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Prakash O, Lindh L, Gupta AK, Hoang Hai YT, Kaul N, Chábera P, Lindgren F, Ericsson T, Häggström L, Strand D, Yartsev A, Lomoth R, Persson P, Wärnmark K. Correction to "Tailoring the Photophysical Properties of a Homoleptic Iron(II) Tetra N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex by Attaching an Imidazolium Group to the (C ∧N ∧C) Pincer Ligand─A Comparative Study". Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7104. [PMID: 38564587 PMCID: PMC11022169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Om Prakash
- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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Prakash O, Lindh L, Gupta AK, Hoang Hai YT, Kaul N, Chábera P, Lindgren F, Ericsson T, Häggström L, Strand D, Yartsev A, Lomoth R, Persson P, Wärnmark K. Tailoring the Photophysical Properties of a Homoleptic Iron(II) Tetra N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex by Attaching an Imidazolium Group to the (C ∧N ∧C) Pincer Ligand─A Comparative Study. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2909-2918. [PMID: 38301278 PMCID: PMC10865346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
We here report the synthesis of the homoleptic iron(II) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complex [Fe(miHpbmi)2](PF6)4 (miHpbmi = 4-((3-methyl-1H-imidazolium-1-yl)pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene)) and its electrochemical and photophysical properties. The introduction of the π-electron-withdrawing 3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl group into the NHC ligand framework resulted in stabilization of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) state and destabilization of the metal-centered (MC) states. This resulted in an improved excited-state lifetime of 16 ps compared to the 9 ps for the unsubstituted parent compound [Fe(pbmi)2](PF6)2 (pbmi = (pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene)) as well as a stronger MLCT absorption band extending more toward the red spectral region. However, compared to the carboxylic acid derivative [Fe(cpbmi)2](PF6)2 (cpbmi = 1,1'-(4-carboxypyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene)), the excited-state lifetime of [Fe(miHpbmi)2](PF6)4 is the same, but both the extinction and the red shift are more pronounced for the former. Hence, this makes [Fe(miHpbmi)2](PF6)4 a promising pH-insensitive analogue of [Fe(cpbmi)2](PF6)2. Finally, the excited-state dynamics of the title compound [Fe(miHpbmi)2](PF6)4 was investigated in solvents with different viscosities, however, showing very little dependency of the depopulation of the excited states on the properties of the solvent used.
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Affiliation(s)
- Om Prakash
- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Department of Physics—Ångström
Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751
20, Sweden
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- Department of Physics—Ångström
Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751
20, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Theoretical
Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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Tóth A, Demcsák A, Zankl F, Oracz G, Unger LS, Bugert P, Laumen H, Párniczky A, Hegyi P, Rosendahl J, Gambin T, Płoski R, Koziel D, Gluszek S, Lindgren F, Löhr JM, Sahin-Tóth M, Witt H, Rygiel AM, Ewers M, Hegyi E. Loss-of-function variant in chymotrypsin like elastase 3B (CELA3B) is associated with non-alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology 2022; 22:713-718. [PMID: 35773178 PMCID: PMC9474678 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.06.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Genetic alterations in digestive enzymes have been associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP). Recently, chymotrypsin like elastase 3B (CELA3B) emerged as a novel risk gene. Thus, we evaluated CELA3B in two European cohorts with CP. METHODS We analyzed all 8 CELA3B exons in 550 German non-alcoholic CP (NACP) patients and in 241 German controls by targeted DNA sequencing. In addition, we analyzed exons 6 and 7 by Sanger sequencing and the c.129+1G>A variant by melting curve analysis in 1078 further German controls. As replication cohort, we investigated up to 243 non-German European NACP patients and up to 1665 controls originating from Poland, Hungary, and Sweden. We assessed the cellular secretion and the elastase activity of recombinant CELA3B variants. RESULTS In the German discovery cohort, we detected a splice-site variant in intron 2, c.129+1G>A, in 9/550 (1.64%) CP patients and in 5/1319 (0.38%) controls (P=0.007, OR=4.4, 95% CI=1.5-13.0). In the European replication cohort, this variant was also enriched in patients (9/178 [5.06%]) versus controls (13/1247 [1.04%]) (P=0.001, OR=5.1, 95% CI=2.1-12.0). We did not find the two previously reported codon 90 variants, p.R90C and p.R90L. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that CELA3B is a susceptibility gene for CP. In contrast to previous reports suggesting that increased CELA3B activity is associated with CP risk, the splice-site variant identified here is predicted to cause diminished CELA3B expression. How reduced CELA3B function predisposes to pancreatitis remains to be elucidated.
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- Andrea Tóth
- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, German Red Cross Blood Service of Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Center for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Center for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany.
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
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Rygiel AM, Unger LS, Sörgel FL, Masson E, Matsumoto R, Ewers M, Chen JM, Bugert P, Buscail L, Gambin T, Oracz G, Winiewska-Szajewska M, Mianowska A, Poznanski J, Kosińska J, Stawinski P, Płoski R, Koziel D, Gluszek S, Laumen H, Lindgren F, Löhr JM, Orekhova A, Rebours V, Rosendahl J, Párniczky A, Hegyi P, Sasaki A, Kataoka F, Tanaka Y, Hamada S, Sahin-Tóth M, Hegyi E, Férec C, Masamune A, Witt H. Variants in the pancreatic CUB and zona pellucida-like domains 1 (CUZD1) gene in early-onset chronic pancreatitis - A possible new susceptibility gene. Pancreatology 2022; 22:564-571. [PMID: 35589511 PMCID: PMC9250292 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Non-alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (NACP) frequently develops in the setting of genetic susceptibility associated with alterations in genes that are highly expressed in the pancreas. However, the genetic basis of NACP remains unresolved in a significant number of patients warranting a search for further risk genes. DESIGN We analyzed CUZD1, which encodes the CUB and zona pellucida-like domains 1 protein that is found in high levels in pancreatic acinar cells. We sequenced the coding region in 1163 European patients and 2018 European controls. In addition, we analyzed 297 patients and 1070 controls from Japan. We analyzed secretion of wild-type and mutant CUZD1 from transfected cells using Western blotting. RESULTS In the European cohort, we detected 30 non-synonymous variants. Using different prediction tools (SIFT, CADD, PROVEAN, PredictSNP) or the combination of these tools, we found accumulation of predicted deleterious variants in patients (p-value range 0.002-0.013; OR range 3.1-5.2). No association was found in the Japanese cohort, in which 13 non-synonymous variants were detected. Functional studies revealed >50% reduced secretion of 7 variants, however, these variants were not significantly enriched in European CP patients. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that CUZD1 might be a novel susceptibility gene for NACP. How these variants predispose to pancreatitis remains to be elucidated.
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine EKFZ, Technical University Munich TUM, Freising, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine EKFZ, Technical University Munich TUM, Freising, Germany
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- Univ Brest, Inserm, EFS, UMR 1078, GGB, F-29200, Brest, France; Service de Génétique Médicale et de Biologie de la Reproduction, CHRU Brest, F-29200, Brest, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine EKFZ, Technical University Munich TUM, Freising, Germany
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- Univ Brest, Inserm, EFS, UMR 1078, GGB, F-29200, Brest, France
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, German Red Cross Blood Service of Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Pancreatology, CHU Rangueil and University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine EKFZ, Technical University Munich TUM, Freising, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States
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- Pancreatology and Digestive Oncology Department, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Center for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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- Center for Exocrine Disorders, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States; Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Univ Brest, Inserm, EFS, UMR 1078, GGB, F-29200, Brest, France; Service de Génétique Médicale et de Biologie de la Reproduction, CHRU Brest, F-29200, Brest, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine EKFZ, Technical University Munich TUM, Freising, Germany.
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Källquist I, Ericson T, Lindgren F, Chen H, Shavorskiy A, Maibach J, Hahlin M. Potentials in Li-Ion Batteries Probed by Operando Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:6465-6475. [PMID: 35099928 PMCID: PMC8832392 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The important electrochemical processes in a battery happen at the solid/liquid interfaces. Operando ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy (APPES) is one tool to study these processes with chemical specificity. However, accessing this crucial interface and identifying the interface signal are not trivial. Therefore, we present a measurement setup, together with a suggested model, exemplifying how APPES can be used to probe potential differences over the electrode/electrolyte interface, even without direct access to the interface. Both the change in electron electrochemical potential over the solid/liquid interface, and the change in Li chemical potential of the working electrode (WE) surface at Li-ion equilibrium can be probed. Using a Li4Ti5O12 composite as a WE, our results show that the shifts in kinetic energy of the electrolyte measured by APPES can be correlated to the electrochemical reactions occurring at the WE/electrolyte interface. Different shifts in kinetic energy are seen depending on if a phase transition reaction occurs or if a single phase is lithiated. The developed methodology can be used to evaluate charge transfer over the WE/electrolyte interface as well as the lithiation/delithiation mechanism of the WE.
