Our mission is to perform first class biomedical research in the Pediatric area, to provide precision approaches and targeted therapies to Greek children, adolescents and families
Pediatric Biomedical Research
- Gender dimorphic increase in RBP-4 and NGAL in children born after IVF: an epigenetic phenomenon?
- Physical activity and sedentary behavior thresholds for identifying childhood hypertension and its phenotypes: The Healthy Growth Study.
- Influence of maternal obesity on the association between common pregnancy complications and risk of childhood obesity: an individual participant data meta-analysis.
- Proteomics of Children Born After Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Reveal Indices of an Adverse Cardiometabolic Profile.
- NGAL as an Early Predictive Marker of Diabetic Nephropathy in Children and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
- Antioxidation improves in puberty in normal weight and obese boys, in positive association with exercise-stimulated growth hormone secretion.
- Early-Life Stress: From Neuroendocrine Mechanisms to Stress-Related Disorders.
- Body height in paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: A structural equation model analysis.
- Paediatric stress: from neuroendocrinology to contemporary disorders.
- Genital HPV in Children and Adolescents: Does Sexual Activity Make a Difference?
- Maternal fetal loss history and increased acute leukemia subtype risk in subsequent offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
New knowledge regarding epidemiology & epidemiologic management
- Childhood experiences of parenting and cancer risk at older ages: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
- Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with insulin resistance independently of obesity in primary schoolchildren. The healthy growth study.
- Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase diurnal profiles and stress reactivity in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
- Anthropometric cut-off values identifying Greek children at risk of hypertension: the Healthy Growth Study.
- The effectiveness of a health promotion and stress-management intervention program in a sample of obese children and adolescents.
- Pediatric endocrine and metabolic diseases and proteomics.
- Atenolol treatment for severe Infantile Hemangiomas: a single-centre prospective study.
- Prevalence of childhood hypertension and hypertension phenotypes by weight status and waist circumference: the Healthy Growth Study.
- The mystery of puberty initiation: genetics and epigenetics of idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP).
- Prevalence of hypertension and hypertension phenotypes by age and gender among schoolchildren in Greece: The Healthy Growth Study.
- Conceptual framework of a simplified multi-dimensional model presenting the environmental and personal determinants of cardiometabolic risk behaviors in childhood.
- Multi-targeted molecular therapeutic approach in aggressive neuroblastoma: the effect of Focal Adhesion Kinase-Src-Paxillin system.
- Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates from children in the pre and post Conjugate Vaccine Era. Single center experience 1986-2015.
Improved patient and family centered care
- Use of a relaxation technique by mothers of children with autism: a case-series study.
- In pregnancy increased maternal STAI trait stress score shows decreased insulin sensitivity and increased stress hormones.
- Mothers’ parenting stress is associated with salivary cortisol profiles in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Spontaneous thyrotropin and cortisol secretion interactions in patients with nonclassical 21-hydroxylase deficiency and control children.
- Long-term follow-up of a child with Klinefelter syndrome and achondroplasia from infancy to 16 years.
- The effectiveness of a stress-management intervention program in the management of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence.
- Psychosocial and cognitive function in children with nephrotic syndrome: association with disease and treatment variables.
- Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of Adrenocortical Carcinomas.
- Prevalence of childhood hypertension and hypertension phenotypes by weight status and waist circumference: The healthy growth study.
- Association between problematic internet use, socio-demographic variables and obesity among European adolescents.
- Stress management and sexual health of young adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
- Preparedness Response for CBRNE INCidEnts – PRINCE
New knowledge regarding human physiology & pathology
- Elevated circulating levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in obese children.
- Interactions between the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the female reproductive system: clinical implications.
- MID-PREGNANCY CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE LEVELS IN ASSOCIATION WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS.
- Maternal serum osteocalcin at 11-14 weeks of gestation in gestational diabetes mellitus.
- Maternal inheritance of circulating irisin in humans.
- Maternal depression and risk for postpartum complications: role of prenatal corticotropin-releasing hormone and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist.
- Elevated placental growth factor concentrations at 11-14 weeks of gestation to predict gestational diabetes mellitus.
- A randomized controlled trial of the effects of a stress management programme during pregnancy.
- The role of stress in female reproduction and pregnancy: an update.
- Neuroendocrine and emotional changes in the post-partum period.
- Safety outcomes during pediatric GH therapy: final results from the prospective GeNeSIS observational program.
- Functional gastrointestinal disorders in Greek Children based on ROME III criteria: identifying the child at risk.
- National curves of foetal growth in singleton foetuses of Greek origin.
- Influence of hormonal parameters, bone mineral density and bone turnover on fracture risk in healthy male adolescents: a case control study.