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van Hooff MC, Werner E, van der Meer AJ. Treatment in primary biliary cholangitis: Beyond ursodeoxycholic acid. Eur J Intern Med 2024:S0953-6205(24)00037-2. [PMID: 38307734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare cholestatic immune-mediated liver disease. The clinical course varies from mild to severe, with a substantial group of patients developing cirrhosis within a decade. These patients are at risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, decompensation and liver failure. First line Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment improves the cholestatic surrogate markers, and was recently associated with a favorable survival free of liver transplantation, even in case of an incomplete biochemical response. However, despite adequate UDCA therapy, patients remain at risk of liver disease progression. Therefore, on-treatment multifactor-based risk stratification is necessary to identify patients in need of additional therapy. This requires a personalized approach; especially as recent studies suggest that complete biochemical normalization as most stringent response criterion might be preferred in selected patients to optimize their outcome. Today, stricter biochemical goals might actually be reachable with the addition of farnesoid X receptor or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists, or, in highly-selected cases, use of corticosteroids. Randomized controlled trials showed improvements in the key biochemical surrogate markers with the addition of these drugs, which have also been associated with improved clinical outcome. Considering this evolving PBC landscape, with more versatile treatment options and treatment goals, this review recapitulates the recent insight in UDCA therapy, the selection of patients with a residual risk of liver disease progression and the results of the currently available second line treatment options.
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- M C van Hooff
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Doctor Molewaterplein 40, NA building, Floor 6, Rotterdam 3015 GD, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Doctor Molewaterplein 40, NA building, Floor 6, Rotterdam 3015 GD, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Doctor Molewaterplein 40, NA building, Floor 6, Rotterdam 3015 GD, the Netherlands.
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Werner E, Gokhale A, Ackert M, Xu C, Wen Z, Roberts AM, Roberts BR, Vrailas-Mortimer A, Crocker A, Faundez V. The mitochondrial RNA granule modulates manganese-dependent cell toxicity. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar108. [PMID: 35921164 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-03-0096] [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: 11/11/2022] Open
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Prolonged manganese exposure causes manganism, a neurodegenerative movement disorder. The identity of adaptive and nonadaptive cellular processes targeted by manganese remains mostly unexplored. Here we study mechanisms engaged by manganese in genetic cellular models known to increase susceptibility to manganese exposure, the plasma membrane manganese efflux transporter SLC30A10 and the mitochondrial Parkinson's gene PARK2. We found that SLC30A10 and PARK2 mutations as well as manganese exposure compromised the mitochondrial RNA granule composition and function, resulting in disruption of mitochondrial transcript processing. These RNA granule defects led to impaired assembly and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Notably, cells that survived a cytotoxic manganese challenge had impaired RNA granule function, thus suggesting that this granule phenotype was adaptive. CRISPR gene editing of subunits of the mitochondrial RNA granule, FASTKD2 or DHX30, as well as pharmacological inhibition of mitochondrial transcription-translation, were protective rather than deleterious for survival of cells acutely exposed to manganese. Similarly, adult Drosophila mutants with defects in the mitochondrial RNA granule component scully were safeguarded from manganese-induced mortality. We conclude that impairment of the mitochondrial RNA granule function is a protective mechanism for acute manganese toxicity.
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- E Werner
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 617901
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 617901
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- Program in Neuroscience, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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Höllriegl V, Roth P, Werner E, Schramel P, Wendler I, Felgenhauer N, Zilker T. Influence of calcium on the uptake of ingested strontium. KERNTECHNIK 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/kern-2003-0076] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Radioactive isotopes of strontium, mainly 90Sr, released into the environment due to nuclear accidents may contribute significantly to the internal radiation exposure of members of the public after ingestion of strontium with contaminated foodstuffs. The committed radiation dose is significantly dependent on the fraction of the ingested activity that crossed the gut wall (f1 value). The directive 96/29/EURATOM has adopted f1 values of 0.3 for adults. This study was aimed to investigate how far the calcium content of foodstuffs influences the uptake of ingested strontium. For aqueous solutions without calcium containing 1 mg strontium, f1 values of 0.62 ± 0.13 (mean ± SD) were obtained. However, the uptake of 1 mg Sr from milk, and respectively from solutions with calcium was lower than from aqueous solution (f1: = 0.32 ± 0.06, respectively f1: = 0.31 ± 0.06). The data obtained show a significant reduction of the uptake of ingested strontium from milk in comparison to aqueous solution. The calcium content of milk could explain this reduction.
