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Vonrhein C, Flensburg C, Keller P, Fogh R, Sharff A, Tickle IJ, Bricogne G. Advanced exploitation of unmerged reflection data during processing and refinement with autoPROC and BUSTER. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2024; 80:148-158. [PMID: 38411552 PMCID: PMC10910543 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798324001487] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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The validation of structural models obtained by macromolecular X-ray crystallography against experimental diffraction data, whether before deposition into the PDB or after, is typically carried out exclusively against the merged data that are eventually archived along with the atomic coordinates. It is shown here that the availability of unmerged reflection data enables valuable additional analyses to be performed that yield improvements in the final models, and tools are presented to implement them, together with examples of the results to which they give access. The first example is the automatic identification and removal of image ranges affected by loss of crystal centering or by excessive decay of the diffraction pattern as a result of radiation damage. The second example is the `reflection-auditing' process, whereby individual merged data items showing especially poor agreement with model predictions during refinement are investigated thanks to the specific metadata (such as image number and detector position) that are available for the corresponding unmerged data, potentially revealing previously undiagnosed instrumental, experimental or processing problems. The third example is the calculation of so-called F(early) - F(late) maps from carefully selected subsets of unmerged amplitude data, which can not only highlight the location and extent of radiation damage but can also provide guidance towards suitable fine-grained parametrizations to model the localized effects of such damage.
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- Clemens Vonrhein
- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Rovó A, Gavillet M, Drexler B, Keller P, Schneider JS, Colucci G, Beauverd Y, van Dorland HA, Pollak M, Schmidt A, De Gottardi A, Bissig M, Lehmann T, Duchosal MA, Zeerleder S. Swiss Survey on current practices and opinions on clinical constellations triggering the search for PNH clones. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1200431. [PMID: 37564039 PMCID: PMC10410560 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1200431] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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This national survey investigated the current practice in Switzerland by collecting participants' opinions on paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) clone assessment and clinical practice. Aim This study aimed to investigate clinical indications prompting PNH clones' assessment and physician's accessibility of a flow cytometry facility, and also to understand clinical attitudes on the follow-up (FU) of patients with PNH clones. Methods The survey includes 16 multiple-choice questions related to PNH and targets physicians with a definite level of experience in the topic using two screener questions. Opinion on clinical management was collected using hypothetical clinical situations. Each participant had the option of being contacted to further discuss the survey results. This was an online survey, and 264 physicians were contacted through email once a week for 5 weeks from September 2020. Results In total, 64 physicians (24.2%) from 23 institutions participated (81.3% hematologists and 67.2% from university hospitals). All had access to flow cytometry for PNH clone testing, with 76.6% having access within their own institution. The main reasons to assess for PNH clones were unexplained thrombosis and/or hemolysis, and/or aplastic anemia (AA). Patients in FU for PNH clones were more likely to be aplastic anemia (AA) and symptomatic PNH. In total, 61% of the participants investigated PNH clones repetitively during FU in AA/myelodysplastic syndromes patients, even when there was no PNH clone found at diagnosis, and 75% of the participants tested at least once a year during FU. Opinions related to clinical management were scattered. Conclusion The need to adhere to guidelines for the assessment, interpretation, and reporting of PNH clones emerges as the most important finding, as well as consensus for the management of less well-defined clinical situations. Even though there are several international guidelines, clear information addressing specific topics such as the type of anticoagulant to use and its duration, as well as the indication for treatment with complement inhibitors in some borderline situations are needed. The analysis and the discussion of this survey provide the basis for understanding the unmet needs of PNH clone assessment and clinical practice in Switzerland.
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- Alicia Rovó
- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Municipal Hospital Zurich Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Servizio di Gastroenterología e Epatologia, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Clinic for Medical Oncology and Hematology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Margini C, Maldonado R, Keller P, Banz Y, Escher R, Waldegg G. Fever of Unknown Origin, a Vascular Event, and Immunosuppression in Tick-Endemic Areas: Think About Neoehrlichiosis. Cureus 2023; 15:e40617. [PMID: 37476120 PMCID: PMC10354681 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.40617] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Three patients were referred to our hospital because of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and thrombosis or thrombophlebitis. All of them had been under immunosuppression (IS) with rituximab. Intensive diagnostics for FUO and blood cultures remained negative. Finally, the association of fever, immunosuppression, and a vascular event led to the suspicion of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (CNM) infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the peripheral blood. Therapy with doxycycline or rifampicin led to the resolution of the disease. A liver biopsy was performed in one patient due to hepatomegaly and elevated liver enzymes demonstrating hemophagocytosis. To our knowledge, this is the first histopathological study of liver tissue in CNM infection. The evidence of hemophagocytosis raises the question of whether symptomatic CNM infection might be in part related to host inflammatory and immune responses.
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- Infectious Disease, University of Bern, Bern, CHE
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- Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, CHE
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Di Pilato M, Gao Y, Sun Y, Fu A, Grass C, Seeholzer T, Feederle R, Mazo I, Kazer SW, Litchfield K, von Andrian UH, Mempel TR, Jenkins RW, Krappmann D, Keller P. Translational Studies Using the MALT1 Inhibitor ( S)-Mepazine to Induce Treg Fragility and Potentiate Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Cancer. J Immunother Precis Oncol 2023; 6:61-73. [PMID: 37214210 PMCID: PMC10195017 DOI: 10.36401/jipo-22-18] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Introduction Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis but also protect tumors from immune-mediated growth control or rejection and pose a significant barrier to effective immunotherapy. Inhibition of MALT1 paracaspase activity can selectively reprogram immune-suppressive Tregs in the tumor microenvironment to adopt a proinflammatory fragile state, which offers an opportunity to impede tumor growth and enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint therapy (ICT). Methods We performed preclinical studies with the orally available allosteric MALT1 inhibitor (S)-mepazine as a single-agent and in combination with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ICT to investigate its pharmacokinetic properties and antitumor effects in several murine tumor models as well as patient-derived organotypic tumor spheroids (PDOTS). Results (S)-mepazine demonstrated significant antitumor effects and was synergistic with anti-PD-1 therapy in vivo and ex vivo but did not affect circulating Treg frequencies in healthy rats at effective doses. Pharmacokinetic profiling revealed favorable drug accumulation in tumors to concentrations that effectively blocked MALT1 activity, potentially explaining preferential effects on tumor-infiltrating over systemic Tregs. Conclusions The MALT1 inhibitor (S)-mepazine showed single-agent anticancer activity and presents a promising opportunity for combination with PD-1 pathway-targeted ICT. Activity in syngeneic tumor models and human PDOTS was likely mediated by induction of tumor-associated Treg fragility. This translational study supports ongoing clinical investigations (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04859777) of MPT-0118, (S)-mepazine succinate, in patients with advanced or metastatic treatment-refractory solid tumors.
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- Mauro Di Pilato
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Monopteros Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Research Unit Signaling and Translation - Signaling and Immunity, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics Center, Helmholtz Munich–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Signaling and Translation - Signaling and Immunity, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics Center, Helmholtz Munich–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Monoclonal Antibody Core Facility, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Monopteros Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Monopteros Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Research Unit Signaling and Translation - Signaling and Immunity, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics Center, Helmholtz Munich–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Magoye E, Nägeli L, Bühlmann A, Hilber-Bodmer M, Keller P, Mühlethaler K, Riat A, Schrenzel J, Freimoser FM. Clinical Aureobasidium Isolates Are More Fungicide Sensitive than Many Agricultural Isolates. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0529922. [PMID: 36943135 PMCID: PMC10100788 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05299-22] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Fungicide applications in agriculture and medicine can promote the evolution of resistant, pathogenic fungi, which is a growing problem for disease management in both settings. Nonpathogenic mycobiota are also exposed to fungicides, may become tolerant, and could turn into agricultural or medical problems, for example, due to climate change or in immunocompromised individuals. However, quantitative data about fungicide sensitivity of environmental fungi is mostly lacking. Aureobasidium species are widely distributed and frequently isolated yeast-like fungi. One species, A. pullulans, is used as a biocontrol agent, but is also encountered in clinical samples, regularly. Here, we compared 16 clinical and 30 agricultural Aureobasidium isolates based on whole-genome data and by sensitivity testing with the 3 fungicides captan, cyprodinil, and difenoconazole. Our phylogenetic analyses determined that 7 of the 16 clinical isolates did not belong to the species A. pullulans. These isolates clustered with other Aureobasidium species, including A. melanogenum, a recently separated species that expresses virulence traits that are mostly lacking in A. pullulans. Interestingly, the clinical Aureobasidium isolates were significantly more fungicide sensitive than many isolates from agricultural samples, which implies selection for fungicide tolerance of non-target fungi in agricultural ecosystems. IMPORTANCE Environmental microbiota are regularly found in clinical samples and can cause disease, in particular, in immunocompromised individuals. Organisms of the genus Aureobasidium belonging to this group are highly abundant, and some species are even described as pathogens. Many A. pullulans isolates from agricultural samples are tolerant to different fungicides, and it seems inevitable that such strains will eventually appear in the clinics. Selection for fungicide tolerance would be particularly worrisome for species A. melanogenum, which is also found in the environment and exhibits virulence traits. Based on our observation and the strains tested here, clinical Aureobasidium isolates are still fungicide sensitive. We, therefore, suggest monitoring fungicide sensitivity in species, such as A. pullulans and A. melanogenum, and to consider the development of fungicide tolerance in the evaluation process of fungicides.
