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Schön R, Metzger M, Gutwald R, Schmelzeisen R. Advances in computer assisted orbital reconstruction: Experience with preformed titanium implants for enopthalmus correction. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80930-0] [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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Metzger M, Conrad S, Alvarez-Bolado G, Skutella T, Just L. Gene expression of the repulsive guidance molecules during development of the mouse intestine. Dev Dyn 2005; 234:169-75. [PMID: 16032658 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Repulsive guidance molecules (RGMs) are recently identified proteins implicated in neuronal differentiation, migration, and apoptosis. However, in non-neural tissues a specific biological function of RGM is still unknown. In this study, we describe the expression patterns of the RGM members (a, b, and c) during embryonic and postnatal development of the small and large murine intestine. We demonstrated by RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, Western blot, and immunocytochemistry that subtypes RGMa and RGMb but not RGMc were strongly expressed in enteric ganglia cells of the fetal and adult gut. In contrast to the enteric nervous system, RGMa and RGMb expression in the intestinal epithelium started during postnatal gut development. Interestingly, both subtypes were predominantly expressed in the proliferative crypt compartment of the gut epithelium and in paneth cells of small intestine. The development-dependent expression in enteric ganglia and intestinal epithelial cells suggests that RGM may be involved in cell migration, differentiation, and apoptosis with similar cellular mechanisms as described in the central nervous system.
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- Marco Metzger
- Institute of Anatomy, Department of Experimental Embryology, Division of Tissue Engineering, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Gutwald R, Schön R, Gellrich NC, Metzger M, Kuschnierz J, Weyer N, Schmelzeisen R. Miniplate osteosynthesis with four different systems in sheep. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)81210-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: 10/24/2022]
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Novak EM, Metzger M, Chammas R, da Costa M, Dantas K, Manabe C, Pires J, de Oliveira AC, Bydlowski SP. Downregulation of TNF-alpha and VEGF expression by Sp1 decoy oligodeoxynucleotides in mouse melanoma tumor. Gene Ther 2003; 10:1992-7. [PMID: 14528323 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Melanoma tumor growth and progression are highly dependent on adequate blood supply through angiogenesis. Since several genes involved in angiogenesis revealed potential binding sites for the transcription factor Sp1, we have examined the effects of local inoculation of Sp1 decoy oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) on the growth of transplanted murine melanoma tumors and the expression of VEGF and TNF-alpha within these tumors. Treatment with Sp1 decoy ODNs, but not their mutated form, led to a significant increase (P=0.041) of the tumor necrotic area, as evaluated morphometrically. Tumor necrosis was associated with a significant decrease of microvascular density (P=0.012) and relative vascular area (P=0.026), as determined by counting CD34-positive vascular structures within the tumor microenvironment of Sp1 decoy ODNs and control ODN-treated tumors. RT-PCR experiments showed a strong decrease in the levels of VEGF188 and VEGF164 isoforms and a moderate decrease of TNF-alpha in Sp1 decoy-treated tumors. Taken together, our results indicate that Sp1 decoy ODNs may inhibit angiogenesis by affecting the gene expression of key players in angiogenesis such as TNF-alpha and VEGF. These findings indicate that Sp1 decoy ODNs may be a potential new therapeutic tool in antiangiogenic therapy.
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- E M Novak
- Research and Molecular Biology Division, Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Metzger M, Jiang S, Braun K. A quantitative immuno-electron microscopic study of dopamine terminals in forebrain regions of the domestic chick involved in filial imprinting. Neuroscience 2002; 111:611-23. [PMID: 12031348 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00611-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale and neostriatum dorsocaudale of the domestic chick are crucially involved in filial imprinting and are major targets of mesotelencephalic dopaminergic projections. To better understand the functional role of dopamine in these forebrain regions, the ultrastructure of dopamine terminals was studied by serial section electron microscopy using immunohistochemical labeling with antibodies to tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine. At light as well as electron microscopic level, dopamine and tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibers were present at moderate densities in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale and high densities in the neostriatum dorsocaudale. The frequency of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive profiles per unit area was significantly higher in the neostriatum dorsocaudale than in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale. In both regions, tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive terminals were relatively small, with mean areas of 0.55 microm(2) in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale and 0.48 microm(2) in the neostriatum dorsocaudale. The majority of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive synapses were symmetrical (83% in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale, 75% in the neostriatum dorsocaudale) as opposed to asymmetrical (17 and 25%, respectively), but there were also tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive terminals which lacked clear synaptic specializations. The preferred targets of the synaptic tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive terminals were dendritic shafts (64% in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale, 63% in the neostriatum dorsocaudale) and less frequently dendritic spines (17 and 23%, respectively) or perikarya (19 and 14%, respectively). In both forebrain regions, immunoreactive terminals were often found in close apposition to unstained terminals making asymmetrical synapses. In conclusion, these results indicate that the ultrastructural features of dopamine terminals in the avian telencephalon are very similar to those described in mammals and that dopamine may exert its effects primarily by modulating excitatory inputs.
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- M Metzger
- Heart Institute (InCor), Pathological Anatomy, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
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Metzger M, Higuchi ML, Moreira LF, Chaves MJF, Castelli JB, Silvestre JML, Bocchi E, Stolf N, Ramires JA. Relevance of apoptosis and cell proliferation for survival of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing partial left ventriculectomy. Eur J Clin Invest 2002; 32:394-9. [PMID: 12059983 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.00998.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiomyocyte apoptosis as well as proliferation have been described in congestive heart failure, but their clinical relevance remains unclear. In order to clarify whether apoptosis and cell proliferation occur in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and whether their degree in left ventricle fragments resected during partial left ventriculectomy has any influence on the outcome after this surgery, we compared their occurrence in four groups of patients: group A, short-term survivors (n = 18); group B, deaths within 6 months of the surgery (n = 13); group C, long-term survivors (n = 12); and Group D, deaths within 60 months (n = 19). DESIGN Apoptotic cardiomyocytes and interstitial cells were quantified in left ventricle fragments from 31 patients with idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy using the TUNEL assay. Cell proliferation was quantified in parallel sections by KI-67 immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Apoptotic cells were present in the majority of cases (n = 24) and proliferative cells in all cases. Whereas there was no significant difference regarding all parameters examined between Groups A and B, there was a highly significant difference between Groups C and D in the number of apoptotic cardiomyocytes (P = 0.012) and apoptotic interstitial cells (P = 0.006). There was no significant relationship between apoptotic cardiomyocytes and KI-67-positive cardiomyocytes, but a negative correlation between apoptotic interstitial cells and KI-67-positive interstitial cells (r = -0.383; P = 0.028). CONCLUSION Cardiomyocyte apoptosis and proliferation occur in the majority of patients with idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy. High numbers of apoptotic cardiomyocytes and apoptotic interstitial cells are significantly related to a bad late outcome after partial left ventriculectomy.
