Selected Publications

Mehmetoglu E, Mummadisetty A, Chatzitofis A, Parperis K, Sandorfi N, Derk CT: A systematic review of prevalence and predictors of depression in systemic sclerosis based on the CES-D, BDI and PHQ-9 self-assessment questionnaires. Clin Rheumatol April 2025.

Hajnoczky N, Levin LS, Sandorfi N, Derk CT: Long-term outcomes of vascular grafting of medium-sized vessels of wrist and hand in systemic sclerosis patients with medication refractory Raynaud's. J Scleroderma Relat Disord April 2025.

Parperis K, Papachristodoulou M, Derk C, Psarelis S, Voskarides K, Chatzittofis A. : Post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from a systematic review. Rheumatology April 2025.

Aguila T, Madan R, Palmer MB, Derk CT: Zebra bodies in kidney biopsy: Drug-induced phospholipidosis in patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol March 2025.

Papchristodoulou E; Kakkoulis L; Chopra R; Derk CT, Parperis K: Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes in Aseptic Abscess Syndrome: A Systematic Review of 104 Cases. ACR Convergence 2025.

GRASP study group: Functional NOTCH4 Variants Drive Vasculopathy and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis. ACR Convergence 2025.

Parperi K, Costi E, Philippou S, Hadi M, Derk CT: Efficacy of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in the treatment of granulomatous mastitis: a systematic review. Rheumatol Int 44(11): 2371-79, Nov 2024.

GRASP study group: Rare variants in the IL1RAP gene implicate the IL-1 signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis in African and European ancestries. ACR annual scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.

GRASP study group: Admixture mapping and gene-based analysis identifies rare variants in genes in the IL-13 and TGF beta signaling pathways in African Americans with systemic sclerosis. ACR annual scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.

GRASP study Group: TCR motifs identify unique clones in African Americans with systemic sclerosis ACR annual Scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.