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- Electine Magoye
- Agroscope, Research Division Plant Protection, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Division Plant Protection, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Division Food Microbial Systems, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Diagnostics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Diagnostics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Lass J, Jacobsen H, Krighaar KML, Graf D, Groitl F, Herzog F, Yamada M, Kägi C, Müller RA, Bürge R, Schild M, Lehmann MS, Bollhalder A, Keller P, Bartkowiak M, Filges U, Greuter U, Theidel G, Rønnow HM, Niedermayer C, Mazzone DG. Commissioning of the novel Continuous Angle Multi-energy Analysis spectrometer at the Paul Scherrer Institut. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:023302. [PMID: 36859005 DOI: 10.1063/5.0128226] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report on the commissioning results of the cold neutron multiplexing secondary spectrometer CAMEA (Continuous Angle Multi-Energy Analysis) at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland. CAMEA is optimized for efficient data acquisition of scattered neutrons in the horizontal scattering plane, allowing for detailed and rapid mapping of low-energy excitations under extreme sample environment conditions.
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- Jakob Lass
- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Nanoscience Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Particle Physics, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Weil S, Azorín DD, Jung E, Higgins J, Mohammed H, Reckless J, Ramsden N, Keller P, Grainger D, Wick W, Winkler F. EXTH-07. AN ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AGAINST TUMOR MICROTUBES IN GLIOBLASTOMA AS A NEW THERAPEUTIC OPTION TO IMPROVE TUMOR SPECIFIC THERAPY. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.806] [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] Open
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Glioblastomas are known to be highly therapy resistant tumors. The description of tumor microtubes (TMs) as long cellular protrusions that connect glioblastoma cells to a network resistant against all standard therapies advanced the basic biological understanding of the disease and offers a new therapeutic target. An antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) against the production of a protein involved in formation and function of TMs was developed and tested in a xenograft mouse model of human glioblastoma cells. After the implantation of fluorescent tumor cells under a chronic cranial window and the establishment of the tumor, the ASO treatment was started with a continuous micropump application directly into the central nervous system (CNS) and treatment effects were observed in a two-photon microscope. Furthermore, co-treatment with irradiation was tested and tumor size as well as protein expression evaluated in and ex vivo. This led to the conclusion that the setup of combined continuous pump application and two photon microscopy is technically feasible and tolerable. It offers the possibility of applying compounds directly into the CNS under live and longitudinal readouts. The fluorescently tagged ASO was traced in the brain parenchyma over weeks proving a high stability of the compound. In combination with radiotherapy, animals treated with the active ASO against the protein of formation and function of TMs showed a smaller tumor size than animals treated with radiotherapy and the non-targeting ASO. The targeted protein was expressed less in the treated animals then the animals receiving the control ASO and the extend of protein expression correlated with tumor size. Hence, after successful therapies with ASOs in other neurologic diseases and the need for better therapeutic options for glioblastoma patients, the development of an ASO against a protein involved in the TM formation and function offers a new therapeutic option with high translational potential.
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- Sophie Weil
- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg , Baden-Wurttemberg , Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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Harden SR, Schuurman N, Keller P, Lear SA. Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with Running in Metro Vancouver: A Preliminary Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:14328. [PMID: 36361206 PMCID: PMC9658309 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114328] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Running can improve physical health and psychological wellbeing. However, the characteristics of conducive running environments are relatively unknown. This study determines neighborhood factors that attract running and explores how age and gender mediate built environment preferences. Spatial patterns of runners in Metro Vancouver were identified using crowdsourced fitness data from Strava, a popular application for tracking physical activities. The influence of socio-economic status (SES), green and/or blue space, and urbanicity on route popularity was assessed using a Generalized Linear Model (GLM). The influence of these neighborhood variables was also calculated for runners by age and gender. The results show high neighborhood SES, the presence of green and/or blue space, and high population density are associated with increased running activities in all age and gender groups. This study contributes a novel approach to understanding conducive running environments by demonstrating the utility of crowdsourced data in combination with data about urban environments. The patterns of this large group of runners can be used to inform planning for cities that promote running, as well as seek to encourage equal participation among different ages and genders.
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- Stella R. Harden
- Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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Schneider P, Keller P, Schubert I, Bender M, Trautmann C, Dürr M. Bond-specific fragmentation of oligopeptides via electronic stopping of swift heavy ions in molecular films. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17975. [PMID: 36289262 PMCID: PMC9605986 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21744-w] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Highly bond-specific fragmentation of oligopeptides induced by swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation was investigated by means of mass spectrometry. In pronounced contrast to measurements of samples irradiated with keV ions, oligopeptides which were exposed to 946 MeV Au ions show a high abundance of specific fragments. The highly bond-specific nature of SHI-induced fragmentation is attributed to electronic stopping as the most relevant energy loss mechanism for SHI in the oligopeptide samples in combination with the subsequent coupling between the excited electronic and the atomic subsystem. Fragmentation induced by SHI is observed to be further influenced by the structure of the oligopeptides, suggesting that electronic excitation and/or the electronic-vibrational coupling depend on the details of the molecular structure.
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- P. Schneider
- grid.8664.c0000 0001 2165 8627Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- grid.8664.c0000 0001 2165 8627Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- grid.159791.20000 0000 9127 4365GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- grid.159791.20000 0000 9127 4365GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany ,grid.449475.f0000 0001 0669 6924Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften, Hochschule RheinMain, Kurt-Schumacher-Ring 18, 65197 Wiesbaden, Germany
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- grid.159791.20000 0000 9127 4365GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany ,grid.6546.10000 0001 0940 1669Fachbereich Materialwissenschaften, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 2, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- grid.8664.c0000 0001 2165 8627Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Bourenkov G, Schneider T, Dakshinamoorthy U, Paknia E, Fogh R, Keller P, Flensburg C, Vonrhein C, Bricogne G, Schulze-Briese C, Chari A. Enabling high-energy large-unit-cell ultra-high-resolution X-ray crystallography on the P14 at PETRAIII beamline. Acta Cryst Sect A 2022. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273322096097] [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: 03/19/2023]
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Schulze-Briese C, Bourenkov G, Schneider TR, Dakshinamoorthy UL, Paknia E, Chari A, Fogh R, Keller P, Bricogne G. Enabling high-energy large-unit-cell ultra-high-resolution X-ray crystallography on beamline P14@PETRAIII. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2022. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273322098746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Westbrook JD, Young JY, Shao C, Feng Z, Guranovic V, Lawson CL, Vallat B, Adams PD, Berrisford JM, Bricogne G, Diederichs K, Joosten RP, Keller P, Moriarty NW, Sobolev OV, Velankar S, Vonrhein C, Waterman DG, Kurisu G, Berman HM, Burley SK, Peisach E. PDBx/mmCIF Ecosystem: Foundational Semantic Tools for Structural Biology. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167599. [PMID: 35460671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PDBx/mmCIF, Protein Data Bank Exchange (PDBx) macromolecular Crystallographic Information Framework (mmCIF), has become the data standard for structural biology. With its early roots in the domain of small-molecule crystallography, PDBx/mmCIF provides an extensible data representation that is used for deposition, archiving, remediation, and public dissemination of experimentally determined three-dimensional (3D) structures of biological macromolecules by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB, wwpdb.org). Extensions of PDBx/mmCIF are similarly used for computed structure models by ModelArchive (modelarchive.org), integrative/hybrid structures by PDB-Dev (pdb-dev.wwpdb.org), small angle scattering data by Small Angle Scattering Biological Data Bank SASBDB (sasbdb.org), and for models computed generated with the AlphaFold 2.0 deep learning software suite (alphafold.ebi.ac.uk). Community-driven development of PDBx/mmCIF spans three decades, involving contributions from researchers, software and methods developers in structural sciences, data repository providers, scientific publishers, and professional societies. Having a semantically rich and extensible data framework for representing a wide range of structural biology experimental and computational results, combined with expertly curated 3D biostructure data sets in public repositories, accelerates the pace of scientific discovery. Herein, we describe the architecture of the PDBx/mmCIF data standard, tools used to maintain representations of the data standard, governance, and processes by which data content standards are extended, plus community tools/software libraries available for processing and checking the integrity of PDBx/mmCIF data. Use cases exemplify how the members of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank have used PDBx/mmCIF as the foundation for its pipeline for delivering Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data to many millions of users worldwide.
