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Schaeffer DB, Kugland NL, Constantin CG, Everson ET, Van Compernolle B, Ebbers CA, Glenzer SH, Niemann C. A scalable multipass laser cavity based on injection by frequency conversion for noncollective Thomson scattering. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2010; 81:10D518. [PMID: 21033873 DOI: 10.1063/1.3460626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A scalable setup using injection by frequency conversion to establish a multipassing cavity for noncollective Thomson scattering on low density plasmas is presented. The cavity is shown to support >10 passes through the target volume with a 400% increase in energy on target versus a single-pass setup. Rayleigh scattering experiments were performed and demonstrate the viability of the cell to study low density plasmas of the order of 10(12)-10(13) cm(-3). A high-repetition, low-energy, single-pass Thomson scattering setup was also performed on the University of California, Los Angeles Large Plasma Device and shows that the multipass cavity could have a significant advantage over the high-repetition approach due to the cavity setup's inherently higher signal per shot.
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Neumayer P, Fortmann C, Döppner T, Davis P, Falcone RW, Kritcher AL, Landen OL, Lee HJ, Lee RW, Niemann C, Le Pape S, Glenzer SH. Plasmons in strongly coupled shock-compressed matter. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:075003. [PMID: 20868053 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.075003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present the first measurements of the plasmon dispersion and damping in laser shock-compressed solid matter. Petawatt laser produced K-α radiation scatters on boron targets compressed by a 10 ns-long 400 J laser pulse. In the vicinity of the Fermi momentum, the scattering spectra show dispersionless, collisionally damped plasmons, indicating a strongly coupled electron liquid. These observations agree with calculations that include the Born-Mermin approximation to account for electron-ion collisional damping and local field corrections reflecting electron-electron correlations.
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Kugland NL, Gregori G, Bandyopadhyay S, Brenner CM, Brown CRD, Constantin C, Glenzer SH, Khattak FY, Kritcher AL, Niemann C, Otten A, Pasley J, Pelka A, Roth M, Spindloe C, Riley D. Evolution of elastic x-ray scattering in laser-shocked warm dense lithium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 80:066406. [PMID: 20365285 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.80.066406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We have studied the dynamics of warm dense Li with near-elastic x-ray scattering. Li foils were heated and compressed using shock waves driven by 4-ns-long laser pulses. Separate 1-ns-long laser pulses were used to generate a bright source of 2.96 keV Cl Ly- alpha photons for x-ray scattering, and the spectrum of scattered photons was recorded at a scattering angle of 120 degrees using a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite crystal operated in the von Hamos geometry. A variable delay between the heater and backlighter laser beams measured the scattering time evolution. Comparison with radiation-hydrodynamics simulations shows that the plasma is highly coupled during the first several nanoseconds, then relaxes to a moderate coupling state at later times. Near-elastic scattering amplitudes have been successfully simulated using the screened one-component plasma model. Our main finding is that the near-elastic scattering amplitudes are quite sensitive to the mean ionization state Z[over ] and by extension to the choice of ionization model in the radiation-hydrodynamics simulations used to predict plasma properties within the shocked Li.
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Everson ET, Pribyl P, Constantin CG, Zylstra A, Schaeffer D, Kugland NL, Niemann C. Design, construction, and calibration of a three-axis, high-frequency magnetic probe (B-dot probe) as a diagnostic for exploding plasmas. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2009; 80:113505. [PMID: 19947729 DOI: 10.1063/1.3246785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A three-axis, 2.5 mm overall diameter differential magnetic probe (also known as B-dot probe) is discussed in detail from its design and construction to its calibration and use as diagnostic of fast transient effects in exploding plasmas. A design and construction method is presented as a means to reduce stray pickup, eliminate electrostatic pickup, reduce physical size, and increase magnetic signals while maintaining a high bandwidth. The probe's frequency response is measured in detail from 10 kHz to 50 MHz using the presented calibration method and compared to theory. The effect of the probe's self-induction as a first order correction in frequency, O(omega), on experimental signals and magnetic field calculations is discussed. The probe's viability as a diagnostic is demonstrated by measuring the magnetic field compression and diamagnetism of a sub-Alfvenic (approximately 500 km/s, M(A) approximately 0.36) flow created from the explosion of a high-density energetic laser plasma through a cooler, low-density, magnetized ambient plasma.