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- V. Höllriegl
- Institute of Radiation Protection, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1 , Neuherberg , Germany
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- Institute of Radiation Protection, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1 , Neuherberg , Germany
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- Institute of Radiation Protection, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1 , Neuherberg , Germany
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- Institute of Ecological Chemistry, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1 , Neuherberg , Germany
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- Institute of Ecological Chemistry, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1 , Neuherberg , Germany
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- Department of Toxicology of the II. Medical Clinic of Technical University Munich , München , Germany
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- Department of Toxicology of the II. Medical Clinic of Technical University Munich , München , Germany
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Kaplan I, Bubley GJ, Bhatt RS, Taplin ME, Dowling S, Mahoney K, Werner E, Nguyen P. Enzalutamide With Radiation Therapy for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Phase 2 Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021; 110:1416-1422. [PMID: 33636278 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is often used as adjuvant treatment with radiation therapy (RT) for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. ADT is associated with multiple side effects, including weight gain, loss of libido, and hot flashes. In contrast, antiandrogen monotherapy has been generally better tolerated. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of enzalutamide (an antiandrogen) monotherapy with RT for the treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS This trial was an open-label, phase 2 study of 6 months of enzalutamide monotherapy with external beam RT for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Enzalutamide was initiated 2 months before external beam RT. The primary endpoint was prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response measured at the end of enzalutamide administration at the 6-month timepoint. Secondary endpoints included assessment of toxicity and changes in anthropomorphic body measurement, sexual function, and metabolism. The sample size was 64 patients. The hypothesis was that if ≥60% of the patients did not achieve a PSA nadir of ≤0.2 ng/mL, the study results would be deemed negative. RESULTS The results met the prespecified endpoint for efficacy in that PSA values ≤0.2 ng/mL were observed in 49 of 64 patients (77%), and 60 of 64 patients (94%) had PSA values ≤0.5ng/mL. The most frequent adverse events were hypertension and gynecomastia. There were no changes in anthropomorphic body measurements and only modest erectile dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS Using PSA response as an endpoint, enzalutamide monotherapy may be as effective as ADT in combination with external beam RT for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, and it is associated with fewer side effects. Randomized trials comparing enzalutamide with ADT are justified.
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- Irving Kaplan
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biostatics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Kopacz A, Werner E, Kloska D, Hajduk K, Fichna J, Jozkowicz A, Piechota-Polanczyk A. Nrf2 transcriptional activity in the mouse affects the physiological response to tribromoethanol. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 128:110317. [PMID: 32485566 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Up to date, there is no information on the influence of 2,2,2-tribromoethanol (TBE; Avertin), a commonly used anaesthetic, on mice with impaired antioxidant capacity. We aimed to analyse the effect of a single dose of Avertin on anaesthesia duration time, inflammatory response, oxidative stress and collagen deposition in the large intestine of Nrf2 transcriptional knockout mice (tNrf2-/-). The studies were performed on six-month-old female mice Nrf2+/+ and tNrf2-/- randomly assigned to Avertin (250 mg/kg b.w. single i.p. injection) or vehicle group. We observed a 2-fold increase in anaesthesia time and longer recovery time (p = 0.015) in tNrf2-/- in comparison to Nrf2+/+. However, no hepato- or nephrotoxicity was detected. Interestingly, we found severe changes in colon morphology of untreated tNrf2-/- mice associated with colon shortening (p = 0.02) and thickening (p = 0.015). Avertin treatment caused colon damage manifested with epithelial layer damage and goblet depletion in Nrf2+/+ mice but not in tNrf2-/- individuals. Additionally, Avertin did not induce oxidative stress in colon tissue, but it increased leukocyte infiltration in Nrf2+/+ mice (p = 0.02). Immunofluorescent staining also revealed enhanced deposition of collagen I and collagen III in the colon of untreated tNrf2-/- mice. Avertin contributed to increased deposition of collagen I in Nrf2+/+ mice but reduced deposition of collagen I and III in tNrf2-/- individuals. In conclusion, tNrf2-/- respond to Avertin with prolonged anaesthesia that is not associated with acute toxicity, inflammatory reaction or enhanced oxidative stress. Avertin does not impair intestine morphology in tNrf2-/- mice but can normalise the enhanced fibrosis.
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- A Kopacz
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Department of Animal Reproduction and Anatomy, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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Grobman WA, Sandoval G, Reddy UM, Tita AT, Silver RM, Mallett G, Hill K, Rice MM, El-Sayed YY, Wapner RJ, Rouse DJ, Saade GR, Thorp JM, Chauhan SP, Iams JD, Chien EK, Casey BM, Gibbs RS, Srinivas SK, Swamy GK, Simhan HN, Macones GA, Peaceman A, Plunkett B, Paycheck K, Dinsmoor M, Harris S, Sheppard J, Biggio J, Harper L, Longo S, Servay C, Varner M, Sowles A, Coleman K, Atkinson D, Stratford J, Dellermann S, Meadows C, Esplin S, Martin C, Peterson K, Stradling S, Willson C, Lyell D, Girsen A, Knapp R, Gyamfi C, Bousleiman S, Perez-Delboy A, Talucci M, Carmona V, Plante L, Tocci C, Leopanto B, Hoffman M, Dill-Grant L, Palomares K, Otarola S, Skupski D, Chan R, Allard D, Gelsomino T, Rousseau J, Beati L, Milano J, Werner E, Salazar A, Costantine M, Chiossi G, Pacheco L, Saad A, Munn M, Jain S, Clark S, Clark K, Boggess K, Timlin S, Eichelberger K, Moore A, Beamon C, Byers H, Ortiz F, Garcia L, Sibai B, Bartholomew A, Buhimschi C, Landon M, Johnson F, Webb L, McKenna D, Fennig K, Snow K, Habli M, McClellan M, Lindeman C, Dalton W, Hackney D, Cozart H, Mayle A, Mercer B, Moseley L, Gerald J, Fay-Randall L, Garcia M, Sias A, Price J, Hale K, Phipers J, Heyborne K, Craig J, Parry S, Sehdev H, Bishop T, Ferrara J, Bickus M, Caritis S, Thom E, Doherty L, de Voest J. Health resource utilization of labor induction versus expectant management. