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Altmann J, Schmitt W, Bashian N, Sehouli J. A dramatic response to checkpoint inhibitor in a woman with small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type of the ovary. Gynecol Oncol 2024; 181:99-101. [PMID: 38150838 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2023.12.016] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We present the rare case of a 21 year old woman with small cell carcinoma of the right ovary of the hypercalcemic type with dramatic response to checkpoint inhibitor. METHODS Case report. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Our patient, a 22-year old woman with small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type with hepatic metastases, is currently 43 months under treatment with pembrolizumab. Last MRI revealed no viable liver metastases nor other signs of recurrence. This is the longest survival of a patient with small cell carcinoma of the ovary under therapy with checkpoint inhibitors reported in the literature so far. With this report we emphasize the importance of immunohistological testing for PD-L 1. Treating clinicians should keep off-label use of immune checkpoint blockade in mind when treating this highly aggressive tumor if all other treatment options fail.
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- J Altmann
- European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer (EKZE), Department of Gynecology with Center of Oncological Surgery, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Pathology, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
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- European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer (EKZE), Department of Gynecology with Center of Oncological Surgery, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
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Altmann J, Kummer J, Herse F, Hellmeyer L, Schlembach D, Henrich W, Weichert A. Lifting the veil of secrecy: maternal and neonatal outcome of oocyte donation pregnancies in Germany. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2021; 306:59-69. [PMID: 34605992 PMCID: PMC9300520 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-021-06264-8] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In Germany, performing fertility procedures involving oocyte donation is illegal, as stated by the Embryo Protection Law. Nonetheless, in our clinical routine we attend to a steadily rising number of pregnant women, who have sought oocyte donation abroad. Due to the legal circumstances many women opt to keep the origin of their pregnancy a secret. However, studies have shown, that oocyte donation is an independent risk factor for the development of pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes of oocyte donation pregnancies in three large obstetric care units in Berlin, Germany. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed all available medical data on oocyte donation pregnancies at Charité University hospital, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, and Neukoelln in the German capital. RESULTS We included 115 oocyte donation (OD) pregnancies in the present study. Our data are based on 62 singleton, 44 twin, 7 triplet, and 2 quadruplet oocyte donation pregnancies. According to our data, oocyte donation pregnancies are associated with a high risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcome, i.e., hypertension in pregnancy, preterm delivery, Cesarean section as mode of delivery, and increased peripartum hemorrhage. CONCLUSION Although oocyte donation is prohibited by German law, many couples go abroad to seek reproductive measures using oocyte donation after former treatment options have failed. OD pregnancies are associated with a high risk of preeclampsia, C-section as mode of delivery, and peripartum hemorrhage. Detailed knowledge of the associated risks is of utmost importance to both the patient and the treating physician and midwife.
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- J Altmann
- Department of Obstetrics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10117, Berlin, Germany. .,Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Experimental and Clinical Research Center-A Joint Cooperation Between the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine and the Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic of Obstetric Medicine, Vivantes Hospital Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, 10117, Berlin, Germany.,Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, Bergmannstrasse 102, Berlin, Germany
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Altmann J, Henrich W, Weichert A. Maternale und neonatale Komplikationen bei Eizellspenden-Schwangerschaften. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Hofbauer TM, Alimohammadi A, Altmann J, Sharma S, Ondracek AS, Sadushi-Kolici R, Seidl V, Mangold A, Lang IM. P6010Deficiency in milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor 8 delays thrombus resolution. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by the obstruction of pulmonary vessels by organized thrombotic and fibrotic lesions. Efferocytosis refers to the engulfment of apoptotic cells (ACs) by phagocytes, a process that is facilitated by bridging proteins. Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor 8 (MFG-E8) connects phosphatidylserine on ACs with integrin alpha-v beta-III on phagocytes. MFG-E8-deficient mice develop auto-immune disease closely resembling systemic lupus erythematosus. In humans, decreased MFG-E8 levels were observed in patients with coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Whether defective efferocytosis is involved in failure to resolve thrombi in CTEPH remains unknown.
Purpose
We aimed to assess whether deficiency in MFG-E8 is responsible for of chronic non-resolving thrombosis in CTEPH.
Methods
We employed a murine model of chronic thrombosis by inferior vena cava ligation, in MFG-E8 knockout (KO) or wild-type (WT) mice to assess thrombus formation and resolution. Thrombus size at days 3, 7, 14 and 28 after ligation was assessed using either histologic trichrome stainings (n=4–13 per group and time point) or in vivo high-frequency ultrasound (n=10 per group and time point). We furthermore recruited CTEPH patients (n=60, 53% female, mean age 56±11 years) and sex- and age-matched healthy controls for measurement of MFG-E8 plasma levels using ELISA. In CTEPH patients, hemodynamic measurements were performed. Human lung specimens harvested during surgery for CTEPH or from healthy controls, and isolated monocytes from whole blood of CTEPH patients or controls were analyzed using RT-qPCR.
Results
We observed substantially increased thrombus volume in MFG-E8 KO mice compared to WT, which persisted until day 14 after ligation. In human CTEPH patients, MFG-E8 in plasma was increased compared to healthy controls. Similarly, CTEPH monocytes displayed higher concentrations of MFG-E8 mRNA. Conversely, MFG-E8 expression of CTEPH pulmonary artery specimens was downregulated. No correlations between MFG-E8 levels and hemodynamic parameters were observed.
