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Andrews M, Yoshida T, Henderson CM, Pflaum H, McGregor A, Lieberman JA, de Boer IH, Vaisar T, Himmelfarb J, Kestenbaum B, Chung JY, Hewitt SM, Santo BA, Ginley B, Sarder P, Rosenberg AZ, Murakami T, Kopp JB, Kuklenyik Z, Hoofnagle AN. Variant APOL1 protein in plasma associates with larger particles in humans and mouse models of kidney injury. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0276649. [PMID: 36279295 PMCID: PMC9591058 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Genetic variants in apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1), a protein that protects humans from infection with African trypanosomes, explain a substantial proportion of the excess risk of chronic kidney disease affecting individuals with sub-Saharan ancestry. The mechanisms by which risk variants damage kidney cells remain incompletely understood. In preclinical models, APOL1 expressed in podocytes can lead to significant kidney injury. In humans, studies in kidney transplant suggest that the effects of APOL1 variants are predominantly driven by donor genotype. Less attention has been paid to a possible role for circulating APOL1 in kidney injury. METHODS Using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, the concentrations of APOL1 were measured in plasma and urine from participants in the Seattle Kidney Study. Asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation was used to evaluate the size of APOL1-containing lipoprotein particles in plasma. Transgenic mice that express wild-type or risk variant APOL1 from an albumin promoter were treated to cause kidney injury and evaluated for renal disease and pathology. RESULTS In human participants, urine concentrations of APOL1 were correlated with plasma concentrations and reduced kidney function. Risk variant APOL1 was enriched in larger particles. In mice, circulating risk variant APOL1-G1 promoted kidney damage and reduced podocyte density without renal expression of APOL1. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that plasma APOL1 is dynamic and contributes to the progression of kidney disease in humans, which may have implications for treatment of APOL1-associated kidney disease and for kidney transplantation.
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- Michael Andrews
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Kidney Disease Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Kidney Disease Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Nephrology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Ehime, Japan
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- Kidney Disease Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Phipps WS, Smith KD, Yang HY, Henderson CM, Pflaum H, Lerch ML, Fondrie WE, Emrick MA, Wu CC, MacCoss MJ, Noble WS, Hoofnagle AN. Tandem Mass Spectrometry-Based Amyloid Typing Using Manual Microdissection and Open-Source Data Processing. Am J Clin Pathol 2022; 157:748-757. [PMID: 35512256 PMCID: PMC9071319 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqab185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Standard implementations of amyloid typing by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry use capabilities unavailable to most clinical laboratories. To improve accessibility of this testing, we explored easier approaches to tissue sampling and data processing. METHODS We validated a typing method using manual sampling in place of laser microdissection, pairing the technique with a semiquantitative measure of sampling adequacy. In addition, we created an open-source data processing workflow (Crux Pipeline) for clinical users. RESULTS Cases of amyloidosis spanning the major types were distinguishable with 100% specificity using measurements of individual amyloidogenic proteins or in combination with the ratio of λ and κ constant regions. Crux Pipeline allowed for rapid, batched data processing, integrating the steps of peptide identification, statistical confidence estimation, and label-free protein quantification. CONCLUSIONS Accurate mass spectrometry-based amyloid typing is possible without laser microdissection. To facilitate entry into solid tissue proteomics, newcomers can leverage manual sampling approaches in combination with Crux Pipeline and related tools.
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- William S Phipps
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
- Seagen, Bothel, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
- Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Phipps WS, Greene DN, Pflaum H, Laha TJ, Dickerson JA, Irvine J, Merrill AE, Ranjitkar P, Henderson CM, Hoofnagle AN. Small volume retinol binding protein measurement by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Biochem 2022; 99:111-117. [PMID: 34678307 PMCID: PMC8671195 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2021.10.005] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The measurement of plasma concentrations of retinol binding protein is a component of nutritional assessment in neonatal intensive care. However, serial testing in newborns is hampered by the limited amount of blood that can be sampled. Limitations are most severe with preterm infants, for whom close monitoring may be most important. METHODS We developed an assay to quantify retinol binding protein using trypsin digestion and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, which requires a serum or plasma volume of 5 µl. Additionally, we validated the method according to current recommendations and performed comparison with a standard nephelometry platform in clinical use. RESULTS The assay demonstrated linearity from below 1 mg/dL (0.48 µM) to more than 20 mg/dL (9.7 µM), and an imprecision of 11.8% at 0.43 mg/dL (0.21 µM). The distribution of results observed with the new method was different when compared with nephelometry. CONCLUSION Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry facilitated testing a smaller sample volume, thereby increasing the ability to monitor key nutritional markers in premature infants. The differences in results compared with a commercially-available nephelometric assay revealed questionable results for lower concentrations by immunoassay.
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- William S. Phipps
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
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- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Owusu BY, Pflaum H, Garner R, Foulon N, Laha TJ, Hoofnagle AN. Development and Validation of a Novel LC-MS/MS Assay for C-Peptide in Human Serum. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 2021; 19:1-6. [PMID: 34723236 PMCID: PMC8553002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Quantification of C-peptide without an antibody or multidimensional chromatography. High-throughput method with good comparability to reference measurement procedure. Proteolysis improves limit of detection over intact C-peptide. Glu-C is an important proteolytic enzyme for targeted proteomic workflows.