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- Ida Källquist
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute
for Applied Materials (IAM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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Källquist I, Lindgren F, Lee MT, Shavorskiy A, Edström K, Rensmo H, Nyholm L, Maibach J, Hahlin M. Probing Electrochemical Potential Differences over the Solid/Liquid Interface in Li-Ion Battery Model Systems. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:32989-32996. [PMID: 34251812 PMCID: PMC8397238 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The electrochemical potential difference (Δμ̅) is the driving force for the transfer of a charged species from one phase to another in a redox reaction. In Li-ion batteries (LIBs), Δμ̅ values for both electrons and Li-ions play an important role in the charge-transfer kinetics at the electrode/electrolyte interfaces. Because of the lack of suitable measurement techniques, little is known about how Δμ̅ affects the redox reactions occurring at the solid/liquid interfaces during LIB operation. Herein, we outline the relations between different potentials and show how ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy (APPES) can be used to follow changes in Δμ̅e over the solid/liquid interfaces operando by measuring the kinetic energy (KE) shifts of the electrolyte core levels. The KE shift versus applied voltage shows a linear dependence of ∼1 eV/V during charging of the electrical double layer and during solid electrolyte interphase formation. This agrees with the expected results for an ideally polarizable interface. During lithiation, the slope changes drastically. We propose a model to explain this based on charge transfer over the solid/liquid interface.
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- Ida Källquist
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala
University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala
University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala
University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute
for Applied Materials (IAM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department
of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala
University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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Zhu S, Scardamaglia M, Kundsen J, Sankari R, Tarawneh H, Temperton R, Pickworth L, Cavalca F, Wang C, Tissot H, Weissenrieder J, Hagman B, Gustafson J, Kaya S, Lindgren F, Källquist I, Maibach J, Hahlin M, Boix V, Gallo T, Rehman F, D’Acunto G, Schnadt J, Shavorskiy A. HIPPIE: a new platform for ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at the MAX IV Laboratory. J Synchrotron Radiat 2021; 28:624-636. [PMID: 33650575 PMCID: PMC7941293 DOI: 10.1107/s160057752100103x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
HIPPIE is a soft X-ray beamline on the 3 GeV electron storage ring of the MAX IV Laboratory, equipped with a novel ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) instrument. The endstation is dedicated to performing in situ and operando X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments in the presence of a controlled gaseous atmosphere at pressures up to 30 mbar [1 mbar = 100 Pa] as well as under ultra-high-vacuum conditions. The photon energy range is 250 to 2200 eV in planar polarization and with photon fluxes >1012 photons s-1 (500 mA ring current) at a resolving power of greater than 10000 and up to a maximum of 32000. The endstation currently provides two sample environments: a catalysis cell and an electrochemical/liquid cell. The former allows APXPS measurements of solid samples in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere (with a mixture of up to eight gases and a vapour of a liquid) and simultaneous analysis of the inlet/outlet gas composition by online mass spectrometry. The latter is a more versatile setup primarily designed for APXPS at the solid-liquid (dip-and-pull setup) or liquid-gas (liquid microjet) interfaces under full electrochemical control, and it can also be used as an open port for ad hoc-designed non-standard APXPS experiments with different sample environments. The catalysis cell can be further equipped with an IR reflection-absorption spectrometer, allowing for simultaneous APXPS and IR spectroscopy of the samples. The endstation is set up to easily accommodate further sample environments.
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- Suyun Zhu
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, PO Box 692, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Material Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Material Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Material Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Löhr JM, Beuers U, Vujasinovic M, Alvaro D, Frøkjær JB, Buttgereit F, Capurso G, Culver EL, de-Madaria E, Della-Torre E, Detlefsen S, Dominguez-Muñoz E, Czubkowski P, Ewald N, Frulloni L, Gubergrits N, Duman DG, Hackert T, Iglesias-Garcia J, Kartalis N, Laghi A, Lammert F, Lindgren F, Okhlobystin A, Oracz G, Parniczky A, Mucelli RMP, Rebours V, Rosendahl J, Schleinitz N, Schneider A, van Bommel EF, Verbeke CS, Vullierme MP, Witt H. European Guideline on IgG4-related digestive disease - UEG and SGF evidence-based recommendations. United European Gastroenterol J 2020; 8:637-666. [PMID: 32552502 DOI: 10.1177/2050640620934911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The overall objective of these guidelines is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related digestive disease in adults and children. IgG4-related digestive disease can be diagnosed only with a comprehensive work-up that includes histology, organ morphology at imaging, serology, search for other organ involvement, and response to glucocorticoid treatment. Indications for treatment are symptomatic patients with obstructive jaundice, abdominal pain, posterior pancreatic pain, and involvement of extra-pancreatic digestive organs, including IgG4-related cholangitis. Treatment with glucocorticoids should be weight-based and initiated at a dose of 0.6-0.8 mg/kg body weight/day orally (typical starting dose 30-40 mg/day prednisone equivalent) for 1 month to induce remission and then be tapered within two additional months. Response to initial treatment should be assessed at week 2-4 with clinical, biochemical and morphological markers. Maintenance treatment with glucocorticoids should be considered in multi-organ disease or history of relapse. If there is no change in disease activity and burden within 3 months, the diagnosis should be reconsidered. If the disease relapsed during the 3 months of treatment, immunosuppressive drugs should be added.
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- J-Matthias Löhr
- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- PancreatoBiliary Endoscopy and EUS Division Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital and Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Gastroenterology Department, Alicante University General Hospital, ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
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- School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Odense Pancreas Center (OPAC), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Johannes Wesling University hospital, Minden, Germany and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Donetsk National Medical University, Lyman, Ukraine
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Abdominal Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Szentágothai Research Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Heim Pál National Insitute of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Pancreatology Department, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, Université de Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Département de Médicine Interne Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Klinikum Bad Hersfeld, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dutch National Center of Expertise Retroperitoneal Fibrosis, Albert Schweitzer hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Paediatric Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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We consider the stochastic Allen-Cahn equation perturbed by smooth additive Gaussian noise in a spatial domain with smooth boundary in dimension d ≤ 3, and study the semidiscretization in time of the equation by an implicit Euler method. We show that the method converges pathwise with a rate O(Δtγ) for any γ < ½. We also prove that the scheme converges uniformly in the strong Lp-sense but with no rate given.
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Lindgren F, Xu C, Niedzicki L, Marcinek M, Gustafsson T, Björefors F, Edström K, Younesi R. SEI Formation and Interfacial Stability of a Si Electrode in a LiTDI-Salt Based Electrolyte with FEC and VC Additives for Li-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:15758-15766. [PMID: 27220376 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An electrolyte based on the new salt, lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(trifluoromethyl)imidazolide (LiTDI), is evaluated in combination with nano-Si composite electrodes for potential use in Li-ion batteries. The additives fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) and vinylene carbonate (VC) are also added to the electrolyte to enable an efficient SEI formation. By employing hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES), the SEI formation and the development of the active material is probed during the first 100 cycles. With this electrolyte formulation, the Si electrode can cycle at 1200 mAh g(-1) for more than 100 cycles at a coulombic efficiency of 99%. With extended cycling, a decrease in Si particle size is observed as well as an increase in silicon oxide amount. As opposed to LiPF6 based electrolytes, this electrolyte or its decomposition products has no side reactions with the active Si material. The present results further acknowledge the positive effects of SEI forming additives. It is suggested that polycarbonates and a high LiF content are favorable components in the SEI over other kinds of carbonates formed by ethylene carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) decomposition. This work thus confirms that LiTDI in combination with the investigated additives is a promising salt for Si electrodes in future Li-ion batteries.
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- Fredrik Lindgren
- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3, 00664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3, 00664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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Maibach J, Lindgren F, Eriksson H, Edström K, Hahlin M. Electric Potential Gradient at the Buried Interface between Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes and the SEI Observed Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:1775-80. [PMID: 27104985 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The buried interface between the bulk electrode material and the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in cycled Li-ion battery anodes is suggested to incorporate an electric potential gradient. This suggestion is based on photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) results from different anode materials that all show relative binding energy shifts between the components of the SEI and the active anode. Implications of this electric potential gradient on binding energy reference points in PES as well as on charge-transfer kinetics in Li-ion batteries are discussed. Specifically, we show that the separation of surface layer and bulk material spectral contributions (depth profiling) is crucial for consistent data interpretation. We conclude that previous interpretations of lithiation as cause for changes in PES spectra may need to be revised.
