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Skirgård H, Haynie HJ, Blasi DE, Hammarström H, Collins J, Latarche JJ, Lesage J, Weber T, Witzlack-Makarevich A, Passmore S, Chira A, Maurits L, Dinnage R, Dunn M, Reesink G, Singer R, Bowern C, Epps P, Hill J, Vesakoski O, Robbeets M, Abbas NK, Auer D, Bakker NA, Barbos G, Borges RD, Danielsen S, Dorenbusch L, Dorn E, Elliott J, Falcone G, Fischer J, Ghanggo Ate Y, Gibson H, Göbel HP, Goodall JA, Gruner V, Harvey A, Hayes R, Heer L, Herrera Miranda RE, Hübler N, Huntington-Rainey B, Ivani JK, Johns M, Just E, Kashima E, Kipf C, Klingenberg JV, König N, Koti A, Kowalik RG, Krasnoukhova O, Lindvall NL, Lorenzen M, Lutzenberger H, Martins TR, Mata German C, van der Meer S, Montoya Samamé J, Müller M, Muradoglu S, Neely K, Nickel J, Norvik M, Oluoch CA, Peacock J, Pearey IO, Peck N, Petit S, Pieper S, Poblete M, Prestipino D, Raabe L, Raja A, Reimringer J, Rey SC, Rizaew J, Ruppert E, Salmon KK, Sammet J, Schembri R, Schlabbach L, Schmidt FW, Skilton A, Smith WD, de Sousa H, Sverredal K, Valle D, Vera J, Voß J, Witte T, Wu H, Yam S, Ye J, Yong M, Yuditha T, Zariquiey R, Forkel R, Evans N, Levinson SC, Haspelmath M, Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD, Gray RD. Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadg6175. [PMID: 37075104 PMCID: PMC10115409 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg6175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the diversity of human languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline the Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, Grambank is the largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness of Grambank allows us to quantify the relative effects of genealogical inheritance and geographic proximity on the structural diversity of the world's languages, evaluate constraints on linguistic diversity, and identify the world's most unusual languages. An analysis of the consequences of language loss reveals that the reduction in diversity will be strikingly uneven across the major linguistic regions of the world. Without sustained efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages, our linguistic window into human history, cognition, and culture will be seriously fragmented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hedvig Skirgård
- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Department of Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Corresponding author. (H.S.); (R.D.G.)
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Human Relation Area Files, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villejuif, France
- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France
- Department of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus), Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Research Unit for Indigenous Language, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biology, Turku University, Turku, Finland
- Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric languages, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Zentrum für Kleine und Regionale Sprachen, Friesisches Seminar, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany
- Centro de Investigaciones Históricas y Antropológicas (CIHA), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
- Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF), Flensburg, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Linguistics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Universitas Katolik Weetebula, Sumba Island, Indonesia
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- Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Essex, Essex, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Linguistics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Languages and Literatures, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France
- Institute of Linguistics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- Structure et Dynamique des Langues (SeDyl), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villejuif, France
- Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London (UCL), University of London, London, UK
- Institutt for Filosofi, ide- og Kunsthistorie og Klassiske Språk (IFIKK), Det Humanistisk Fakultet, Universitet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Department of Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfur an der Oder, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre for Linguistics, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Department of Linguistics, University of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Modern Languages, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
- Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
- The Language Conservancy, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistics, Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale (CRLAO), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Aubervilliers, France
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- Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Modern Languages, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
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- Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, Japan
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Institute for General Linguistics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Department of Spanish, Linguistics, and Theory of Literature (Linguistics), Faculty of Philology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Department of Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Corresponding author. (H.S.); (R.D.G.)
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Went M, Sud A, Law PJ, Johnson DC, Weinhold N, Försti A, van Duin M, Mitchell JS, Chen B, Kuiper R, Stephens OW, Bertsch U, Campo C, Einsele H, Gregory WM, Henrion M, Hillengass J, Hoffmann P, Jackson GH, Lenive O, Nickel J, Nöthen MM, da Silva Filho MI, Thomsen H, Walker BA, Broyl A, Davies FE, Langer C, Hansson M, Kaiser M, Sonneveld P, Goldschmidt H, Hemminki K, Nilsson B, Morgan GJ, Houlston RS. Assessing the effect of obesity-related traits on multiple myeloma using a Mendelian randomisation approach. Blood Cancer J 2017; 7. [PMID: 28622301 PMCID: PMC5520395 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2017.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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- M Went
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Hematology Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Office of Medical Services, Lund, Sweden
- Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Huhn S, Weinhold N, Nickel J, Pritsch M, Hielscher T, Hummel M, Bertsch U, Huegle-Doerr B, Vogel M, Angermund R, Hänel M, Salwender HJ, Weisel K, Dürig J, Görner M, Kirchner H, Peter N, Graeven U, Lordick F, Hoffmann M, Reimer P, Blau IW, Jauch A, Dembowsky K, Möhler T, Wuchter P, Goldschmidt H. Circulating tumor cells as a biomarker for response to therapy in multiple myeloma patients treated within the GMMG-MM5 trial. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1194-1198. [PMID: 28504661 PMCID: PMC5543255 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S Huhn
- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Janssen-Cilag, Neuss, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Asklepios Klinik Altona, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Hematology and Oncology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Community Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III Hematology and Oncology, Städt. Krankenhaus Siloah, Hannover, Germany
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- 2nd Medical Department, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Charité, Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
