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Brehm A, Nguyen KAT, Blackham KA, Psychogios MN. Effective Dose Measurements of the Latest-Generation Angiographic System in Patients with Acute Stroke: A Comparison with the Newest Multidetector CT Generation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:1621-1626. [PMID: 36202555 PMCID: PMC9731251 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with acute ischemic stroke are increasingly triaged with one-stop management approaches, resulting in baseline imaging with a flat detector CT scanner. This study aimed to estimate the effective dose to a patient of a novel cervical and intracranial flat detector CT angiography and a flat detector CT perfusion protocol and to compare it with the effective dose of analogous multidetector row CT protocols. MATERIALS AND METHODS We estimated the effective dose to the patient according to the International Commission on Radiological Protection 103 using an anthropomorphic phantom with metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor dosimeters. Placement was according to the organ map provided by the phantom manufacturer. We used 100 measurement points within the phantom, and 18 metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor dosimeters were placed on the surface of the phantom. All protocols followed the manufacturer's specifications, and patient positioning and collimation were performed as in routine clinical practice. Measurements were obtained on the latest-generation angiography and multidetector row CT systems with identical placement of the metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor dosimeters. RESULTS The estimated effective doses of the investigated perfusion protocols were 4.52 mSv (flat detector CT perfusion without collimation), 2.88 mSv (flat detector CT perfusion with collimation), and 2.17 mSv (multidetector row CT perfusion). A novel protocol called portrait flat detector CT angiography that has a z-axis coverage area comparable with that of multidetector row CT angiography had an estimated effective dose of 0.91 mSv, while the dose from multidetector row CT was 1.35 mSv. CONCLUSIONS The estimated effective dose to the patient for flat detector CT perfusion and angiography on a modern biplane angiography system does not deviate substantially from that of analogous multidetector row CT protocols.
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- A Brehm
- From the Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Maurer CJ, Dobrocky T, Joachimski F, Neuberger U, Demerath T, Brehm A, Cianfoni A, Gory B, Berlis A, Gralla J, Möhlenbruch MA, Blackham KA, Psychogios MN, Zickler P, Fischer S. Endovascular Thrombectomy of Calcified Emboli in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multicenter Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:464-468. [PMID: 32029470 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Large intracranial vessel occlusion due to calcified emboli is a rare cause of major stroke. We assessed the prevalence, imaging appearance, the effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy, and clinical outcome of patients with large-vessel occlusion due to calcified emboli. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical and procedural data of consecutive patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy due to calcified emboli in 7 European stroke centers. RESULTS We screened 2969 patients, and 40 patients matched the inclusion criteria, accounting for a prevalence of 1.3%. The mean maximal density of the thrombus was 327 HU (range, 150-1200 HU), and the mean thrombus length was 9.2 mm (range, 4-20 mm). Four patients had multiple calcified emboli, and 2 patients had an embolic event during an endovascular intervention. A modified TICI score of ≥2b was achieved in 57.5% (23/40), with minimal-to-no reperfusion (modified TICI 0-1) in 32.5% (13/40) and incomplete reperfusion (modified TICI 2a) in 10% (4/40). Excellent outcome (mRS 0-1) was achieved in only 20.6%, functional independence (mRS 0-2) in 26.5% and 90-day mortality was 55.9%. CONCLUSIONS Acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion due to calcified emboli is a rare entity in patients undergoing thrombectomy, with considerably worse angiographic outcome and a higher mortality compared with patients with noncalcified thrombi. Good functional recovery at 3 months can still be achieved in about a quarter of patients.
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- C J Maurer
- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology (C.J.M., F.J., A.Berlis)
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- University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (T.Dobrocky, J.G.), University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology (C.J.M., F.J., A.Berlis)
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- Department of Neuroradiology (U.N., M.A.M.), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology (T.Demerath, A.Brehm, K.A.B., M.N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology (T.Demerath, A.Brehm, K.A.B., M.N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Neuroradiology (A.Brehm, M.N.P.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology (A.C.), Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (B.G.), University Hospital of Nancy, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1254, Nancy, France
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- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology (C.J.M., F.J., A.Berlis)
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- University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (T.Dobrocky, J.G.), University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology (U.N., M.A.M.), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology (T.Demerath, A.Brehm, K.A.B., M.N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology (T.Demerath, A.Brehm, K.A.B., M.N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Neuroradiology (A.Brehm, M.N.P.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Neurology and Neurophysiology (P.Z.), Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Neuroradiologie (S.F.), Nuklearmedizin, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer, Universitätsklinik, Bochum, Germany
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Brehm A, Tsogkas I, Maier IL, Eisenberg HJ, Yang P, Liu JM, Liman J, Psychogios MN. One-Stop Management with Perfusion for Transfer Patients with Stroke due to a Large-Vessel Occlusion: Feasibility and Effects on In-Hospital Times. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:1330-1334. [PMID: 31296523 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In-hospital time delays lead to a relevant deterioration of neurologic outcomes in patients with stroke with large-vessel occlusions. At the moment, CT perfusion is relevant in the triage of late-window patients with stroke. We conducted this study to determine whether one-stop management with perfusion is feasible and leads to a reduction of in-hospital times. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this observational study, we report the first 15 consecutive transfer patients with stroke with externally confirmed large-vessel occlusions who underwent flat panel detector CT perfusion and thrombectomy in the same room. Preinterventional imaging consisted of noncontrast flat panel detector CT and flat panel detector CT perfusion, acquired with a biplane angiography system. The flat panel detector CT perfusion was used to reconstruct a flat panel detector CT angiography to confirm the large-vessel occlusions. After confirmation of the large-vessel occlusion, the patient underwent mechanical thrombectomy. We recorded time metrics and safety parameters prospectively and compared them with those of transfer patients whom we treated before the introduction of one-stop management with perfusion. RESULTS Fifteen transfer patients underwent flat panel detector CT perfusion and were treated with mechanical thrombectomy from June 2017 to January 2019. The median time from symptom onset to admission was 241 minutes. Median door-to-groin time was 24 minutes. Compared with 23 transfer patients imaged with multidetector CT, it was reduced significantly (24 minutes; 95% CI, 19-37 minutes, versus 53 minutes; 95% CI, 44-66 minutes; P < .001). Safety parameters were comparable between groups. CONCLUSIONS In this small series, one-stop management with perfusion led to a significant reduction of in-hospital times compared with our previous workflow.
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- A Brehm
- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., H.J.E., M.-N.P.)
- Department of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., M.-N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., H.J.E., M.-N.P.)
- Department of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., M.-N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Neurology (I.L.M., H.J.E., J.L.), University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., H.J.E., M.-N.P.)
- Neurology (I.L.M., H.J.E., J.L.), University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery (P.Y., J.-M.L.), Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Changhai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery (P.Y., J.-M.L.), Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Changhai, China
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- Neurology (I.L.M., H.J.E., J.L.), University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- From the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., H.J.E., M.-N.P.)