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- Julia Maibach
- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University , Box 538, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, SE 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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Ruuska T, Küster P, Grahnquist L, Lindgren F, Wewer AV. Efficacy and safety of granulocyte, monocyte/macrophage adsorptive in pediatric ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22:4389-4396. [PMID: 27158208 PMCID: PMC4853697 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i17.4389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate efficacy and safety for granulocyte, monocyte apheresis in a population of pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis.
METHODS: The ADAPT study was a prospective, open-label, multicenter study in pediatric patients with moderate, active ulcerative colitis with pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index (PUCAI) of 35-64. Patients received one weekly apheresis with Adacolumn® granulocyte, monocyte/macrophage adsorptive (GMA) apheresis over 5 consecutive weeks, optionally followed by up to 3 additional apheresis treatments over 3 consecutive weeks. The primary endpoint was the change in mean PUCAI between baseline and week 12; the secondary endpoint was improvement in PUCAI categorized as (Significant Improvement, PUCAI decrease of ≥ 35), Moderate Improvement (PUCAI decrease of 20 < 35), Small Improvement (PUCAI decrease of 10 < 20) or No change (PUCAI decrease of < 10).
RESULTS: Twenty-five patients (mean age 13.5 years; mean weight 47.7 kg) were enrolled. In the intention-to-treat set (ITT), the mean value for PUCAI improvement was 22.3 [95%CI: 12.9-31.6; n = 21]. In the per-protocol (PP) set, the mean improvement was 36.3 [95%CI: 31.4-41.1; n = 8]. Significant Improvement was recorded for 9 out of 20 patients (45%); 5 out of 20 patients (25%) had Moderate Improvement and one patient (5%) had No Change in PUCAI score at week 12. In the PP set, six out of eight patients (75%) showed Significant Improvement; and in two out of eight patients (25%) Moderate Improvement was recorded. The endoscopic activity index (EAI) decreased by 3 points on average. Seven (7) out of 21 (33%) patients in ITT and 4 out of 8 (50%) patients in PP have used steroids during the clinical investigation. The mean steroid dosage for these patients in the ITT set decreased from a mean 12.4 mg to 10 mg daily on average from Baseline to week 12.
CONCLUSION: Adacolumn® GMA apheresis treatment was effective in pediatric patients with moderate active Ulcerative Colitis. No new safety signals were reported. The present data contribute to considering GMA apheresis as a therapeutic option in pediatric patients having failed first line therapy.
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Tesi B, Priftakis P, Lindgren F, Chiang SCC, Kartalis N, Löfstedt A, Lörinc E, Henter JI, Winiarski J, Bryceson YT, Meeths M. Successful Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in a Patient with LPS-Responsive Beige-Like Anchor (LRBA) Gene Mutation. J Clin Immunol 2016; 36:480-9. [PMID: 27146671 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-016-0289-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Autosomal recessive mutations in LRBA, encoding for LPS-responsive beige-like anchor protein, were described in patients with a common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)-like disease characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, autoimmune cytopenias, and enteropathy. Here, we detail the clinical, immunological, and genetic features of a patient with severe autoimmune manifestations. METHODS Whole exome sequencing was performed to establish a molecular diagnosis. Evaluation of lymphocyte subsets was performed for immunological characterization. Medical files were reviewed to collect clinical and immunological data. RESULTS A 7-year-old boy, born to consanguineous parents, presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, autoimmune thyroiditis, and severe autoimmune gastrointestinal manifestations. Immunological investigations revealed low immunoglobulin levels and low numbers of B and NK cells. Treatment included immunoglobulin replacement and immunosuppressive therapy. Seven years after disease onset, the patient developed severe neurological symptoms resembling acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, prompting allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with the HLA-identical mother as donor. Whole exome sequencing of the patient uncovered a homozygous 1 bp deletion in LRBA (c.7162delA:p.T2388Pfs*7). Importantly, during 2 years of follow-up post-HSCT, marked clinical improvement and recovery of immune function was observed. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest a beneficial effect of HSCT in patients with LRBA deficiency.
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- Bianca Tesi
- Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.,Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Karolinska Huddinge, Solna, Sweden.,Department of Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Stefanović M, Jazbec J, Lindgren F, Bulajić M, Löhr M. Acute pancreatitis as a complication of childhood cancer treatment. Cancer Med 2016; 5:827-36. [PMID: 26872431 PMCID: PMC4864812 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is now well recognized as a possible complication of childhood cancer treatment, interrupting the chemotherapy regimen, and requiring prolonged hospitalization, possibly with intensive care and surgical intervention, thereby compromising the effect of chemotherapy and the remission of the underlying malignant disease. This review summarizes the current literature and presents the various etiological factors for AP during chemotherapy as well as modern trends in the diagnosis and therapy of AP in children.
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- Milica Stefanović
- Division of Pediatrics, Unit of Hemato-oncology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Division of Pediatrics, Unit of Hemato-oncology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pediatric, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Center "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Simpson D, Illian JB, Lindgren F, Sørbye SH, Rue H. Going off grid: computationally efficient inference for log-Gaussian Cox processes. Biometrika 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asv064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Svensson JF, Marshall-Heyman M, Lindgren F, Ghaffarpour N. Minimal access surgery in Castleman disease in a child, a case report. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disease giving rise to several complications that need to be treated accordingly. Because pancreatic surgery has significant morbidity and mortality, less invasive therapy seems to be an attractive option. AIM This paper reviews current state-of-the-art strategies to treat chronic pancreatitis without surgery and the current guidelines for the medical therapy of chronic pancreatitis. RESULTS Endoscopic therapy of complications of chronic pancreatitis such as pain, main pancreatic duct strictures and stones as well as pseudocysts is technically feasible and safe. The long-term outcome, however, is inferior to definitive surgical procedures such as resection or drainage. On the other hand, the medical therapy of pancreatic endocrine and exocrine insufficiency is well established and evidence based. CONCLUSIONS Endoscopic therapy may be an option to bridge for surgery and in children/young adolescents and those unfit for surgery. Pain in chronic pancreatitis as well as treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency follows established guidelines.