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- Hematology, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Maria-Hilf-Krankenhaus, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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- 3rd Medical Department, Haematology and Oncology, Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.,University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Essen-Werden gGmbH, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,inVentiv Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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da Silva Filho MI, Försti A, Weinhold N, Meziane I, Campo C, Huhn S, Nickel J, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Jöckel KH, Landi S, Mitchell JS, Johnson D, Morgan GJ, Houlston R, Goldschmidt H, Jauch A, Milani P, Merlini G, Rowcieno D, Hawkins P, Hegenbart U, Palladini G, Wechalekar A, Schönland SO, Hemminki K. Genome-wide association study of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis in three patient cohorts: comparison with myeloma. Leukemia 2016; 31:1735-1742. [PMID: 28025584 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by tissue deposition of amyloid fibers derived from immunoglobulin light chain. AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma (MM) originate from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. We wanted to characterize germline susceptibility to AL amyloidosis using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 1229 AL amyloidosis patients from Germany, UK and Italy, and 7526 healthy local controls. For comparison with MM, recent GWAS data on 3790 cases were used. For AL amyloidosis, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 10 loci showed evidence of an association at P<10-5 with homogeneity of results from the 3 sample sets; some of these were previously documented to influence MM risk, including the SNP at the IRF4 binding site. In AL amyloidosis, rs9344 at the splice site of cyclin D1, promoting translocation (11;14), reached the highest significance, P=7.80 × 10-11; the SNP was only marginally significant in MM. SNP rs79419269 close to gene SMARCD3 involved in chromatin remodeling was also significant (P=5.2 × 10-8). These data provide evidence for common genetic susceptibility to AL amyloidosis and MM. Cyclin D1 is a more prominent driver in AL amyloidosis than in MM, but the links to aggregation of light chains need to be demonstrated.
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- M I da Silva Filho
- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Research Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK.,Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Centre of Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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Johnson DC, Weinhold N, Mitchell J, Chen B, Stephens OW, Försti A, Nickel J, Kaiser M, Gregory WA, Cairns D, Jackson GH, Hoffmann P, Noethen MM, Hillengass J, Bertsch U, Barlogie B, Davis FE, Hemminki K, Goldschmidt H, Houlston RS, Morgan GJ. Genetic factors influencing the risk of multiple myeloma bone disease. Leukemia 2016; 30:883-8. [PMID: 26669972 PMCID: PMC4832071 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2015.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
A major complication of multiple myeloma (MM) is the development of osteolytic lesions, fractures and bone pain. To identify genetic variants influencing the development of MM bone disease (MBD), we analyzed MM patients of European ancestry (totaling 3774), which had been radiologically surveyed for MBD. Each patient had been genotyped for ~6 00 000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms with genotypes for six million common variants imputed using 1000 Genomes Project and UK10K as reference. We identified a locus at 8q24.12 for MBD (rs4407910, OPG/TNFRSF11B, odds ratio=1.38, P=4.09 × 10(-9)) and a promising association at 19q13.43 (rs74676832, odds ratio=1.97, P=9.33 × 10(-7)). Our findings demonstrate that germline variation influences MBD and highlights the importance of RANK/RANKL/OPG pathway in MBD development. These findings will contribute to the development of future strategies for prevention of MBD in the early precancerous phases of MM.
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- D C Johnson
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center of Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Zwicker P, Schultze N, Niehs S, Methling K, Wurster M, Bernhardt J, Drwal M, Nickel J, Dunkel M, Wachlin G, Lalk M, Preissner R, Lindequist U, Haertel B. An in vitro approach for evaluating the immunotoxic potential of Cannabidiol. Toxicol Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schultze N, Zwicker P, Niehs S, Methling K, Wurster M, Bernhardt J, Drwa M, Nickel J, Dunkel M, Wachlin G, Lalk M, Preissner R, Lindequist U, Haertel B. Evaluation of the immunotoxic potential of Tulipalin A by a combination of functional in-vitro investigations and omics analyses. Toxicol Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nickel J, Braukmann N, Friedensstab U, Gebel D, Köck R, Konow M, Lauterbach G, Grah C. Einfluss von Lungenärzten auf die Qualität vom Lungensport. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Weinhold N, Försti A, da Silva Filho MI, Nickel J, Campo C, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Hose D, Goldschmidt H, Jauch A, Langer C, Hegenbart U, Schönland SO, Hemminki K. Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis shares genetic susceptibility with multiple myeloma. Leukemia 2014; 28:2254-6. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Liakakis G, Nickel J, Seitz R. Diversity of the inferior frontal gyrus—A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Behav Brain Res 2011; 225:341-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Revised: 06/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nickel J, Spilker R, Iwasaki L, Gonzalez Y, McCall WD, Ohrbach R, Beatty MW, Marx D. Static and dynamic mechanics of the temporomandibular joint: plowing forces, joint load and tissue stress. Orthod Craniofac Res 2009; 12:159-67. [PMID: 19627517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2009.01449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES - To determine the combined effects 1) of stress-field aspect ratio and velocity and compressive strain and 2) joint load, on temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc mechanics. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION - Fifty-two subjects (30 female; 22 male) participated in the TMJ load experiments. MATERIAL AND METHODS - In the absence of human tissue, pig TMJ discs were used to determine the effects of variables 1) on surface plowing forces, and to build a biphasic finite element model (bFEM) to test the effect of human joint loads and 2) on tissue stresses. In the laboratory, discs received a 7.6 N static load via an acrylic indenter before cyclic movement. Data were recorded and analysed using anova. To determine human joint loads, Research Diagnostic Criteria calibrated investigators classified subjects based on signs of disc displacement (DD) and pain (+DD/+pain, n = 18; +DD/-pain, n = 17; -DD/-pain, n = 17). Three-dimensional geometries were produced for each subject and used in a computer model to calculate joint loads. RESULTS - The combined effects of compressive strain, and aspect ratio and velocity of stress-field translation correlated with plowing forces (R(2) = 0.85). +DD/-pain subjects produced 60% higher joint loads (ANOVA, p < 0.05), which increased bFEM-calculated compressive strain and peak total normal stress. CONCLUSIONS - Static and dynamic variables of the stress-field and subject-dependent joint load significantly affect disc mechanics.