- Department of Neuroradiology (A.B., I.T., M.-N.P.), Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Roetzer KM, Uyanik G, Brehm A, Zwerina J, Zandieh S, Czech T, Roschger P, Misof BM, Klaushofer K. Novel familial mutation of LRP5 causing high bone mass: Genetic analysis, clinical presentation, and characterization of bone matrix mineralization. Bone 2018; 107:154-160. [PMID: 29208525 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The Wnt signalling pathway is a critical regulator of bone mass and quality. Several heterozygous mutations in the LRP5 gene, a Wnt co-receptor, causing high bone mass (LRP5-HBM) have been described to date. The pathogenic mechanism is thought to be a gain-of-function caused by impaired inhibition of the canonical Wnt signalling pathway, thereby leading to increased bone formation. We report the cases of two affected family members, a 53-year-old mother and her 23-year-old daughter, with high bone mass (T-scores mother: lumbar spine 11.4, femoral neck 10.5; T-scores daughter: lumbar spine 5.4, femoral neck 8.7), increased calvarial thickness, and thickened cortices of the long bones but no history of fractures. Whereas the mother did not show any indications of the mutation, the daughter suffered from congenital hearing impairment resulting in cochlear implantation, recurrent facial palsy, and migraine. In addition, she had stenosis of the foramen magnum. In both individuals, we detected a novel heterozygous duplication of six basepairs in the LRP5 gene, resulting in an insertion of two amino acids, very likely associated with a gain-of-function. When the daughter had part of the occipital bone surgically removed, the bone sample was used for the visualization of bone lamellar structure and bone cells as well as the measurement of bone mineralization density distribution (BMDD). The bone sample revealed two distinctly different regions: an intra-cortical region with osteonal remodeling, typical osteonal lamellar orientation, associated with relatively higher heterogeneity of bone matrix mineralization, and another periosteal region devoid of bone remodeling, with parallel bone lamellae and lower heterogeneity of mineralization. In conclusion, we present data on bone tissue and material level from an LRP5-HBM patient with a novel mutation in the LRP5 gene. Our findings indicate normal morphology of osteoclasts and osteoblasts as well as normal mineralization in skull bone in LRP5-HBM.
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- K M Roetzer
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Center for Medical Genetics, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Medical Faculty, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Center for Medical Genetics, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Medical Faculty, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
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- 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Spínola H, Lemos A, Couto AR, Parreira B, Soares M, Dutra I, Bruges-Armas J, Brehm A, Abreu S. Human leucocyte antigens class II allele and haplotype association with Type 1 Diabetes in Madeira Island (Portugal). Int J Immunogenet 2017; 44:305-313. [DOI: 10.1111/iji.12335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- H. Spínola
- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC); Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC); Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC); Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC); Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC); Porto Portugal
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- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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- Endocrinology Service; Hospital Central do Funchal; Funchal Portugal
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Spínola H, Lemos A, Couto AR, Parreira B, Soares M, Dutra I, Bruges-Armas J, Brehm A. HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 allele diversity and its extended haplotypes in Madeira Island (Portugal). Int J Immunogenet 2016; 44:27-31. [DOI: 10.1111/iji.12300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- H. Spínola
- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Genetics and Arthritis Research Group - I3S; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Genetics and Arthritis Research Group - I3S; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Genetics and Arthritis Research Group - I3S; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Genetics and Arthritis Research Group - I3S; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- SEEBMO; Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo; Azores Portugal
- Genetics and Arthritis Research Group - I3S; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Human Genetics Laboratory; University of Madeira; Funchal Portugal
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Pereira A, Palma dos Reis R, Rodrigues R, Sousa AC, Gomes S, Borges S, Ornelas I, Freitas AI, Guerra G, Henriques E, Rodrigues M, Freitas S, Freitas C, Brehm A, Pereira D, Mendonça MI. Association of ADAMTS7 gene polymorphism with cardiovascular survival in coronary artery disease. Physiol Genomics 2016; 48:810-815. [DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00059.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent genetic studies have revealed an association between polymorphisms at the ADAMTS7 gene locus and coronary artery disease (CAD) risk. Functional studies have shown that a CAD-associated polymorphism (rs3825807) affects ADAMTS7 maturation and vascular smooth muscular cell (VSMC) migration. Here, we tested whether ADAMTS7 (A/G) SNP is associated with cardiovascular (CV) survival in patients with established CAD. A cohort of 1,128 patients with angiographic proven CAD, who were followed up prospectively for a mean follow-up period of 63 (range 6–182) mo, were genotyped for rs3825807 A/G. Survival statistics (Cox regression) compared heterozygous (AG) and wild-type (AA) with the reference homozygous GG. Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival curves were performed according to ADAMTS7 genotypes for CV mortality. Results showed that 47.3% of patients were heterozygous (AG), 36.5% were homozygous for the wild-type allele (AA) and only 16.2% were homozygous for the GG genotype. During the follow-up period, 109 (9.7%) patients died, 77 (6.8%) of CV causes. Survival analysis showed that AA genotype was an independent risk factor for CV mortality compared with reference genotype GG (HR = 2.7, P = 0.025). At the end of follow-up, the estimated survival probability (K-M) was 89.8% for GG genotype, 82.2% for AG and 72.3% for AA genotype ( P = 0.039). Carriage of the mutant G allele of the ADAMTS7 gene was associated with improved CV survival in patients with documented CAD. The native overfunctional ADAMTS7 allele (A) may accelerate VSMC migration and lead to neointimal thickening, atherosclerosis progression and acute plaque events. ADAMTS7 gene should be further explored in CAD for risk prediction, mechanistic and therapeutic goals.
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- A. Pereira
- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics, Madeira University, Campus da Penteada, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics, Madeira University, Campus da Penteada, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics, Madeira University, Campus da Penteada, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Funchal Hospital Center, Research Unit and Cardiology Department, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Phielix E, Brehm A, Bernroider E, Krssak M, Anderwald CH, Krebs M, Schmid AI, Nowotny P, Roden M. Effects of pioglitazone versus glimepiride exposure on hepatocellular fat content in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2013; 15:915-22. [PMID: 23574533 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS Thiazoledinediones decrease blood glucose by their insulin-sensitizing properties. Here, we examined whether pioglitazone plus nateglinide (PIO) interferes with hepatocellular lipid (HCL) content and/or improves insulin sensitivity in well-controlled non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS Sixteen patients [body mass index (BMI): 28 ± 1 kg/m(2) ; HbA1c: 7.1 ± 0.6%] were studied in a randomized, double-blind, 12-week parallel group trial, whereas matched healthy humans [non-diabetic control subjects (CON), BMI: 26 ± 1 kg/m(2)] were studied once. Treatment with pioglitazone (30 mg/day) plus nateglinide (PIO arm) to control for glimepiride-induced insulin secretion was compared to treatment with glimepiride (2 mg/day) plus placebo (GLI arm). Multinuclei magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was combined with pancreatic normoglycaemic-two-step-insulin clamps and stable isotopes to assess glucose turnover, glucose transport/phosphorylation, HCL and intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) contents, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and adipokines. RESULTS At baseline, HCL was approximately 5.6-fold higher in T2DM (p < 0.05 vs. CON). This was paralleled by approximately doubled leptin : adiponectin ratios (p < 0.05). HCL decreased by approximately 39% (p < 0.05) after PIO and only tended to decrease after GLI (p = 0.12). Treatment with PIO did not affect leptin : adiponectin ratios, but slightly improved (p < 0.05) insulin-mediated NEFA suppression, which related to lower HCL. PIO further prevented the insulin-induced increase in IMCL content of soleus and tibialis anterior muscles. Peripheral and hepatic insulin sensitivity, glucose transport and glycaemic control did not change in both groups. CONCLUSION Short-term, low-dose thiazolidendione treatment improves insulin sensitivity of lipolysis and HCL, without affecting muscle and liver insulin sensitivity. It appears that metabolic PIO action in T2DM is primarily mediated via a decline in HCL associated with greater sensitivity of lipolysis to insulin.