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Kugland NL, Neumayer P, Döppner T, Chung HK, Constantin CG, Girard F, Glenzer SH, Kemp A, Niemann C. High contrast Kr gas jet K alpha x-ray source for high energy density physics experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2008; 79:10E917. [PMID: 19044572 DOI: 10.1063/1.2955709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A high contrast 12.6 keV Kr K alpha source has been demonstrated on the petawatt-class Titan laser facility using strongly clustering Kr gas jet targets. The contrast ratio (K alpha to continuum) is 65, with a competitive ultrashort pulse laser to x-ray conversion efficiency of 10(-5). Filtered shadowgraphy indicates that the Kr K alpha and K beta x rays are emitted from a roughly 1x2 mm(2) emission volume, making this source suitable for area backlighting and scattering. Spectral calculations indicate a typical bulk electron temperature of 50-70 eV (i.e., mean ionization state 13-16), based on the observed ratio of K alpha to K beta. Kr gas jets provide a debris-free high energy K alpha source for time-resolved diagnosis of dense matter.
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Döppner T, Neumayer P, Girard F, Kugland NL, Landen OL, Niemann C, Glenzer SH. High order reflectivity of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite crystals for x-ray energies up to 22 keV. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2008; 79:10E311. [PMID: 19044473 DOI: 10.1063/1.2966378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We used Kr K alpha (12.6 keV), Zr K alpha (15.7 keV), and Ag K alpha (22.2 keV) x-rays, produced by petawatt-class laser pulses, to measure the integrated crystal reflectivity R(int) of flat highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) up to the fifth order. The maximum R(int) was observed in first order (3.7 mrad at 12.6 keV), decreasing by a factor of 3-5 for every successive order, and dropping by a factor of 2-2.5 at 22.2 keV. The current study indicates that HOPG crystals are suitable for measuring scattering signals from high energy x-ray sources (E > or = 20 keV). These energies are required to penetrate through the high density plasma conditions encountered in inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions on the National Ignition Facility.
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Niemann C, Berger RL, Divol L, Froula DH, Jones O, Kirkwood RK, Meezan N, Moody JD, Ross J, Sorce C, Suter LJ, Glenzer SH. Green frequency-doubled laser-beam propagation in high-temperature hohlraum plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 100:045002. [PMID: 18352288 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.045002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate propagation and small backscatter losses of a frequency-doubled (2omega) laser beam interacting with inertial confinement fusion hohlraum plasmas. The electron temperature of 3.3 keV, approximately a factor of 2 higher than achieved in previous experiments with open geometry targets, approaches plasma conditions of high-fusion yield hohlraums. In this new temperature regime, we measure 2omega laser-beam transmission approaching 80% with simultaneous backscattering losses of less than 10%. These findings suggest that good laser coupling into fusion hohlraums using 2omega light is possible.