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- M Metzger
- Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
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Campana M, Metzger M, Riglietta M, Tidone L. Gambling co-morbidity in heroin addicts in MMT. Eur Psychiatry 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(02)80914-2] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Campana M, Metzger M. Eating disorders co-morbidity in heroin addicts in MMT. Eur Psychiatry 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(02)80587-9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Raz I, Elias D, Avron A, Tamir M, Metzger M, Cohen IR. Beta-cell function in new-onset type 1 diabetes and immunomodulation with a heat-shock protein peptide (DiaPep277): a randomised, double-blind, phase II trial. Lancet 2001; 358:1749-53. [PMID: 11734230 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06801-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type 1 diabetes results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. The 60 kDa heat-shock protein (hsp60) is one of the known target self antigens. An immunomodulatory peptide from hsp60, p277, arrested beta-cell destruction and maintained insulin production in newly diabetic NOD mice. We did a randomised, double-blind, phase II study of peptide treatment in patients with newly diagnosed (<6 months) type 1 diabetes. METHODS 35 patients with type 1 diabetes and basal C-peptide concentrations above 0.1 nmol/L were assigned subcutaneous injections of 1 mg p277 and 40 mg mannitol in vegetable oil (DiaPep277; n=18) at entry, 1 month, and 6 months, or three placebo injections (mannitol in vehicle; placebo; n=17). The primary endpoint was glucagon-stimulated C-peptide production. Secondary endpoints were metabolic control and T-cell autoimmunity to hsp60 and to p277 (assayed by cytokine secretion). 31 patients completed 10 months of follow-up and were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. FINDINGS At 10 months, mean C-peptide concentrations had fallen in the placebo group (n=16) but were maintained in the DiaPep277 group (n=15; 0.26 [SD 0.11] vs 0.93 [0.35] nmol/L; p=0.039). Need for exogenous insulin was higher in the placebo than in the DiaPep277 group (0.67 [0.33] vs 0.43 [0.17] U/kg; p=0.042). Haemoglobin A1c concentrations were low (around 7%) in both groups. T-cell reactivity to hsp60 and p277 in the DiaPep277 group showed an enhanced T-helper-2 cytokine phenotype. No adverse effects were noted. INTERPRETATION Although this study was small, treatment of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes with DiaPep277 seems to preserve endogenous insulin production, perhaps through induction of a shift from T-helper-1 to T-helper-2 cytokines produced by the autoimmune T cells.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kang EM, Hanazano Y, Frare P, Vanin EF, De Witte M, Metzger M, Liu JM, Tisdale JF. Persistent low-level engraftment of rhesus peripheral blood progenitor cells transduced with the fanconi anemia C gene after conditioning with low-dose irradiation. Mol Ther 2001; 3:911-9. [PMID: 11407905 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2001.0337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The hematopoietic stem cell has long been considered an ideal target for the introduction of therapeutic genes to treat human disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA). Although recent progress in large animal models is encouraging, application to nonmalignant conditions is limited by the perceived necessity of myeloablative conditioning. We and others have shown that very low irradiation doses are sufficient to allow significant hematopoietic engraftment in murine hosts even after the introduction of xenogeneic genes. To determine the degree of engraftment of genetically modified cells attainable with very low irradiation doses in larger animals, we employed the rhesus macaque competitive repopulation model. Four animals underwent mobilization with stem cell factor (SCF) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) followed by apheresis. The apheresis product was enriched for the CD34-positive fraction by immunomagnetic selection and split equally for transduction with either G1FC26, a retroviral vector carrying the Fanconi anemia complementation group C gene, or PLII, a nonexpression control retroviral vector carrying both neomycin and beta-galactosidase gene sequences modified to prevent translation. Transductions were performed daily in the presence of fresh IL-3, IL-6, SCF, and Flt-3 ligand on fibronectin-coated plates over 96 h. Animals were conditioned with a single dose of either 100 (n = 2) or 200 (n = 2) cGy and received the combined products of transduction on the following day. None of the animals experienced clinically significant neutropenia nor required the use of central line placement, transfusional support with blood products, or intravenous antibiotics. Using real-time PCR, circulating levels of genetically modified cells as high as 1% were initially detected. Stable, albeit, significantly lower levels from both vector-transduced aliquots (<0.1%) persisted beyond 12 months posttransplant in all four animals. Although not sufficient to correct the phenotype in many human disorders, stable low-level engraftment by genetically modified cells following low-intensity conditioning may prove adequate in disorders such as FA due to the selective advantage conferred upon corrected cells.
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Sharon A, Shpirer I, Kaluski E, Moshkovitz Y, Milovanov O, Polak R, Blatt A, Simovitz A, Shaham O, Faigenberg Z, Metzger M, Stav D, Yogev R, Golik A, Krakover R, Vered Z, Cotter G. High-dose intravenous isosorbide-dinitrate is safer and better than Bi-PAP ventilation combined with conventional treatment for severe pulmonary edema. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:832-7. [PMID: 10987607 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00785-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility, safety and efficacy of bilevel positive airway ventilation (BiPAP) in the treatment of severe pulmonary edema compared to high dose nitrate therapy. BACKGROUND Although noninvasive ventilation is increasingly used in the treatment of pulmonary edema, its efficacy has not been compared prospectively with newer treatment modalities. METHODS We enrolled 40 consecutive patients with severe pulmonary edema (oxygen saturation <90% on room air prior to treatment). All patients received oxygen at a rate of 10 liter/min, intravenous (IV) furosemide 80 mg and IV morphine 3 mg. Thereafter patients were randomly allocated to receive 1) repeated boluses of IV isosorbide-dinitrate (ISDN) 4 mg every 4 min (n = 20), and 2) BiPAP ventilation and standard dose nitrate therapy (n = 20). Treatment was administered until oxygen saturation increased above 96% or systolic blood pressure decreased to below 110 mm Hg or by more than 30%. Patients whose conditions deteriorated despite therapy were intubated and mechanically ventilated. All treatment was delivered by mobile intensive care units prior to hospital arrival. RESULTS Patients treated by BiPAP had significantly more adverse events. Two BiPAP treated patients died versus zero in the high dose ISDN group. Sixteen BiPAP treated patients (80%) required intubation and mechanical ventilation compared to four (20%) in the high dose ISDN group (p = 0.0004). Myocardial infarction (MI) occurred in 11 (55%) and 2 (10%) patients, respectively (p = 0.006). The combined primary end point (death, mechanical ventilation or MI) was observed in 17 (85%) versus 5 (25%) patients, respectively (p = 0.0003). After 1 h of treatment, oxygen saturation increased to 96 +/- 4% in the high dose ISDN group as compared to 89 +/- 7% in the BiPAP group (p = 0.017). Due to the significant deterioration observed in patients enrolled in the BiPAP arm, the study was prematurely terminated by the safety committee. CONCLUSIONS High dose ISDN is safer and better than BiPAP ventilation combined with conventional therapy in patients with severe pulmonary edema.
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- A Sharon
- Department of Medicine, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Immunohistochemical techniques reveal that the dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein DARPP-32 is detectable in neurons of the chick optic tectum starting on embryonic day 13. The expression levels then increase steadily from embryonic day 15 through the first posthatching day. After 15 days posthatching, expression of DARPP-32 reaches the adult pattern, with many labeled cells in tectal layers 11 and 12. These cells exhibit a bipolar shape, with long processes directed both to the deep and superficial layers. These results suggest that DARPP-32 is present in specific neuronal populations of the chick tectum and that this protein may not have a function in early ontogenetic processes.
