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Wood MH, Nasseripour R, Paolone M, Djalali C, Weygand DP, Adhikari KP, Anghinolfi M, Ball J, Battaglieri M, Batourine V, Bedlinskiy I, Bellis M, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Burkert VD, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Cole PL, Collins P, Crede V, D'Angelo A, Daniel A, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dey B, Dhamija S, Dickson R, Doughty D, Dupre R, Egiyan H, El Alaoui A, El Fassi L, Eugenio P, Fegan S, Gabrielyan MY, Garçon M, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Goetz JT, Gohn W, Gothe RW, Graham L, Guidal M, Guo L, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hassall N, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Jawalkar SS, Jo HS, Joo K, Keller D, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim A, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Konczykowski P, Kubarovsky V, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Livingston K, Martinez D, Mayer M, McAndrew J, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, Meyer CA, Mineeva T, Mirazita M, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrison B, Munevar E, Nadel-Turonski P, Ni A, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niroula MR, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paremuzyan R, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Anefalos Pereira S, Pisano S, Pogorelko O, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Procureur S, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Ricco G, Ripani M, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Schott D, Schumacher RA, Seder E, Seraydaryan H, Sharabian YG, Smith GD, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan S, Stepanyan SS, Stoler P, Strakovsky II, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tang W, Taylor CE, Tedeschi DJ, Tkachenko S, Ungaro M, Vernarsky B, Vineyard MF, Voutier E, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Absorption of the ω and ϕ mesons in nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:112301. [PMID: 20867566 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.112301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Because of their long lifetimes, the ω and ϕ mesons are the ideal candidates for the study of possible modifications of the in-medium meson-nucleon interaction through their absorption inside the nucleus. During the E01-112 experiment at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the mesons were photoproduced from 2H, C, Ti, Fe, and Pb targets. This Letter reports the first measurement of the ratio of nuclear transparencies for the e+e- channel. The ratios indicate larger in-medium widths compared with what have been reported in other reaction channels. The absorption of the ω meson is stronger than that reported by the CBELSA-TAPS experiment and cannot be explained by recent theoretical models.
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Slifer K, Rondón OA, Aghalaryan A, Ahmidouch A, Asaturyan R, Bloch F, Boeglin W, Bosted P, Carasco C, Carlini R, Cha J, Chen JP, Christy ME, Cole L, Coman L, Crabb D, Danagoulian S, Day D, Dunne J, Elaasar M, Ent R, Fenker H, Frlez E, Gaskell D, Gan L, Gomez J, Hu B, Jourdan J, Jones MK, Keith C, Keppel CE, Khandaker M, Klein A, Kramer L, Liang Y, Lichtenstadt J, Lindgren R, Mack D, McKee P, McNulty D, Meekins D, Mkrtchyan H, Nasseripour R, Niculescu I, Normand K, Norum B, Pocanic D, Prok Y, Raue B, Reinhold J, Roche J, Kiselev D, Savvinov N, Sawatzky B, Seely M, Sick I, Smith C, Smith G, Stepanyan S, Tang L, Tajima S, Testa G, Vulcan W, Wang K, Warren G, Wesselmann FR, Wood S, Yan C, Yuan L, Yun J, Zeier M, Zhu H. Probing quark-gluon interactions with transverse polarized scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:101601. [PMID: 20867509 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.101601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2009] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We have extracted QCD matrix elements from our data on doubly polarized inelastic scattering of electrons on nuclei. We find the higher twist matrix element d˜2, which arises strictly from quark-gluon interactions, to be unambiguously nonzero. The data also reveal an isospin dependence of higher twist effects if we assume that the Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule is valid. The fundamental Bjorken sum rule obtained from the a0 matrix element is satisfied at our low momentum transfer.
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Klein A, Sacrey LAR, Dunnett SB, Whishaw IQ, Nikkhah G. F13 Skilled reaching impairments in a real-world reach-to-eat task in Huntington's disease. J Neurol Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.222620.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Safin DA, Bolte M, Babashkina MG, Klein A. Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the complex Co[Me2NC(S)NP(S)(OPr-i)2]2. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070363210070078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ossmer R, Mund T, Hartzell PL, Konheiser U, Kohring GW, Klein A, Wolfe RS, Gottschalk G, Mayer F. Immunocytochemical localization of component C of the methylreductase system in Methanococcus voltae and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 83:5789-92. [PMID: 16593743 PMCID: PMC386380 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.16.5789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Antibodies were raised against homogeneous preparations of component C of the methylreductase system from Methanococcus voltae and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Cells of these organisms were fixed with paraformaldehyde and/or glutaraldehyde, sectioned, and labeled with antibodies and colloidal gold-labeled protein A. In M. voltae the gold particles were predominantly located in the vicinity of the cytoplasmic membrane. In rare cases a similar result was obtained also with M. thermoautotrophicum. However, in all but a few of the ultrathin sections of this bacterium, the label was randomly distributed in the cell interior. If one assumes a reliable fixation of all cell components, these results would suggest that the two distantly related methanogens studied have distinctive patterns for the localization of component C. The results with M. voltae are in agreement with recent findings that the methylreductase system is involved in the generation of a proton-motive force at the membrane.