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Petersson M, Schettina P, Niemann C. Stem cell regulation and lineage commitment in mammalian skin: A role for the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway. J Stem Cells Regen Med 2007; 2:217. [PMID: 24693011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Landen OL, Glenzer S, Froula D, Dewald E, Suter LJ, Schneider M, Hinkel D, Fernandez J, Kline J, Goldman S, Braun D, Celliers P, Moon S, Robey H, Lanier N, Glendinning G, Blue B, Wilde B, Jones O, Schein J, Divol L, Kalantar D, Campbell K, Holder J, McDonald J, Niemann C, Mackinnon A, Collins R, Bradley D, Eggert J, Hicks D, Gregori G, Kirkwood R, Niemann C, Young B, Foster J, Hansen F, Perry T, Munro D, Baldis H, Grim G, Heeter R, Hegelich B, Montgomery D, Rochau G, Olson R, Turner R, Workman J, Berger R, Cohen B, Kruer W, Langdon B, Langer S, Meezan N, Rose H, Still B, Williams E, Dodd E, Edwards J, Monteil MC, Stevenson M, Thomas B, Coker R, Magelssen G, Rosen P, Stry P, Woods D, Weber S, Alvarez S, Armstrong G, Bahr R, Bourgade JL, Bower D, Celeste J, Chrisp M, Compton S, Cox J, Constantin C, Costa R, Duncan J, Ellis A, Emig J, Gautier C, Greenwood A, Griffith R, Holdner F, Holtmeier G, Hargrove D, James T, Kamperschroer J, Kimbrough J, Landon M, Lee D, Malone R, May M, Montelongo S, Moody J, Ng E, Nikitin A, Pellinen D, Piston K, Poole M, Rekow V, Rhodes M, Shepherd R, Shiromizu S, Voloshin D, Warrick A, Watts P, Weber F, Young P, Arnold P, Atherton L, Bardsley G, Bonanno R, Borger T, Bowers M, Bryant R, Buckman S, Burkhart S, Cooper F, Dixit S, Erbert G, Eder D, Ehrlich B, Felker B, Fornes J, Frieders G, Gardner S, Gates C, Gonzalez M, Grace S, Hall T, Haynam C, Heestand G, Henesian M, Hermann M, Hermes G, Huber S, Jancaitis K, Johnson S, Kauffman B, Kelleher T, Kohut T, Koniges AE, Labiak T, Latray D, Lee A, Lund D, Mahavandi S, Manes KR, Marshall C, McBride J, McCarville T, McGrew L, Menapace J, Mertens E, Munro D, Murray J, Neumann J, Newton M, Opsahl P, Padilla E, Parham T, Parrish G, Petty C, Polk M, Powell C, Reinbachs I, Rinnert R, Riordan B, Ross G, Robert V, Tobin M, Sailors S, Saunders R, Schmitt M, Shaw M, Singh M, Spaeth M, Stephens A, Tietbohl G, Tuck J, Van Wonterghem B, Vidal R, Wegner P, Whitman P, Williams K, Winward K, Work K, Wallace R, Nobile A, Bono M, Day B, Elliott J, Hatch D, Louis H, Manzenares R, O'Brien D, Papin P, Pierce T, Rivera G, Ruppe J, Sandoval D, Schmidt D, Valdez L, Zapata K, MacGowan B, Eckart M, Hsing W, Springer P, Hammel B, Moses E, Miller G. The first experiments on the national ignition facility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Foster RJ, Niemann C. The Evaluation of the Kinetic Constants of Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 39:999-1003. [PMID: 16589383 PMCID: PMC1063896 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.39.10.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Foster RJ, Niemann C. Enzymes, Specific Substrates and Competitive Inhibitors as Multifunctional Entities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 39:371-6. [PMID: 16589279 PMCID: PMC1063793 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.39.5.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dewald EL, Suter LJ, Landen OL, Holder JP, Schein J, Lee FD, Campbell KM, Weber FA, Pellinen DG, Schneider MB, Celeste JR, McDonald JW, Foster JM, Niemann C, Mackinnon AJ, Glenzer SH, Young BK, Haynam CA, Shaw MJ, Turner RE, Froula D, Kauffman RL, Thomas BR, Atherton LJ, Bonanno RE, Dixit SN, Eder DC, Holtmeier G, Kalantar DH, Koniges AE, Macgowan BJ, Manes KR, Munro DH, Murray JR, Parham TG, Piston K, Van Wonterghem BM, Wallace RJ, Wegner PJ, Whitman PK, Hammel BA, Moses EI. Radiation-driven hydrodynamics of high- hohlraums on the national ignition facility. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 95:215004. [PMID: 16384150 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.215004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The first hohlraum experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using the initial four laser beams tested radiation temperature limits imposed by plasma filling. For a variety of hohlraum sizes and pulse lengths, the measured x-ray flux shows signatures of filling that coincide with hard x-ray emission from plasma streaming out of the hohlraum. These observations agree with hydrodynamic simulations and with an analytical model that includes hydrodynamic and coronal radiative losses. The modeling predicts radiation temperature limits with full NIF (1.8 MJ), greater, and of longer duration than required for ignition hohlraums.