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020; 222:369.e1-369.e11. [PMID: 31930993 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although induction of labor of low-risk nulliparous women at 39 weeks reduces the risk of cesarean delivery compared with expectant management, concern regarding more frequent use of labor induction remains, given that this intervention historically has been thought to incur greater resource utilization. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine whether planned elective labor induction at 39 weeks among low-risk nulliparous women, compared with expectant management, was associated with differences in health care resource utilization from the time of randomization through 8 weeks postpartum. STUDY DESIGN This is a planned secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized trial in which low-risk nulliparous women were assigned to induction of labor at 39 weeks or expectant management. We assessed resource utilization after randomization in 3 time periods: antepartum, delivery admission, and discharge through 8 weeks postpartum. RESULTS Of 6096 women with data available, those in the induction of labor group (n = 3059) were significantly less likely in the antepartum period after randomization to have at least 1 ambulatory visit for routine prenatal care (32.4% vs 68.4%), unanticipated care (0.5% vs 2.6%), or urgent care (16.2% vs 44.3%), or at least 1 antepartum hospitalization (0.8% vs 2.2%, P < .001 for all). They also had fewer tests (eg, sonograms, blood tests) and treatments (eg, antibiotics, intravenous hydration) prior to delivery. During the delivery admission, women in the induction of labor group spent a longer time in labor and delivery (median, 0.83 vs 0.57 days), but both women (P = .002) and their neonates (P < .001) had shorter postpartum stays. Women and neonates in both groups had similar frequencies of postpartum urgent care and hospital readmissions (P > .05 for all). CONCLUSION Women randomized to induction of labor had longer durations in labor and delivery but significantly fewer antepartum visits, tests, and treatments and shorter maternal and neonatal hospital durations after delivery. These results demonstrate that the health outcome advantages associated with induction of labor are gained without incurring uniformly greater health care resource use.
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Kole M, Nelson L, Has P, Werner E, Rouse D, Hardy E. Pregnancy latency associated with oral compared to intravenous antibiotics following preterm premature rupture of membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dallner OS, Marinis JM, Lu YH, Birsoy K, Werner E, Fayzikhodjaeva G, Dill BD, Molina H, Moscati A, Kutalik Z, Marques-Vidal P, Kilpeläinen TO, Grarup N, Linneberg A, Zhang Y, Vaughan R, Loos RJF, Lazar MA, Friedman JM. Dysregulation of a long noncoding RNA reduces leptin leading to a leptin-responsive form of obesity. Nat Med 2019; 25:507-516. [PMID: 30842678 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0370-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Quantitative changes in leptin concentration lead to alterations in food intake and body weight, but the regulatory mechanisms that control leptin gene expression are poorly understood. Here we report that fat-specific and quantitative leptin expression is controlled by redundant cis elements and trans factors interacting with the proximal promoter together with a long noncoding RNA (lncOb). Diet-induced obese mice lacking lncOb show increased fat mass with reduced plasma leptin levels and lose weight after leptin treatment, whereas control mice do not. Consistent with this finding, large-scale genetic studies of humans reveal a significant association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the region of human lncOb with lower plasma leptin levels and obesity. These results show that reduced leptin gene expression can lead to a hypoleptinemic, leptin-responsive form of obesity and provide a framework for elucidating the pathogenic mechanism in the subset of obese patients with low endogenous leptin levels.
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- Olof S Dallner
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Proteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Proteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Clinical Research and Prevention, Frederiksberg-Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Experimental Research, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,The Mindich Childhood and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
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Maeland S, Oyeflaten I, Husabo E, Monstad K, Holmaas TH, Werner E. Effect of independent medical examinations on return to work in Norway. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky213.233] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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- S Maeland
- Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Uni Rokkan Center, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Uni Rokkan Center, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
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- University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Werner E, Hornung R, Berlit S, Petzold A, Miethke T, Weiß C, Sütterlin M. Lassen sich pathologische Keime im maternalen Vaginalabstrich postpartal beim Kind nachweisen? Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1671491] [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: 10/28/2022] Open
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- E Werner
- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Medizinische Statistik, Biomathematik und Informationsverarbeitung, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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Hornung R, Werner E, Berlit S, Petzold A, Miethke T, Weiß C, Sütterlin M. Nutzen und Probleme des Vaginalabstrichs in der Schwangerschaft. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1671490] [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: 10/28/2022] Open
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- R Hornung
- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Medizinische Statistik, Biomathematik und Informationsverarbeitung, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universitätsmedizin, Frauenklinik, Mannheim, Deutschland
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Ödman D, Werner E, Dorfman KD, Doering CR, Mehlig B. Distribution of label spacings for genome mapping in nanochannels. Biomicrofluidics 2018; 12:034115. [PMID: 30018694 PMCID: PMC6019347 DOI: 10.1063/1.5038417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In genome mapping experiments, long DNA molecules are stretched by confining them to very narrow channels, so that the locations of sequence-specific fluorescent labels along the channel axis provide large-scale genomic information. It is difficult, however, to make the channels narrow enough so that the DNA molecule is fully stretched. In practice, its conformations may form hairpins that change the spacings between internal segments of the DNA molecule, and thus the label locations along the channel axis. Here, we describe a theory for the distribution of label spacings that explains the heavy tails observed in distributions of label spacings in genome mapping experiments.