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- C M Araki
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1524, 05508-900 S.P., São Paulo, Brazil
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Cotter G, Kaluski E, Blatt A, Milovanov O, Moshkovitz Y, Zaidenstein R, Salah A, Alon D, Michovitz Y, Metzger M, Vered Z, Golik A. L-NMMA (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) is effective in the treatment of cardiogenic shock. Circulation 2000; 101:1358-61. [PMID: 10736276 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.12.1358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective was to assess the safety and efficacy of L-NMMA in the treatment of cardiogenic shock. METHODS We enrolled 11 consecutive patients with cardiogenic shock that persisted after >24 hours from admission, despite coronary catheterization and primary percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization, when feasible, and treatment with mechanical ventilation, intraaortic balloon pump (IABP), and high doses of catecholamines. L-NMMA was administered as an IV bolus of 1 mg/kg and continuous drip of 1 mg. kg(-1). h(-1) for 5 hours. Treatment with catecholamines, mechanical ventilation, and IABP was kept constant throughout the study. RESULTS Within 10 minutes of L-NMMA administration, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) increased from 76+/-9 to 109+/-22 mm Hg (+43%). Urine output increased within 5 hours from 63+/-25 to 156+/-63 cc/h (+148%). Cardiac index decreased during the steep increase in MAP from 2. 0+/-0.5 to 1.7+/-0.4 L/(min. m(2)) (-15%); however, it gradually increased to 1.85+/-0.4 L/(min. m(2)) after 5 hours. The heart rate and the wedge pressure remained stable. Twenty-four hours after L-NMMA discontinuation, MAP (+36%) and urine output (+189%) remained increased; however, cardiac index returned to pretreatment level. No adverse events were detected. Ten out of eleven patients could be weaned off mechanical ventilation and IABP. Eight patients were discharged from the coronary intensive care unit, and seven (64%) were alive at 1-month follow-up. CONCLUSIONS L-NMMA administration in patients with cardiogenic shock is safe and has favorable clinical and hemodynamic effects.
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- G Cotter
- Cardiology Institute, Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit, Zerifin, Israel
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Braun K, Lange E, Metzger M, Poeggel G. Maternal separation followed by early social deprivation affects the development of monoaminergic fiber systems in the medial prefrontal cortex of Octodon degus. Neuroscience 2000; 95:309-18. [PMID: 10619487 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00420-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The influence of early postnatal socio-emotional deprivation on the development of tyrosine hydroxylase- and 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive fiber innervation in the medial prefrontal cortex was quantitatively investigated in the precocial rodent Octodon degus. Forty-five-days-old degus from two groups were compared: (i) degus which were repeatedly separated from their mothers during the first three postnatal weeks and after weaning reared in complete isolation; and (ii) degus which were reared under normal undisturbed social conditions. The two monoaminergic fiber systems in the four subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex responded differentially to the deprivation. While the infralimbic cortex was the only subregion that displayed an increase in 5-hydroxytryptamine-positive fiber densities (129.2%) but no changes in tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibers, the precentral medial (82.2%), anterior cingulate (74.6%) and prelimbic cortex (86.9%) showed significantly reduced tyrosine hydroxylase-positive fiber innervation, but no changes in 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive fiber densities. The number of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive somata in the ventral tegmental area and in the substantia nigra remained unchanged. In cortical areas the number of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive somata was increased (depending on the medial prefrontal cortex subregion between 241.8% and 398.7%) in deprived animals. This altered balance between the serotonergic and dopaminergic cortical innervation in the different subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex may reflect a counter-regulative anatomical and functional adaptation, which may be triggered by an altered activity of these transmitter systems during the phases of maternal separation and social isolation.
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- K Braun
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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Poeggel G, Lange E, Hase C, Metzger M, Gulyaeva N, Braun K. Maternal separation and early social deprivation in Octodon degus: quantitative changes of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase-reactive neurons in the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience 1999; 94:497-504. [PMID: 10579211 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00289-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The influence of postnatal socio-emotional deprivation on the development of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-diaphorase-reactive neurons in prefrontal cortical areas and in subdivisions of the nucleus accumbens was quantitatively investigated in the precocious rodent Octodon degus. Forty-five-days-old O. degus from two animal groups were compared: (i) degus which were repeatedly separated from their mothers during the first three postnatal weeks and after weaning reared in complete isolation; and (ii) degus which were reared under normal undisturbed social conditions. Socially-deprived animals displayed a significant decrease of NADPH-diaphorase-containing neurons in anterior cingulate cortex (85.5%), the same tendency was observed in the infralimbic, precentral medial and prelimbic prefrontal areas. Similarly, the core region of nucleus accumbens expressed reduced NADPH-diaphorase-reactive neuron numbers in deprived animals (70%), whereas the shell region remained unchanged. Since during normal postnatal development the number of NADPH-diaphorase-reactive neurons gradually decreases in all prefrontal cortical and accumbal regions, the observed deprivation-induced changes may reflect either an excessive reduction of NADPH-diaphorase-positive neurons or a down-regulation of the enzyme in neurons that normally express it. Since some NADPH-diaphorase-containing neurons in the prefrontal cortex have been shown to be GABAergic, it is tempting to speculate that a reduction of these inhibitory neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex may result in an enhanced excitatory output activity of disinhibited projection neurons in this cortical region, including those that project to the core region of the nucleus accumbens. Our results indicate a link between early adverse socio-emotional experience and the maturation of NADPH-reactive neurons and further studies are required to analyse the functional implication for this experience-induced brain pathology.
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- G Poeggel
- University of Leipzig, Zoological Institute, Germany.
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The dorsocaudal neostriatal (dNC) complex consists of at least three functionally distinct subregions and is part of an 'imprinting' pathway, which interconnects several forebrain regions that are known to be involved in juvenile learning. Based on its anatomical features, at least one subregion of the dNC complex, the neostriatum dorsocaudale (Ndc) may be considered as the equivalent of the mammalian polysensory association cortices. Several lines of evidence point to a role for this forebrain region in learning and memory formation. After auditory or visual imprinting changes of stimulus-evoked metabolic activities and of synaptic densities have been measured in the Ndc. Pharmacological behavioral studies revealed that the activation of NMDA receptors plays a critical role during this learning process and that NMDA receptor activation is required for the associated metabolic and synaptic changes. In addition to glutamatergic afferents, anatomical studies revealed a massive input from monoaminergic and peptidergic pathways into the dNC complex, suggesting a modulatory role for these systems during imprinting. The results presented here together with data from other avian species support the view that the dNc complex, and in particular the Ndc, plays an important role in juvenile and adult learning.