Introduction C-peptide is used as a marker of endogenous insulin secretion in the assessment of residual β-cell function in diabetes and in the diagnostic workup of hypoglycemia. Previously developed LC-MS/MS methods to quantify serum concentrations of C-peptide have monitored intact peptide, which ionizes poorly. As a result, methods have leveraged immunoaffinity enrichment or two-dimensional chromatography. In this study, we aimed to use proteolysis during sample preparation to enhance the sensitivity of traditional LC-MS/MS. Methods Due to the absence of arginine and lysine residues in C-peptide, we utilized Glu-C as the proteolytic enzyme in the method. After protein precipitation using acetonitrile and solid phase extraction with mixed anion exchange, lower molecular weight polypeptides were reduced, alkylated, and proteolyzed. The two amino-terminal peptide fragments, EAEDLQVGQVE and LGGGPGAGSLQPLALE, were monitored using multiple reaction monitoring in positive ion mode (Acquity ULPC-Xevo TQ-S, Waters). The former peptide was used for quantification and the latter for quality assurance. Results Glu-C was determined to be a reliable proteolytic enzyme with monotonic digestion kinetics. The assay was linear between 0.1 and 15 ng/mL and had a lower limit of quantification of 0.06 ng/mL. Total imprecision was 7.7 %CV and long-term imprecision at 0.16 ng/mL was 10.0%. Spike-recovery experiments demonstrated a mean recovery of 98.2 % (± 9.1 %) and the method compared favorably with a commercially available immunoassay and a reference measurement procedure. Conclusion Protein precipitation with solid phase extraction and proteolysis with Glu-C is a robust sample preparation method for quantification of C-peptide in human serum by LC-MS/MS.
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- Benjamin Y Owusu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Best CM, Riley DV, Laha TJ, Pflaum H, Zelnick LR, Hsu S, Thummel KE, Foster-Schubert KE, Kuzma JN, Cromer G, Larson I, Hagman DK, Heshelman K, Kratz M, de Boer IH, Hoofnagle AN. Vitamin D in human serum and adipose tissue after supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr 2020; 113:83-91. [PMID: 33184642 PMCID: PMC7779222 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration is an indicator of vitamin D exposure, but it is also influenced by clinical characteristics that affect 25(OH)D production and clearance. Vitamin D is the precursor to 25(OH)D but is analytically challenging to measure in biological specimens. OBJECTIVES We aimed to develop and validate a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for quantification of vitamins D3 and D2 in serum and to explore the potential of circulating vitamin D as a biomarker of exposure in supplementation trials. METHODS The method was validated using guideline C62-A from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and was applied in 2 pilot clinical trials of oral vitamin D3 supplementation. Pilot study 1 included 22 adults randomly assigned to placebo or 2000 IU/d. Blood was collected at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 mo. Pilot study 2 included 15 adults randomly assigned to 2000 or 4000 IU/d. Blood and subcutaneous (SUBQ) adipose tissue were collected at baseline and 3 mo. RESULTS In study 1, mean change (baseline to 3 mo) in serum vitamin D3 was -0.1 ng/mL in the placebo group and 6.8 ng/mL in the 2000 IU/d group (absolute difference: 6.9; 95% CI: 4.5, 9.3 ng/mL). In study 2, mean change (baseline to 3 mo) in serum vitamin D3 was 10.4 ng/mL in the 2000 IU/d group and 22.2 ng/mL in the 4000 IU/d group (fold difference: 2.15; 95% CI: 1.40, 3.37). Serum and adipose tissue vitamin D3 concentrations were correlated, and the dose-response of vitamin D3 in adipose mirrored that in serum. CONCLUSIONS We validated a sensitive, robust, and high-throughput LC-MS/MS method to quantify vitamins D3 and D2 in serum. Serum and SUBQ adipose tissue vitamin D3 concentrations increased proportionally to dose with 3 mo of daily supplementation.These trials were registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00552409 (pilot study 1) and NCT01477034 (pilot study 2).
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- Cora M Best
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Mayer C, Lipinsky D, Wohlleber F, Pflaum H, Stahl K, Arlinghaus H. Coordinated test-rig and ToF-SIMS experiments to investigate the influence of phosphate glass layers on the friction behavior of a wet clutch. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- C. Mayer
- Physikalisches Institut; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10 48149 Münster Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10 48149 Münster Germany
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- Forschungsstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebebau; Technische Universität München; Boltzmannstrasse 15 85748 Garching Germany
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- Forschungsstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebebau; Technische Universität München; Boltzmannstrasse 15 85748 Garching Germany
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- Forschungsstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebebau; Technische Universität München; Boltzmannstrasse 15 85748 Garching Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10 48149 Münster Germany
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Pflaum H, Kumpmann I. Forschung aktiv gestalten! CHEM-ING-TECH 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200590917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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