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- D Ödman
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1042, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Yu D, Daddacha W, Koyen A, Bastien A, Head P, Dhere V, Nabeta G, Connolly E, Werner E, Madden M, Daly M, Minten E, Whelan D, Zhang H, Anand R, Shepard C, Sundaram R, Deng X, Dynan W, Wang Y, Bindra R, Cejka P, Rothenberg E, Doetsch P, Kim B. OC-0377: Targeting a Novel Function for SAMHD1 in DNA Repair for Radiation Therapy and PARP Inhibition. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)30687-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Piechota-Polanczyk A, Werner E, Kopacz A, Kloska D, Hajduk K, Dulak J, Jozkowicz A. 29Inhibition of Nrf2 transcriptional activity favors abdominal aortic aneurysm formation in mice. Cardiovasc Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy060.012] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- University of Agriculture, Department of Animal Reproduction and Anatomy, Faculty of Animal Science, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Medical Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Medical Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Medical Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Medical Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Medical Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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Werner E, Jain A, Muralidhar A, Frykholm K, St Clere Smithe T, Fritzsche J, Westerlund F, Dorfman KD, Mehlig B. Hairpins in the conformations of a confined polymer. Biomicrofluidics 2018; 12:024105. [PMID: 29576836 PMCID: PMC5844772 DOI: 10.1063/1.5018787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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If a semiflexible polymer confined to a narrow channel bends around by 180°, the polymer is said to exhibit a hairpin. The equilibrium extension statistics of the confined polymer are well understood when hairpins are vanishingly rare or when they are plentiful. Here, we analyze the extension statistics in the intermediate situation via experiments with DNA coated by the protein RecA, which enhances the stiffness of the DNA molecule by approximately one order of magnitude. We find that the extension distribution is highly non-Gaussian, in good agreement with Monte-Carlo simulations of confined discrete wormlike chains. We develop a simple model that qualitatively explains the form of the extension distribution. The model shows that the tail of the distribution at short extensions is determined by conformations with one hairpin.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Geling M, Werner E, Mörtl M, Mäder U, Reiners C, Farahati J, Körber C. Incidence of the Familial Non-medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Patient Register of the Clinic and Policlinic of Nuclear Medicine, University of Würzburg. Nuklearmedizin 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Aim: In this study the incidence rate of familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma was investigated in the first and second grade relatives of patients registered at the Clinic and Policlinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Würzburg. Patients and Methods: In this study 596 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma were enclosed, who were treated between 01.01.81 and 31.12.95. The data concerning a familial occurrence were studied by a retrospective survey-based analysis. These data were compared to a literature analysis for familial non-meduilary thyroid carcinoma. Results: 14 patients of the 596 patients treated showed a familial occurrence (2,3%). All these patients suffered from papillary thyroid carcinoma. According to the prognostic factors (tumor state, lymph node involvement, metastastic disease) no differences could be evaluated in the different groups (sporadic versus familial non-medullary thyroid disease). Conclusion: A familial occurrence of differentiated thyroid carcinomas is not frequently observed, but should be considered due to further genetic diseases.
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Experiments measuring DNA extension in nanochannels are at odds with even the most basic predictions of current scaling arguments for the conformations of confined semiflexible polymers such as DNA. We show that a theory based on a weakly self-avoiding, one-dimensional "telegraph" process collapses experimental data and simulation results onto a single master curve throughout the experimentally relevant region of parameter space and explains the mechanisms at play.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Werner E, Weißbach A, Timmann D, Brüggemann N, Tadic V, Klein C, Münchau A, Bäumer T. EP 56. Cerebellar learning and its modifiability by alcohol in myoclonus-dystonia. Clin Neurophysiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.05.109] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Smithe TSC, Iarko V, Muralidhar A, Werner E, Dorfman KD, Mehlig B. Finite-size corrections for confined polymers in the extended de Gennes regime. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 92:062601. [PMID: 26764718 PMCID: PMC4714778 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.062601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Theoretical results for the extension of a polymer confined to a channel are usually derived in the limit of infinite contour length. But experimental studies and simulations of DNA molecules confined to nanochannels are not necessarily in this asymptotic limit. We calculate the statistics of the span and the end-to-end distance of a semiflexible polymer of finite length in the extended de Gennes regime, exploiting the fact that the problem can be mapped to a one-dimensional weakly self-avoiding random walk. The results thus obtained compare favorably with pruned-enriched Rosenbluth method (PERM) simulations of a three-dimensional discrete wormlike chain model of DNA confined in a nanochannel. We discuss the implications for experimental studies of linear λ-DNA confined to nanochannels at the high ionic strengths used in many experiments.
