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Ginstman C, Frisk J, Carlsson B, Ärlemalm A, Hägg S, Brynhildsen J. Plasma concentrations of etonogestrel in women using oral desogestrel before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a pharmacokinetic study. BJOG 2018; 126:486-492. [PMID: 30347490 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) affects oral desogestrel (etonogestrel) pharmacokinetics. DESIGN Single centre, open label, phase-2 pharmacokinetic study. SETTING University hospital of Linköping, Sweden. POPULATION Fourteen women with planned RYGB surgery were included; nine women aged 18-45 years using 75 micrograms desogestrel completed the study. METHODS Steady-state etonogestrel pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters were measured on three occasions for each individual (at 8 ± 6 weeks before surgery, and at 12 ± 2 and 52 ± 2 weeks after surgery). Each patient served as her own control. On each occasion, serum samples were collected during a 24-hour period and etonogestrel concentrations were determined with ultra-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Area under the plasma concentration time curve of etonogestrel (AUC0-24 hours ). RESULTS All women had significant postoperative weight loss. There were no significant differences in AUC0-24 hours , terminal half-lives (t½ ), time to peak serum concentrations (Tmax ), or apparent oral clearances of etonogestrel (CLoral ) before and after gastric bypass surgery on any occasion. Peak serum concentrations (Cmax ) increased after 52 ± 2 weeks compared with preoperative values (0.817 ng/ml versus 0.590 ng/ml, P = 0.024). CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the effects on desogestrel pharmacokinetics after RYGB. This study did not reveal any clinically significant changes in etonogestrel pharmacokinetics, suggesting that oral desogestrel may be used by women after RYGB surgery. The sample size was limited, however, and therefore the results should be interpreted cautiously. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT The pharmacokinetics of oral desogestrel does not appear to change after gastric bypass surgery.
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- C Ginstman
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Futurum, Region Jönköping County, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Abbot S, Agbanyo F, Ahlfors JE, Baghbaderani BA, Bartido S, Bharti K, Burke C, Carlsson B, Cavagnaro J, Creasey A, DiGiusto D, Francissen K, Gaffney A, Goldring C, Gorba T, Griffiths E, Hanatani T, Hayakawa T, Heki T, Hoogendoorn K, Kawamata S, Kimura H, Kirkeby A, Knezevic I, Lebkowski J, Lin S, Lin-Gibson S, Lubiniecki A, O'Shea O, Pera M, Petricciani J, Pigeau G, Ratcliffe A, Sato Y, Schumann GG, Shingleton W, Stacey Chair G, Sullivan S, Svendsen CN, Trouvin JH, Vandeputte J, Yuan BZ, Zoon K. Report of the international conference on manufacturing and testing of pluripotent stem cells. Biologicals 2018; 56:67-83. [PMID: 30150108 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Sessions included an overview of past cell therapy (CT) conferences sponsored by the International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS). The sessions highlighted challenges in the field of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and also addressed specific points on manufacturing, bioanalytics and comparability, tumorigenicity testing, storage, and shipping. Panel discussions complemented the presentations. The conference concluded that a range of new standardization groups is emerging that could help the field, but ways must be found to ensure that these efforts are coordinated. In addition, there are opportunities for regulatory convergence starting with a gap analysis of existing guidelines to determine what might be missing and what issues might be creating divergence. More specific global regulatory guidance, preferably from WHO, would be welcome. IABS and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will explore with stakeholders the development of a practical and innovative road map to support early CT product (CTP) developers.
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- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), USA
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (lABS), Switzerland
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- Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (FBRI), Japan
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- University of Lund, Sweden and University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), USA
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (lABS), Switzerland
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- National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), UK
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- International Stem Cell Initiative, Jackson Laboratories, USA
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (lABS), Switzerland.
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- Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), Canada
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan
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- University of Liverpool, UK; International Stem Cell Banking Initiative (ISCBI), UK
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (lABS), Switzerland
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- National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, China
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH), Emerita, USA
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Gennemark P, Trägårdh M, Lindén D, Ploj K, Johansson A, Turnbull A, Carlsson B, Antonsson M. Translational Modeling to Guide Study Design and Dose Choice in Obesity Exemplified by AZD1979, a Melanin-concentrating Hormone Receptor 1 Antagonist. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2017; 6:458-468. [PMID: 28556607 PMCID: PMC5529746 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this study, we present the translational modeling used in the discovery of AZD1979, a melanin‐concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHr1) antagonist aimed for treatment of obesity. The model quantitatively connects the relevant biomarkers and thereby closes the scaling path from rodent to man, as well as from dose to effect level. The complexity of individual modeling steps depends on the quality and quantity of data as well as the prior information; from semimechanistic body‐composition models to standard linear regression. Key predictions are obtained by standard forward simulation (e.g., predicting effect from exposure), as well as non‐parametric input estimation (e.g., predicting energy intake from longitudinal body‐weight data), across species. The work illustrates how modeling integrates data from several species, fills critical gaps between biomarkers, and supports experimental design and human dose‐prediction. We believe this approach can be of general interest for translation in the obesity field, and might inspire translational reasoning more broadly.
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- P Gennemark
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden.,University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Coventry, UK
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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Diehl S, Zambrano J, Carlsson B. Steady-state analysis of activated sludge processes with a settler model including sludge compression. Water Res 2016; 88:104-116. [PMID: 26476681 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A reduced model of a completely stirred-tank bioreactor coupled to a settling tank with recycle is analyzed in its steady states. In the reactor, the concentrations of one dominant particulate biomass and one soluble substrate component are modelled. While the biomass decay rate is assumed to be constant, growth kinetics can depend on both substrate and biomass concentrations, and optionally model substrate inhibition. Compressive and hindered settling phenomena are included using the Bürger-Diehl settler model, which consists of a partial differential equation. Steady-state solutions of this partial differential equation are obtained from an ordinary differential equation, making steady-state analysis of the entire plant difficult. A key result showing that the ordinary differential equation can be replaced with an approximate algebraic equation simplifies model analysis. This algebraic equation takes the location of the sludge-blanket during normal operation into account, allowing for the limiting flux capacity caused by compressive settling to easily be included in the steady-state mass balance equations for the entire plant system. This novel approach grants the possibility of more realistic solutions than other previously published reduced models, comprised of yet simpler settler assumptions. The steady-state concentrations, solids residence time, and the wastage flow ratio are functions of the recycle ratio. Solutions are shown for various growth kinetics; with different values of biomass decay rate, influent volumetric flow, and substrate concentration.
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- S Diehl
- Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 337, S-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 337, S-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Ekström A, Jansen GR, Wendt KA, Hagen G, Papenbrock T, Bacca S, Carlsson B, Gazit D. Effects of three-nucleon forces and two-body currents on Gamow-Teller strengths. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:262504. [PMID: 25615316 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.262504] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We optimize chiral interactions at next-to-next-to leading order to observables in two- and three-nucleon systems and compute Gamow-Teller transitions in 14C and (22,24)O using consistent two-body currents. We compute spectra of the daughter nuclei 14N and (22,24)F via an isospin-breaking coupled-cluster technique, with several predictions. The two-body currents reduce the Ikeda sum rule, corresponding to a quenching factor q2≈0.84-0.92 of the axial-vector coupling. The half-life of 14C depends on the energy of the first excited 1+ state, the three-nucleon force, and the two-body current.