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- K Braun
- Federal Institute für Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Metzger M, Jiang S, Braun K. Organization of the dorsocaudal neostriatal complex: a retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the domestic chick with special emphasis on pathways relevant to imprinting. J Comp Neurol 1998; 395:380-404. [PMID: 9596530] [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: 02/07/2023]
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In the forebrain of domestic chicks, a network of distinct regions is crucially involved in auditory and visual filial imprinting. Among these areas, a distinct part of the dorsocaudal neostriatal complex (dNC complex), termed neostriatum dorsocaudale (Ndc), was recently discovered by its enhanced metabolic activity during the presentation of auditory and visual imprinting stimuli. Since there is evidence that the dNC complex consists of several distinct functional subareas, we investigated the neural connections of different parts of the dNC complex by retro- and anterograde pathway tracing. Special emphasis was put on the connections of the dNC complex with other imprinting relevant regions in the rostral telencephalon, such as the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale (MNH) and the intermediate and medial part of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV). By anterograde and multiple retrograde pathway tracing, we found that the dNC complex may at least be subdivided into three major constituents. The most medial part of the dNC complex, termed neostriatum dorsale (Nd), is characterized by strong reciprocal connections with the neostriatal part of the MNH and by its auditory related inputs, including those from the output layers L1 and L3 of field L, and the shell region of the thalamic n. ovoidalis. The Ndc, which occupies the central aspects of the dNC complex, is mainly characterized by reciprocal connections with the ectostriatal belt (Ep) and the adjacent neostriatum (N). Furthermore, Nd and Ndc receive strong thalamic input from the n. dorsolateralis posterior (DLP), both project to the IMHV, and both are reciprocally connected with the archistriatum intermedium (AI). The most lateral aspect of the dNC complex, termed Ndl, is characterized by afferents from the neostriatum frontale, pars trigeminalis (NFT), and by the lack of a thalamic input. Results indicate that the dNC complex comprises distinct subregions, which are characterized by their specific afferents from parasensory areas of different sensory modalities. These different subregions may be integral components of a general pattern of sensory processing in the avian telencephalon. The strong interconnections between Nd, Ndc, and MNH as well as IMHV may constitute essential parts of auditory and visual imprinting circuits.
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- M Metzger
- Department of Neuromorphology, Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.
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BACKGROUND A subset of patients with schizophrenia, defined on the basis of longitudinal deficits in self-care, may show a classic ("Kraepelinian") degenerative course. An independent validator of the phenomenologically defined Kraepelinian subtype might be provided by a structural indicator of possible brain degeneration: ventricular size as measured by computed tomography (CT). METHODS To examine whether Kraepelinian patients would show a differential increase in ventricular size over time, two CT scans were conducted at intervals separated by > 4 years, an average of 5 years. Fifty-three male patients with DSM-III-R diagnoses of chronic schizophrenia were subdivided into Kraepelinian (n = 22; mean age = 42 +/- 6 years) and non-Kraepelinian (n = 31; mean age = 38 +/- 12.2 years) subgroups. Kraepelinian patients were defined on the basis of longitudinal criteria: > 5 years of complete dependence on others for life necessities and care, lack of employment, and sustained symptomatology. Thirteen normal elderly volunteers (mean age = 60 +/- 17.8) were also scanned at 4-year intervals. CT measurements were made by raters without knowledge of subgroup membership. A semiautomated computer program was used to trace the anterior horn, lateral ventricles, and temporal horns for each slice level on which they were clearly seen. RESULTS The ventricles showed a bilateral increase in size over the 4-year interval in the Kraepelinian subgroup, more marked in the left hemisphere than the right. By contrast, neither the non-Kraepelinian subgroup nor the normal volunteers showed significant CT changes from scan 1 to scan 2. CONCLUSIONS Thus, the longitudinal dysfunctions in self-care that characterize the Kraepelinian patients were associated with an independent indicator of brain abnormality.
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- K L Davis
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA
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Metzger M, Schiffner H. [Anesthesia risks with anabolic steroids]. Anaesthesist 1998; 47:263-4. [PMID: 9567162 DOI: 10.1007/s001010050556] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- M Metzger
- Klinik für Anaesthesie u. Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Universität Dresden
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Lasasso C, Metzger M. An alternate route for preparing deaf children for BiBi programs: the home language as L1 and cued speech for conveying traditionally spoken languages. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ 1998; 3:265-289. [PMID: 15579868 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.deafed.a014356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This article focuses on nonsigning hearing parents of deaf children who share the goals of bilingual-bicultural (BiBi) programs for their child, opt for their home language to be their deaf child's first language (L1), and have questions about communication options (e.g., oral methods, manually coded English [MCE] systems, or Cued Speech) for conveying that language. We present research findings related to the effectiveness of MCE systems and Cued Speech for conveying English and developing deaf children's reading abilities. We compare the cueing of English and the signing of MCE systems in terms of theoretical and practical advantages. Finally, we suggest research needs.
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- C Lasasso
- Department of Education, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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The distributions of dopamine D1 receptors, dopaminoceptive neurons, and catecholaminergic fibers were investigated in the forebrain of the domestic chick by using D1 receptor autoradiography and immunohistochemical detection of D1 receptor protein (D1rp), the dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein DARPP-32, and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Particular attention was paid to two forebrain regions, the mediorostral neostriatum/ hyperstriatum ventrale (MNH) and neostriatum dorsocaudale (Ndc), which have been shown to be crucially involved in filial imprinting. In general, there was a good, but not complete, correlation between the immunohistochemical pattern of DARPP-32 positive perikarya and the distribution of D1 receptors. Both, DARPP-32 positive neurons as well as D1 receptors were highly enriched in the striatal part of the basal ganglia including the lobus parolfactorius (LPO) and paleostriatum augmentatum. High to moderate densities were observed in the outer rind of the pallium. Low to moderate densities were found in the belt regions of primary sensory areas, whereas densities in the respective core regions were generally low. Labeling in the MNH and Ndc was heterogeneous. Whereas the neostriatal part of MNH displayed both, moderate DARPP-32 immunostaining and moderate D1 receptor densities, the hyperstriatal part showed also moderate D1 receptor densities but was only weakly labeled by DARPP-32. The rostral part of the Ndc was among the most intensely DARPP-32 labeled areas of the pallium, its caudal part revealed only moderate DARPP-32 immunostaining. By using D1 receptor autoradiography, a homogeneous labeling throughout the rostrocaudal extension of the Ndc was found. Double-labeling experiments with antibodies to DARPP-32 and TH revealed that TH positive fibers in the MNH, Ndc, and LPO were often closely related to DARPP-32 positive perikarya. At the ultrastructural level, both immunoreaction for D1rp and DARPP-32 in the MNH and Ndc were primarily found to be associated with postsynaptic elements. Whereas D1rp immunoreactivity was enriched at postsynaptic densities or in their vicinity, reaction product for DARPP-32 was present throughout the perikaryal cytoplasm, dendrites, and dendritic spines. These results indicate that DARPP-32 as well as D1 receptors in the avian forebrain reveal a distribution that is substantially similar to that of mammals.
