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Dziedzic A, Wójcik S, Gierczak M, Bernik S, Brguljan N, Reinhardt K, Körner S. Planar Thermoelectric Microgenerators in Application to Power RFID Tags. Sensors (Basel) 2024; 24:1646. [PMID: 38475182 DOI: 10.3390/s24051646] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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This paper presents an innovative approach to the integration of thermoelectric microgenerators (μTEGs) based on thick-film thermopiles of planar constantan-silver (CuNi-Ag) and calcium cobaltite oxide-silver (Ca3Co4O9-Ag) thick-film thermopiles with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The goal was to consider using the TEG for an active or semi-passive RFID tag. The proposed implementation would allow the communication distance to be increased or even operated without changing batteries. This article discusses the principles of planar thermoelectric microgenerators (μTEGs), focusing on their ability to convert the temperature difference into electrical energy. The concept of integration with active or semi-passive tags is presented, as well as the results of energy efficiency tests, considering various environmental conditions. On the basis of the measurements, the parameters of thermopiles consisting of more thermocouples were simulated to provide the required voltage and power for cooperation with RFID tags. The conclusions of the research indicate promising prospects for the integration of planar thermoelectric microgenerators with RFID technology, opening the way to more sustainable and efficient monitoring and identification systems. Our work provides the theoretical basis and practical experimental data for the further development and implementation of this innovative technology.
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- Andrzej Dziedzic
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Fraunhofer IKTS, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277 Dresden, Germany
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Reinhardt K, Thomssen C, Volker H, Tilmann L, Christoph U, Susanne P, Jutta J, Joerg B, Edith W, Karl-Friedrich B, Eva Johanna K, Martina V. Abstract P4-04-03: PIK3CA mutations in breast tumor specimens in a cohort (n=791) of a multicentric study and associations to known prognostic factors and survival data. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p4-04-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:
The PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway plays an important role in cellular processes like proliferation, apoptosis, survival and adhesion of tumor cells. It is one oft the most deregulated pathways in cancer.
In up to 30% of breast cancers, dysregulation of this pathway is reported, resulting from mutations in the PIK3CA gene that encodes the catalytic subunit (p110a). Hotspots of mutations, comprising 86 % of all observed PIK3CA-mutations, were described in exon 9 (helical domain, E542K, G > A; E545K, G > A) and exon 20 (kinase domain, H1047R, A > G). Prevalence and the prognostic impact of the PIK3CA mutations as well as the predictive value with regard to endocrine therapy are controversially discussed.
In this study we describe the prevalence of the three most frequent PIK3CA mutations in a consecutive cohort of breast cancer patients and its association to tumor characteristics, to known prognostic factors and survival data.
Methods:
The cohort consists of 1,047 patients who were newly diagnosed for non-metastatic breast cancer in one of 6 German breast centres from 2009 to 2011 and who were registered within the prospective PiA-study (Prognostic assessment in routine Application, NCT 01592825). DNA of 806 fresh frozen tumors were available for analyzation by qPCR (exon 9: C 763 and C760; exon 20: C 775).
Associations between the PIK3CA mutation status and clinical, pathological parameters were evaluated using binary logistic regression model. Survival probabilities were estimated by Kaplan-Meier-method, Log-Rank-Test and Breslow-Test. Recurrence free interval (RFI) was defined according to STEEP criteria.
Results:
Mutation status for the three most common PIK3CA mutations was available for 791 tumors. The mutation rate was 29.2%. Only two tumors harbored two mutations (C 765, C 763). Tumors with a PIK3CA mutation were significantly more frequent in HR positive tumors (32%; p=0,001), in HER2 negative tumors (31%, p=0,010) and in tumors with low or intermediate histological grade (39%; 32% resp., each p<0,001). In triple negative tumors, PIK3CA mutations were found in 13%. There was no significant association to age, menopausal status, tumor size, nodal status and uPA/PAI-1 status.