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- A Ekström
- Department of Physics and Center of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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Åmand L, Laurell C, Stark-Fujii K, Thunberg A, Carlsson B. Lessons learnt from evaluating full-scale ammonium feedback control in three large wastewater treatment plants. Water Sci Technol 2014; 69:1573-1580. [PMID: 24718353 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Three large wastewater treatment plants in Sweden participate in a project evaluating different types of ammonium feedback controllers in full-scale operation. The goal is to improve process monitoring, maintain effluent water quality and save energy. The paper presents the outcome of the long-term evaluation of controllers. Based on the experiences gained from the full-scale implementations, a discussion is provided about energy assessment for the purpose of comparing control strategies. The most important conclusions are the importance of long-term experiments and the difficulty of comparing energy consumption based on air flow rate measurements.
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- L Åmand
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 210 60, 100 31 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: ; Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 337, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Stockholm Vatten, Henriksdals reningsverk, 131 55 Nacka, Sweden
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- Käppala Association, P.O. Box 3095, 181 03 Lidingö, Sweden
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- Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 337, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden
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Olsson G, Carlsson B, Comas J, Copp J, Gernaey KV, Ingildsen P, Jeppsson U, Kim C, Rieger L, Rodríguez-Roda I, Steyer JP, Takács I, Vanrolleghem PA, Vargas A, Yuan Z, Åmand L. Instrumentation, control and automation in wastewater--from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013. Water Sci Technol 2014; 69:1373-1385. [PMID: 24718326 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Key developments of instrumentation, control and automation (ICA) applications in wastewater systems during the past 40 years are highlighted in this paper. From the first ICA conference in 1973 through to today there has been a tremendous increase in the understanding of the processes, instrumentation, computer systems and control theory. However, many developments have not been addressed here, such as sewer control, drinking water treatment and water distribution control. It is hoped that this review can stimulate new attempts to more effectively apply control and automation in water systems in the coming years.
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- Primodal Inc., Ontario, Canada
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- Pusan National University, Korea
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- inCTRL Solutions Inc., Ontario, Canada
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- Catalan Inst. for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, and University of Girona, Spain
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- INRA, UR050, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Narbonne, France
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- Instituto de Ingeniería, UNAM, Mexico
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- AWMC, University of Queensland, Australia
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Berglund D, Karlsson M, Biglarnia AR, Lorant T, Tufveson G, Korsgren O, Carlsson B. Obtaining regulatory T cells from uraemic patients awaiting kidney transplantation for use in clinical trials. Clin Exp Immunol 2013; 173:310-22. [PMID: 23607776 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells (T(regs)) has been proposed for use as a cellular therapy to induce transplantation tolerance. Preclinical data are encouraging, and clinical trials with T(reg) therapy are anticipated. In this study, we investigate different strategies for the isolation and expansion of CD4(+) CD25(high) CD127(low) T(regs) from uraemic patients. We use allogeneic dendritic cells (DCs) as feeder cells for the expansion and compare T(reg) preparations isolated by either fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) or magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) that have been expanded subsequently with either mature or tolerogenic DCs. Expanded T(reg) preparations have been characterized by their purity, cytokine production and in-vitro suppressive ability. The results show that T(reg) preparations can be isolated from uraemic patients by both FACS and MACS. Also, the type of feeder cells used in the expansion affects both the purity and the functional properties of the T(reg) preparations. In particular, FACS-sorted T(reg) preparations expanded with mature DCs secrete more interleukin (IL)-10 and granzyme B than FACS-sorted T(reg) preparations expanded with tolerogenic DCs. This is a direct comparison between different isolation techniques and expansion protocols with T(regs) from uraemic patients that may guide future efforts to produce clinical-grade T(regs) for use in kidney transplantation.
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- D Berglund
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Transplantation Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Karlsson L, Green H, Zackrisson AL, Bengtsson F, Jakobsen Falk I, Carlsson B, Ahlner J, Kugelberg FC. ABCB1 gene polymorphisms are associated with fatal intoxications involving venlafaxine but not citalopram. Int J Legal Med 2013; 127:579-86. [PMID: 23515680 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0849-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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P-glycoprotein (P-gp), encoded by the ABCB1/MDR1 gene, is a drug transporter at the blood-brain barrier. Several polymorphisms in the ABCB1 gene are known to affect the activity and/or expression of P-gp, thereby influencing the treatment response and toxicity of P-gp substrates like citalopram and venlafaxine. In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of ABCB1 genotypes in forensic autopsy cases involving these two antidepressants. Further, the distribution of ABCB1 genotypes in deaths related to intoxication was compared to cases not associated to drug intoxication. The study included 228 forensic autopsy cases with different causes and manners of deaths. The ABCB1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) G1199A, C1236T, C3435T and G2677T/A for these individuals were determined. The SNPs C1236T and C3435T in venlafaxine-positive cases were significantly different between the intoxication cases and non-intoxications. This was not seen for cases involving citalopram, indicating that the effect of genetic variants might be substrate specific. This novel finding should, however, be confirmed in future studies with larger number of cases.
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- L Karlsson
- Division of Drug Research, Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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This review covers automatic control of continuous aeration systems in municipal wastewater treatment plants. The review focuses on published research in the 21st century and describes research into various methods to decide and control the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and to control the aerobic volume with special focus on plants with nitrogen removal. Important aspects of control system implementation and success are discussed, together with a critical review of published research on the topic. With respect to DO control and determination, the strategies used for control span from modifications and developments of conventional control methods which have been explored since the 1970s, to advanced control such as model-based predictive and optimal controllers. The review is supplemented with a summary of comparisons between control strategies evaluated in full-scale, pilot-scale and in simulations.
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- L Åmand
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 210 60, 100 31, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hillerdal V, Nilsson B, Carlsson B, Eriksson F, Essand M. Abstract A7: TARP-TCR-engineered T cells specifically kill HLA-A2 positive prostate and breast cancer cells. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.tumimm2012-a7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In order to produce genetically engineered T cells directed against prostate and breast cancer cells we have cloned the T cell receptor recognizing the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2-restricted TARP4-13 epitope. TARP is a protein exclusively expressed in normal prostate epithelium and in adenocarcinomas of the prostate and breast. Peripheral blood T cells transduced with a lentiviral vector encoding the TARP-TCR proliferated well when exposed to peptide-specific stimuli. They exerted peptide-specific interferon-γ production and cytotoxic activity. Importantly, HLA-A2+ prostate and breast cancer cells expressing TARP were also killed, demonstrating that the TARP4-13 epitope is a physiologically relevant target for T cell therapy of prostate and breast cancer. In conclusion, we present the cloning of a TCR directed against a physiologically relevant HLA-A2 epitope of TARP. To our knowledge this is the first report on engineering of T cells with a TCR directed against an antigen specifically expressed by prostate cells.
Citation Format: Victoria Hillerdal, Berith Nilsson, Bjorn Carlsson, Fredrik Eriksson, Magnus Essand.TARP-TCR-engineered T cells specifically kill HLA-A2 positive prostate and breast cancer cells. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Tumor Immunology: Multidisciplinary Science Driving Basic and Clinical Advances; Dec 2-5, 2012; Miami, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(1 Suppl):Abstract nr A7.
