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Shulman M, Kong J, O'Gorman J, Ratti E, Rajagovindan R, Viollet L, Huang E, Sharma S, Racine AM, Czerkowicz J, Graham D, Li Y, Hering H, Haeberlein SB. TANGO: a placebo-controlled randomized phase 2 study of efficacy and safety of the anti-tau monoclonal antibody gosuranemab in early Alzheimer's disease. Nat Aging 2023; 3:1591-1601. [PMID: 38012285 PMCID: PMC10724064 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-023-00523-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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In Alzheimer's disease, the spread of aberrantly phosphorylated tau is an important criterion in the Braak staging of disease severity and correlates with disease symptomatology. Here, we report the results of TANGO ( NCT03352557 ), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group and multiple-dose long-term trial of gosuranemab-a monoclonal antibody to N-terminal tau-in patients with early Alzheimer's disease. The primary objective was to assess the safety and tolerability of gosuranemab compared to placebo. The secondary objectives were to assess the efficacy of multiple doses of gosuranemab in slowing cognitive and functional impairment (using the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) scores at week 78) and evaluate the immunogenicity of gosuranemab (using the incidence of anti-gosuranemab antibody responses). Participants were randomized (n = 654); received (n = 650) low-dose (125 mg once every 4 weeks (q4w), n = 58; 375 mg q12w, n = 58), intermediate-dose (600 mg q4w, n = 106) or high-dose (2,000 mg q4w, n = 214) gosuranemab or placebo (q4w, n = 214) intravenously for 78 weeks; and assigned to cerebrospinal fluid (n = 327) and/or tau positron emission tomography (n = 357) biomarker substudies. Gosuranemab had an acceptable safety profile and was generally well tolerated (incidence of serious adverse events: placebo, 12.1%; low dose, 10.3%; intermediate dose, 12.3%; high dose, 11.7%). The incidence of treatment-emergent gosuranemab antibody responses was low at all time points. No significant effects were identified in cognitive and functional tests as no dose resulted in a favorable change from the baseline CDR-SB score at week 78 compared to placebo control (adjusted mean change: placebo, 1.85; low dose, 2.20; intermediate dose, 2.24; high dose, 1.85). At week 76, all doses caused significant (P < 0.0001) reductions in the cerebrospinal fluid levels of unbound N-terminal tau compared to placebo.
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- Biogen, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Biogen, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Moderna, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Biogen, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, Boston, MA, USA
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Cook BE, Nag S, Arakawa R, Lin EYS, Stratman N, Guckian K, Hering H, Lulla M, Choi J, Salinas C, Genung NE, Morén AF, Bolin M, Boscutti G, Plisson C, Martarello L, Halldin C, Kaliszczak MA. Development of a PET Tracer for OGA with Improved Kinetics in the Living Brain. J Nucl Med 2023; 64:1588-1593. [PMID: 37934021 PMCID: PMC10586483 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.265225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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O-GlcNAcylation is thought to play a role in the development of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease because of its ability to modulate tau's aggregation propensity. O-GlcNAcylation is regulated by 2 enzymes: O-GlcNAc transferase and O-GlcNAcase (OGA). Development of a PET tracer would therefore be an essential tool for developing therapeutic small-molecule inhibitors of OGA, enabling clinical testing of target engagement and dose selection. Methods: A collection of small-molecule compounds was screened for inhibitory activity and high-affinity binding to OGA, as well as favorable PET tracer attributes (multidrug resistance protein 1 efflux, central nervous system PET multiparameter optimization, etc.). Two lead compounds with high affinity and selectivity for OGA were selected for further profiling, including OGA binding to tissue homogenate using a radioligand competition binding assay. In vivo pharmacokinetics were established using a microdosing approach with unlabeled compounds in rats. In vivo imaging studies were performed in rodents and nonhuman primates (NHPs) with 11C-labeled compounds. Results: Two selected candidates, BIO-735 and BIO-578, displayed promising attributes in vitro. After radiolabeling with tritium, [3H]BIO-735 and [3H]BIO-578 binding in rodent brain homogenates demonstrated dissociation constants of 0.6 and 2.3 nM, respectively. Binding was inhibited, concentration-dependently, by