Institute of Applied Biosciences
I began my scientific career at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Hematology Clinic of the G. Papanicolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I performed research in the context of my diploma thesis concerning the analysis of intraclonal diversity in patients with CLL. No or low levels of intraclonal diversity were identified overall, yet, a subset of CLL expressing IgG-switched, mutated IGHV4-34 rearrangements showed extensive intraclonal diversity implying interactions with and selection by antigen not only at the level of CLL progenitors but even after the transforming event.
During my PhD, I engaged in various studies on the immunogenetics of B-cell malignancies, mainly CLL and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), focusing on the role of antigens in disease pathogenesis. My first main study on IG stereotypy in a series of 7424 CLL patients, the largest by far to this day, refined the molecular classification of CLL and indicated new possibilities for research on the major stereotyped subsets. My other main study concerned the in-depth immunogenetic characterization of MCL in a series of 807 patients, again the largest series worldwide. That study provided strong evidence for antigen involvement in MCL ontogeny, challenging the then prevailing view; strong support to this notion was provided by subsequent developments, most notably the remarkable clinical efficacy of signaling inhibitors in MCL. Throughout the same period, I also engaged in several other immunoprofiling studies in B-malignancies, extending from partial IGHD-IGHJ gene rearrangements in CLL and the molecular subtyping of MCL based on the integration of immunogenetics, oncogenetics and immunophenotype.
After my PhD, I joined the group of Professor Paolo Ghia for postdoc research focusing on the genetic background of MBL and CLL. Within the context of this project I gained sufficient expertise in a series of methodologies, such as flow-cytometry, cell sorting of small B cell populations as well as state-of-the-art NGS techniques i.e. whole genome sequencing and targeted deep-sequencing (manuscript under consideration). During my post-doc studies in Milan, I continued to participate in many large, multi-institutional studies on CLL covering different aspects of the pathophysiology of this disease, from genetic drivers to immune signaling. In the last 2 years, I joined the Institute of Applied Biosciences where I focus on the immunogenetics of B cell malignancies and pre-leukemic conditions using novel, state-of-the-art NGS protocols and technologies.
Not all IGHV3-21 chronic lymphocytic leukemias are equal: prognostic considerations.
Blood Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25634617
Toll-like receptor stimulation in splenic marginal zone lymphoma can modulate cell signaling, activation and proliferation.
Haematologica Nov, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26294727
Numerous Ontogenetic Roads to Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Immunogenetic and Immunohistochemical Evidence.
The American journal of pathology Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28457696
A gene is known by the company it keeps: enrichment of TNFAIP3 gene aberrations in MALT lymphomas expressing IGHV4-34 antigen receptors.
The Journal of pathology 12, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28892161
Tailored approaches grounded on immunogenetic features for refined prognostication in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Haematologica Sep, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30262567
Automated shape-based clustering of 3D immunoglobulin protein structures in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
BMC bioinformatics Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30453883
Andreas Agathangelidis*,1,
Lesley Ann Sutton*,2,3,
Anastasia Hadzidimitriou1,
Cristina Tresoldi4,
Anton W. Langerak5,
Chrysoula Belessi6,
Frederic Davi7,
Richard Rosenquist2,3,
Kostas Stamatopoulos1,2,
Paolo Ghia8
1Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas,
2Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University,
3Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet,
4Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute,
5Department of Immunology, Laboratory for Medical Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center,
6Hematology Department, Nikea General Hospital,
7, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Hematology, and UPMC University Paris 06, UMRS 1138,
8Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele and Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
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