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Amand L, Carlsson B. The optimal dissolved oxygen profile in a nitrifying activated sludge process - comparisons with ammonium feedback control. Water Sci Technol 2013; 68:641-649. [PMID: 23925193 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.287] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ammonium feedback control is increasingly used to determine the dissolved oxygen (DO) set-point in aerated activated sludge processes for nitrogen removal. This study compares proportional-integral (PI) ammonium feedback control with a DO profile created from a mathematical minimisation of the daily air flow rate. All simulated scenarios are set to reach the same treatment level of ammonium, based on a daily average concentration. The influent includes daily variations only and the model has three aerated zones. Comparisons are made at different plant loads and DO concentrations, and the placement of the ammonium sensor is investigated. The results show that ammonium PI control can achieve the best performance if the DO set-point is limited at a maximum value and with little integral action in the controller. Compared with constant DO control the best-performing ammonium controller can achieve 1-3.5% savings in the air flow rate, while the optimal solution can achieve a 3-7% saving. Energy savings are larger when operating at higher DO concentrations.
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- L Amand
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Amand L, Carlsson B. Optimal aeration control in a nitrifying activated sludge process. Water Res 2012; 46:2101-10. [PMID: 22341831 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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An important tool to minimise energy consumption in activated sludge processes is to control the aeration system. Aeration is a costly process and the dissolved oxygen level will determine the efficiency of the operation as well as the treatment results. What aeration control should achieve is closely linked to how the effluent criteria are defined. This paper explores how the aeration process should be controlled to meet the effluent discharge limits in an energy efficient manner in countries where the effluent nitrogen criterion is defined as average values over long time frames, such as months or years. Simulations have been performed using a simplified Benchmark Simulation Model No. 1 to investigate the effect of different levels of suppressing the variations of the effluent ammonium concentration. Optimisation is performed where the manipulated variable for aeration (the oxygen transfer coefficient, K(L)a) is minimised with the constraint that the average daily flow-proportional ammonium concentration in the effluent should reach a desired level. The optimisation results are compared with constant dissolved oxygen concentrations and supervisory ammonium control with different controller settings. The results demonstrate and explain how and why energy consumption can be optimised by tolerating the ammonium concentration to vary around a given average value. In these simulations, the optimal oxygen peak-to-peak amplitude range between 0.7 and 1.8 mg/l depending on the influent variation and ammonium level in the effluent. These variations can be achieved with a slow ammonium feedback controller. The air flow requirements can be reduced by 1-4% compared to constant dissolved oxygen set-points. Optimal control of aeration requires up to 14% less energy than needed for fast feedback control of effluent ammonium.
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- L Amand
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 210 60, 100 31 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hamann C, Zimerson E, Hamann D, Laugesen L, Carlsson B, Nathansen C, Hamann C, Bruze M. Concentration variability of potent allergens of p-tert-butylphenol-formaldehyde resin (PTBP-FR) in patch test preparations and commercially available PTBP-FR. Br J Dermatol 2012; 166:761-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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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Vikingsson S, Carlsson B, Coulthard S, Josefsson M, Aimer S, Peterson C. 9239 POSTER Rapid Method to Measure Thioguanine Incorporation Into DNA. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)72504-7] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Vikingsson S, Carlsson B, Almer S, Peterson C. How should thiopurine treatment be monitored?--methodological aspects. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2010; 29:278-83. [PMID: 20544507 DOI: 10.1080/15257771003741133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Monitoring of thiopurine metabolites is important due to a complex metabolism with large interindividual variation, but the suitability of currently used methods has been questioned. The drawbacks include poor reproducibility, the inability to differentiate between the different analytes, as well as the use of a nontarget matrix. Further research should be directed toward measuring thiopurine metabolites in mononuclear cells, measuring the different nucleotides specifically, as well as measuring the incorporation of thioguanine into DNA. The studies should not be limited to thioguanosine nucleotides but include methylthioinosine nucleotides as well.
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- S Vikingsson
- Division of Drug Research, Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
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Ståhle M, Carlsson B, Le Blanc K, Korsgren O, Knutson F. Photochemical pathogen inactivation of human serum enables its large-scale application in clinical cell transplantation. Vox Sang 2010; 98:e364-5. [PMID: 20412169 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Karlsson C, Jernås M, Olsson B, Lystig T, Gummesson A, Storlien L, Groop L, Carlsson B. Differences in associations between HSD11B1 gene expression and metabolic parameters in subjects with and without impaired glucose homeostasis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010; 88:252-8. [PMID: 20381186 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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AIMS Animal studies indicate a role for 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD11B1) in the development of obesity. The association to glucose homeostasis is less clear. We investigated the relationship between HSD11B1 mRNA levels in adipose tissue and in skeletal muscle and anthropometric and metabolic measurements in humans with and without impaired glucose homeostasis. METHODS Twelve obese subjects with impaired glucose homeostasis (MetS+) and 12 obese controls (MetS-) received a Very Low Calorie Diet for 16 weeks and adipose tissue biopsies, blood samples and measurements were obtained. In a second cohort, skeletal muscle biopsies, blood samples and measurements were obtained from 18 subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and 17 subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT). Gene expression was measured by DNA microarray in both studies. RESULTS HSD11B1 mRNA levels were reduced during diet, and anthropometric measurements and metabolic parameters were associated with HSD11B1 mRNA levels in the MetS- group. However, in the MetS+ group these associations were lost or in opposite direction. This difference was also observed in skeletal muscle between T2DM and NGT. CONCLUSIONS HSD11B1 mRNA levels are associated with metabolic parameters and anthropometric measurements in subjects with normal glucose homeostasis but not in subjects with impaired glucose homeostasis.
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- C Karlsson
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Andersson B, Carlsson LMS, Carlsson B, Albertsson-Wikland K, Bjarnason R. Decrease in adiponectin levels correlates to growth response in growth hormone-treated children. Horm Res 2009; 71:213-8. [PMID: 19258713 DOI: 10.1159/000201110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Adiponectin is secreted by adipose tissue and circulates in human plasma at high levels. Decreased adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance and obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether changes in serum adiponectin levels are related to the growth response, insulin levels and insulin resistance during growth hormone (GH) treatment. METHODS The study included 94 short prepubertal children (19 girls and 75 boys). The mean age at the start of daily GH injections was 9.04 +/- 2.38 years. Adiponectin levels in serum were measured using an ELISA. RESULTS At baseline, adiponectin correlated with the first-year growth response (r = 0.26, p = 0.012). Adiponectin decreased significantly after 1 week, 3 months and 1 year from 14.5 +/- 5.71 to 13.1 +/- 5.22 (p < 0.0001), 10.3 +/- 4.82 (p < 0.0001) and 12.5 +/- 5.34 microg/ml (p < 0.0001), respectively. There were significant correlations between the first-year growth response and the decrease in adiponectin levels after 3 months and 1 year (r = -0.38, p < 0.0001 and r = -0.47, p < 0.0001, respectively). No correlations between adiponectin, insulin and the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance were seen. CONCLUSIONS GH treatment in prepubertal children decreases serum adiponectin levels, and the decrease is correlated to the growth response. No correlations between adiponectin and insulin levels or insulin resistance were found.