Conclusion
MFG-E8 plays an important role in thrombus resolution. In CTEPH, dysregulation of efferocytosis via impaired MFG-E8 expression in the pulmonary arteries, might drive persistence of thrombus in pulmonary arteries. The absence of a correlation between MFG-E8 and hemodynamic measures argues against pressure as a confounder of the observation.
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- T M Hofbauer
- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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Altmann J, Alavi S, Pietzner K, Chekerov R, Döllinger F, Sehouli J. Fallbericht eines dedifferenzierten Liposarkoms mit den klinischen Zeichen eines Ovarialkarzinoms sowie eine Zusammenfassung der Literatur. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1670993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- J Altmann
- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Radiologie, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland
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Altmann J, Kiver V, Henrich W, Weichert A. Klinischer Verlauf von Kindern mit pränatal diagnostizierten Rhabdomyomen. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1671121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- J Altmann
- Charité, Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité, Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité, Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Charité, Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Deutschland
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Winter MP, Smriti S, Altmann J, Seidl V, Alimohammadi A, Redwan B, Nagel F, Santer D, Podesser B, Sibilia S, Helbich T, Prager G, Ilhan-Mutlu A, Preusser M, Lang I. 1206Endothelial cell-specific deletion of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2/kinase insert domain protein receptor and proliferative pulmonary vasculopathy. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.1206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M.-P Winter
- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Witten/Herdecke, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios University Hospital of Wuppertal, Witten, Germany
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center,, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center,, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center,, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center,, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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Sharma S, Alimohammadi A, Chausheva S, Altmann J, Panzenboeck A, Moser B, Taghavi S, Klepetko W, Lang IM. 5067Dysregulated BMPR/TGF-beta impact fibrotic vascular remodeling during thrombosis. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.5067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- S Sharma
- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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Sharma S, Alimohammadi A, Chausheva S, Altmann J, Panzenboeck A, Moser B, Taghavi S, Lang IM. P381Role of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II in vascular remodeling during thrombosis. Cardiovasc Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy060.290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Sharma
- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, AKH – Vienna, Cardiology Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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Altmann J, Seidl V, Saito T, Rabinovitch M, Lang I. P378Circulating B cell phenotypes in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Cardiovasc Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy060.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J Altmann
- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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- Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Stanford, United States of America
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- Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Stanford, United States of America
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Vienna, Austria
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Winter MP, Alimohammadi A, Seidl V, Altmann J, Panzenboeck A, Sharma S, Nagel F, Santer D, Podesser B, Lang I. P729Tenascin-C deficiency in combination with chronic hypoxia leads to a Cpc-PH phenotype. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx501.p729] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zietzschmann F, Altmann J, Hannemann C, Jekel M. Lab-testing, predicting, and modeling multi-stage activated carbon adsorption of organic micro-pollutants from treated wastewater. Water Res 2015; 83:52-60. [PMID: 26117373 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Multi-stage reuse of powdered activated carbon (PAC) is often applied in practice for a more efficient exploitation of the PAC capacity to remove organic micro-pollutants (OMP). However, the adsorption mechanisms in multi-stage PAC reuse are rarely investigated, as large-scale experiments do not allow for systematic tests. In this study, a laboratory method for the separation of PAC/water suspensions and the subsequent reuse of the PAC and the water was developed. The method was tested on wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent in a setup with up to 7 PAC reuse stages. The tests show that the overall OMP removal from WWTP effluent can be increased when reusing PAC. The reason is that a repeated adsorption in multi-stage PAC reuse results in similar equilibrium concentrations as a single-stage adsorption. Thus, a single relationship between solid and liquid phase OMP concentrations appears valid throughout all stages. This also means that the adsorption efficiency of multi-stage PAC reuse setups can be estimated from the data of a single-stage setup. Furthermore, the overall OMP removals in multi-stage setups coincide with the overall UV254 removals, and for each respective OMP one relationship to UV254 removal is valid throughout all stages. The results were modeled by a simple modification of the equivalent background compound model (EBCM) which was also used to simulate the additional OMP removals in multi-stage setups with up to 50 reuse stages.
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- F Zietzschmann
- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Water Quality Control, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Water Quality Control, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Water Quality Control, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Water Quality Control, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Zietzschmann F, Müller J, Sperlich A, Ruhl AS, Meinel F, Altmann J, Jekel M. Rapid small-scale column testing of granular activated carbon for organic micro-pollutant removal in treated domestic wastewater. Water Sci Technol 2014; 70:1271-1278. [PMID: 25325553 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study investigates the applicability of the rapid small-scale column test (RSSCT) concept for testing of granular activated carbon (GAC) for organic micro-pollutants (OMPs) removal from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent. The chosen experimental setup was checked using pure water, WWTP effluent, different GAC products, and variable hydrodynamic conditions with different flow velocities and differently sized GAC, as well as different empty bed contact times (EBCTs). The setup results in satisfying reproducibility and robustness. RSSCTs in combination with WWTP effluent are effective when comparing the OMP removal potentials of different GAC products and are a useful tool for the estimation of larger filters. Due to the potentially high competition between OMPs and bulk organics, breakthrough curves are likely to have unfavorable shapes when treating WWTP effluent. This effect can be counteracted by extending the EBCT. With respect to the strong competition observed in GAC treatment of WWTP effluent, the small organic acid and neutral substances are retained longer in the RSSCT filters and are likely to cause the majority of the observed adsorption competition with OMPs.