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- John D Westbrook
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands. https://www.twitter.com/Robbie_Joosten
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- UKRI-STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK; CCP4, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK. https://www.twitter.com/upintheair
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- Protein Data Bank Japan, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; The Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Keller P, Mazo I, Gao Y, Reddy V, Caballero F, Kazer S, Miller D, Gianani R, Marvin JE, Stephens B, Beatty GL, von Andrian UH, Mempel TR. Abstract P106: Reprogramming regulatory T cells (Treg) using a MALT1 inhibitor for cancer therapy. Mol Cancer Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.targ-21-p106] [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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Background Despite transforming effects of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy, objective response rates are low for most solid tumors. In the tumor microenvironment (TME), regulatory T cells are functionally unstable, likely due to changes in Treg metabolism seen in the tumor milieu. Destabilized Treg are susceptible to reprogramming wherein they can be induced to lose their immunosuppressive function and to secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-g). Thus, Treg reprogramming offers a novel strategy to sensitize unresponsive tumors to ICB. Notably, blockade of MALT1 protease induces Treg reprogramming in the TME but without affecting Treg in healthy tissue. MPT-0118, an orally dosed MALT1 inhibitor, was developed to reprogram Treg in the TME and is currently being assessed in patients with advanced tumors. Approach Treatments included MPT-0118 and anti-PD-1. In vivo studies in mice assessed anti-tumor effects using D4M.3A, B16F10, and MC38 syngeneic tumors. Human and mouse tumor tissues were evaluated for Treg reprogramming by in situ hybridization or flow cytometry. Studies in rats and dogs assessed pharmacokinetics and safety. Results MPT-0118 demonstrated dose-dependent in vivo anti-tumor activity. Consistent with the hypothesis that Treg reprogramming supports anti-tumor immunity by initiating IFN-g-driven tumor inflammation, the effect was strongest in combination with anti-PD-1 and in models that are not responsive to ICB alone. MPT-0118-treated tumors showed an increase in IFN-g-secreting Treg, associated with decelerated tumor growth. Ex vivo, MPT-0118 induced Treg reprogramming in tumors resected from patients with colorectal and endometrial cancers. While MPT-0118 caused Treg to produce IFN-g, no changes in the frequencies of Treg circulating in blood were detected in rats. Modeling of the human effective dose and toxicology studies demonstrate a >2x therapeutic window in patients. Conclusions MPT-0118 Treg reprogramming represents a novel strategy with the potential to improve responses to ICB therapy in solid tumors. A Phase 1/1b dose-escalation and cohort-expansion clinical trial evaluating MPT-0018 is underway.
Citation Format: Peter Keller, Irina Mazo, Yun Gao, Vijayapal Reddy, Francisco Caballero, Sam Kazer, Dannah Miller, Roberto Gianani, James E. Marvin, Bret Stephens, Gregory L. Beatty, Ulrich H. von Andrian, Thorsten R. Mempel. Reprogramming regulatory T cells (Treg) using a MALT1 inhibitor for cancer therapy [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics; 2021 Oct 7-10. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Ther 2021;20(12 Suppl):Abstract nr P106.
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- 1Monopteros Therapeutics, Boston, MA,
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- 1Monopteros Therapeutics, Boston, MA,
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- 5Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,
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- 7Center for Immunology & Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Keller P, Mazo I, Gao Y, Reddy V, Caballero F, Kazer S, Fu A, Sun Y, Miller D, Gianani R, Marvin J, Stephens B, Beatty G, Jenkins R, Andrian UV, Krappmann D, Mempel T. 861 Reprogramming regulatory T cells (Treg) using a MALT1 inhibitor for cancer therapy. J Immunother Cancer 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2021-sitc2021.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BackgroundMALT1 protease is a promising target in aggressive lymphomas1, and two phase 1 clinical trials in hematological cancers are ongoing (NCT03900598, NCT04876092). More recently, MALT1 protease inhibition was also shown to reprogram regulatory T cells (Treg) in solid tumors, causing them to lose their immunosuppressive function and secrete interferon-gamma (IFN).2 Changes in Treg metabolism in the tumor microenvironment (TME) may account for their destabilization and selective susceptibility to reprogramming in tumor tissue.3 4 5 While strong MALT1 inhibition can cause Treg depletion in blood and induce autoimmune toxicity,6 a therapeutic window for a differentiated MALT1 inhibitor that reprograms destabilized Treg in the TME before affecting Treg in healthy tissue may exist.2 MPT-0118 is an orally dosed MALT1 inhibitor developed to reprogram destabilized Treg in the TME without causing autoimmune symptoms. A Phase 1/1b dose-escalation and cohort-expansion clinical trial evaluating MPT-0118 is underway (NCT04859777).MethodsHuman xenograft models of lymphoma were used to assess the direct activity of MPT-0118 on MALT1-dependent (but not not MALT1-independent) hematologic tumors. Effects of MPT-0118 on solid tumors were determined in syngeneic cancer models. Human and mouse tumor tissues were evaluated for Treg reprogramming by in situ hybridization or flow cytometry. Patient-derived organotypic tumor spheroids were assessed for immune-mediated cell killing. Studies in rodents and dogs assessed pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety.ResultsMPT-0118 was selective and effective in preventing growth of aggressive MALT1 protease-dependent lymphomas. Beyond direct activity on hematologic malignancies, MPT-0118 also increased anti-tumor immune responses as single-agent or in combination with anti-PD-1 in syngeneic tumor models that are otherwise unresponsive to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). MPT-0118-treated syngeneic tumors showed an increase in IFN-secreting Treg, associated with decelerated tumor growth. PK studies reveal that MPT-0118 has a high volume of distribution, and effective inhibitor concentrations are reached in the murine tumors upon oral dosing. The drug candidate caused tumor-associated Treg to produce IFN without changing the frequency of Treg circulating in the blood. Ex vivo, MPT-0118 induced Treg reprogramming in tumors resected from patients with colorectal and endometrial cancers and cell killing in spheroids derived from patients with colorectal cancer.ConclusionsThe MALT1 inhibitor MPT-0118 is a clinical candidate for treating MALT1-expressing lymphomas and Treg-infiltrated solid tumors. MPT-0118 exploits the therapeutic opportunity presented by destabilized Treg in the TME. Treg reprogramming represents a novel strategy with the potential to improve responses to ICB therapy in a broad range of solid tumors.ReferencesNagel D, Spranger S, Vincendeau M, Grau M, Raffegerst S, Kloo B, Hlahla D, Neuenschwander M, Peter von Kries J, Hadian K, Dörken B, Lenz P, Lenz G, Schendel DJ, Krappmann D. Pharmacologic inhibition of MALT1 protease by phenothiazines as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of aggressive ABC-DLBCL. Cancer Cell 2012 December 11;22(6):825–37.Di Pilato M, Kim EY, Cadilha BL, Prüßmann JN, Nasrallah MN, Seruggia D, Usmani SM, Misale S, Zappulli V, Carrizosa E, Mani V, Ligorio M, Warner RD, Medoff BD, Marangoni F, Villani AC, Mempel TR. Targeting the CBM complex causes Treg cells to prime tumours for immune checkpoint therapy. Nature 2019 June;570(7759):112–116.Lim SA, Wei J, Nguyen TM, Shi H, Su W, Palacios G, Dhungana Y, Chapman NM, Long L, Saravia J, Vogel P, Chi H. Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours. Nature 2021 March;591(7849):306–311.Zappasodi R, Serganova I, Cohen IJ, Maeda M, Shindo M, Senbabaoglu Y, Watson MJ, Leftin A, Maniyar R, Verma S, Lubin M, Ko M, Mane MM, Zhong H, Liu C, Ghosh A, Abu-Akeel M, Ackerstaff E, Koutcher JA, Ho PC, Delgoffe GM, Blasberg R, Wolchok JD, Merghoub T. CTLA-4 blockade drives loss of Treg stability in glycolysis-low tumours. Nature 2021 March;591(7851):652–658.Overacre-Delgoffe AE, Chikina M, Dadey RE, Yano H, Brunazzi EA, Shayan G, Horne W, Moskovitz JM, Kolls JK, Sander C, Shuai Y, Normolle DP, Kirkwood JM, Ferris RL, Delgoffe GM, Bruno TC, Workman CJ, Vignali DAA. Interferon-γ drives Treg fragility to promote anti-tumor immunity. Cell 2017 June 1;169(6):1130–1141.e11.Martin K, Junker U, Tritto E, Sutter E, Rubic-Schneider T, Morgan H, Niwa S, Li J, Schlapbach A, Walker D, Bigaud M, Beerli C, Littlewood-Evans A, Rudolph B, Laisney M, Ledieu D, Beltz K, Quancard J, Bornancin F, Zamurovic Ribrioux N, Calzascia T. Pharmacological inhibition of MALT1 protease leads to a progressive IPEX-Like pathology. Front Immunol 2020 April 30;11:745.