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- B Andersson
- Department of Pediatrics, Goteborg Pediatric Growth Research Center, The Institute of Clinical Sciences, Göteborg, Sweden
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A method to quantitate specifically secretory IgA (SIgA) has been developed using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The IgA in the test sample was adsorbed to anti-alpha antibodies attached to plastic tubes via a cost of IgA myeloma protein. The reacted SIgA was determined using anti-secretory component antiserum conjugated with alkaline phosphatase. The technique permitted quantitation of secretory IgA in biological fluids like milk, urine, and saliva with a reproducibility of +/-7%, down to 0.03 mg/l. In contrast to earlier techniques, the presence of up to 157% of serum IgA without secretory component (SC) and free SC did not disturb the measurements of SIgA. Furthermore, variations in pH and osmolarity, within biological ranges in secretions, did not influence the estimations.
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Hanson LA, Lindholm L, Carlsson B, Fasth A, Fälström SP, Wadsworth C, Värendh G. Suppressor cell activity in a male infant with T-and B-lymphocyte dysfunction treated with thymosin. Scand J Immunol 2008; 5:1227-31. [PMID: 1087748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1976.tb00267.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A male infant with bilateral iris coloboma who had had repeated infections and malabsorption was studied. The levels of total lymphocytes and of T and B cells were normal or high, but IgA became undectable and IgG low, whereas IgM was normal. His lymphocytes did not respond to phytohemagglutinin (PHA), concanavalin A, pokeweed mitogen (PWM) or in mixed lymphocyte reactions (MLR), nor did they respond in vitro when thymosin was included in the test systems. He was skin-test-negative, even to dinitrochlorobenzene. His crudely isolated T lymphocytes and the supernatant of his PHA-stimulated lymphocytes inhibit the response of normal lymphocytes to PHA, PWM, and in MLR. During thymosin treatment skin test and lymphocyte reactivity to mitogen remained negative. He became faintly positive in MLR, and the suppressor activity in the supernatant of his PHA-stimulated lymphocytes no longer inhibited the response of normal lymphocytes to PHA, PWM, or in MLR. In parallel with thymosin treatment he showed quite marked clinical improvement.
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It is still not known when the secretory IgA response, important for defence of the mucous membranes, becomes fully competent in the human infant. The infant is, however, provided with 0.25--0.5 g of secretory IgA/day via the maternal milk. The milk contains secretory IgA antibodies against a wide variety of antigens from microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Many of the antibodies are directed against important virulence factors such as bacterial pili, enterotoxins, capsular polysaccharides and endotoxic lipopolysaccharides. The passive transfer of antibodies through the milk may explain why breast-fed infants are resistant to enteric infections in particular. The antibodies in the milk are often directed against antigens in the mother's milieu and intestine. An entero-mammary gland link, possibly consisting of lymphoid cells homing from the Peyer's patches in the intestine to the mammary gland, has been suggested. A limited selective uptake of oligomeric IgA from serum in exocrine glands, including the mammary glands, has also been indicated. Whichever the mechanism, the antibodies transferred via breast milk are composed to meet the needs of the infant.
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Larsson PG, Fåhraeus L, Carlsson B, Jakobsson T, Forsum U. Late miscarriage and preterm birth after treatment with clindamycin: a randomised consent design study according to Zelen. BJOG 2006; 113:629-37. [PMID: 16709205 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00946.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To screen for bacterial vaginosis (BV) and to investigate the effect of treatment with vaginal clindamycin in order to observe the effect on late miscarriage and delivery prior to 37 completed weeks (primary outcome). DESIGN Randomised consent design for clinical trials according to Zelen. SETTING Southeast region of Sweden. POPULATION A total of 9025 women were screened in early pregnancy. METHODS A total of 819 women with a Nugent score of 6 and above were considered to have BV and treated according to Zelen allocation. The incidence of late miscarriage and spontaneous (noniatrogenic) preterm birth was assessed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Late miscarriage and spontaneous preterm delivery before 37 weeks. RESULTS Therapy with vaginal clindamycin had no significant impact on the incidence of spontaneous preterm delivery prior to 37 completed weeks; OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.40-2.02 (primary outcome variable). However, only 1 of 11 women in the treatment group versus 5 of 12 in the control group delivered prior to 33 completed weeks; OR 0.14, 95% CI 0.02-0.95. Treatment was associated with 32 days longer gestation for the 23 participants who had late miscarriage or spontaneous preterm birth (P= 0.024, Mann-Whitney U test) and significantly fewer infants had a birthweight below 2,500 g (secondary outcome). A follow up of infants born preterm 4 years postnatally indicated that extending gestational age did not increase the number of sequelae. CONCLUSIONS Clindamycin vaginal cream therapy was associated with significantly prolonged gestation and reduced cost of neonatal care in women with BV. Early screening for BV and treatment with clindamycin saved approximately 27 euro per woman.
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- P-G Larsson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kärnsjukhuset, Skövde, Sweden.
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Carlsson B, Hou M, Giandomenico V, Nilsson B, Totterman TH, Essand M. Simultaneous Generation of Cytomegalovirus‐Specific CD8+and CD4+T Lymphocytes by Use of Dendritic Cells Comodified with pp65 mRNA and pp65 Protein. J Infect Dis 2005; 192:1912-20. [PMID: 16267762 DOI: 10.1086/497700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease remains a severe complication in patients who have undergone transplantation. Viremia can be prevented and treated by the adoptive transfer of donor-derived CMV-directed T cells. To ensure long-term protection against CMV disease, it is important to transfer CMV antigen-specific T cells that represent both the CD8+ and the CD4+ subsets. In the present study, we used as stimulators dendritic cells (DCs) that were electroporated with in vitro-transcribed 5'-capped polyadenylated messenger RNA (mRNA) that encoded the CMV pp65 protein (i.e., pp65 mRNA). These DCs could efficiently activate CMV-directed CD8+ T cells, as assayed by tetramer staining, interferon- gamma production, and cytolytic activity. We also used DCs that were pulsed with a recombinant pp65 protein to activate CMV-directed CD4+ T cells. When DCs were comodified with pp65 mRNA and pp65 protein, large numbers of CMV-directed CD8+ and CD4+ T cells were generated simultaneously. The approach outlined in the present study can be adapted for a clinical protocol that circumvents potential virus-related biohazards and is available to all patients independently of their human leukocyte antigen haplotype.
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- Bjorn Carlsson
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Vahlquist A, Törmä H, Carlsson B. Inefficacy of topical thyroid hormone analogue TriAc in plaque psoriasis: results of a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Br J Dermatol 2004; 151:489-91. [PMID: 15327560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Thyroid hormone receptors are expressed in human skin and are believed to be involved in the regulation of epidermal proliferation and differentiation, i.e. processes which are disturbed in psoriatic skin lesions. Ligands of the thyroid hormone receptors have so far not been tested as antipsoriatic agents. TriAc (3,3',5-triiodo-thyroacetic acid) is a well-known thyroid hormone analogue with much reduced cardiac thyrotoxic activity compared with the classical thyroid hormones. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness and side-effects of topical TriAc in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis. METHODS Twelve patients with mild to moderate psoriasis were treated with TriAc (0.1% in hydrophilic ointment) and placebo applied twice daily to either of two (or several) bilaterally symmetrical plaques for 8 weeks. The patients and investigator were blinded as to the content of the tubes. Every 2 weeks the treated plaques were evaluated by the patient (using a balanced visual analogue scale for a right-left comparison) and by the investigator (using a psoriasis severity index and a global assessment of each plaque). RESULTS After 8 weeks of treatment, more than 33% improvement of the psoriasis index occurred in 10 of 12 TriAc-treated and nine of 12 placebo-treated plaques. There were no statistically significant differences between the treatments in terms of reduction of the scores for erythema, scaling, induration or pruritus during the study. Half of the patients considered TriAc superior to placebo, whereas three of 12 were of the opposite opinion (P > 0.05). The global assessment showed marked improvement or remission in six TriAc-treated and five placebo-treated cases (P > 0.05 for difference). No adverse effects were noted. CONCLUSIONS TriAc in the dosage and formulation studied was safe but no more effective than placebo in treating plaque psoriasis. However, newer thyroid hormone analogues (agonists or antagonists) might be more active and should be further explored in this context.