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- E Phielix
- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Batini C, Ferri G, Destro-Bisol G, Brisighelli F, Luiselli D, Sanchez-Diz P, Rocha J, Simonson T, Brehm A, Montano V, Elwali NE, Spedini G, D'Amato ME, Myres N, Ebbesen P, Comas D, Capelli C. Signatures of the Preagricultural Peopling Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa as Revealed by the Phylogeography of Early Y Chromosome Lineages. Mol Biol Evol 2011; 28:2603-13. [DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Kacerovsky M, Brehm A, Chmelik M, Schmid AI, Szendroedi J, Kacerovsky-Bielesz G, Nowotny P, Lettner A, Wolzt M, Jones JG, Roden M. Impaired insulin stimulation of muscular ATP production in patients with type 1 diabetes. J Intern Med 2011; 269:189-99. [PMID: 21205021 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE in type 2 diabetic patients and their first-degree relatives, insulin resistance (IR) is associated with impairment of insulin-stimulated myocellular glucose-6-phosphate (g6p) and unidirectional flux through ATP synthase (fATP), suggesting the presence of inherited abnormal mitochondrial oxidative fitness. We hypothesized that patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes may also exhibit insulin resistance as well as lower fATP. DESIGN this single-centre trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00481598). SUBJECTS we included eight nonobese type 1 diabetic patients (mean diabetes duration: 17 years) with near-target glycaemic control [haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): 6.8 ± 0.4%] during treatment with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps and eight healthy volunteers (HbA1c: 5.4 ± 0.2%) of comparable age, body mass and level of physical activity. OUTCOME MEASURES myocellular fATP, g6p and intramyocellular lipid content (IMCL) were measured with (1) H/(31) P magnetic resonance spectroscopy during fasting and hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp tests. RESULTS fasting fATP, g6p and IMCL did not differ between groups. During stimulation by insulin, type 1 diabetic patients exhibited approximately 50% (P < 0.001) lower whole-body glucose disposal along with approximately 42% (P = 0.003) lower intramyocellular g6p and approximately25% (P = 0.024) lower fATP. Insulin-stimulated fATP correlated positively with whole-body insulin sensitivity (R = 0.706, P = 0.002) and negatively with HbA1c (R = -0.675, P = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS despite documented near-target glycaemic control for 1 year, nonobese patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes can exhibit insulin resistance. This associates with lower insulin-stimulated flux through muscular ATP synthase which could result from glucose toxicity.
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- M Kacerovsky
- Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Brehm A, Reschke V. MFI-Zeolithsynthesen auf Innenwänden von Rohrreaktoren aus Chrom-Nickel-Stahl. MFI Zeolite Syntheses on Interior Walls of Chrome-nickel Steel Tube Reactors. CHEM-ING-TECH 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201000054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Brehm A, Krssák M, Schmid AI, Nowotny P, Waldhäusl W, Roden M. Acute elevation of plasma lipids does not affect ATP synthesis in human skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010; 299:E33-8. [PMID: 20442322 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00756.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Prolonged elevation of plasma triglycerides and free fatty acids (FFA) reduces insulin-stimulated glucose disposal and myocellular flux through ATP synthase (fATPase). However, the early effects of lipids per se on fATPase are as yet unclear. Thus, this study examined glucose disposal and fATPase during 3 h of FFA elevation in the presence of low plasma insulinemia. Euglycemic pancreatic clamps with low-dose insulin supplementation (6 mU.m body surface area(-2).min(-1)) were performed in eight healthy men with (LIP) or without (CON) lipid infusion to measure whole body glucose disposal. (31)P/(1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy of calf muscle was applied to quantify fATPase and concentrations of glucose 6-phosphate (G6P), inorganic phosphate (P(i)), phosphocreatine (PCr), ADP, pH, and IMCL before and during the clamps. Lipid infusion increased plasma FFA approximately twofold and decreased glucose disposal by approximately 50% (110-180 min: LIP 0.87 +/- 0.45 vs. CON 1.75 +/- 0.42 mg.kg(-1).min(-1), P = 0.002; means +/- SD). Intramyocellular G6P tended to rise only under control conditions, whereas PCr, ADP, pH, and IMCL remained unchanged from fasting in LIP and CON. Although P(i) concentrations increased by approximately 18%, fATPase remained unchanged from fasting during the clamps (LIP 10.2 +/- 2.2 vs. CON 10.5 +/- 2.6 micromol.g muscle(-1).min(-1), P = not significant). We conclude that 3 h of lipid elevation fail to affect ATP synthesis despite marked reduction of whole body glucose uptake. This suggests that lipid-induced insulin resistance results primarily from mechanisms decreasing glucose uptake rather than from direct interference of fatty acid metabolites with mitochondrial function.
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- A Brehm
- First Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Spínola C, Bruges-Armas J, Brehm A, Spínola H. HLA-A polymorphisms in four ethnic groups from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) inferred from sequence-based typing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 72:593-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01147.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fernandes A, Gonçalves R, Brehm A. Y-chromosome haplotype mismatch in different haplogroups: Coincidence or evidence of SNP mutation? Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Brehm A, Krimbas CB. The phylogeny of nine species of the Drosophila obscura group inferred by the banding homologies of chromosomal regions. II. Element E. Hereditas 2008; 113:157-68. [PMID: 2079439 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1990.tb00080.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The phylogenetic relationships among nine species of Drosophila belonging to the obscura group were investigated by establishing (according to their banding similarities) the homologous chromosome segments of element E (equivalent to chromosome O of D. subobscura). The phylogenetic relationships were based on the existence of segments in different triads of species, which could only be produced by overlapping inversions. This permitted the ordering of the species belonging to each triad. Drosophila obscura, D. ambigua and D. tristis were found to be very closely related and thus forming a cluster in which D. ambigua occupies an intermediate position between the other two species. Drosophila obscura seems to be the species more directly linked to three other separate lineages, that of D. subsilvestris, the two African species (D. microlabis and D. kitumensis), and the subobscura cluster. The species from this last cluster may be ordered as follows: D. subobscura-D. madeirensis-D. guanche. It is not clear which species of this triad is the direct link to D. obscura. These results completely agree with those produced in an independent study, where element B was considered for the same nine species. Furthermore, the present study clarifies some ambiguities concerning the phylogenetic relationships which remained obscure due to the conservative nature of chromosome B.
