Selected Publications

(Since 2000)

1. K. Kyriacou and E.J. Wills. Case for the panel. An unusual, common (?) finding in skeletal muscle biopsies.
Ultrastructural Pathology 24(1):51-3; discussion 55, 57, 2000.

2. K. Kyriacou, Y. Michaelides, R. Senkus, K. Simamonian, N. Pavlides, L. Antoniades, C. Zambartas. Ultrastructural pathology of the heart in patients with b-thalassaemia major. Ultrastructural Pathology 24: 75-81, 2000.

3. F. Schnorrenberg, N. Tsapatsoulis, C.S. Pattichis, C.N. Schizas, S. Kollias, M. Vassiliou, A. Adamou, K. Kyriacou. Improved detection of breast cancer nuclei using modular neural networks.  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 19: 48-63, 2000.

4. K. Kyriacou, F. Iacovou, A. Adamou, A. Hadjisavvas, E.M. Rakowicz-Szulzynska. Immunohistochemical evaluation of antigens RAK in diagnosis of premalignant and malignant lesions of the breast. Experimental and Molecular Pathology 69:27-36, 2000.

5. M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Pattichis, M. Avraam, A. Bovik, K. Kyriacou, AM-FM texture segmentation in electron microscopic muscle imaging. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 19:1253-8, 2000.

6. K. Christodoulou, E. Zamba, M. Tsingis, A, Mubaidin, K. Horani, S. Abu-Sheik, M. El-Khateeb, K. Kyriacou, T. Kyriakides, A.K. Al-Qudah, L. Middleton. A novel form of distal hereditary motor neuronopathy maps to chromosome 9p21.1-p12. Ann Neurol 48(6):877-84, 2000.

7. F. Schnorrenberg, C.S. Pattichis, C.N. Schizas, K. Kyriacou. Content-based retrieval of breast cancer biopsy slides. Technology Health Care 8:291-7, 2000.

8. E. Leontidis, T. Kyprianidou-Leodidou, W. Caseri, P. Robyr, F. Krumeich, K.C. Kyriacou. From colloidal aggregates to layered nanosized structures in polymer surfactant systems. 1. Basic Phenomena. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105(19):4133-4144, 2001.

9. A. Hadjisavvas, S.L. Neuhausen, M.D. Hoffman, A. Adamou, R.F. Newbold, K.C. Kyriacou, Ch.G. Christodoulou. BRCA1 germline mutations in Cypriot breast cancer patients from 26 families with family history. Anticancer Research 21(5):3307-3312, 2001.

10. E. Leontidis, T. Kyprianidou-Leondidou, W. Caseri, K. Kyriacou. Surprising effects of Polymer-Surfactant Solutions on Inorganic Crystallization Processes. Prog Colloid Pol Sci 118: 57-62, 2001.

11. A.Hadjisavvas, A.Adamou, P.Kitsios, C. Phanis, K.Kyriacou, Ch.Christodoulou. Q356R and S151RI are BRCA1 variants that may be associated with breast cancer in a Cypriot family. Oncology Reports 9:383-386, 2002.

12. A. Hadjisavvas, C. Mikellidou, A. Zenios, I. Zouvani, A. Adamou, Ch. Christodoulou, K. Kyriacou. Correlation between morphology, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology, in hereditary and sporadic breast cancer cases. Ultrastructural Pathology, 26:237-244, 2002.

13. T. Kyriakides, B. Marquez, A. Panousopoulos, E. Kyriacou, K. Kyriacou. Amyloid myopathy: evidence for mechanical injury to the sarcolemma. Clinical Neuropathology 21:145-148, 2002.

14. C. Stavrou, M. Koptides, C. Tombazos, E. Psara, C. Patsias, I. Zouvani. K. Kyriacou, F. Hildebrandt, T. Christofides, A. Pierides, C. Constantinou Deltas. Autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease type 1. Clinical and molecular findings in six large Cypriot families. Kidney International 62:1385-1394, 2002.

15. A. Hadjisavvas, E. Charalambous, A. Adamou, C.G. Christodoulou, K. Kyriacou. BRCA2 germline mutations in Cypriot patients with familial breast / ovarian cancer. Human Mutation, 21:171, 2003.

