Potential impact of Helicobacter pylori-related metabolic syndrome and Galectin-3 on liver, chronic kidney and brain disorders

Affiliations

• ¹ Second Neurological Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54636, Macedonia, Greece.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Ippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 42, Macedonia, Greece; First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
• ³ Department of Internal Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Ippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 42, Macedonia, Greece; First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece; Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa 41110, Greece.
• ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Ippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 42, Macedonia, Greece; First Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau 5001, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Ippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 42, Macedonia, Greece.
• ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Ippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 42, Macedonia, Greece. Electronic address: jannis@auth.gr.