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Berghofer Y, Klein A. Insertional Mutations in the Hydrogenase vhc and frc Operons Encoding Selenium-Free Hydrogenases in Methanococcus voltae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 61:1770-5. [PMID: 16535019 PMCID: PMC1388437 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.5.1770-1775.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Methanococcus voltae, which contains four different gene groups that encode [NiFe]-hydrogenases, was transformed with integration vectors to achieve polar inactivation of two of the four hydrogenase operons that encode the selenium-free enzymes Vhc and Frc. Transformants which were selected by their acquired puromycin resistance showed site-specific insertions in either the vhc or frc operon by single crossover events. Southern hybridization revealed tandem integrations of whole vectors in the vhc operon, whereas only one vector copy was found in the frc operon. Northern (RNA) hybridizations showed a pac transcript of defined size, indicating strong termination in front of the hydrogenase genes downstream. In spite of the apparent abolition of expression of selenium-free hydrogenases through these polar insertions, they were not lethal to cells upon growth in selenium-deprived minimal medium, which we had previously shown to strongly induce transcription of the respective operons in M. voltae. Instead, like wild-type control cultures, transformants responded to selenium deprivation only with a reduction in growth rate. We conclude that loss of the potential to express a selenium-free hydrogenase can nevertheless be balanced by very small amounts of selenium hydrogenases under laboratory conditions in which the hydrogen supply is not likely to be a limiting growth factor.
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Bovie WT, Klein A. SENSITIZATION TO HEAT DUE TO EXPOSURE TO LIGHT OF SHORT WAVE-LENGTHS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 1:331-6. [PMID: 19871750 PMCID: PMC2140307 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.1.3.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Madete JK, Klein A, Fuller A, Trueman RC, Rosser AE, Dunnett SB, Holt CA. Challenges Facing Quantification of Rat Locomotion along Beams of Varying Widths. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2010; 224:1257-65. [DOI: 10.1243/09544119jeim779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Optoelectronic motion capture systems have been widely used to investigate temporal gait parameters in humans and animals in order to understand function and behavioural attributes of different pathologies, e.g. Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of the present paper was to investigate the practicality of utilising this system to investigate the effects of a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion on rat locomotion while walking on beams of varying widths (graduated, narrow, and wide). Temporal gait parameters of ten male Lister Hooded rats (five controls and five hemiparkinsonian) were observed using passive markers placed in locations that were representative of their four limbs and their body axis. The results demonstrate that marker-based motion capture can provide an effective and simple approach to quantifying temporal gait parameters for rat models of PD. They also reveal how the width of the path affects the locomotion in both experimental cohorts. Such measurements can be compared with human motion analysis to explore correlations between the animal model and human behaviour, which is an important step for translational medicine.
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Witz I, Izraely S, Klein A, Edry-Botzer L, Maman S, Sagi-Assif O, Meshel T, Hoon D. 30 Neuroblastoma and melanoma metastasis: regulation by the tumour microenvironment. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)70839-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Ott MG, Lindhofer H, Linke RG, Hennig M, Martinius H, Klein A, Seimetz D. The trifunctional antibody catumaxomab: Correlation between immunological response and clinical outcome—New analysis of a pivotal phase II/III study. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.2551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Holloway RW, Roche M, DeMars L, Williams JA, Enke A, Klein A, Linke RG, Krasner CN. Immunotherapy with intraperitoneal catumaxomab in patients with advanced ovarian cancer after a complete response to chemotherapy: A phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.5015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Luehr I, Klein A, Pospisil H, Standfuss C, Kunze T, Hilpert F, Mundhenke C, Jonat W, Bauer M. Evaluation of gene expression signatures induced by stromal factors as a predictor of survival in breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.10607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gautier T, Paul C, Deckert V, Desrumaux C, Klein A, Labbé J, Le Guern N, Athias A, Monier S, Hammann A, Bettaieb A, Jeannin J, Lagrost L. Innate immune response triggered by triacyl lipid A is dependent on phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) gene expression. FASEB J 2010; 24:3544-54. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-152876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Grund S, Klein A, Adams O. Expression plasmids are only useful for the investigation of co-receptor tropism and fusion capacity of short HIV-1 envelope domains. J Virol Methods 2010; 166:106-9. [PMID: 20304009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2009] [Revised: 12/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Expression vectors have been used widely to identify functionally important domains in HIV-1 glycoproteins. Env domains such as the V3 loop were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and inserted into plasmids carrying the backbone of an HIV-1 reference strain like NL4-3. The hypothesis of the present approach was that cloning large domains of wild type envelopes yields constructs that are non-functional in co-receptor-expressing HeLaCD4 cells, in contrast to laboratory-adapted HIV-1 strains. The background for this assumption was that primary HIV-1 virions are frequently less infectious and lack fusion capacity in HeLaCD4 cells compared to laboratory-adapted (LA) viruses. To address this hypothesis, env domains of different length were amplified from a panel of X4-tropic HIV-1 clinical isolates cultured in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and cloned into the backbone of NL4-3 env. Constructs bearing either the V3 loops or 312 nucleotides of the intracellular trunk (ICT) of gp41 led to a similar fusion capacity as NL4-3. In contrast, none of the plasmids carrying the 2322 N-terminal nucleotides of primary isolates led to similar syncytium formation. These results have an effect on studies that investigate pathogenic effects of Env regions with chimeric constructs in the backbone of HIV reference envelopes.
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Reuβ R, Schreiber V, Klein A, Infante-Duarte C, Filippi M, Pabst W, Pohl C, Oschmann P. No significant effect of orally administered chemokine receptor 1 antagonist on intercellular adhesion molecule-3 expression in relapsing—remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Mult Scler 2010; 16:366-9. [DOI: 10.1177/1352458509358188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We investigated the expression of intercellular adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and ICAM-3 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a subgroup of 34 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who were treated orally with the chemokine receptor 1 antagonist BX 471 in a 16-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study. ICAM-1 and ICAM-3 expression was measured by flow cytometry at different time points during and after therapy and compared using multivariate analysis of variance and non-parametric Mann Whitney test. ICAM-3 expression on CD14 + peripheral blood mononuclear cells was increased in the verum group under therapy, but did not differ significantly between the verum and placebo groups. Most likely, this trend represents a small epiphenomenon only mediated by receptor cross-talk and feedback mechanisms.