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- A Brehm
- Department of Genetics, Agriculture University of Athens, Greece
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Schmid AI, Chmelík M, Szendroedi J, Krssák M, Brehm A, Moser E, Roden M. Quantitative ATP synthesis in human liver measured by localized 31P spectroscopy using the magnetization transfer experiment. NMR Biomed 2008; 21:437-43. [PMID: 17910026 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The liver plays a central role in intermediate metabolism. Accumulation of liver fat (steatosis) predisposes to various liver diseases. Steatosis and abnormal muscle energy metabolism are found in insulin-resistant and type-2 diabetic states. To examine hepatic energy metabolism, we measured hepatocellular lipid content, using proton MRS, and rates of hepatic ATP synthesis in vivo, using the 31P magnetization transfer experiment. A suitable localization scheme was developed and applied to the measurements of longitudinal relaxation times (T1) in six healthy volunteers and the ATP-synthesis experiment in nine healthy volunteers. Liver 31P spectra were modelled and quantified successfully using a time domain fit and the AMARES (advanced method for accurate, robust and efficient spectral fitting of MRS data with use of prior knowledge) algorithm describing the essential components of the dataset. The measured T1 relaxation times are comparable to values reported previously at lower field strengths. All nine subjects in whom saturation transfer was measured had low hepatocellular lipid content (1.5 +/- 0.2% MR signal; mean +/- SEM). The exchange rate constant (k) obtained was 0.30 +/- 0.02 s(-1), and the rate of ATP synthesis was 29.5 +/- 1.8 mM/min. The measured rate of ATP synthesis is about three times higher than in human skeletal muscle and human visual cortex, but only about half of that measured in perfused rat liver. In conclusion, 31P MRS at 3 T provides sufficient sensitivity to detect magnetization transfer effects and can therefore be used to assess ATP synthesis in human liver.
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- A I Schmid
- Karl-Landsteiner Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Szendrödi J, Schmid AI, Chmelik M, Brehm A, Krssak M, Nowotny P, Waldhäusl W, Wolzt M, Roden M. Erhöhung des muskulären Phosphodiester-Gehaltes bei Typ-2-Diabetes mellitus. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fernandes AT, Rosa A, Gonçalves R, Jesus J, Brehm A. The Y-chromosome short tandem repeats variation within haplogroup E3b: Evidence of recurrent mutation in SNP. Am J Hum Biol 2008; 20:185-90. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Brehm A, Zanter KD. Verkürzte Zeolithsynthese unter Zugabe kleiner Feststoffperlen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200700081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Prieto L, Alonso A, Alves C, Crespillo M, Montesino M, Picornell A, Brehm A, Ramírez JL, Whittle MR, Anjos MJ, Boschi I, Buj J, Cerezo M, Cardoso S, Cicarelli R, Comas D, Corach D, Doutremepuich C, Espinheira RM, Fernández-Fernández I, Filippini S, Garcia-Hirschfeld J, González A, Heinrichs B, Hernández A, Leite FPN, Lizarazo RP, López-Parra AM, López-Soto M, Lorente JA, Mechoso B, Navarro I, Pagano S, Pestano JJ, Puente J, Raimondi E, Rodríguez-Quesada A, Terra-Pinheiro MF, Vidal-Rioja L, Vullo C, Salas A. 2006 GEP-ISFG collaborative exercise on mtDNA: reflections about interpretation, artefacts, and DNA mixtures. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2007; 2:126-33. [PMID: 19083807 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 09/11/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the results of the seventh edition of the GEP-ISFG mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) collaborative exercise. The samples submitted to the participant laboratories were blood stains from a maternity case and simulated forensic samples, including a case of mixture. The success rate for the blood stains was moderate ( approximately 77%); even though four inexperienced laboratories concentrated about one-third of the total errors. A similar success was obtained for the analysis of mixed samples (78.8% for a hair-saliva mixture and 69.2% for a saliva-saliva mixture). Two laboratories also dissected the haplotypes contributing to the saliva-saliva mixture. Most of the errors were due to reading problems and misinterpretation of electropherograms, demonstrating once more that the lack of a solid devised experimental approach is the main cause of error in mtDNA testing.
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- L Prieto
- Comisaría General de Policía Científica, DNA Laboratory, Madrid, Spain.
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Weghuber D, Mandl M, Krssák M, Roden M, Nowotny P, Brehm A, Krebs M, Widhalm K, Bischof MG. Characterization of hepatic and brain metabolism in young adults with glycogen storage disease type 1: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 293:E1378-84. [PMID: 17785500 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00658.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In glycogen storage disease type 1 (GSD1), children present with severe hypoglycemia, whereas the propensity for hypoglycemia may decrease with age in these patients. It was the aim of this study to elucidate the mechanisms for milder hypoglycemia symptoms in young adult GSD1 patients. Four patients with GSD1 [body mass index (BMI) 23.2 +/- 6.3 kg/m, age 21.3 +/- 2.9 yr] and four healthy controls matched for BMI (23.1 +/- 3.0 kg/m) and age (24.0 +/- 3.1 yr) were studied. Combined (1)H/(31)P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMRS) was used to assess brain metabolism. Before and after administration of 1 mg glucagon, endogenous glucose production (EGP) was measured with d-[6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose and hepatic glucose metabolism was examined by (1)H/(13)C/(31)P NMRS. At baseline, GSD1 patients exhibited significantly lower rates of EGP (0.53 +/- 0.04 vs. 1.74 +/- 0.03 mg.kg(-1).min(-1); P < 0.01) but an increased intrahepatic glycogen (502 +/- 89 vs. 236 +/- 11 mmol/l; P = 0.05) and lipid content (16.3 +/- 1.1 vs. 1.4 +/- 0.4%; P < 0.001). After glucagon challenge, EGP did not change in GSD1 patients (0.53 +/- 0.04 vs. 0.59 +/- 0.24 mg.kg(-1).min(-1); P = not significant) but increased in healthy controls (1.74 +/- 0.03 vs. 3.95 +/- 1.34; P < 0.0001). In GSD1 patients, we found an exaggerated increase of intrahepatic phosphomonoesters (0.23 +/- 0.08 vs. 0.86 +/- 0.19 arbitrary units; P < 0.001), whereas inorganic phosphate decreased (0.36 +/- 0.08 vs. -0.43 +/- 0.17 arbitrary units; P < 0.01). Intracerebral ratios of glucose and lactate to creatine were higher in GSD1 patients (P < 0.05 vs. control). Therefore, hepatic defects of glucose metabolism persist in young adult GSD1 patients. Upregulation of the glucose and lactate transport at the blood-brain barrier could be responsible for the amelioration of hypoglycemic symptoms.
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- D Weghuber
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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We applied spFRET microscopy for direct observation of intranucleosomal DNA dynamics. Mononucleosomes, reconstituted with DNA containing a FRET pair at the dyad axis and exit of the nucleosome core particle, were immobilized through a 30 bp DNA tether on a polyethyleneglycol functionalized slide and visualized using Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence microscopy. FRET efficiency time-traces revealed two types of dynamics: acceptor blinking and intramolecular rearrangements. Both Cy5 and ATTO647N acceptor dyes showed severe blinking in a deoxygenated buffer in the presence of 2% betaME. Replacing the triplet quencher betaME with 1 mM Trolox eliminated most blinking effects. After suppression of blinking three subpopulations were observed: 90% appeared as dissociated complexes; the remaining 10% featured an average FRET efficiency in agreement with intact nucleosomes. In 97% of these intact nucleosomes no significant changes in FRET efficiency were observed in the experimentally accessible time window ranging from 10 ms to 10's of seconds. However, 3% of the intact nucleosomes showed intervals with reduced FRET efficiency, clearly distinct from blinking, with a lifetime of 120 ms. These fluctuations can unambiguously be attributed to DNA breathing. Our findings illustrate not only the merits but also typical caveats encountered in single-molecule FRET studies on complex biological systems.