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Niemann C, Divol L, Froula DH, Gregori G, Jones O, Kirkwood RK, Mackinnon AJ, Meezan NB, Moody JD, Sorce C, Suter LJ, Bahr R, Seka W, Glenzer SH. Intensity limits for propagation of 0.527 microm laser beams through large-scale-length plasmas for inertial confinement fusion. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 94:085005. [PMID: 15783902 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.085005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have established the intensity limits for propagation of a frequency-doubled (2omega, 527 nm) high intensity interaction beam through an underdense large-scale-length plasma. We observe good beam transmission at laser intensities at or below 2x10(14) W/cm(2) and a strong reduction at intensities up to 10(15) W/cm(2) due to the onset of parametric scattering instabilities. We show that temporal beam smoothing by spectral dispersion allows a factor of 2 higher intensities while keeping the beam spray constant, which establishes frequency-doubled light as an option for ignition and burn in inertial confinement fusion experiments.
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Niemann C, Glenzer SH, Knight J, Divol L, Williams EA, Gregori G, Cohen BI, Constantin C, Froula DH, Montgomery DS, Johnson RP. Observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability with thomson scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 93:045004. [PMID: 15323769 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.045004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present the first direct experimental observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability of ion-acoustic waves driven by a high intensity (5 x 10(15) W cm(-2)) laser beam in a laser produced high-Z plasma. Using two separate Thomson scattering diagnostics simultaneously, we directly measure the scattering from thermal ion-acoustic fluctuations, the primary ion waves that are driven to large amplitudes by the high intensity beam, and the two-ion decay products. The decay products are shown to be present only where the interaction takes place and their k spectrum is broad.
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Froula DH, Divol L, Offenberger AA, Meezan N, Ao T, Gregori G, Niemann C, Price D, Smith CA, Glenzer SH. Direct observation of the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion-trapping-induced frequency shifts. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 93:035001. [PMID: 15323827 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.035001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) by an ion-trapping-induced frequency shift, which was achieved by directly measuring the amplitude and absolute frequency of SBS-driven ion-acoustic waves (IAW). A frequency shift of up to 30% and a simultaneous saturation of driven IAW and SBS reflectivity were observed. The scaling of the frequency shift with the IAW amplitude compares well with theoretical calculations. We have further measured fast 30 ps oscillations of the SBS-driven IAW amplitude induced by the frequency shift.
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Gregori G, Glenzer SH, Knight J, Niemann C, Price D, Froula DH, Edwards MJ, Town RPJ, Brantov A, Rozmus W, Bychenkov VY. Effect of nonlocal transport on heat-wave propagation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:205006. [PMID: 15169364 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.205006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present the first direct measurements of spatially and temporally resolved temperature and density profiles produced by nonlocal transport in a laser plasma. Absolutely calibrated measurements have been performed by Rayleigh scattering and by resolving the ion-acoustic wave spectra across the plasma volume with Thomson scattering. We find that the electron temperature and density profiles disagree with flux-limited models, but are consistent with nonlocal transport modeling.
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Niemann C, Unden AB, Lyle S, Zouboulis CC, Toftgård R, Watt FM. Indian hedgehog and beta-catenin signaling: role in the sebaceous lineage of normal and neoplastic mammalian epidermis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100 Suppl 1:11873-80. [PMID: 12917489 PMCID: PMC304101 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1834202100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In mammalian epidermis, the level of beta-catenin signaling regulates lineage selection by stem cell progeny. High levels of beta-catenin stimulate formation of hair follicles, whereas low levels favor differentiation into interfollicular epidermis and sebocytes. In transgenic mouse epidermis, overexpression of beta-catenin leads to formation of hair follicle tumors, whereas overexpression of N-terminally truncated Lef1, which blocks beta-catenin signaling, results in spontaneous sebaceous tumors. Accompanying overexpression of beta-catenin is up-regulation of Sonic hedgehog (SHH) and its receptor, Patched (PTCH/Ptch). In DeltaNLef1 tumors Ptch mRNA is up-regulated in the absence of SHH. We now show that PTCH is up-regulated in both human and mouse sebaceous tumors and is accompanied by overexpression of Indian hedgehog (IHH). In normal sebaceous glands IHH is expressed in differentiated sebocytes and the transcription factor GLI1 is activated in sebocyte progenitors, suggesting a paracrine signaling mechanism. PTCH1 and IHH are up-regulated during human sebocyte differentiation in vitro and inhibition of hedgehog signaling inhibits growth and stimulates differentiation. Overexpression of DeltaNLef1 up-regulates IHH and stimulates proliferation of undifferentiated sebocytes. We present a model of the interactions between beta-catenin and hedgehog signaling in the epidermis in which SHH promotes proliferation of progenitors of the hair lineages whereas IHH stimulates proliferation of sebocyte precursors.