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Weil S, Jung E, Domínguez Azorín D, Higgins J, Reckless J, Ramsden N, Keller P, Grainger D, Wick W, Winkler F. P10.02 Combined methods of a micropump system and a chronic cranial window allows tumor observation with multi photon laser scanning microscopy under continuous treatment. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab180.095] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
Glioblastomas are notoriously therapy resistant tumors. As opposed to other tumor entities, no major advances in therapeutic success have been made in the past decades. This has been calling for a deeper biological understanding of the tumor, its growth and resistance patterns. We have been using a xenograft glioma model, where human glioblastoma cells are implanted under chronic cranial windows and studied longitudinally over many weeks and months using multi photon laser scanning microscopy (MPLSM). To test the effect of (new) drugs, a stable and direct delivery system avoiding the blood-brain-barrier has come into our interest.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We implanted cranial windows and fluorescently labeled human glioblastoma stem-like cells into NMRI nude mice to follow up on the tumor development in our MPLSM model. After tumor establishment, an Alzet® micropump was implanted to directly deliver agents via a catheter system continuously over 28 days directly under the cranial window onto the brain surface. Using the MPLSM technique, the continuous delivery and infusion of drugs onto the brain and into the tumor was measured over many weeks in detail using MPLSM.
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The establishment of the combined methods allowed reliable concurrent drug delivery over 28 days bypassing the blood-brain-barrier. Individual regions and tumor cells could be measured and followed up before, and after the beginning of the treatment, as well as after the end of the pump activity. Fluorescently labelled drugs were detectable in the MPLSM and its distribution into the brain parenchyma could be quantified. After the end of the micropump activity, further MPLSM measurements offer the possibility to observe long term effects of the applied drug on the tumor.
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The combination of tumor observation in the MPSLM and concurrent continuous drug delivery is a feasible and reliable method for the investigation of (novel) anti-tumor agents, especially drugs that are not blood-brain-barrier penetrant. Morphological or even functional changes of individual tumor cells can be measured under and after treatment. These techniques can be used to test new drugs targeting the tumor, its tumor microtubes and tumor cells networks, and measure the effects longitudinally.
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- S Weil
- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Divide & Conquer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Divide & Conquer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Divide & Conquer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Divide & Conquer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Divide & Conquer, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Keller P, Mazo I, Gao Y, Reddy V, Caballero F, Stephens B, Marvin J, Fu A, Sun Y, Jenkins R, von Andrian U, Mempel T. 1020P MPT-0118 a clinical drug candidate to assess Treg reprogramming via MALT1 blockade. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1404] [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] Open
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van Ginkel G, Pravda L, Dana JM, Varadi M, Keller P, Anyango S, Velankar S. PDBeCIF: an open-source mmCIF/CIF parsing and processing package. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:383. [PMID: 34301175 PMCID: PMC8299628 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-021-04271-9] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Biomacromolecular structural data outgrew the legacy Protein Data Bank (PDB) format which the scientific community relied on for decades, yet the use of its successor PDBx/Macromolecular Crystallographic Information File format (PDBx/mmCIF) is still not widespread. Perhaps one of the reasons is the availability of easy to use tools that only support the legacy format, but also the inherent difficulties of processing mmCIF files correctly, given the number of edge cases that make efficient parsing problematic. Nevertheless, to fully exploit macromolecular structure data and their associated annotations such as multiscale structures from integrative/hybrid methods or large macromolecular complexes determined using traditional methods, it is necessary to fully adopt the new format as soon as possible. Results To this end, we developed PDBeCIF, an open-source Python project for manipulating mmCIF and CIF files. It is part of the official list of mmCIF parsers recorded by the wwPDB and is heavily employed in the processes of the Protein Data Bank in Europe. The package is freely available both from the PyPI repository (http://pypi.org/project/pdbecif) and from GitHub (https://github.com/pdbeurope/pdbecif) along with rich documentation and many ready-to-use examples. Conclusions PDBeCIF is an efficient and lightweight Python 2.6+/3+ package with no external dependencies. It can be readily integrated with 3rd party libraries as well as adopted for broad scientific analyses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12859-021-04271-9.
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- Glen van Ginkel
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd., Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, CB3 0AX, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
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Keller P, Vanwesenbeeck I, Hudders L, Decloedt A. Horse owners' attitudes towards and motivators for using complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. Vet Rec 2021; 189:e303. [PMID: 33899957 DOI: 10.1002/vetr.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) is becoming increasingly popular in horses. METHODS Online, cross-sectional survey in 1532 horse owners. Attitude towards CAVM, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and intention for future CAVM use were measured based on the theory of planned behaviour. Structural equation modelling was performed to characterize factors influencing intention to use CAVM. RESULTS Past use of CAVM, predominantly manual therapies and herbal supplements, was reported by 72.5% of all participants. Frequently reported indications were improving horse's well-being, illness which did not resolve after conventional treatment and chronic illness. The attitude towards CAVM was positive with a median (interquartile range) score of 6 of 7 (4.75-7.00). Predictors for past CAVM use were higher owner age, alternative medicine self-use and higher education (non-university). The strongest predictor of future CAVM usage was perceived behavioural control and perceived CAVM efficacy, as well as positive attitude towards and perceived knowledge about CAVM. The veterinarian was reported as a source of information about CAVM by 86.4% of all participants. CONCLUSIONS Horse owners showed a high intention to use CAVM with the owners' perceived behavioural control and perceived CAVM efficacy as the strongest predictor. Veterinarian-client communication is important to inform horse owners correctly.
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- P Keller
- Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Persuasive Communication, Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Political and Social SciencesGhent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Persuasive Communication, Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Political and Social SciencesGhent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Njue L, Medri C, Keller P, Diepold M, Taleghani BM, Rovó A. The rare hemoglobin variant Hb Mizuho: report of a Swiss family and literature review. Ann Hematol 2021; 100:1677-1683. [PMID: 33590291 PMCID: PMC8195896 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04458-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hb Mizuho is a very rare unstable hemoglobin; here, we describe the clinical history of three Swiss family members with Hb Mizuho together with a systematic review of the previously six published cases. The clinical history of the adult woman we report here is unique since this is the first Hb Mizuho presenting with Moyamoya complications and the first case reported with long-term erythrocyte exchange. The literature review showed that Hb Mizuho was mainly reported as a de novo mutation, with the exception of children descended from known cases. All published patients with this unstable hemoglobin showed severe hemolytic anemia with the exception of one; all were regularly transfused. Patients with higher HbF levels might require fewer transfusions. All patients underwent splenectomy at a median age of 4 years and had variable clinical improvement; some achieved complete resolution of transfusion dependency after splenectomy. Iron overload in Hb Mizuho patients seems to be mainly attributed to transfusions and has less to do with ineffective erythropoiesis. Diagnosis might be challenging; a normal hemoglobin electrophoresis should not rule out the diagnosis of unstable hemoglobin in patients with otherwise unexplained hemolytic anemia. This series shows the enormous utility of using molecular techniques for diagnosis.