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- J-Matthias Löhr
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastrocentrum, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Vijayan S, Khanji M, Ionescu A, Vijayan S, Ionescu A, Podoleanu C, Frigy A, Ugri A, Varga A, Podoleanu D, Incze A, Carasca E, Dobreanu D, Mjolstad O, Dalen H, Graven T, Kleinau J, Hagen B, Fu H, Liu T, Li J, Liu C, Zhou C, Li G, Bordese R, Capriolo M, Brero D, Salvetti I, Cannillo M, Antolini M, Grosso Marra W, Frea S, Morello M, Gaita F, Maffessanti F, Caiani E, Muraru D, Tuveri F, Dal Bianco L, Badano L, Majid A, Soesanto A, Ario Suryo Kuncoro B, Sukmawan R, Ganesja MH, Benedek T, Chitu M, Beata J, Suciu Z, Kovacs I, Bucur O, Benedek I, Hrynkiewicz-Szymanska A, Szymanski F, Karpinski G, Filipiak K, Radunovic Z, Lande Wekre L, Steine K, Bech-Hanssen O, Rundqvist B, Lindgren F, Selimovic N, Jedrzychowska-Baraniak J, Jozwa R, Larysz B, Kasprzak J, Ripp T, Mordovin V, Ripp E, Ciobanu A, Dulgheru R, Dragoi R, Magda S, Florescu M, Mihaila S, Rimbas R, Cinteza M, Vinereanu D, Benavides-Vallve C, Pelacho B, Iglesias O, Castano S, Munoz-Barrutia A, Prosper F, Ortiz De Solorzano C, Manouras A, Sahlen A, Winter R, Vardas P, Brodin L, Sarvari SI, Haugaa KH, Zahid W, Bendz B, Aaberge L, Edvardsen T, Di Bella G, Pedri S, Donato R, Madaffari A, Zito C, Stapf D, Schreckenberg M, Carerj S, Yoshikawa H, Suzuki M, Kusunose Y, Hashimoto G, Otsuka T, Nakamura M, Sugi K, Grapsa J, Dawson D, Gin-Sing W, Howard L, Gibbs J, Nihoyannopoulos P, Smith B, Grapsa J, Dawson D, Coulter T, Rendon A, Gorissen W, Nihoyannopoulos P, Shiran A, Asmer I, Adawi S, Ganaeem M, Shehadeh J, Cameli M, Lisi M, Righini F, Maccherini M, Sani G, Galderisi M, Mondillo S, Kalimanovska-Ostric D, Nastasovic T, Jovanovic I, Milakovic B, Dostanic M, Stosic M, Sasic I, Sveen K, Nerdrum T, Hanssen K, Dahl-Jorgensen K, Steine K, Holte E, Vegsundvaag J, Hole T, Hegbom K, Wiseth R, Ikonomidis I, Lekakis J, Tritakis V, Papadakis I, Kadoglou N, Tzortzis S, Trivilou P, Koukoulis C, Paraskevaidis I, Anastasiou-Nana M, Smedsrud MK, Sarvari S, Haugaa KH, Gjesdal O, Aaberge L, Edvardsen T, Muraru D, Beraldo M, Solda' E, Cucchini U, Peluso D, Tuveri M, Al Mamary A, Badano L, Iliceto S, Dores H, Abecasis J, Carvalho M, Santos M, Andrade M, Ribeiras R, Reis C, Horta E, Gouveia R, Mendes M, Zaliaduonyte-Peksiene D, Mizariene V, Cesnaite G, Tamuleviciute E, Jurkevicius R, Vaskelyte J, Zaliunas R, Smarz K, Zaborska B, Jaxa-Chamiec T, Maciejewski P, Budaj A, Trifunovic D, Sobic-Saranovic D, Stankovic S, Ostojic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Petrovic M, Nedeljkovic I, Banovic M, Tesic M, Petrovic I, Peovska I, Srbinovska E, Maksimovic J, Andova V, Arnaudova F, Hristova E, Otljanska M, Vavlukis M, Jovanova S, Tamborini G, Fusini L, Gripari P, Muratori M, Pontone G, Andreini D, Bertella E, Ghulam Ali S, Bartorelli A, Pepi M, Zito C, Cusma-Piccione M, Salvia J, Antonini-Canterin F, Lentini S, Di Bella G, Donato D, Miceli M, Oreto G, Carerj S, Shiran A, Adawi S, Sachner R, Asmer I, Ganaeem M, Rubinshtein R, Shnapp M, Gaspar T, Marchese A, Deste W, Sanfilippo A, Aruta P, Patane M, Millan G, Ussia G, Tamburino C, Banovic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Kujacic V, Obradovic S, Nedeljkovic I, Trifunovic D, Petrovic M, Crkvenac Z, Ostojic M, Bernard A, Piquemal M, Muller G, Arbeille P, Charbonnier B, Broyd C, Davies J, Mikhail G, Mayet J, Francis D, Rosca M, Magne J, Szymanski C, Popescu B, Ginghina C, Pierard L, Lancellotti P, Gonzalez-Mansilla A, Solis J, Angulo R, Perez-David E, Madrid G, Garcia-Robles J, Yotti R, Prieto R, Bermejo J, Fernandez-Aviles F, Otsuka T, Suzuki M, Yoshikawa H, Ishikawa Y, Ishida T, Osaki T, Matsuyama M, Yamashita H, Ozaki S, Sugi K, Stevanella M, Votta E, Fusini L, Veronesi F, Tamborini G, Pepi M, Maffessanti F, Alamanni F, Redaelli A, Caiani E, Park SD, Lee J, Shin S, Woo S, Kim D, Park K, Kwan J, Tsang W, Chandra S, Weinert L, Gayat E, Djelassi M, Balbach T, Mor-Avi V, Lang R, De Meester P, Van De Bruaene A, Delcroix M, Budts W, Abid L, Frikha Z, Makni K, Rekik H, Znazen A, Mourad H, Kammoun S, Sargento L, Satendra M, Sousa C, Lopes S, Longo S, Lousada N, Palma Reis R, Fouad D, Shams Eldeen R, Rosca M, Popescu B, Beladan C, Calin A, Voinea F, Enache R, Jurcut R, Coman I, Ghionea M, Ginghina C, Tesic M, Djordjevic-Dikic A, Trifunovic D, Petrovic O, Nedeljkovic I, Petrovic M, Boricic M, Giga V, Ostojic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Pisciella L, Lanzillo C, Minati M, Caselli S, Di Roma M, Fratini S, Romano S, Calo' L, Lioy E, Penco M, Finocchiaro G, Pinamonti B, Merlo M, Barbati G, Sinagra G, Finocchiaro G, Pinamonti B, Merlo M, Barbati G, Dilenarda A, Sinagra G, Comenale Pinto S, Ancona R, Caso P, Cavallaro C, Vecchione F, D'onofrio A, Fero' M, Calabro' R, Gustafsson S, Ihse E, Henein M, Westermark P, Suhr O, Lindqvist P, Oliva Sandoval M, Gonzalez Carrillo M, Garcia Navarro M, Garcia-Molina Saez E, Sabater Molina M, Saura Espin D, Lacunza Ruiz J, Gimeno Blanes J, De La Morena Valenzuela G, Valdes Chavarri M, Prinz C, Faber L, Horstkotte D, Hoetz H, Voigt J, Dores H, Gandara F, Correia M, Abecasis J, Rosario I, Fonseca C, Arroja I, Aleixo A, Martins A, Mendes M, Radulescu L, Dan Radulescu D, Parv Andreea P, Duncea Caius D, Ciuleanu T C, Mitrea Paulina M, Frea S, Capriolo M, Grosso Marra W, Cali Quaglia F, Bordese R, Ribezzo M, Boffini M, Rinaldi M, Gaita F, Morello M, Maceira Gonzalez AM, Cosin-Sales J, Dalli E, Diago J, Aguilar J, Ruvira J, Sousa C, Goncalves S, Gomes A, Pinto F, Tsai WC, Liu YW, Shih JY, Huang YY, Chen JY, Tsai LM, Chen JH, Sargento L, Satendra M, Longo S, Lousada N, Palma Reis R, Ribeiro S, Doroteia D, Goncalves S, Santos L, David C, Vinhas De Sousa G, Almeida A, Iwase M, Itou Y, Yasukochi S, Shiino K, Inuzuka H, Sugimoto K, Ozaki Y, Gieszczyk-Strozik K, Sikora-Puz A, Mizia M, Lasota B, Chmiel A, Lis-Swiety A, Michna J, Brzezinska-Wcislo L, Mizia-Stec K, Gasior Z, Luijendijk P, De Bruin-Bon H, Zwiers C, Vriend J, Van Den Brink R, Mulder B, Bouma B, Brigido S, Gianfagna P, Proclemer A, Plicht B, Kahlert P, Kaelsch H, Buck T, Erbel R, Konorza T, Yoon H, Kim K, Ahn Y, Jeong M, Cho J, Park J, Kang J, Rha W, Jansen Klomp WW, Brandon Bravo Bruinsma G, Van 'T Hof A, Spanjersberg S, Nierich A, Bombardini T, Gherardi S, Picano E, Ciarka A, Herbots L, Eroglu E, Van Cleemput J, Droogne W, Jasityte R, Meyns B, Voigt J, D'hooge J, Vanhaecke J, Al Barjas M, Iskreva R, Morris R, Davar J, Zhao Y, Lindqvist P, Holmgren A, Morner S, Henein M, Nedeljkovic I, Ostojic M, Giga V, Stepanovic J, Djordjevic-Dikic A, Beleslin B, Nedeljkovic M, Banovic M, Mazic S, Stojanov V, Piatkowski R, Kochanowski J, Scislo P, Grabowski M, Marchel M, Roik M, Kosior D, Opolski G, Tomaszewski A, Kutarski A, Tomaszewski M, Eibel S, Hasheminejad E, Mukherjee C, Tschernich H, Ender J, Delithanasis I, Celutkiene J, Kenny C, Monaghan M, Van Den Oord S, Ten Kate G, Akkus Z, Renaud G, Sijbrands E, Ten Cate F, De Jong N, Bosch J, Van Der Steen A, Schinkel A, Lisowska A, Knapp M, Tycinska A, Sawicki R, Kralisz P, Sobkowicz B, Chang SA, Lee SC, Kim EY, Hahm SH, Ahn GT, Sohn MK, Park SJ, Choi JO, Park SW, Oh JK, Gursoy MO, Gokdeniz T, Astarcioglu M, Bayram Z, Cakal B, Karakoyun S, Kalcik M, Kahveci G, Yildiz M, Ozkan M, Muraru D, Dal Bianco L, Solda' E, Cucchini U, Peluso D, Tuveri M, Al Mamary A, Badano L, Iliceto S, Skidan V, Borowski A, Park M, Thomas J, Ranjbar S, Hassantash S, Karvandi M, Foroughi M, Davidsen ES, Cramariuc D, Bleie O, Gerdts E, Matre K, Cusma' Piccione M, Zito C, Bagnato G, Di Bella G, Mohammed M, Piluso S, Oreto L, Oreto G, Bagnato G, Carerj S, Prinz C, Bitter T, Faber L, Horstkotte D, Dores H, Abecasis J, Carvalho S, Santos M, Andrade M, Ribeiras R, Canada M, Reis C, Gouveia R, Mendes M, Santisteban Sanchez De Puerta M, Mesa Rubio MD, Ruiz Ortiz M, Delgado Ortega M, Pena Pena ML, Puentes Chiachio M, Suarez De Lezo Cruz-Conde J, Pan Alvarez-Ossorio M, Mazuelos Bellido F, Suarez De Lezo Herreros De Tejada J, Altekin E, Yanikoglu A, Karakas S, Oncel C, Akdemir B, Belgi Yildirim A, Cilli A, Yilmaz H, Lenartowska L, Furdal M, Knysz B, Konieczny A, Lewczuk J, Comenale Pinto S, Ancona R, Caso P, Severino S, Cavallaro M, Coppola M, Calabro' R, Motoki H, To A, Bhargava M, Wazni O, Marwick T, Klein A, Sinkovskaya E, Horton S, Abuhamad A, Mingo Santos S, Monivas