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- W. J. A. Koopmans
- Physics of Life Processes, Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Physics, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung, Philipps-Universtät Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Str.2, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Physics, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Physics, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Weickert MO, Löffelholz CV, Roden M, Chandramouli V, Brehm A, Nowotny P, Osterhoff MA, Isken F, Spranger J, Landau BR, Pfeiffer AFH, Möhlig M. A common Thr94Ala replacement in liver-fatty-acid-binding-protein contributes to improved glucose metabolism upon lipid challenge. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mandl M, Weghuber D, Krššák M, Roden M, Nowotny P, Brehm A, Krebs M, Widhalm K, Bischof MG. Characterization of hepatic and brain metabolism in young adults with glycogen storage disease type I – a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brehm A, Dirks S. Wärmeführung bei Verwendung trägergestützter Katalysatorstrukturen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200650371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms responsible for the progressive failure of hypoglycaemia counterregulation in long-standing type 1 diabetes are poorly understood. Increased brain glucose uptake during hypoglycaemia or alterations of brain energy metabolism could effect glucose sensing by the brain and thus contribute to hypoglycaemia-associated autonomic failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Type 1 diabetic patients (T1DM) and healthy volunteers (CON) were studied before, during and after a hypoglycaemic (50 mg dL(-1)) hyperinsulinaemic (1.5 mU kg(-1) min(-1)) clamp test. The (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the occipital lobe of the brain was performed employing the STEAM localization technique. The water signal was suppressed by the modified SWAMP method. All spectra were acquired on a 3 Tesla scanner (80 cm MEDSPEC-DBX, Bruker Medical, Ettlingen, Germany) using a 10-cm diameter surface coil. RESULTS During hypoglycaemia, T1DM showed blunted endocrine counterregulation. At baseline the brain tissue glucose : creatine ratio was lower in CON than in T1DM (CON 0.13 +/- 0.05 vs. T1DM 0.19 0.11; P < 0.01). During hypoglycaemia glucose : creatine ratios decreased in both groups (CON 0.07 +/- 0.08, P < 0.05; T1DM 0.03 +/- 0.03, P < 0.001). A significant drop in the glutamate : creatine ratio could only be found in CON during hypoglycaemia (CON 1.36 +/- 0.08 vs. 1.26 +/- 0.11; P < 0.01; T1DM 1.32 +/- 0.13 vs. 1.28 +/- 0.15; P = NS). The ratios of glutamine, N-acetylaspartate, choline and myo-inositol : creatine were not different between both groups and did not change throughout the experiment. CONCLUSIONS Only in CON does moderate hypoglycaemia reduce intracerebral glutamate concentrations, possibly owing to a slower substrate flux through the tricarboxylic acid cycle in neurones. The maintenance of normal energy metabolism in T1DM during hypoglycaemia might effect glucose sensing in the brain and contribute to hypoglycaemia-associated autonomic failure.
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- M G Bischof
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,Medical University of Vienna, Hanusch Hospital, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Stingl H, Chandramouli V, Schumann WC, Brehm A, Nowotny P, Waldhäusl W, Landau BR, Roden M. Changes in hepatic glycogen cycling during a glucose load in healthy humans. Diabetologia 2006; 49:360-8. [PMID: 16380802 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0099-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Glycogen cycling, i.e. simultaneous glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis, affects estimates of glucose fluxes using tracer techniques and may contribute to hyperglycaemia in diabetic conditions. This study presents a new method for quantifying hepatic glycogen cycling in the fed state. Glycogen is synthesised from glucose by the direct and indirect (gluconeogenic) pathways. Since glycogen is also synthesised from glycogen, i.e. glycogen-->glucose 1-phosphate-->glycogen, that synthesised through the direct and indirect pathways does not account for 100% of glycogen synthesis. The percentage contribution of glycogen cycling to glycogen synthesis then equals the difference between the sum of the percentage contributions of the direct and indirect pathways and 100. MATERIALS AND METHODS The indirect and direct pathways were measured independently in nine healthy volunteers who had fasted overnight. They ingested (2)H(2)O (5 ml/kg body water) and were infused with [5-(3)H]glucose and acetaminophen (paracetamol; 1 g) during hyperglycaemic clamps (7.8 mmol/l) lasting 8 h. The percentage contribution of the indirect pathway was calculated from the ratio of (2)H enrichments at carbon 5 to that at carbon 2, and the contribution of the direct pathway was determined from the (3)H-specific activity, relative to plasma glucose, of the urinary glucuronide excreted between 2 and 4, 4 and 6, and 6 and 8 h. RESULTS Glucose infusion rates increased (p<0.01) to approximately 50 mumol kg(-1) min(-1). Plasma insulin and the insulin : glucagon ratio rose approximately 3.6- and approximately 8.3-fold (p<0.001), respectively. From the difference between 100% and the sum of the direct (2-4 h, 54+/-6%; 4-6 h, 59+/-5%; 6-8 h, 63+/-4%) and indirect (32+/-3, 38+/-4, 36+/-3%) pathways, glycogen cycling was seen to be decreased (p<0.05) from 14+/-4% (2-4 h) to 4+/-3% (4-6 h) and 1+/-3% (6-8 h). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION This method allows measurement of hepatic glycogen cycling in the fed state and demonstrates that glycogen cycling occurs most in the early hours after glucose loading subsequent to a fast.
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- H Stingl
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Spínola H, Brehm A, Bettencourt B, Middleton D, Bruges-Armas J. HLA class I and II polymorphisms in Azores show different settlements in Oriental and Central islands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 66:217-30. [PMID: 16101833 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human leucocyte antigen-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 polymorphisms were examined in the Azorean population. The data were obtained at high-resolution level, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with sequence-specific primer, PCR-sequence-specific oligonucleotides and sequence-based typing. The most frequent allele in each locus was: A*0201 (24.5%), B*510101 (9.8%), Cw*0401 (14.8%), DRB1*070101 (18.3%), DQA1*0201 (17.4%) and DQB1*0301 (19.4%). The predominant extended haplotype was A*0202-B*1503-Cw*0202-DRB1*090102-DQA1*0303- DQB1*0202 (1.9%), which was found to be absent in the Portuguese mainland. The present study corroborates historical sources that say the Azores were populated not only by Portuguese but also by other Europeans, mostly Flemish people. Despite dendrogram analysis showing some remote Asian genetic affinities, the lack of specific alleles and haplotypes from those populations does not allow us to conclude for direct influence. Haplotype and allele frequencies in Azores show no homogeneous distribution between Oriental and Central islands of this archipelago. The Oriental islands harbour several haplotypes already found in mainland Portugal and identified as Mediterranean and European. The Central group of islands on the contrary clearly shows an influence of north Europeans (most probably derived from a well-documented Flemish settlement), with much less affinity to mainland Portugal.
