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Lambrechts D, Koechert K, Schulz A, Vonk R, Rutstein M, Kobina S, Grothey A, Van Cutsem E, Teufel M. PD-003 Analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the phase 3 CORRECT trial of regorafenib vs placebo in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw200.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Losada PM, Chouvarine P, Dorda M, Hedtfeld S, Mielke S, Schulz A, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. 98 The cystic fibrosis lower airways microbial metagenome. J Cyst Fibros 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(16)30337-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: 10/21/2022]
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Tümmler B, Schulz A, Rademacher J, Welte T, Ringshausen F. ePS01.9 Nasal potential difference in adults with idiopathic non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. J Cyst Fibros 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(16)30196-5] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Löbel U, Sedlacik J, Nickel M, Lezius S, Fiehler J, Nestrasil I, Kohlschütter A, Schulz A. Volumetric Description of Brain Atrophy in Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2: Supratentorial Gray Matter Shows Uniform Disease Progression. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2016; 37:1938-1943. [PMID: 27231226 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Experimental therapies for ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 2 (CLN2), a genetic disorder of childhood associated with progressive brain atrophy, are currently being developed. Because quantitative descriptions of the natural course of brain volume loss are needed to evaluate novel therapies, we performed MR imaging volumetry of patients with CLN2 to identify a suitable MR imaging marker of disease progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen patients (8 females, 5 males) were recruited from a prospective natural disease cohort of patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Repeated MR imaging volumetric analysis (29 datasets) was performed by using the FreeSurfer Software Suite. Follow-up time ranged from 8 months to 5.3 years. MR imaging-segmented brain volumes were correlated to patient age and clinical scores. RESULTS Segmented brain volumes correlated significantly with patient age (lateral ventricles, r = 0.606, P = .001; supratentorial cortical GM, r = -0.913, P < .001; supratentorial WM, r = -0.865, P < .001; basal ganglia/thalamus, r = -0.832, P < .001; cerebellar GM, r = -0.659, P < .001; cerebellar WM, r = -0.830, P < .001) and clinical scores (lateral ventricles, r = -0.692, P < .001; supratentorial cortical GM, r = 0.862, P < .001; supratentorial WM, r = 0.735, P < .001; basal ganglia/thalamus, r = 0.758, P < .001; cerebellar GM, r = 0.609, P = .001; cerebellar WM, r = 0.638, P < .001). Notably, supratentorial cortical GM showed a uniform decline across the patient cohort. During late stages of the disease when the clinical score was zero, segmented brain volumes still correlated with patient age; this finding suggests that MR imaging volumetry allows quantitative assessment of disease progression at stages when it cannot be detected by clinical assessment alone. CONCLUSIONS Automated MR imaging volumetry, as a nonsubjective and highly sensitive tool, is feasible in CLN2 disease and provides a quantitative basis to evaluate novel experimental therapies.
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- U Löbel
- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (U.L., J.S., J.F.)
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- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (U.L., J.S., J.F.)
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- Medical Biometry and Epidemiology (S.L.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (U.L., J.S., J.F.)
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- Department of Pediatrics (I.N.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Panova-Noeva M, Hermanns IM, Schulz A, Laubert-Reh D, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Spronk HM, Münzel T, Lackner KJ, Ten Cate H, Wild PS. PO-58 - Cardiovascular risk profile in survivors of adult cancer - results from the general population study. Thromb Res 2016; 140 Suppl 1:S198. [PMID: 27161747 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(16)30191-8] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The advancements in cancer treatment and detection of early cancer have resulted in steady increase of adult cancer survivors over the years. However, due to the long term toxic effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is increasing in survivors. Identifying risk factors and interventions to reduce the excess burden of CVD in this vulnerable population is urgently needed. AIM To investigate the cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs), inflammation and coagulation profile in cancer survivors from a large population-based study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Presence of CVRFs and laboratory markers have been compared in individuals with (n=1,359) and without (n=13,626) history of cancer. Standard laboratory profile, including blood glucose and lipid profile, has been evaluated in 15,010 individuals from the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS). Coagulation factors, D-dimer and von Willebrand factor (vWF) activity were available in N=4,993. RESULTS The individuals with history of cancer were older compared to no history of cancer with mean age of 61,5years and 54.4years, respectively (p<0.001). Traditional CVRFs as diabetes (14% vs 8.8%), dyslipidemia (49.6% vs 43.7%) and hypertension (60.3 vs 48.7%) were more frequent whereas smoking was less frequent (14.5% vs 19.9%) in cancer survivors (p<0.001). The standard laboratory profile showed cancer survivors with lower erythrocyte, platelet and white blood cell counts and higher C-reactive protein (CRP), glucose, HbA1c and triglycerides levels (p<0.001). Multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex and CVRFs demonstrated an independent association with diabetes (odds ratio, OR: 1.24, 1.02-1.50; p=0.027) and higher CRP (OR: 1.01, 1.01-1.02; p=0.00071). Fibrinogen, FV, FVII, FVIII and FXI, D-dimer and vWF activity were higher in cancer survivors (p<0.001). Multivariable logistic regression confirmed an independent association with higher fibrinogen (OR: 1.002, 1.000-1.003) and vWF activity (OR: 1.005, 1.001-1.008). CONCLUSIONS This is the first study investigating CVRFs, inflammation and coagulation profile in individuals with history of cancer from a well characterized population-representative adult sample. It gives evidence for higher prevalence of CVRFs, particularly diabetes in this vulnerable population. Markers of inflammation as CRP and fibrinogen and vWF activity were higher in cancer survivors independent of the cardiovascular risk profile. These results underline the increased risk of CVD and need for development of cardio-oncology programs offering cardiovascular prevention.
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- M Panova-Noeva
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Centre, Hamburg-Eppendorf; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg; Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Centre, Hamburg-Eppendorf; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg; Germany
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- Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Center for Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site RhineMain
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site RhineMain; Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site RhineMain
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Ackermann M, Ajello M, Albert A, Atwood WB, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonino R, Bregeon J, Britto RJ, Bruel P, Buehler R, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cavazzuti E, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cominsky LR, Costanza F, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, de Angelis A, de Palma F, Desiante R, Digel SW, Di Mauro M, Di Venere L, Domínguez A, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Godfrey G, Green D, Grenier IA, Guiriec S, Hays E, Horan D, Iafrate G, Jogler T, Jóhannesson G, Kuss M, La Mura G, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Madejski GM, Magill J, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Negro M, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okada C, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Petrosian V, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Romani RW, Sánchez-Conde M, Schmid J, Schulz A, Sgrò C, Simone D, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Troja E, Vianello G, Yassine M, Zimmer S. Resolving the Extragalactic γ-Ray Background above 50 GeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:151105. [PMID: 27127954 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.151105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Collaboration has recently released a catalog of 360 sources detected above 50 GeV (2FHL). This catalog was obtained using 80 months of data re-processed with Pass 8, the newest event-level analysis, which significantly improves the acceptance and angular resolution of the instrument. Most of the 2FHL sources at high Galactic latitude are blazars. Using detailed Monte Carlo simulations, we measure, for the first time, the source count distribution, dN/dS, of extragalactic γ-ray sources at E>50 GeV and find that it is compatible with a Euclidean distribution down to the lowest measured source flux in the 2FHL (∼8×10^{-12} ph cm^{-2} s^{-1}). We employ a one-point photon fluctuation analysis to constrain the behavior of dN/dS below the source detection threshold. Overall, the source count distribution is constrained over three decades in flux and found compatible with a broken power law with a break flux, S_{b}, in the range [8×10^{-12},1.5×10^{-11}] ph cm^{-2} s^{-1} and power-law indices below and above the break of α_{2}∈[1.60,1.75] and α_{1}=2.49±0.12, respectively. Integration of dN/dS shows that point sources account for at least 86_{-14}^{+16}% of the total extragalactic γ-ray background. The simple form of the derived source count distribution is consistent with a single population (i.e., blazars) dominating the source counts to the minimum flux explored by this analysis. We estimate the density of sources detectable in blind surveys that will be performed in the coming years by the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
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- M Ackermann
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Kinard Lab of Physics, Clemson, SC 29634-0978, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Università di Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire AIM, CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Generale "Amadeo Avogadro", Università degli Studi di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS), I-10133 Torino, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, resident at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma), Italy
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- INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Udine and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Gruppo Collegato di Udine, I-33100 Udine
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Università Telematica Pegaso, Piazza Trieste e Trento, 48, I-80132 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Università di Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Kinard Lab of Physics, Clemson, SC 29634-0978, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Laboratoire AIM, CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, I-34143 Trieste, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Science Institute, University of Iceland, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, BP120, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Center for Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Generale "Amadeo Avogadro", Università degli Studi di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Funded by contract FIRB-2012-RBFR12PM1F from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
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- Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1, BP120, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratoire AIM, CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc., Lattingtown, New York 11560-1025, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana 46323-2094, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Schiefer J, Alischahi A, Perbix W, Grigutsch D, Graeff I, Zinser M, Demir E, Fuchs P, Schulz A. Time from accident to admission to a burn intensive care unit: how long does it actually take? A 25-year retrospective data analysis from a german burn center. Ann Burns Fire Disasters 2016; 29:18-23. [PMID: 27857646 PMCID: PMC5108222] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Severe burn injuries often require specialized treatment at a burn center. It is known that prompt admission to an intensive care unit is essential for achieving good outcome. Nevertheless, very little is known about the duration of time before a patient is admitted to a specialized center after a burn injury in Germany, and whether the situation has improved over time. We retrospectively analyzed time from burn injury to admission to the burn intensive care unit in the Cologne-Merheim Medical Center - one of Germany's specialized burn centers - over the last 25 years. Moreover, we analyzed the data based on differences according to time of injury and day of the week, as well as severity of the burn injury. There was no weekend effect with regard to transfer time; instead transfer time was particularly short on a Monday or on Sundays. Furthermore, patients with severe burn injuries of 40-89% total body surface area (TBSA) showed the least differences in transfer time. Interestingly, the youngest and the oldest patients arrived at the burn intensive care unit (BICU) the fastest. This study should help elucidate published knowledge regarding transfer time from the scene of the accident to admission to a BICU in Germany.