Palomero V, Beltran Correas B, Mitroi C, Gutierrez Landaluce C, Garcia Lunar I, Gonzalez Mirelis J, Cavero M, Segovia Cubero J, Alonso Pulpon L, Gurel E, Karaahmet T, Tigen K, Kirma C, Dundar C, Pala S, Isiklar I, Cevik C, Kilicgedik A, Basaran Y, Brambatti M, Romandini A, Barbarossa A, Molini S, Urbinati A, Giovagnoli A, Cipolletta L, Capucci A, Park S, Choi E, Ahn C, Hong S, Kim M, Lim D, Shim W, Xie J, Fang F, Zhang Q, Chan J, Yip G, Sanderson J, Lam Y, Yan B, Yu C, Jorge Perez P, De La Rosa Hernandez A, Hernandez Garcia C, Duque Garcia A, Barragan Acea A, Arroyo Ucar E, Jimenez Rivera J, Lacalzada Almeida J, Laynez Cerdena I, Maffessanti F, Gripari P, Pontone G, Andreini D, Tamborini G, Carminati C, Pepi M, Caiani E, Capoulade R, Larose E, Clavel M, Dumesnil J, Arsenault M, Bedard E, Mathieu P, Pibarot P, Gargani L, Baldi G, Forfori F, Caramella D, D'errico L, Abramo A, Sicari R, Picano E, Giunta F, Lee WN, Larrat B, Messas E, Pernot M, Tanter M, Velagic V, Cikes M, Matasic R, Skorak I, Skorak I, Samardzic J, Puljevic D, Lovric Bencic M, Biocina B, Milicic D, Roosens B, Bala G, Droogmans S, Hostens J, Somja J, Delvenne E, Schiettecatte J, Lahoutte T, Van Camp G, Cosyns B, Ghosh A, Hardy R, Chaturvedi N, Francis D, Deanfield J, Pellerin D, Kuh D, Hughes A, Malmgren A, Dencker M, Stagmo M, Gudmundsson P, Seo Y, Ishizu T, Aonuma K, Schuuring MJ, Vis J, Bouma B, Van Dijk A, Van Melle J, Pieper P, Vliegen H, Sieswerda G, Mulder B, Foukarakis E, Pitarokilis A, Kafarakis P, Kiritsi A, Klironomos E, Manousakis A, Fragiadaki X, Papadakis E, Dermitzakis A. 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Bech-Hanssen O, Lindgren F, Selimovic N, Rundqvist B. Echocardiography Can Identify Patients With Increased Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Assessing Pressure Reflection in the Pulmonary Circulation. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2010; 3:424-32. [DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.109.913467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background—
Pulmonary hypertension is a frequent finding in patients with cardiopulmonary disorders. It is important to recognize pulmonary hypertension due to increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), as this affects treatment and prognosis. Patients with increased PVR have an increased pulmonary pressure reflection. We hypothesized that pressure reflection can be described by echocardiography and that variables related to pressure reflection can identify patients with increased PVR.
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The study comprised 98 patients investigated within 24 hours of right heart catheterization and 20 control subjects. The pressure reflection variables were obtained by pulsed Doppler in the pulmonary artery and continuous Doppler of tricuspid regurgitation. We selected 3 variables related to pressure reflection: the interval from valve opening to peak velocity in the pulmonary artery (AcT, ms), the interval between pulmonary artery peak velocity and peak tricuspid velocity (tPV-PP, ms), and the right ventricular pressure increase after peak velocity in the pulmonary artery (augmented pressure, AP, mm Hg). The correlation between simultaneous catheter- and echocardiography-determined AP was strong (n=19,
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In this study, we describe a novel echocardiography method for assessing pressure reflection in the pulmonary circulation. This method can be used to identify patients with pulmonary hypertension due to increased PVR.
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- Odd Bech-Hanssen
- From the Departments of Cardiology (O.B.-H., N.S., B.R.) and Clinical Physiology (O.B.-H., F.L.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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- From the Departments of Cardiology (O.B.-H., N.S., B.R.) and Clinical Physiology (O.B.-H., F.L.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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- From the Departments of Cardiology (O.B.-H., N.S., B.R.) and Clinical Physiology (O.B.-H., F.L.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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- From the Departments of Cardiology (O.B.-H., N.S., B.R.) and Clinical Physiology (O.B.-H., F.L.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Ruuska T, Wewer V, Lindgren F, Malmborg P, Lindquist M, Marthinsen L, Browaldh L, Casswall T, Kalliomäki M, Grönlund J. Granulocyte-monocyte adsorptive apheresis in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: results, practical issues, safety, and future perspectives. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2009; 15:1049-54. [PMID: 19137602 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to collect data on granulocyte-monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) for the treatment of corticosteroid-dependent (SD) or corticosteroid-resistant (SR) inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children from 3 Nordic countries to evaluate its efficacy and safety and to assess practical issues. METHODS Retrospective data on 37 children treated with GMA were collected. In all, 22 children had ulcerative colitis (UC), 13 Crohn's disease (CD), and 2 had indeterminate colitis (IC). Their mean age was 13.2 years, range 5-17 years, and mean duration of disease was 2.4 years, range 1 month to 6 years. Indication for treatment in the UC group was SD in 11 cases, SR in 6 cases, and other reasons in 5 cases. The corresponding numbers in the CD group were SD in 8 cases, SR in 2 cases, and other reasons in 3 cases. In the IC group, 1 had SD and 1 was refractory to steroids, azathioprine, and infliximab. Efficacy was evaluated by severity indices: the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) and the Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) and tapering of corticosteroids. RESULTS PUCAI and PCDAI decreased significantly in both groups after 3 months (P = 0.0007, P = 0.025). The dosage of corticosteroid was significantly reduced in the UC group by the end of GMA (P = 0.004) and this response continued after 3 months. Relapse was seen in 2 patients with UC and 3 patients with CD after 3 months follow-up. CONCLUSIONS GMA seems to be an effective and safe treatment in 81% of the SD or SR pediatric IBD patients, especially in those with UC.
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- T Ruuska
- Department of Paediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
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The aim was to investigate triggering factors and insulin pump usage (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, CSII) at diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Data from 1999 and 2000 were collected retrospectively from Sweden. In 1999 and 2000, 7.4 and 11.0%, respectively, of children with diabetes used CSII. One hundred and forty-two episodes of DKA (pH < 7.30) were identified in 115 children (DKA at onset not included). Their hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was 10.1 +/- 2.0%, age 14.6 +/- 3.1 yr (range 1.5-19.9 yr), and diabetes duration 6.6 +/- 3.5 yr (range 0.4-17.7 yr). Fourteen persons (seven girls) had more than one episode of DKA. Reported causes of DKA were missed insulin doses (48.6%), gastroenteritis (14.1%), technical pump problems (12.7%), infection (13.4%), social problems (1.4%), unknown (5.6%), and not stated (4.2%). Alcohol was involved in eight episodes and drugs in one. Thirty of 115 patients (19 girls) used insulin pumps. The overall DKA incidence was 1.4/100 patient years in 1999 and 1.7/100 patient years in 2000. For insulin pump users, the DKA incidence was 3.2/100 patient years in 1999 and 3.6/100 patient years in 2000. HbA1c at DKA admission was lower for CSII users than patients who used injections (9.1 +/- 1.5 vs. 10.8 +/- 2.2%, p < 0.01), but pH and age did not differ. CSII had been used for 6 months (median) before the DKA episode. In conclusion, the DKA frequency in CSII users was approximately twice that of patients who used injections. Seventy-seven percent of the episodes occurred within 1 yr after CSII start. The high number of events reported to be caused by gastroenteritis is alarming because this may reflect a misinterpretation of DKA symptoms.