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Hematology, Spital Langenthal SRO AG, 4900, Langenthal, Switzerland
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- Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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Keller P, von Känel R, Hincapié CA, da Costa BR, Jüni P, Erlanger TE, Andina N, Niederhauser C, Lämmle B, Fontana S. The effects of intravenous iron supplementation on fatigue and general health in non-anemic blood donors with iron deficiency: a randomized placebo-controlled superiority trial. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14219. [PMID: 32848185 PMCID: PMC7449957 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We investigated whether intravenous iron supplementation improves fatigue and general health in non-anemic repeat adult blood donors with iron deficiency (ferritin ≤ 50 µg/L). Of 1,487 potentially eligible participants, 203 were randomly assigned to a single intravenous dose of 800 mg iron-carboxymaltose and 202 to placebo; 393 participants completed the trial. At 6 to 8 weeks after intervention, self-rated mean fatigue scores (numeric rating scale from 1-10, primary outcome) were 3.9 ± 1.8 in the iron supplementation group and 4.0 ± 2.2 in the placebo group, showing no group difference (p = 0.819). Pre-specified subgroup analyses of gender, ferritin < 25 µg/L and fatigue ≥ 4 points, as well as exploratory analyses of lower ferritin cut-offs did not reveal any between-group differences. In terms of secondary outcomes, the mean differences were 114.2 µg/L for ferritin (95% CI 103.1-125.3) and 5.7 g/L for hemoglobin (95% CI 4.3-7.2) with significantly higher values in the iron supplementation group. No group differences were observed for different measures of general well-being and other clinical and safety outcomes. Intravenous iron supplementation compared with placebo resulted in increase of ferritin and hemoglobin levels in repeat blood donors with low iron stores, yet had no effect on fatigue and general well-being.
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- Peter Keller
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, SRO AG Spital Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
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- Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Culmannstrasse 8, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Interregional Blood Transfusion SRC, Bern, Switzerland.,University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Haemostasis Research Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Interregional Blood Transfusion SRC, Bern, Switzerland.,University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Magistro G, Westhofen T, Schott M, Keller P, Tamalunas A, Stief C. Enucleation vs. resection: A matched-pair analysis of TURP, HoLEP and bipolar TUEP. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)34056-8] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Ross W, Chu A, Li L, Keller P, Kunselman A, Harkins G, Deimling T, Benton A. 14: Coincidental appendectomy in the surgical management of women with endometriosis and pelvic pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.12.037] [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]
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Kolb M, Lazarevic V, Emonet S, Calmy A, Girard M, Gaïa N, Charretier Y, Cherkaoui A, Keller P, Huber C, Schrenzel J. Next-Generation Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Challenging Culture-Negative Endocarditis. Front Med (Lausanne) 2019; 6:203. [PMID: 31616669 PMCID: PMC6763761 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2019.00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Diagnosis of culture-negative infective endocarditis usually implies indirect pathogen identification by serologic or molecular techniques. Clinical metagenomics, relying on next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an emerging approach that allows pathogen identification in challenging situations, as evidenced by a clinical case. We sequenced the DNA extracted from the surgically-removed frozen valve tissue from a patient with suspected infective endocarditis with negative blood and valve cultures. Mapping of the sequence reads against reference genomic sequences, a 16S rRNA gene database and clade-specific marker genes suggested an infection caused by Cardiobacterium hominis.
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- Manon Kolb
- Service of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Bacteriology Laboratory, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Vonrhein C, Bricogne G, Tickle IJ, Flensburg C, Fogh R, Keller P, Paciorek W, Sharff A. Resolution, data quality metrics and diffraction limits: consolidation and outlook for macromolecular crystallography. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2019. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767319096302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Drexler B, Passweg JR, Tzankov A, Bigler M, Theocharides AP, Cantoni N, Keller P, Stussi G, Ruefer A, Benz R, Favre G, Lundberg P, Nienhold R, Fuhrer A, Biaggi C, Manz MG, Bargetzi M, Mendez-Ferrer S, Skoda RC. The sympathomimetic agonist mirabegron did not lower JAK2-V617F allele burden, but restored nestin-positive cells and reduced reticulin fibrosis in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms: results of phase II study SAKK 33/14. Haematologica 2019; 104:710-716. [PMID: 30409796 PMCID: PMC6442970 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.200014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The β-3 sympathomimetic agonist BRL37344 restored nestin-positive cells within the stem cell niche, and thereby normalized blood counts and improved myelofibrosis in a mouse model of JAK2-V617F-positive myeloproliferative neoplasms. We therefore tested the effectiveness of mirabegron, a β-3 sympathomimetic agonist, in a phase II trial including 39 JAK2-V617F-positive patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms and a mutant allele burden more than 20%. Treatment consisted of mirabegron 50 mg daily for 24 weeks. The primary end point was reduction of JAK2-V617F allele burden of 50% or over, but this was not reached in any of the patients. One patient achieved a 25% reduction in JAK2-V617F allele burden by 24 weeks. A small subgroup of patients showed hematologic improvement. As a side study, bone marrow biopsies were evaluated in 20 patients. We found an increase in the nestin+ cells from a median of 1.09 (interquartile range 0.38-3.27)/mm2 to 3.95 (interquartile range 1.98-8.79)/mm2 (P<0.0001) and a slight decrease of reticulin fibrosis from a median grade of 1.0 (interquartile range 0-3) to 0.5 (interquartile range 0-2) (P=0.01) between start and end of mirabegron treatment. Despite the fact that the primary end point of reducing JAK2-V617F allele burden was not reached, the observed effects on nestin+ mesenchymal stem cells and reticulin fibrosis is encouraging, and shows that mirabegron can modify the microenvironment where the JAK2-mutant stem cells are maintained. (Registered at clinicaltrials.gov identifier: 02311569).
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- Beatrice Drexler
- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, Bern, Switzerland
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- Oncology, Hematology & Transfusion Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Switzerland
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- University Clinic of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic of Hematology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Departement Medizin, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Experimental Hematology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, Bern, Switzerland
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- Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oncology, Hematology & Transfusion Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Switzerland
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, and National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine, Experimental Hematology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland
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Schneider C, Stutz-Grunder E, Lüer S, Keller P, Kremer Hovinga JA, Ammann RA, Karow A. Fulminant Essential Thrombocythemia Associated with Acquired Von Willebrand Syndrome and Bleeding Episodes in a 14-year-old Girl. Hamostaseologie 2019; 39:404-408. [PMID: 30895567 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1679929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Essential thrombocythemia is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. It is extremely rare in children below 15 years of age with an estimated annual incidence of only 0.09 per million. Usually, clinical symptoms associated with essential thrombocythemia are mild or absent. CASE Here, we present the case of a 14-year-old female patient fulminantly presenting with acute symptoms comprising visual impairment, palmar and plantar stabbing pain. Blood count revealed massive thrombocytosis of 2373 × 109/L. Bone marrow morphology showed elevated numbers of mature megakaryocytes. Von Willebrand factor activity/antigen ratio was significantly reduced compatible with an acquired Von Willebrand syndrome associated with high platelet counts. Molecular analyses for driver mutations of myeloproliferative neoplasms including JAK2V617F, CALR and MPL were negative. Acute therapy comprising hyperhydration and oxygen supply complemented by acetylsalicylic acid led to amelioration of symptoms. Medication with hydroxycarbamide maintained a significant reduction of platelet counts but had to be reduced or withheld several times due to neutropenia. Repeated bleeding episodes observed in the course were clearly associated with increases in platelet counts above 1200 × 109/L explained by acquired von Willebrand syndrome. Sixteen months after diagnosis, therapy was switched to pegylated interferon and platelet counts could be stabilized without significant side effects.