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- T. St Clere Smithe
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Iarko V, Werner E, Nyberg LK, Müller V, Fritzsche J, Ambjörnsson T, Beech JP, Tegenfeldt JO, Mehlig K, Westerlund F, Mehlig B. Extension of nanoconfined DNA: Quantitative comparison between experiment and theory. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 92:062701. [PMID: 26764721 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.062701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The extension of DNA confined to nanochannels has been studied intensively and in detail. However, quantitative comparisons between experiments and model calculations are difficult because most theoretical predictions involve undetermined prefactors, and because the model parameters (contour length, Kuhn length, effective width) are difficult to compute reliably, leading to substantial uncertainties. Here we use a recent asymptotically exact theory for the DNA extension in the "extended de Gennes regime" that allows us to compare experimental results with theory. For this purpose, we performed experiments measuring the mean DNA extension and its standard deviation while varying the channel geometry, dye intercalation ratio, and ionic strength of the buffer. The experimental results agree very well with theory at high ionic strengths, indicating that the model parameters are reliable. At low ionic strengths, the agreement is less good. We discuss possible reasons. In principle, our approach allows us to measure the Kuhn length and the effective width of a single DNA molecule and more generally of semiflexible polymers in solution.
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- V Iarko
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
- NanoLund, Lund University, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Savcheva A, Pariat E, McKillop S, McCauley P, Hanson E, Su Y, Werner E, DeLuca EE. THE RELATION BETWEEN SOLAR ERUPTION TOPOLOGIES AND OBSERVED FLARE FEATURES. I. FLARE RIBBONS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/810/2/96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Werner E, Reiter-Schad M, Ambjörnsson T, Mehlig B. Model for melting of confined DNA. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 91:060702. [PMID: 26172649 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.060702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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When DNA molecules are heated they denature. This occurs locally so that loops of molten single DNA strands form, connected by intact double-stranded DNA pieces. The properties of this "melting" transition have been intensively investigated. Recently there has been a surge of interest in this question, in part caused by experiments determining the properties of partially bound DNA confined to nanochannels. But how does such confinement affect the melting transition? To answer this question we introduce and solve a model predicting how confinement affects the melting transition for a simple model system by first disregarding the effect of self-avoidance. We find that the transition is smoother for narrower channels. By means of Monte Carlo simulations we then show that a model incorporating self-avoidance shows qualitatively the same behavior and that the effect of confinement is stronger than in the ideal case.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Werner E, Mehlig B. Scaling regimes of a semiflexible polymer in a rectangular channel. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 91:050601. [PMID: 26066107 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.050601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We derive scaling relations for the extension statistics and the confinement free energy for a semiflexible polymer confined to a channel with a rectangular cross section. Our motivation is recent numerical results [Gupta et al., J. Chem. Phys. 140, 214901 (2014)] indicating that extensional fluctuations are quite different in rectangular channels compared to square channels. Our results are of direct relevance for interpreting current experiments on DNA molecules confined to nanochannels, as many experiments are performed for rectangular channels with large aspect ratios, while theoretical and simulation results are usually obtained for square channels.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Fergon A, Guerreiro J, Castelnau P, Naydenova D, Hebert C, Desbordes A, Werner E. P-456 – Thrombophlébite cérébrale et asphyxie périnatale. Arch Pediatr 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(15)30633-3] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Kurz P, Tsobanelis T, Ewald U, Roth P, Werner E, Vlachojannis J. Calcium metabolism in patients on CAPD and hemodialysis. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 89:175-85. [PMID: 1893724 DOI: 10.1159/000419764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- P Kurz
- St. Markus-Krankenhaus, II. Medizinische Klinik, Frankfurt/Main, FRG
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Sridharan DM, Asaithamby A, Bailey SM, Costes SV, Doetsch PW, Dynan WS, Kronenberg A, Rithidech KN, Saha J, Snijders AM, Werner E, Wiese C, Cucinotta FA, Pluth JM. Understanding cancer development processes after HZE-particle exposure: roles of ROS, DNA damage repair and inflammation. Radiat Res 2015; 183:1-26. [PMID: 25564719 DOI: 10.1667/rr13804.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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During space travel astronauts are exposed to a variety of radiations, including galactic cosmic rays composed of high-energy protons and high-energy charged (HZE) nuclei, and solar particle events containing low- to medium-energy protons. Risks from these exposures include carcinogenesis, central nervous system damage and degenerative tissue effects. Currently, career radiation limits are based on estimates of fatal cancer risks calculated using a model that incorporates human epidemiological data from exposed populations, estimates of relative biological effectiveness and dose-response data from relevant mammalian experimental models. A major goal of space radiation risk assessment is to link mechanistic data from biological studies at NASA Space Radiation Laboratory and other particle accelerators with risk models. Early phenotypes of HZE exposure, such as the induction of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage signaling and inflammation, are sensitive to HZE damage complexity. This review summarizes our current understanding of critical areas within the DNA damage and oxidative stress arena and provides insight into their mechanistic interdependence and their usefulness in accurately modeling cancer and other risks in astronauts exposed to space radiation. Our ultimate goals are to examine potential links and crosstalk between early response modules activated by charged particle exposure, to identify critical areas that require further research and to use these data to reduced uncertainties in modeling cancer risk for astronauts. A clearer understanding of the links between early mechanistic aspects of high-LET response and later surrogate cancer end points could reveal key nodes that can be therapeutically targeted to mitigate the health effects from charged particle exposures.