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Niemann C, Brinkmann V, Birchmeier W. Hepatocyte growth factor and neuregulin in mammary gland cell morphogenesis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2001; 480:9-18. [PMID: 10959405 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46832-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Organ culture and transplantation experiments in the early 1960s and 1970s have demonstrated that growth and morphogenesis of the epithelium of the mammary gland are controlled by mesenchymal-epithelial interactions. The identification of molecules that provide the essential signals exchanged in mesenchymal-epithelial interactions is an area of active research. Recent evidence suggests that morphogenic programs of epithelia can be triggered by mesenchymal factors that signal via tyrosine kinase receptors. This review concentrates on the effects of two mesenchymal factors, Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor and neuregulin, on morphogenesis and differentiation of mammary epithelial cells in vitro and signalling pathways involved during morphogenesis of mammary epithelial cells.
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Niemann C, Brinkmann V, Spitzer E, Hartmann G, Sachs M, Naundorf H, Birchmeier W. Reconstitution of mammary gland development in vitro: requirement of c-met and c-erbB2 signaling for branching and alveolar morphogenesis. J Cell Biol 1998; 143:533-45. [PMID: 9786961 PMCID: PMC2132838 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/1997] [Revised: 08/26/1998] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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We have established a cell culture system that reproduces morphogenic processes in the developing mammary gland. EpH4 mouse mammary epithelial cells cultured in matrigel form branched tubules in the presence of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF), the ligand of the c-met tyrosine kinase receptor. In contrast, alveolar structures are formed in the presence of neuregulin, a ligand of c-erbB tyrosine kinase receptors. These distinct morphogenic responses can also be observed with selected human mammary carcinoma tissue in explant culture. HGF/SF-induced branching was abrogated by the PI3 kinase inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002. In contrast, neuregulin- induced alveolar morphogenesis was inhibited by the MAPK kinase inhibitor PD98059. The c-met-mediated response could also be evoked by transfection of a c-met specific substrate, Gab1, which can activate the PI3 kinase pathway. An activated hybrid receptor that contained the intracellular domain of c-erbB2 receptor suffices to induce alveolar morphogenesis, and was observed in the presence of tyrosine residues Y1028, Y1144, Y1201, and Y1226/27 in the substrate-binding domain of c-erbB2. Our data demonstrate that c-met and c-erbB2 signaling elicit distinct morphogenic programs in mammary epithelial cells: formation of branched tubules relies on a pathway involving PI3 kinase, whereas alveolar morphogenesis requires MAPK kinase.