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- F Zietzschmann
- Department of Water Quality Control, Technische Universität Berlin, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany E-mail:
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- Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Cicerostr. 24, 10709 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, IZ-WIB, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Water Quality Control, Technische Universität Berlin, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany E-mail:
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- Department of Water Quality Control, Technische Universität Berlin, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany E-mail:
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- Department of Water Quality Control, Technische Universität Berlin, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany E-mail:
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Natural populations hold enormous potential for evolutionary genetic studies, especially when phenotypic, genetic and environmental data are all available on the same individuals. However, untangling the genotype-phenotype relationship in natural populations remains a major challenge. Here, we describe results of an investigation of one class of phenotype, allele-specific gene expression (ASGE), in the well-studied natural population of baboons of the Amboseli basin, Kenya. ASGE measurements identify cases in which one allele of a gene is overexpressed relative to the alternative allele of the same gene, within individuals, thus providing a control for background genetic and environmental effects. Here, we characterize the incidence of ASGE in the Amboseli baboon population, focusing on the genetic and environmental contributions to ASGE in a set of eleven genes involved in immunity and defence. Within this set, we identify evidence for common ASGE in four genes. We also present examples of two relationships between cis-regulatory genetic variants and the ASGE phenotype. Finally, we identify one case in which this relationship is influenced by a novel gene-environment interaction. Specifically, the dominance rank of an individual's mother during its early life (an aspect of that individual's social environment) influences the expression of the gene CCL5 via an interaction with cis-regulatory genetic variation. These results illustrate how environmental and ecological data can be integrated into evolutionary genetic studies of functional variation in natural populations. They also highlight the potential importance of early life environmental variation in shaping the genetic architecture of complex traits in wild mammals.
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- J Tung
- Department of Biology, Duke University, PO Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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At maturity, female baboons in the Amboseli National Park of Kenya generally attain a rank position among adults near to that of their mothers. However, the age of a female's mother and the difference in ages between sisters also influence the rank acquisition process. These latter demographic variables, which are sensitive to changes in resource availability, may account for the close association both within and among primate species of specific patterns of rank organization and specific environmental conditions.
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Tung J, Charpentier MJE, Garfield DA, Altmann J, Alberts SC. Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population. Mol Ecol 2008; 17:1998-2011. [PMID: 18363664 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03723.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The process and consequences of hybridization are of interest to evolutionary biologists because of the importance of hybridization in understanding reproductive isolation, speciation, and the influence of introgression on population genetic structure. Recent studies of hybridization have been enhanced by the advent of sensitive, genetic marker-based techniques for inferring the degree of admixture occurring within individuals. Here we present a genetic marker-based analysis of hybridization in a large-bodied, long-lived mammal over multiple generations. We analysed patterns of hybridization between yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) and anubis baboons (Papio anubis) in a well-studied natural population in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, using genetic samples from 450 individuals born over the last 36 years. We assigned genetic hybrid scores based on genotypes at 14 microsatellite loci using the clustering algorithm implemented in STRUCTURE 2.0, and assessed the robustness of these scores by comparison to pedigree information and through simulation. The genetic hybrid scores showed generally good agreement with previous morphological assessments of hybridity, but suggest that genetic methods may be more sensitive for identification of low levels of hybridity. The results of our analysis indicate that the proportion of hybrids in the Amboseli population has grown over time, but that the average proportion of anubis ancestry within hybrids is gradually decreasing. We argue that these patterns are probably a result of both selective and nonselective processes, including differences in the timing of life-history events for hybrid males relative to yellow baboon males, and stochasticity in long-distance dispersal from the source anubis population into Amboseli.
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- J Tung
- Department of Biology, Duke University, PO Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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The timing of early life-history events, such as sexual maturation and first reproduction, can greatly influence variation in individual fitness. In this study, we analysed possible sources of variation underlying different measures of age at social and physical maturation in wild baboons in the Amboseli basin, Kenya. The Amboseli baboons are a natural population primarily comprised of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) that occasionally hybridize with anubis baboons (Papio anubis) from outside the basin. We found that males and females differed in the extent to which various factors influenced their maturation. Surprisingly, we found that male maturation was most strongly related to the proportion of anubis ancestry revealed by their microsatellite genotypes: hybrid males matured earlier than yellow males. In contrast, although hybrid females reached menarche slightly earlier than yellow females, maternal rank and the presence of maternal relatives had the largest effects on female maturation, followed by more modest effects of group size and rainfall. Our results indicate that a complex combination of demographic, genetic, environmental, and maternal effects contribute to variation in the timing of these life-history milestones.