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Borbé R, Klein A, Steinert T. P03-161 - Patients’ subjective experience of psychiatric admission. Eur Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)71215-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Holzschuh J, Klein A, Beck KH. Qualitätssicherung in der Hämophiliebehandlung aus Sicht des MDK. Hamostaseologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1619082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Langmann G, Foussek C, Gliebe W, Klug U, Schneider M, Wackernagel W, Theisl A, Lechner H, Maier R, Klein A, Wedrich A. EFQM Modell Univ.-Augenklinik Graz: Optimierung der ambulanten Prozesse im Arbeitsschwerpunkt "Augentumoren". SPEKTRUM DER AUGENHEILKUNDE 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00717-009-0372-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Leeuwen P, Klein A, Matil K, Geue D, Poplutz C, Lange S, Hailer B, Grönemeyer D. INFLUENCE OF AREA OF COVERAGE ON CARDIAC MAGNETIC FIELD MAPORIENTATION. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2009. [DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.s1.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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van Leeuwen P, Geue D, Poplutz C, Klein A, Lange S, Grönemeyer D. RELIABILITY OF AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF QRST TIMES IN ECG AND MCG. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2009. [DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.s1.370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Maier A, Weh L, Klein A, Hamel M, Lucan S, Marnitz U. Medizinische Trainingstherapie beim chronischen Rückenschmerz. DER ORTHOPADE 2009; 38:920, 922-4, 926-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s00132-009-1484-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Klein A, Lehner W. Representing Data Quality in Sensor Data Streaming Environments. ACM JOURNAL OF DATA AND INFORMATION QUALITY 2009. [DOI: 10.1145/1577840.1577845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sensors in smart-item environments capture data about product conditions and usage to support business decisions as well as production automation processes. A challenging issue in this application area is the restricted quality of sensor data due to limited sensor precision and sensor failures. Moreover, data stream processing to meet resource constraints in streaming environments introduces additional noise and decreases the data quality. In order to avoid wrong business decisions due to dirty data, quality characteristics have to be captured, processed, and provided to the respective business task. However, the issue of how to efficiently provide applications with information about data quality is still an open research problem.
In this article, we address this problem by presenting a flexible model for the propagation and processing of data quality. The comprehensive analysis of common data stream processing operators and their impact on data quality allows a fruitful data evaluation and diminishes incorrect business decisions. Further, we propose the data quality model control to adapt the data quality granularity to the data stream interestingness.
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Klein A, Juzek A, Kosinski CM, Kaminski R, Mull M, Nolte KW, Schiefer J. Hirnabszess im jungen Alter – breit behandeln oder fein biopsieren? AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Heiss M, Linke R, Friccius-Quecke H, Klein A, Hennig M, Lindhofer H, Parsons S. 6507 Catumaxomab treatment in gastric-cancer patients with malignant ascites – subgroup-analysis of a pivotal trial. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71229-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Niemier K, Schmidt S, Engel K, Steinmetz A, Herms K, Herms K, Liefring V, Maulhardt A, Wetterling T, Kosup S, Casser R, Jäger G, Törkott S, Bieneck K, Rotter G, Marnitz U, Klein A, Jahr S, Reishauer A, Seidel W. Funktionelle Diagnostik der Bewegungssteuerung, Bewegungsstabilisation und Hypermobilität. DER ORTHOPADE 2009; 38:847-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00132-009-1474-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chen W, Mibe T, Dutta D, Gao H, Laget JM, Mirazita M, Rossi P, Stepanyan S, Strakovsky II, Amaryan MJ, Anghinolfi M, Bagdasaryan H, Battaglieri M, Bellis M, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Bookwalter C, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Burkert VD, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Casey L, Cole PL, Collins P, Crede V, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dhamija S, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge GE, Doughty D, Egiyan H, Eugenio P, Fedotov G, Fradi A, Garçon M, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Gohn W, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hassall N, Heddle D, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Hyde CE, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Jo HS, Johnstone JR, Joo K, Keller D, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Kramer LH, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Livingston K, Lu HY, Markov N, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, Meyer CA, Mineeva T, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Nadel-Turonski P, Nasseripour R, Niccolai S, Niculescu I, Niroula MR, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Park K, Park S, Pereira SA, Pogorelko O, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Procureur S, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Ricco G, Ripani M, Ritchie BG, Rosner G, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Schumacher RA, Sharabian YG, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan SS, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tedeschi DJ, Tkachenko S, Ungaro M, Vineyard MF, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Weygand DP, Wood MH, Yegneswaran A, Zhang J, Zhao B. Measurement of the differential cross section for the reaction gamman-->pi- p from deuterium. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:012301. [PMID: 19659138 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.012301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We report a measurement of the differential cross section for the gamman-->pi- p process from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory in Hall B for photon energies between 1.0 and 3.5 GeV and pion center-of-mass (c.m.) angles (thetac.m.) between 50 degrees and 115 degrees. We confirm a previous indication of a broad enhancement around a c.m. energy ([sqrt]s) of 2.1 GeV at thetac.m.=90 degrees in the scaled differential cross section s7dsigma/dt and a rapid falloff in a center-of-mass energy region of about 400 MeV following the enhancement. Our data show an angular dependence of this enhancement as the suggested scaling region is approached for thetac.m. from 70 degrees to 105 degrees.