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- R Schnabel
- Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Aldridge P, Metzger M, Geider K. Genetics of sorbitol metabolism in Erwinia amylovora and its influence on bacterial virulence. Mol Gen Genet 1997; 256:611-9. [PMID: 9435786 DOI: 10.1007/s004380050609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [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] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A chromosomal DNA fragment from Erwinia amylovora was identified that complemented a deletion mutant in the gut(srl) operon of Escherichia coli. The E. amylovora srl operon on the cloned fragment was localized by transposon mutagenesis. A DNA fragment including the srl genes of E. amylovora was sequenced and found to contain six open reading frames (ORFs). These ORFs were highly homologous to genes of the gut operon of E. coli. No large gene was found that encoded a protein equivalent to GutA of E. coli; instead two ORFs with extensive similarity to GutA were identified in the E. amylovora srl operon. All transposon insertions were mapped by PCR analysis, and several insertions in a plasmid bearing the srl operon were unable to complement a mutation in the E. coli gutD gene. All E. amylovora srl mutants could be complemented by introducing the sorbitol operon from E. coli. The direction of transcription was confirmed by analysis of lacZ fusions. Expression of the srl operon in E. amylovora was high in the presence of sorbitol in the medium and was repressed by glucose. Mutants with a sorbitol deficiency were still virulent on slices of immature pears, but were unable to cause significant fire blight symptoms on apple shoots. Since sorbitol is used for carbohydrate transport in host plants of E. amylovora, this sugar alcohol may be an important factor in determining host specificity for the fire blight pathogen.
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- P Aldridge
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Ladenburg, Germany
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Haznedar MM, Buchsbaum MS, Metzger M, Solimando A, Spiegel-Cohen J, Hollander E. Anterior cingulate gyrus volume and glucose metabolism in autistic disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1997; 154:1047-50. [PMID: 9247387 DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.8.1047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study reports the first paired measurements of glucose metabolism and volume of the anterior cingulate gyrus in autism. METHOD Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans of seven high-functioning autistic patients and seven sex- and age-matched normal volunteers were coregistered. After the anterior cingulate gyri were outlined on the MRI images, the volumes of the structures were measured and corrected for brain volume. The volumes were then applied to the PET images and metabolic maps were obtained. RESULTS Right anterior cingulate area 24' was significantly smaller in relative volume, and both area 24 and area 24' were metabolically less active, in the autistic patients than in the normal subjects. CONCLUSIONS Autism may be characterized by structural and functional alterations in the anterior cingulate gyrus.
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- M M Haznedar
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
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Bunnell BA, Metzger M, Byrne E, Morgan RA, Donahue RE. Efficient in vivo marking of primary CD4+ T lymphocytes in nonhuman primates using a gibbon ape leukemia virus-derived retroviral vector. Blood 1997; 89:1987-95. [PMID: 9058720] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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High efficiency retroviral-mediated gene transfer to rhesus CD4+ peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was accomplished using an optimized transduction protocol using a gibbon ape leukemia virus (GaLV) envelope-containing packaging cell line PG13. Engineered CD4+ PBL were administered to three nonmyeloablated animals in three or four separate infusions over 9 months. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) demonstrated in vivo reconstitution of the genetically engineered CD4+ PBL at levels between 1% and 10% of the circulating leukocytes. This level of gene marking indicates that up to 30% of endogenous circulating CD4+ cells can be genetically engineered. The high levels of marked lymphocytes persist for the first 3 weeks following reinfusion then decline to < or = 0.1% over the next 21 weeks. Lymph node (LN) biopsies were performed to determine if the engineered CD4+ lymphocytes could traffic to lymphoid tissues. Marked lymphocytes were detected in LN biopsies 100 days following reinfusion of the transduced cells. Expression of retroviral vector-derived sequences was detected by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR analysis from CD4-enriched lymphocytes that were activated by culturing in the presence of recombinant interleukin-2 (rlL-2). A humoral immune response to fetal bovine serum (FBS) was detected in all animals following the second administration of the culture expanded CD4+ lymphocytes. No antibody response was detected to the neomycin-resistance (Neo(R)) transgene, the murine retroviral group-specific antigen (gag), or GaLV envelope (env) proteins.
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- B A Bunnell
- Clinical Gene Therapy Branch, National Center for Human Genome Research, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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Metzger M, Eble MJ, Hensley FW. 3-D dose reconstruction in IORT. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 1997; 31:51-3. [PMID: 9263788 DOI: 10.1159/000061180] [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: 02/05/2023]
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- M Metzger
- Radiologische Klinik, Strahlentherapie, Department of Radiotherapy, Heidelberg, Germany
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Metzger M, Jiang S, Wang J, Braun K. Organization of the dopaminergic innervation of forebrain areas relevant to learning: a combined immunohistochemical/retrograde tracing study in the domestic chick. J Comp Neurol 1996; 376:1-27. [PMID: 8946281 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19961202)376:1<1::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale (MNH) and neostriatum dorsocaudale (Ndc) of the domestic chick are crucially involved in auditory filial imprinting, whereas the lobus parolfactorius (LPO) seems to be involved in the emotional modulation of behavior. Because there is evidence that MNH and Ndc are akin to higher association areas in mammals, the present study evaluates the dopaminergic and thalamic input to these areas, as well as to the avian caudate/putamen homologue LPO, by using retrograde pathway tracing, together with dopamine (DA) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunohistochemistry. By combining DA immunohistochemistry with retrograde fluorescent tracing, we demonstrated that dopaminergic afferents to the MNH and Ndc arise mainly from the area ventralis, whereas the main dopaminergic input to the LPO arises from the substantia nigra. The main thalamic input to the MNH and LPO arises from the dorsal thalamic nuclei, n. dorsomedialis anterior and n. dorsolateralis anterior, whereas the thalamic input to the Ndc arises from the n. dorsolateralis posterior and n. subrotundus. Furthermore, there are reciprocal intratelencephalic connections between distinct parts of the neostriatum caudale and the mediorostral neostriatum. DA-immunoreactive (ir) fibers are present at moderate densities in the MNH and Ndc and at high densities in the LPO. At the ultrastructural level, DA- and TH-ir axon terminals in the MNH and Ndc form predominantly symmetric synaptic contacts with dendritic shafts, which are often situated in close vicinity to unstained terminals. These results indicate that the general organization of dopaminergic afferents to the chick telecephalon is similar to that of the mesotelencephalic dopaminergic subsystems in mammals such as the mesostriatal and mesolimbocortical DA system.