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- J.L. Schiefer
- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
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Petri M, Stoffels I, Jose J, Leyh J, Schulz A, Dissemond J, Schadendorf D, Klode J. Photoacoustic imaging of real-time oxygen changes in chronic leg ulcers after topical application of a haemoglobin spray: a pilot study. J Wound Care 2016; 25:87, 89-91. [DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2016.25.2.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- M. Petri
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- FujiFilm VisualSonics Inc., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Kopaczynska M, Schulz A, Fraczkowska K, Kraszewski S, Podbielska H, Fuhrhop JH. Selective condensation of DNA by aminoglycoside antibiotics. Eur Biophys J 2015; 45:287-99. [PMID: 26646261 PMCID: PMC4823326 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-015-1095-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The condensing effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the structure of double-stranded DNA was examined. The selective condensation of DNA by small molecules is an interesting approach in biotechnology. Here, we present the interaction between calf thymus DNA and three types of antibiotic molecules: tobramycin, kanamycin, and neomycin. Several techniques were applied to study this effect. Atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy images, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra showed that the interaction of tobramycin with double-stranded DNA caused the rod, toroid, and sphere formation and very strong condensation of DNA strands, which was not observed in the case of other aminoglycosides used in the experiment. Studies on the mechanisms by which small molecules interact with DNA are important in understanding their functioning in cells, in designing new and efficient drugs, or in minimizing their adverse side effects. Specific interactions between tobramycin and DNA double helix was modeled using molecular dynamics simulations. Simulation study shows the aminoglycoside specificity to bend DNA double helix, shedding light on the origins of toroid formation. This phenomenon may lighten the ototoxicity or nephrotoxicity issues, but also other adverse reactions of aminoglycoside antibiotics in the human body.
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- M Kopaczynska
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland.
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- Institut für Chemie and Biochemie, Organische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institut für Chemie and Biochemie, Organische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Ackermann M, Albert A, Anderson B, Atwood WB, Baldini L, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caputo R, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Cuoco A, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, de Angelis A, de Palma F, Desiante R, Digel SW, Di Venere L, Drell PS, Drlica-Wagner A, Essig R, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Gomez-Vargas GA, Grenier IA, Guiriec S, Gustafsson M, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Horan D, Jogler T, Jóhannesson G, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Llena Garde M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lubrano P, Malyshev D, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, McEnery JE, Meyer M, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Murgia S, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Ritz S, Sánchez-Conde M, Schulz A, Sehgal N, Sgrò C, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Strigari L, Tajima H, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Troja E, Vianello G, Werner M, Winer BL, Wood KS, Wood M, Zaharijas G, Zimmer S. Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation from Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with Six Years of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:231301. [PMID: 26684107 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.231301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) of the Milky Way are some of the most dark matter (DM) dominated objects known. We report on γ-ray observations of Milky Way dSphs based on six years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data processed with the new Pass8 event-level analysis. None of the dSphs are significantly detected in γ rays, and we present upper limits on the DM annihilation cross section from a combined analysis of 15 dSphs. These constraints are among the strongest and most robust to date and lie below the canonical thermal relic cross section for DM of mass ≲100 GeV annihilating via quark and τ-lepton channels.
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- M Ackermann
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Università di Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Generale "Amadeo Avogadro", Università degli Studi di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS), I-10133 Torino, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma), Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Academy Fellow
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Generale "Amadeo Avogadro", Università degli Studi di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma), Italy
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- INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Udine and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Gruppo Collegato di Udine, I-33100 Udine
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Università Telematica Pegaso, Piazza Trieste e Trento, 48, I-80132 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Università di Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3840, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma), Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Departamento de Fisíca, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratoire AIM, CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, USA
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- Georg-August University Göttingen, Institute for theoretical Physics-Faculty of Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- University of North Florida, Department of Physics, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Science Institute, University of Iceland, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Center for Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, Montpellier, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc., Lattingtown, New York 11560-1025, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin" dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
- Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5352, USA
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- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, and Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Schütz C, Frisch C, Hoenig M, Crow J, Schwarz K, Debatin K, Schulz A. Monogenic interferonopathy presenting as CMV infection in infancy. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2015. [PMCID: PMC4597166 DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-13-s1-p12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ackermann M, Albert A, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Barbieri C, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cuoco A, Cutini S, D’Ammando F, Desiante FDPR, Digel SW, Di Venere L, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Franckowiak A, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hagiwara K, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Johnson TJ, Knödlseder J, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marshall F, Martin P, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mirabal N, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Naletto G, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, Paneque D, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Romani RW, Parkinson PMS, Schulz A, Sgrò C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Uchiyama Y, Vianello G, Wood KS, Wood M, Zampieri L. An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Science 2015; 350:801-5. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aac7400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Wenzel P, Rossmann H, Müller C, Kossmann S, Oelze M, Schulz A, Arnold N, Simsek C, Lagrange J, Klemz R, Schönfelder T, Brandt M, Karbach SH, Knorr M, Finger S, Neukirch C, Häuser F, Beutel ME, Kröller-Schön S, Schulz E, Schnabel RB, Lackner K, Wild PS, Zeller T, Daiber A, Blankenberg S, Münzel T. Heme oxygenase-1 suppresses a pro-inflammatory phenotype in monocytes and determines endothelial function and arterial hypertension in mice and humans. Eur Heart J 2015; 36:3437-46. [PMID: 26516175 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [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: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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AIMS Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) confers protection to the vasculature and suppresses inflammatory properties of monocytes and macrophages. It is unclear how HO-1 determines the extent of vascular dysfunction in mice and humans. METHODS AND RESULTS Decreased HO-1 activity and expression was paralleled by increased aortic expression and activity of the nicotinamide dinucleotide phosphate oxidase Nox2 in HO-1 deficient Hmox1⁻/⁻ and Hmox1(⁺/⁻) compared with Hmox1⁺/⁺ mice. When subjected to angiotensin II-infusion, streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus and aging, HO-1 deficient mice showed increased vascular dysfunction inversely correlated with HO activity. In a primary prevention population-based cohort, we assessed length polymorphisms of the HMOX1 promoter region and established a bipolar frequency pattern of allele length (long vs. short repeats) in 4937 individuals. Monocytic HMOX1 mRNA expression was positively correlated with flow-mediated dilation and inversely with CD14 mRNA expression indicating pro-inflammatory monocytes in 733 hypertensive individuals of this cohort. Hmox1⁻/⁻ mice showed drastically increased expression of the chemokine receptor CCR2 in monocytes and the aorta. Angiotensin II-infused Hmox1⁻/⁻ mice had amplified endothelial inflammation in vivo, significantly increased aortic infiltration of pro-inflammatory CD11b⁺ Ly6C(hi) monocytes and Ly6G⁺ neutrophils and were marked by Ly6C(hi) monocytosis in the circulation and an increased blood pressure response. Finally, individuals with unfavourable HMOX1 gene promoter length had increased prevalence of arterial hypertension and reduced cumulative survival after a median follow-up of 7.23 years. CONCLUSIONS Heme oxygenase-1 is a regulator of vascular function in hypertension via determining the phenotype of inflammatory circulating and infiltrating monocytes with possible implications for all-cause mortality.
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratory of Chronobiology, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Hessische Str. 3-4, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mainz, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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Dulz S, Wagenfeld L, Nickel M, Richard G, Schwartz R, Bartsch U, Kohlschütter A, Schulz A. Novel morphological macular findings in juvenile CLN3 disease. Br J Ophthalmol 2015; 100:824-8. [PMID: 26486417 DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307320] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AIMS Juvenile CLN3 disease, one of the most common forms of a group of lysosomal storage diseases called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs), is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with initial visual deterioration. The objective of this study was to analyse the retinal phenotype of patients with CLN3 disease with the help of recent ophthalmic imaging modalities to distinguish CLN3 disease from other inherited retinal dystrophies. METHODS Patients underwent ophthalmic evaluations, including anterior and posterior segment examinations, optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, near infrared imaging and fundus photography. Patients were also assessed according to the Hamburg juvenile NCL (JNCL) score. Each ophthalmic finding was assessed by three independent examiners and assigned to a clinical severity score. RESULTS 22 eyes of 11 patients were included. The mean age at examination was 14.4 years (range 11.8-26.4 years), with an average age at initial diagnosis of 8 years (range 4.5-11 years). The mean Hamburg JNCL score was 7.3 (range 0-13). All patients showed a specific macular striation pattern on optical coherence tomography that was independent of age and progression of the disease. Other previously described retinal features of CLN3 disease were classified into four severity grades. CONCLUSIONS This study represents the first prospective observational case series documenting retinal abnormalities in CLN3 disease with the aid of the spectral domain optical coherence tomography. The major finding was a characteristic, striated macular pattern in all patients studied. Particularly in early disease cases, macular striae can potentially help to discriminate CLN3 disease from other inherited forms of retinitis pigmentosa.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Raum P, Lamparter J, Ponto KA, Peto T, Hoehn R, Schulz A, Schneider A, Wild PS, Pfeiffer N, Mirshahi A. Correction: Prevalence and Cardiovascular Associations of Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139527. [PMID: 26406582 PMCID: PMC4583426 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Keller K, Beule J, Schulz A, Coldewey M, Dippold W, Balzer JO. D-dimer for risk stratification in haemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Adv Med Sci 2015; 60:204-10. [PMID: 25847178 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Patients with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) have a higher short-term mortality than those with low-risk PE. Rapid identification of submassive PE is important for adequate treatment of non-massive PE. We aimed to investigate the utility of D-dimer for the prediction of submassive PE stadium in normotensive PE patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Normotensive PE patients were classified into submassive or low-risk PE groups. In addition to the comparison of the groups, area under the curve (AUC) and D-dimer cut-off for the prediction of submassive PE stadium, multi-variate logistic regression for association between D-dimer values above this cut-off and submassive PE stadium were also calculated. RESULTS The data of 129 normotensive PE patients (59.7% women, mean age 70.0 years (60.7/81.0)) were analysed retrospectively. Patients with submassive PE were older (75.0 years (61.7/81.0) vs. 66.5 years (55.7/74.2), P=0.026) and more frequently female (63.6% vs. 53.8%, P=0.35). Heart rate (100.0beats/min (85.0/108.0) vs. 80.0beats/min (70.0/96.2), P<0.0001), systolic pulmonary-artery pressure (41.55±16.79mmHg vs. 22.62±14.81mmHg, P<0.0001), and D-dimer (2.00mg/l (1.09/3.98) vs. 1.21mg/l (0.75/1.99), P=0.011) were higher in patients with submassive PE. D-dimer values >1.32mg/l were indicative of submassive PE and shock-index ≥0.7. The effectiveness (AUC) of the test was 0.63 for submassive PE and 0.64 for shock-index ≥0.7. D-dimer values >1.32mg/l were associated with submassive PE stadium (OR 3.81 (95% CI: 1.74-8.35), P=0.00083) as well as with systolic blood pressure (OR 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97-0.99), P=0.033), heart rate (OR 1.02 (95% CI: 1.00-1.04), P=0.023) and shock-index value (OR 15.89 (95% CI: 1.94-130.08), P=0.0099). CONCLUSIONS D-dimer values >1.32mg/l are indicative of submassive PE stadium and shock-index ≥0.7. Efficacy of D-dimer for predicting submassive PE stadium was only weak to moderate.