16. B. Marquez, I. Zouvani, A. Karagrigoriou, E. Anastasiades, A. Pierides, K. Kyriacou. A simplified method for measuring the thickness of glomerular basement membranes. Ultrastructural Pathology, 27:409-416, 2003.

17. T. Kyriakides, A. Drousiotou, A. Panosopoulou, A. Hadjisavvas, A. Zenios, G.M. Hadjigeorgiou, K. Kyriacou. A comparative morphological study in 33 cases of respiratory chain encephalomyopathies. Acta Myologica, 22:48-51, 2003.

18. A. Hadjisavvas, E. Charalambous, A. Adamou, S.L. Neuhausen, Ch.G. Christodoulou, K. Kyriacou. Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in Cyprus ; identification of a founder BRCA2 mutation. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, 151:152-156, 2004.

19. M. Orphanou, E. Leontidis, T. Kyprianidou-Leodidou, P. Koutsoukos, K.C. Kyriacou. Study of copper sulfide crystallization in PEO-SDS solutions. Langmuir, 20:5605-5612, 2004.

20. I. Belogianni, A. Apessos, M. Mihalatos, E. Razi, S. Labropoulos, A. Petounis, V. Gaki, A. Keramopoulos, N. Pandis, K. Kyriacou, P. Kosmidis, D. Yannoukakos, G. Nasioulas. Characterization of a novel large deletion and single point mutations in the BRCA1 gene in a Greek cohort of families with suspected hereditary breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 4:61, 2004.

21. K. Kleopa, K. Kyriacou, E. Zamba-Papanicolaou, Th. Kyriakides. Reversible inflammatory and vacuolar myopathy with vitamin E deficiency in celiac disease. Muscle and Nerve, 31:260-65, 2005.

22. K. Kyriacou, A. Hadjisavvas, A. Zenios, R. Papacharalambous, Th. Kyriakides. A comparative study of morphological  methods in the diagnosis mitochondrial encephalomyopathies; the role of electron microscopy. Ultrastructural Pathology, 29:169-74, 2005.

23. A. Hadjisavvas, T. Papasavva, M. Loizidou, S. Malas, G. Potamitis, C. Christodoulou, G. Pavlides, D. Papamichael, C. Klonis, G. Nasioulas, V. Anastasiadou, K. Kyriacou. Novel germline mutations in the APC gene of Cypriot patients with familial and sporadic adenomatous polyposis. Clin Genet. 2006 May;69(5):404-9.

24. Loizidou M, Marcou Y, Anastasiadou V, Newbold R, Hadjisavvas A, Kyriacou K. Contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations to the incidence of early-onset breast cancer in Cyprus . Clin Genet. 2007 Feb;71(2):165-70

25. K. Kyriacou , T. Kyriakides. Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: a review of routine morphological diagnostic methods with emphasis on the role of electron microscopy J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol. 2006 Jun-Sep;38(2-3):201-8. Review.

26.K Voskarides, L Damianou, V Neokleous, I Zouvani, S Christodoulou, V Hadjicostantinou, K Ioannou, Y Athanasiou, C Patsias, E Alexopoulos, A Pierides, K Kyriacou, C Deltas. COL4A3/COL4A4 mutations producing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and renal failure in thin basement membrane nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;18(11):3004-16.

27. Loizidou MA, Michael T, Neuhausen SL, Newbold RF,  Marcou Y, Kakouri E, Daniel M, Papadopoulos P, Malas S, Kyriacou K, Hadjisavvas A. Genetic polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes XRCC1, XRCC2 and XRCC3 and risk of breast cancer in Cyprus. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Jan 10; Dec;112(3):575-9.

28. Loizidou MA, Michael T, Neuhausen SL, Newbold RF,  Marcou Y, Kakouri E, Daniel M, Papadopoulos P, Malas S, Hadjisavvas A, Kyriacou K. DNA-repair genetic polymorphisms and risk of breast cancer in Cyprus. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Jun 16 [Epub ahead of print]

29. Zouvani I, Aristodemou S, Hadjisavvas A, Michael T, Vassiliou M, Patsias C, Pierides A, Ioannou K, Kyriacou K. Incidence of thin membrane nephropathy in 990 consecutive renal biopsies examined with electron microscopy. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2008 Nov-Dec;32(6):221-6.