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- M Metzger
- Department of Neuromorphology, Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Shihabuddin L, Silverman JM, Buchsbaum MS, Seiver LJ, Luu C, Germans MK, Metzger M, Mohs RC, Smith CJ, Spiegel-Cohen J, Davis KL. Ventricular enlargement associated with linkage marker for schizophrenia-related disorders in one pedigree. Mol Psychiatry 1996; 1:215-22. [PMID: 9118345] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We previously obtained evidence indicating a genetic linkage marker for schizophrenia and related disorders (two-point lod score = 3.72, P = 0.01) on the short arm of chromosome 5(5p14.1-13.1) in one large pedigree. Automated computer algorithms were used to edge the brain and measure the volume of the ventricles, regional sulcal atrophy, and skull size and shape in the original nuclear family members. Of the 11 subjects who underwent computed tomography, six (three schizophrenic, two with schizotypal personality disorder, and one unaffected) carried the marker allele that co-segregated with schizophrenia-related disorders, while five (all unaffected) did not. The family members with the marker allele linked to schizophrenia-related disorders (n = 6) had significantly (P < 0.05) larger ventricle-brain ratios (VBRs) and more fronto-parietal atrophy (controlling for age) than the family members lacking the schizophrenia-related marker allele (n = 5). The three individuals with the largest VBRs all carried the marker, although they received diagnoses of no schizophrenia-related disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, and schizophrenia. Regional cortical values indicative of cerebrospinal fluid content were higher in the frontal and parietal regions of family members carrying the marker. The hypothesis that genetic linkage is associated with structural brain pathology is difficult to test because of all the potential compounding factors. Our findings suggest the possibility that, in this family, relatively enlarged VBR and fronto-parietal atrophy, as determined by computed tomograph, may be associated with a schizophrenia-related gene and present susceptibility to schizophrenia-related disorders. In addition to a replication of these findings in other similarly linked families yet to be identified, further studies using higher resolution structural and functional neuroimaging techniques will be required.
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- L Shihabuddin
- Department of Psychiatry Service, Bronx VA Medical Center, NY 10468, USA
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The synthetic plasmid pfdC1 with the replication origin of phage fd and fd gene 2 grows autonomously in E. coli cells. DNA sequencing revealed several mutations compared to the fd genome causing reduced expression of viral gene 2 protein, which can be toxic for the host cell. Another adaptation was noticed for E. coli strains with a copy of fd gene 2 on the F-episome and a pfdA-plasmid with a minimal fd replication origin, when maintained at 42 degrees C. The carrier cells adjusted their cellular metabolism to these stress conditions, whereas replication functions of the plasmid or expression of fd gene 2 on the F-episome were not changed. The filamentous bacteriophages tend to reduce their genome size into miniphages, which was also observed for phages with an antibiotic resistance gene. Bacteriophages with a transposon insertion in the viral gene 2 had a tendency to restore the mutated gene by exchange with the functional gene 2 carried in recA-host cells. Mobilization of pfd-plasmids with RP4 transfer functions was reduced due to interference of replication and transfer in the rolling circle mode. The vectors used in these studies can also be applied as cloning vectors, which are compatible with many other plasmid vectors.
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- K Geider
- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany
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Rudat V, Flentje M, Engenhart R, Metzger M, Wannenmacher M. [The belly-board technic for the sparing of the small intestine. Studies on positioning accuracy taking into consideration conformational irradiation technics]. Strahlenther Onkol 1995; 171:437-43. [PMID: 7652666] [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: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The immobilization error of patients positioned on the open table-top device in prone position as well as the movement of the small bowel out of the pelvis by this positioning technique was determined. The positioning error is of special importance for the 3-dimensional treatment planning for conformational radiotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS The positioning error was determined by superpositioning 106 portal films with the corresponding simulator films from 21 patients with carcinoma of the rectum who-received 3D-planned conformational radiotherapy (3-field technique with irregular blocks). The movement of the small bowel out of the pelvis was studied by comparing simulator films after barium swallow in supine and open table-top position as well with 3D-treatment plans of the same patient in both positions in 3 cases. RESULTS The positioning error along the medio-lateral, dorso-ventral and cranio-caudal axis was 1.4/0.6/1.8 mm and the standard deviation 4.4/6.8/6.3 mm, respectively. In comparison to the supine position more rotation errors in the sagittal view were observed (37% and 9% respectively) with a median of 5.1 degrees. Six out of 22 patients showed no adhesions of the small bowel and a complete movement out of the treatment field was achieved. 14 out of 16 Patients with adhesions revealed a partial movement of the small bowel out of the treatment field. Comparing 3D-treatment plans in both positions again demonstrated a marked reduction of the irradiated small bowel volume with the use of the open table-top device. CONCLUSIONS The open table-top device positioning technique is a simple and cheap positioning support to reduce small bowel obstructions by radiation therapy of pelvic and retroperitoneal tumors. For the radiation treatment planning the data suggest a safety margin to compensate positioning errors of approximately 1.5 cm referring to the 95% confidence interval.
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- V Rudat
- Abteilung Strahlentherapie, Klinische Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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Brody SL, Metzger M, Danel C, Rosenfeld MA, Crystal RG. Acute responses of non-human primates to airway delivery of an adenovirus vector containing the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator cDNA. Hum Gene Ther 1994; 5:821-36. [PMID: 7526901 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1994.5.7-821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Recombinant human adenovirus (Ad) vectors are leading candidates for human gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF) based on demonstration of efficient transfer of exogenous genes to rodent respiratory epithelium in vivo and human respiratory cells in vitro. The safety of Ad-mediated gene transfer to the respiratory epithelium and acute (up to 21 days) clinical responses to airway delivery of a replication-deficient recombinant, E1-, E3- Ad type 5-based vector containing the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator cDNA (AdCFTR) were evaluated in rhesus monkeys. Airway delivery of an Ad vector with the lacZ marker gene demonstrated beta-galactosidase expression in epithelial cells. Animals administered intratracheal AdCFTR demonstrated human CFTR cDNA expression in airway epithelial cells. Animals administered AdCFTR intranasal, and 24 hr later, intrabronchial [2 x 10(7) to 5 x 10(10) plaque-forming units (pfu), n = 12], in a fashion similar to a proposed human protocol, or only intrabronchial (10(11) pfu, n = 3), had no significant changes in clinical parameters compared to vehicle controls (n = 6). Microscopic analysis of the lung by necropsy or bronchoalveolar lavage demonstrated a dose-dependent increase in inflammatory cells, primarily lymphocytes, in the area where AdCFTR was delivered, which persisted for at least 2 months in some animals. Serum anti-Ad type 5 neutralizing antibody titers did not rise and shed Ad was not detected. The presence of AdCFTR DNA, analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), was not detected in organs outside the lung. These data demonstrate that AdCFTR is well tolerated in non-human primates, although there is dose-dependent inflammation in the lung not clinically apparent.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S L Brody
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Metzger M, Bellemann P, Bugert P, Geider K. Genetics of galactose metabolism of Erwinia amylovora and its influence on polysaccharide synthesis and virulence of the fire blight pathogen. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:450-9. [PMID: 7507102 PMCID: PMC205069 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.2.450-459.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Galactose metabolism mutants of Erwinia amylovora were created by transposon insertions and characterized for their growth properties and interaction with plant tissue. The nucleotide sequence of the galE gene was determined. The gene, which encodes UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, shows homology to the galE genes of Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Rhizobium meliloti, and other gram-negative bacteria. Cloned DNA with the galE and with the galT and galK genes did not share borders, as judged by the lack of common fragments in hybridization with chromosomal DNA. These genes are thus located separately on the bacterial chromosome. In contrast to the gal operon of E. coli, the galE gene of E. amylovora is constitutively expressed, independently of the presence of galactose in the medium. The function of the galE gene but not of the galT or galK gene is required for bacterial virulence on pear fruits and seedlings. In the absence of galactose, the galE mutant was deficient in amylovoran synthesis. Subsequently, the galE mutant cells elicited host defense reactions, and they were not stained by fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled lectin, which efficiently binds to amylovoran capsules of E. amylovora. The mutation affected the side chains of bacterial lipopolysaccharide, but an intact O antigen was not required for virulence. This was shown with another mutant, which could be complemented for virulence but not for side chain synthesis of lipopolysaccharide.