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- M J E Charpentier
- Department of Biology, Duke University, PO Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Charpentier MJE, Van Horn RC, Altmann J, Alberts SC. Paternal effects on offspring fitness in a multimale primate society. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:1988-92. [PMID: 18250308 PMCID: PMC2538869 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711219105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 10/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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When females mate with multiple males, paternal care is generally expected to be negligible, because it may be difficult or impossible for males to discriminate their own offspring from those of other males, and because engaging in paternal care may reduce male mating opportunities. Consequently, males in multimale societies are not predicted to provide direct benefits to their offspring. We have recently demonstrated, however, that males in a typical multimale primate society (yellow baboons, Papio cynocephalus) discriminate their own offspring from those of other males and provide care to them in the form of repeated support during agonistic encounters. This observation raises the question of whether fathers enhance offspring fitness in this species. Here we use 30 years of data on age at maturity for 118 yellow baboons with known fathers. We show that the father's presence in the offspring's social group during the offspring's immature period accelerated the timing of physiological maturation in daughters. Sons also experienced accelerated maturation if their father was present during their immature period, but only if the father was high ranking at the time of their birth. Because age at reproductive maturity has a large impact on lifetime reproductive success, our results indicate a direct effect of paternal presence on offspring fitness. This relationship in turn suggests that the multiple roles that males play in multimale animal societies have not been sufficiently examined or appreciated and that paternal effects may be more pervasive than previously appreciated.
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- M. J. E. Charpentier
- *Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5175, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; and
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- Zoological Society of San Diego, Conservation and Research for Endangered Species, P.O. Box 120551, San Diego, CA 92112-0551
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
- Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- *Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
- Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Alberts SC, Altmann J. Reproductive behavior in wild baboons. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2004; 57:10-3. [PMID: 14971413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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- S C Alberts
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Lynch JW, Khan MZ, Altmann J, Njahira MN, Rubenstein N. Concentrations of four fecal steroids in wild baboons: short-term storage conditions and consequences for data interpretation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2003; 132:264-71. [PMID: 12812774 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6480(03)00093-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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One source of both bias and "noise" in fecal steroid analysis is temporal change in steroid concentrations resulting from duration or conditions of fecal sample storage. However, no consensus currently exists regarding correct procedures or precautions necessary for fecal sample storage, and conditions vary widely within field endocrinology literature. This study considered the effects of short-term, weeks-long, storage conditions on quantifiable fecal testosterone (fT), glucocorticoids (fGC), estrogens (fE), and progestagen (fP) metabolite concentrations in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Quadruplicate subsamples of fecal samples (n=29) collected at Amboseli National Park and its environs were subjected to four different storage conditions prior to lyophilization, in order to determine the effects of storage on subsequent steroid concentrations, as assessed by 125I radioimmunoassays. As expected, the best alternative to the "initial condition" of lyophilization at three days after collection was to freeze fecal samples at -20 degrees C for two weeks prior to lyophilization. This storage method resulted in no significant change from initial steroid concentrations for fE, fT, or fP, although fGC showed a slight but significant decline. Storage for two weeks in a charcoal refrigerator caused a mean increase in all four steroid concentrations. However, the results from this storage condition were robust in terms of practical questions asked of the data: fE and fP values still reflected pregnant versus non-pregnant states in baboon females; a fGC profile constructed by age class resembled that created from the samples from the initial condition, although slightly inflated across age classes; and there were only moderate changes in relative fT concentrations across adult males. Knowledge of the effects of storage upon each steroid analyzed within one's study is a necessary component in determining the optimal compromise for storage protocol in a particular research project.
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- J W Lynch
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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The extraction and immunoassay of fecal steroids is an increasingly common technique, used in both captive and field studies to provide an approximation of an animal's circulating concentration of hormones through non-invasive methods. Storage of fecal samples is of critical concern because fecal bacteria metabolize fecal steroids within hours after deposit. Ethanol is often used as a preservative for fecal samples stored for several hours at room temperature. We examined the stability of fecal estrogen (fE) and glucocorticoid (fGC) metabolites from baboon (Papio cynocephalus) samples in a 95% ethanol solution at ambient temperature and at -20 degrees C over the course of six months, to determine the effect of storage on steroid concentrations. As measured by radioimmunoassay, fE metabolite concentrations increased by 122% at 90 days and fGC metabolite concentrations increased by 92% at 120 days. After peaking, both hormones declined to near initial concentrations by 180 days in ambient temperature samples. In samples stored at sub-zero temperatures, fGC metabolite concentrations showed a similar but dampened pattern, while fE metabolite concentrations exhibited small and variable changes with no consistent trend. We discuss explanations for the dynamic pattern of changing fecal metabolite concentrations and offer practical and analytical guidance to field workers for situations in which ideal conditions for stabilizing hormones are not available.
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- M Z Khan
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Wessely B, Ripperger S, Altmann J, Hinze F. Dynamische Extinktionsspektroskopie – Eine Chance zur Erweiterung des Messbereiches photometrischer Partikelmesstechniken. CHEM-ING-TECH 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1522-2640(200205)74:5<649::aid-cite649>3.0.co;2-g] [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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Nemec P, Altmann J, Marhold S, Burda H, Oelschlager HH. Neuroanatomy of magnetoreception: the superior colliculus involved in magnetic orientation in a mammal. Science 2001; 294:366-8. [PMID: 11598299 DOI: 10.1126/science.1063351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The neural substrate subserving magnetic orientation is largely unknown in vertebrates and unstudied in mammals. We combined a behavioral test for magnetic compass orientation in mole rats and immunocytochemical visualization of the transcription factor c-Fos as a marker of neuronal activity. We found that the superior colliculus of the Zambian mole rat (Cryptomys anselli) contains neurons that are responsive to magnetic stimuli. These neurons are directionally selective and organized within a discrete sublayer. Our results constitute evidence for the involvement of a specific mammalian brain structure in magnetoreception.