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- C Schneider
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital/Inselspital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital/Inselspital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Oscarsson M, Beteva A, Flot D, Gordon E, Guijarro M, Leonard G, McSweeney S, Monaco S, Mueller-Dieckmann C, Nanao M, Nurizzo D, Popov AN, von Stetten D, Svensson O, Rey-Bakaikoa V, Chado I, Chavas LMG, Gadea L, Gourhant P, Isabet T, Legrand P, Savko M, Sirigu S, Shepard W, Thompson A, Mueller U, Nan J, Eguiraun M, Bolmsten F, Nardella A, Milàn-Otero A, Thunnissen M, Hellmig M, Kastner A, Schmuckermaier L, Gerlach M, Feiler C, Weiss MS, Bowler MW, Gobbo A, Papp G, Sinoir J, McCarthy AA, Karpics I, Nikolova M, Bourenkov G, Schneider T, Andreu J, Cuní G, Juanhuix J, Boer R, Fogh R, Keller P, Flensburg C, Paciorek W, Vonrhein C, Bricogne G, de Sanctis D. MXCuBE2: the dawn of MXCuBE Collaboration. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:393-405. [PMID: 30855248 PMCID: PMC6412183 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519001267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
MXCuBE2 is the second-generation evolution of the MXCuBE beamline control software, initially developed and used at ESRF - the European Synchrotron. MXCuBE2 extends, in an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), the functionalities and data collection methods available to users while keeping all previously available features and allowing for the straightforward incorporation of ongoing and future developments. MXCuBE2 introduces an extended abstraction layer that allows easy interfacing of any kind of macromolecular crystallography (MX) hardware component, whether this is a diffractometer, sample changer, detector or optical element. MXCuBE2 also works in strong synergy with the ISPyB Laboratory Information Management System, accessing the list of samples available for a particular experimental session and associating, either from instructions contained in ISPyB or from user input via the MXCuBE2 GUI, different data collection types to them. The development of MXCuBE2 forms the core of a fruitful collaboration which brings together several European synchrotrons and a software development factory and, as such, defines a new paradigm for the development of beamline control platforms for the European MX user community.
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- Marcus Oscarsson
- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Hamburg Unit c/o DESY, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Unit c/o DESY, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Unit c/o DESY, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Unit c/o DESY, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- Global Phasing Ltd, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AK, UK
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Brückner C, Straube E, Petersen I, Sachse S, Keller P, Layher F, Matziolis G, Spiegl U, Zajonz D, Edel M, Roth A. Low-grade infections as a possible cause of arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty. Patient Saf Surg 2019; 13:1. [PMID: 30647774 PMCID: PMC6327456 DOI: 10.1186/s13037-018-0181-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Purpose Arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty represents a considerable burden for the patient and a therapeutic challenge for the practitioner. One possible cause discussed in the literature is a low-grade infection. This hypothesis should be examined within the scope of this retrospective study. Patients and methods Nineteen patients with clinical symptoms of arthrofibrosis after primary total knee arthroplasty were examined between January, 1999 and January, 2012. Incorrect positioning was radiologically ruled out. All patients were examined clinically (score of Freeman as well as Blauth and Jäger), radiologically (component and leg alignment, patella height according to Insall and Salvati), microbiologically (culture-based procedures), molecular biologically (PCR) and histologically in the course of an open revision of the prosthesis. Results According to the score of Freeman et al. (1977), a highly significant improvement in pain (p = 0.007) and in the overall score (p = 0.003) was shown. The knee joint mobility did not change significantly (p = 0.795). PCR was negative in 17 patients. One patient showed a PCR-positive result of the synovial membrane for Corynebacterium spp., while Staphylococcus warneri was detected in the culture. Another patient had a positive result of synovia PCR for Enterococcus cecorum as well as Corynebacterium spp. However, this culture was sterile. In 16 patient samples, no bacterial growth was detectable. Two samples were not evaluable. The main histopathological findings were synovialitis and fibrosis. Conclusion The hypothesis of low-grade-infection-induced arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty could not be confirmed in this study. However, based on this small study population the conclusion needs to be confirmed by new and larger studies, ideally prospectively designed including a control group.
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- C Brückner
- Orthopaedic Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany
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- 2Institute of Medical Microbiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- 3Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany.,4Institute of Pathology, SRH Waldklinikum Gera, Gera, Germany
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- 2Institute of Medical Microbiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- 2Institute of Medical Microbiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany.,5Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Orthopaedic Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany
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- Orthopaedic Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany
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- 6Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- 6Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- ZESBO - Center for research on musculoskeletal systems, Leipzig, Germany
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- Orthopaedic Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany.,6Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,8Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Endoprothetik/Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Bricogne G, Flensburg C, Keller P, Paciorek W, Sharff A, Vonrhein C, Marquez JA, Musil D. Achieving higher performance in high-throughput compound and fragment screening campaigns by using 'Club Class' data collection, Pipedream and CRIMS. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273318095037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Bricogne G, Carter L, Flensburg C, Fogh R, Keller P, Paciorek W, Sharff A, Vonrhein C, Cornaciu I, Jamroz M, Marquez JA, Lehmann M, Musil D. Achieving higher performance in high-throughput compound and fragment screening campaigns by the use of 'Club Class' data collection with Pipedream and CRIMS. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767318097519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Vonrhein C, Tickle IJ, Flensburg C, Keller P, Paciorek W, Sharff A, Bricogne G. Advances in automated data analysis and processing within autoPROC, combined with improved characterisation, mitigation and visualisation of the anisotropy of diffraction limits using STARANISO. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1107/s010876731809640x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Junge A, Bacher U, Mueller BU, Keller P, Solenthaler M, Pabst T. Adverse outcome of AML with aberrant CD16 and CD56 NK cell marker expression. Hematol Oncol 2018; 36:576-583. [PMID: 29862539 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Natural killer cells mediate antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and CD16 exerts key functions to induce antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity response. Because the prognostic relevance of aberrant CD16 expression in AML patients at diagnosis is unknown, we analyzed 325 AML patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy for aberrant CD16+ and CD56+ natural killer-cell marker expression. CD56+ AML patients had inferior median event-free (EFS; P = 0.0699) and overall survival (OS; 10.9 versus 20.6 months; P = 0.0132). Patients expressing CD16 had worse median EFS (P = 0.0622) and OS (13.0 versus 45.9 months; P = 0.0277). EFS for CD16+/CD56+ patients was 5.7 months compared with 7.1 months for CD16-/CD56- (P = 0.3690), and OS was 10.6 months for CD16+/CD56+ patients compared with 52.2 months for CD16-/CD56- patients (P = 0.0311). Patients with CD16+/CD56+ expression had a lower probability to achieve complete remission after 2 induction cycles (52% versus 72%). Our data suggest that AML patients with aberrant CD16 and CD56 expression have adverse survival outcomes.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Hematology, Regionalspital, Langenthal, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Hematology, Regionalspital, Thun, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Gerber V, Dimitrov B, Greigert V, Mohseni M, Pelami GM, David P, Keller P, Martinot M. Analyse clinique, microbiologique et thérapeutique des infections de prothèse abdominale. Med Mal Infect 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2018.04.211] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Guler S, Brunner-Agten S, Bartenstein S, Bettschen HU, Geiser T, Keller P, Funke M. Oxygen Saturation of 75%, but No Symptoms! Respiration 2017; 92:420-424. [PMID: 27760425 DOI: 10.1159/000451030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Sabina Guler
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Chen L, Wu J, Keller P, Jimenez P, Bukulmez O, Word A. Preovulatory serum from IVF protocols alters early decidualization in endometrial stromal cells. Fertil Steril 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.1073] [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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Girard B, Piaton JM, Keller P, Abadie C, Nguyen TH. Botulinum neurotoxin injection for the treatment of epiphora in nasolacrimal duct obstruction. J Fr Ophtalmol 2017; 40:661-665. [PMID: 28847443 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2017.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Retrospective long-term study to evaluate the efficacy of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) therapy for epiphora due to non-surgical nasolacrimal duct obstruction. INTRODUCTION BoNT/A has been used successfully since 2000 in axillary hyperhidrosis to reduce secretory disorders. Some isolated cases of hyperlacrimation or crocodile tear syndrome have been treated on this basis. We used BoNT/A to decrease lacrimal secretion in cases of epiphora. METHODS We reviewed the qualitative and quantitative degree of improvement of epiphora after botulinum neurotoxin injections in the palpebral lobe of the lacrimal gland, carried out in an ophthalmic centre between 2009 and 2016. Epiphora was graded using a questionnaire, Munk scores and Schirmer tests before and after injections. Severity of side effects was recorded. RESULTS Twenty-seven palpebral lacrimal glands of twenty patients with epiphora, mean age 65±13, were treated with BoNT/A (Botox® or Xeomin®) from April 2009 to April 2016. The epiphora was induced by persistent nasolacrimal duct stenosis after surgical treatment. No conventional medical nor surgical treatment was effective at this time. The technique of injection, dilution and dosage were specific. We re-injected 14/27 cases on an as-needed basis, 7/27 cases three times, 3/27 cases four times, and 2/27 cases (same patient both glands) five times. The Schirmer test measured a decrease of lacrimal secretion in 24/27 (89%) lacrimal glands after neurotoxin injection. Side effects were ptosis in 4 cases and transient esotropia in 2 cases. The authors describe the injection techniques, the dosage, the volume and concentration of BoNT/A. CONCLUSION Patients with epiphora can be treated effectively with BoNT/A to reduce lacrimal secretion of the principal lacrimal gland in its palpebral portion. Ninety percent of the patients were very satisfied, with few side effects (ptosis or mild diplopia lasting from 3 days to 3 weeks). More studies are needed to delineate which types of epiphora can be treated with BoNT/A.
