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Recker F, Thudium M, Strunk H, Tonguc T, Dohmen S, Luechters G, Bette B, Welz S, Salam B, Wilhelm K, Egger EK, Wüllner U, Attenberger U, Mustea A, Conrad R, Marinova M. Multidisciplinary management to optimize outcome of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with uterine fibroids. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22768. [PMID: 34815488 PMCID: PMC8611035 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02217-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Little is known about the specific anaesthesiological and multidisciplinary management of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in uterine fibroids. This observational single-center study is the first reporting on an interdisciplinary approach to optimize outcome following ultrasound (US)-guided HIFU in German-speaking countries. A sample of forty patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids was treated by HIFU. Relevant treatment parameters such as total treatment time for intervention, anaesthesia, and sonication time as well as total energy, body temperature, peri-interventional medication and complications were analyzed. Interventional variables did not correlate significantly either with opioid dose or with body temperature. The average fibroid volume reduction rate was 37.8% ± 23.5%, 48.5% ± 22.0% and 70.2% ± 25.5% after 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. No major anaesthesiological complications occurred apart from an epileptic seizure prior to HIFU treatment in one patient. Peri-procedural hyperthermia (> 37.5 °C) occurred in two patients. Post-procedural two patients experienced a sciatic nerve irritation up to one year; one patient with very large treated fibroid experienced strong short-lasting post-procedural pain. There were two complication-free pregnancies of HIFU-treated patients. Multidisciplinary management is crucial to optimize safety and outcome of US-guided HIFU for uterine fibroids. Peri-procedural pain and temperature management are critical points where an adequate collaboration between anesthesiologist and interventionalist is mandatory.
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- Florian Recker
- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen, Solingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Development Research (ZEF), University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Johanniter Krankenhaus Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. .,Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
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Tonguc T, Strunk H, Gonzalez-Carmona MA, Recker F, Lütjohann D, Thudium M, Conrad R, Becher MU, Savchenko O, Davidova D, Luechters G, Mustea A, Strassburg CP, Attenberger U, Pieper CC, Jenne J, Marinova M. US-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) of abdominal tumors: outcome, early ablation-related laboratory changes and inflammatory reaction. A single-center experience from Germany. Int J Hyperthermia 2021; 38:65-74. [PMID: 34420445 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2021.1900926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an innovative noninvasive procedure for local ablation of different benign and malignant tumors. Preliminary data of animal studies suggest an ablation-associated immune response after HIFU that is induced by cell necrosis and release of intracellular components. The aim of this study is to evaluate if a HIFU-induced early sterile inflammatory reaction is initiated after ablation of uterine fibroids (UF) and pancreatic carcinoma (PaC) which might contribute to the therapeutic effect. MATERIAL AND METHODS A hundred patients with PaC and 30 patients with UF underwent US-guided HIFU treatment. Serum markers of inflammation (leukocytes, CRP, IL-6) and LDH in both collectives as well as tumor markers CA 19-9, CEA and CYFRA in PaC patients were determined in sub-cohorts before and directly after HIFU (0, 2, 5 and 20 h post-ablation) as well as at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months follow-up. Peri-/post interventional imaging included contrast-enhanced MRI of both cohorts and an additional CT scan of PaC patients. RESULTS An early post-ablation inflammatory response was observed in both groups with a significant increase of leukocytes, CRP and LDH within the first 20 h after HIFU. Interestingly, IL-6 was increased at 20 h after HIFU in PaC patients. A significant reduction of tumor volumes was observed during one year follow-up (p < .001) for both tumor entities demonstrating effective treatment outcome. CONCLUSION Tumor ablation with HIFU induces an early sterile inflammation that might serve as a precondition for long-term tumor immunity and a sustainable therapeutic effect.