homologous compounds and thiamet G, a well-characterized and structurally diverse OGA inhibitor. Imaging studies in rats and NHPs showed both tracers had high uptake in the brain and inhibition of binding to OGA in the presence of a nonradioactive compound. However, only BIO-578 demonstrated reversible binding kinetics within the time frame of a PET study with a 11C-labeled molecule to enable quantification using kinetic modeling. Specificity of tracer uptake was confirmed with a 10 mg/kg blocking dose of thiamet G. Conclusion: We describe the development and testing of 2 11C PET tracers targeting the protein OGA. The lead compound BIO-578 demonstrated high affinity and selectivity for OGA in rodent and human postmortem brain tissue, leading to its further testing in NHPs. NHP PET imaging studies showed that the tracer had excellent brain kinetics, with full inhibition of specific binding by thiamet G. These results suggest that the tracer [11C]BIO-578 is well suited for further characterization in humans.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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Nag S, Bolin M, Datta P, Arakawa R, Forsberg Morén A, Khani Maynaq Y, Lin E, Genung N, Hering H, Guckian K, Martarello L, Kaliszczak M, Halldin C. Development of a Novel [ 11C]CO-Labeled Positron Emission Tomography Radioligand [ 11C]BIO-1819578 for the Detection of O-GlcNAcase Enzyme Activity. ACS Chem Neurosci 2023. [PMID: 37377046 PMCID: PMC10360070 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 06/29/2023] Open
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Imaging O-GlcNAcase OGA by positron emission tomography (PET) could provide information on the pathophysiological pathway of neurodegenerative diseases and important information on drug-target engagement and be helpful in dose selection of therapeutic drugs. Our aim was to develop an efficient synthetic method for labeling BIO-1819578 with carbon-11 using 11CO for evaluation of its potential to measure levels of OGA enzyme in non-human primate (NHP) brain using PET. Radiolabeling was achieved in one-pot via a carbon-11 carbonylation reaction using [11C]CO. The detailed regional brain distribution of [11C]BIO-1819578 binding was evaluated using PET measurements in NHPs. Brain radioactivity was measured for 93 min using a high-resolution PET system, and radiometabolites were measured in monkey plasma using gradient radio HPLC. Radiolabeling of [11C]BIO-1819578 was successfully accomplished, and the product was found to be stable at 1 h after formulation. [11C]BIO-1819578 was characterized in the cynomolgus monkey brain where a high brain uptake was found (7 SUV at 4 min). A pronounced pretreatment effect was found, indicating specific binding to OGA enzyme. Radiolabeling of [11C]BIO-1819578 with [11C]CO was successfully accomplished. [11C]BIO-1819578 binds specifically to OGA enzyme. The results suggest that [11C]BIO-1819578 is a potential radioligand for imaging and for measuring target engagement of OGA in the human brain.
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- Sangram Nag
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- BIOGEN MA Inc., 225 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm 17176, Sweden
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Valencia A, Bieber VLR, Bajrami B, Marsh G, Hamann S, Wei R, Ling K, Rigo F, Arnold HM, Golonzhka O, Hering H. Antisense Oligonucleotide-Mediated Reduction of HDAC6 Does Not Reduce Tau Pathology in P301S Tau Transgenic Mice. Front Neurol 2021; 12:624051. [PMID: 34262517 PMCID: PMC8273312 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.624051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Acetylation of tau protein is dysregulated in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). It has been proposed that acetylation of specific sites in the KXGS motif of tau can regulate phosphorylation of nearby residues and reduce the propensity of tau to aggregate. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a cytoplasmic enzyme involved in deacetylation of multiple targets, including tau, and it has been suggested that inhibition of HDAC6 would increase tau acetylation at the KXGS motifs and thus may present a viable therapeutic approach to treat AD. To directly test the contribution of HDAC6 to tau pathology, we intracerebroventricularly injected an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) directed against HDAC6 mRNA into brains of P301S tau mice (PS19 model), which resulted in a 70% knockdown of HDAC6 protein in the brain. Despite a robust decrease in levels of HDAC6, no increase in tau acetylation was observed. Additionally, no change of tau phosphorylation or tau aggregation was detected upon the knockdown of HDAC6. We conclude that HDAC6 does not impact tau pathology in PS19 mice.