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- P Nemec
- Department of Zoology, Charles University, CZ-128 44 Prague, Czech Republic.
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When dominance status predicts fitness, most adaptive models of dominance relationships among cercopithecine primate females predict lifetime maintenance of status. These models and alternative ones positing rank decline as a non-adaptive by-product have remained largely untested, however, because lifetime status of older adults has been virtually unknown for natural populations. In a 25-year study of adult female savannah baboons (Papio cynocephalus), in each of three social groups, rank losses were common among the 66 females that lived past median adult age. These losses were not accounted for by loss in relative rank from group growth or by loss in absolute rank from reversals in rank between members of different maternal families or between sisters. Rather, females that had mature daughters experienced loss of dominance status to these offspring, a characteristic of all but the top-ranking matriline of each group. Among proposed hypotheses for rank reversals between adults, that of kin selection based on relative reproductive value is most clearly supported by these data. In contrast, observed patterns of rank loss are not consistent with alternative models that postulate that changes during adult lifespan are a product of accumulated risk, physical decline during ageing, or coalitionary support among females within or between matrilines.
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- S L Combes
- Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Various technologies have been proposed for non-lethal weapons (NLW), some of them credible, or at least plausible, but strong claims were made for others without evidence or references. Five such technologies are examined. For the chemical and biological examples, detailed information is lacking but the diminishing number of such claims over time and general scientific knowledge suggest that fulfilment of the promises is improbable. For acoustic weapons, a detailed study found that many of the claims are plainly untrue. In this case, even wrong values for physiological thresholds were presented. Civil and military NLW programmes in the USA put their main emphasis on simple, short-term technologies rather than exotic ones. In order to avoid dangers arising from unrealistic promises, the concept of preventive arms control should be applied to NLW. Its first step is a scientific analysis, investigating the new weapons, the propagation of their effects and the effect on the targets. Such detailed studies are needed for each proposed NLW technology.
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- J Altmann
- Experimentelle Physik III, Universität Dortmund, Germany.
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In 1986, Samuels and Altmann reported evidence for a hybrid zone between Papio anubis and Papio cynocephalus in Amboseli, Kenya, in a baboon population that has been the subject of long-term study since 1971 [Samuels & Altmann, International Journal of Primatology 7:131-138, 1986]. In the current report we document ongoing patterns of hybridization in Amboseli between anubis and yellow baboons. In July 2000, we exhaustively scored living members of study groups for their degree of hybridity, using seven phenotypic characteristics (five in juveniles). We also scored all former members of study groups on the basis of photographic records, field notes, and observer recollections. A total of five anubis males and 11 males with hybrid phenotypes have immigrated into study groups over the course of the long-term study, and immigrations by hybrid males have increased in frequency over time. Further, the increasing frequency of hybrid phenotypes among animals born into study groups indicates that anubis and hybrid males have successfully reproduced in study groups. However, hybrid phenotypes and anubis immigrations were limited to groups in the southwestern portion of the Amboseli basin, with no hybrids occurring in the six eastern groups. Finally, we present evidence that anubis and hybrid males in Amboseli exhibit patterns of natal dispersal that are different from those of yellow males in Amboseli: males with anubis or hybrid phenotypes were significantly more likely to immigrate as juveniles or young subadults than were yellow males.
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- S C Alberts
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Altmann J, Ripperger S. Energetisch und verfahrenstechnisch optimierte Abscheidung nanoskaliger Partikel aus Flüssigkeiten mit Membranen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1522-2640(200009)72:9<984::aid-cite9840>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Smith KL, Alberts SC, Bayes MK, Bruford MW, Altmann J, Ober C. Cross-species amplification, non-invasive genotyping, and non-Mendelian inheritance of human STRPs in Savannah baboons. Am J Primatol 2000; 51:219-27. [PMID: 10941438 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200008)51:4<219::aid-ajp1>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Twenty-nine human microsatellite primer pairs were screened for their utility in the cross-species amplification of baboon DNA derived from both blood and feces as part of a larger study to identify paternal half sisters in a population of wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Forty-one percent (12/29) of the human primers successfully amplified baboon DNA. Of these 12 primers, six amplified fragments that were both polymorphic and heterozygous (mean number of alleles = 6, mean heterozygosity = 87%) and yielded repeatable results. However, only five of these six simple tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs) showed patterns of Mendelian inheritance (i.e., mothers and offspring shared at least one allele at each locus), and were therefore useful for determining relatedness between individuals. Analysis of the sixth primer revealed non-Mendelian inheritance, i.e., three of the six known mother-daughter pairs had no shared alleles. This failure was probably due to non-specific fragment amplification, and may have resulted from a different STRP locus being amplified in mother and daughter. This finding highlights the importance of sampling DNA from known parent-offspring pairs when screening microsatellite primers for genetic studies. Multiple, independent replications of genotypes and Mendelian checks are both particularly important when using cross-species amplification or when using a low-quality source of DNA.