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Ackermann M, Ajello M, Atwood WB, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Gonzalez JB, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Britto RJ, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Carpenter B, Casandjian JM, Cavazzuti E, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cominsky LR, Conrad J, Cutini S, D’Abrusco R, D’Ammando F, Angelis AD, Desiante R, Digel SW, Venere LD, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Finke J, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fuhrmann L, Fukazawa Y, Furniss AK, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guiriec S, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Itoh R, Jóhannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson WN, Kataoka J, Kawano T, Krauss F, Kuss M, Mura GL, Larsson S, Latronico L, Leto C, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Madejski GM, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, McEnery JE, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nuss E, Ohno M, Ohsugi T, Ojha R, Omodei N, Orienti M, Orlando E, Paggi A, Paneque D, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Romani RW, Salvetti D, Schaal M, Schinzel FK, Schulz A, Sgrò C, Siskind EJ, Sokolovsky KV, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stawarz L, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Takahashi T, Tanaka Y, Thayer JG, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Torresi E, Tosti G, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Vianello G, Winer BL, Wood KS, Zimmer S. THE THIRD CATALOG OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI DETECTED BY THEFERMILARGE AREA TELESCOPE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/810/1/14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 424] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [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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Clark CJ, Pletsch HJ, Wu J, Guillemot L, Ackermann M, Allen B, Angelis AD, Aulbert C, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Bock O, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Champion DJ, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cuéllar A, Cutini S, D’Ammando F, Desiante R, Drell PS, Eggenstein HB, Favuzzi C, Fehrmann H, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guiriec S, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Hou X, Jogler T, Johnson AS, Jóhannesson G, Kramer M, Krauss F, Kuss M, Laffon H, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Machenschalk B, Manfreda A, Marelli M, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, Palma FD, Paneque D, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Parkinson PMS, Schaal M, Schulz A, Sgrò C, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torne P, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Vianello G, Wood KS, Wood M, Yassine M. PSR J1906+0722: AN ELUSIVE GAMMA-RAY PULSAR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/l2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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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Gil-Ortega M, García-Prieto CF, Ruiz-Hurtado G, Steireif C, González MC, Schulz A, Kreutz R, Fernández-Alfonso MS, Arribas S, Somoza B. Genetic predisposition to albuminuria is associated with increased arterial stiffness: role of elastin. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:4406-18. [PMID: 26075500 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Munich Wistar Frömter (MWF) rat strain represents an experimental model to study cardiovascular alterations under conditions of progressive albuminuria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between genetic predisposition to albuminuria and the development of arterial stiffness and/or vascular remodelling. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Experiments were performed in mesenteric arteries from 12-week-old MWF, Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and consomic MWF-6(SHR) and MWF-8(SHR) rats in which chromosomes 6 or 8 associated with albuminuria from MWF were replaced by the respective chromosome from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). KEY RESULTS Incremental distensibility, wall stress and strain were reduced, and arterial stiffness was significantly increased in albuminuric MWF compared with WKY. Albuminuria suppression in both consomic strains was associated with lower β-values in MWF-8(SHR) and MWF-6(SHR) compared with MWF. Moreover, elastin content was significantly lower in MWF external elastic lamina compared with WKY and both consomic strains. In addition, a reduction in arterial external and internal diameter and cross-sectional area was detected in MWF compared with WKY, thus exhibiting an inward hypotrophic remodelling. However, these alterations remained unchanged in both consomic strains. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These data demonstrate that albuminuria in MWF is associated with increased arterial stiffness due to a reduction of elastin content in the external elastic lamina. Moreover, inward hypotrophic remodelling in MWF is not directly associated with albuminuria. In contrast, we demonstrated that two major genetic loci affect both the development of albuminuria and arterial stiffness, thus linking albuminuria and impairment of mechanical properties of resistance arteries.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU - San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU - San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación imas12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU - San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
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Gräber S, Hug M, Sommerburg O, Hirtz S, Hentschel J, Heinzmann A, Dopfer C, Schulz A, Mainz J, Tümmler B, Mall MA. Intestinal Current Measurements Detect Activation of Mutant CFTR in Cystic Fibrosis Patients with the G551D Mutation Treated with Ivacaftor. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556594] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Gege C, Kinzel O, Steeneck C, Schulz A, Kremoser C. Knocking on FXR's door: the "hammerhead"-structure series of FXR agonists - amphiphilic isoxazoles with potent in vitro and in vivo activities. Curr Top Med Chem 2015; 14:2143-58. [PMID: 25388536 DOI: 10.2174/1568026614666141112094430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) was recently validated in clinical studies using the bile acid analogue Obeticholic Acid (OCA) as an attractive drug target for liver diseases such as Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) or Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). OCA, however, turned out to induce cholesterol- related side effects upon prolonged treatment and it shows bile acid like pharmacokinetics. The quest for synthetic non-steroidal FXR agonists with general drug likeliness and improved pharmacokinetic and - dynamic properties has started more than a decade ago: The first non-steroidal and selective FXR agonist with decent submicromolar potency, GW4064, was patented in 1998 and published in 2000. Since then, many pharmaceutical companies have taken GW4064 as a structural template for their efforts in identifying novel patentable FXR agonists with the GW-derived trisubstituted isoxazole general structure. However, so far only one compound out of these different series has made it into the early stages of clinical development: The Px-102/Px-104 from Phenex is currently tested in a phase IIa study in patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). In this review we try to summarize from the patent and scientific literature the attempts to improve the GW4064 structure into different directions. Furthermore, we suggest directions for further improvements of this special class of synthetic FXR agonists which all display the typical "hammerhead"-conformation in the FXR ligand binding pocket that provides the basis for their impressive in vitro and in vivo potencies.
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- Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG, Waldhofer Str. 104, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Grossmann V, Schmitt VH, Zeller T, Panova-Noeva M, Schulz A, Laubert-Reh D, Juenger C, Schnabel RB, Abt TGJ, Laskowski R, Wiltink J, Schulz E, Blankenberg S, Lackner KJ, Münzel T, Wild PS. Profile of the Immune and Inflammatory Response in Individuals With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2015; 38:1356-64. [PMID: 25877811 DOI: 10.2337/dc14-3008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The inflammatory and immune systems are altered in type 2 diabetes. Here, the aim was to profile the immune and inflammatory response in subjects with prediabetes and diabetes in a large population-representative sample. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In total, 15,010 individuals were analyzed from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study. Glucose status was classified according to HbA1c concentration and history of diagnosis. All samples were analyzed for white blood cells (WBCs), granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, platelets, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, fibrinogen, and hematocrit. Interleukin-18 (IL-18), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA), and neopterin concentrations were determined in a subcohort. RESULTS In total, 7,584 men and 7,426 women were analyzed (range 35-74 years), with 1,425 and 1,299 having prediabetes and diabetes, respectively. Biomarkers showed varying dynamics from normoglycemic via subjects with prediabetes to subjects with diabetes: 1) gradual increase (WBCs, granulocytes, monocytes, IL-1RA, IL-18, and fibrinogen), 2) increase with subclinical disease only (lymphocytes and CRP), 3) increase from prediabetes to diabetes only (neopterin), and 4) no variation with glucose status (hematocrit). The strongest relative differences were found for CRP, IL-1RA, and fibrinogen concentrations. Several inflammatory and immune markers were associated with the glucose status independent from cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities, varied with disease severity and the presence of disease-specific complications in the diabetes subcohort. CONCLUSIONS The inflammatory and immune biomarker profile varies with the development and progression of type 2 diabetes. Markers of inflammation and immunity enable differentiation between the early preclinical and clinical phases of the disease, disease complications, and progression.