Tumors with a PIK3CA mutation showed a slightly better recurrence-free interval (93.6%, CI 93.2-94.01 vs. 90.3%, CI 89.9-90.7). We found a prognostic impact on RFI after 5 ys F/U in patients with HR-negative tumors (93% vs 71%) and those with TNBC (100% vs. 70%).
Conclusion:
PIK3CA mutations occur frequently in breast cancer tumors. We found a prognostic impact only in patients with HR-negative and TNBC tumors.
This data adds important information to the heterogeneous results of other previously published patient cohorts. In summary in our study, tumors that harbour a mutation of the PIK3CA-gene, were associated to prognostically more favorable factors and a better recurrence-free intervall.
Citation Format: Reinhardt K, Thomssen C, Volker H, Tilmann L, Christoph U, Susanne P, Jutta J, Joerg B, Edith W, Karl-Friedrich B, Eva Johanna K, Martina V. PIK3CA mutations in breast tumor specimens in a cohort (n=791) of a multicentric study and associations to known prognostic factors and survival data [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-04-03.
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- K Reinhardt
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; St. Elisabeth & St Barbara Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany; Medical Office Uleer, Hildesheim, Germany; St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany; Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hospital Martha-Maria, Halle (Saale), Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Hildesheim, Germany
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Eick C, Groga-Bada P, Reinhardt K, Duckheim M, Mizera L, Böhm K, Götz N, Gawaz M, Zürn C. Nocturnal respiratory rate as a predictor of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Open Heart 2018; 5:e000887. [PMID: 30487979 PMCID: PMC6241987 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at risk especially in the period shortly after the event. Alterations in respiratory control have been associated with adverse prognosis. The aim of our study was to assess if the nocturnal respiratory rate (NRR) is a predictor of mortality in patients with ACS presenting in the emergency department. Methods Clinically stable consecutive patients with ACS aged ≥ 18 years were prospectively enrolled. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were assessed for all patients. The average NRR over a period of 6 hours was determined by the records of the surveillance monitors in the first night after admission. Primary and secondary endpoints were intrahospital and 2 years all-cause mortality, respectively. Results Of the 860 patients with ACS, 21 (2.4%) died within the intrahospital phase and 108 patients (12.6%) died within the subsequent 2 years. The NRR was a significant predictor of both endpoints and was independent from the GRACE score and LVEF. Implementing the NRR into the GRACE risk model leads to a significant increase of the C-statistics especially for prediction of intrahospital mortality. Conclusion The NRR is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with ACS.
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- Christian Eick
- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Department of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Tiffany K, Arnholt A, Arzumanyan D, Arzumanyan L, Barber M, Copes E, Crow T, Esser E, Kuborn A, Reinhardt K, Tiffany B, Woods A, Sahoo D. In with the Good and out with the Bad – The Role of SR‐B1 in Lowering Blood Cholesterol Levels. FASEB J 2018. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.lb208] [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: 11/11/2022]
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- Cedarburg High SchoolCedarburgWI
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- Cedarburg High SchoolCedarburgWI
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- Cedarburg High SchoolCedarburgWI
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- Cedarburg High SchoolCedarburgWI
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Dobler R, Reinhardt K. Heritability, evolvability, phenotypic plasticity and temporal variation in sperm-competition success of Drosophila melanogaster. J Evol Biol 2016; 29:929-41. [PMID: 26990919 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sperm-competition success (SCS) is seen as centrally important for evolutionary change: superior fathers sire superior sons and thereby inherit the traits that make them superior. Additional hypotheses, that phenotypic plasticity in SCS and sperm ageing explain variation in paternity, are less considered. Even though various alleles have individually been shown to be correlated with variation in SCS, few studies have addressed the heritability, or evolvability, of overall SCS. Those studies that have addressed found low or no heritability and have not examined evolvability. They have further not excluded phenotypic plasticity, and temporal effects on SCS, despite their known dramatic effects on sperm function. In Drosophila melanogaster, we found that both standard components of sperm competition, sperm defence and sperm offence, showed nonsignificant heritability across several offspring cohorts. Instead, our analysis revealed, for the first time, the existence of phenotypic plasticity in SCS across an extreme environment (5% CO2 ), and an influence of sperm ageing. Evolvability of SCS was substantial for sperm defence but weak for sperm offence. Our results suggest that the paradigm of explaining evolution by sperm competition is more complex and will benefit from further experimental work on the heritability or evolvability of SCS, measuring phenotypic plasticity, and separating the effects of sperm competition and sperm ageing.