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- J Nickel
- Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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Liakakis G, Nickel J, Lindenberg R, Seitz RJ. Localization of Human Empathy in the Inferior Frontal Cortex as revealed by an Observer-Independent Meta-Analysis. Neuroimage 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)72010-5] [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: 11/26/2022] Open
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Andresen R, Brinckmann W, Radmer S, Nickel J, Fischer G. Ambulante CT-gestützte thorakale Sympathikusblockade als zusätzliche Therapieoption bei komplexem regionalem Schmerzsyndrom Typ I nach Sportverletzungen. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Andresen R, Radmer S, Nickel J, Fischer G, Brinckmann W. Ambulante CT-gestützte thorakale Sympathikusblockade als zusätzliche Therapieoption bei komplexem regionalen Schmerzsyndrom Typ I nach Sportverletzungen. Sportverletz Sportschaden 2009; 23:35-40. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Andresen R, Radmer S, Nickel J, Fischer G, Brinckmann W. [Ambulatory CT-assisted thoracic sympathetic block as an additional approach to treatment of complex regional pain syndromes after sport injuries]. Z Orthop Unfall 2008; 146:736-41. [PMID: 19085722 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1039116] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
AIM Also after bagatelle trauma, some patients can develop a complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). The limb concerned usually shows a marked temperature difference to the contralateral side. Apart from a doughy swelling, the patient is impaired in particular by burning pain and a restricted range of motion. The objective of the present study was to examine the influence of early thoracic sympathetic nerve blockade on the basis of clinical and quantified blood flow parameters. METHODS In 7 young patients (average age 17.7 [15-21] years) with a clinically developing type 1 CRPS after sport injuries (mountain bike, bike, skateboard, hockey and go-kart accidents), occult injury and ligament lesions were ruled out using conventional imaging and MRI. In addition to pain-adapted physiotherapy and pharmacotherapy with analgesics and calcitonin, sympathetic nerve blockade was performed three times at two-day intervals. The CT-assisted puncture was performed in the prone position at the level of the intervertebral space of the 2nd/3rd thoracic vertebral bodies. In the correct paravertebral position, a 10-cm long, 22 G Seibel-Grönemeier needle was used for the successive injection of 6-10 ml Carbostesin 0.5 %. By adding a small amount of contrast medium, it was possible to visualise clearly the distribution of the sympathicolytic agent in the control scan in each case. Before and after the intervention, colour-coded duplex sonography (CCDS) of the affected limb arteries was performed on all patients. RESULTS The injection needle was correctly placed in all patients, without complications. The medication mixture was observed to have distributed properly. After the intervention, all patients reported the immediate onset of marked pain relief, whereby they recovered fully over the further course. The increase in peripheral blood flow was shown by a significant improvement in flow in the CCDS. CONCLUSION Outpatient CT-assisted temporary sympathetic nerve blockade is an effective and low-complication therapeutic option for the supportive treatment of patients with CRPS.
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- R Andresen
- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie/Neuroradiologie, Westküstenklinikum Heide, Akademisches Lehrkrankenkaus der Universitäten Kiel, Lübeck und Hamburg, Heide.
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Cerebral lesions are held to induce plastic changes of the brain. Less well established, however, is how much space-occupying brain lesions may only displace functional representations. In a 66-year-old man we show, by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation, a profound displacement of the motor cortex due to a large asymptomatic arachnoid cyst. Thus, the chronically compressed brain is capable of sustaining normal brain function without utilizing the potential of cortical plasticity.
