Prodromos Sidiropoulos, MD/PhD

 Sidiropoulos

Prodromos Sidiropoulos, MD/PhD

Member

Associate Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine-University of Crete

Director of Clinical Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy

 

Contact details:

phone: +30 2810394783, Fax: +30 2810394936,

mobile:+30 6979794678.

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Website: www.rheumatology-uoc.gr

 

 

Clinical experience

  

2010-  Director of the Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Clinic, University Hospital of Heraklion (election date: July 24, 2010) 

 2004 - 2010             

In charge of Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital of Heraklion
 2004- Outpatient Clinic of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Heraklion

 

Research interest

 

Main research interest is inflammatory arthritides with a special interest in rheumatoid arthritis.

- Mechanisms of disease pathogenesis (inflammatory cytokines, innate and adaptive immune responses)

- Cardiovascular risk and metabolic disturbances in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritides.

- Clinical and biological effects of biologic therapies in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritides.

In order to address those questions we study biologic material (peripheral blood, synovial fluid, synovial tissue) from patients as well as animal models of inflammatory arthritis (collagen induced arthritis –CIA) and transgenic animal models (NLRP3 KO, PD-1 KO). Those projects are done by the close collaboration of the rheumatology Clinic of the University Hospital and the Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation of the Medical School. We also collaborate we European partners (Karolinska institute, Leiden University) within research consortia (AUTOCURE, BTCure project).