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- Ragnar Hanas
- Department of Pediatrics, Uddevalla Hospital, Uddevalla, Sweden.
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Thorsteinsson GS, Magnussson M, Hallberg LM, Wahlgren NG, Lindgren F, Malmborg P, Casswall TH. Cerebral venous thrombosis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in an 18-year old male with severe ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:4576-9. [PMID: 18680243 PMCID: PMC2731290 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The risk of thromboembolism is increased in inflammatory bowel disease and its symptoms may be overlooked. Furthermore, its treatment can be complex and is not without complications. We describe a case of an adolescent boy who developed a cerebral sinus venous thrombosis during a relapse of his ulcerative colitis and who, while on treatment with heparin, developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). The treatment was then switched to fondaparinux, a synthetic and selective inhibitor of activated factor X.
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AIM The aim of this study was to investigate diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and cerebral oedema in the Swedish paediatric diabetes population, and to measure laboratory parameters during treatment. METHODS The Swedish National Paediatric Diabetes Registry (SWEDIABKIDS) indicates that 16% of patients < 18 years during 2000 to 2004 had DKA at onset of diabetes. Data from 1999 and 2000 was collected retrospectively from all of Sweden by questionnaire. RESULTS We identified 292 cases of DKA (pH < 7.30) in 265 children (149 at diabetes onset), aged 0.8-19.9 years. The incidence of DKA in patients with previously diagnosed diabetes was 1.4/100 patient years in 1999 and 1.7/100 in 2000. Two patients, both 11 years old with newly diagnosed diabetes, had overt symptoms of cerebral oedema and one developed neurological sequelae. This corresponds to an incidence of 0.68% (2/292) with no mortality. Symptoms of subclinical cerebral oedema after admission (headache, vomiting, lethargy) were recorded in a further 16 cases. In two of these mannitol was given, and both recovered within 1-2 h. Laboratory data was available from 253/292 episodes. During treatment for DKA, hypokalaemia (< 3.5 mmol/l) was significantly more common at onset of diabetes than in patients with established diabetes (65 vs. 28%, P < 0.001; initial prescription of potassium was 20 mmol/l). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that 16% of children with new-onset diabetes presented with DKA at diagnosis and that the incidence of DKA in children with established diabetes was 1.6/100 patient years. Cerebral oedema occurred in 0.68% of the DKA episodes.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Uddevalla Hospital, Uddevalla, Sweden.
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Dahlström M, Lindgren F, Berntsson K, Sjögren M, Mårtensson LGE, Jonsson PR, Elwing H. Evidence for different pharmacological targets for imidazoline compounds inhibiting settlement of the barnacleBalanus improvisus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 303:551-62. [PMID: 15945078 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We describe the effect of eight different imidazoline/guanidinium compounds on the settlement and metamorphosis of larvae of the barnacle Balanus improvisus. These agents were chosen on the basis of their similar pharmacological classification in vertebrates and their chemical similarity to medetomidine and clonidine, previously described as highly potent settlement inhibitors (nanomolar range). Seven of the tested compounds were found to inhibit settlement in a dose-dependent manner in concentrations ranging from 100 nM to 10 microM without any significant lethal effects. In vertebrate systems these substances have overlapping functions and interact with both alpha-adrenoceptors as well as imidazoline binding sites. Antagonizing experiments using the highly specific alpha(2)-antagonist methoxy-idazoxan or agmatine (the putative endogenous ligand at imidazoline receptors) were performed to discriminate between putative pharmacological mechanisms involved in the inhibition of cyprid settlement. Agmatine was not able to reverse the effect of any of the tested compounds. However, methoxy-idazoxan almost completely abolished the settlement inhibition mediated by guanabenz (alpha(2)-agonist, I(2) ligand), moxonidine (alpha(2)-agonist, I(1) ligand) and tetrahydrozoline (alpha-agonist, I(2) ligand). The actions of cirazoline (alpha(1)-agonist, I(2) ligand) BU 224 (I(2) ligand) and metrazoline (I(2) ligand) were not reversed by treatment with methoxy-idazoxan. These results suggest that the settlement inhibition evoked by the I(2) ligands and alpha(2)-agonists used in this study of the neurologically simple but well-organized barnacle larva is mediated through different physiological targets important in the overall settlement process.
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- Mia Dahlström
- Laboratory of Interface Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Göteborg University, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Eriksson L, Antti H, Gottfries J, Holmes E, Johansson E, Lindgren F, Long I, Lundstedt T, Trygg J, Wold S. Using chemometrics for navigating in the large data sets of genomics, proteomics, and metabonomics (gpm). Anal Bioanal Chem 2004; 380:419-29. [PMID: 15448969 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-004-2783-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [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: 06/25/2004] [Accepted: 07/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This article describes the applicability of multivariate projection techniques, such as principal-component analysis (PCA) and partial least-squares (PLS) projections to latent structures, to the large-volume high-density data structures obtained within genomics, proteomics, and metabonomics. PCA and PLS, and their extensions, derive their usefulness from their ability to analyze data with many, noisy, collinear, and even incomplete variables in both X and Y. Three examples are used as illustrations: the first example is a genomics data set and involves modeling of microarray data of cell cycle-regulated genes in the microorganism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The second example contains NMR-metabonomics data, measured on urine samples of male rats treated with either of the drugs chloroquine or amiodarone. The third and last data set describes sequence-function classification studies in a set of G-protein-coupled receptors using hierarchical PCA.
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Ortqvist E, Björk E, Wallensteen M, Ludvigsson J, Aman J, Johansson C, Forsander G, Lindgren F, Berglund L, Bengtsson M, Berne C, Persson B, Karlsson FA. Temporary preservation of beta-cell function by diazoxide treatment in childhood type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004; 27:2191-7. [PMID: 15333483 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.9.2191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the effect of diazoxide, an ATP-sensitive K(+) channel opener and inhibitor of insulin secretion, on beta-cell function and remission in children at clinical onset of type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 56 subjects (21 girls and 35 boys, age 7-17 years) were randomized to 3 months of active treatment (diazoxide 5-7.5 mg/kg in divided doses) or placebo in addition to multiple daily insulin injections and were followed for 2 years. RESULTS Diazoxide decreased circulating C-peptide concentrations by approximately 50%. After cessation of the treatment, basal and meal-stimulated C-peptide concentrations increased to a maximum at 6 months, followed by a decline. Meal-stimulated C-peptide concentration was significantly higher at 12 months (0.43 +/- 0.22 vs. 0.31 +/- 0.26 nmol/l, P = 0.018) and tended to fall less from clinical onset to 24 months in the diazoxide- vs. placebo-treated patients (-0.05 +/- 0.24 vs. -0.18 +/- 0.26 nmol/l, P = 0.064). At 24 months, the meal-stimulated C-peptide concentrations were 0.24 +/- 0.20 and 0.20 +/- 0.17 nmol/l, respectively. Side effects of diazoxide were prevalent. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that partial inhibition of insulin secretion for 3 months at onset of childhood type 1 diabetes suspends the period of remission and temporarily preserves residual insulin production. Further evaluation of the full potential of beta-cell rest will require compounds with less side effects as well as protocols optimized for sustained secretory arrest.