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Klein A, Ghosh SS, Parsey RV. An evaluation of volume- and surface-based nonlinear registration of human brain MRI data. Neuroimage 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)71171-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Parsons S, Hennig M, Linke R, Klein A, Lahr A, Lindhofer H, Heiss M. Clinical benefit of catumaxomab in malignant ascites in patient subpopulations in a pivotal phase II/III trial. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e14000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e14000 Background: Parsons et al. (ASCO 2008) reported the results of a pivotal phase II/III trial in patients with malignant ascites due to epithelial cancer. Treatment with the trifunctional antibody catumaxomab resulted in a clinically relevant prolongation of puncture-free survival, defined as the time to the next therapeutic puncture or the time to death, whichever occurred first. Malignant ascites is a typical late-stage manifestation of cancer associated with a poor prognosis and survival. Effective treatment options are limited. It is thus of special interest if all patient subgroups derive objective benefit from treatment. Methods: A post-hoc analysis was performed on the 258 patients with epithelial tumors treated with catumaxomab + paracentesis or paracentesis alone (control) in the pivotal trial to investigate any association between the primary endpoint (puncture-free survival) and the primary tumor, metastases, or other prognostic parameters. Results: Puncture-free survival was lower in patients with non-ovarian vs ovarian tumors and those with a poor prognosis (metastases vs no metastases, elderly vs younger, or low vs serum protein level). However, there was always a statistically significant treatment effect for catumaxomab compared with the respective control group (p≤0.0001, log rank test, for all comparisons) (see table). Conclusion: Catumaxomab demonstrated a significant clinical benefit in patients with malignant ascites independent of the primary tumor or other prognostic factors. Therefore, catumaxomab could be considered as a treatment option for patients with a poor prognosis. [Table: see text] [Table: see text]
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Lachniet J, Afanasev A, Arenhövel H, Brooks WK, Gilfoyle GP, Higinbotham D, Jeschonnek S, Quinn B, Vineyard MF, Adams G, Adhikari KP, Amaryan MJ, Anghinolfi M, Asavapibhop B, Asryan G, Avakian H, Bagdasaryan H, Baillie N, Ball JP, Baltzell NA, Barrow S, Batourine V, Battaglieri M, Beard K, Bedlinskiy I, Bektasoglu M, Bellis M, Benmouna N, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Bonner BE, Bookwalter C, Bouchigny S, Boiarinov S, Bradford R, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Bültmann S, Burkert VD, Calarco JR, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Casey L, Cheng L, Cole PL, Coleman A, Collins P, Cords D, Corvisiero P, Crabb D, Crede V, Cummings JP, Dale D, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Masi R, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Degtyarenko PV, Denizli H, Dennis L, Deur A, Dhamija S, Dharmawardane KV, Dhuga KS, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge GE, Doughty D, Dragovitsch P, Dugger M, Dytman S, Dzyubak OP, Egiyan H, Egiyan KS, El Fassi L, Elouadrhiri L, Empl A, Eugenio P, Fatemi R, Fedotov G, Fersch R, Feuerbach RJ, Forest TA, Fradi A, Gabrielyan MY, Garçon M, Gavalian G, Gevorgyan N, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Goetz JT, Gohn W, Golovatch E, Gothe RW, Graham L, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Guillo M, Guler N, Guo L, Gyurjyan V, Hadjidakis C, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hardie J, Hassall N, Heddle D, Hersman FW, Hicks K, Hleiqawi I, Holtrop M, Hu J, Huertas M, Hyde-Wright CE, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Ito MM, Jenkins D, Jo HS, Johnstone JR, Joo K, Juengst HG, Kageya T, Kalantarians N, Keller D, Kellie JD, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim KY, Kim K, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Klusman M, Konczykowski P, Kossov M, Kramer LH, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn J, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Laget JM, Langheinrich J, Lawrence D, Lima ACS, Livingston K, Lowry M, Lu HY, Lukashin K, Maccormick M, Malace S, Manak JJ, Markov N, Mattione P, McAleer S, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, McNabb JWC, Mecking BA, Mestayer MD, Meyer CA, Mibe T, Mikhailov K, Mineeva T, Minehart R, Mirazita M, Miskimen R, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrow SA, Moteabbed M, Mueller J, Munevar E, Mutchler GS, Nadel-Turonski P, Nasseripour R, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niczyporuk BB, Niroula MR, Niyazov RA, Nozar M, O'Rielly GV, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Paterson C, Pereira SA, Philips SA, Pierce J, Pivnyuk N, Pocanic D, Pogorelko O, Polli E, Popa I, Pozdniakov S, Preedom BM, Price JW, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Qin LM, Raue BA, Riccardi G, Ricco G, Ripani M, Ritchie BG, Rosner G, Rossi P, Rowntree D, Rubin PD, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Sandorfi A, Santoro JP, Sapunenko V, Schott D, Schumacher RA, Serov VS, Sharabian YG, Sharov D, Shaw J, Shvedunov NV, Skabelin AV, Smith ES, Smith LC, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Starostin A, Stavinsky A, Stepanyan S, Stepanyan SS, Stokes BE, Stoler P, Stopani KA, Strakovsky II, Strauch S, Suleiman R, Taiuti M, Taylor S, Tedeschi DJ, Thompson R, Tkabladze A, Tkachenko S, Ungaro M, Vlassov AV, Watts DP, Wei X, Weinstein LB, Weygand DP, Williams M, Wolin E, Wood MH, Yegneswaran A, Yun J, Yurov M, Zana L, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Precise measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor G(M)n in the few-GeV2 region. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:192001. [PMID: 19518944 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.192001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The neutron elastic magnetic form factor was extracted from quasielastic electron scattering on deuterium over the range Q;{2}=1.0-4.8 GeV2 with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. High precision was achieved with a ratio technique and a simultaneous in situ calibration of the neutron detection efficiency. Neutrons were detected with electromagnetic calorimeters and time-of-flight scintillators at two beam energies. The dipole parametrization gives a good description of the data.