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- D M Sridharan
- a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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We show that the problem of describing the conformations of a semiflexible polymer confined to a channel can be mapped onto an exactly solvable model in the so-called extended de Gennes regime. This regime (where the polymer is neither weakly nor strongly confined) has recently been intensively studied experimentally and by means of computer simulations. The exact solution predicts precisely how the conformational fluctuations depend upon the channel width and upon the microscopic parameters characterizing the physical properties of the polymer.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hertl C, Koll L, Schmitz T, Werner E, Gbureck U. Structural characterisation of oxygen diffusion hardened alpha-tantalum PVD-coatings on titanium. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2014; 41:28-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 02/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Duplan M, Chantreuil J, Favrais G, Roullet-Renolleau N, Ndizeye J, Werner E, Saliba E. SFP PC-53 - Enfants hospitalisés pour bronchiolite sévère : facteurs prédictifs d’échec de VNI. Arch Pediatr 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(14)72203-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Løchting I, Grotle M, Storheim K, Werner E, Garratt A. Individualized quality of life in patients with low back pain: Reliability and validity of the Patient Generated Index. J Rehabil Med 2014; 46:781-7. [DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- E. Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biological
Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Division
of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Werner E, Persson F, Westerlund F, Tegenfeldt JO, Mehlig B. Orientational correlations in confined DNA. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 86:041802. [PMID: 23214605 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.041802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We study how the orientational correlations of DNA confined to nanochannels depend on the channel diameter D by means of Monte Carlo simulations and a mean-field theory. This theory describes DNA conformations in the experimentally relevant regime where the Flory-de Gennes theory does not apply. We show how local correlations determine the dependence of the end-to-end distance of the DNA molecule upon D. Tapered nanochannels provide the necessary resolution in D to study experimentally how the extension of confined DNA molecules depends upon D. Our experimental and theoretical results are in qualitative agreement.
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- E Werner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Balks E, Wolf C, Loessner H, Werner E. Towards in vitro potency testing of inactivated erysipelas vaccines. Dev Biol (Basel) 2012; 134:37-44. [PMID: 22888593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ph. Eur. Monograph 0064 "Swine erysipelas vaccine (inactivated)" currently advises mouse serology for batch potency testing. However, technological advances in vaccine production, improved quality control systems and comprehensive post marketing surveillance increasingly promote the acceptance of non-animal approaches for batch release testing. Protein and immune profiles of inactivated swine erysipelas vaccines obtained by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot might offer a convenient global and functional in vitro alternative. Characteristic and consistent protein and immune profiles could be obtained for aluminium-adjuvanted vaccines. Immunoreactivity of polyclonal sera raised in mice differs markedly from reactivity of swine sera.
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- E Balks
- Department Veterinary Medicines, Section Bacterial Vaccines and Immune Sera, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen Germany.
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Degeorge ML, Marlowe D, Werner E, Soderstrom KE, Stock M, Mueller A, Bohn MC, Kozlowski DA. Combining glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene delivery (AdGDNF) with L-arginine decreases contusion size but not behavioral deficits after traumatic brain injury. Brain Res 2011; 1403:45-56. [PMID: 21672665 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that viral administration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (AdGDNF), one week prior to a controlled cortical impact (CCI) over the forelimb sensorimotor cortex of the rat (FL-SMC) is neuroprotective, but does not significantly enhance recovery of sensorimotor function. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is that although protected, neurons may not have been functional due to enduring metabolic deficiencies. Additionally, metabolic events following TBI may interfere with expression of therapeutic proteins administered to the injured brain via gene therapy. The current study focused on enhancing the metabolic function of the brain by increasing cerebral blood flow (CBF) with l-arginine in conjunction with administration of AdGDNF immediately following CCI. An adenoviral vector harboring human GDNF was injected unilaterally into FL-SMC of the rat immediately following a unilateral CCI over the FL-SMC. Within 30min of the CCI and AdGDNF injections, some animals were injected with l-arginine (i.v.). Tests of forelimb function and asymmetry were administered for 4weeks post-injury. Animals were sacrificed and contusion size and GDNF protein expression measured. This study demonstrated that rats treated with AdGDNF and l-arginine post-CCI had a significantly smaller contusion than injured rats who did not receive any treatment, or injured rats treated with either AdGDNF or l-arginine alone. Nevertheless, no amelioration of behavioral deficits was seen. These findings suggest that AdGDNF alone following a CCI was not therapeutic and although combining it with l-arginine decreased contusion size, it did not enhance behavioral recovery.