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- R Dobler
- Department of Biology, Applied Zoology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,University of Tübingen, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Applied Zoology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,University of Tübingen, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Tübingen, Germany
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Vetter M, Reinhardt K, Stückrath K, Ditttmer J, Thomssen C, Kantelhardt EJ. Prävalenz von PIK3CA-Genmutationen beim Mammakarzinom. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1388387] [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: 10/24/2022] Open
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Ollig S, Kieback DG, Reinhardt K, Suesse A, Hamann C. Die Kolposuspension mit BSC transischiorektal – 5-Jahres Langzeitergebnisse. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1388254] [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: 10/24/2022] Open
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Reinhardt K, Stückrath K, Kantelhardt E, Thomssen C, Vetter M. Prävalenz von PIK3CA-Genmutationen beim Mammakarzinom. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1376511] [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: 10/25/2022] Open
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Reinhardt K, Weiss S, Rosenbauer J, Gärtner J, von Kries R. Multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents: incidence and clinical picture - new insights from the nationwide German surveillance (2009-2011). Eur J Neurol 2014; 21:654-9. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- K. Reinhardt
- Division of Pediatric Neurology; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; University Medicine Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology; Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich; Munich Germany
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- German Diabetes Center; Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology; Leibniz Institute for Diabetes Research; Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf; Düsseldorf Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; University Medicine Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology; Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich; Munich Germany
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Maroz A, Stachorski L, Emmrich S, Reinhardt K, Xu J, Shao Z, Käbler S, Dertmann T, Hitzler J, Roberts I, Vyas P, Juban G, Hennig C, Hansen G, Li Z, Orkin S, Reinhardt D, Klusmann JH. GATA1s induces hyperproliferation of eosinophil precursors in Down syndrome transient leukemia. Leukemia 2013; 28:1259-70. [PMID: 24336126 PMCID: PMC4047213 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Transient leukemia (TL) is evident in 5–10% of all neonates with Down syndrome (DS) and associated with N-terminal truncating GATA1-mutations (GATA1s). Here we report that TL cell clones generate abundant eosinophils in a substantial fraction of patients. Sorted eosinophils from patients with TL and eosinophilia carried the same GATA1s-mutation as sorted TL-blasts, consistent with their clonal origin. TL-blasts exhibited a genetic program characteristic of eosinophils and differentiated along the eosinophil lineage in vitro. Similarly, ectopic expression of Gata1s, but not Gata1, in wild-type CD34+-hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells induced hyperproliferation of eosinophil promyelocytes in vitro. While GATA1s retained the function of GATA1 to induce eosinophil genes by occupying their promoter regions, GATA1s was impaired in its ability to repress oncogenic MYC and the pro-proliferative E2F transcription network. ChIP-seq indicated reduced GATA1s occupancy at the MYC promoter. Knockdown of MYC, or the obligate E2F-cooperation partner DP1, rescued the GATA1s-induced hyperproliferative phenotype. In agreement, terminal eosinophil maturation was blocked in Gata1Δe2 knockin mice, exclusively expressing Gata1s, leading to accumulation of eosinophil precursors in blood and bone marrow. These data suggest a direct relationship between the N-terminal truncating mutations of GATA1 and clonal eosinophilia in DS patients.