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- H Spínola
- Human Genetics Laboratory, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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The human leukocyte antigen-A (HLA-A), -B and -DRB1 polymorphism was examined in the Portuguese population, discriminating between North, Centre and South inhabitants. All data were obtained at high-resolution level, using sequence-based typing. The most frequent allele at each locus was A* 020101 (26%), B* 440301 and B* 510101 (12% each) and DRB1* 070101 (15%). The predominant three-locus haplotype was A*020101-B*440301-DRB1*070101 (3.1%), highly frequent in North Portugal (5.4%), lower in Centre (2%) and absent in the South. The present study demonstrates that the Portuguese population has been genetically influenced by Europeans and North Africans, via several historic immigrations. North Portugal seems to concentrate, probably due to the pressure of Arab expansion, an ancient genetic pool originated from several North Africans and Europeans, influences throughout millenniums. South Portugal shows a North African genetic influence, probably of recent origin by means of Berbers accompanying Arab expansion. We found that Centre Portugal is the distribution limit of some alleles and haplotypes that characterize the North or the South of the country. Despite North, Centre and South Portugal not being significantly different in allele frequencies, this study shows that HLA allele and haplotype frequencies are not homogeneous in the country. North and South Portugal show more similarity to North Africans in opposition to Centre which appears closer to Europeans.
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- H Spínola
- Human Genetics Laboratory, University of Madeira, Campus of Penteada, Funchal, Portugal
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Peixoto MJ, Gonzales T, Spinola H, Couto AR, Mora MG, Brehm A, Santos MR, Garrett F, Armas JB. [HLA-B27 polymorphism and spondyloarthropathies]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 2005; 18:283-93. [PMID: 16584661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The association of HLA-B27 with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and other spondyloarthropathies (SpA), remains as one of the strongest between HLA molecules and human disease. Since it was reported, in 1973, it has been extensively studied in order to understand the underlying pathogenic mechanism. The objective of this article is to review the current knowledge on the structure and polymorphism of HLA-B27 molecule, as well as describe the main pathogenic hypotheses trying to explain its association with AS.
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- M J Peixoto
- Serviço de Epidemiologia e Biologia Molecular, Hospital de Santo Espírito, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Martins N, Lopes I, Brehm A, Ribeiro R. Cytochrome B gene partial sequence and RAPD analysis of two Daphnia longispina lineages differing in their resistance to copper. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2005; 74:755-60. [PMID: 16094891 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0646-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- N Martins
- Instituto do Ambiente e Vida, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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Spinola H, Williams F, Brehm A, Middleton D. HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 alleles in populations from Maderia, Cabo Verde and three other regions of Portugal. Hum Immunol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.08.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bischof MG, Mlynarik V, Brehm A, Bernroider E, Krssak M, Bauer E, Madl C, Bayerle-Eder M, Waldhäusl W, Roden M. Brain energy metabolism during hypoglycaemia in healthy and type 1 diabetic subjects. Diabetologia 2004; 47:648-51. [PMID: 15298341 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1362-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS This study aimed to examine brain energy metabolism during moderate insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in Type 1 diabetic patients and healthy volunteers. METHODS Type 1 diabetic patients (mean diabetes duration 13 +/- 2.5 years; HbA1c 6.8 +/- 0.3%) and matched controls were studied before, during (0-120 min) and after (120-240 min) hypoglycaemic (approximately 3.0 mmol/l) hyperinsulinaemic (1.5 mU x kg(-1) min(-1)) clamp tests. Brain energy metabolism was assessed by in vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the occipital lobe (3 Tesla, 10-cm surface coil). RESULTS During hypoglycaemia, the diabetic patients showed blunted endocrine counter-regulation. Throughout the study, the phosphocreatine:gamma-ATP ratios were lower in the diabetic patients (baseline: controls 3.08 +/- 0.29 vs diabetic patients 2.65 +/- 0.43, p<0.01; hypoglycaemia: 2.97 +/- 0.38 vs 2.60 +/- 0.35, p<0.05; recovery: 3.01 +/- 0.28 vs 2.60 +/- 0.35, p<0.01). Intracellular pH increased in both groups, being higher in diabetic patients (7.096 +/- 0.010 vs. 7.107 +/- 0.015, p<0.04), whereas intracellular magnesium concentrations decreased in both groups (controls: 377 +/- 33 vs 321 +/- 39; diabetic patients: 388 +/- 47 vs 336 +/- 68 micromol/l; p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Despite a lower cerebral phosphocreatine:gamma-ATP ratio in Type 1 diabetic patients at baseline, this ratio does not change in control or diabetic patients during modest hypoglycaemia. However, both groups exhibit subtle changes in intracellular pH and intracellular magnesium concentrations.
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- M G Bischof
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Krebs M, Brehm A, Krssak M, Anderwald C, Bernroider E, Nowotny P, Roth E, Chandramouli V, Landau BR, Waldhäusl W, Roden M. Direct and indirect effects of amino acids on hepatic glucose metabolism in humans. Diabetologia 2003; 46:917-25. [PMID: 12819901 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1129-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2003] [Revised: 02/28/2003] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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AIM/HYPOTHESIS The study was designed to examine the contribution of direct (substrate-mediated) and indirect (hormone-mediated) effects of amino acids on hepatic glucose metabolism in healthy men. METHODS The protocols were: (i) CON+S (n=7): control conditions with somatostatin to inhibit endogenous hormone release resulting in fasting plasma concentrations of amino acids, insulin (approximately 28 pmol/l) and glucagon (approximately 65 ng/l), (ii) AA+S ( n=7): amino acid infusion-fasting insulinaemia-fasting glucagonaemia, (iii) GLUC+S ( n=6): fasting amino acids-fasting insulinaemia-hyperglucagonaemia (approximately 99 ng/l) and (iv) AA-S (n=5): amino acid infusion without somatostatin resulting in amino acid-induced hyperinsulinaemia (approximately 61 pmol/l)-hyperglucagonaemia (approximately 147 ng/l). Net glycogenolysis was calculated from liver glycogen concentrations using (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Total gluconeogenesis (GNG) was calculated by subtracting net glycogenolysis from endogenous glucose production (EGP) which was measured with [6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose. Net GNG was assessed with the (2)H(2)O method. RESULTS During AA+S and GLUC+S, plasma glucose increased by about 50% (p<0.01) due to a comparable rise in EGP. This was associated with a 53-% (p<0.05) and a 65% increase (p<0.01) of total and net GNG during AA+S, whereas net glycogenolysis rose by 70% (p<0.001) during GLUC+S. During AA-S, plasma glucose remained unchanged despite nearly-doubled (p<0.01) total GNG. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION Conditions of postprandial amino acid elevation stimulate secretion of insulin and glucagon without affecting glycaemia despite markedly increased gluconeogenesis. Impaired insulin secretion unmasks the direct gluconeogenic effect of amino acids and increases plasma glucose.