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- M L Degeorge
- DePaul University, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Werner E, Boursier-Neyret C, Walther B. β-Glucuronidase from Helix pomatia origin is not suitable for diosmetin analysis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2010; 53:1070-1; author reply 1071-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Maglione M, Oberhuber R, Cardini B, Hermann M, Watschinger K, Obrist P, Schneeberger S, Margreiter R, Pratschke J, Werner E, Brandacher G. TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN ABROGATES ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY ASSOCIATED GRAFT PANCREATITIS: MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS USING A KNOCK-OUT MODEL. Transplantation 2010. [DOI: 10.1097/00007890-201007272-01931] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Regener B, Krempaszky C, Werner E. Characterization of residual stresses in heat treated Ti-6Al-4V forgings by machining induced distortion. EPJ Web of Conferences 2010. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20100644006] [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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Römer S, Hüseman D, Werner E, Ziemer S, Riebel T, Scheer I, Obladen M. Thrombose der A. Subclavia: Neonatales Antiphospholipidsyndrom ohne typische Antikörper? Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-983195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bonaros N, Rauf R, Schlechta B, Kocher A, Margreiter E, Werner E, Bonatti J, Laufer G. Increased cell engraftment and neoangiogenesis after combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and angiopoietic progenitors in ischemic heart failure. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hansen C, Roth P, Cermak C, Kaltwasser JP, Werner E. Comparative Investigations on Intestinal Calcium Absorption from Two Therapeutic Preparations in Postmenopausal Women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/10256019308046146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Ch. Hansen
- a GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit , Institut für Biophysikalische Strahlenforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- a GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit , Institut für Biophysikalische Strahlenforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- b Goethe-Universität, Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Bereich Rheumatologie , Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- b Goethe-Universität, Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Bereich Rheumatologie , Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- a GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit , Institut für Biophysikalische Strahlenforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Salazar G, Craige B, Styers ML, Newell-Litwa KA, Doucette MM, Wainer BH, Falcon-Perez JM, Dell'Angelica EC, Peden AA, Werner E, Faundez V. BLOC-1 complex deficiency alters the targeting of adaptor protein complex-3 cargoes. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:4014-26. [PMID: 16760431 PMCID: PMC1556383 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-02-0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mutational analyses have revealed many genes that are required for proper biogenesis of lysosomes and lysosome-related organelles. The proteins encoded by these genes assemble into five distinct complexes (AP-3, BLOC-1-3, and HOPS) that either sort membrane proteins or interact with SNAREs. Several of these seemingly distinct complexes cause similar phenotypic defects when they are rendered defective by mutation, but the underlying cellular mechanism is not understood. Here, we show that the BLOC-1 complex resides on microvesicles that also contain AP-3 subunits and membrane proteins that are known AP-3 cargoes. Mouse mutants that cause BLOC-1 or AP-3 deficiencies affected the targeting of LAMP1, phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase type II alpha, and VAMP7-TI. VAMP7-TI is an R-SNARE involved in vesicle fusion with late endosomes/lysosomes, and its cellular levels were selectively decreased in cells that were either AP-3- or BLOC-1-deficient. Furthermore, BLOC-1 deficiency selectively altered the subcellular distribution of VAMP7-TI cognate SNAREs. These results indicate that the BLOC-1 and AP-3 protein complexes affect the targeting of SNARE and non-SNARE AP-3 cargoes and suggest a function of the BLOC-1 complex in membrane protein sorting.
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- G Salazar
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Rosskopf U, Noeske K, Werner E. Efficacy demonstration of tetanus vaccines by double antigen ELISA. Pharmeuropa Bio 2005; 2005:31-52. [PMID: 16336937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This paper describes a double antigen ELISA (DAE) for rapid, specific and reliable assessment of the antitetanus immune status of horses and sheep. Compared with the indirect ELISA, the double antigen ELISA has the advantage of species-independent testing of sera. Thanks to its test design, it is more specific since the detected antibodies are forced to bind tetanus toxoid twice. In addition, it is very sensitive to tetanus antibodies, enabling the detection of low antibody titres, in range which is relevant for the assessment of the protective status (tetanus toxin neutralising antibodies). The detection limit of the DAE for tetanus antibodies is in the order of 10(-4) EU/ml. A comparison of in vitro results of individual sera with in vivo titres showed that horse sera with titres of 0.04 and 0.05 EU/ml in the DAE showed titres of > 0.05 IU and 0.034 IU/ml respectively during in vivo testing thus indicating good agreement. For tested sheep sera which were rated > 0.05 IU/ml in vivo, the corresponding titre in the DAE was 0.24 EU/ml. Clear tetanus antitoxin establishment of protective ELISA limits requires further comparative examination of sera with low titres (< 1.0 EU/ml) in the double antigen ELISA and the toxin neutralisation test. With the double antigen ELISA, efficacy can be determined for marketing authorisation procedures of tetanus vaccines ad us. vet. As a consequence, the toxin neutralisation test (still being the standard method of choice for quantifying tetanus toxin neutralising antitoxin titres) could be replaced, since it requires too great a number of animals per test and involves considerable suffering for the animals. The test described here reduces the use of mice and guinea pigs within vaccine efficacy testing. In addition, it involves less exposure of the laboratory personnel to toxin.
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- U Rosskopf
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 51-59, 63225 Langen, Germany.