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- A Vahlquist
- Department of Medical Sciences (Dermatology), University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Hellgren G, Löfqvist C, Wikland KA, Carlsson B, Carlsson LMS. Construction of a soluble human GH-receptor/EGF-receptor hybrid and its activation by GH. Cytokine 2004; 25:260-4. [PMID: 15036241 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2003.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2003] [Revised: 10/29/2003] [Accepted: 11/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To develop a cell-free system that can be used to measure cytokine bioactivity we have designed a soluble hybrid molecule consisting of the extracellular domain of the GH-receptor (GHR) and the intracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). A DNA construct encoding this hybrid-receptor was inserted into a baculoviral expression vector and expressed in Sf9-cells. Activation of the hybrid-receptor by ligand-induced dimerization can be measured as the incorporation of radiolabeled phosphate into a biotinylated tyrosine kinase peptide substrate. The kinase activity in samples stimulated with GH (10 ng/ml) increased 5-fold compared to samples without addition of GH. This is the first example of a functional hybrid-receptor where the transmembrane domain has been deleted. Our results suggest that such hybrid-receptors may be used for detection of GH and other cytokine-receptor activating substances in biological fluids.
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- G Hellgren
- Göteborg Pediatric Growth Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
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Klar J, Gedde-Dahl T, Larsson M, Pigg M, Carlsson B, Tentler D, Vahlquist A, Dahl N. Assignment of the locus for ichthyosis prematurity syndrome to chromosome 9q33.3-34.13. J Med Genet 2004; 41:208-12. [PMID: 14985385 PMCID: PMC1735696 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.012567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Larsson PG, Carlsson B, Fåhraeus L, Jakobsson T, Forsum U. Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis: need for validation of microscopic image area used for scoring bacterial morphotypes. Sex Transm Infect 2004; 80:63-7. [PMID: 14755040 PMCID: PMC1758394 DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is often made according to Nugent's classification, a scoring system based on bacterial counting of Gram stained slides of vaginal secretion. However as the image area of the microscope field will influence the number of morphotypes seen there is a need to standardise the area. METHODS A graph intended for recalculation of number of bacterial morphotypes seen by the observer using 1000 x magnification from various microscope set-ups was constructed and applied to data sets typical for scoring BV. The graph was used in recalculation of Nugent scores, which were also compared with the Ison/Hay scores to evaluate the consequences for the diagnosis of BV. RESULTS The observed image area differed by 300% among the investigated microscope set-ups. In two different data sets, one treatment study and one screening study, a considerable change in the number of women classified as intermediate was seen when the graph was used to standardise the image area. The recalculated numbers were also compared to the Ison/Hay classification. Weighted kappa indexes between the different methods were 0.84, 0.88, and 0.90, indicating that the methods are comparable. CONCLUSION Because of the considerable differences among image areas covered by different microscope set-ups used in Nugent and Ison/Hay scoring, there is a need to standardise the area in order to reach comparable scores reflecting the diagnosis of BV in different laboratories. The differences in the intermediate group will have a considerable effect on the results from both treatment and prevalence studies, even though the kappa indexes indicate very good agreement between the methods used.
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- P-G Larsson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kärnsjukhuset, Skövde, Sweden.
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Svensson J, Boguszewski CL, Shibata F, Carlsson B, Carlsson LMS, Bengtsson BA. The effect of treatment with the oral growth hormone (GH) secretagogue MK-677 on GH isoforms. Growth Horm IGF Res 2003; 13:1-7. [PMID: 12550076 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-6374(02)00138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) consists of several isoforms. We have studied the proportion, expressed as percentage of total GH concentration, of non-22kDa (non-22K) GH isoforms and 20K GH during 8-week oral treatment with MK-677 25mg daily in 12 obese males. The proportion of non-22K GH isoforms in peak total GH samples after the initial MK-677 administration was higher than that after 2 and 8 weeks (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively). In selected non-peak total GH samples after the initial MK-677 administration, however, the proportion of non-22K GH isoforms was similar to that in the peak total GH samples after 2 and 8 weeks. The proportion of 20K GH in 2-h samples after the initial MK-677 administration was lower than that after 2 and 8 weeks (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively). We concluded that the proportion of non-22K GH isoforms was higher in peak, but not in non-peak, total GH samples after the initial MK-677 administration than that observed after multiple doses. The proportion of 20K GH in 2-h samples after the initial MK-677 administration was lower than that after 2 and 8 weeks. These moderate changes in the proportion non-22K GH isoforms are likely of small importance for the clinical response to MK-677 treatment.
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- J Svensson
- Research Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna Straåket 8, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Vrecko D, Hvala N, Carlsson B. Feedforward-feedback control of an activated sludge process: a simulation study. Water Sci Technol 2003; 47:19-26. [PMID: 12926665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In this paper a simulated plant based on a wastewater treatment benchmark is used to evaluate a number of controllers. Feedforward-feedback controllers for dissolved oxygen set-point and external carbon flow, and feedforward controller for internal recycle flow are evaluated separately and altogether. In the feedforward parts of the controllers, static physical models are incorporated in the control laws. The feedback parts of the controllers are used to compensate for model approximations. A simulation study shows that feedforward-feedback control of the activated sludge plant is more successful than standard PI control in meeting the effluent standards and reducing operational costs.
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- D Vrecko
- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Ekman M, Samuelsson P, Carlsson B. Adaptive control of the nitrate level in an activated sludge process. Water Sci Technol 2003; 47:137-144. [PMID: 12906282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In an activated sludge process for nitrogen removal, nitrate may be reduced to nitrogen gas by facultative heterotrophic bacteria in an anoxic environment. In order to guarantee sufficient supplies of readily biodegradable carbon compounds, an external carbon source often needs to be added. In this paper, an automatic control strategy for controlling the nitrate level using an external carbon source is presented. The external carbon source is added in the first anoxic zone to control the nitrate concentration in the last anoxic zone. Key process parameters are estimated on-line for a simplified Activated Sludge Model No 1. The estimated parameters are used for updating a linear quadratic controller. The strategy is illustrated in a simulation study with realistic influent data and is shown to perform very well.
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- M Ekman
- Dept. of Systems and Control, Uppsala University, P O Box 337, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Forsum U, Jakobsson T, Larsson PG, Schmidt H, Beverly A, Bjørnerem A, Carlsson B, Csango P, Donders G, Hay P, Ison C, Keane F, McDonald H, Moi H, Platz-Christensen JJ, Schwebke J. An international study of the interobserver variation between interpretations of vaginal smear criteria of bacterial vaginosis. APMIS 2002; 110:811-8. [PMID: 12596717 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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An international workshop on vaginal smear-based diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was organized where 13 investigators scoring 258 slides with smears from vaginal fluid. Interobserver reproducibility of interpretations of Nugent scores, Hay/Ison scores and wet smear scores for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was shown to be high. Detailed analysis of individual scoring results however indicated that basic standards of quality control to ensure robust individual readings of slides must be adhered to.
