Publications by authors named "I Anastasiou"
Diabetes mellitus (DM), a global disease that significantly impacts public health, has become increasingly common over time. In this review, we aim to determine the potential benefits of St. John's Wort (SJW) as an adjunct therapy for DM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1), even in the setting of adequate glycaemic control, have an excess risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Residual insulin secretion (RIS), measured by detectable C-peptide levels in patients with DM1, might protect against diabetes-related complications. This study aimed to examine the relationship between residual insulin secretion and prognostic markers of cardiovascular complications in patients with DM1.
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- The study examines how habitat types influence the evolutionary dynamics of two flightless lineages of beetles (Eutagenia) in the Cyclades islands, focusing on their dispersal rates and population genetics.
- Findings reveal that the lineage living in dynamic sandy habitats experiences greater inter-island gene flow and consistent population bottlenecks, suggesting a cycle of local extinction and recolonization.
- The research challenges the Habitat Constraint hypothesis by highlighting that factors other than selection on dispersal traits also contribute to evolutionary differences between species adapted to stable and unstable environments.
Accumulating evidence has shown that l-securinine can, in certain circumstances, suppress tumor development by elevating reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. The current work set out to examine l-securinine's apoptotic effects on HuP-T3 cells as well as any potential underlying molecular mechanism(s) that could explain its action as an anticancer agent. In this study, we used 1.
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