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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Daumiller K, Dawson BR, Almeida RMD, Domenico MD, Jong SJD, Neto JRTDM, Mitri ID, Oliveira JD, Souza VD, Peral LD, Deligny O, Dembinski H, Dhital N, Giulio CD, Matteo AD, Diaz JC, Castro MLD, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, Docters W, D’Olivo JC, Dorofeev A, Hasankiadeh QD, Dova MT, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar CO, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Luis PFS, Falcke H, Fang K, Farrar G, Fauth AC, Fazzini N, Ferguson AP, Fernandes M, Fick B, Figueira JM, Filevich A, Filipčič A, Fox BD, Fratu O, Fröhlich U, Fuchs B, Fujii T, Gaior R, García B, Roca STG, Garcia-Gamez D, Garcia-Pinto D, Garilli G, Bravo AG, Gate F, Gemmeke H, Ghia PL, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Glaser C, Glass H, Berisso MG, Vitale PFG, Gonçalves P, Gonzalez JG, González N, Gookin B, Gordon J, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Gouffon P, Grebe S, Griffith N, Grillo AF, Grubb TD, Guarino F, Guedes GP, Hampel MR, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison TA, Hartmann S, Harton JL, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve AE, Hill GC, Hojvat C, Hollon N, Holt E, Homola P, Hörandel JR, Horvath P, Hrabovský M, Huber D, Huege T, Insolia A, Isar PG, Jandt I, Jansen S, Jarne C, Josebachuili M, Kääpä A, Kambeitz O, Kampert KH, Kasper P, Katkov I, Kégl B, Keilhauer B, Keivani A, Kemp E, Kieckhafer RM, Klages HO, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Krömer O, Kruppke-Hansen D, Kuempel D, Kunka N, LaHurd D, Latronico L, Lauer R, Lauscher M, Lautridou P, Coz SL, Leão MSAB, Lebrun D, Lebrun P, Oliveira MALD, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, López R, Agüera AL, Louedec K, Bahilo JL, Lu L, Lucero A, Ludwig M, Malacari M, Maldera S, Mallamaci M, Maller J, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi AG, Marin V, Mariş IC, Marsella G, Martello D, Martin L, Martinez H, Bravo OM, Martraire D, Meza JJM, Mathes HJ, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews JAJ, Matthiae G, Maurel D, Maurizio D, Mayotte E, Mazur PO, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Meissner R, Melissas M, Melo D, Menshikov A, Messina S, Meyhandan R, Mićanović S, Micheletti MI, 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Videla M, Villaseñor L, Vlcek B, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson AA, Weber M, Weidenhaupt K, Weindl A, Werner F, Widom A, Wiencke L, Wilczyńska B, Wilczyński H, Will M, Williams C, Winchen T, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Wykes S, Yamamoto T, Yapici T, Yuan G, Yushkov A, Zamorano B, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zaw I, Zepeda A, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Silva MZ, Ziolkowski M, Zuccarello F. Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2015; 75:269. [PMID: 26120280 PMCID: PMC4477714 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Energy-dependent patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays are searched for using data of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We investigate local regions around the highest-energy cosmic rays with [Formula: see text] eV by analyzing cosmic rays with energies above [Formula: see text] eV arriving within an angular separation of approximately 15[Formula: see text]. We characterize the energy distributions inside these regions by two independent methods, one searching for angular dependence of energy-energy correlations and one searching for collimation of energy along the local system of principal axes of the energy distribution. No significant patterns are found with this analysis. The comparison of these measurements with astrophysical scenarios can therefore be used to obtain constraints on related model parameters such as strength of cosmic-ray deflection and density of point sources.
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- A. Aab
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - P. Abreu
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - M. Aglietta
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | | | - I. Al Samarai
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | | | - I. Allekotte
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - J. Allen
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - P. Allison
- />Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
| | - A. Almela
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - J. Alvarez-Muñiz
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | | | - M. Ambrosio
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A. Aminaei
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - L. Anchordoqui
- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, City University of New York, New York, USA
| | - S. Andringa
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - C. Aramo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - V. M. Aranda
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - F. Arqueros
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - H. Asorey
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. Assis
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - J. Aublin
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M. Ave
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - M. Avenier
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - G. Avila
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - N. Awal
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - A. M. Badescu
- />University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - K. B. Barber
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - J. Bäuml
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C. Baus
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - K. H. Becker
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | | | - C. Berat
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M. E. Bertaina
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - X. Bertou
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. L. Biermann
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - P. Billoir
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - S. Blaess
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - M. Blanco
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - C. Bleve
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - H. Blümer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Boháčová
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D. Boncioli
- />INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila Italy
| | - C. Bonifazi
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - R. Bonino
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - N. Borodai
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - J. Brack
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - I. Brancus
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - A. Bridgeman
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Brogueira
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | | | | | - A. Bueno
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - S. Buitink
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - M. Buscemi
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - K. S. Caballero-Mora
- />Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico, Mexico
| | - B. Caccianiga
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - L. Caccianiga
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M. Candusso
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - L. Caramete
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - R. Caruso
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - A. Castellina
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G. Cataldi
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - L. Cazon
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - R. Cester
- />Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - A. G. Chavez
- />Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
| | - A. Chiavassa
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | | | - J. Chudoba
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M. Cilmo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - R. W. Clay
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - G. Cocciolo
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R. Colalillo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A. Coleman
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - L. Collica
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - M. R. Coluccia
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R. Conceição
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - F. Contreras
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - M. J. Cooper
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - A. Cordier
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - S. Coutu
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - C. E. Covault
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - J. Cronin
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - A. Curutiu
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - R. Dallier
- />Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - B. Daniel
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - S. Dasso
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - K. Daumiller
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B. R. Dawson
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - R. M. de Almeida
- />Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ Brazil
| | - M. De Domenico
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S. J. de Jong
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J. R. T. de Mello Neto
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - I. De Mitri
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - J. de Oliveira
- />Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ Brazil
| | - V. de Souza
- />Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP Brazil
| | - L. del Peral
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | - O. Deligny
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - H. Dembinski
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - N. Dhital
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - C. Di Giulio
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - A. Di Matteo
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
| | - J. C. Diaz
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | | | - F. Diogo
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - C. Dobrigkeit
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - W. Docters
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | - J. C. D’Olivo
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - A. Dorofeev
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - Q. Dorosti Hasankiadeh
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. T. Dova
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - J. Ebr
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - R. Engel
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Erdmann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - M. Erfani
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - C. O. Escobar
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
- />Fermilab, Batavia, IL USA
| | - J. Espadanal
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - A. Etchegoyen
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - H. Falcke
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- />ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
| | - K. Fang
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - G. Farrar
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - A. C. Fauth
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | | | | | - M. Fernandes
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - B. Fick
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - J. M. Figueira
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Filevich
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Filipčič
- />Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - B. D. Fox
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | - O. Fratu
- />University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - B. Fuchs
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Fujii
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - R. Gaior
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - B. García
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM) and National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
| | - S. T. Garcia Roca
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - D. Garcia-Gamez
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | | | - G. Garilli
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | | | - F. Gate
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - H. Gemmeke
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. L. Ghia
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - U. Giaccari
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - M. Giammarchi
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | | | - C. Glaser
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | | | - M. Gómez Berisso
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. F. Gómez Vitale
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - P. Gonçalves
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - J. G. Gonzalez
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - N. González
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - B. Gookin
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - J. Gordon
- />Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
| | - A. Gorgi
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - P. Gorham
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | - P. Gouffon
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP Brazil
| | - S. Grebe
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | | | - A. F. Grillo
- />INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila Italy
| | - T. D. Grubb
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - F. Guarino
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - G. P. Guedes
- />Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
| | - M. R. Hampel
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - P. Hansen
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - D. Harari
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | | | - S. Hartmann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - J. L. Harton
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - A. Haungs
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Hebbeker
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - D. Heck
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - A. E. Herve
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. C. Hill
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | | | - N. Hollon
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - E. Holt
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Homola
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J. R. Hörandel
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - P. Horvath
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M. Hrabovský
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - D. Huber
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Huege
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Insolia
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - P. G. Isar
- />Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - I. Jandt
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - S. Jansen
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C. Jarne
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - M. Josebachuili
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Kääpä
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Kambeitz
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - K. H. Kampert
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | | | - I. Katkov
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B. Kégl
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - B. Keilhauer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Keivani
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - E. Kemp
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | | | - H. O. Klages
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Kleifges
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - R. Krause
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - N. Krohm
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Krömer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - D. Kuempel
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - N. Kunka
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. LaHurd
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - L. Latronico
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - R. Lauer
- />University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USA
| | - M. Lauscher
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - P. Lautridou
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - S. Le Coz
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M. S. A. B. Leão
- />Faculdade Independente do Nordeste, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
| | - D. Lebrun
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | | | | | - A. Letessier-Selvon
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - I. Lhenry-Yvon
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - K. Link
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - R. López
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A. Lopez Agüera
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - K. Louedec
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | | | - L. Lu
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
- />School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
| | - A. Lucero
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Ludwig
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Malacari
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - S. Maldera
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - M. Mallamaci
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - J. Maller
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - D. Mandat
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | | | - A. G. Mariazzi
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - V. Marin
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - I. C. Mariş
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - G. Marsella
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - D. Martello
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - L. Martin
- />Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - H. Martinez
- />Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico, Mexico
| | | | - D. Martraire
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - J. J. Masías Meza
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H. J. Mathes
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S. Mathys
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J. Matthews
- />Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | | | - G. Matthiae
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - D. Maurel
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. Maurizio
- />Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - E. Mayotte
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | | | - C. Medina
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | - G. Medina-Tanco
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - R. Meissner
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - M. Melissas
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. Melo
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Menshikov
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S. Messina
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | | | - S. Mićanović
- />Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M. I. Micheletti
- />Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
| | - L. Middendorf
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - I. A. Minaya
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - L. Miramonti
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - B. Mitrica
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | | | - S. Mollerach
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - M. Monasor
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - D. Monnier Ragaigne
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - F. Montanet
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - C. Morello
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - M. Mostafá
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - C. A. Moura