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- A Maroz
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- 1] Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA [3] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- 1] Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA [3] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Oxford University Department of Paediatrics, Childrens Hospital and Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
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- 1] MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [2] Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospital, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- 1] MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [2] Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospital, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- 1] Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA [3] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Reinhardt D, Reinhardt K, Neuhoff C, Sander A, Klusmann JH, Pekrun A, Sauerbrey A, von Stackelberg A, Rössig C, Creutzig U, Kolenova A. [GATA1-mutation associated leukemia in children with trisomy 21 mosaic]. Klin Padiatr 2012; 224:153-5. [PMID: 22513796 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1308988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Mutations of the hematopoietic transcription factor GATA1 (GATA1s) are pathognomonic in newborn with transient leukemia and children with Down syndrome and myeloid leukemia (ML-DS). Both TL and ML-DS can also occur in children with trisomy 21 mosaic.Between 2002 and 2011, 15 newborns and infants were diagnosed with DS mosaic. 9 of them presented with TL and 8 children suffered from ML-DS; 2 of them with a history of TL. In children without stigmata the special morphology and immunophenotype of blasts triggered the screening for GATA1 mutation and trisomy 21 mosaic.All newborns with TL achieved complete remission (CR). Due to clinical symptoms caused by the leukemic blasts, in 3 children low-dose cytarabine was applied. 1 patient died due to cardiac defect. In all patients GATA 1 s was confirmed. 6 children with ML-DS were initially treated according the AML-BFM protocol. After ML-DS was confirmed, therapy was continued with the intensity reduced schedule according to the ML-DS 2006 protocol. All children are still in CR (follow-up 1.8-7 years, median 2.7 yrs). 2 children with unknown trisomy 21 mosaic were diagnosed as acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) and treated according the high risk arm of the AML-BFM 2004 including allogeneic stem cell transplantation in one child). GATA1 mutation was identified retrospectively. Both children are alive in CR.GATA1s associated leukemia has to be excluded in all young children with AMKL (<5 years old) to prevent overtreatment. Treatment with reduced intensity seems sufficient in children trisomy 21 mosaic and ML-DS.
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- D Reinhardt
- Kinderheilkunde, Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie, Medizinische -Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, Hannover.
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Roessler M, Reinhardt K, Lühmann U, Bickel A, Braun J, Böhne S, Gerberding B, Hamann A, Homann M, Monnig M, Panzer W, Ruff S, Flemming A. [Interhospital transport of intensive care patients in Lower Saxony : statewide need-based and effective management]. Anaesthesist 2011; 60:759-71. [PMID: 21842251 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-011-1925-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since 2007 interhospital transport of intensive care patients in Lower Saxony appertains to the performance requirements of emergency medical services. Against this background the Working Group for Evaluation of Intensive Care Transport (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evaluation Intensivverlegung) was established. This group formulated standardized definitions for the requirements of intensive care transport vehicles and a federal statewide monitoring of intensive care transport was implemented to analyze if simultaneously on-call intensive care transport systems (intensive care helicopter and ground based mobile intensive care units) can be deployed need-based and efficiently. METHODS A prospective follow-up study and evaluation of intensive care transport in Lower Saxony between April 1(st) 2008 and July 31(st) 2010 was carried out. RESULTS A total of 6,779 data records were evaluated in this study of which 4,941 (72.9%) missions were located in Lower Saxony, 2,928 (43.2%) missions were carried out by helicopters and 3,851 (56.8%) by ground based mobile intensive care units. The mean duration of a mission was 3 h 59min±2 h 25 min, 4 h 39 min±2 h 23 min by ground based mobile intensive care units and 2 h 21 in±30 min by helicopter units. All systems proved to be feasible for intensive care transport. The degree of urgency was estimated correctly in 94.8% of the evaluated missions and 58.0% of the transfers could not be deployed. In 76.8% patients were transferred to hospitals with a higher level of medical care, 51.7% of patients were transferred for intensive care therapy and 40.4% for an operation/intervention. Of the patients 38.2% required mechanical ventilation and in 48.3% invasive monitoring was carried out. CONCLUSION Interhospital transfer of intensive care patients can be carried out need-based with a limited number of intensive care transport vehicles if the missions are deployed effectively by standardized disposition in accordance with performance requirements.