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- Eva Ortqvist
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Astrid Lindgrens Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Multivariate PCA- and PLS-models involving many variables are often difficult to interpret, because plots and lists of loadings, coefficients, VIPs, etc, rapidly become messy and hard to overview. There may then be a strong temptation to eliminate variables to obtain a smaller data set. Such a reduction of variables, however, often removes information and makes the modelling efforts less reliable. Model interpretation may be misleading and predictive power may deteriorate. A better alternative is usually to partition the variables into blocks of logically related variables and apply hierarchical data analysis. Such blocked data may be analyzed by PCA and PLS. This modelling forms the base-level of the hierarchical modelling set-up. On the base-level in-depth information is extracted for the different blocks. The score vectors formed on the base-level, here called 'super variables', may be linked together in new matrices on the top-level. On the top-level superficial relationships between the X- and the Y-data are investigated. In this paper the basic principles of hierarchical modelling by means of PCA and PLS are reviewed. One objective of the paper is to disseminate this concept to a broader QSAR audience. The hierarchical methods are used to analyze a set of 10 haloalkanes for which K = 30 chemical descriptors and M = 255 biological responses have been gathered. Due to the complexity of the biological data, they are sub-divided in four blocks. All the modelling steps on the base-level and the top-level are reported and the final QSAR model is interpreted thoroughly.
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The reduction of the size of a combinatorial library can be made in two ways, either base the selection on the building blocks (BB's) or base it on the full set of virtually constructed products. In this paper we have investigated the effects of applying statistical designs to BB sets compared to selections based on the final products. The two sets of BB's and the virtually constructed library were described by structural parameters, and the correlation between the two characterizations was investigated. Three different selection approaches were used both for the BB sets and for the products. In the first two the selection algorithms were applied directly to the data sets (D-optimal design and space-filling design), while for the third a cluster analysis preceded the selection (cluster-based design). The selections were compared using visual inspection, the Tanimoto coefficient, the Euclidean distance, the condition number, and the determinant of the resulting data matrix. No difference in efficiency was found between selections made in the BB space and in the product space. However, it is of critical importance to investigate the BB space carefully and to select an appropriate number of BB's to result in an adequate diversity. An example from the pharmaceutical industry is then presented, where selection via BB's was made using a cluster-based design.
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- A Linusson
- Research Group for Chemometrics, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
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Böhnke M, Wälti R, Lindgren F, Gianotti R, Bonvin P, Salathé RP. [Measuring corneal thickness in photo-keratectomy with a reflectometry incorporated into the laser beam of the excimer laser]. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 1998; 212:367-71. [PMID: 9677581 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE To integrate a newly developed OLCR instrument into the optical system of the excimer laser. The instrument is designed to perform corneal pachymetry before, during, and after corneal photoablation and thus allow for a precise and continuous on-line measurement of the corneal photoablation process. METHODS The conditions required to integrate the OLCR instrument into the excimer laser optics were investigated. With a technical setting providing on-line data of corneal thickness, three groups of 8-10 corneae received central keratectomies of 27 (group 1), 82 (group 2) and 163 (group 3) microns calculated central depth and 7.38 mm diameter. All measurements were performed with OLCR and ultrasound. RESULTS The OLCR instrument was coupled into the optical system of the excimer laser and a useful signal obtained at SLD power levels of 40 microW incident on the cornea. Individual corneal thickness measurements were obtained before, during and after the photoablation procedure. In group 1, the ablation was 50.3 (40-68) microns measured with ultrasound and 30.2 (27-38) microns measured with OLCR. In group 2, the ablation was 101.1 (80-113) microns measured with ultrasound and 93.3 (76-109) microns measured with OLCR. In group 3, the ablation was 210.6 (190-227) microns measured with ultrasound and 188.4 (181-197) microns measured with OLCR. The precision (standard deviation) for measurements of individual corneas was 1-2 microns with OLCR and up to 12 mm in Ultrasound measurements. CONCLUSION With this interferometric method, continuous, non-contact measurement of corneal thickness before, during and after excimer laser photoablation were performed. By establishing a feed-back control between the pachymetric measurements and the photoablation process, the precision of excimer ablation may possibly be further increased.
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The objectives of this work were to investigate the toxicity of silicon carbide whiskers and powders and silicon nitride whiskers and powders and to compare their toxicity with the toxicity of crocidolite. The effects studied were inhibition of the cloning efficiency of V79 cells, formation of DNA strand breaks by means of a nick translation assay, formation of oxygen radicals in three different assays, and the ability to stimulate neutrophils to produce hydroxyl radicals. All materials showed concentration-dependent inhibition of the cloning efficiency of V79 cells. The inhibition by the most toxic whiskers was in the same order of magnitude as that of crocidolite. Milled whiskers and powders were less toxic than the whiskers. There was a high DNA breaking potential for crocidolite and four of the silicon carbide whiskers and a rather low one for the other materials. Formation of hydroxyl radicals was found for crocidolite and one of the silicon carbide whiskers. In the neutrophil activation test, there was a great variation in the different materials' abilities to activate neutrophils. There was also a good correlation between chemiluminescence and H2O2 formation. The highest activation was found in neutrophils exposed to two of the silicon carbide whiskers and one milled whisker. The conclusion of the investigation is that some of the ceramic materials studied had damaging biological effects comparable to or greater than those of crocidolite. The results from the investigation clearly imply that caution is needed in the introduction of new ceramic fiber materials, so that the correct precautions and protective devices are used in order to avoid harm to the personnel handling the material.
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- I Svensson
- Department of Biomedicine, National Defence Research Establishment, NBC Defence, Umeå, Sweden
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Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Berglind R, Nyberg B. Modelling of the biological activity for a set of ceramic fibre materials: a QSAR study. SAR QSAR Environ Res 1996; 5:299-310. [PMID: 9104784 DOI: 10.1080/10629369608031718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The objective was to develop quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for a set of nine ceramic raw materials. The samples were characterized by a chemical analysis (both X-ray fluorescence and neutron activation analysis) and the morphology was determined by electron microscopy in combination with automated image analysis. Further, the fibre samples were subjected to two biological activity assays, measuring cytotoxicity and hydroxyl radical production. To investigate the produced data structures, principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) were applied together with rigorous validation techniques. Significant QSARs were found for both biological activity assays. The morphology of the fibres plays an important role for the cytotoxicity and their trace element background is related to the hydroxyl radical production.
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- F Lindgren
- Commission of the European Communities, European Chemical Bureau T.P. 280, JRC Ispra Establishment, Italy
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In order to investigate the function of the inner ear melanin, noise-induced temporary hearing loss (temporary threshold shift, TTS) was studied in humans with either blue or brown iris colour. Sixty-eight normally hearing teenage boys participated in this study. Hearing thresholds before and after exposure were established with a computerized sweep frequency audiometer in the frequency range 0.8-8 kHz. The noise exposure consisted of a 1/3 octave band-filtered noise with centre frequency 2 kHz at 105 dB SPL for 10 min. The mean TTS in the frequency range 2-8 kHz showed a significant difference with the brown-eyed subjects developing least TTS, and the blue-eyed subjects most TTS.
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- M L Barrenäs
- Department of Audiology, Sahlgren's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hellberg S, Eriksson L, Jonsson J, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Skagerberg B, Wold S, Andrews P. Minimum analogue peptide sets (MAPS) for quantitative structure-activity relationships. Int J Pept Protein Res 1991; 37:414-24. [PMID: 1917297 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1991.tb00756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The information contents in previously published peptide sets was compared with smaller sets of peptides selected according to statistical designs. It was found that minimum analogue peptide sets (MAPS) constructed by factorial or fractional factorial designs in physiochemical properties contained substantial structure-activity information. Although five to six times smaller than the originally published peptide sets the MAPS resulted in QSAR models able to predict biological activity. The QSARs derived from a MAPS of nine dipeptides, and from a set of 58 dipeptides inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme were compared and found to be of equal strength. Furthermore, for a set of bitter tasting dipeptides it was found that an incomplete MAPS of 10 dipeptides gave just as good a model as the model based on a set of 48 dipeptides. By comparison other non-designed sets of peptides gave QSARs with poor predictive power. It was also demonstrated how MAPS centered on a lead peptide can be constructed as to specifically explore the physiochemical and biological properties in the vicinity of the lead. It was concluded that small information-rich peptide sets MAPS can be constructed on the basis of statistical designs with principal properties of amino acids as design variables.
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- S Hellberg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Jonsson J, Eriksson L, Hellberg S, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S. A multivariate representation and analysis of DNA sequence data. Acta Chem Scand (Cph) 1991; 45:186-92. [PMID: 2021500 DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A new way to represent and analyze DNA sequence data is described. This approach complements methods currently used, in that it allows the systematic part of the variation between different sequences to be modeled. This can prove as informative as absence of variation (homology), which is the most widely used criterion for comparing sequence data. A multivariate sequence-activity model (SAM), for DNA-promoter sequences is presented, by which the relative promoter strength is modeled in terms of the primary DNA-sequence. The model is shown to have a good predictive capability. The coefficients from the model are interpreted, and used to design new structures predicted to be strong promoters in the system investigated. The approach described is also applicable to other kinds of sequence data, e.g. RNAs, proteins or peptides.