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- J Nickel
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Nickel J, Schürmann HW. Comment on "exact solutions of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation for a nonlinear transmission line". Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2007; 75:038601. [PMID: 17500842 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.038601] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
In a recent article Kengne and Liu [Phys. Rev. E 73, 026603 (2006)] have presented a number of exact elliptic solutions for a derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation. It is the aim of this Comment to point out that all these solutions given in Secs. II and III of this article (referred to as KL in the following) are subcases of the general solution of Eq. (KL.9). Conditions for the parameters A-E of the solutions given by Kengne and Liu can be found from general conditions for solitary and periodic elliptic solutions as shown in the following. Positive and bounded solutions can be found by considering the phase diagram. Therefore, the comment of Kengne and Liu that "we find its particular positive bounded solutions" can be specified.
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- J Nickel
- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Andresen R, Nickel J, Jahnel A, Glass A, Brinckmann W. Ambulante CT-gestützte thorakale und lumbale Sympathikolyse bei fokaler Hyperhidrose. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-976864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nickel J, Sabel MC, Flöth FW, Stoffels G, Langen KJ, Seitz RJ. Multimodale bildgebende Diagnostik von Hirntumoren – FET-PET, fMRT und kortikale Stimulation für eine maßgeschneiderte Therapie. Akt Neurol 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-988031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Erhart M, Ravens-Sieberer U, Nickel J. School and School Environment as a Determinant for Psychosomatic Complaints. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ravens-Sieberer U, Bettge S, Erhart M, Nickel J, Wille N, Hölling H, Kurth BM, Barkmann C, Schulte-Markwort M. Seelische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen–Ergebnisse der BELLA Studie für Deutschland. Psychother Psych Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934296] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Andresen R, Schmidt W, Behrens P, Nickel J, Schmitz KP. Experimentelle und klinische Erfahrungen des Carotid-Wallstent im Vergleich zu den Nitinolstents „Precise“ und „Acculink“. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-940718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nickel J, Radmer S, Sparmann M, Andresen R. CT-gestützte thorakale und lumbale Sympathikusblockade als Therapieoption bei CRPS der oberen und unteren Extremität nach Traumata. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-940638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nickel J, Langen K, Stoffels G, Sabel M, Steiger H, Seitz R. Stereotaktische Koregistrierung von Sprachaktivierung und Aminosäure-Markierung bei Patienten mit linkshemisphärischen Hirntumoren. Akt Neurol 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-953475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ravens-Sieberer U, von Rüden U, Erhart M, Gosch A, Nickel J. Messung des sozio-ökonomischen Status in epidemiologische Studien mit Kindern und Jugendlichen – Ergebnisse aus 12 europäischen Ländern. Gesundheitswesen 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-920557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Nickel J, Rungenhagen K, Andresen R. CT-gestützte lumbale Sympathikolyse bei schwerer pAVK: Objektivierung des peripher verbesserten Einstroms mittels FKDS. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-867855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nickel J, Briese V, Briese J, Rehda E. Malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma--an ovarian mixed tumor. Anticancer Res 2005; 25:1603-6. [PMID: 16033067] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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There are only a few cases of primary ovarian melanoma described in the literature. Here, we report a rare case of ovarian mixed neoplasm with parts of malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma in a 76-year-old female who was hospitalized for a cataract operation. To our knowledge, cases of a combination of malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma in the ovary have not been described. In this study, new markers for malignant melanoma (S-100, tyrosinase mRNA) were also tested.
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- J Nickel
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Clinic of Rostock, Germany
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- J Nickel
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, PO Box 101007, D-40001 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Seitz RJ, Nickel J, Sabel M, Kleiser R, Joergens S, Tellmann L, Neeb H, Stoecker T, Shah JN, Pauleit D, Stoffels G, Langen KJ, Indefrey P, Stummer W, Herzog H. Presurgical Multimodal Imaging in Patients with Cerebral Tumors. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nickel J, Sabel M, Kleiser R, Jörgens S, Tellmann L, Neeb H, Stöcker T, Shah NJ, Pauleit D, Stoffels G, Langen KJ, Indefrey P, Stummer W, Herzog H, Seitz RJ. Präoperative multimodale Bildgebung bei Patienten mit hirneigenen Tumoren. Akt Neurol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Nickel J, Andresen R. Selektive Katheterembolisation bei idiopathischer unstillbarer Epistaxis. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2004; 176:1327-9. [PMID: 15346270 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813197] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- J Nickel
- Abteilung für Diagnostische Bildgebung und Interventionelle Radiologie, Krankenhaus Güstrow