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- Tolga Tonguc
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen, Solingen, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Development Research (ZEF), University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine, MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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David B, Eberle J, Delev D, Gaubatz J, Prillwitz CC, Wagner J, Schoene-Bake JC, Luechters G, Radbruch A, Wabbels B, Schramm J, Weber B, Surges R, Elger CE, Rüber T. Multi-scale image analysis and prediction of visual field defects after selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1444. [PMID: 33446810 PMCID: PMC7809286 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80751-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Selective amygdalohippocampectomy is an effective treatment for patients with therapy-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy but may cause visual field defect (VFD). Here, we aimed to describe tissue-specific pre- and postoperative imaging correlates of the VFD severity using whole-brain analyses from voxel- to network-level. Twenty-eight patients with temporal lobe epilepsy underwent pre- and postoperative MRI (T1-MPRAGE and Diffusion Tensor Imaging) as well as kinetic perimetry according to Goldmann standard. We probed for whole-brain gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) correlates of VFD using voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics, respectively. We furthermore reconstructed individual structural connectomes and conducted local and global network analyses. Two clusters in the bihemispheric middle temporal gyri indicated a postsurgical GM volume decrease with increasing VFD severity (FWE-corrected p < 0.05). A single WM cluster showed a fractional anisotropy decrease with increasing severity of VFD in the ipsilesional optic radiation (FWE-corrected p < 0.05). Furthermore, patients with (vs. without) VFD showed a higher number of postoperative local connectivity changes. Neither in the GM, WM, nor in network metrics we found preoperative correlates of VFD severity. Still, in an explorative analysis, an artificial neural network meta-classifier could predict the occurrence of VFD based on presurgical connectomes above chance level.
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- Bastian David
- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany ,Clinic for Neurology and Palliative Medicine, Municipal Hospital Köln-Merheim, Cologne, Germany
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- grid.1957.a0000 0001 0728 696XDepartment of Neurosurgery, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- grid.488560.70000 0000 9188 2870Department of Neurology, University of Ulm and Universitäts- and Rehabilitationskliniken Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- grid.10423.340000 0000 9529 9877Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XMedical Faculty, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XInstitute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- grid.15090.3d0000 0000 8786 803XDepartment of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany ,grid.7839.50000 0004 1936 9721Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ,grid.7839.50000 0004 1936 9721Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Thudium M, Bette B, Tonguc T, Ghaei S, Conrad R, Becher MU, Mücke M, Luechters G, Strunk H, Marinova M. Multidisciplinary management and outcome in pancreatic cancer patients treated with high-intensity focused ultrasound. Int J Hyperthermia 2020; 37:456-462. [PMID: 32396479 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2020.1762006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Introduction: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for pancreatic cancer is a growing therapeutic field which has been proven to reduce cancer pain and provide a local tumor control additionally to standard palliative care. However, less is known about the multidisciplinary and especially anesthesiological management of HIFU treatment although an interdisciplinary approach is crucial for treatment success.Material and methods: Anesthesiological and radiological records of 71 HIFU-treated pancreatic cancer patients were analyzed with regard to the following items: intervention time, sonication time, total energy, anesthesia time, peri-interventional medication, body temperature maximum and minimum, pain scores before and 1 day, 6 weeks and 3 months after intervention, peri-interventional complications. Effects on pain scores were estimated with a mixed panel data model. Bivariate associations between interventional variables were examined with the Spearman's correlation.Results: HIFU treatment was performed without major adverse events. Peri-procedural hyperthermia >37.5 °C occurred in 2 patients, hypothermia <35 °C in 8 cases. Interventional variables did not correlate significantly with pain scores, opioid dose, nor body temperature. 85.5% of patients experienced significant early pain relief within the first week after intervention. Post-interventional pain relief is associated with morphine equivalent opioid dose (p = 0.025) and treatment time (p = 0.040).Conclusion: While HIFU can be considered safe and effective treatment option, procedure-associated pain and temperature management represent challenges for the interdisciplinary HIFU intervention team. Especially short-term pain relief depends on the combined effort of the radiologist and anesthesiologist.