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- U Forsum
- Dept. of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden.
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BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis results from interactions between a large number of cells and mediators in different compartments of the body. DNA microarrays allow simultaneous measurement of expression of thousands of genes in the same tissue sample. OBJECTIVE To study gene expression in nasal mucosal biopsies from patients with allergic rhinitis using DNA micro-arrays. METHODS Nasal biopsies were obtained from 14 patients with symptomatic birch pollen-induced allergic rhinitis and five healthy controls. RNA was extracted from the biopsies and pooled into one patient pool and one control pool. These were analysed in duplicate with DNA micro-arrays containing more than 12 000 known genes. RESULTS Approximately half of the genes were expressed in the patient and control samples. Guided by the current literature we chose 32 genes of possible relevance to allergic airway inflammation and investigated their relative expression. Among these, transcripts encoding immunoglobulins and their receptors were most abundant. The expression of cytokines and growth factors was low, whereas their corresponding receptors and cell surface markers displayed higher expression levels. IgA had the highest expression of all 12 626 genes. RT-PCR showed that IgA1 was the predominant subclass. This was confirmed by the protein level in nasal fluids. Allergen-specific IgA was significantly higher in patients than in controls and correlated significantly with eosinophil granulae proteins. CONCLUSION DNA micro-array analysis can be used to identify genes of possible relevance to allergic airway inflammation. In this study, the expression profile in the nasal mucosa was quantitatively dominated by immunoglobulins, particularly IgA. Protein analyses in nasal fluids indicated a role for allergen-specific IgA in eosinophil degranulation.
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- M Benson
- Allergy Laboratory, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Malmö University Hospital, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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Samuelsson P, Carlsson B. Control of the aeration volume in an activated sludge process for nitrogen removal. Water Sci Technol 2002; 45:45-52. [PMID: 11936666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Biological nitrogen removal in an activated sludge process is obtained by two biological processes; nitrification and denitrification. Nitrifying bacteria need dissolved oxygen and a sufficiently large aeration volume for converting ammonium to nitrate in the wastewater. The objective of this paper is to develop an automatic control strategy for adjusting the aerated volume so that the effluent ammonium level can be kept close to a desired value despite major changes in the influent load. The strategy is based on applying exact linearization of the IAWO Activated Sludge Process Model No 1. Simulation results show that the suggested controller effectively attenuates process disturbances.
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- P Samuelsson
- Department of Systems and Control, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Carlsson B, Rehnström A. Control of an activated sludge process with nitrogen removal--a benchmark study. Water Sci Technol 2002; 45:135-142. [PMID: 11936626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this paper, a simulation benchmark of a predenitrifying activated sludge process is used to evaluate a number of control strategies. A main procedure has been to use feedforward terms that are based on simplified physical models. Important mass balance relations may then be incorporated in the control law. The nitrate level in the last anoxic zone is controlled by the dosage of an external carbon source and the nitrate level in the last aerobic zone is controlled by the internal recirculation flow rate. The ammonia level is controlled by a DO set-point controller. In order to be able to have as high a sludge level as possible without sludge escape, the sludge blanket height in the settler is controlled by the excess sludge flow rate. Compared to the default set up of the benchmark, the controllers could reduce the effluent nitrate significantly whereas the effluent ammonia was only marginally decreased. The main problem is that the aeration capacity defined in the benchmark is too low.
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- B Carlsson
- Department of Systems and Control, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Tentler D, Brandberg G, Betancur C, Gillberg C, Annerén G, Orsmark C, Green ED, Carlsson B, Dahl N. A balanced reciprocal translocation t(5;7)(q14;q32) associated with autistic disorder: molecular analysis of the chromosome 7 breakpoint. Am J Med Genet 2001; 105:729-36. [PMID: 11803521 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Autism is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction, restricted and stereotypic pattern of interest with onset by 3 years of age. The results of genetic linkage studied for autistic disorder (AD) have suggested a susceptibility locus for the disease on the long arm of chromosome 7. We report a girl with AD and a balanced reciprocal translocation t(5;7)(q14;q32). The mother carries the translocation but do not express the disease. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis with chromosome 7-specific YAC clones showed that the breakpoint coincides with the candidate region for AD. We identified a PAC clone that spans the translocation breakpoint and the breakpoint was mapped to a 2 kb region. Mutation screening of the genes SSBP and T2R3 located just centromeric to the breakpoint was performed in a set of 29 unrelated autistic sibling pairs who shared at least one chromosome 7 haplotype. We found no sequence variations, which predict amino acid alterations. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified in the T2R3 gene, and associations between allele variants and AD in our population were not found. The methylation pattern of different chromosome 7 regions in the patient's genomic DNA appears normal. Here we report the clinical presentation of the patient with AD and the characterization of the genomic organization across the breakpoint at 7q32. The precise localization of the breakpoint on 7q32 may be relevant for further linkage studies and molecular analysis of AD in this region.
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- D Tentler
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Section of Clinical Genetics, The Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Carlsson B, Olsson G, Reis M, Walinder J, Nordin C, Lundmark J, Scordo MG, Dahl ML, Bengtsson F, Ahlner J. Enantioselective analysis of citalopram and metabolites in adolescents. Ther Drug Monit 2001; 23:658-64. [PMID: 11802100 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200112000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Studies of the antidepressant effect and pharmacokinetics of citalopram have been performed in adults, but the effects on children and adolescents have only been studied to a minor extent despite its increasing use in these age groups. The aim of this study was to investigate a group of adolescents treated for depression, with respect to the steady-state plasma concentrations of the enantiomers of citalopram and its demethylated metabolites desmethylcitalopram and didesmethylcitalopram. Moreover, the authors studied the genotypes for the polymorphic cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 in relation to the different enantiomers. The S/R ratios of citalopram and desmethylcitalopram found in this study of 19 adolescents were similar to studies involving older patients. The concentrations of the R-(-)- and S-(+)-enantiomers of citalopram and desmethylcitalopram were also in agreement with values from earlier studies, the R-(-)-enantiomer (distomer) being the major enantiomer. The results indicate that the use of oral contraceptives may have some influence on the metabolism of citalopram. This might be because of an interaction of the contraceptive hormones with the CYP2C19 enzyme.
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- B Carlsson
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine and Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden. bjorn.carlsson.lio.se
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Ankarberg-Lindgren C, Dahlgren J, Carlsson B, Rosberg S, Carlsson L, Wikland KA, Norjavaara E. Leptin levels show diurnal variation throughout puberty in healthy children, and follow a gender-specific pattern. Eur J Endocrinol 2001; 145:43-51. [PMID: 11415851 DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1450043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the levels and diurnal rhythm of serum leptin in healthy children, and to investigate the association between leptin levels and sex steroids. METHODS Four girls and four boys, all healthy volunteers, were followed longitudinally throughout puberty. Their chronological ages ranged from 8.7 to 19.5 years, and body composition, expressed as weight-for-height standard deviation scores (SDS), ranged between -1.7 and +2.4. Serum leptin, oestradiol and testosterone concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay at 1000, 1400, 1800, 2200, 0200 and 0600 h. RESULTS In all girls and boys, both prepubertally and during pubertal development, serum leptin levels increased during the night, with no difference in relative peak amplitude. In boys, the leptin concentrations increased until the initiation of puberty and then declined, whereas in girls, the concentrations increased throughout puberty. The inter-individual variation in mean leptin levels among girls decreased to 11% at the time of menarche. A positive correlation was found for both oestradiol and testosterone versus leptin in girls throughout puberty (r=0.64 and r=0.71 respectively, P<0.001). A negative correlation was found between leptin and testosterone in boys in mid- and late puberty (r=-0.66, P<0.01). No correlation was found between oestradiol and leptin in boys or between testosterone and leptin in pre- and early pubertal boys. CONCLUSION Serum leptin concentrations show diurnal variation throughout pubertal development in both girls and boys. The changes in leptin levels during puberty follow a gender-specific pattern, probably due to an influence of sex steroids on leptin production.