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Wojtecki L, Nickel J, Timmermann L, Maarouf M, Jörgens S, Südmeyer M, Schneider F, Seitz R, Voges J, Sturm V, Schnitzler A. Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation. Akt Neurol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Müller-Ehmsen J, Nickel J, Zobel C, Hirsch I, Bölck B, Brixius K, Schwinger RHG. Longer term effects of ouabain on the contractility of rat isolated cardiomyocytes and on the expression of Ca and Na regulating proteins. Basic Res Cardiol 2003; 98:90-6. [PMID: 12607130 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-003-0396-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cardiac glycosides like ouabain are used in the therapy of heart failure and atrial fibrillation. They exert a positive inotropic effect on cardiomyocytes by inhibiting the plasma membrane sodium pump (Na,K-ATPase), decreasing the Ca-extrusion by the sarcolemmal cardiac sodium/calcium exchanger (NCX) and increasing the intracellular Ca-concentration and Ca-release during subsequent contraction cycles.The longer term effects of ouabain treatment on the expression of proteins important for Ca- and Na-homeostasis are not well known and were investigated in this study. Isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes were cultured in the presence or absence of ouabain (30 microM). In these cells, the expression of the Na,K-ATPase, Na,Ca-exchanger (NCX), the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase (SERCA 2a) and phospholamban (PLB) were studied by Western blot. In addition, the contractile function of these cells was studied after electrical stimulation. After 2 days of ouabain treatment immunoreactivity of the NCX was increased significantly relative to control which was set 1 (1.78 +/- 0.16 vs. 1 +/- 0.13; n = 8; P = 0.003) and at day 4 (1.96 +/- 0.35 vs. 1 +/- 0.20; n = 6; P = 0.02). All other proteins (SERCA 2a, PLB and Na,K-ATPase a1 and b1) remained unchanged (n >/= 4). Ouabain treatment increased the fractional shortening of isolated cardiomyocytes at day 0 (1 Hz: 9.64 +/- 0.73 %, n = 24, vs. 7.18 +/- 0.60 %; n = 21; P = 0.01), whereas at day 2 the contractility was unchanged (1 Hz: 7.23 +/- 1.08 %, n = 9 vs. 7.70 +/- 0.63 %; n = 10, P = 0.71). The inhibition of SERCA 2a (10 microM cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)) decreased contractility in both the ouabain treated group and in controls, at day 0 and at day 2. These results show that chronic ouabain treatment increases the protein expression of the NCX. The positive inotropic effect of ouabain can no longer be observed after a chronic treatment for 2 days. Thus, both protein expression and contractile function of the cells are specifically altered by longer term cardiac glycoside exposure. Whether such regulation can be found in human cardiomyocytes and the resulting consequences in the clinical setting remain to be determined.
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- Jochen Müller-Ehmsen
- Laboratory of Muscle Research and Molecular Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, 50924 Cologne, Germany.
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Sänger S, Nickel J, Huth A, Ollenschläger G. [Well-informed on health matters--how well? The German 'Clearinghouse for Patient Information'--objective, background and methods]. Gesundheitswesen 2002; 64:391-7. [PMID: 12119584 DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Health information for lay people in print or electronic form are internationally recognised as useful tools and as necessary in the decision-making process of individuals. The effectiveness of offered patient information depends on quality and accessibility. Because much of the available health information is significantly deficient, the Agency for Quality in Medicine developed a programme for assessing the quality of specialised health and medical information for all non-medically trained persons. The German 'Clearinghouse for Patient Information' project is an adjunct to the already established German 'Clearinghouse for Clinical Guidelines'. METHOD The basis for quality improvement for specialised medical information consists 1. in the determination of demands on quality for patient information published in the German language, 2. development of a standardised instrument for assessing the quality of specialised medical information by non-medically trained persons, 3. establishment of an Internet portal for evaluated and rated material, and 4. the establishment and organisation of relevant partnerships with information providers and users of health and medical information. The principle building block to rate medical information for lay people are the DISCERN criteria for good patient information. The results of the quality rating of specialised medical information are made available to the public with emphasis on promoting transparency of the assessment and rating processes used. RESULTS The Internet-based patient information service of the Agency for Quality in Medicine (www.patienten-information.de 19.06.02) has currently a selection of approximately 800 information items covering fifty disease topics with fully or partially evaluated and rated information. Partnerships to appropriate information providers and users are already established and have been tested in special single projects. CONCLUSION To advance the process of quality improvement for medical information for non-medical and lay persons, it is essential to develop and to intensify the cooperation with stake holders and partners at different levels. Only through close cooperation with others it is possible to create a basis to continuously develop and improve the information quality assessment instrument further. In addition, effective strategies need to be developed to disseminate these endeavours to patients and consumers of health information in a user-friendly and transparent way.