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- M Roessler
- Zentrum Anaesthesiologie, Rettungs- und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland.
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Reinhardt K. [Not Available]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2011; 100:118. [PMID: 21249642 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Reinhardt K. [Physician art column]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2011; 100:54. [PMID: 21210364 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is currently considered a severe relapsing CNS demyelinating disorder that is associated with aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (NMO-IgG) while in earlier reports of NMO in childhood it has been described as a benign and monophasic disorder. This study was performed to analyze the prevalence and the clinical course of NMO in a European pediatric cohort of patients with demyelinating CNS disorders. METHODS A cohort study was performed evaluating 118 pediatric patients presenting at the Center for Multiple Sclerosis in Childhood and Adolescents, Göttingen, Germany, with demyelinating CNS disorders between 2000 and 2009. In all patients, NMO-IgG status was determined. RESULTS The majority of patients (94%) were diagnosed with remitting recurrent multiple sclerosis. Six patients fulfilled the clinical criteria for NMO but only 1 was seropositive for NMO-IgG. This patient had a severe relapsing course in contrast to the seronegative patients who showed a mild and in the majority of cases monophasic course. CONCLUSIONS The diagnostic criteria clearly distinguished the patients with NMO from patients with other demyelinating CNS disorders. In the European pediatric population, NMO is very rare and in the majority of patients not associated with NMO-IgG. These seronegative cases have a benign and predominantly monophasic course and therefore do not need the immunosuppressant therapy that is recommended for NMO in the recent literature.
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- P Huppke
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Georg August University, Faculty of Medicine, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany.
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Reinhardt K. [Physician art column. By no means popular]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2010; 99:1310. [PMID: 20960406 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Reinhardt K. [Physician art column]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2010; 99:392. [PMID: 20235035 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Reinhardt K, Isaac D, Naylor R. Estimating the feeding rate of the bedbug Cimex lectularius in an infested room: an inexpensive method and a case study. Med Vet Entomol 2010; 24:46-54. [PMID: 20377731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00847.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The common bedbug, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), is a globally re-emerging pest that is playing an increasing role in legal disputes and compensation claims as a result of its unpleasant feeding activity. However, there is little information about the feeding frequency of bedbugs outside controlled laboratory cultures. Here, we present a simple method of estimating the average time since the last bloodmeal of individual female bedbugs in a single sampling event, applicable to a single bedbug harbourage or an entire room. Using the temperature-dependent rate of decrease in the abdomen size of the bedbug after a bloodmeal, we found that, in a highly infested room kept at a constant temperature of 26 degrees C, females fed every 2.5 days on average. Our method corrects for variations in body size across different populations and determines the shrinkage that occurs when individuals are preserved in ethanol. This method should, therefore, be widely applicable. It is cheap, rapid and, if coupled with information on the total number of bedbugs present in a room, allows for the estimation of the minimum number of times persons lodging in a room have been bitten by bedbugs. This method can also be used to calculate the feeding rate of other blood-sucking insects on their hosts. The sex ratio in the infestation was female-biased. Finally, our case study suggests that individual female bedbugs within a harbourage do not seem to feed at a regular rate, but tend to synchronize feeding patterns.