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Klein A, Cimaz R, Quartier P, Decramer S, Niaudet P, Baudouin V, Belot A, Bader-Meunier B. Causes of death in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009; 27:538-539. [PMID: 19604455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Klein A, Wenzel S, Messmer E, Landthaler M, Vogt T. Lineare IgA-Dermatose mit Augenbeteiligung in Assoziation mit Colitis ulcerosa. Hautarzt 2009; 61:55-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s00105-009-1737-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Stookey JD, Klein A. Short‐term effects of caloric beverages and drinking water on macronutrient metabolism. FASEB J 2009. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.722.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Jenny M, Santer E, Klein A, Ledochowski M, Schennach H, Ueberall F, Fuchs D. Cacao extracts suppress tryptophan degradation of mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2009; 122:261-267. [PMID: 19330924 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The fruits of Theobroma cacao L. (Sterculiaceae) have been used as food and a remedy for more than 4000 years. Today, about 100 therapeutic applications of cacao are described involving the gastrointestinal, nervous, cardiovascular and immune systems. Pro-inflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma and related biochemical pathways like tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and neopterin formation are closely associated with the pathogenesis of such disorders. AIM OF THE STUDY To determine the anti-inflammatory effect of cacao extracts on interferon-gamma and biochemical consequences in immunocompetent cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Effects of aqueous or ethanolic extracts of cacao were examined on mitogen-induced human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy donors and on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated myelomonocytic THP-1 cells. Antioxidant activity of extracts was determined by oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) assay. RESULTS In mitogen-stimulated PBMC, enhanced degradation of tryptophan, formation of neopterin and interferon-gamma were almost completely suppressed by the cacao extracts at doses of > or = 5 microg/mL. Cacao extracts had no effect on tryptophan degradation in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated THP-1 cells. CONCLUSIONS There is a significant suppressive effect of cacao extracts on pro-inflammatory pathways in activated T-cells. Particularly the influence on indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase could relate to some of the beneficial health effects ascribed to cacao.
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Händel A, Jünemann AGM, Prokosch HU, Beyer A, Ganslandt T, Grolik R, Klein A, Mrosek A, Michelson G, Kruse FE. [Web-based electronic patient record as an instrument for quality assurance within an integrated care concept]. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2009; 226:161-7. [PMID: 19294586 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A prerequisite for integrated care programmes is the implementation of a communication network meeting quality assurance standards. Against this background the main objective of the integrated care project between the University Eye Hospital Erlangen and the health insurance company AOK Bayern was to evaluate the potential and the acceptance of a web-based electronic patient record in the context of cataract and retinal surgery. METHODS Standardised modules for capturing pre-, intra- and post-operative data on the basis of clinical pathway guidelines for cataract- and retinal surgery have been developed. There are 6 data sets recorded per patient (1 pre-operative, 1 operative, 4-6 post-operative). For data collection, a web-based communication system (Soarian Integrated Care) has been chosen which meets the high requirements in data security, as well as being easy to handle. This teleconsultation system and the embedded electronic patient record are independent of the software used by respective offices and hospitals. Data transmission and storage were carried out in real-time. RESULTS At present, 101 private ophthalmologists are taking part in the IGV contract with the University Eye Hospital Erlangen. This corresponds to 52% of all private ophthalmologists in the region. During the period from January 1st 2006 to December 31st 2006, 1844 patients were entered. Complete documentation was achieved in 1390 (75%) of all surgical procedures. For evaluation of this data, a multidimensional report and analysis tool (Cognos) was used. The deviation from target refraction as one quality indicator was in the mean 0.09 diopter. CONCLUSIONS The web-based patient record used in this project was highly accepted by the private ophthalmologists. However there are still general concerns against the exchange of medical data via the internet. Nevertheless, the web-based patient record is an essential tool for a functional integration between the ambulatory and stationary health-care units. In addition to the telemedicine functions of the system, we achieved the export of the data to a data warehouse system in order to provide a flexible and powerful tool for quality assurance analysis and reporting.