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- C Ankarberg-Lindgren
- Göteborg Paediatric Growth Research Centre, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Göteborg University, Sweden.
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Hellstrom A, Perruzzi C, Ju M, Engstrom E, Hard AL, Liu JL, Albertsson-Wikland K, Carlsson B, Niklasson A, Sjodell L, LeRoith D, Senger DR, Smith LE. Low IGF-I suppresses VEGF-survival signaling in retinal endothelial cells: direct correlation with clinical retinopathy of prematurity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:5804-8. [PMID: 11331770 PMCID: PMC33294 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.101113998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Retinopathy of prematurity is a blinding disease, initiated by lack of retinal vascular growth after premature birth. We show that lack of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in knockout mice prevents normal retinal vascular growth, despite the presence of vascular endothelial growth factor, important to vessel development. In vitro, low levels of IGF-I prevent vascular endothelial growth factor-induced activation of protein kinase B (Akt), a kinase critical for endothelial cell survival. Our results from studies in premature infants suggest that if the IGF-I level is sufficient after birth, normal vessel development occurs and retinopathy of prematurity does not develop. When IGF-I is persistently low, vessels cease to grow, maturing avascular retina becomes hypoxic and vascular endothelial growth factor accumulates in the vitreous. As IGF-I increases to a critical level, retinal neovascularization is triggered. These data indicate that serum IGF-I levels in premature infants can predict which infants will develop retinopathy of prematurity and further suggests that early restoration of IGF-I in premature infants to normal levels could prevent this disease.
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- A Hellstrom
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Ophthalmology, and International Pediatric Growth Research Center, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, 41685 Göteborg, Sweden
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Ohman D, Carlsson B, Norlander B. On-line extraction using an alkyl-diol silica precolumn for racemic citalopram and its metabolites in plasma. Results compared with solid-phase extraction methodology. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 2001; 753:365-73. [PMID: 11334352 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)00579-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sample preparation is usually the most critical and time consuming step when using HPLC for drug analysis in biological matrixes. Sample extracts have to be clean considering both chromatographic interferences and column maintenance. To meet some of these criteria a fully automated on-line extraction (OLE) analysis method was developed for the antidepressant drug citalopram and its two demethylated metabolites, using an RP-C4-ADS extraction column. A comparison between the new OLE method and an off-line solid-phase extraction method showed that the two methodologies were equal in analytical precision but that the OLE method was faster and therefore superior in sample capacity per day.
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- D Ohman
- Department of Medicine and Care, Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
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Carlsson B, Norlander B. Optimization and characterization of the chiral separation of citalopram and its demethylated metabolites by response-surface methodology. Chromatographia 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02490422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Eriksson P, Carlsson B, Wallinder I. Design of accelerated corrosion tests for electronic components in automotive applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1109/6144.910808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Aberg MA, Ryttsén F, Hellgren G, Lindell K, Rosengren LE, MacLennan AJ, Carlsson B, Orwar O, Eriksson PS. Selective introduction of antisense oligonucleotides into single adult CNS progenitor cells using electroporation demonstrates the requirement of STAT3 activation for CNTF-induced gliogenesis. Mol Cell Neurosci 2001; 17:426-43. [PMID: 11273640 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2000.0947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have developed a novel method in which antisense DNA is selectively electroporated into individual adult neural progenitor cells. By electroporation of antisense oligonucleotides against signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) we demonstrate that ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is an instructive signal for astroglial type 2 cell fate specifically mediated via activation of STAT3. Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway induced only a transient increase in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression, and inhibition of this signaling pathway did not block the induction by CNTF of glial differentiation in progenitor cells. In addition we show that microelectroporation is a new powerful method for introducing antisense agents into single cells in complex cellular networks.
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- M A Aberg
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Göteborg University, SE-413 45, Sweden
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Lindell K, Bennett PA, Itoh Y, Robinson IC, Carlsson LM, Carlsson B. Leptin receptor 5'untranslated regions in the rat: relative abundance, genomic organization and relation to putative response elements. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2001; 172:37-45. [PMID: 11165038 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(00)00382-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hypothalamic sensitivity to leptin has been suggested to be important for regulation of body fat mass. Mice heterozygous for a mutation in the leptin receptor (leptin-R) have an increased body fat mass suggesting that the abundance of leptin-R may be an important determinator of leptin sensitivity. Leptin-R cDNAs from several species contain alternative 5'untranslated regions (5'UTRs), suggesting that several distinct regulatory regions may exist. To investigate possible mechanisms by which leptin-R expression may be regulated, we searched for possible alternative 5'UTRs of the leptin-R in the rat and determined their location in relation to putative response elements. Four leptin-R 5'UTRs (exons 1A-1D), which diverged 23 bp upstream of the start codon, were identified by 5'Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (5'RACE) and sequencing. Exons 1B and 1C were present in 31 and 61%, respectively, of all leptin-R transcripts in the hypothalamus as determined by a ribonuclease protection assay. Analysis of the 5' flanking genomic sequences revealed an imperfect estrogen response element (ERE), two Spl-sites, three CCAAT-boxes and one octamer. Exons 1A and 1D corresponded to a putative second gene, encoding the OB-Receptor Gene Related Protein (OB-RGRP), which is transcribed from a promoter shared with the leptin-R. DNA sequencing revealed that the rat OB-RGRP had 98 and 97% homology with the mouse and human sequence, respectively. We report here that transcription of the rat leptin-R gene may generate transcripts with four alternative 5'UTRs. The presence of a putative ERE, close to the most frequently used transcriptional start sites of the leptin-R gene in the hypothalamus, provides a possible mechanism by which estrogen may exert its effects on food intake.
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- K Lindell
- Research Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism (RCEM), Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gröna Stråket 8, Göteborg University, SE-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden
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Hellgren G, Albertsson-Wikland K, Billig H, Carlsson LM, Carlsson B. Growth hormone receptor interaction with Jak proteins differs between tissues. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2001; 21:75-83. [PMID: 11244571 DOI: 10.1089/107999001750069935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Janus kinases (Jak) play an important role in the initial steps of cytokine receptor signaling. The specificity of the four members of the Jak family (Jak1, Jak2, Jak3, and Tyk2) for different cytokine receptors is not fully understood. Recent studies have indicated that a specific cytokine receptor can activate several Jak and that this may differ between tissues. The growth hormone receptor (GHR) is believed to interact predominantly with Jak2, but studies on cell lines have shown that it may also induce phosphorylation of Jak1 and Jak3. Little is known about the interaction between the GHR and Jak in tissues. Our aim, therefore, was to elucidate which Jak interact with the GHR in two target tissues for GH, liver and adipose tissue. Western blot analysis showed that all four members of the Jak family are present in both rat liver and adipose tissue. However, coprecipitation using an anti-GHR antibody revealed that only Jak1 and Jak2 were associated with the GHR in these tissues. The relative amount of Jak1 and Jak2 that coprecipitated with the GHR differed markedly between tissues. In the liver, Jak2 dominated, and only a small amount of Jak1 was detected. In adipose tissue, at least one third of the coprecipitated Jak was Jak1. This is the first study to show that both Jak1 and Jak2 are associated with the GHR in rat tissues. The difference in the ratio between GHR-associated Jak1 and Jak2 in liver and adipose tissue may indicate that GHR signaling in different tissues could differ in terms of Jak specificity.