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- S Sänger
- Arztliche Zentralstelle Qualitätssicherung, Köln
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Nickel J, Shuaib AN. Combining micro-PIXE surface scans with cross-sectional X-ray maps to characterize multilayer structures. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.1184] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Nickel J, Dreyer MK, Kirsch T, Sebald W. The crystal structure of the BMP-2:BMPR-IA complex and the generation of BMP-2 antagonists. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2001; 83-A Suppl 1:S7-14. [PMID: 11263668] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) belong to the large transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of multifunctional cytokines. Signaling of the BMPs requires the binding of the BMP to the BMP cell surface receptors BMPR-IA, BMPR-IB, and BMPR-II. Similar to other cytokines, members of the TGF-beta superfamily exhibit stringent specificity in their ligand-receptor interactions, which may be a reason for the qualitative and quantitative differences in cellular responses. To understand how BMPs and GDFs activate their receptors, it is important to determine structure and binding mechanisms of ligand-receptor complexes. We have used BMP-2 as a key representative of the BMPs to identify the epitopes for type I and type II receptor binding by mutational interaction analyses and have solved the crystal structure of a BMP2:BMPR-IA receptor ectodomain complex. METHODS To identify amino acid side chains involved in receptor binding, a collection of in vitro mutagenized human BMP-2 variants was prepared and subjected to interaction analyses with use of the receptor ectodomains of BMPR-IA, BMPR-II, and ActR-II immobilized on a biosensor system. The biological activity of the BMP-2 variants was measured by BMP-2 dependent expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in C2C12 cells. For crystallization, a complex of BMP-2 and the ectodomain of BMPR-IA was formed in solution, purified, and crystallized as described(12). RESULTS The ligand-receptor interaction analysis of the BMP-2 variants identified distinct epitopes for type I and type II receptor binding. Because the structure of TGF-beta-like proteins has been compared with that of an open hand, the binding epitope for the type I receptor was-on the basis of its location-termed "wrist" epitope. The crystal structure of the BMP-2:BMPR-IA ectodomain complex revealed a key feature of the ligand-receptor interaction: a large hydrophobic residue (Phe85) within a hydrophobic patch of BMPR-IA fit into a hydrophobic pocket composed of residues of both BMP-2 monomers. A second epitope identified by alanine mutagenesis scanning was termed the "knuckle" epitope on the basis of its location on the outer side of the "finger" segments of BMP-2. Mutations in either the wrist epitope or the knuckle epitope produced variants with altered biological activities. Variants with antagonistic properties were exclusively generated by mutations in the knuckle epitope of BMP-2. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE The identification and characterization of the two receptor binding epitopes in BMP-2 provide new insight into the primary steps of BMP-receptor activation. Because of the structural similarities between members of the TGF-beta superfamily, it can be assumed that the data presented in this work are transferable to other TGF-beta receptor systems. Because of the association with various diseases, the generation of antagonists of other TGF-beta superfamily members might generate potent tools for basic research and therapeutic approaches.
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- J Nickel
- Physiologische Chemie II, Biozentrum der Universtät Würzburg, Germany
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Azari NP, Nickel J, Wunderlich G, Niedeggen M, Hefter H, Tellmann L, Herzog H, Stoerig P, Birnbacher D, Seitz RJ. Neural correlates of religious experience. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 13:1649-52. [PMID: 11328359 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The commonsense view of religious experience is that it is a preconceptual, immediate affective event. Work in philosophy and psychology, however, suggest that religious experience is an attributional cognitive phenomenon. Here the neural correlates of a religious experience are investigated using functional neuroimaging. During religious recitation, self-identified religious subjects activated a frontal-parietal circuit, composed of the dorsolateral prefrontal, dorsomedial frontal and medial parietal cortex. Prior studies indicate that these areas play a profound role in sustaining reflexive evaluation of thought. Thus, religious experience may be a cognitive process which, nonetheless, feels immediate.
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- N P Azari
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Rauscher A, Giese G, Nickel J, Traub P. Similar effects of electroporational stress and treatment with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate on vimentin expression in mouse plasmacytoma cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1493:170-9. [PMID: 10978519 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00184-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In mouse plasmacytoma cells (MPC-11), an activation of the normally repressed vimentin gene was observed as a response to transfectional stress. Effects of electroporation on vimentin gene expression were compared at the cellular and chromatin level to those caused by treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). At the cellular level, similar changes in vimentin gene activity and cell-cycle distribution were observed by flow cytometry, whereas at the chromatin level similar changes in patterns of hypersensitive regions were detected by DNase I mapping. Additionally, a region located 700 bp upstream of the transcriptional start became hypersensitive to DNase I digestion upon electroporation and TPA treatment. This region overlaps two adjacent AP-1-like binding elements and generates specific DNA/AP-1 complexes in bandshift experiments. Therefore, the transcription factor AP-1 seems to play a central role in the activation of vimentin gene expression induced by these 2 different forms of stress.
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- A Rauscher
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Rosenhof, D-68526, Ladenburg, Germany
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Steuer JD, Stone KS, Nickel J, Steinfeld Y. Methodologic issues associated with secretion weight as a dependent variable in research using closed-system suction catheters. Nurs Res 2000; 49:295-9. [PMID: 11009125 DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200009000-00009] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Closed-system suction catheters (CSSC) were designed to eliminate the need to disconnect the patient from the ventilator during endotracheal suctioning (ETS). During data collection on an NIH-funded study, it was noted that moisture accumulated on the inside of the CSSC and sleeve when attached to the patient for 30 minutes. Because CSSC are not disconnected, they present unique methodologic problems related to measurement of secretions as a dependent variable in clinical research. OBJECTIVES To describe a valid, reliable, and practical method for weighing secretions obtained during ETS using a CSSC; and to determine the change in weight of a CSSC after its attachment for 30 minutes to a mechanically ventilated patient. METHODS After being weighed, a CSSC and sputum trap were attached to the endotracheal tube of a mechanically ventilated adult and remained attached for 43 minutes (30 minutes to allow positive end expiratory pressure and oxygenation levels to return to normal and 13 minutes to mimic the time frame for the ETS procedure used in another study). No ETS occurred. The CSSC and sputum trap were then removed and reweighed. RESULTS A convenience sample consisted of 50 adults who were critically ill and mechanically ventilated. Independent variables included tidal volume, pressure support, body temperature, and respiratory rate. The dependent variable was wet weight of the CSSC, determined by subtracting the preprotocol catheter weight from the postprotocol catheter weight. The mean wet weight for all catheters was 0.5142 +/- 0.1215 grams. In a subset of 37 patients, two wet weights (74 paired observations) were determined. The mean wet weight for these catheters was 0.54014 +/- 0.1404 grams. The paired wet weights were statistically different (t = 2.433; df = 36; p = 0.02). Pearson correlation coefficients and beta coefficients were computed. While tidal volume and pressure support were highly correlated (r = 0.678; p = 0.011), there were no other statistically significant associations. CONCLUSIONS The amount of secretions is a common dependent variable in ETS research. During the time that CSSC are attached to the patient and ventilator, moisture from either the ventilator's humidification system or the patient accumulates in the CSSC. This wet weight is not actually part of the secretions retrieved during ETS and should not be considered in the actual weight of secretions. Further study on the determinants of wet weight is warranted.