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- B Girard
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Tenon, GHU Est-Parisien, 4, rue de la Chine, 75970 Paris cedex 20, France; Department V of Ophthalmology, Quinze-Vingts National Hospital of Ophthalmology, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France.
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- Department IV of Ophthalmology, Quinze-Vingts National Hospital of Ophthalmology, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France
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- Department IV of Ophthalmology, Quinze-Vingts National Hospital of Ophthalmology, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Caen, 14003 Caen, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Quinze-Vingts National Hospital of Ophthalmology, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France
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Glier H, Heijnen I, Hauwel M, Dirks J, Quarroz S, Lehmann T, Rovo A, Arn K, Matthes T, Hogan C, Keller P, Dudkiewicz E, Stüssi G, Fernandez P. Standardization of 8-color flow cytometry across different flow cytometer instruments: A feasibility study in clinical laboratories in Switzerland. J Immunol Methods 2017; 475:112348. [PMID: 28760670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2017.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The EuroFlow Consortium developed a fully standardized flow cytometric approach from instrument settings, through antibody panel, reagents and sample preparation protocols, to data acquisition and analysis. The Swiss Cytometry Society (SCS) promoted a study to evaluate the feasibility of using such standardized measurements of 8-color data across two different flow cytometry platforms - Becton Dickinson (BD) FACSCanto II and Beckman Coulter (BC) Navios, aiming at increasing reproducibility and inter-laboratory comparability of immunophenotypic data in clinical laboratories in Switzerland. The study was performed in two phases, i.e. a learning phase (round 1) and an analytical phase (rounds 2 and 3) consisting of a total of three rounds. Overall, 10 laboratories using BD FACSCanto II (n=6) or BC Navios (n=4) flow cytometers participated. Each laboratory measured peripheral blood samples from healthy donors stained with a uniform antibody panel of reagents - EuroFlow Lymphoid Screening Tube (LST) - applying the EuroFlow standardized protocols for instrument setup and sample preparation (www.EuroFlow.org). All data files were analyzed centrally and median fluorescence intensity (MedFI) values for individual markers on defined lymphocyte subsets were recorded; variability from reference MedFI values was assessed using performance scores. Data troubleshooting and discussion of the results with the participants followed after each round at SCS meetings. The results of the learning phase demonstrated that standardized instrument setup and data acquisition are feasible in routine clinical laboratories without previous experience with EuroFlow. During the analytical phase, highly comparable data were obtained at the different laboratories using either BD FACSCanto II or BC Navios. The coefficient of variation of MedFI for 7 of 11 markers performed repeatedly below 30%. In the last study round, 89% of participants scored over 90% MedFI values within the acceptance criteria (P-score), in line with the results of the EuroFlow quality assessment rounds performed by the EuroFlow expert laboratories(Kalina et al., 2015). Central analysis of data allowed identification of deviations from the standardized procedures and technical issues (e.g. failure to perform correct instrument setup and improper compensation). In summary, here we show that inter-laboratory cross-platform standardization of 8-color flow cytometric measurements in clinical laboratories is feasible and allows for fully comparable MedFI results across BD FACSCanto II and BC Navios instruments. However, adherence to standardized protocols is crucial. Thus, training of the laboratory personnel in the EuroFlow standardized procedures is highly recommended to prevent errors in instrument setup and sample preparation.
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- Hana Glier
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
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- Medical Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Hematology Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Diagnostic Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Hematology Laboratory, Vaudoise University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Clinical Chemistry, Hematology and Immunology Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Medicine, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Diagnostic Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Hematology Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hematology Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Clinic of Hematology, Inselspital/University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Hematology Clinic, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Hematology Laboratory, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland and EOLAB, Regional Hospital of Bellinzona and Valli, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Schoenberg N, Brown R, Hansen A, Bi S, Keller P. PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN VULNERABLE, RURAL OLDER ADULTS: LINKS WITH SALIVARY MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1148] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- N.E. Schoenberg
- Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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Aggarwal A, Parai MK, Shetty N, Wallis D, Woolhiser L, Hastings C, Dutta NK, Galaviz S, Dhakal RC, Shrestha R, Wakabayashi S, Walpole C, Matthews D, Floyd D, Scullion P, Riley J, Epemolu O, Norval S, Snavely T, Robertson GT, Rubin EJ, Ioerger TR, Sirgel FA, van der Merwe R, van Helden PD, Keller P, Böttger EC, Karakousis PC, Lenaerts AJ, Sacchettini JC. Development of a Novel Lead that Targets M. tuberculosis Polyketide Synthase 13. Cell 2017; 170:249-259.e25. [PMID: 28669536 PMCID: PMC5509550 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [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: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Widespread resistance to first-line TB drugs is a major problem that will likely only be resolved through the development of new drugs with novel mechanisms of action. We have used structure-guided methods to develop a lead molecule that targets the thioesterase activity of polyketide synthase Pks13, an essential enzyme that forms mycolic acids, required for the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Our lead, TAM16, is a benzofuran class inhibitor of Pks13 with highly potent in vitro bactericidal activity against drug-susceptible and drug-resistant clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis. In multiple mouse models of TB infection, TAM16 showed in vivo efficacy equal to the first-line TB drug isoniazid, both as a monotherapy and in combination therapy with rifampicin. TAM16 has excellent pharmacological and safety profiles, and the frequency of resistance for TAM16 is ∼100-fold lower than INH, suggesting that it can be developed as a new antitubercular aimed at the acute infection. PAPERCLIP.
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- Anup Aggarwal
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Structure-guided Drug Discovery Coalition, SGC Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Structure-guided Drug Discovery Coalition, SGC Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Structure-guided Drug Discovery Coalition, SGC Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research and the South African MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research and the South African MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research and the South African MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Center for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Center for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Elsey TL, Keller P. 0053 AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SLEEP HYGIENE IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.052] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Böhm I, Nairz K, Endrich O, Hasembank S, Keller P, Heverhagen J. Sind sog. „breakthrough“ Reaktionen (BTR) nach Prämedikation bei Kontrastmittelallergie eine Kontraindikation für Kontrastmittel? ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1600320] [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: 10/19/2022]
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- I Böhm
- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern
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- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern
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- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Operatives Medizincontrolling, Bern
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- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern
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- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern
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- Inselspital, Universität Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern
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Keller P, Rufener J, Schild C, Fedosov SN, Nissen PH, Nexo E. False low holotranscobalamin levels in a patient with a novel TCN2 mutation. Clin Chem Lab Med 2017; 54:1739-1743. [PMID: 27155006 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Measurement of holotranscobalamin (holoTC) is increasingly used as a screening test for cobalamin (Cbl) deficiency. A level well below the reference interval strongly supports a deficient state. We examined a 21-year-old woman diagnosed as Cbl deficient because of an extremely low holoTC level as measured by the Abbott Architect Assay. METHODS The patient was evaluated for Cbl deficiency employing an in-house holoTC method as well as other routine markers of Cbl status. Further analyses included exploration of the Cbl binding proteins employing gel filtration of a serum sample saturated with 57 Co-labeled Cbl and Sanger sequencing of exons 1-9 and the intron-exon boundaries of the TCN2 gene, the gene coding for transcobalamin (TC). RESULTS The patient had normal hematological variables throughout. Despite initial treatment with Cbl, holoTC as measured by the Abbott assay remained low, while holoTC measured with the in-house assay was normal, and behaved as TC upon gel-filtration. By Sanger sequencing, we detected a homozygous single point mutation c.855T>A in exon 6 of TCN2, corresponding to a asparagine (Asn) to lysine (Lys) substitution in position 267 of the mature protein. CONCLUSIONS We describe a novel point mutation of the TCN2 gene. The mutation does not seem to interfere with the function of TC, but the mutation may well explain the low level of holoTC detected by the Abbott assay. Our results underscores that mutations of TCN2 have to be considered when implausible holoTC results are obtained.