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- K Reinhardt
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Reinhardt K, Grapp M, Schlachter K, Brück W, Gärtner J, Steinfeld R. Novel CLN8 mutations confirm the clinical and ethnic diversity of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Clin Genet 2009; 77:79-85. [PMID: 19807737 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of inherited lysosomal storage diseases and the prototype of childhood onset neurodegenerative disorders. To date, 10 NCL entities (CLN1-CLN10) are known and characterized by accumulation of autofluorescent storage material, age of onset and clinical symptoms. CLN8 was first identified as the causative gene for a late-onset form with progressive epilepsy and mental retardation in Finnish patients. In addition, CLN8 phenotypes were described in Turkish, Israeli and Italian patients with a more rapid progression of visual loss, epilepsy, ataxia and mental decline. Here, we report the first mutations in German (c.611G>T) and Pakistani (c.709G>A) patients. Our findings confirm previous assumptions that the CLN8 variant can occur in many ethnic groups. So far, large CLN gene deletions are only known for the CLN3 gene. Here, we also describe a novel, large CLN8 gene deletion c.544-2566_590del2613 in a Turkish family with a slightly more severe phenotype. Our data indicate that patients with clinical signs of late infantile NCL and characteristic ultrastructural inclusions should also be screened for CLN8 mutations independent of their ethnic origin.
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- K Reinhardt
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Observations of extreme unilateral widening of Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS) are rare and hitherto confined to adult, mainly old-aged patients. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in two unrelated boys aged 3 years with developmental coordination disorders. In one of these patients, follow-up MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were carried out 5 years later. In both boys, MRI incidentally revealed numerous intracerebral cysts strictly confined to one hemisphere. Localization, size, shape, and signal isointensity to cerebrospinal fluid indicated unilateral marked widening of VRS. In one patient, follow-up investigation after 5 years showed unchanged dilation of VRS on MRI, but mild facial hemihypertrophy, ipsilateral to the widened VRS. DTI indicated displacement rather than disruption of fiber tracks adjacent to the dilated VRS. Unilateral widening of VRS may be detected fortuitously on neuroimaging already in early childhood.
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- K Brockmann
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
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Reinhardt K. Ein Jodöl-Sulfonamidpudergemisch als Bronchographiekontrastmittel. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1232275] [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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Reinhardt K. Mikromelie der linken oberen Extremität Isoliertes Akromeon beiderseits Kongenitaler Vorhofseptumdefekt. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1228988] [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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Reinhardt K. Der Processus paracondyloideus seu paramastoideus seu paroccipitalis und der Processus supratransversarius des Atlas. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1227676] [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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Reinhardt K. Verkalkungen und Verknöcherungen am Unterschenkel bei Venenerkrankungen*. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1227157] [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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Reinhardt K. Ein Beitrag zur arthrographischen Symptomatik und zur Klinik der Popliteazysten und der popliteogenen Unterschenkelzysten (Baker-Zysten). ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1229206] [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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Reinhardt K, Pfeiffer R. Ulno-fibulare Dysplasie. Eine autosomal-dominant vererbte Mikromesomelie ähnlich dem Nievergeltsyndrom. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1228228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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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Reinhardt K. Diskussionsbemerkung zu der Arbeit von W. Widok und W. Schmerwitz: Myelographie mit einer resorbierbaren Suspension Fortschritte Röntgenstrahlen 108 (1968), 151—162. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1228496] [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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Reinhardt K. Eine doppelseitige Anomalie am lateralen Klavikuladrittel, bestehend aus einer bogenförmigen Duplikatur des Knochens in Richtung auf das Coracoid und aus akzessorischen Knochenelementen. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1228959] [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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Wesolowski J, Hassan RYA, Reinhardt K, Hodde S, Bilitewski U. Antifungal compounds redirect metabolic pathways in yeasts: metabolites as indicators of modes of action. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 108:462-71. [PMID: 19645763 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Metabolic pathways, e.g. biosynthesis of ergosterol or carbohydrate metabolism including respiration, are well-known targets of several fungicides. With our study we wanted to prove that metabolite profiles can be used to classify fungicides according to their mode of action and that concentrations of key metabolites are changed even without detectable reduced growth rates. METHODS AND RESULTS We exposed the yeasts Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae to inhibitors of the electron transport chain and to compounds known to interact with osmotic stress defence pathways. Glycerol and ethanol were chosen as key metabolites of branches of glucose catabolism. Increased glycerol concentrations were observed not only when the osmotic stress response was activated, but also as response to the inhibition of the electron transfer chain, whereas elevated ethanol levels were observed only when the respiratory pathways were blocked. CONCLUSIONS The treatment of the yeasts Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae with antimycotic compounds led to a redirection of metabolic pathways, which could be followed by the quantification of both the metabolites ethanol and glycerol. Only the combination of both concentration profiles allowed the clear distinction between inhibitors of the respiratory chain and effects on the osmotic stress response pathway. IMPACT OF STUDY: The extension of the number of metabolites to a comprehensive quantitative metabolic profile of compound-treated test organisms can be an additional tool in fungicide research allowing the detection of compounds which act on fungi and, moreover, the elucidation of modes of action.