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- Biogen, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA, United States
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- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA, United States
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Bausch FJ, Beran D, Hering H, Boulle P, Chappuis F, Dromer C, Saaristo P, Perone SA. Operational considerations for the management of non-communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies. Confl Health 2021; 15:9. [PMID: 33632275 PMCID: PMC7905755 DOI: 10.1186/s13031-021-00345-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Non-communicable diseases (NCD) represent an increasing global challenge with the majority of mortality occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Concurrently, many humanitarian crises occur in these countries and the number of displaced persons, either refugees or internally displaced, has reached the highest level in history. Until recently NCDs in humanitarian contexts were a neglected issue, but this is changing. Humanitarian actors are now increasingly integrating NCD care in their activities and recognizing the need to harmonize and enhance NCD management in humanitarian crises. However, there is a lack of a standardized response during operations as well as a lack of evidence-based NCD management guidelines in humanitarian settings. An informal working group on NCDs in humanitarian settings, formed by members of the World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross and others, and led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, teamed up with the University of Geneva and Geneva University Hospitals to develop operational considerations for NCDs in humanitarian settings. This paper presents these considerations, aiming at ensuring appropriate planning, management and care for NCD-affected persons during the different stages of humanitarian emergencies. Key components include access to treatment, continuity of care including referral pathways, therapeutic patient education/patient self-management, community engagement and health promotion. In order to implement these components, a standardized approach will support a consistent response, and should be based on an ethical foundation to ensure that the "do no harm" principle is upheld. Advocacy supported by evidence is important to generate visibility and resource allocation for NCDs. Only a collaborative approach of all actors involved in NCD management will allow the spectrum of needs and continuum of care for persons affected by NCDs to be properly addressed in humanitarian programmes.
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- F. Jacquerioz Bausch
- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 6, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rue de Montbrillant 94, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Rue de Lausanne 78, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Health Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 19, avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- International Federation of the Red Cross, Chemin des Crêts 17, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland
- Health Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 19, avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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Choi J, Walther DM, Bajrami B, Halftermeyer A, Rajamohamed Sait HB, Okugawa N, Engle SJ, Wei R, Hering H. Proteomics studies to investigate alterations in the tau interactome under conditions of elevated cellular O‐GlcNAcylation. Alzheimers Dement 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.038276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Girmay S, Garros RF, Yadav A, Sopko R, Hering H, Weinreb P, Salem N, Wells L, Rajagovindan R. P1-377: BIIB092 DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH RADIOLABELED MK6240 BINDING TO NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES: RESULTS FROM IN VITRO COMPETITION BINDING STUDY IN ALZHEIMER'S BRAIN TISSUE SECTIONS. Alzheimers Dement 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hering H. Asymptotic behaviour of immigration-branching processes by general set of types. II: Supercritical branching part. ADV APPL PROBAB 2016. [DOI: 10.2307/1426123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We construct an immigration-branching process from an inhomogeneous Poisson process, a parameter-dependent probability distribution of populations and a Markov branching process with homogeneous transition function. The set of types is arbitrary, and the parameter is allowed to be discrete or continuous. Assuming a supercritical branching part with primitive first moments and finite second moments, we prove propositions on the mean square convergence and the almost sure convergence of normalized averaging processes associated with the immigration-branching process.
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We consider immigration-branching processes constructable from an inhomogeneous Poisson process, a sequence of population probability distributions, and a homogeneous branching transition function. The set of types is arbitrary, and the process parameter is allowed to be discrete or continuous. For the branching part a weak form of positive regularity, criticality, and the existence of second moments are assumed. Varying the conditions on the immigration law, we obtain several results concerning asymptotic extinction, the rate of extinction, and limiting distribution functions of properly normalized, vector-valued counting processes associated with the immigration branching process. The proofs are based on the generating functional method.
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Ravikumar B, Crawford D, Dellovade T, Savinainen A, Graham D, Liere P, Oudinet JP, Webb M, Hering H. Differential efficacy of the TSPO ligands etifoxine and XBD-173 in two rodent models of Multiple Sclerosis. Neuropharmacology 2016; 108:229-37. [PMID: 27039042 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Neurosteroids such as progesterone and allopregnanolone have been shown to exert neuroprotective effects under a variety of pathological or insult conditions, and there is evidence that the neurosteroid system is perturbed in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Neurosteroids are synthesized in the central nervous system (CNS) through a series of metabolic transformations, beginning with a rate-limiting step of cholesterol transport through the outer mitochondrial membrane via the transporter translocator protein (TSPO). We examined the effects of etifoxine and XBD-173, two different brain penetrant TSPO agonists, for their ability to ameliorate clinical signs in two different experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) models. Etifoxine, as previously reported, was efficacious in EAE, while XBD-173 was not. Surprisingly, XBD-173, but not etifoxine elevated relevant neurosteroids in brain of female rats and differed in its ability to exert anti-inflammatory and direct neuroprotective effects in vitro as compared to etifoxine. We conclude that the neurosteroid elevations produced in brain by XBD-173 are not sufficient to ameliorate EAE and suggest that etifoxine may have additional mechanisms of action that provide therapeutic benefit in this model system.
