Personalised Medicine
Description
The Personalized Medicine group of the Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy is active in delineating the moleculer genetic etiology of rare and common genetic disorders.
In particular, the group's research interests include the discovery of genes and genetic variations, as well as their association with the development of specific diseases, such as celiac disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and also hemoglobinopathies. Moreover, we have previously demonstrated the feasibility of next-generation sequencing in pharmacogenomics to investigate the prevalence of pharmacogenomic biomarkers in Caucasian populations, whereas, various projects of our group focus on the investigation of epigenetic aspects to reveal the underlying mechanisms of drug response and genetic disorders.
Group leader: Dr. Evangelia-Eirini (Evira) Tsermpini
Selected Publications
Pisanu C, Tsermpini EE, Skokou M, Kordou Z, Gourzis P, Assimakopoulos K, Congiu D, Meloni A, Balasopoulos D, Patrinos GP, Squassina A. Leukocyte telomere length is reduced in patients with major depressive disorder. Drug Dev Res. 2019, in press.
Stratopoulos A, Kolliopoulou A, Karamperis K, John A, Kydonopoulou K, Esftathiou G, Sgourou A, Kourakli A, Vlachaki E, Chalkia P, Theodoridou S, Papadakis MN, Gerou S, Symeonidis A, Katsila T, Ali BR, Papachatzopoulou A, Patrinos GP. Genomic variants in members of the Krüppel-like factor gene family are associated with disease severity and hydroxyurea treatment efficacy in β-hemoglobinopathies patients. Pharmacogenomics. 2019;20(11):791-801.
Mitropoulos K, Merkouri Papadima E, Xiromerisiou G, Balasopoulou A, Charalampidou K, Galani V, Zafeiri KV, Dardiotis E, Ralli S, Deretzi G, John A, Kydonopoulou K, Papadopoulou E, di Pardo A, Akcimen F, Loizedda A, Dobričić V, Novaković I, Kostić VS, Mizzi C, Peters BA, Basak N, Orrù S, Kiskinis E, Cooper DN, Gerou S, Drmanac R, Bartsakoulia M, Tsermpini EE, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Ali BR, Katsila T, Patrinos GP. Genomic variants in the FTO gene are associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Greek patients. Hum Genomics. 2017;11(1):30.
Balasopoulou A, Stanković B, Panagiotara A, Nikčevic G, Peters BA, John A, Mendrinou E, Stratopoulos A, Legaki AI, Stathakopoulou V, Tsolia A, Govaris N, Govari S, Zagoriti Z, Poulas K, Kanariou M, Constantinidou N, Krini M, Spanou K, Radlovic N, Ali BR, Borg J, Drmanac R, Chrousos G, Pavlovic S, Roma E, Zukic B, Patrinos GP, Katsila T. Novel genetic risk variants for pediatric celiac disease. Hum Genomics. 2016;10(1):34.
Mizzi C, Dalabira E, Kumuthini J, Dzimiri N, Balogh I, Başak N, Böhm R, Borg J, Borgiani P, Bozina N, Bruckmueller H, Burzynska B, Carracedo A, Cascorbi I, Deltas C, Dolzan V, Fenech A, Grech G, Kasiulevicius V, Kádaši Ľ, Kučinskas V, Khusnutdinova E, Loukas YL, Macek M Jr, Makukh H, Mathijssen R, Mitropoulos K, Mitropoulou C, Novelli G, Papantoni I, Pavlovic S, Saglio G, Setric J, Stojiljkovic M, Stubbs AP, Squassina A, Torres M, Turnovec M, van Schaik RH, Voskarides K, Wakil SM, Werk A, Del Zompo M, Zukic B, Katsila T, Lee MT, Motsinger-Rief A, Mc Leod HL, van der Spek PJ, Patrinos GP. A European Spectrum of Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers: Implications for Clinical Pharmacogenomics. PLoS One. 2016;11(9):e0162866
Karageorgos I, Mizzi C, Giannopoulou E, Pavlidis C, Peters BA, Zagoriti Z, Stenson PD, Mitropoulos K, Borg J, Kalofonos HP, Drmanac R, Stubbs A, van der Spek P, Cooper DN, Katsila T, Patrinos GP. Identification of cancer predisposition variants in apparently healthy individuals using a next-generation sequencing-based family genomics approach. Hum Genomics. 2015;9:12.
Mizzi C, Peters B, Mitropoulou C, Mitropoulos K, Katsila T, Agarwal MR, van Schaik RH, Drmanac R, Borg J, Patrinos GP. Personalized pharmacogenomics profiling using whole-genome sequencing. Pharmacogenomics. 2014;15(9):1223-1234.
