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Spyros Deftereos
Researcher at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Publications - 48
Citations - 1727
Spyros Deftereos is an academic researcher from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thalassemia & Heart failure. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 45 publications receiving 1303 citations.
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The Role of Inflammation in Diabetes: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives.
Sotirios Tsalamandris,Alexios S. Antonopoulos,Evangelos Oikonomou,George-Aggelos Papamikroulis,Georgia Vogiatzi,Spyridon Papaioannou,Spyros Deftereos,Dimitris Tousoulis +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of inflammation in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1D and T1D) pathophysiology and associated metabolic disorders, has generated increasing interest in targeting inflammation to improve prevention and control of the disease.
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Literature mining, ontologies and information visualization for drug repurposing
TL;DR: This work reviews the application of literature mining and ontology modeling and traversal to the area of drug repurposing (DR), which has emerged as a noteworthy alternative to the traditional drug development process in response to the decreased productivity of the biopharmaceutical industry.
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Thalassemia Heart Disease: A Comparative Evaluation of Thalassemia Major and Thalassemia Intermedia
Athanasios Aessopos,Dimitrios Farmakis,Spyros Deftereos,Maria Tsironi,Stergios Tassiopoulos,Ioannis Moyssakis,Markisia Karagiorga +6 more
TL;DR: Regular lifelong transfusion and chelation therapy in TM prevented premature heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, although LV dysfunction still occurred and led to heart failure.
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Drug repurposing and adverse event prediction using high‐throughput literature analysis
TL;DR: This review will focus on those approaches to drug repurposing and adverse event prediction that are based on the biomedical literature that begin with an analysis of the literature and aim to reveal indirect relationships among seemingly unconnected biomedical entities.
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Hypothyroidism is a Risk Factor for New-Onset Diabetes: A Cohort Study.
Naomi Gronich,Spyros Deftereos,Idit Lavi,Andreas Persidis,Darrell R. Abernethy,Gad Rennert,Gad Rennert +6 more
TL;DR: Hypothyroidism is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus and subclinical hypothyroidistan-associated risk for DM is prominent only upon statin use, and identifying and treating hypothy thyroid hormone replacement therapy might reduce DM risk.