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- J Jonsson
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Lindgren F, Eriksson L, Hellberg S, Jonsson JÃ, Sjöström M, Wold S. A Strategy for Ranking Environmentally Occurring Chemicals. Part IV: Development of Chemical Model Systems for Characterization of Halogenated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1002/qsar.19910100107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Grenthe I, Lagerman B, Hazell RG, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Francis GW, Karlsson B. Studies on Metal Carbonate Equilibria. 22. A Coulometric Study of the Uranium(VI)--Carbonate System, the Composition of the Mixed Hydroxide Carbonate Species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Habekost S, Christensen AN, Hazell RG, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Francis GW, Karlsson B. A Single-Crystal X-Ray Investigation of the Structures of La3(OH)(CrO4)4.3.5 H2O and La2(CrO4)3.7 H2O. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hänninen K, Niemelä K, Hazell RG, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Francis GW, Karlsson B. Alkaline Degradation of Peat Humic Acids. Part I. Identification of Lipophilic Products. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Almtorp GT, Bachmann TL, Torssell KBG, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Francis GW, Karlsson B. Syntheses of Flavonoids via the Isoxazoline Route. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Partanen JI, Lindström MJ, Hazell RG, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Francis GW, Karlsson B. Freezing Point Depression of Dilute Aqueous Sodium Chloride Solutions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.45-0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hellberg S, Eriksson L, Jonsson J, Lindgren F, Sjöström M, Wold S, Ekwall B, Gómez-Lechón MJ, Clothier R, Accomando NJ, Grimes A, Barile FA, Nordin M, Tyson CA, Dierickx P, Shrivastava R, Tingsleff-Skaanild M, Garza-Ocañas L, Fiskesjö G. Analogy Models for Prediction of Human Toxicity. Altern Lab Anim 1990. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299001800114.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Estimating the toxicity to humans of chemicals by testing on human subjects is not considered to be ethically acceptable, and toxicity testing on laboratory animals is also questionable. Therefore, there is a need for alternative methods that will give estimates of various aspects of human toxicity. Batteries of in vitro tests, together with physicochemical and toxicokinetic data, analysed by efficient data analytical methods, may enable analogy models to be constructed that can predict human toxicity. It may be possible to model non-specific toxicity relating to lipophilicity, or basal cytotoxicity, for a series of diverse compounds with large variation in chemical structure and physicochemical properties. However, local models for a series of similar compounds are generally expected to be more accurate, as well as being capable of modelling more-specific interactions. Analogy models for the prediction of human toxicity are discussed and exemplified with physicochemical and cytotoxicity data from the first ten chemicals in the multicenter evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity (MEIC) project.
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Research Group for Chemometrics, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeă, S-90187 Umeă, Sweden
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- Department of Toxicology, University of Uppsala, Biomedical Center, Box 594, S-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Unidad de Hepatologiá Experimental, Investigation Centre, La Fe Hospital, Avenida de Campanar 21, 46009-Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Human Morphology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clonetics Corporation, 9620 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, York College of the City University of New York, 94–20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA
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- Research Laboratory, Gambro AB, Box 10101, S-220 10 Lund, Sweden
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- Target Organ Toxicity 205 63, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Instituut voor Hygiene en Epidemiologic, Wytsmanstraat 14, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Toxicology, RL-CERM, Route de Marsat, Riom 63203, France
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- Institute of Life Science and Chemistry, Roskilde University Center, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Neuvo León, Apdo Postal 146 Col del Valle, Nuevo León, Mexico
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- Institute of Genetics, University of Lund, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Lindgren F, Dahlquist G, Efendić S, Persson B, Skottner A. Insulin sensitivity and glucose-induced insulin response changes during adolescence. Acta Paediatr Scand 1990; 79:431-6. [PMID: 2140921 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11489.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Recently we reported that insulin resistance and glucose induced insulin release are inversely correlated to age in young healthy siblings of diabetic patients. To confirm this pattern of change with age, the subjects were reexamined after two years. The study was limited to the age groups with the lowest insulin sensitivity, i.e. 14.0-15.9 years for females and 16.0-17.9 years for males. All five girls and four of five boys showed an increased insulin sensitivity as measured by the somatostatin-insulin-glucose infusion test (p = 0.02). All subjects showed a decrease in fasting levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) (p less than 0.01) during the observation period. All except one showed an increase in the levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) (p less than 0.01). These data confirm that insulin sensitivity increases in the late teenage period. The parallelism to the changes of IGF-1 indicate that the pubertal changes in insulin sensitivity may partly be caused by growth hormone. Our data contradict the hypothesis that the low insulin sensitivity of puberty is due to the increased levels of DHEA-S.
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- Department of Paediatric, Sachs' Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and comparability of the commercially available insert earphone Etymotic Research ER-3A and the commonly available supra-aural TDH earphone. Thirteen subjects were tested five times with the ER-3A and five times with TDH-49P with MX-41/AR cushions. Threshold determinations were obtained utilizing a sweep-frequency audiometer in the range 0.25-8 kHz. The results showed that the reliability of the ER-3A earphone as measured by intra-individual variation, was comparable to that obtained with the TDH earphone. No evidence was found indicating an increased variability due to the positioning of the insert earphone's coupling device in the ear canal. Comparison of thresholds obtained with both devices indicated that the manufacturer's suggested correction values were appropriate.
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In order to investigate the function of the inner ear melanin, the relationship between skin pigmentation and noise-induced temporary hearing loss (TTS) was studied. Forty-four normal-hearing Caucasian subjects were divided into three groups according to their sun sensitivity. Hearing thresholds before and after exposure were ascertained with a computerized sweep frequency audiometer in the frequency range 2-8 kHz. The noise exposure consisted of a 1/3-octave band-filtered noise with a centre frequency of 2 kHz at 105 dB SPL for 10 min. The mean TTS in the frequency range 2-8 kHz showed statistically significant differences between the three groups, i.e. the most pigmented subjects developed least TTS, and the least pigmented subjects most TTS.
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- Department of Audiology, Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden
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Eriksson L, Jonsson J, Hellberg S, Lindgren F, Skagerberg B, Sjöström M, Wold S. Peptide QSAR on substance P analogues, enkephalins and bradykinins containing L- and D-amino acids. Acta Chem Scand (Cph) 1990; 44:50-5. [PMID: 1698414 DOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.44-0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Peptide QSARs are constructed for substance P analogues, enkephalins (two examples) and bradykinins containing both L- and D-amino acids. As descriptors in the QSARs, the previously developed descriptors z1 (hydrophobicity), z2 (bulk) and z3 (electronic effect) are used together with a qualitative variable coding for variation in chirality. Two parametrizations of the peptide sequences are tested. In the first no chiral description is used at all, and in the second chirality is described by the qualitative variable. It is concluded that for the current series of peptides, the biological response to variation in amino acid sequence and chirality can be modelled.
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- L Eriksson
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Based on the recent demonstration of elevated serum proinsulin levels in cystic fibrosis patients with impaired glucose tolerance, it was hypothesized that proinsulin could be an indicator of altered beta-cell function. We therefore analyzed fasting proinsulin levels in 99 siblings of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients, most of them discordant for diabetes for greater than 6 yr. The results from this group were compared with the results from 41 healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects with no family history of diabetes. Median (range) fasting proinsulin in siblings was 8.9 pM (1.7-58 pM) vs. 3.8 pM (less than 1.2-28 pM) in control subjects (P less than .00001). There was no difference between the groups in fasting blood glucose concentrations. Both groups had fasting insulin concentrations within the normal range with a tendency toward lower values in the siblings: 108 pM (60-237 pM) vs. 118 pM (71-175 pM) (P = .07). The 99 siblings were subdivided into groups according to HLA sharing with their diabetic proband. The concentration of proinsulin, insulin, and blood glucose among the groups of 33 HLA-identical, 40 HLA-haploidentical, and 26 nonidentical siblings did not differ significantly. The fasting proinsulin level did not correlate with fasting levels of insulin, blood glucose, age, or body weight. We conclude that fasting proinsulin is elevated in healthy siblings of IDDM patients, whereas fasting insulin is normal or slightly decreased independent of HLA identity with their diabetic sibling. Elevated proinsulin levels could represent a family trait, perhaps mirroring a beta-cell more vulnerable to destruction, or it could reflect previous beta-cell damage that does not lead to IDDM.
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