- />Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP Brazil
| | - M. A. Muller
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
- />Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS Brazil
| | - G. Müller
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - S. Müller
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Münchmeyer
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - R. Mussa
- />Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G. Navarra
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - S. Navas
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - P. Necesal
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - L. Nellen
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - A. Nelles
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J. Neuser
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - P. Nguyen
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | | | - L. Niemietz
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - T. Niggemann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - D. Nitz
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - D. Nosek
- />Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V. Novotny
- />Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - L. Nožka
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - L. Ochilo
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - A. Olinto
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - M. Oliveira
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - N. Pacheco
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | | | - M. Palatka
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J. Pallotta
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - N. Palmieri
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Papenbreer
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - G. Parente
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - A. Parra
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - T. Paul
- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, City University of New York, New York, USA
- />Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA
| | - M. Pech
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J. Pȩkala
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - R. Pelayo
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - I. M. Pepe
- />Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA Brazil
| | - L. Perrone
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | | | - C. Peters
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - S. Petrera
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
- />Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L’Aquila, Italy
| | - Y. Petrov
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - J. Phuntsok
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - R. Piegaia
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - T. Pierog
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Pieroni
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Pimenta
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - V. Pirronello
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - M. Platino
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Plum
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A. Porcelli
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C. Porowski
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - R. R. Prado
- />Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP Brazil
| | - P. Privitera
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - M. Prouza
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V. Purrello
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - E. J. Quel
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - S. Querchfeld
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - S. Quinn
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - J. Rautenberg
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Ravel
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - D. Ravignani
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - B. Revenu
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - J. Ridky
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S. Riggi
- />Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - M. Risse
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - P. Ristori
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - V. Rizi
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
| | | | - I. Rodriguez Cabo
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - G. Rodriguez Fernandez
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | | | | | - D. Rogozin
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. Ros
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | - J. Rosado
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - T. Rossler
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M. Roth
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - E. Roulet
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - A. C. Rovero
- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - S. J. Saffi
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - A. Saftoiu
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - F. Salamida
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - H. Salazar
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A. Saleh
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | | | - G. Salina
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - F. Sánchez
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - C. E. Santo
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - E. Santos
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - E. M. Santos
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP Brazil
| | - F. Sarazin
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | - B. Sarkar
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - R. Sarmento
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - R. Sato
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - N. Scharf
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - V. Scherini
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - H. Schieler
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - D. Schmidt
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - F. G. Schröder
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - O. Scholten
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | - H. Schoorlemmer
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | - P. Schovánek
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - A. Schulz
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - J. Schulz
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - J. Schumacher
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - S. J. Sciutto
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - A. Segreto
- />Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
| | - M. Settimo
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - A. Shadkam
- />Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | - R. C. Shellard
- />Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - I. Sidelnik
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - G. Sigl
- />Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
| | - O. Sima
- />Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - R. Šmída
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. R. Snow
- />University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE USA
| | - P. Sommers
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - J. Sorokin
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - R. Squartini
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
| | | | - S. Stanič
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | | | - J. Stasielak
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - M. Stephan
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A. Stutz
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F. Suarez
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - T. Suomijärvi
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - A. D. Supanitsky
- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - J. Swain
- />Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA
| | | | - M. Szuba
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - O. A. Taborda
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - A. Tapia
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Tartare
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A. Tepe
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - V. M. Theodoro
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - C. Timmermans
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | | | - G. Toma
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - L. Tomankova
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B. Tomé
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - A. Tonachini
- />Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G. Torralba Elipe
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - D. Torres Machado
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - P. Travnicek
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E. Trovato
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - M. Tueros
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - R. Ulrich
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Unger
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Urban
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | | | - I. Valiño
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - L. Valore
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - G. van Aar
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | | | - A. M. van den Berg
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | - S. van Velzen
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | | | - E. Varela
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - G. Varner
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | | | - R. A. Vázquez
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - D. Veberič
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - V. Verzi
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - J. Vicha
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M. Videla
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - L. Villaseñor
- />Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
| | - B. Vlcek
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | - S. Vorobiov
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - H. Wahlberg
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - O. Wainberg
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - D. Walz
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A. A. Watson
- />School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
| | - M. Weber
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - K. Weidenhaupt
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A. Weindl
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - F. Werner
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Widom
- />Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA
| | - L. Wiencke
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | | | | | - M. Will
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C. Williams
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - T. Winchen
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - D. Wittkowski
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - B. Wundheiler
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - S. Wykes
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - T. Yamamoto
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - T. Yapici
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - G. Yuan
- />Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | | | - B. Zamorano
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - E. Zas
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - D. Zavrtanik
- />Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - M. Zavrtanik
- />Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - I. Zaw
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - A. Zepeda
- />Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico, Mexico
| | - J. Zhou
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - Y. Zhu
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Gori T, Wild PS, Schnabel R, Schulz A, Pfeiffer N, Blettner M, Beutel ME, Forconi S, Jung F, Lackner KJ, Blankenberg S, Münzel T. The distribution of whole blood viscosity, its determinants and relationship with arterial blood pressure in the community: cross-sectional analysis from the Gutenberg Health Study. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2015; 9:354-65. [DOI: 10.1177/1753944715589887] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: Blood viscosity has a role in modulating cardiovascular homeostasis; changes in this parameter have been associated with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. However, it remains unclear whether these changes are (1) involved in the pathophysiology of disease, (2) an epiphenomenon, or (3) the expression of counterregulatory mechanisms. We report data on the normal values of blood viscosity and its association with cardiovascular risk factors, prevalent cardiovascular disease, and blood pressure in a large population-based cohort study. Methods and results: Viscosity was calculated using validated formulae and its associations were explored in 15,010 participants (mean 55.0, min–max: 35–74 years old; 49.5% women) from the Gutenberg Health Study as well as in a subgroup of 3223 subjects (61.1% women, mean age 49.2, min–max 35–74 years old) without risk factors or self-reported cardiovascular disease. Age- and gender-adjusted mean values for viscosity were defined. Regression models showed a relationship between classical risk factors and blood viscosity measures; the overall R2 of the multiple linear regression model was however as low as 0.067 and 0.049 for high and low shear stress viscosity, respectively. After correction for cardiovascular risk factors, there was a very mild association between viscosity and prevalent coronary artery disease and heart failure. Systolic, mean and diastolic blood pressure increased with increasing blood viscosity after correction for age and gender. Conclusions: We provide reference values for viscosity in a population-based cohort. Blood viscosity decreases in older subjects and shows a very mild association with cardiovascular risk factors and prevalent disease in our cohort. There is a linear positive association between viscosity and blood pressure.
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- Tommaso Gori
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg - University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site RhineMain, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Biomaterial Science and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Teltow, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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Raum P, Lamparter J, Ponto KA, Peto T, Hoehn R, Schulz A, Schneider A, Wild PS, Pfeiffer N, Mirshahi A. Prevalence and Cardiovascular Associations of Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127188. [PMID: 26075604 PMCID: PMC4468098 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objective Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age. The purpose of this paper is to report the prevalence and cardiovascular associations of diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy (DMac) in Germany. Research Design and Methods The Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) is a population-based study with 15,010 participants aged between 35 at 74 years from the city of Mainz and the district of Mainz-Bingen. We determined the weighted prevalence of DR and DMac by assessing fundus photographs of persons with diabetes from the GHS data base. Diabetes was defined as HbA1c ≥ 6.5%, known diagnosis diabetes mellitus or known diabetes medication. Furthermore, we analysed the association between DR and cardiovascular risk factors and diseases. Results Overall, 7.5% (1,124/15,010) of the GHS cohort had diabetes. Of these, 27.7% were unaware of their disease and thus were newly diagnosed by their participation in the GHS. The prevalence of DR and DMac was 21.7% and 2.3%, respectively among patients with diabetes. Vision-threatening disease was present in 5% of the diabetic cohort. In the multivariable analysis DR (all types) was associated with age (Odds Ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.97 [0.955–0.992]; p = 0.006) arterial hypertension (1.90 [1.190–3.044]; p = 0.0072) and vision-threatening DR with obesity (3.29 [1.504–7.206]; p = 0.0029). DR (all stages) and vision-threatening DR were associated with duration of diabetes (1.09 [1.068–1.114]; p<0.0001 and 1.18 [1.137–1.222]; p<0.0001, respectively). Conclusions Our calculations suggest that more than a quarter-million persons have vision-threatening diabetic retinal disease in Germany. Prevalence of DR was lower in the GHS compared to East-Asian studies. Associations were found with age, arterial hypertension, obesity, and duration of diabetes mellitus.
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- Philipp Raum
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
- Center for thrombosis & haemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Center at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Biomedical statistics, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Biomedical statistics, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for thrombosis & haemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Medicine II, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Heart and Circulations System Research (DZHK), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
- Dardenne Eye Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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Acero F, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Albert A, Atwood WB, Axelsson M, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Belfiore A, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bogart JR, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Bregeon J, Britto RJ, Bruel P, Buehler R, Burnett TH, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caputo R, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Casandjian JM, Cavazzuti E, Charles E, Chaves RCG, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Tanugi JC, Cominsky LR, Conrad J, Cutini S, D’Ammando F, Angelis AD, DeKlotz M, Palma FD, Desiante R, Digel SW, Venere LD, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Finke J, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giebels B, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hadasch D, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Iafrate G, Jogler T, Jóhannesson G, Johnson RP, Johnson AS, Johnson TJ, Johnson WN, Kamae T, Kataoka J, Katsuta J, Kuss M, Mura GL, Landriu D, Larsson S, Latronico L, Goumard ML, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Madejski GM, Massaro F, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, McEnery JE, Michelson PF, Mirabal N, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Mongelli M, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nuss E, Ohno M, Ohsugi T, Omodei N, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Perkins JS, Rollins MP, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Racusin JL, Rando R, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Rochester LS, Romani RW, Salvetti D, Conde MS, Parkinson PMS, Schulz A, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stephens TE, Strong AW, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Takahashi T, Tanaka Y, Thayer JG, Thayer JB, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Torresi E, Tosti G, Troja E, Klaveren BV, Vianello G, Winer BL, Wood KS, Wood M, Zimmer S. FERMI
LARGE AREA TELESCOPE THIRD SOURCE CATALOG. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/218/2/23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1146] [Impact Index Per Article: 127.3] [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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Schulz A, Tümmler B. 200 A novel entity of a CFTR-related respiratory disease. J Cyst Fibros 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(15)30377-5] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Sproedt J, Schulz A, Jandali AR. [In Process Citation]. Chirurg 2015; 86:1151-2. [PMID: 26016709 DOI: 10.1007/s00104-015-0014-z] [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: 11/27/2022]
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- J Sproedt
- Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 8401, Winterthur, Schweiz.