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Klopp R, Schmidt W, Werner E, Werner M, Niemer W, Beuth J. Influence of complementary Viscum album (Iscador) administration on microcirculation and immune system of ear, nose and throat carcinoma patients treated with radiation and chemotherapy. Anticancer Res 2005; 25:601-10. [PMID: 15816634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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With the techniques of vital microscopic and reflection spectrometric imaging, representative characteristics of microcirculation and immunology of white blood cells were evaluated before, during and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy of patients suffering from ear, nose and throat carcinomas. Adverse effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the microcirculation and the immune system were decreased and reconstitution processes were accelerated by complementary administration of a standardized mistletoe extract (Iscador).
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- R Klopp
- Institute for Microcirculation, Berlin, Germany
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Rinner S, Walther H, Werner E. How to measure the decoherence of a micromaser field under well controlled conditions. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:160407. [PMID: 15524963 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.160407] [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: 10/21/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We discuss a possible realization of a quantum register with controllable decoherence in terms of /0> and /1> photon number states of a micromaser field. It is shown how to create in the Jaynes-Cummings model a superposition state of /0> and /1> photon number states inside a closed micromaser cavity. The loss of phase coherence between these two states can subsequently be measured by a second probe atom monitoring the decoherence of the field. A technique is proposed for forming the superposition of number states /0> and /1> using the time structure of the Rabi oscillation. The proposed method avoids problems with stray fields at the cavity holes, which disturb the coherence of the atomic superposition, and offers a way to study how the coupling strength to the environment influences the decoherence rate, displaying the robustness of physical qubits and the fidelity of quantum computations.
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- S Rinner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Brooks JA, Werner E, Jain NP, Helft PR, Zon RT, Fineberg NS, Leblanc J, McHenry L, Einhorn LH, Kesler KA. A retrospective analysis to identify variables predictive of achieving a pCR after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.4061] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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- J. A. Brooks
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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Renhof L, Guder S, Werner E. Hardness and phase analysis of IN 718 deformed at high strain rate. Anal Bioanal Chem 2004; 379:619-21. [PMID: 14968288 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-004-2524-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2003] [Revised: 12/12/2003] [Accepted: 01/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Specimens of the nickel base alloy IN 718 deformed at high strain rate (approximately 10 s(-1)), as realized in a screw press, have higher strength than parts forged conventionally in a hydraulic press. Microstructure analyses in light and transmission electron microscopes reveal the precipitation of very small Ni(3)Nb particles (gamma"-phase) to be the reason for the increased hardness. Several processing routes are discussed and analyzed in relation to the TTT-diagram of IN 718.
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- L Renhof
- Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffkunde und Werkstoffmechanik and Christian-Doppler-Laboratorium für moderne Mehrphasenstähle, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85747, Garching b. Munich, Germany.
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Rosskopf-Streicher U, Volkers P, Werner E. Control of Clostridium perfringens vaccines using an indirect competitive ELISA for the epsilon toxin component - examination of the assay by a collaborative study. Pharmeuropa Bio 2004; 2003:91-6. [PMID: 14960265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Investigations on the replacement of the mouse neutralisation test for proving vaccine batches of Clostridium (C.) perfringens toxoid vaccines were performed since several years. The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) monograph Clostridium perfringens vaccines for veterinary use (0363) is prescribing a potency test by immunisation of rabbits and checking the induction of specific antibodies against the toxins in a mouse neutralisation test. Since the monograph was revised, immunochemical methods are favoured to detect directly specific antibodies in the rabbit sera. An indirect competitive ELISA using a monoclonal antibody was established at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut for the detection of antibodies against the epsilon toxin component of C. perfringens. It was revised using the Clostridia rabbit antiserum Ph. Eur. Biological Reference Preparation (BRP) Batch 1 as reference serum. With a defined content of 11 International Units (IU) of C. perfringens epsilon antitoxin this reference serum enables the calculation of the potency of rabbit sera under test. For the collaborative study vaccine products of different composition licensed for the German and European markets were used. Seven international laboratories were included. Aim was to make a prediction on the transferability and precision of the test method. The results showing a satisfactory intermediate precision and transferability of the test confirmed the applicability of the ELISA method for the batch control of C. perfringens vaccines. Therefore a replacement of the mouse neutralisation test is available.
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Werner E. Vaccines for minor species and minor indications: current situation and concepts in Germany--feasible approaches for the future--authorities' view. Dev Biol (Basel) 2004; 117:165-70. [PMID: 15597635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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About 350 immunological products for veterinary use are authorised for different species and indications in Germany. Vaccines licensed for minor species and minor indications are very rare. Existing products are being withdrawn from the market if the limited market size does not justify any investment for production and marketing, as well as to update the dossiers in accordance with the current regulatory requirements if normally only a limited data set regarding safety and efficacy of the products is available. Subsequently an increase of off-label use of authorised products and of autologous or of non-licensed immunological products are observed. The issue of availability of veterinary immunological medicines in minor species and minor indications has been recognised as a problem in the past few years. A brief review of the current legal situation in Germany and current examples are presented. It is therefore necessary to establish the standards of quality, safety and efficacy for veterinary immunological products intended for minor species and minor indications. There is a need to define a harmonised procedure to authorise products for minor species and minor indications on the basis of agreed minimum requirements. Feasible approaches for revision of requirements for the registration of vaccines for minor species and minor indications are proposed.
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- E Werner
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
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