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- Marcus Thudium
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Development Research (ZEF), University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Marinova M, Huxold HC, Henseler J, Mücke M, Conrad R, Rolke R, Ahmadzadehfar H, Rauch M, Fimmers R, Luechters G, Cuhls H, Radbruch L, Schild HH, Strunk H. Clinical Effectiveness and Potential Survival Benefit of US-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy in Patients with Advanced-Stage Pancreatic Cancer. Ultraschall Med 2019; 40:625-637. [PMID: 29665583 DOI: 10.1055/a-0591-3386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Pancreatic cancer (PaC) is a life-limiting tumor with a wide range of incapacitating symptoms such as cancer pain in more than 80 % of patients. This prospective interventional study addresses the clinical effectiveness of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment for patients with advanced-stage PaC, including pain perception, tumor size and survival benefit. MATERIALS AND METHODS 50 patients with late-stage PaC underwent HIFU. Clinical assessment included evaluation of tumor volume by imaging and pain burden (pain severity, pain sensation, interference with daily activities) using the Brief Pain Inventory at baseline and follow-up. Median overall survival, progression-free survival and time to local progression were estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis. RESULTS In 84 % of patients, significant early relief of cancer-induced abdominal pain was achieved by HIFU independent of metastatic status; it persisted during follow-up. Tumor volume reduction was 37.8 ± 18.1 % after 6 weeks and 57.9 ± 25.9 % after 6 months. 21 % of HIFU-treated patients had local tumor progression with a median time of 14.4 months from intervention. The median overall survival and progression-free survival were 16.2 and 16.9 months from diagnosis and 8.3 and 6.8 months from intervention. CONCLUSION In patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and otherwise limited treatment options, HIFU resulted in significant early and long-lasting pain relief and tumor size reduction over time independent of metastatic status. Clinical data suggest an additional potential survival benefit.
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- Milka Marinova
- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical School and University Clinics Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School and University Clinics Bonn, Germany
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Schwarze-Zander C, Neibecker M, Othman S, Tural C, Clotet B, Blackard JT, Kupfer B, Luechters G, Chung RT, Rockstroh JK, Spengler U. GB virus C coinfection in advanced HIV type-1 disease is associated with low CCR5 and CXCR4 surface expression on CD4(+) T-cells. Antivir Ther 2010; 15:745-52. [PMID: 20710056 DOI: 10.3851/imp1602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coinfection with the flavivirus GB virus C (GBV-C) is frequent in patients suffering from HIV type-1 (HIV-1) infection because of shared routes of transmission. GBV-C coinfection has been proposed to exert a beneficial influence on HIV-1 infection. In vitro studies demonstrated down-regulation of C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) as a potential mechanism by which GBV-C modulates HIV-1 disease progression. We therefore studied surface expression of the two major HIV-1 coreceptors, CCR5 and CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4), on CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cells in 128 HIV-1-positive patients stratified with respect to their GBV-C status, immune function and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) status in vivo. METHODS GBV-C infection was studied in 128 HIV-1-infected patients by nested reverse transcriptase PCR. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis was used to measure CCR5 and CXCR4 surface expression on CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cells. RESULTS GBV-C RNA replication was detected in 30% (38/128) of patients. In HIV-1-positive patients with advanced immunodeficiency, we found up-regulation of CCR5 surface expression on CD4(+) T-cells; however, in patients with GBV-C coinfection, no up-regulation of CCR5 CD4(+) T-cells was detected. Furthermore, CXCR4 surface expression was reduced in GBV-C-coinfected patients. These findings were independent of HAART status and HIV-1 viral load. HIV-1 coreceptor expression on CD8(+) T-cells was not altered in patients with GBV-C coinfection. CONCLUSIONS GBV-C coinfection in HIV-1 disease leads to reduced expression of the two major HIV-1 coreceptors, CCR5 and CXCR4, on CD4(+) T-cells in patients at an advanced stage of immunodeficiency, providing a possible molecular explanation for the clinical benefit of GBV-C coinfection in late-stage HIV-1 disease.
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Janke M, Luechters G, Vogel M, Voigt E, Wasmuth JC, Schwarze-Zander C, Emmelkamp J, Fätkenheuer G, Rockstroh J. Rapid virological response is the best predictor for achieving SVR under peg-IFN/ribavirin hepatitis C therapy in HIV/HCV co-infected patients. J Int AIDS Soc 2008. [DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-11-s1-p266] [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] Open
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