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Keller P. Representing self and other during musical group performance. Front Hum Neurosci 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2017.224.00005] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lenc T, Keller P, Varlet M, Nozaradan S. Effect of tone frequency on neural processing of rhythms: Superior role of bass. Front Hum Neurosci 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2017.224.00032] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nozaradan S, Keller P, Lehmann A, Lenc T, Schönwiesner M. Enhanced representation of musical meter in cortical versus lower-level auditory activity. Front Hum Neurosci 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2017.224.00022] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Koehler P, Hamprecht A, Bader O, Bekeredjian-Ding I, Buchheidt D, Doelken G, Elias J, Haase G, Hahn-Ast C, Karthaus M, Kekulé A, Keller P, Kiehl M, Krause SW, Krämer C, Neumann S, Rohde H, La Rosée P, Ruhnke M, Schafhausen P, Schalk E, Schulz K, Schwartz S, Silling G, Staib P, Ullmann A, Vergoulidou M, Weber T, Cornely OA, Vehreschild MJGT. Epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis and azole resistance in patients with acute leukaemia: the SEPIA Study. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2016; 49:218-223. [PMID: 27989379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious hazard to high-risk haematological patients. There are increasing reports of azole-resistant Aspergillus spp. This study assessed the epidemiology of IA and azole-resistant Aspergillus spp. in patients with acute leukaemia in Germany. A prospective multicentre cohort study was performed in German haematology/oncology centres. The incidence of probable and proven aspergillosis according to the revised EORTC/MSG criteria was assessed for all patients with acute leukaemia [acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)]. Cases were documented into a web-based case report form, and centres provided data on standards regarding prophylactic and diagnostic measures. Clinical isolates were screened centrally for azole resistance and, if applicable, underlying resistance mechanisms were analysed. Between September 2011 and December 2013, 179 cases of IA [6 proven (3.4%) and 173 probable (96.6%)] were diagnosed in 3067 patients with acute leukaemia. The incidence of IA was 6.4% among 2440 AML patients and 3.8% among 627 ALL patients. Mortality at Day 84 was 33.8% (49/145) and attributable mortality was 26.9% (39/145). At Day 84, 53 patients (29.6%) showed a complete response, 25 (14.0%) a partial response and 17 (9.5%) a deterioration or failure. A total of 77 clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates were collected during the study period. Two episodes of azole-resistant IA (1.1%) were caused by a TR/L98H mutation in the cyp51A gene. With only two cases of IA due to azole-resistant A. fumigatus, a change of antifungal treatment practices in Germany does not appear warranted currently.
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- Philipp Koehler
- Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie-Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Mannheim University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology, Haemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic IV, Haematology and Oncology, Neuperlach Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- University Hospital of Jena, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Klinikum Frankfurt Oder, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 5, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology, Haemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie-Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Jena, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Hubertus Wald Tumor Center-University Cancer Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department A of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie, St Antonius Hospital Eschweiler, Eschweiler, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, ZKS Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Etienne O, Picart C, Taddei C, Keller P, Hubsch E, Schaaf P, Voegel JC, Haikel Y, Ogier JA, Egles C. Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Film Coating and Stability at the Surfaces of Oral Prosthesis Base Polymers: an in vitro and in vivo Study. J Dent Res 2016; 85:44-8. [PMID: 16373679 DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A new type of coating involving a layer-by-layer technique has been recently reported. This coating is composed of a polyelectrolyte multilayer film that confers specific properties on surfaces to which it is applied. Here, we studied the applicability of such a technique to the coating of oral prostheses, by first testing the construction of polyelectrolyte multilayer films on several polymers used in oral prosthesis bases, and, subsequently, by studying the stability of these coatings in vitro, in human saliva, and in vivo in a rat model. We demonstrated that the multilayered films are able to coat the surfaces of all tested polymers completely, thus increasing their wettability. We also showed that saliva does not degrade the film after 7 days in vitro and after 4 days in vivo. Taken together, our results establish that the layer-by-layer technique is suitable for the coating of oral devices.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 595, 11, rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Miri N, Keller P, Zwan BJ, Greer P. EPID-based dosimetry to verify IMRT planar dose distribution for the aS1200 EPID and FFF beams. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2016; 17:292-304. [PMID: 27929502 PMCID: PMC5690494 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v17i6.6336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [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: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We proposed to perform a basic dosimetry commissioning on a new imager system, the Varian aS1200 electronic portal imaging device (EPID) and TrueBeam 2.0 linear accelerator for flattened (FF) and flattening filter‐free (FFF) beams, then to develop an image‐based quality assurance (QA) model for verification of the system delivery accuracy for intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments. For dosimetry testing, linearity of dose response with MU, imager lag, and effectiveness of backscatter shielding were investigated. Then, an image‐based model was developed to convert images to planar dose onto a virtual water phantom. The model parameters were identified using energy fluence of the Acuros treatment planning system (TPS) and, reference dose profiles and output factors measured at depths of 5, 10, 15, and 20 cm in water phantom for square fields. To validate the model, its calculated dose was compared to measured dose from MapCHECK 2 diode arrays for 36 IMRT fields at 10 cm depth delivered with 6X, 6XFFF, 10X, and 10XFFF energies. An in‐house gamma function was used to compare planar doses pixel‐by‐pixel. Finally, the method was applied to the same IMRT fields to verify their pretreatment delivery dose compared with Eclipse TPS dose. For the EPID commissioning, dose linearity was within 0.4% above 5 MU and ∼1% above 2 MU, measured lag was smaller than the previous EPIDs, and profile symmetry was improved. The model was validated with mean gamma pass rates (standard deviation) of 99.0% (0.4%), 99.5% (0.6%), 99.3% (0.4%), and 98.0% (0.8%) at 3%/3 mm for respectively 6X, 6XFFF, 10X, and 10XFFF beams. Using the same comparison criteria, the beam deliveries were verified with mean pass rates of 100% (0.0%), 99.6% (0.3%), 99.9% (0.1%), and 98.7% (1.4%). Improvements were observed in dosimetric response of the aS1200 imager compared to previous EPID models, and the model was successfully developed for the new system and delivery energies of 6 and 10 MV, FF, and FFF modes. PACS number(s): 87.53.Oq, 87.53.Xd
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Keller P, Dufourni A, Van de Velde M, Bauwens C, Van Loon G. Phenylephrine-induced epistaxis in a six-year-old Quarter horse with nephrosplenic entrapment. VLAAMS DIERGEN TIJDS 2016. [DOI: 10.21825/vdt.v85i3.16343] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Left dorsal displacement of the large colon is a common cause of colic in horses. Treatment consists of surgery, rolling the horse under general anesthesia or intravenous administration of phenylephrine. Treatment with phenylephrine, an α1-adrenergic drug, is often associated with sweating and trembling. Especially in horses of more than 15 years old, fatal hemorrhage may occur due to hemothorax or hemoperitoneum. Therefore, phenylephrine treatment is generally not given in horses over 15 years of age. In this report, severe epistaxis in a six-year-old Quarter horse is described after intravenous administration of 22.5 μg/kg BW phenylephrine, and it is highlighted that hemorrhage may also occur in younger horses.
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