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- Brinda Ravikumar
- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- U1195 Inserm & University Paris-Sud, 80, rue du Général Leclerc, 94276 Kremlin-Bicetre, France
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- U1195 Inserm & University Paris-Sud, 80, rue du Général Leclerc, 94276 Kremlin-Bicetre, France
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA 01821, USA.
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Cameron A, Giacomozzi B, Joyce J, Gray A, Graham D, Ousson S, Neny M, Beher D, Carlson G, O'Moore J, Shearman M, Hering H. Generation and characterization of a rabbit monoclonal antibody site-specific for tau O-GlcNAcylated at serine 400. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:3722-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hering H, Graham D, Ousson S, Neny M, Gray A, Giacomozzi B, Joyce J, Dutt V, Busch M, Cameron A, Liu-Bujalski L, Yu H, Tian H, Shearman M, Quattropani A, Permanne B, Wiessner C, Beher D. Novel non-carbohydrate O-GlcNAcase inhibitors with CNS drug properties as potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and tauopathies. Mol Neurodegener 2013. [PMCID: PMC3846928 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1326-8-s1-o17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Horng A, Raya J, Zscharn M, Hoehne-Hückstädt U, Hermanns I, Glitsch U, Ellegast R, Hering H, Reiser MF, Glaser C. Lokoregionale Belastungszonen des Gelenkknorpels im gesamten Knie nach Belastung in unterschiedlichen Flexionsgraden mit 3D-MR-Volumetrie bei 3T. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1279336] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Pickford F, Marcus J, Camargo LM, Xiao Q, Graham D, Mo JR, Burkhardt M, Kulkarni V, Crispino J, Hering H, Hutton M. Progranulin is a chemoattractant for microglia and stimulates their endocytic activity. Am J Pathol 2011; 178:284-95. [PMID: 21224065 PMCID: PMC3070582 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mutations resulting in progranulin haploinsufficiency cause disease in patients with a subset of frontotemporal lobar degeneration; however, the biological functions of progranulin in the brain remain unknown. To address this subject, the present study initially assessed changes in gene expression and cytokine secretion in rat primary cortical neurons treated with progranulin. Molecular pathways enriched in the progranulin gene set included cell adhesion and cell motility pathways and pathways involved in growth and development. Secretion of cytokines and several chemokines linked to chemoattraction but not inflammation were also increased from progranulin-treated primary neurons. Therefore, whether progranulin is involved in recruitment of immune cells in the brain was investigated. Localized lentiviral expression of progranulin in C57BL/6 mice resulted in an increase of Iba1-positive microglia around the injection site. Moreover, progranulin alone was sufficient to promote migration of primary mouse microglia in vitro. Primary microglia and C4B8 cells demonstrated more endocytosis of amyloid β1-42 when treated with progranulin. These data demonstrate that progranulin acts as a chemoattractant in the brain to recruit or activate microglia and can increase endocytosis of extracellular peptides such as amyloid β.
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- Fiona Pickford
- Department of Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Haskew C, Spiegel P, Tomczyk B, Cornier N, Hering H. A standardized health information system for refugee settings: rationale, challenges and the way forward. Bull World Health Organ 2010; 88:792-4. [PMID: 20931066 PMCID: PMC2947042 DOI: 10.2471/blt.09.074096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- C Haskew
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Public Health and HIV section, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland.