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- J D Steuer
- Capital University, Columbus, Ohio 43209, USA.
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Kirsch T, Nickel J, Sebald W, Dreyer M. The BMP-2:BMP receptor IA complex: structural evidence for type I/type II receptor discrimination. Acta Crystallogr A 2000. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767300026222] [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] Open
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Kirsch T, Nickel J, Sebald W, Dreyer M. The BMP-2:BMP receptor IA complex: structural evidence for type I/type II receptor discrimination. Acta Crystallogr A 2000. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767300022753] [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] Open
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Zhang H, Cook J, Nickel J, Yu R, Stecker K, Myers K, Dean NM. Reduction of liver Fas expression by an antisense oligonucleotide protects mice from fulminant hepatitis. Nat Biotechnol 2000; 18:862-7. [PMID: 10932156 DOI: 10.1038/78475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Aberrant apoptosis-mediated cell death is believed to result in a number of different human diseases. For example, excessive apoptosis in the liver can result in fulminant and autoimmune forms of hepatitis. We have explored the possibility that inhibition of Fas expression in mice would reduce the severity of fulminant hepatitis. To do this, we have developed a chemically modified 2'-O-(2-methoxy)ethyl antisense oligonucleotide (ISIS 22023) inhibitor of mouse Fas expression. In tissue culture, this oligonucleotide induced a reduction in Fas mRNA expression that was both concentration- and sequence-specific. In Balb/c mice, dosing with ISIS 22023 reduced Fas mRNA and protein expressions in liver by 90%. The ID50 for this response was 8-10 mg kg-1 daily dosing, and the reduction was highly dependent on oligonucleotide sequence, oligonucleotide concentration in liver, and treatment time. Pretreatment with ISIS 22023 completely protected mice from fulminant hepatitis induced by agonistic Fas antibody, by a mechanism entirely consistent with an oligonucleotide antisense mechanism of action. In addition, oligonucleotide-mediated suppression of Fas expression reduced the severity of acetaminophen-mediated fulminant hepatitis, but was without effect on concanavalin A-mediated hepatitis. Our results demonstrate that 2'-O-(2-methoxy)ethyl containing antisense oligonucleotides targeting Fas can exert in vivo pharmacological activity in liver, and suggest that oligonucleotide inhibitors of Fas may be useful in the treatment of human liver disease.
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- H Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA.
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Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) induces bone formation and regeneration in adult vertebrates and regulates important developmental processes in all animals. BMP-2 is a homodimeric cysteine knot protein that, as a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, signals by oligomerizing type I and type II receptor serine-kinases in the cell membrane. The binding epitopes of BMP-2 for BMPR-IA (type I) and BMPR-II or ActR-II (type II) were characterized using BMP-2 mutant proteins for analysis of interactions with receptor ectodomains. A large epitope 1 for high-affinity BMPR-IA binding was detected spanning the interface of the BMP-2 dimer. A smaller epitope 2 for the low-affinity binding of BMPR-II was found to be assembled by determinants of a single monomer. Symmetry-related pairs of the two juxtaposed epitopes occur near the BMP-2 poles. Mutations in both epitopes yielded variants with reduced biological activity in C2C12 cells; however, only epitope 2 variants behaved as antagonists partially or completely inhibiting BMP-2 activity. These findings provide a framework for the molecular description of receptor recognition and activation in the BMP/TGF-beta superfamily.
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- T Kirsch
- Lehrstuhl für Physiologische Chemie II, Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften (Biozentrum) der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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O'Malley P, Smith B, Hamlin R, Nickel J, Nakayama T, MacVicar M, Mann B. A comparison of bolus versus continuous cardiac output in an experimental model of heart failure. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1985-90. [PMID: 10890652 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The majority of studies examining cardiac output measurement have been done in physiologically stable models with low thermal background noise. Research comparing continuous cardiac output (CCO) with bolus thermodilution cardiac output (COTD) measures in human and animal models have reported high correlations, negligible bias, but large limits of agreement. The purpose of this project was to compare CCO with COTD measures in an experimental model of heart failure where the cardiac output values were low and the range was narrow. DESIGN A one-group experimental design with preintervention control measures and repeated CCO and COTD measures across nine time points. SETTING Cardiovascular research laboratory. SUBJECTS Thirty dogs. MEASURES AND MAIN RESULTS Univariate and multivariate versions of repeated-measures analysis were used to assess the influences of temperature, weight, and stage of the experimental protocol on CCO, COTD, and the differences between them. The two measures CCO and COTD were assessed for agreement by using methods proposed by Bland and Altman. Two hundred and fifty pairs of measurements were obtained during sinus rhythm. The range for COTD measures was 0.5-4.67 L/min and for CCO measures 1.0-5.40 L/min. Of the 250 cardiac outputs estimated by the continuous method, 73.4% of the values were within +/-15% of that estimated by the repetitive, single thermodilution method. The mean bias for the entire protocol was 0.01 (SD = 0.51) with a range of 4.33 L/min. CONCLUSION Agreement between the two measures may be the function of biological variability, responses to anesthesia, and technique. Bland and Altman evaluation demonstrated low bias and precision and similar levels of agreement when compared with previous studies in an experimental model where the cardiac output was low and the range was narrow.