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Nozar M, Salgado C, Weygand DP, Guo L, Adams G, Li J, Eugenio P, Amaryan MJ, Anghinolfi M, Asryan G, Avakian H, Bagdasaryan H, Baillie N, Ball JP, Baltzell NA, Barrow S, Battaglieri M, Bedlinskiy I, Bektasoglu M, Bellis M, Benmouna N, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Blaszczyk L, Bonner BE, Bouchigny S, Boiarinov S, Bradford R, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Bültmann S, Burkert VD, Butuceanu C, Calarco JR, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Carnahan B, Casey L, Cazes A, Chen S, Cheng L, Cole PL, Collins P, Coltharp P, Cords D, Corvisiero P, Crabb D, Crannell H, Crede V, Cummings JP, Dale D, Dashyan N, De Masi R, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Degtyarenko PV, Denizli H, Dennis L, Deur A, Dharmawardane KV, Dhuga KS, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge GE, Doughty D, Dugger M, Dytman S, Dzyubak OP, Egiyan H, Egiyan KS, El Fassi L, Elouadrhiri L, Fatemi R, Fedotov G, Feuerbach RJ, Forest TA, Fradi A, Funsten H, Garçon M, Gavalian G, Gevorgyan N, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Goetz JT, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Guillo M, Guler N, Gyurjyan V, Hadjidakis C, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hardie J, Hassall N, Heddle D, Hersman FW, Hicks K, Hleiqawi I, Holtrop M, Hyde-Wright CE, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Ito MM, Jenkins D, Jo HS, Johnstone JR, Joo K, Juengst HG, Kalantarians N, Kellie JD, Khandaker M, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Kossov M, Krahn Z, Kramer LH, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn J, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Lachniet J, Laget JM, Langheinrich J, Lawrence D, Livingston K, Lu HY, Maccormick M, Markov N, Mattione P, McAleer S, McKinnon B, McNabb JWC, Mecking BA, Mehrabyan S, Mestayer MD, Meyer CA, Mibe T, Mikhailov K, Mirazita M, Miskimen R, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrow SA, Moteabbed M, Mueller J, Munevar E, Mutchler GS, Nadel-Turonski P, Nasseripour R, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niczyporuk BB, Niroula MR, Niyazov RA, O'Rielly GV, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Park K, Pasyuk E, Paterson C, Anefalos Pereira S, Philips SA, Pierce J, Pivnyuk N, Pocanic D, Pogorelko O, Polli E, Popa I, Pozdniakov S, Preedom BM, Price JW, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Qin LM, Raue BA, Riccardi G, Ricco G, Ripani M, Ritchie BG, Ronchetti F, Rosner G, Rossi P, Rubin PD, Sabatié F, Salamanca J, Santoro JP, Sapunenko V, Schumacher RA, Serov VS, Sharabian YG, Sharov D, Shvedunov NV, Skabelin AV, Smith ES, Smith LC, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stavinsky A, Stepanyan SS, Stepanyan S, Stokes BE, Stoler P, Strakovsky II, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tedeschi DJ, Thoma U, Tkabladze A, Tkachenko S, Todor L, Ungaro M, Vineyard MF, Vlassov AV, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Williams M, Wolin E, Wood MH, Yegneswaran A, Zana L, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Search for the photoexcitation of exotic mesons in the pi+pi+pi- system. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:102002. [PMID: 19392105 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.102002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A search for exotic mesons in the pi;{+}pi;{+}pi;{-} system photoproduced by the charge exchange reaction gammap-->pi;{+}pi;{+}pi;{-}(n) was carried out by the CLAS Collaboration at Jefferson Lab. A tagged-photon beam with energies in the 4.8 to 5.4 GeV range, produced through bremsstrahlung from a 5.744 GeV electron beam, was incident on a liquid-hydrogen target. A partial wave analysis was performed on a sample of 83 000 events, the highest such statistics to date in this reaction at these energies. The main objective of this study was to look for the photoproduction of an exotic J;{PC}=1;{-+} resonant state in the 1 to 2 GeV mass range. Our partial wave analysis shows production of the a_{2}(1320) and the pi_{2}(1670) mesons, but no evidence for the a_{1}(1260), nor the pi_{1}(1600) exotic state at the expected levels. An upper limit of 13.5 nb is determined for the exotic pi_{1}(1600) cross section, less than 2% of the a_{2}(1320) production.
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Battaglieri M, De Vita R, Szczepaniak AP, Adhikari KP, Aghasyan M, Amaryan MJ, Ambrozewicz P, Anghinolfi M, Asryan G, Avakian H, Bagdasaryan H, Baillie N, Ball JP, Baltzell NA, Batourine V, Bedlinskiy I, Bellis M, Benmouna N, Berman BL, Bibrzycki L, Biselli AS, Bookwalter C, Bouchigny S, Boiarinov S, Bradford R, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Bültmann S, Burkert VD, Calarco JR, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Casey L, Chen S, Cheng L, Clinton E, Cole PL, Collins P, Crabb D, Crannell H, Crede V, Cummings JP, Dale D, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Masi R, De Sanctis E, Degtyarenko PV, Deur A, Dhamija S, Dharmawardane KV, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge GE, Donnelly J, Doughty D, Dugger M, Dzyubak OP, Egiyan H, Egiyan KS, El Fassi L, Elouadrhiri L, Eugenio P, Fedotov G, Fersch R, Forest TA, Fradi A, Gabrielyan MY, Gan L, Garçon M, Gasparian A, Gavalian G, Gevorgyan N, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Glamazdin O, Goett J, Goetz JT, Gohn W, Golovatch E, Gordon CIO, Gothe RW, Graham L, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Guler N, Guo L, Gyurjyan V, Hadjidakis C, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hakobyan RS, Hanretty C, Hardie J, Hassall N, Heddle D, Hersman FW, Hicks K, Hleiqawi I, Holtrop M, Hyde CE, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Ito MM, Jenkins D, Jo HS, Johnstone JR, Joo K, Juengst HG, Kageya T, Kalantarians N, Keller D, Kellie JD, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Klimenko AV, Konczykowski P, Kossov M, Krahn Z, Kramer LH, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn J, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Lachniet J, Laget JM, Langheinrich J, Lawrence D, Lee T, Lesniak L, Li J, Livingston K, Lowry M, Lu HY, Maccormick M, Malace S, Markov N, Mattione P, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, Mecking BA, Melone JJ, Mestayer MD, Meyer CA, Mibe T, Mikhailov K, Mineeva T, Minehart R, Mirazita M, Miskimen R, Mochalov V, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrow SA, Moteabbed M, Munevar E, Mutchler GS, Nadel-Turonski P, Nakagawa I, Nasseripour R, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niczyporuk BB, Niroula MR, Niyazov RA, Nozar M, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Paris M, Paterson C, Pereira SA, Pierce J, Pivnyuk N, Pocanic D, Pogorelko O, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Riccardi G, Ricco G, Ripani M, Ritchie BG, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Sandorfi A, Santoro JP, Sapunenko V, Schott D, Schumacher RA, Serov VS, Sharabian YG, Sharov D, Shvedunov NV, Smith ES, Smith LC, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Starostin A, Stavinsky A, Stepanyan S, Stepanyan SS, Stokes BE, Stoler P, Stopani KA, Strakovsky II, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tedeschi DJ, Teymurazyan A, Tkabladze A, Tkachenko S, Todor L, Tur C, Ungaro M, Vineyard MF, Vlassov AV, Watts DP, Wei X, Weinstein LB, Weygand DP, Williams M, Wolin E, Wood MH, Yegneswaran A, Yurov M, Zana L, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Measurement of direct f0(980) photoproduction on the proton. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:102001. [PMID: 19392104 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.102001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report on the results of the first measurement of exclusive f_{0}(980) meson photoproduction on protons for E_{gamma}=3.0-3.8 GeV and -t=0.4-1.0 GeV2. Data were collected with the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The resonance was detected via its decay in the pi;{+}pi;{-} channel by performing a partial wave analysis of the reaction gammap-->ppi;{+}pi;{-}. Clear evidence of the f_{0}(980) meson was found in the interference between P and S waves at M_{pi;{+}pi;{-}} approximately 1 GeV. The S-wave differential cross section integrated in the mass range of the f_{0}(980) was found to be a factor of about 50 smaller than the cross section for the rho meson. This is the first time the f_{0}(980) meson has been measured in a photoproduction experiment.