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- J Wesolowski
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Research Group Biological Systems Analysis, Inhoffenstr, Braunschweig, Germany
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Bedbugs are a public health problem and can cause significant economic losses, but little is known about the effects of bites on humans. We reviewed case reports and published papers on bedbug bites to assess the empirical basis of the commonly cited figure that only approximately 80% of the population are sensitive to bedbug bites. We found the sensitivity estimate to be based on only one study carried out 80 years ago. However, this study did not account for the now well-established fact that only repeated exposure to external allergens leads to skin reactions. In our sample, 18 of 19 persons showed a skin reaction after bedbug exposure, but in most cases only after repeated controlled exposure. With repeated exposure, the latency between bite and skin reactions decreased from approximately 10 days to a few seconds. Our results are relevant for the hospitality industry, where apparently increasing infestation rates are likely to lead to an increase in the number of tourists and hotel employees exposed to bedbugs. Medical and public health professionals may expect to see an increase in the prevalence of people with bedbug bite sensitivity. The significance of the delayed reaction time of skin to bites may also have implications in litigation cases where people seek compensation.
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- K Reinhardt
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Road, London El 4NS, UK
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- Institut für Ökologie, Biologisch‐Pharmazeutische Fakultät, Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universität, Neugasse 23, D‐07743 Jena, Germany
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Yunt Z, Reinhardt K, Li A, Engeser M, Dahse HM, Gütschow M, Bruhn T, Bringmann G, Piel J. Cleavage of four carbon-carbon bonds during biosynthesis of the griseorhodin a spiroketal pharmacophore. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:2297-305. [PMID: 19175308 DOI: 10.1021/ja807827k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The rubromycins, such as gamma-rubromycin, heliquinomycin, and griseorhodin A, are a family of extensively modified aromatic polyketides that inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase and human telomerase. Telomerase inhibition crucially depends on the presence of a spiroketal moiety that is unique among aromatic polyketides. Biosynthetic incorporation of this pharmacophore into the rubromycins results in a dramatic distortion of the overall polyketide structure, but how this process is achieved by the cell has been obscure. To identify the enzymes involved in spiroketal construction, we generated 14 gene-deletion variants of the griseorhodin A biosynthetic gene cluster isolated from the tunicate-associated bacterium Streptomyces sp. JP95. Heterologous expression and metabolic analysis allowed for an assignment of most genes to various stages of griseorhodin tailoring and pharmacophore generation. The isolation of the novel advanced intermediate lenticulone, which exhibits cytotoxic, antibacterial, and elastase-inhibiting activity, provided direct evidence that the spiroketal is formed by cleavage of four carbon-carbon bonds in a pentangular polyketide precursor. This remarkable transformation is followed by an epoxidation catalyzed by an unusual cytochrome P450/NADPH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase pair that utilizes a saturated substrate. In addition, the absolute configuration of griseorhodin A was determined by quantum-chemical circular dichroism (CD) calculations in combination with experimental CD measurements.