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Hering H. Internationaler Inhalt, aber nationale Männer der Wissenschaft. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1190827] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Hering H. Ueber die Wand des Sinus caroticus als Reizempfänger und den Sinusnerv als zentripetale Bahn für die Sinusreflexe. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1136917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hering H. Der Blutdruck regelt vermittelst der Blutdruckzügler (die Aortennerven und die Sinusnerven) den Tonus des Parasympathikus. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1124398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Crispino JL, Marcus JN, Hering H. P3‐401: Validation of a TRPM3‐specific antibody and TRMP3 expression in mouse brain. Alzheimers Dement 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.1972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hering H, Sheng M. Activity-dependent redistribution and essential role of cortactin in dendritic spine morphogenesis. J Neurosci 2003; 23:11759-69. [PMID: 14684878 PMCID: PMC6740953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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The number and shape of dendritic spines are influenced by activity and regulated by molecules that organize the actin cytoskeleton of spines. Cortactin is an F-actin binding protein and activator of the Arp2/3 actin nucleation machinery that also interacts with the postsynaptic density (PSD) protein Shank. Cortactin is concentrated in dendritic spines of cultured hippocampal neurons, and the N-terminal half of the protein containing the Arp2/3 and F-actin binding domains is necessary and sufficient for spine targeting. Knockdown of cortactin protein by short-interfering RNA (siRNA) results in depletion of dendritic spines in hippocampal neurons, whereas overexpression of cortactin causes elongation of spines. In response to synaptic stimulation and NMDA receptor activation, cortactin redistributes rapidly from spines to dendritic shaft, correlating with remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton, implicating cortactin in the activity-dependent regulation of spine morphogenesis.
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- Heike Hering
- The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Hering H, Lin CC, Sheng M. Lipid rafts in the maintenance of synapses, dendritic spines, and surface AMPA receptor stability. J Neurosci 2003; 23:3262-71. [PMID: 12716933 PMCID: PMC6742299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Cholesterol/sphingolipid microdomains (lipid rafts) in the membrane are involved in protein trafficking, formation of signaling complexes, and regulation of actin cytoskeleton. Here, we show that lipid rafts exist abundantly in dendrites of cultured hippocampal neurons, in which they are associated with several postsynaptic proteins including surface AMPA receptors. Depletion of cholesterol/sphingolipid leads to instability of surface AMPA receptors and gradual loss of synapses (both inhibitory and excitatory) and dendritic spines. The remaining synapses and spines in raft-depleted neurons become greatly enlarged. The importance of lipid rafts for normal synapse density and morphology could explain why cholesterol promotes synapse maturation in retinal ganglion cells (Mauch et al., 2001) and offers a potential link between disordered cholesterol metabolism and the synapse loss seen in neurodegenerative disease.
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- Heike Hering
- Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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In Drosophila, the frizzled gene plays a critical role in the establishment of tissue polarity, but the function of the Frizzled family of proteins in mammals is largely unknown. Recent evidence suggested that Frizzleds are receptors for the Wnt family of secreted glycoproteins which are involved in cell fate determination. However, it is unclear how Frizzled receptors transduce Wnt signals to intracellular signaling components. Here we show that the mouse Frizzled-1, -2, -4 and -7 can bind to proteins of the PSD-95 family, which are implicated in the assembly and localization of multiprotein signaling complexes in the brain. Moreover, PSD-95 can form a ternary complex with Frizzled-2 and the adenomatous polyposis coli protein, a negative regulator of Wnt signaling, suggesting that members of the PSD-95 family may serve to recruit intracellular signaling molecules of the Wnt/Frizzled pathway into the vicinity of the receptor.
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- Heike Hering
- Center for Learning and Memory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue (E18-215), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Center for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Center for Neuroscience Research, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 77 Massachusetts Avenue (E18-215), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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The distribution of the beta1 integrin subunit was investigated in the developing and adult chick retina at the light and electron microscopic levels, using two different monoclonal antibodies. Western blotting revealed a single band with a molecular weight of approximately 130 kDa in the retina and in a number of other tissues, indicating the specificity of the antibodies. In the retina, immunoreactivity was detected on radial cells spanning the entire width between the pigment epithelium and the vitreal border. These cells were undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells at early stages and radial Müller glial cells at later stages of development. At all stages, the beta1 subunit was concentrated at the vitreal border of the retina around the inner limiting membrane. Mechanical isolation of the inner limiting membrane, as well as immunoelectron microscopy, demonstrated that this immunoreactivity was due to a concentration of the beta1 subunit in the endfeet of neuroepithelial and Müller glial cells. Injection of collagenase into the vitreous of live embryos, a procedure that selectively removes the inner limiting membrane, but does not proteolytically degrade the integrin protein, resulted in a redistribution of the integrin immunoreactivity, demonstrating that the integrity of the basal lamina is required for the maintenance of the concentration of the beta1 subunit in the endfeet. These results suggest a role for the beta1 subunit-containing integrin heterodimers in the adhesion of neuroepithelial and Müller glial cells to extracellular matrix components of the inner limiting membrane, possibly stabilizing the radial morphology of these cells.