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- M Metzger
- Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany
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Rose RM, Kobzik L, Dushay K, Wolfthal S, Hondalus M, Metzger M, Stoudemire J, Brain JD, Garnick M, O'Donnell C. The effect of aerosolized recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor on lung leukocytes in nonhuman primates. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 146:1279-86. [PMID: 1443885 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/146.5_pt_1.1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The number and function of myeloid cells in the lungs are critical determinants of health and disease. To examine whether these cells can be modulated in vivo by a colony-stimulating factor (CSF), recombinant human granulocyte macrophage-CSF (GM-CSF) was given to cynomolgus monkeys by either continuous intravenous infusion (7,200 U/kg/day) for 2 wk or by aerosol exposure to 10(7) U on 1 or 2 consecutive days. At intervals after the initiation of GM-CSF administration, animals underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and had peripheral blood sampled to characterize changes in lung and circulating phagocytic cells. Compared with animals exposed to bovine serum albumin, there was an increase in the total number of BAL cells retrieved. This increase was greatest in animals receiving aerosolized GM-CSF, and it was the result of more macrophages and neutrophils. Both lung macrophages and blood neutrophils from animals exposed to aerosolized GM-CSF exhibited an augmented respiratory burst in response to phorbol myristate acetate. Lung macrophages from GM-CSF-exposed animals exhibited increased capacity to bind and/or ingest opsonized and unopsonized Staphylococcus aureus. Despite functional activation of lung phagocytic cells, biochemical analyses of BAL fluid for markers of lung injury revealed an increase in only some parameters in the GM-CSF group. Intravenous administration of GM-CSF had the expected effect on augmenting the number of myeloid cells in the bloodstream. Aerosolized GM-CSF produced a transient effect on circulating myeloid cell number between 3 and 5 days after exposure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R M Rose
- Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA 02215
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Jaffe HA, Danel C, Longenecker G, Metzger M, Setoguchi Y, Rosenfeld MA, Gant TW, Thorgeirsson SS, Stratford-Perricaudet LD, Perricaudet M. Adenovirus-mediated in vivo gene transfer and expression in normal rat liver. Nat Genet 1992; 1:372-8. [PMID: 1302034 DOI: 10.1038/ng0892-372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Replication deficient, recombinant adenovirus (Ad) vectors do not require target cell replication for transfer and expression of exogenous genes and thus may be useful for in vivo gene therapy in hepatocytes. In vitro, primary cultures of rat hepatocytes infected with a recombinant Ad containing a human alpha 1-antitrypsin cDNA (Ad-alpha 1AT) synthesized and secreted human alpha 1AT for 4 weeks. In rats, in vivo intraportal administration of a recombinant Ad containing the E. coli lacZ gene, was followed by expression of beta-galactosidase in hepatocytes 3 days after infection. Intraportal infusion of Ad-alpha 1AT produced detectable serum levels of human alpha 1AT for 4 weeks. Thus, targeted gene expression has been achieved in the liver, albeit at low levels, suggesting that adenovirus vectors may be a useful means for in vivo gene therapy in liver disorders.
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- H A Jaffe
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Metzger M, Bellemann P, Schwartz T, Geider K. Site-directed and transposon-mediated mutagenesis with pfd-plasmids by electroporation of Erwinia amylovora and Escherichia coli cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:2265-70. [PMID: 1317549 PMCID: PMC312340 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.9.2265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The suicide plasmid pfdA31-Tn5 was constructed to mutagenize Erwinia amylovora and Escherichia coli strains by electorporation. This vector carries the bacteriophage fd replication origin, a beta-lactamase gene and the transposon Tn5. For propagation the plasmid depends on host cells producing fd gene-2 protein. Electroporation of E.amylovora or E.coli cells with plasmid pfdA31-Tn5 yielded more than 10(4) transposition events per micrograms DNA. We have produced and characterized transposon mutants of E.amylovora affecting either galactose metabolism or the synthesis of the phytotoxin (L)-2,5-dihydrophenylalanine. A Tn5-insertion in a gene, involved in exopolysaccharide synthesis of E.amylovora strain Ea7/74, was subcloned into vector pfdA31 and used to mutagenize E.amylovora strain Ea1/79 by site-directed recombination.
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- M Metzger
- Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Abteilung Biophysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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Eikmanns BJ, Metzger M, Reinscheid D, Kircher M, Sahm H. Amplification of three threonine biosynthesis genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum and its influence on carbon flux in different strains. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1991; 34:617-22. [PMID: 1369320 DOI: 10.1007/bf00167910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [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: 10/26/2022]
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The hom-thrB operon (homoserine dehydrogenase/homoserine kinase) and the thrC gene (threonine synthase) of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13,032 and the homFBR (homoserine dehydrogenase resistant to feedback inhibition by threonine) alone as well as homFBR-thrB operon of C. glutamicum DM 368-3 were cloned separately and in combination in the Escherichia coli/C. glutamicum shuttle vector pEK0 and introduced into different corynebacterial strains. All recombinant strains showed 8- to 20-fold higher specific activities of homoserine dehydrogenase, homoserine kinase, and/or threonine synthase compared to the respective host. In wild-type C. glutamicum, amplification of the threonine genes did not result in secretion of threonine. In the lysine producer C. glutamicum DG 52-5 and in the lysine-plus-threonine producer C. glutamicum DM 368-3 overexpression of hom-thrB resulted in a notable shift of carbon flux from lysine to threonine whereas cloning of homFBR-thrB as well as of homFBR in C. glutamicum DM 368-3 led to a complete shift towards threonine or towards threonine and its precursor homoserine, respectively. Overexpression of thrC alone or in combination with that of homFBR and thrB had no effect on threonine or lysine formation in all recombinant strains tested.