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- Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 8401, Winterthur, Schweiz
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- Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 8401, Winterthur, Schweiz
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Chao MM, Ebell W, Bader P, Beier R, Burkhardt B, Feuchtinger T, Handgretinger R, Hanenberg H, Koehl U, Kratz C, Kremens B, Lang P, Meisel R, Mueller I, Roessig C, Sauer M, Schlegel PG, Schulz A, Strahm B, Thol F, Sykora KW. Consensus of German transplant centers on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Fanconi anemia. Klin Padiatr 2015; 227:157-65. [PMID: 25985449 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1548841] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is currently the only curative therapy for the severe hematopoietic complications associated with Fanconi anemia (FA). In Germany, it is estimated that 10-15 transplants are performed annually for FA. However, because FA is a DNA repair disorder, standard conditioning regimens confer a high risk of excessive regimen-related toxicities and mortality, and reduced intensity regimens are linked with graft failure in some FA patients. Moreover, development of graft-versus-host disease is a major contributing factor for secondary solid tumors. The relative rarity of the disorder limits HSCT experience at any single center. Consensus meetings were convened to develop a national approach for HSCT in FA. This manuscript outlines current experience and knowledge about HSCT in FA and, based on this analysis, general recommendations reached at these meetings.
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- M M Chao
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Klinik III, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Pediatric hematology/Oncology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Pediatric hematology/Oncology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Hannover Medical School, GMP-DU, IFB-Tx, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Pediatric hematology/Oncology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of Düsseldorf Medical School, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematologie/Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Childrens Hospitals, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Univ.-Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Ulm, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Hematology/Onkology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Michal M, Prochaska JH, Keller K, Göbel S, Coldewey M, Ullmann A, Schulz A, Lamparter H, Münzel T, Reiner I, Beutel ME, Wild PS. Symptoms of depression and anxiety predict mortality in patients undergoing oral anticoagulation: Results from the thrombEVAL study program. Int J Cardiol 2015; 187:614-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Leins M, Gaiser S, Schulz A, Walker M, Schumacher U, Hirth T. How to Ignite an Atmospheric Pressure Microwave Plasma Torch without Any Additional Igniters. J Vis Exp 2015. [PMID: 25938699 DOI: 10.3791/52816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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This movie shows how an atmospheric pressure plasma torch can be ignited by microwave power with no additional igniters. After ignition of the plasma, a stable and continuous operation of the plasma is possible and the plasma torch can be used for many different applications. On one hand, the hot (3,600 K gas temperature) plasma can be used for chemical processes and on the other hand the cold afterglow (temperatures down to almost RT) can be applied for surface processes. For example chemical syntheses are interesting volume processes. Here the microwave plasma torch can be used for the decomposition of waste gases which are harmful and contribute to the global warming but are needed as etching gases in growing industry sectors like the semiconductor branch. Another application is the dissociation of CO2. Surplus electrical energy from renewable energy sources can be used to dissociate CO2 to CO and O2. The CO can be further processed to gaseous or liquid higher hydrocarbons thereby providing chemical storage of the energy, synthetic fuels or platform chemicals for the chemical industry. Applications of the afterglow of the plasma torch are the treatment of surfaces to increase the adhesion of lacquer, glue or paint, and the sterilization or decontamination of different kind of surfaces. The movie will explain how to ignite the plasma solely by microwave power without any additional igniters, e.g., electric sparks. The microwave plasma torch is based on a combination of two resonators - a coaxial one which provides the ignition of the plasma and a cylindrical one which guarantees a continuous and stable operation of the plasma after ignition. The plasma can be operated in a long microwave transparent tube for volume processes or shaped by orifices for surface treatment purposes.
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart;
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart
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- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart
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Hermanns MI, Grossmann V, Spronk HMH, Schulz A, Jünger C, Laubert-Reh D, Mazur J, Gori T, Zeller T, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Lackner KJ, Ten Cate-Hoek AJ, Ten Cate H, Wild PS. Distribution, genetic and cardiovascular determinants of FVIII:c - Data from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study. Int J Cardiol 2015; 187:166-74. [PMID: 25828346 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Elevated levels of FVIII c are associated with risk for both venous and arterial thromboembolism. However, no population-based study on the sex-specific distribution and reference ranges of plasma FVIII c and its cardiovascular determinants is available. METHODS FVIII c was analyzed in a randomly selected sample of 2533 males and 2440 females from the Gutenberg Health Study in Germany. Multivariable regression analyses for FVIII c were performed under adjustment for genetic determinants, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Females (126.6% (95% CI: 125.2/128)) showed higher FVIII c levels than males (121.2% (119.8/122.7)). FVIII c levels increased with age in both sexes (ß per decade: 5.67% (4.22/7.13) male, 6.15% (4.72/7.57) female; p<0.001). Sex-specific reference limits and categories indicating the grade of deviation from the reference were calculated, and nomograms for FVIII c were created. FVIII c was approximately 25% higher in individuals with non-O blood type. Adjusted for sex and age, ABO-blood group accounted for 18.3% of FVIII c variation. In multivariable analysis, FVIII c was notably positively associated with diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia and negatively with current smoking. In a fully adjusted multivariable model, the strongest associations observed were of elevated FVIII c with diabetes and peripheral artery disease in both sexes and with obesity in males. Effects of SNPs in the vWF, STAB2 and SCARA5 gene were stronger in females than in males. The use of nomograms for valuation of FVIII c might be useful to identify high-risk cohorts for thromboembolism. Additionally, the prospective evaluation of FVIII c as a risk predictor becomes feasible.
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany.
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany; Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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Choina J, Bagabas A, Fischer C, Flechsig GU, Kosslick H, Alshammari A, Schulz A. The influence of the textural properties of ZnO nanoparticles on adsorption and photocatalytic remediation of water from pharmaceuticals. Catal Today 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abramowski A, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Akhperjanian AG, Angüner EO, Backes M, Balenderan S, Balzer A, Barnacka A, Becherini Y, Becker Tjus J, Berge D, Bernhard S, Bernlöhr K, Birsin E, Biteau J, Böttcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, Bordas P, Bregeon J, Brun F, Brun P, Bryan M, Bulik T, Carrigan S, Casanova S, Chadwick PM, Chakraborty N, Chalme-Calvet R, Chaves RCG, Chrétien M, Colafrancesco S, Cologna G, Conrad J, Couturier C, Cui Y, Davids ID, Degrange B, Deil C, deWilt P, Djannati-Ataï A, Domainko W, Donath A, Drury LO, Dubus G, Dutson K, Dyks J, Dyrda M, Edwards T, Egberts K, Eger P, Espigat P, Farnier C, Fegan S, Feinstein F, Fernandes MV, Fernandez D, Fiasson A, Fontaine G, Förster A, Füßling M, Gabici S, Gajdus M, Gallant YA, Garrigoux T, Giavitto G, Giebels B, Glicenstein JF, Gottschall D, Grondin MH, Grudzińska M, Hadasch D, Häffner S, Hahn J, Harris J, Heinzelmann G, Henri G, Hermann G, Hervet O, Hillert A, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Hofverberg P, Holler M, Horns D, Ivascenko A, Jacholkowska A, Jahn C, Jamrozy M, Janiak M, Jankowsky F, Jung-Richardt I, Kastendieck MA, Katarzyński K, Katz U, Kaufmann S, Khélifi B, Kieffer M, Klepser S, Klochkov D, Kluźniak W, Kolitzus D, Komin N, Kosack K, Krakau S, Krayzel F, Krüger PP, Laffon H, Lamanna G, Lefaucheur J, Lefranc V, Lemière A, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Lohse T, Lopatin A, Lu CC, Marandon V, Marcowith A, Marx R, Maurin G, Maxted N, Mayer M, McComb TJL, Méhault J, Meintjes PJ, Menzler U, Meyer M, Mitchell AMW, Moderski R, Mohamed M, Morå K, Moulin E, Murach T, de Naurois M, Niemiec J, Nolan SJ, Oakes L, Odaka H, Ohm S, Opitz B, Ostrowski M, Oya I, Panter M, Parsons RD, Paz Arribas M, Pekeur NW, Pelletier G, Petrucci PO, Peyaud B, Pita S, Poon H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raab S, Reichardt I, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, de Los Reyes R, Rieger F, Romoli C, Rosier-Lees S, Rowell G, Rudak B, Rulten CB, Sahakian V, Salek D, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Schlickeiser R, Schüssler F, Schulz A, Schwanke U, Schwarzburg S, Schwemmer S, Sol H, Spanier F, Spengler G, Spies F, Stawarz Ł, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Stinzing F, Stycz K, Sushch I, Tavernet JP, Tavernier T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Tluczykont M, Trichard C, Valerius K, van Eldik C, van Soelen B, Vasileiadis G, Veh J, Venter C, Viana A, Vincent P, Vink J, Völk HJ, Volpe F, Vorster M, Vuillaume T, Wagner SJ, Wagner P, Wagner RM, Ward M, Weidinger M, Weitzel Q, White R, Wierzcholska A, Willmann P, Wörnlein A, Wouters D, Yang R, Zabalza V, Zaborov D, Zacharias M, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zechlin HS. Constraints on an annihilation signal from a core of constant dark matter density around the milky way center with H.E.S.S. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:081301. [PMID: 25768750 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.081301] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
An annihilation signal of dark matter is searched for from the central region of the Milky Way. Data acquired in dedicated on-off observations of the Galactic center region with H.E.S.S. are analyzed for this purpose. No significant signal is found in a total of ∼9 h of on-off observations. Upper limits on the velocity averaged cross section, ⟨σv⟩, for the annihilation of dark matter particles with masses in the range of ∼300 GeV to ∼10 TeV are derived. In contrast to previous constraints derived from observations of the Galactic center region, the constraints that are derived here apply also under the assumption of a central core of constant dark matter density around the center of the Galaxy. Values of ⟨σv⟩ that are larger than 3×10^{-24} cm^{3}/s are excluded for dark matter particles with masses between ∼1 and ∼4 TeV at 95% C.L. if the radius of the central dark matter density core does not exceed 500 pc. This is the strongest constraint that is derived on ⟨σv⟩ for annihilating TeV mass dark matter without the assumption of a centrally cusped dark matter density distribution in the search region.