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Birchmeier W, Brinkmann V, Niemann C, Meiners S, DiCesare S, Naundorf H, Sachs M. Role of HGF/SF and c-Met in morphogenesis and metastasis of epithelial cells. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 1998; 212:230-40; discussion 240-6. [PMID: 9524774 DOI: 10.1002/9780470515457.ch15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We have analysed the role of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) in the process of morphogenesis and metastasis of epithelial (carcinoma) cells. HGF/SF induces various morphogenic responses in epithelial cells that derive from different tissues when these are grown in three-dimensional gels, e.g. branching tubules in kidney, breast, and prostate epithelial cells, crypt-like structures with brush border in colon epithelial cells, and alveolar-like aggregates in lung and pancreas cells. Epithelial cells are thus able to form complex structures in vitro which resemble the structures formed in the organ they originate from. We also examined the response of human breast carcinoma cells to HGF/SF in vivo. MDA MB 435 cells transfected with HGF/SF were injected into the mammary fat pad of nude mice, where they form tumours which spontaneously metastasize to the lungs. We found that expression of HGF/SF promoted metastasis whereas expression of the cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin was inhibitory. Moreover, expression of E-cadherin reconstituted the ability of the cells to form complex structures in response to HGF/SF in vitro. These data demonstrate that the different responses to HGF/SF depend on the state of the epithelial cells: morphogenesis requires epithelial differentiation and cell polarity, whereas metastasis is observed when the cells have lost their epithelial characteristics. Moreover, we have recently identified Gab-1 as a direct-binding substrate of the c-Met receptor. Gab-1 binds to c-Met phosphorylated on tyrosine residues, but not to a number of other tyrosine kinases from different subfamilies. A newly identified proline-rich domain of Gab-1 is responsible for the binding to the bidentate docking site in c-Met. Expression of Gab-1 in epithelial cells is sufficient to induce c-Met-specific cellular responses which include the formation of branching tubules. Thus, Gab-1 seem to correspond to the substrate of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase that mediates the epithelial morphogenesis.
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Nolte I, Niemann C, Bowry SK, Failing K, Müller-Berghaus G. A method for measuring capillary bleeding time in non-anaesthetized dogs: prolongation of the bleeding time by acetylsalicylic acid. ZENTRALBLATT FUR VETERINARMEDIZIN. REIHE A 1997; 44:625-8. [PMID: 9465783 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1997.tb01149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A reproducible standardized method for measuring capillary bleeding time (CBT) in dogs is presented. The skin was punctured at the toe from a forelimb of non-anaesthetized dogs parallel to the edge of the horny skin of the pad. Before the procedure, a cuff of a sphygmometer was placed above the antibrachium and a hyperaemie agent was applied to the shaved area. The normal CBT in non-anaesthetized dogs was 2.25 +/- 0.76 min (x +/- SD). After injection of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (20 mg/kg body weight), CBT was prolonged up to 25 min. Platelet aggregation in response to 10 micrograms collagen/ml was decreased in parallel after treatment with ASA.
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Niemann C, Krejcie T, Henthorn T, Avram M. Characterization of Lagged Concentration-Time Data by an Erlang Distribution Function. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1996. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.1996.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Yang Y, Spitzer E, Meyer D, Sachs M, Niemann C, Hartmann G, Weidner KM, Birchmeier C, Birchmeier W. Sequential requirement of hepatocyte growth factor and neuregulin in the morphogenesis and differentiation of the mammary gland. J Cell Biol 1995; 131:215-26. [PMID: 7559778 PMCID: PMC2120590 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.131.1.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We have examined the role of two mesenchymal ligands of epithelial tyrosine kinase receptors in mouse mammary gland morphogenesis. In organ cultures of mammary glands, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF, scatter factor) promoted branching of the ductal trees but inhibited the production of secretory proteins. Neuregulin (NRG, neu differentiation factor) stimulated lobulo-alveolar budding and the production of milk proteins. These functional effects are paralleled by the expression of the two factors in vivo: HGF is produced in mesenchymal cells during ductal branching in the virgin animal; NRG is expressed in the mesenchyme during lobulo-alveolar development at pregnancy. The receptors of HGF and NRG (c-met, c-erbB3, and c-erbB4), which are expressed in the epithelial cells, are not regulated. In organ culture, branching morphogenesis and lobulo-alveolar differentiation of the mammary gland could be abolished by blocking expression of endogenous HGF and NRG by the respective antisense oligonucleotides; in antisense oligonucleotide-treated glands, morphogenesis could again be induced by the addition of recombinant HGF and NRG. We thus show that two major postnatal morphogenic periods of mammary gland development are dependent on sequential mesenchymal-epithelial interactions mediated by HGF and NRG.
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Abigerges D, Catimel G, Klink Alakl M, Bruno R, Chabot G, Ardiet C, Niemann C, Dumortier A, Clavel M, Armand JP. A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of RP 60475F administered as a one hour IV infusion every 3 weeks in solid tumors. Eur J Cancer 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)91278-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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