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- B J Eikmanns
- Institut für Biotechnologie 1, Forschungszentrums Jülich GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany
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Larsen GR, Metzger M, Henson K, Blue Y, Horgan P. Pharmacokinetic and distribution analysis of variant forms of tissue-type plasminogen activator with prolonged clearance in rat. Blood 1989; 73:1842-50. [PMID: 2496774] [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: 01/01/2023] Open
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Human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) is a glycoprotein used currently in thrombolytic therapy. Because of its rapid half-life (T1/2) of approximately five minutes, intravenous (IV) infusion of large doses (approximately 100 mg) are required in patients treated for myocardial infarction. To identify the determinant(s) on t-PA responsible for such rapid clearance, metabolically labeled forms of recombinant t-PA were analyzed in rats following IV administration. The following seven forms of t-PA were tested: (a) natural or glycosylated wild-type t-PA; (b) nonglycosylated wild-type t-PA; (c) delta F t-PA, which lacks the fibronectin fingerlike domain; (d) delta E t-PA, which lacks the epidermal growth factor (EGF) domain; (e) delta FE t-PA, which lacks both the finger and EGF domains; (f) delta FE3X t-PA, a form of delta FE t-PA in which Asn-linked glycosylation is prevented at all known glycosylation sites (Asn-117, 184, and 448; replaced by Gln); and (f) delta FE1X t-PA, a form of delta FE t-PA in which high-mannose-type glycosylation is prevented at Asn-117. Both glycosylated and nonglycosylated wild-type t-PA cleared in an exponential biphasic manner, with an initial alpha-phase T1/2 of 0.8 and 1.9 minutes, respectively. This result demonstrates that carbohydrate is not the primary mediator of the rapid clearance of t-PA. The liver was the primary organ responsible for uptake of these molecules. All other proteins tested, except for delta E t-PA, demonstrated primarily monophasic clearance patterns with T1/2 ranging between 12 and 27 minutes, and reduced uptake in the liver. delta E t-PA however, cleared in a biphasic manner with an alpha-phase T1/2 of 2.1 minutes. Results presented suggest that the clearance of t-PA is mediated by two distinct mechanisms. The primary determinant(s) responsible for modulating the rapid clearance of t-PA appears to be resident within the polypeptide sequence encoding the finger and/or EGF domains, with emphasis on the finger domain. A second and less significant contribution to clearance is defined by the presence and type of glycosylation.
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Donahue RE, Seehra J, Metzger M, Lefebvre D, Rock B, Carbone S, Nathan DG, Garnick M, Sehgal PK, Laston D. Human IL-3 and GM-CSF act synergistically in stimulating hematopoiesis in primates. Science 1988; 241:1820-3. [PMID: 3051378 DOI: 10.1126/science.3051378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Interleukin-3 (IL-3) is a member of a family of growth factors, each of which supports the proliferation and development of hematopoietic precursors in culture. Although the biologic effects of the different hematopoietic growth factors have been well documented in different culture systems, it has only recently become possible to study the activities of these molecules in vivo. In comparison with the later acting hematopoietic growth factors granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, IL-3 elicited a delayed and relatively modest leukocytosis when continuously infused intravenously in primates. The IL-3 infusion, however, greatly potentiated the responsiveness of the animal to subsequent administration of a low dose of GM-CSF. These results suggest that IL-3 expands an early cell population in vivo that subsequently requires the action of a later acting factor such as GM-CSF to complete its development. Optimal stimulation of hematopoiesis may be achieved with combinations of hematopoietic growth factors.
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Wegner RD, Metzger M, Hanefeld F, Jaspers NG, Baan C, Magdorf K, Kunze J, Sperling K. A new chromosomal instability disorder confirmed by complementation studies. Clin Genet 1988; 33:20-32. [PMID: 3277755] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Two sisters with a complex clinical pattern, including microcephaly, microgenia, defects of skin pigmentation, anal stenosis/atresia, and combined immunodeficiency together with spontaneous chromosomal instability and cellular hypersensitivity to X-rays and bleomycin are described. Complementation studies on heterokaryons proved that the underlying genetic defect is non-allelic with that of patients with ataxia telangiectasia (complementation groups AB-E) and the Nijmegen breakage syndrome, but identical with the case described by Conley et al. (1986).
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- R D Wegner
- Institute of Human Genetics, Free University of Berlin, FRG
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Frouge C, Metzger M, Lacombe P, Buffet M, Bismuth V. [Subperiosteal metastasis of esophageal adenocarcinoma]. J Radiol 1987; 68:773-5. [PMID: 3446812] [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: 01/05/2023]
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The authors report an observation of a tibial subperiosteal metastasis of an esophageal cancer. Subperiosteal metastases are rare, appearing on plain radiography as a cortical lysis of a long bone with a "saucer" aspect. They were considered specific of a bronchogenic carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge this is the second observation of subperiosteal metastasis, whose primary tumor is not a broncho-pulmonary cancer.
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- C Frouge
- Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Boulogne
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Metzger M. Establishing a data base: the first step in effective management for day-treatment programs for children and adolescents. Int J Partial Hosp 1987; 4:271. [PMID: 10303676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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A simple step-by-step plan for organizing and developing a computerized data base in a psychoeducational day-treatment program for children and adolescents is described. The plan is purposefully limited and simple in conception so that it can be replicated in freestanding and/or smaller programs, those who might not have the resources available when affiliated with a hospital or university. The article stresses the need for programs to make the commitment to begin a system of data collection. A table indicating measures and collection times is included.
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Just HM, Metzger M, Vogel W, Pelka RB. [Effect of adjuvant immunoglobulin therapy on infections in patients in an surgical intensive care unit. Results of a randomized controlled study]. Klin Wochenschr 1986; 64:245-56. [PMID: 3713101 DOI: 10.1007/bf01711930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on the effects of immunoglobulin in therapy for infections in 104 intensive care patients. At the first sign of infection, one group of 50 patients received an i.v. preparation of immunoglobulin (4 X 100 ml) combined with antibiotics. The other 54 control patients received antibiotics alone. The most common infections in these patients were pneumonia, septicemia, peritonitis and wound sepsis. Infections were significantly seldom the cause of death, especially in patients with high-risk surgery who had been treated with immunoglobulin (p less than or equal to 0.05). Likewise ventilation time in the high-risk surgery group averaged only 5.5 days for those receiving immunoglobulin as opposed to 12.7 days in controls (p less than or equal to 0.01). Whereas the control group, in particular patients with pneumonia, remained in intensive care an average of 21.5 days, those receiving immunoglobulin stayed only 14.8 days (p less than or equal to 0.01). In general, patients treated with immunoglobulin recovered more rapidly from infections than did controls (p less than or equal to 0.01).
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Donahue RE, Wang EA, Kaufman RJ, Foutch L, Leary AC, Witek-Giannetti JS, Metzger M, Hewick RM, Steinbrink DR, Shaw G. Effects of N-linked carbohydrate on the in vivo properties of human GM-CSF. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1986; 51 Pt 1:685-92. [PMID: 3495394 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1986.051.01.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Braun H, Metzger M. Umweltanalytische Antimon-Bestimmung durch inverse Wechselstromvoltammetrie mit der Quecksilberfilmelektrode. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00469578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Braun H, Metzger M. Umweltanalytische Nickel-Bestimmung durch Adsorptionsvoltammetrie mit der Quecksilberfilmelektrode. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00538722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hochstrasser K, Schönberger OL, Lempart K, Metzger M. Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitors derived by limited proteolysis of the inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor. VI. Detection of a complex between immunoglobulin g and the inhibitory active part of the inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1981; 362:1363-7. [PMID: 6171498 DOI: 10.1515/bchm2.1981.362.2.1363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A latent trypsin inhibitor is released from denatured human serum proteins by proteolytic digestion with thermolysin. The latent inhibitor was enriched by chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel, Sephadex G-200, and Protein A-Sepharose, respectively. Immunological cross-section identified the latent inhibitor as a complex between IgG and the inhibitory active part of the inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor.
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Herlitz V, Langmaack H, Metzger M, Daschner FD. Serum and tissue levels of cefoxitin in perioperative prophylaxis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1980; 6:717-22. [PMID: 7440464 DOI: 10.1093/jac/6.6.717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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