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- H Hering
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, D-60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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Stratospheroids are three-dimensional cellular spheres which develop in vitro through the proliferation and differentiation of retinal neuroepithelial precursor cells. We investigated synapse formation in stratospheroids by analyzing the development of aggregates of synapse-associated molecules and of electron microscopically identifiable synaptic specializations. Our results show that the first aggregates of the GABA(A) receptor, the glycine receptor, and gephyrin appear in the inner plexiform layer after 8 days in culture simultaneously with the development of the first active zones and postsynaptic densities. In contrast, presynaptic molecules including synaptophysin could be detected in the inner plexiform layer before synaptogenesis, suggesting functions for these molecules in addition to neurotransmitter exocytosis at mature synapses. Similar to the retina in vivo, synapses were not found in the nuclear layers of stratospheroids. We also analyzed the isoform pattern, expression, and distribution of the extracellular matrix molecule agrin, a key regulator during formation, maintenance, and regeneration of the neuromuscular junction. In stratospheroids, several agrin isoforms were expressed as highly glycosylated proteins with an apparent molecular weight of approximately 400 kDa, similar to the molecular weight of agrin in the retina in vivo. The expression specifically of the neuronal isoforms of agrin was concurrent with the onset of synaptogenesis. Moreover, the neuronal agrin isoforms were exclusively found in the synapse-containing inner plexiform layer, whereas other agrin isoforms were associated also with the inner limiting membrane and with Müller glial cells. These results show that synapse formation is very similar in stratospheroids and in the retina in vivo, and they suggest an important role for agrin during CNS development.
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Deutschordenstrasse 46, Frankfurt, D-60528, Germany
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Layer PG, Rothermel A, Hering H, Wolf B, deGrip WJ, Hicks D, Willbold E. Pigmented epithelium sustains cell proliferation and decreases expression of opsins and acetylcholinesterase in reaggregated chicken retinospheroids. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:1795-803. [PMID: 9383202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb00746.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/05/2023]
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We investigated the effect of the retinal pigmented epithelium on cell proliferation and differentiation in rosetted retinospheroids, which are retina-like spheres reaggregated in the complete absence of retinal pigmented epithelium from dissociated retinal cells of 6-day-old chick embryos in a rotation culture system. In spheroids raised in the absence of retinal pigmented epithelium (controls), acetylcholinesterase was expressed in cells of an inner nuclear-like layer and their neuropil matrices. Moreover, the ratio between rods and cones was found to be approximately normal throughout the spheroid. When spheroids were cultured in the presence of retinal pigmented epithelium monolayers, cell proliferation in spheroids as determined by BrdU labelling was significantly increased and extended for 1 week, while acetylcholinesterase protein levels and specific activities in homogenates were decreased to approximately 30%. At the same time, opsin immunoreactivity was completely suppressed within the spheroid and appeared slowly in cells around its periphery; i.e. the proportion of rhodopsin-positive cells decreased from 14 to 3%. This study reveals that the retinal pigmented epithelium in vitro sustains cell proliferation but inhibits the differentiation of acetylcholinesterase-positive cells and of photoreceptors.
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- P G Layer
- Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute for Zoology, Germany
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The development of synapse-like specializations was investigated in the inner plexiform layer of the developing chick retina by using light and electron microscopy. Six monoclonal antibodies, directed against glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptor subunits, the intracellular receptor-associated protein gephyrin, synaptotagmin, and synaptophysin were used to determine the initial appearance and distribution of their antigens. Synaptophysin and synaptotagmin immunoreactivity was detected in the retina concurrent with the formation of the inner plexiform layer at embryonic day 7. This early appearance before synaptic differentiation, together with the transient expression of synaptotagmin immunoreactivity in the synapse-free optic fiber layer, suggests that in the developing central nervous system (CNS) these proteins are not confined to synapses. The first immunofluorescence signal detected with specific antibodies against the beta 2 and beta 3-subunits of the GABAA receptor, the glycine receptor, and gephyrin appeared at embryonic day 12. In contrast, the alpha 1-subunit of the adult-type glycine receptor heteromeric complex was detectable only at later stages of development, after embryonic day 16, suggesting a change in the subunit composition of some glycine receptor complexes. The staining was clearly punctate, indicating the clustering of the alpha 1-subunit at synapses. Electron microscopic investigation revealed the first postsynaptic densities and active zones in the inner plexiform layer of the retina at embryonic day 12. These results reveal different patterns of development for the investigated pre- and postsynaptic proteins and indicate a parallel appearance of gephyrin, glycine receptor, and the beta 2 and beta 3-subunits of the GABAA receptor with the first synaptic specializations in the inner plexiform layer of the developing chick retina.