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- Zeynep Yunt
- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Scharn N, Ballmaier M, Reinhardt K, Ehlers S, Zimmermann M, Welte K, Reinhardt D, Germeshausen M. CSF3Rmutations in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2009; 144:140-2. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07440.x] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Reinhardt K. Intimaverletzungen an der A. ilica externa und der A. axillaris bei der Angiographie. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099211] [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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Lackner G, Schenk A, Xu Z, Reinhardt K, Yunt ZS, Piel J, Hertweck C. Biosynthesis of pentangular polyphenols: deductions from the benastatin and griseorhodin pathways. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:9306-12. [PMID: 17625850 DOI: 10.1021/ja0718624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/30/2022]
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The benastatins, pradimicins, fredericamycins, and members of the griseorhodin/rubromycin family represent a structurally and functionally diverse group of long-chain polyphenols from actinomycetes. Comparison of their biosynthetic gene clusters (ben, prm, fdm, grh, rub) revealed that all loci harbor genes coding for a similar, yet uncharacterized, type of ketoreductases. In a phylogenetic survey of representative KRs involved in type II PKS systems, we found that it is generally possible to deduce the KR regiospecificity (C-9, C-15, C17) from the amino acid sequence and thus to predict the nature of the aromatic polyketide (e.g., angucycline, anthracycline, benzoisochromanequinones). We hypothezised that the new clade of KRs is characteristic for biosynthesis of polyphenols with an extended angular architecture we termed "pentangular". To test this hypothesis, we demonstrated the biogenetic relationship between benastatin and the structurally unrelated spiro ketal griseorhodin by generating a mutant producing collinone, a pentangular pathway intermediate. The benastatin pathway served as a model to characterize the KR. Gene inactivation of benL resulted in the formation of a series of 19-hydroxy benastatin and bequinostatin derivatives (e.g., benastatin K and benastatin L). These results clearly showed that BenL functions as a C-19 KR in pentangular pathways.
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- Gerald Lackner
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knöll-Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, Jena, Germany
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Kiesslich R, Moenk S, Reinhardt K, Kanzler S, Schilling D, Jakobs R, Denzer U, Neumann M, Vollmer J, Schütz M, Heinrichs W, Neurath MF, Galle PR. [Combined simulation training: a new concept and workshop is useful for crisis management in gastrointestinal endoscopy]. Z Gastroenterol 2005; 43:1031-9. [PMID: 16142611 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Crisis management as well as realistic emergency situations can be trained in the new developed simulation workshop "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Crisis Resource Management" by combining a full-scale simulator and the Erlanger Endoscopy Trainer. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the efficiency of the newly developed simulation workshop. METHODS Endoscopists with more than 12 months experience can train their endoscopic skills and crisis resource management with the help of different simulators. In addition, two different scenarios (GI bleeding with significant blood loss and sedation overdoses) embedded in a realistic surrounding (emergency room) have to be managed by the participants. Vital parameters, endoscopic skills, as well as personal interactions were recorded and graded. RESULTS 100 participants took part in the newly developed workshop (between June and December 2003). The participants showed a significantly better endoscopic performance and a significantly better crisis management after the standardized training program. CONCLUSIONS Simulation training plays an essential role in aviation and minimizes the risk for human errors. In the current study it is clearly shown that simulation training is also useful in gastrointestinal endoscopy. The newly developed workshop may thus be of crucial importance to improve personal crisis management. Simulation also leads to an improvement of endoscopic and emergency skills. Accordingly, simulation training should be recommended or offered as an education option in gastrointestinal endoscopy.
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- I. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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We investigated sperm storage by females of a predatory bug, Nabis rugosus, before and after hibernation and with regard to nutritional status. In the field, females had more sperm available before than after hibernation. Food-deprived females maintained fewer sperm than fed females before but not after hibernation. However, after hibernation food-deprived females suppressed egg production rather than decreasing sperm-storage efficiency. Because mated females did not exhibit increased overwinter survival relative to virgin females there is a low likelihood of direct benefits in the form of ejaculate-derived nutrients. If nutrition-dependent sperm storage by females is widespread in the animal kingdom, our findings may have important implications for the understanding of postcopulatory sexual selection and the evolution of food gifts.
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- Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Institute of Ecology, Dornburger Strasse 159, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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