Vassilis Aidinis Research Group

During the past years, in our lab, the following Dissertations and PhD Theses have been conducted and completed:

Doctorate Theses

· Apostolos Galaris, 2023, “Discovery of novel genes participating in the pathophysiology of pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Ilianna-Maria Barbayianni, 2022, “Investigating pathogenetic mechanisms in lung fibrosis and lung cancer“.
· Katsifa Aggeliki, 2019, “Investigating the role of Autotaxin in adult pathophysiology and systemic inflammation”.
· Ninou Ioanna, 2019, “Phospholipid homeostasis and the role of Autotaxin in chronic inflammation”.
· Fotopoulou Stella , 2011,  “The role of ATX and LPA signaling in the development and pathophysiology of the central nervous system”.
· Nikitopoulou Ioanna, 2010,  "The role of ATX in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases"
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· Harokopos Vaggelis, 2009,  "Gene expression profiling of immuno-pathological mechanism of chronic inflammation disorders".
· Thanasopoulou Artemis, 2009,  "Τhe role of apoptosing epithelium in the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis".
· Paparountas Triantafillos, 2009,  "Bioinformatics data analysis of gene expression profiling experiments".
· Oikonomou Nikos, 2008,  "Τhe role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and the fibroblast in lung diseases".

MSc Dissertations

· Eleftheria - Dimitra Ntouskou, 2023, “Investigating the ECM – lung fibroblast crosstalk”.
· Petros Prapas, 2023, “Macrophage homeostasis and the role of Autotaxin in the pathophysiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis”.
· Marina Kalithinou, 2023, “Macrophage plasticity and homeostasis in the pathophysiology of pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Georgia Antonopoulou, 2022, “LPA Signaling in Kidney Pathophysiology”.
· Dimitris Nastos, 2022, “Discovery of novel pathological genes and mechanisms in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases”.
· Katerina Touloumi, 2021, “Investigating a possible role for H2S in pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Konstantinos Ntatsoulis, 2021, “Macrophage homeostasis in pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Ellie-Anna Stylianaki, 2020,”Investigating the role of ATX/LPA axis in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”.
· Triantafyllia Papadimitropoulou, 2019, “Investigating the role of the adhesome in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Sevasti Barbouni, 2017, “Study of the ideal substrate for culturing primary lung fibroblasts and exploration of a possible synergy of TGFb and LPA in their activation”.
· Voula Kanellopoulou, 2017, “Investigating the possible role of SH3PXD2A in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis and cancer”.
· Ismini Hatzidaki, 2017, “Creation of conditional knock out mouse for LPAR1”.
· Elena Sompatzi, 2017, “Investigating the possible role of RANKL in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Petros Megadoukas, 2014, “Lipidomics of chronic inflammatory diseases”.
· Moustafa Savina, 2013,  “Pharmacological targeting of ATX”.
· Sirioti Ivi, 2012, “Pharmacologic and genetic modulation of Autotaxin” .
· Marouli Eirini, 2008,  "LPA signalling in neurodegenerative diseases".
· Nikitopoulou Ioanna, 2007,  "Dissection of the role of autotaxin in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis".

BSc Projects

· Maria Tsiokou, 2021,” Investigating the role of the adhesome in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis ΙΙ”.
· Alexandros Laskaris, 2018, “Versican and pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Aikaterini Touloumi, 2017, “Investigating a possible role of Lipocalin2 in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis”.
· Barbayianni Ilianna-Maria, 2015, “Investigating the possible role of epigenetic enzymes in IPF pathogenesis”.
· Leventakou Danae, 2014, “Autotaxin and chronic inflammatory disorders”.
· Yeles Konstantinos, 2012, “LPA signalling in lung pathophysiology”.
· Chioureas Dimitrios, 2010,  "Study of the role of Autotaxin and LPA signaling in acute lung injury”.
· Paouri Eyi, 2010, "The role of ATX and LPA signaling in Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis".
· Manitsopoulos Nikolaοs, 2009,  "The role of the transcription factor Hif1a in the pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis" .