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Klein A, Wollenschein M, Rohde A. Nicht „jeder Frau's“ Sache? Persönlichkeitsmerkmale im Kontext der Entscheidung für einen fetalchirurgischen Eingriff. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1208284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Thornell LE, Lindstöm M, Renault V, Klein A, Mouly V, Ansved T, Butler-Browne G, Furling D. Satellite cell dysfunction contributes to the progressive muscle atrophy in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2009; 35:603-13. [PMID: 19207265 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AIMS Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), one of the most common forms of inherited neuromuscular disorders in the adult, is characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting leading to distal muscle atrophy whereas proximal muscles of the same patients are spared during the early phase of the disease. In this report, the role of satellite cell dysfunction in the progressive muscular atrophy has been investigated. METHODS Biopsies were obtained from distal and proximal muscles of the same DM1 patients. Histological and immunohistological analyses were carried out and the past regenerative history of the muscle was evaluated. Satellite cell number was quantified in vivo and proliferative capacity was determined in vitro. RESULTS The size of the CTG expansion was positively correlated with the severity of the symptoms and the degree of muscle histopathology. Marked atrophy associated with typical DM1 features was observed in distal muscles of severely affected patients whereas proximal muscles were relatively spared. The number of satellite cells was significantly increased (twofold) in the distal muscles whereas very little regeneration was observed as confirmed by telomere analyses and developmental MyHC staining (0.3-3%). The satellite cells isolated from the DM1 distal muscles had a reduced proliferative capacity (36%) and stopped growing prematurely with telomeres longer than control cells (8.4 vs. 7.1 kb), indicating that the behaviour of these precursor cells was modified. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that alterations in the basic functions of the satellite cells progressively impair the muscle mass maintenance and/or regeneration resulting in gradual muscular atrophy.
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Luckay RC, Sheng X, Strasser CE, Raubenheimer HG, Safin DA, Babashkina MG, Klein A. Competitive bulk liquid membrane transport of some metal ions using RC(S)NHP(S)(OiPr)2 as ionophores. Unusual supramolecular “honeycomb” aggregate of the polynuclear copper(I) complex of H2NC(S)NHP(S)(OiPr)2. Dalton Trans 2009:4646-52. [DOI: 10.1039/b904114a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reboul E, Trompier D, Moussa M, Klein A, Landrier JF, Chimini G, Borel P. ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 is significantly involved in the intestinal absorption of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol but not in that of retinyl palmitate in mice. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89:177-84. [PMID: 19056557 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has long been assumed that newly absorbed vitamin A and E enter the body only via enterocyte-produced chylomicrons. However, recent results in cell cultures have shown that a fraction of alpha-tocopherol is secreted with intestinal HDL. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to identify this transporter and to assess whether it is significantly implicated in the in vivo intestinal absorption of the 2 main dietary forms of vitamin E (ie, alpha- and gamma-tocopherol) and in that of retinyl palmitate (vitamin A). DESIGN Having performed preliminary experiments in the Caco-2 cell model, we compared fasting and postprandial plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E in mice deficient in ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) transporter and in wild-type mice. RESULTS A substantial efflux of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol, but not of retinyl esters, was induced by the presence of apolipoprotein A-I at the basolateral side of Caco-2 monolayers. The efflux of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol was also impaired by glyburide and 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid. The postprandial response of plasma gamma-tocopherol was 4-fold lower in ABCA1(-/-) mice (P = 0.025) than in wild-type mice, whereas no significant difference was observed for retinyl esters. Fasting plasma alpha-tocopherol, but not vitamin A, concentrations were lower in mice bearing the genetic deletion. CONCLUSIONS ABCA1 is the transporter responsible for the in vivo secretion of alpha- and gamma-tocopherol with intestinal HDL, and this pathway is significantly implicated in the intestinal absorption and plasma status of vitamin E but not of vitamin A.
