Vasileios Lekakis

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 280 citations indexed

About

Vasileios Lekakis is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasileios Lekakis has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 280 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Hepatology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vasileios Lekakis's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (7 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (3 papers). Vasileios Lekakis is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (7 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (3 papers). Vasileios Lekakis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and United States. Vasileios Lekakis's co-authors include George Papatheodoridis, Εvangelos Cholongitas, Theodoros Voulgaris, Jia‐Horng Kao, Pietro Lampertico, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, Norah A. Terrault, K. Rajender Reddy, Anna S. Lok and Thomas Berg and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Hepatology and Critical Care.

In The Last Decade

Vasileios Lekakis

22 papers receiving 277 citations

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Natural history of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

2023 78 citations Vasileios Lekakis, George Papatheodoridis European Journal of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vasileios Lekakis Greece	9	182	104	45	44	24	27	280
Érika Rabelo Forte de Siqueira Brazil	8	235 1.3×	144 1.4×	67 1.5×	81 1.8×	18 0.8×	12	357
М. V. Maevskaya Russia	7	142 0.8×	78 0.8×	23 0.5×	54 1.2×	26 1.1×	34	206
Agata Michalak Poland	12	128 0.7×	66 0.6×	47 1.0×	29 0.7×	24 1.0×	26	284
Ryuta Shigefuku Japan	10	167 0.9×	115 1.1×	50 1.1×	39 0.9×	53 2.2×	41	294
Cristina Muzîca Romania	9	263 1.4×	174 1.7×	58 1.3×	78 1.8×	12 0.5×	48	364
Θεόδωρος Ανδρουτσάκος Greece	10	239 1.3×	145 1.4×	61 1.4×	123 2.8×	20 0.8×	36	390
Tae Hun Kim South Korea	11	128 0.7×	75 0.7×	36 0.8×	26 0.6×	49 2.0×	28	296
Ji Dong Jia China	8	307 1.7×	155 1.5×	50 1.1×	101 2.3×	13 0.5×	15	370
Toru Setsu Japan	11	129 0.7×	108 1.0×	39 0.9×	27 0.6×	24 1.0×	35	315

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Lekakis, Vasileios, et al.. (2025). Association of Hormonal Status With Sarcopenia, Frailty and Outcome in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis. Liver International. 45(11). e70384–e70384. 1 indexed citations

Lekakis, Vasileios, et al.. (2025). Monitoring Liver and Spleen Stiffness Changes May Predict Clinical Response to Non-selective B-Blockers in Portal Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 71(1). 221–231.

Karatzas, Pantelis, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Angeliki Papapanagiotou, et al.. (2025). The importance of vitamin D levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 81(3). 729–739.

Papadakos, Stavros P., Ioannis Katsaros, Vasileios Lekakis, et al.. (2024). The Impact of EndoVAC in Addressing Post-Esophagectomy Anastomotic Leak in Esophageal Cancer Management. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(23). 7113–7113. 1 indexed citations

Lekakis, Vasileios, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of and Impact on the Outcome of Myosteatosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers. 16(5). 952–952. 2 indexed citations

Lekakis, Vasileios, Florence Wong, Aikaterini Gkoufa, George Papatheodoridis, & Εvangelos Cholongitas. (2024). Mortality of Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Over 5 Million Patients Across Different Clinical Settings. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 61(3). 420–432. 1 indexed citations

Papadakos, Stavros P., Konstantinos Arvanitakis, Ioanna Ε. Stergiou, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Role of Connexins in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Molecular and Prognostic Implications. Cancers. 16(8). 1533–1533. 6 indexed citations

Karatzas, Pantelis, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Angeliki Papapanagiotou, et al.. (2024). The importance of growth differentiation factor 15 and interleukin 6 serum levels in inflammatory bowel diseases. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 81(1). 111–122. 1 indexed citations

Karagiannakis, Dimitrios S., Georgios Markakis, & Vasileios Lekakis. (2024). Evaluation of spleen stiffness by 2D shear wave elastography for ruling out high risk varices in patients with chronic advanced liver disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Radiology. 175. 111475–111475. 6 indexed citations

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Papadakos, Stavros P., Vasileios Lekakis, Konstantinos Arvanitakis, et al.. (2024). Metformin in Esophageal Carcinoma: Exploring Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Insights. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2978–2978. 7 indexed citations

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Lekakis, Vasileios, Aikaterini Gkoufa, Jiannis Vlachogiannakos, George Papatheodoridis, & Εvangelos Cholongitas. (2024). Incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5,202,232 outpatients, inpatients, and ICU-admitted patients. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 18(7). 377–388. 3 indexed citations

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Lekakis, Vasileios, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and impact on the outcome of myosteatosis in patients with cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hepatology International. 18(2). 688–699. 10 indexed citations

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Arvanitakis, Konstantinos, Stavros P. Papadakos, Vasileios Lekakis, et al.. (2023). Meeting at the Crossroad between Obesity and Hepatic Carcinogenesis: Unique Pathophysiological Pathways Raise Expectations for Innovative Therapeutic Approaches. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(19). 14704–14704. 10 indexed citations

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Papadakos, Stavros P., Konstantinos Arvanitakis, Ioanna Ε. Stergiou, et al.. (2023). The Role of TLR4 in the Immunotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Can We Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?. Cancers. 15(10). 2795–2795. 21 indexed citations

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Marantos, Theodoros, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Vasileios Lekakis, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, & Sotirios Tsiodras. (2023). Immunogenicity and safety of vaccines in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 456. 122852–122852. 3 indexed citations

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Gkoufa, Aikaterini, Vasileios Lekakis, George Papatheodoridis, & Εvangelos Cholongitas. (2023). Seroconversion following a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in liver transplant recipients. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej. 133(9). 2 indexed citations

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Lempesis, Ioannis, Eleni Karlafti, Petros Papalexis, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 and liver injury in individuals with obesity. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 29(6). 908–916. 9 indexed citations

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Lekakis, Vasileios & George Papatheodoridis. (2023). Natural history of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 122. 3–10. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lekakis, Vasileios & Εvangelos Cholongitas. (2022). The impact of emricasan on chronic liver diseases: current data. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 15(2). 271–285. 12 indexed citations

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Papatheodoridis, George, Vasileios Lekakis, Theodoros Voulgaris, et al.. (2022). Hepatitis B virus reactivation associated with new classes of immunosuppressants and immunomodulators: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and expert opinion. Journal of Hepatology. 77(6). 1670–1689. 73 indexed citations

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