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- A Abramowski
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
- National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Marshall Baghramian Avenue, 24, 0019 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Marshall Baghramian Avenue, 24, 0019 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
- Yerevan Physics Institute, 2 Alikhanian Brothers St., 375036 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia
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- University of Durham, Department of Physics, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
- Now at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, MS-20, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV: Weltraum und Astrophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
- Now at Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France and CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France and CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- DSM/Irfu, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.032003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fuchs H, Schoss J, Mendler MR, Lindner W, Hopfner R, Schulz A, Hoenig M, Steinbach D, Debatin KM, Hummler HD, Schmid M. The Cause of Acute Respiratory Failure Predicts the Outcome of Noninvasive Ventilation in Immunocompromised Children. Klin Padiatr 2015; 227:322-8. [PMID: 25650869 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) may be superior to conventional therapy in immunocompromised children with respiratory failure. METHODS Mortality, success rate, prognostic factors and side effects of NIV for acute respiratory failure (ARF) were investigated retrospectively in 41 in children with primary immunodeficiency, after stem cell transplantation or chemotherapy for oncologic disease. RESULTS In 11/41 (27%) children invasive ventilation was avoided and patients were discharged from ICU. In children with NIV failure ICU-mortality was 19/30 (63%). 8/11 (72%) children with NIV success had recurrence of ARF after 27 days. Only 4/11 (36%) children with first episode NIV success and 8/30 (27%) with NIV failure survived to hospital discharge. Lower FiO2, SpO2/FiO2 and blood culture positive bacterial sepsis were predictive for NIV success, while fungal sepsis or culture negative ARF were predictive for NIV failure. We observed catecholamine treatment in 14/41 (34%), pneumothorax in 2/41 (5%), mediastinal emphysema in 3/41 (7%), a life threatening nasopharyngeal hemorrhage and need for resuscitation during intubation in 5/41 (12%) NIV-episodes. CONCLUSIONS The prognosis of ARF in immunocompromised children remains guarded independent of initial success or failure of NIV due to a high rate of recurrent ARF. Reversible causes like bacterial sepsis had a higher NIV response rate. Relevant side effects of NIV were observed.
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- Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, Center for Pediatrics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University Medical Center Ulm, Germany
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Schulz A, Krabatsch T, Reinartz M, Köln P, Hotz H. The Berlin Experience with the C-Pulse® Heart Assist System after 6 Months of Observation. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544270] [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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Schulz A, Haufe D, Czarske J, Fischer A, Bake F, Enghardt L. Spectral Analysis of Velocity Fluctuations in the Vicinity of a Bias Flow Liner With Respect to the Damping Efficiency. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.3813/aaa.918801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The reaction of cyclodistannadiazane with an excess of antimonytrichloride led to the formation of tetrachlorodistibanes, while in the reaction with bismuthtrichloride a carbenoid bismuth species was obtained which can be regarded as a heavy atom analog of NHCs.
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- Institut für Chemie
- Universität Rostock
- 18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Institut für Chemie
- Universität Rostock
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- Germany
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Keller K, Beule J, Schulz A, Coldewey M, Dippold W, Balzer JO. Cardiac troponin I for predicting right ventricular dysfunction and intermediate risk in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism. Neth Heart J 2014; 23:55-61. [PMID: 25501268 PMCID: PMC4268209 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-014-0628-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) are important tools for risk stratification in pulmonary embolism (PE). We investigate the association of RVD and cTnI in normotensive PE patients and calculate a cTnI cut-off level for predicting RVD and submassive PE. Methods Clinical, laboratory, radiological and echocardiagraphic data were analysed. Patients were categorised into groups with or without RVD and compared focussing on cTnI. Effectiveness of cTnI for predicting RVD and submassive PE was tested. Results One hundred twenty-nine normotensive PE patients, 71 with and 58 without RVD, were included. Patients with RVD were older (75.0 years (61.3/81.0) vs. 66.0 years (57.7/75.1), P = 0.019). cTnI (0.06 ng/ml (0.02/0.23) vs. 0.01 ng/ml (0.00/0.03), P < 0.0001) and D-dimer values (2.00 mg/l (1.08/4.05) vs. 1.23 mg/l (0.76/2.26), P = 0.016) were higher in PE with RVD. cTnI was associated with RVD (OR 3.95; 95 % CI 1.95–8.02, p = 0.00014). AUC for cTnI diagnosing RVD was 0.79, and for submassive PE0.87. Cut-off values for cTnI predicting RVD and submassive PE were 0.01 ng/ml, with a negative predictive value of 73 %. cTnI was positively correlated with age, D-dimer and creatinine. Conclusions In normotensive PE patients, cTnI is helpful for risk stratification and excluding RVD. cTnI elevation is correlated with increasing age and reduced kidney function.
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- Department of Medicine II, University Medical Center Mainz (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz), Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany,
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Goede AP, Bongers WA, Graswinckel MF, van de Sanden RM, Leins M, Kopecki J, Schulz A, Walker M. Production of solar fuels by CO2plasmolysis. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20137901005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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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Schnabel RB, Wild PS, Wilde S, Ojeda FM, Schulz A, Zeller T, Sinning CR, Kunde J, Lackner KJ, Munzel T, Blankenberg S. Multiple biomarkers and atrial fibrillation in the general population. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112486. [PMID: 25401728 PMCID: PMC4234420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Different biological pathways have been related to atrial fibrillation (AF). Novel biomarkers capturing inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurohumoral activation have not been investigated comprehensively in AF. Methods and Results In the population-based Gutenberg Health Study (n = 5000), mean age 56±11 years, 51% males, we measured ten biomarkers representing inflammation (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen), cardiac and vascular function (midregional pro adrenomedullin [MR-proADM], midregional pro atrial natriuretic peptide [MR-proANP], N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide [Nt-proBNP], sensitive troponin I ultra [TnI ultra], copeptin, and C-terminal pro endothelin-1), and oxidative stress (glutathioneperoxidase-1, myeloperoxidase) in relation to manifest AF (n = 161 cases). Individuals with AF were older, mean age 64.9±8.3, and more often males, 71.4%. In Bonferroni-adjusted multivariable regression analyses strongest associations per standard deviation increase in biomarker concentrations were observed for the natriuretic peptides Nt-proBNP (odds ratio [OR] 2.89, 99.5% confidence interval [CI] 2.14–3.90; P<0.0001), MR-proANP (OR 2.45, 99.5% CI 1.91–3.14; P<0.0001), the vascular function marker MR-proADM (OR 1.54, 99.5% CI 1.20–1.99; P<0.0001), TnI ultra (OR 1.50, 99.5% CI 1.19–1.90; P<0.0001) and. fibrinogen (OR 1.44, 99.5% CI 1.19–1.75; P<0.0001). Based on a model comprising known clinical risk factors for AF, all biomarkers combined resulted in a net reclassification improvement of 0.665 (99.3% CI 0.441–0.888) and an integrated discrimination improvement of >13%. Conclusions In conclusion, in our large, population-based study, we identified novel biomarkers reflecting vascular function, MR-proADM, inflammation, and myocardial damage, TnI ultra, as related to AF; the strong association of natriuretic peptides was confirmed. Prospective studies need to examine whether risk prediction of AF can be enhanced beyond clinical risk factors using these biomarkers.
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- Renate B. Schnabel
- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
- Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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Deuschle U, Birkel M, Hambruch E, Hornberger M, Kinzel O, Perović-Ottstadt S, Schulz A, Hahn U, Burnet M, Kremoser C. The nuclear bile acid receptor FXR controls the liver derived tumor suppressor histidine-rich glycoprotein. Int J Cancer 2014; 136:2693-704. [PMID: 25363753 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The nuclear bile acid receptor Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is strongly expressed in liver and intestine, controls bile acid and lipid homeostasis and exerts tumor-protective functions in liver and intestine. Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is an abundant plasma protein produced by the liver with the proposed function as a pattern recognition molecule involved in the clearance of immune complexes, necrotic cells and pathogens, the modulation of angiogenesis, the normalization of deranged endothelial vessel structure in tumors and tumor suppression. FXR recognition sequences were identified within a human HRG promoter fragment that mediated FXR/FXR-agonist dependent reporter gene activity in vitro. We show that HRG is a novel transcriptional target gene of FXR in human hepatoma cells, human upcyte® primary hepatocytes and 3D human liver microtissues in vitro and in mouse liver in vivo. Prolonged administration of the potent nonsteroidal FXR agonist PX20606 increases HRG levels in mouse plasma. Finally, daily oral administration of this FXR agonist for seven days resulted in a significant increase of HRG levels in the plasma of healthy human male volunteers during a clinical Phase I safety study. HRG might serve as a surrogate marker indicative of liver-specific FXR activation in future human clinical studies. Furthermore, potent FXR agonists might be beneficial in serious health conditions where HRG is reduced, for example, in hepatocellular carcinoma but also other solid cancers, liver failure, sepsis and pre-eclampsia.