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- H Hering
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany
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Ritter G, Beetke E, Bartsch J, Bienengräber V, Sobkowiak EM, Hering P, Hering H. [Results of clinical and histological investigations on the amputation of deciduous pulp with several methods and wound-dressings]. Stomatol DDR 1988; 38:276-82. [PMID: 3201491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Nerman O, Asmussen S, Hering H. Branching Processes. J Am Stat Assoc 1986. [DOI: 10.2307/2289024] [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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Hering H, Hering FJ, Weidner W. [Plasma and urinary CEA-assay in patients with urological tumours (author's transl)]. Urologe A 1976; 15:300-3. [PMID: 1006894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Plasma and urinary carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) assays were performed in 151 patients with urological tumours. CEA measurement is unreliable in renal cell carcinoma and carcinoma of the prostate. However, CEA-assays permit the diagnosis of bladder tumours. The test is particularly useful in the followup and therapeutic control of patients with carcinoma of the bladder.
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Hering H, Hering FJ, Weidner W. [Significance of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in urine and plasma in patients with urinary bladder carcinoma]. Med Welt 1976; 27:920-2. [PMID: 1272056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Doepp M, Grebe SF, Hering H. [Differential diagnosis of thyroid hot nolules using stimulation studies with TRH and TSH]. Med Welt 1976; 27:117-23. [PMID: 814382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Platt D, Hering FJ, Hering H. [Age-dependent biochemical studies on the extrarenal effect of furosemid (author's transl)]. Klin Wochenschr 1975; 53:189-90. [PMID: 164581 DOI: 10.1007/bf01466766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The present study investigated the activities of lysosomal enzymes of the liver after administration of Furosemid. 10 weeks and 1-year old male albino rats were treated with 40 mg Furosemid for 4 subsequent days. According to the method devised by de Duve a sediment rich in lysosomes was produced by fractionated centrifugation and subsequently the enzyme activity of beta-glucuronidase, beta-acetylglucosaminidase, cathepsin D and a collagenolytic enzyme was measured in the sediment as well as in the corresponding lysosomal supernatant. The protein content served as a reference for the enzyme activities. In addition, we investigated the activities of cytoplasmic enzymes such as GOT, GPT, gamma-GT and the alkaline phosphatase. The enzyme activity changes were age-dependent. With Furosemid treatment the activities of beta-glucuronidase and cathepsin D increased in the lysosomal supernatant and the lysosomal sediment of the 1-year old rats, whereas the activities of the collagenolytic enzyme increased in the lysosomal sediment of the same group. In the lysosomal sediment of the 10-weeks old rats a decrease of beta-glucuronidase, beta-acetylglucosaminidase and cathepsin D was observed. These results are discussed in the light of reports from the literature.
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Platt D, Hering H, Hering FJ. [Measurements of lysosomal enzyme activities and leucine incorporation rates in the brains of young and old rats after application of piracetam]. Arzneimittelforschung 1974; 24:1588-90. [PMID: 4479766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Köstler E, Hering H. [Paracombustional skin syndrome--scarlatina-like exanthema]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1974; 68:182-5. [PMID: 4838431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hering H. Supercritical Markov branching processes with general set of types. Probab Theory Relat Fields 1974. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00533367] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Platt D, Hering H, Hering FJ. Age dependent determinations of lysosomal enzyme activities in the liver and brain as well as the measurements of cytoplasmic enzyme activities in the blood of piracetam pre-treated rats. Exp Gerontol 1973; 8:315-24. [PMID: 4149731 DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(73)90012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Köstler E, Hering H. [Prognosis and causes of death in burns]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1973; 67:934-7. [PMID: 4772893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Köstler E, Hering H, Gobbrau G. [Therapy of burns in a dermatological hospital--statistics, local therapy and therapeutic results]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1973; 67:850-6. [PMID: 4588422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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