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- M Krebs
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna Medical School, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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For a century, the little fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster has taught generations of geneticists about how genes control the development of a multicellular organism. More recently, Drosophila has begun to contribute more directly towards our understanding of human disease [Bernards A, Hariharan IK. Of flies and men-studying human disease in Drosophila. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2001, 11, 274-278]. It is capable of doing this because it shares many disease-related genes with us. For example, the Drosophila genome sequencing project has revealed that two thirds of the genes implicated in human cancers have a counterpart in the fly genome [Adams MD, Celniker SE, Holt RA, et al. The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster. Science 2000, 287, 2185-2195, Fortini ME, Skupski MP, Boguski MS, Hariharan IK. A survey of human disease gene counterparts in the Drosophila genome. J Cell Biol 2000, 150, F23-30]. In particular, the fly has homologues of the Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and of p53, two prototypical tumour suppressors which are inactivated in the majority of human tumours. Here, we will compare the fly's tumour suppressors with their human counterparts and we will review recent advances in our understanding of how these factors function in the fly.
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- J E Sutcliffe
- Lehrstuhl für Molekularbiologie, Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Schillerstr.44, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Allele frequencies for 17 STR loci were analyzed in a sample of unrelated males from the Cabo Verde Archipelago. The samples were gathered in such a way that the origin of the subjects was perfectly identified, and they could be included in one of the leeward or windward groups of islands. This study reveals that there are significant differences between both groups of islands, and between Cabo Verdeans and other populations from sub-Sahara Africa including the Guineans, the most probable source population for Cabo Verdeans. This study confirms mtDNA data and, together with HLA and Y chromosome data already published, shows that the Cabo Verde population is sub-structured and atypical, diverging substantially from mainland sub-Saharan populations. Overall these differences are most probably due to admixture between sub-Saharan slaves brought into the islands and other settlers of European origin. In the absence of a clear indication of a different ethnic composition of the first sub-Saharan settlers of Cabo Verde, the differentiation exhibited in both groups of islands can be most probably be attributed to genetic drift.
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- A T Fernandes
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Centre of Macaronesian Studies, University of Madeira, Penteada, 9000 Funchal, Portugal
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Brehm A, Jesus J, Spínola H, Alves C, Vicente L, Harris DJ. Phylogeography of the Madeiran endemic lizard Lacerta dugesii inferred from mtDNA sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2003; 26:222-30. [PMID: 12565033 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00310-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Partial sequences from two mitochondrial DNA genes, cytochrome b and 12S rRNA, were used to assess the phylogenetic relationships of populations of Lacerta dugesii from the volcanic Atlantic islands of Madeira, the Desertas, Porto Santo, and the Selvagens. All four-island groups are genetically distinguishable and populations within each contain similar degrees of genetic diversity. Molecular clock estimates suggest that the islands were colonized much later after their emergence compared to other Atlantic islands, possibly due to their greater geographical isolation. Mismatch analysis of all populations is consistent with exponential growth, as expected after colonization of empty niches. The Selvagens contain genetic substructuring between the islets.
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- A Brehm
- Centre of Macaronesian Studies, University of Madeira, Funchal 9000, Portugal.
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Spínola H, Brehm A, Williams F, Jesus J, Middleton D. Distribution of HLA alleles in Portugal and Cabo Verde. Relationships with the slave trade route. Ann Hum Genet 2002; 66:285-96. [PMID: 12418969 DOI: 10.1017/s0003480002001185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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HLA-A, -B, and -DR frequencies were analysed in populations from Portugal and the Madeira and Cabo Verde Archipelagos, aiming to characterize their genetic composition. Portuguese settlers colonized both Archipelagos in the 15th and 16th centuries. Madeira received many sub-Saharan slaves to work in the sugar plantations, and Cabo Verde served as a pivotal market in the Atlantic slave trade and was populated by individuals coming from the Senegambia region of the West African coast. The population of Madeira shows the highest genetic diversity and the presence of alleles and haplotypes usually linked to sub-Saharan populations, the haplotypes accounting for 3.5% of the total. Cabo Verde presents typical markers acknowledged to be of European or Ibero-Mediterranean origin, thus revealing the admixture of European settlers with Sub-Saharan slaves. Altogether the number of European haplotypes reaches 15% of the total. The Portuguese population shows a perceivable and significant heterogeneity both in allele and haplotype frequencies, unveiling a differential input of peoples from different origins. A PCA of the populations studied, plus other relevant ones, clearly shows gene heterogeneity in mainland Portugal as well as the differences and relationships between these populations and Madeira and Cabo Verde.
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- H Spínola
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Centre of Macaronesian Studies, University of Madeira, Campus of Penteada, 9000 Funchal, Portugal
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Lepetit D, Brehm A, Fouillet P, Biémont C. Insertion polymorphism of retrotransposable elements in populations of the insular, endemic species Drosophila madeirensis. Mol Ecol 2002; 11:347-54. [PMID: 11918774 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01470.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The insertion site numbers of the retrotransposable elements (TE) 412, gypsy and bilbo were determined in individuals of five distinct natural populations of the endemic species Drosophila madeirensis from the island of Madeira. The TE distributions were compared to those of the paleartic, widespread and phylogenetically closely related species, D. subobscura. In situ hybridization and Southern blots showed that in D. madeirensis the number of insertion sites ranged between 10 and 15, three and six, and 35 and 42 for elements 412, gypsy and bilbo, respectively. The corresponding values for D. subobscura were similar. Two of these elements, 412 and gypsy, had very few insertions in the heterochromatin, unlike bilbo, which displayed a high heterochromatic insertion number. The Southern band polymorphism was very high, leading to within-population variation of 97.2%, whatever the population and the TE concerned. Using the polymorphic TE insertion sites as markers to analyse population structure by AMOVA, adapted for RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) data, we found small but significant genetic differences between the populations on Madeira. This slight differentiation, coupled with similar copy numbers for each TE between populations, suggests that the D. madeirensis species consists of a single, only slightly subdivided population. These data also show that insular populations and endemic species of Drosophila can have as many copies of TEs as more widespread species.
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- D Lepetit
- UMR CNRS. 5558: Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Brehm A, Glöckler R, Noweck KF, Schimanski J, Zanter KD. Untersuchungen zum Tonerde-Zeolith-Verbund – Teil 2. CHEM-ING-TECH 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1522-2640(200202)74:1/2<108::aid-cite108>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Brehm A, Pereira L, Bandelt HJ, Prata MJ, Amorim A. Mitochondrial portrait of the Cabo Verde archipelago: the Senegambian outpost of Atlantic slave trade. Ann Hum Genet 2002; 66:49-60. [PMID: 12015000 DOI: 10.1017/s0003480001001002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In order to study the matrilineal genetic composition in Cabo Verde (Republic of Cape Verde), an archipelago that used to serve as a Portuguese entrepôt of the Atlantic slave trade, we have analysed a total of 292 mtDNAs sampled from the seven inhabited islands for the hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) and some characteristic RFLPs of the coding regions. The different settlement history of the northwestern group of the islands is well reflected in the mtDNA pool. The total Cabo Verde sample clearly displays the characteristic mitochondrial features of the Atlantic fringe of western Africa and testifies to almost no mitochondrial input from the Portuguese colonizers.