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- Ulrich Deuschle
- Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG, Waldhofer Str. 104, 69123, Heidelberg, Germany
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Keller K, Beule J, Schulz A, Coldewey M, Dippold W, Balzer JO. [Gender-specific differences in hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2014; 139:2329-34. [PMID: 25369042 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Pulmonary embolism (PE) is potentially life-threatening. Aim of this study was to identify genderspecific differences in acute PE and in risk stratification of hemodynamically stable PE patients. METHODS We analysed retrospectively the data of 129 patients with PE (59.7% women) and compared female and male patients regarding clinical, laboratory and technical parameters. ROC curve and Youden Index were calculated to analyse cardiac troponin I (cTnI) for predicting of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and D-Dimer for predicting submassive PE. RESULTS 129 patients were included in this study. Female patients were older (median 73.0 [25th percentile: 65.0/75th percentile: 81.0] vs. 65.5 [55.2/76.6] years, p = 0.0095) and had more frequent submassive PE (82.7% vs. 64.0%, p = 0.03) with higher systolic pulmonary artery pressure (38.00 ± 18.23 vs. 27.87 ± 17.32 mmHg, p = 0.0018). Multivariable regression analysis showed a strong association between cTnI and RVD (OR, 2.84; 95%CI: 1.52-5.32, p = 0.0011). Association between cTnI and RVD was stronger in male PE patients (OR, 27.67; 95%CI: 3.28-233.31, p = 0.0023) than in female (OR, 1.52; 95%CI: 0.79-2.93, p = 0.21). Area under the curve (AUC) for efficiency of cTnI predicting RVD was higher in male patients (0.92 vs. 0.69). AUC for efficiency of D-Dimer predicting submassive PE was similar in both genders (0.65 vs. 0.62). Genderspecific cTnI cut-off values indicating for RVD, were similar in male and female (> 0.00 vs. > 0.01 ng/ml). D-Dimer values above 1.08 mg/dl in male and 1.41 mg/dl in female indicated for submassive PE. CONCLUSION Normotensive female PE patients are in mean older and have more frequently submassive PE stadium. cTnI is associated with RVD. cTnI as risk stratification marker for predicting RVD is more effective in male.
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- K Keller
- II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin, St. Vincenz and Elisabeth Hospital Mainz
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- II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz
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- II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin, St. Vincenz and Elisabeth Hospital Mainz
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- Abteilung für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Katholische Klinik Mainz (KKM)
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Ackermann M, Albert A, Atwood WB, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cavazzuti E, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, de Angelis A, de Palma F, Dermer CD, Digel SW, Venere LD, do Couto e Silva E, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Germani S, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Godfrey G, Gomez-Vargas GA, Grenier IA, Guiriec S, Hadasch D, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hou X, Jogler T, Jóhannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson WN, Kamae T, Kataoka J, Knödlseder J, Kocevski D, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Malyshev D, Manfreda A, Massaro F, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, McEnery JE, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nemmen R, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Omodei N, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Petrosian V, Piron F, Pivato G, Rainò S, Rando R, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Sánchez-Conde M, Schaal M, Schulz A, Sgrò C, Siskind EJ, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stawarz Ł, Strong AW, Suson DJ, Tahara M, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Tinivella M, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Vianello G, Werner M, Winer BL, Wood KS, Wood M, Zaharijas G. THE SPECTRUM AND MORPHOLOGY OF THEFERMIBUBBLES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/793/1/64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wiltink J, Michal M, Wild PS, Schneider A, König J, Blettner M, Münzel T, Schulz A, Weber M, Fottner C, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Beutel ME. Associations between depression and diabetes in the community: do symptom dimensions matter? Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. PLoS One 2014. [PMID: 25127227 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105499-] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES While a bidirectional relationship between diabetes and depression has been established, there is little knowledge if the associations are due to somatic-affective or cognitive-affective dimensions of depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In a population-based, representative survey of 15.010 participants we therefore studied the associations of the two dimensions of depression with diabetes and health care utilization among depressed and diabetic participants. Depression was assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9. RESULTS We found a linear and consistent association between the intensity of depression and the presence of diabetes increasing from 6.9% in no or minimal depression to 7.6% in mild, 9% in moderate and 10.5% in severe depression. There was a strong positive association between somatic-affective symptoms but not with cognitive-affective symptoms and diabetes. Depression and diabetes were both independently related to somatic health care utilisation. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes and depression are associated, and the association is primarily driven by the somatic-affective component of depression. The main limitation of our study pertains to the cross-sectional data acquisition. Further longitudinal work on the relationship of obesity and diabetes should differentiate the somatic and the cognitive symptoms of depression.
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- Jörg Wiltink
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site RhineMain, Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Wiltink J, Michal M, Wild PS, Schneider A, König J, Blettner M, Münzel T, Schulz A, Weber M, Fottner C, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Beutel ME. Associations between depression and diabetes in the community: do symptom dimensions matter? Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105499. [PMID: 25127227 PMCID: PMC4134314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Objectives While a bidirectional relationship between diabetes and depression has been established, there is little knowledge if the associations are due to somatic-affective or cognitive-affective dimensions of depression. Research Design and Methods In a population-based, representative survey of 15.010 participants we therefore studied the associations of the two dimensions of depression with diabetes and health care utilization among depressed and diabetic participants. Depression was assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9. Results We found a linear and consistent association between the intensity of depression and the presence of diabetes increasing from 6.9% in no or minimal depression to 7.6% in mild, 9% in moderate and 10.5% in severe depression. There was a strong positive association between somatic-affective symptoms but not with cognitive-affective symptoms and diabetes. Depression and diabetes were both independently related to somatic health care utilisation. Conclusions Diabetes and depression are associated, and the association is primarily driven by the somatic-affective component of depression. The main limitation of our study pertains to the cross-sectional data acquisition. Further longitudinal work on the relationship of obesity and diabetes should differentiate the somatic and the cognitive symptoms of depression.
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- Jörg Wiltink
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site RhineMain, Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany,
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Seifert B, Csösz S, Schulz A. NC-Clustering demonstrates heterospecificity of the cryptic ant species Temnothorax luteus (FOREL, 1874) and T. racovitzai (BONDROIT, 1918) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.1.47-57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Es wird gezeigt, dass die westmediterranen kryptischen Ameisenarten Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874) und T. racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918) mittels explorativer und hypothesengetriebener Analysen komplexer morphologischer Datensätze eindeutig unterscheidbar sind. Die Untersuchung konzentrierte sich auf das sympatrische Areal beider Arten. An 178 Arbeiterinnen aus 64 Nestproben wurden 18 morphologische Merkmale erfasst. Nach Reduktion auf die sieben meistseparierenden Merkmale ergab sich eine 100 %ige Übereinstimmung der Klassifizierungen durch hierarchische NC-Ward-, nicht hierarchische NC-K-Means- und NC-NMDS-K-Means Clusteranalyse sowie durch eine lineare Diskriminanzanalyse. Die Typenserien von T. massiliensis (Bondroit, 1918) und T. racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918) wurden mit einer a posteriori Wahrscheinlichkeit von p = 1.0000 bzw. p = 0.9992 dem gleichen Cluster zugeordnet. Die Typenserien von T. tristis (Bondroit, 1918) und T. luteus wurden beide mit p = 0.9999 einem zweiten, deutlich vom ersteren separierten Cluster zugeordnet. Daraus ergibt sich, dass T. tristis ein jüngeres Synonym von T. luteus und T. massiliensis ein jüngeres Synonym von T. racovitzai ist. Der Klassifikationsfehler auf der Ebene der Individuen betrug 1.7 % an 178 Arbeiterinnen. Trotz einer breiten Überlappung der Verbreitungsgebiete gibt es keine Hinweise auf phänotypisch gemischte Nester, was die Hypothese widerlegt, dass T. luteus and T. racovitzai einen intraspezifischen Polymorphismus repräsentieren könnten. Es wurden signifikante interspezifische Unterschiede in der geographischen Verbreitung und der thermischen Nischenkomponente gezeigt. Die mittlere Lufttemperatur von Mai bis August von 24 Fundorten von T. luteus war im Mittel um 3.77°C kälter als die von 21 Fundorten von T. racovitzai (p
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Lamparter J, Raum P, Pfeiffer N, Peto T, Höhn R, Elflein H, Wild P, Schulz A, Schneider A, Mirshahi A. Prevalence and associations of diabetic retinopathy in a large cohort of prediabetic subjects: the Gutenberg Health Study. J Diabetes Complications 2014; 28:482-7. [PMID: 24630763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy/maculopathy (DR/DMac) and its associations with cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) in participants with prediabetes (PwPD) in a large European cohort within the population-based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS). METHODS The study was based on a sub-cohort of the GHS (n=5,000, age: 35-74 y). Prediabetes was diagnosed according to HbA1c levels (5.7-6.4%). DR/DMac was graded from fundus photographs. Blood samples and comprehensive questionnaires served for evaluation of laboratory results and CRF. RESULTS The prevalence of prediabetes was 22.4%, and of DR/DMac 8.1%/0.2%, respectively. The majority of participants had mild DR (7.2%). A percentage of 0.5 of PwPD presented with moderate and 0.3% with severe non-proliferative disease. None of the subjects had proliferative DR. No independent association was found between any of the analyzed CRF [hypertension, smoking, (family) history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, stroke, obesity, dyslipidemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, peripheral artery disease and chronic kidney disease] and DR. CONCLUSIONS Although prevalences of prediabetes and DR in this Caucasian cohort are considerable, retinopathy findings are mainly mild, and no association was found for DR/DMac and CRF.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London/UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz/Germany
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Schulz A, Bocklet T, Eysholdt U, Bohr C, Döllinger M, Ziethe A. Validierung einer automatischen Analyse der Sprechproben von Kindern mit isolierter Gaumenspalte. HNO 2014; 62:525-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00106-013-2825-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: 11/24/2022]
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