeorgis, A Voulgaris, E Nena… - … Research and Practice, 2018 - hindawi.com
Objectives. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with increased cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess whether the 10-year risk …

Mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and concurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

K Archontogeorgis, A Voulgaris… - Clinical and Applied …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence suggests that there is platelet activation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our objective is to evaluate mean …

Genetics of obstructive sleep apnea: vitamin D receptor gene variation affects both vitamin D serum concentration and disease susceptibility

G Ragia, K Archontogeorgis, M Simmaco… - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a multifactorial and common disorder affecting
10–17% of men and 3–9% of women. A low vitamin D serum concentration has been …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1a-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-inhibitory growth factor (ING)-4-axis in sarcoidosis patients

…, P Boglou, A Koulelidis, K Archontogeorgis… - BMC research …, 2012 - Springer
Background Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. The term of
immunoangiostasis has been addressed by various studies as potentially involved in the disease …