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- A Brehm
- Centre of Biological and Geological Sciences, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Murawsky CM, Brehm A, Badenhorst P, Lowe N, Becker PB, Travers AA. Tramtrack69 interacts with the dMi-2 subunit of the Drosophila NuRD chromatin remodelling complex. EMBO Rep 2001; 2:1089-94. [PMID: 11743021 PMCID: PMC1084170 DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kve252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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dMi-2, the ATPase subunit of the Drosophila nucleosome remodelling and histone deacetylation (dNuRD) complex, was identified in a two-hybrid screen as an interacting partner of the transcriptional repressor, Tramtrack69 (Ttk69). A short region of Ttk69 is sufficient to mediate this interaction. Ttk69, but not the Ttk88 isoform, co-purifies with the dNuRD complex isolated from embryo extracts. dMi-2 and Ttk69 co-immunoprecipitate from embryonic extracts, indicating that they can associate in vivo. Both dMi-2 and Ttk69 co-localize at a number of discrete sites on polytene chromosomes, showing that they bind common target loci. We also demonstrate that dMi-2 and Ttk interact genetically, indicating a functional interaction in vivo. We propose that Ttk69 represses some target genes by remodelling chromatin structure through the recruitment of the dNuRD complex.
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- C M Murawsky
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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Brehm A, Harris DJ, Hernández M, Cabrera VM, Larruga JM, Pinto FM, González AM. Structure and evolution of the mitochondrial DNA complete control region in the Drosophila subobscura subgroup. Insect Mol Biol 2001; 10:573-578. [PMID: 11903626 DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The complete A + T-rich region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been cloned and sequenced in the species of the Drosophila subobscura subgroup D. subobscura, D. madeirensis and D. guanche. Comparative analysis of these sequences with others already published has identified new sequence motifs that are conserved in Drosophila and other insects. A putative bi-directional promoter and a stop signal are proposed to be involved in the primary mtDNA strand replication of Drosophila. This region strongly resolves relationships of the species included in a phylogenetic analysis, both for closely related species and also at deeper phylogenetic levels when only the left and central domains are taken into account.
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- A Brehm
- Centro de Ciências Biologicas e Geologicas, University of Madeira, Penteada, Portugal.
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Brehm A, Khadem M, Jesus J, Andrade P, Vicente L. Lack of congruence between morphometric evolution and genetic differentiation suggests a recent dispersal and local habitat adaptation of the Madeiran lizard Lacerta dugesii. Genet Sel Evol 2001; 33:671-85. [PMID: 11742635 PMCID: PMC2705397 DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-33-6-671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Genetic differentiation among nine populations of the endemic lizard Lacerta dugesii Milne-Edwards 1829 (Lacertidae) from four groups of islands constituting the Archipelago of Madeira, was investigated by protein electrophoresis at 23 enzyme loci. Among twenty polymorphic loci, the total genetic diversity was due primarily to intra-population variation. The allele and genotypic frequencies among populations showed some heterogeneity, allowing the species to present a structuring pattern compatible with their geographical clustering. Some evidence suggests that selection acting on some loci in different ecological conditions may be responsible for the clustering of the populations studied. There was no apparent isolation effect expected under an "island" model of population divergence, and no correlation was found between genetic and geographic distances among populations. Morphological variation of the proposed three L. dugesii subspecies is not congruent with the allozyme analysis. This most probably suggests a rapid colonization of the islands followed by a strong effect of selection operating over the morphological characters used to define the subspecies.
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- A Brehm
- Centre of Biological and Geological Sciences, Campus of Penteada, 9000 Funchal, Portugal.
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Bandelt HJ, Alves-Silva J, Guimarães PE, Santos MS, Brehm A, Pereira L, Coppa A, Larruga JM, Rengo C, Scozzari R, Torroni A, Prata MJ, Amorim A, Prado VF, Pena SD. Phylogeography of the human mitochondrial haplogroup L3e: a snapshot of African prehistory and Atlantic slave trade. Ann Hum Genet 2001; 65:549-63. [PMID: 11851985 DOI: 10.1017/s0003480001008892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The mtDNA haplogroup L3e, which is identified by the restriction site +2349 MboI within the Afro-Eurasian superhaplogroup L3 (-3592 HpaI), is omnipresent in Africa but virtually absent in Eurasia (except for neighbouring areas with limited genetic exchange). L3e was hitherto poorly characterised in terms of HVS-I motifs, as the ancestral HVS-I type of L3e cannot be distinguished from the putative HVS-I ancestor of the entire L3 (differing from the CRS by a transition at np 16223). An MboI screening at np 2349 of a large number of Brazilian and Caribbean mtDNAs (encompassing numerous mtDNAs of African ancestry), now reveals that L3e is subdivided into four principal clades, each characterised by a single mutation in HVS-I, with additional support coming from HVS-II and partial RFLP analysis. The apparently oldest of these clades (transition at np 16327) occurs mainly in central Africa and was probably carried to southern Africa with the Bantu expansion(s). The most frequent clade (transition at np 16320) testifies to a pronounced expansion event in the mid-Holocene and seems to be prominent in many Bantu groups from all of Africa. In contrast, one clade (transition at np 16264) is essentially restricted to Atlantic western Africa (including Cabo Verde). We propose a tentative L3e phylogeny that is based on 197 HVS-I sequences. We conclude that haplogroup L3e originated in central or eastern Africa about 46,000 (+/-14,000) years ago, and was a hitchhiker of much later dispersal and local expansion events, with the rise of food production and iron smelting. Enforced migration of African slaves to the Americas translocated L3e mitochondria, the descendants of which in Brazil and the Caribbean still reflect their different regional African ancestries.
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- H J Bandelt
- Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Hamburg, Germany.
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Allele and haplotype frequencies of seven Y-chromosome STR loci were determined from a sample of 95 and 16 unrelated males from Madeira and Porto Santo Islands, respectively.
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- A T Fernandes
- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Geológicas da Universidade da Madeira, Campus of Penteada, 9000 Funchal, Portugal
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Modification of histones can have a dramatic impact on chromatin structure and function. Acetylation of lysines within the N-terminal tail of the histone octamer marks transcriptionally active regions of the genome whereas deacetylation seems to play a role in transcriptional silencing. Recently, the methylation of the histone tails has also been shown to be important for transcriptional regulation and chromosome structure. Here we show by immunoaffinity purification that two activities important for chromatin-mediated gene silencing, the histone methyltransferase SU(VAR)3-9 and the histone deacetylase HDAC1, associate in vivo. The two activities cooperate to methylate pre-acetylated histones. Both enzymes are modifiers of position effect variegation and interact genetically in flies. We suggest a model in which the concerted histone deacetylation and methylation by a SU(VAR)3-9/HDAC1-containing complex leads to a permanent silencing of transcription in particular areas of the genome.
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- B Czermin
- Adolf-Butenandt Institut, Molekularbiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Schillerstrasse 44, D-80336 München, Germany
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Brehm A, Antons U, Deeken S, Knauß M, Zanter KD. Zur Herstellung von MFI-Kupfer-Kompositen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1522-2640(200108)73:8<1028::aid-cite1028>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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