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Zemer R, Kitay Cohen Y, Naftaly T, Klein A. Presence of hepatitis C virus DNA sequences in the DNA of infected patients. Eur J Clin Invest 2008; 38:845-8. [PMID: 19021702 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02029.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) consists of a single positive RNA molecule. In the present study we investigated the possibility that HCV may undergo integration into the genomic DNA of infected cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS HCV(+) patients (n = 51) and 21 HCV(-) controls were investigated for HCV integration. RNase treated DNA samples of mononuclear cells (MNC) and liver biopsies of the patients were screened by PCR and seminested PCR processes for detection of integration. Positive results were further investigated by means of Southern analysis of patient's DNA as well as sequencing of PCR products of patient's DNA. RESULTS Positive PCR results were detected in 4/51 of the HCV(+) patients and in none of the control group. Southern analysis showed the presence of HCV sequence in a 23 kbp band of the patient which is much larger than the viral genome itself (9.646 kbp). Sequencing of cloned PCR products showed an identity of over 95.0% to HCV. CONCLUSIONS As much as we are aware this is the first demonstration of the possible integration of HCV sequences into the DNA of HCV(+) patients.
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Klein A, Theile A, Körner HW, Schulz F. Ochronose. Rechtsmedizin (Berl) 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s00194-008-0570-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bader-Meunier B, Klein A, Aggarwal A, Merino R, Russo R, Sztajnbok F, Avcin T, Knupp S, Khubchandani R, Ozen S, Cimaz R, Quartier P. 14.2 Causes of early death in juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE). Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2008. [PMCID: PMC3334186 DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-6-s1-s29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sharma M, Babcock E, Andersen KH, Barrón-Palos L, Becker M, Boag S, Chen WC, Chupp TE, Danagoulian A, Gentile TR, Klein A, Penttila S, Petoukhov A, Soldner T, Tardiff ER, Walker TG, Wilburn WS. Neutron beam effects on spin-exchange-polarized 3He. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:083002. [PMID: 18764610 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.083002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We have observed depolarization effects when high intensity cold neutron beams are incident on alkali-metal spin-exchange-polarized 3He cells used as neutron spin filters. This was first observed as a reduction of the maximum attainable 3He polarization and was attributed to a decrease of alkali-metal polarization, which led us to directly measure alkali-metal polarization and spin relaxation over a range of neutron fluxes at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center and Institute Laue-Langevin. The data reveal a new alkali-metal spin-relaxation mechanism that approximately scales as sqrt[phi_{n}], where phi_{n} is the neutron capture-flux density incident on the cell. This is consistent with an effect proportional to the concentration of electron-ion pairs but is much larger than expected from earlier work.
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Klein A, Shapira H, Adler S. The effect of the synthetic estrogen – diethylstilbestrol (des) and indol-3-carabinol(i3c) on the distribution of telomerase expression cells in lines of prostate cancer. EJC Suppl 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(08)71711-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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da Fonseca Pacheco D, Klein A, de Castro Perez A, da Fonseca Pacheco CM, de Francischi JN, Duarte IDG. The mu-opioid receptor agonist morphine, but not agonists at delta- or kappa-opioid receptors, induces peripheral antinociception mediated by cannabinoid receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 154:1143-9. [PMID: 18469844 PMCID: PMC2465574 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although participation of opioids in antinociception induced by cannabinoids has been documented, there is little information regarding the participation of cannabinoids in the antinociceptive mechanisms of opioids. The aim of the present study was to determine whether endocannabinoids could be involved in peripheral antinociception induced by activation of mu-, delta- and kappa-opioid receptors. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Nociceptive thresholds to mechanical stimulation of rat paws treated with intraplantar prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 2 microg) to induce hyperalgesia were measured 3 h after injection using an algesimetric apparatus. Opioid agonists morphine (200 microg), (+)-4-[(alphaR)-alpha-((2S,5R)-4-Allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-methoxybenzyl]-N,N-diethylbenzamide (SNC80) (80 microg), bremazocine (50 microg); cannabinoid receptor antagonists N-(piperidin-1-yl)-5-(4-iodophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (AM251) (20-80 microg), 6-iodo-2-methyl-1-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl]-1H-indol-3-yl(4-methoxyphenyl) methanone (AM630) (12.5-100 microg); and an inhibitor of methyl arachidonyl fluorophosphonate (MAFP) (1-4 microg) were also injected in the paw. KEY RESULTS The CB1-selective cannabinoid receptor antagonist AM251 completely reversed the peripheral antinociception induced by morphine in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, the CB2-selective cannabinoid receptor antagonist AM630 elicited partial antagonism of this effect. In addition, the administration of the fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor, MAFP, enhanced the antinociception induced by morphine. The cannabinoid receptor antagonists AM251 and AM630 did not modify the antinociceptive effect of SNC80 or bremazocine. The antagonists alone did not cause any hyperalgesic or antinociceptive effect. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our results provide evidence for the involvement of endocannabinoids, in the peripheral antinociception induced by the mu-opioid receptor agonist morphine. The release of cannabinoids appears not to be involved in the peripheral antinociceptive effect induced by kappa- and delta-opioid receptor agonists.
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MESH Headings
- Amidohydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Amidohydrolases/metabolism
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Arachidonic Acids/pharmacology
- Benzamides/pharmacology
- Benzomorphans/pharmacology
- Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators/metabolism
- Dinoprostone
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Hyperalgesia/chemically induced
- Hyperalgesia/metabolism
- Hyperalgesia/prevention & control
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Male
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Organophosphonates/pharmacology
- Pain/chemically induced
- Pain/metabolism
- Pain/prevention & control
- Pain Measurement
- Piperazines/pharmacology
- Piperidines/pharmacology
- Pyrazoles/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
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Klein A, Cimaz R, Quartier R, Bader-Meunier B. SFP-50 – Pathologie osseuse et rhumatologie – Causes de mortalité précoce du lupus de l’enfant. Arch Pediatr 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(08)72117-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Krueger CM, Berdov BA, Roman LA, Luft AV, Lampe P, Lindhofer H, Bartelheim K, Klein A, Heiss MM. Intraoperative, adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer with the trifunctional antibody catumaxomab compared to surgery alone: A phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.15529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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