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- K L Smith
- University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Dodge JT, Rizzo M, Nykiel M, Altmann J, Hobkirk K, Brennan M, Gibson CM. Impact of injection rate on the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) trial frame count. Am J Cardiol 1998; 81:1268-70. [PMID: 9604968 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00138-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A mechanical injection was used to determine the impact of injection rate on the TIMI frame count. The 1.0-ml/s increase in hand injection rates from the 10th to 90th percentiles for angiographers is associated with a minor decrease of <2 frames that is <7% of the corrected TIMI frame count.
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- J T Dodge
- Department of Medicine, the Brigham and Women's Hospital & Brockton/West Roxbury Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Dodge JT, Nykiel M, Altmann J, Hobkirk K, Brennan M, Gibson CM. Coronary artery injection technique: a quantitative in vivo investigation using modern catheters. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998; 44:34-9. [PMID: 9600520 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199805)44:1<34::aid-ccd9>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To date, there have been no quantitative in vivo assessments of contrast volumes and injection rates using modern high flow catheters during coronary angiography. Contrast volumes (n = 554), injection durations (n = 563), and injection rates (n = 498) were collected during 88 cardiac catheterizations. With increasing cathetersize (6, 7, and 8 French), injection volume increased (P < 0.0001), duration decreased (P < 0.0001), and rate increased (P < 0.0001). Compared with injections into the right coronary artery, left coronary artery injections were larger (7.1 +/- 0.1 cc vs. 4.8 +/- 0.1 cc, p < 0.0001), longer (3.6 +/- 0.05 sec vs 3.0 +/- 0.07 sec, P < 0.0001) and faster (2.1 +/- 0.04 cc/sec vs. 1.7 +/- 0.06 cc/sec, P < 0.0001). Patients with a significant stenosis in the left main or proximal right coronary artery received less contrast (P < 0.0001) more slowly (P < 0.0001) over a similar duration of injection (P = NS). When collaterals arose from the injected artery, angiographers injected more contrast (P < 0.001) over a longer period (P < 0.0001) more slowly (P < 0.0001). Catheter size and the injected vessel's location and anatomy significantly affect coronary catheterization injection technique.
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- J T Dodge
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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BACKGROUND The phenomena of basal hypercortisolism and of dexamethasone resistance have long intrigued biological psychiatrists, and much is still unknown as to the causes and consequences of such adrenocortical hyperactivity in various neuropsychiatric disorders. We have analyzed basal cortisol concentrations and adrenocortical responsiveness to dexamethasone in a population of wild baboons living in a national park in Kenya. We tested whether social subordinance in a primate is associated with dexamethasone resistance. Furthermore, we examined whether individual differences in adrenocortical measurements were predicted by the extent of social affiliation in these animals. METHODS Seventy yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) were anesthetized and injected with 5 mg of dexamethasone; the cortisol response was monitored for 6 hours. The animals were of both sexes in a range of ages and had known ranks in the dominance hierarchies within their troops. Extensive behavioral data were available for a subset of 12 adult males who were anesthetized under circumstances that also allowed for the determination of basal cortisol concentrations. RESULTS The socially subordinate baboons were less responsive to dexamethasone than were the dominant ones; as one manifestation of this, postdexamethasone cortisol values were more than 3 times higher in the dozen lowest-ranking animals compared with the dozen highest. In addition, socially isolated males had elevated basal cortisol concentrations and showed a trend toward relative dexamethasone resistance. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that social status and degree of social affilitation can influence adrenocortical profiles; specifically, social subordinance or social isolation were associated in our study with hypercortisolism or feedback resistance.
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- R M Sapolsky
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Calif., USA
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The present study investigated two rarely measured aspects of inbreeding depression: the relationship between inbreeding and behaviour, and the possibility that inbred individuals that survive infancy may still suffer from inbreeding depression by failing to breed or failing to show appropriate mating or parental behaviours. Specifically, the relationship between (1) behaviour at pairing and reproductive success, (2) inbreeding and reproductive success and (3) inbreeding and pairing behaviour, was examined in two subspecies of the oldfield mouse, Peromyscus polionotusEffects of parental and offspring inbreeding were separated through experimental design and analysis. Activity level during the first 25 days after pairing predicted future reproductive success: pairs that remained less active during the nocturnal (active) period were significantly less likely to breed than pairs that remained more active. Inbred females took significantly longer to produce their first litters and were less likely to produce litters than were outbred females, independently of whether females were related to their mates (i.e. whether their offspring would be inbred). Inactive pairs averaged fewer surviving pups than did active pairs. Inbreeding coefficient of female was a significant predictor of activity level in one of the two subspecies, suggesting that inbreeding may affect behaviour. Inbred adult females showed inbreeding depression in the form of lower conception rates and fewer surviving offspring, although the specific traits affected differed for the two subspecies. The implications for captive breeding programs, and likely causes of the subspecific differences, are discussed.
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- SW Margulis
- Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago
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Ripperger S, Altmann J. 15. Untersuchungen zur Wirkungsweise dynamischer Filtrationsverfahren mit überströmten Membranen. CHEM-ING-TECH 1996. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.330680917] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA, Dubach J, Muruthi P, Coote T, Geffen E, Cheesman DJ, Mututua RS, Saiyalel SN, Wayne RK, Lacy RC, Bruford MW. Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:5797-801. [PMID: 8650172 PMCID: PMC39141 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The predictability of genetic structure from social structure and differential mating success was tested in wild baboons. Baboon populations are subdivided into cohesive social groups that include multiple adults of both sexes. As in many mammals, males are the dispersing sex. Social structure and behavior successfully predicted molecular genetic measures of relatedness and variance in reproductive success. In the first quantitative test of the priority-of-access model among wild primates, the reproductive priority of dominant males was confirmed by molecular genetic analysis. However, the resultant high short-term variance in reproductive success did not translate into equally high long-term variance because male dominance status was unstable. An important consequence of high but unstable short-term variance is that age cohorts will tend to be paternal sibships and social groups will be genetically substructured by age.