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- G Hellgren
- Research Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Samuelsson P, Carlsson B. Feed-forward control of the external carbon flow rate in an activated sludge process. Water Sci Technol 2001; 43:115-122. [PMID: 11379081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Biological nitrogen removal in an activated sludge process is obtained by two biological processes: nitrification and denitrification. Denitrifying bacteria need sufficient amounts of readily metabolized carbon. The objective of this paper is to develop an automatic control strategy for adjusting the external carbon flow rate so that the nitrate concentration in the last anoxic compartment is kept at a low pre-specified level. A simple model based feed-forward control combined with a standard feedback PI controller is suggested. Simulation results show that the suggested controller, despite being simple, effectively attenuates process disturbances.
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- P Samuelsson
- Department of Systems and Control, Uppsala University, P O Box 27, SE-751 03, Uppsala, Sweden. ,
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Apelqvist G, Wikell C, Carlsson B, Hjorth S, Bergqvist PB, Ahlner J, Bengtsson F. Dynamic and kinetic effects of chronic citalopram treatment in experimental hepatic encephalopathy. Clin Neuropharmacol 2000; 23:304-17. [PMID: 11575864 DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200011000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chronic hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that arises in liver-impaired subjects. Patients with HE display various neuropsychiatric symptoms including affective disturbances and may therefore likely receive treatment with novel thymoleptics like citalopram (CIT). The simultaneous pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic outcome of the commonly used serotonin-selective thymoleptic drugs in liver-impaired subjects with pending chronic HE is far from understood today. We therefore investigated the effects of chronic, body-weight-adjusted (10 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)), treatment with CIT in rats with and without portacaval shunts (PCS). Open-field activity was monitored. The 5-HT, 5-HIAA, noradrenaline (NA), and dopamine (DA) output were assessed in the frontal neocortex. The racemic levels of CIT and its metabolites DCIT and DDCIT, including the S- and R-enantiomers, were determined in serum, brain parenchyma, and extracellular fluid. The rats with PCS showed higher (2-3-fold) levels of CIT than rats undergoing a sham treatment with CIT in all compartments investigated. The PCS rats also showed elevated levels of DCIT and DDCIT. No major differences in the S/R ratios between PCS rats and control rats could be detected. The CIT treatment resulted in neocortical output differences between PCS rats and control rats mainly within the 5-HT and DA systems but not within the NA system. For the 5-HT system, this change was further evidenced by outspoken elevation in 5-HT output after KCI-depolarizing challenges. Moreover, the CIT treatment to PCS rats was shown to "normalize" the metabolic turnover of 5-HT, measured as a profound lowering of a basal elevation in the 5-HIAA levels. The CIT treatment resulted in an increased or "normalized" behavioral activity in the PCS group. Therefore, a dose-equal chronic treatment with CIT in PCS rats produced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes not observed in control rats. The results further support the contention of an altered 5-HT neurotransmission prevailing in the chronic HE condition. However, the tentatively beneficial behavioral response also seen following chronic CIT treatment to PCS rats in this study has to be viewed in relation to both the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes observed.
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- G Apelqvist
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
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Aberg ND, Carlsson B, Rosengren L, Oscarsson J, Isaksson OG, Rönnbäck L, Eriksson PS. Growth hormone increases connexin-43 expression in the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus. Endocrinology 2000; 141:3879-86. [PMID: 11014245 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.10.7731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Several studies indicate that systemic GH influences various brain functions. Connexin-43 forms gap junctions that mediate intercellular communication and establish the astroglial syncytium. We investigated the effects of peripheral administration of bovine GH (bGH) and recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I (rhIGF-I) on the expression of connexin-43 in the rat brain. Hypophysectomized female Sprague Dawley rats were substituted with cortisol (400 microg/kg x day) and L-T4 (10 microg/kg x day) and treated with either bGH (1 mg/kg x day) or rhIGF-I (0.85 mg/kg x day) for 19 days. The abundance of connexin-43 messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in the brainstem, cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus was quantified by means of ribonuclease protection assays and Western blots. Treatment with bGH increased the amounts of connexin-43 mRNA and protein in the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus. No changes were found in the brainstem or hippocampus. Infusion of rhIGF-I did not affect connexin-43 mRNA or protein levels in any of the brain regions studied. These results show that administration of bGH increases the abundance of cx43 in specific brain regions, suggesting that GH may influence gap junction formation and thereby intercellular communication in the brain.
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- N D Aberg
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Ling C, Hellgren G, Gebre-Medhin M, Dillner K, Wennbo H, Carlsson B, Billig H. Prolactin (PRL) receptor gene expression in mouse adipose tissue: increases during lactation and in PRL-transgenic mice. Endocrinology 2000; 141:3564-72. [PMID: 11014209 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.10.7691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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There are indications that PRL may exert important metabolic actions on adipose tissue in different species. However, with the exception of birds, the receptor has not been identified in white adipose tissue. The present study was designed to examine the possible expression and regulation of the PRL receptor (PRLR) in mouse adipose tissue. The long PRLR messenger RNA (mRNA) splice form (L-PRLR) and two short splice forms (S2- and S3-PRLR) were detected in mouse adipose tissue by RT-PCR. Furthermore, L-PRLR mRNA was detected by ribonuclease protection assay. Immunoreactive PRLR with a relative molecular mass of 95,000 was revealed by immunoblotting. Furthermore, L-PRLR mRNA expression was demonstrated in primary isolated adipocytes. In mouse adipose tissue, the level of L-PRLR mRNA expression increased 2.3-fold during lactation compared with those in virgin and pregnant mice. In contrast, in the liver the expression of L-PRLR increased 3.4-fold during pregnancy compared with those in virgin and lactating mice. When comparing the levels of L-PRLR expression in virgin female and male mice, no difference was detected in adipose tissue. However, in virgin female liver the expression was 4.5-fold higher than that in male liver. As PRL up-regulates its own receptor in some tissues, we analyzed L-PRLR expression in PRL-transgenic female and male mice. In PRL-transgenic mice L-PRLR expression was significantly increased in both adipose tissue (1.4-fold in females and 2.4-fold in males) and liver (1.9-fold in females and 2.7-fold in males) compared with that in control mice. Furthermore, in female PRL-transgenic mice retroperitoneal adipose tissue was decreased in weight compared with that in control mice. However, no difference was detected when comparing the masses of parametrial adipose tissue. Our results suggest a direct role for PRL, mediated by PRLR, in modulating physiological events in adipose tissue.
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- C Ling
- Department of Physiology, Goteborg University, Sweden
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