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- J Altmann
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Altmann J, Brenig W, Kampf AP, Müller-Hartmann E. Self-consistent analysis of single-particle excitations in a spin-density-wave antiferromagnet. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 52:7395-7401. [PMID: 9979684 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.7395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Krücken R, Dewald A, Sala P, Meier C, Tiesler H, Altmann J, Zell KO, Bazzacco D, Rossi-Alvarez C, Burch R, Menegazzo R, Maron G. Decay out of low spin superdeformed states in 194Pb by weak mixing with normal deformed states. Phys Rev Lett 1994; 73:3359-3362. [PMID: 10057361 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.73.3359] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Kabadiyski MK, Gross CJ, Harder A, Lieb KP, Rudolph D, Weiszflog M, Altmann J, Dewald A, Eberth J, Mylaeus T, Grawe H, Heese J, Maier K. Transition probabilities between high spin states in 88Mo and 90Mo. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1994; 50:110-126. [PMID: 9969640 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.50.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Rudolph D, Gross CJ, Harder A, Kabadiyski MK, Lieb KP, Weiszflog M, Altmann J, Dewald A, Eberth J, Mylaeus T, Grawe H, Heese J, Maier K. Electromagnetic decay properties of high spin states in 4391Tc48. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1994; 49:66-82. [PMID: 9969201 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.49.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sapolsky RM, Vogelman JH, Orentreich N, Altmann J. Senescent decline in serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations in a population of wild baboons. J Gerontol 1993; 48:B196-200. [PMID: 8366259 DOI: 10.1093/geronj/48.5.b196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The physiologic functions of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DS), a precursor of androgens and estrogen and the most abundant steroid in the circulation, are unknown. Nevertheless, numerous studies have shown that low concentrations of DS are correlated with a variety of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in human beings, and administration of DS to experimental animals is associated with protection from similar diseases. Thus, the marked decline in DS concentrations with age in human beings may be of considerable functional significance. However, because of the difficulties in studying any heterogeneous human population, it has been difficult to assess the extent to which the DS decline with age is confounded by any of a number of factors (e.g., smoking, level of activity, genetics, diet, medication and disease). We studied the effects of age on DS concentrations in a well-characterized population of wild yellow baboons living freely in a national park in East Africa. Study of these animals circumvents many of the confounds just noted. In examining animals ranging in age from juvenile status to old age, we observed a robust decline in DS concentrations with age. The magnitude of the decline is approximately equal in both sexes. In addition, the decline is similar in comparing two baboon groups which have fully natural diets with one group which forages heavily on garbage from people.
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- R M Sapolsky
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305-5020
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Phillips-Conroy JE, Hildebolt CF, Altmann J, Jolly CJ, Muruthi P. Periodontal health in free-ranging baboons of Ethiopia and Kenya. Am J Phys Anthropol 1993; 90:359-71. [PMID: 8460659 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330900310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Frontal and lateral intraoral photographs of 19 baboons from the Awash National Park, Ethiopia and 37 baboons from Amboseli National Park, Kenya, were used to assess periodontal health. The Awash baboons, and two groups (Alto's and Hook's) at Amboseli, fed entirely from natural sources, but baboons from the third Amboseli group (Lodge) fed largely on food refuse from one of the park's lodges. Juveniles and adults were evaluated separately. Intraoral photographs were seriated based on visual appraisals of periodontal health. In both age groups, the best periodontal health was seen in Awash animals; Alto's and Hook's animals were intermediate, and the poorest health was seen in the Lodge sample. The periodontal health decreased with age in adult baboons, as reported in humans. Geochemistry, genetics, age, and diet (particularly variations in bacterial flora) were considered as factors contributing to the intergroup differences. Although it is not possible at present to exclude any of these as a contributing cause, we consider that diet in the broad sense (including food, water, and contamination by oral bacteria of human origin) probably plays a major role.
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- J E Phillips-Conroy
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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The authors tested the proposition that among humans (1) differences in lactational duration result in differences in costs of reproduction even under rich nutritional conditions; and (2) elimination of factors postulated to favor male-biased parental care will be reflected in elimination or reversal of sex-biased care. To do so, the authors examined the relationship between lactactational duration and fertility among Hutterites, a communal-living human population in which the levels of nutritional resources and fertility are high, breast feeding is the norm, contraceptive use is limited, and the collective social and economic system results in low resource variance among individuals. The authors demonstrate that even under good nutritional conditions, duration of nursing was a significant predictor of the length of time to next pregnancy and that nursing continued to suppress fertility after the resumption of menses. Moreover, the authors find that daughters were nursed longer than sons, leading to a longer interval to next pregnancy. The authors examine this uncommon, but not unique, finding of female-biased human parental care in the light of Hutterite social structure, and they explore the consistency of this finding with the most applicable models of parental investment.
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A very aggressive young adult male entered one of three long-term study groups of yellow baboons. Papio cynocephalus, approximately 3 weeks after an immobilization project began. The immigrant male's rate of agonistic encounters was appreciably higher than average, and these interactions disproportionately involved adult females as targets. Basal cortisol concentrations were higher and total lymphocyte counts lower for individuals immobilized during the immigration situation than for other individuals; these effects were greater for females than for males. Among animals whose endocrine data were obtained during the immigration period, some were specific targets of the immigrant male's aggression and others were not. Lymphocyte counts were significantly lower for those individuals who were victims of the male's aggression than for noninvolved individuals; a nonsignificant tendency toward higher basal cortisol concentrations for victims was observed as well. The immigrant male himself had a high basal cortisol concentration, a low lymphocyte count, and a testosterone concentration that was triple the average for adult males and almost double the second highest value in the population.
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- S C Alberts
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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While many features of the adrenocortical axis are unchanged with age in humans, there is a pattern of senescent hypercortisolism. This occurs basally, following threshold doses of dexamethasone, and in synergy with depression or Alzheimer's disease. An understanding of neuroendocrine aging is important, for both its gerontological implications, and determination of normative values for comparison with neuropsychiatric states. We have investigated whether aging is associated with hypercortisolism in a population of wild primates. The subjects were 108 yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) that have been under long-term study of Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Animals were anesthetized by blowgun under similar circumstances that allow for determination of basal cortisol concentrations. Sixty minutes later, 5.0 mg dexamethasone was administered to each animal, and cortisol determinations were made on serum collected immediately before administration and 6 hr later. Basal cortisol concentrations rose with age (p less than 0.028; r = 0.23). This occurred in a nonprogressive manner, in that there were no differences in concentrations among the youngest three quartiles of animals, whereas animals in the oldest quartile (older than approximately 16 years) had significantly higher values. In addition, there was a significant increase in postdexamethasone cortical concentrations with age (p less than 0.01; r = 0.31). This feature emerged progressively with age in both sexes. A number of possible artifactual causes of this senescent pattern could be eliminated, including medication confound, coincident disease, and body weight. These findings suggest that hypercortisolism and glucocorticoid feedback resistance might be general features of primate aging.
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- R M Sapolsky
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305
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Husinsky W, Mitterer S, Altmann J, Grabner G, Baumgartner I, Skorpik F, Asenbauer T. Corneal lathing using the excimer laser and a computer-controlled positioning system: Part II--Variable trephination of corneal buttons. Refract Corneal Surg 1991; 7:385-9. [PMID: 1958626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A new system is presented that allows a variable trephination of donor corneas for the preparation of corneal buttons used in penetrating keratoplasty. With the help of a computer-controlled positioning system that uses high-precision micropositioning elements (both translation and rotational stages) the donor cornea is removed, epithelial side up, in a fixation device in front of a focused excimer laser beam (ArF, lambda = 193 nm). User friendly computer software allows the surgeon to select a variety of parameters (diameter, shape, angle of trephination) of the corneal graft. Histological and electron microscopical data of human corneas trephined with this "Excimer Laser Corneal Shaping System" are presented.
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- W Husinsky
- Institut für Allgemeine Physik, Technical University, Vienna, Austria
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Altmann J, Grabner G, Husinsky W, Mitterer S, Baumgartner I, Skorpik F, Asenbauer T. Corneal lathing using the excimer laser and a computer-controlled positioning system: Part I--Lathing of epikeratoplasty lenticules. Refract Corneal Surg 1991; 7:377-84. [PMID: 1958625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Precise lathing of epikeratoplasty lenticules is difficult to achieve with the cryolathe due to unpredictable expansion of the lathing tools and the corneal tissue during the freezing process. In addition, the procedure destroys all viable cells in the transplant thereby possibly contributing to the prolonged period of visual rehabilitation. Non-freezing techniques using the microkeratome or the rotor-trephine, on the other hand, are technically demanding, can cause mechanical damage during cutting or fixation, and, have not given consistently reproducible refractive results. A new system is presented that allows a variable laser ablation of donor corneas into lenticules for aphakic and myopic epikeratoplasty, as well as for lamellar keratoplasty. With the help of a computer-controlled positioning system that uses high-precision micropositioning elements (both translation and rotational stages) the donor cornea is moved, epithelial side down, in a holding device in front of a focused excimer laser beam (ArF, lambda = 193 nm). This photoablation lathing process assures the viability of the stromal cells in the lenticule in close approximation to the treated surface. The user friendly computer software allows the fast and convenient selection of a variety of parameters, such as the diameter of the optical zone, the shape of the wing zone, the refractive power, the central thickness of the lenticule and the overall contour of the transplant. The first laboratory data of lenticules prepared from human corneas with this "Excimer Laser Corneal Shaping System" are presented.
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- J Altmann
- Institut für Allgemeine Physik, Technical University, Vienna
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Altmann J. Primate Societies. Barbara B. Smuts, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Richard W. Wrangham, and Thomas T. Struhsaker, Eds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1987. xii, 578 pp., illus. $70; paper, $27.50. Science 1988; 240:1076-8. [PMID: 17731746 DOI: 10.1126/science.240.4855.1076-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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