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) is a member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily which induces bone formation and regeneration, and important steps during early embryonic development. BMP-2 signals via oligomerization of type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors. We report here expression of the extracellular domain of the human type IA receptor for BMP-2 (BMPR-IA) in Escherichia coli. This soluble form of BMPR-IA (sBMPR-IA) was purified employing a BMP-2 affinity column. Gel filtration experiments and analysis of gel filtration fractions by polyacrylamide electrophoresis and densitometry reveal that BMP-2 forms a defined 1:2 complex with sBMPR-IA that can be purified and hopefully used for crystallization studies.
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- T Kirsch
- Physiologische Chemie II, Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany.
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The architectonic organization and neuronal types of the human foetal reticular nucleus (RN)--with special reference to transient characteristics--have been investigated using antisera against calretinin, parvalbumin and neurofilament epitopes of somata and dendrites (SMI 311). The RN consists of four subdivisions (clearly distinguishable in the 6/7th gestational month): The main portion appears as a prominent structure on account of its extension and high packing density of neurons which coexpress calretinin and parvalbumin. These two calcium-binding proteins are also expressed by the perireticular nucleus forming a conspicuous grey within the internal capsule. Perireticular cells form clusters which are in continuity with the main portion, globus pallidus, ganglionic eminence and pregeniculate nucleus. In double-labellings, a medial subnucleus stands out distinctly as it only expresses calretinin. SMI 311-immunopreparations show neurons revealing a high degree of diversification and elaborated dendritic trees. Several transient characteristics become obvious: the perireticular nucleus, not visible in the adult, represents a distinct entity in the human foetal brain. The main portion and the pregeniculate nucleus appearing as prominent greys are dramatically reduced in size later on. The percentage of RN-neurons expressing calretinin, the diversity of neuronal types and elaborated dendritic trees are reduced. The transient features can be correlated with the RN's putative functional roles in development: early RN-afferents to the dorsal thalamus may represent pioneer fibres providing guiding cues for outgrowing axons from or into the thalamus. Moreover, the RN may serve as an intermediate target for growing axons which are sorted and directed towards different final targets.
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- N Ulfig
- Department of Anatomy, Neuroembryonic Research Laboratory, University of Rostock, Germany.
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Insufficient nutrition is known to lead to disturbances in postnatal myelin formation. This study aims to demonstrate that early myelination is altered in human twin pregnancies. Five brains of twins with a symmetric blood supply and three brains of twins with chronic fetal-fetal transfusion syndrome (one hypervolemic acceptor and two hypoxemic donors) were investigated and compared with six brains of singletons. The globus pallidus, where myelination normally starts within the prosencephalon, was studied immunohistochemically using antibodies against myelin basic protein (MBP) and with the aid of electron microscopy. In twins and donors, MBP-immunostained somata of myelin-forming oligodendrocytes were packed densely within the globus pallidus, whereas in singletons and acceptors an intense fibrous immunoreactivity was observed. Electron micrographs revealed noncompacted myelin in twins, whereas in singletons the multilaminar structure of compact myelin was observed. The results demonstrate a distinct qualitative alteration in myelination because of nutritional insufficiency during pregnancy. The lack of MBP-positive fibers (i.e., compact myelin sheaths) may be correlated to impaired maturation of oligodendroglia. The alterations described here may reflect a delayed incorporation of MBP into the processes so that the formation of compact myelin is retarded.
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- N Ulfig
- Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Germany
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Nickel J. Microbiological contamination of dental unit water lines. J Okla Dent Assoc 1998; 86:52-4. [PMID: 9526245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ulfig N, Nickel J, Bohl J. Monoclonal antibodies SMI 311 and SMI 312 as tools to investigate the maturation of nerve cells and axonal patterns in human fetal brain. Cell Tissue Res 1998; 291:433-43. [PMID: 9477300 DOI: 10.1007/s004410051013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neurofilaments, which are exclusively found in nerve cells, are one of the earliest recognizable features of the maturing nervous system. The differential distribution of neurofilament proteins in varying degrees of phosphorylation within a neuron provides the possibility of selectively demonstrating either somata and dendrites or axons. Non-phosphorylated neurofilaments typical of somata and dendrites can be visualized with the aid of monoclonal antibody SMI 311, whereas antibody SMI 312 is directed against highly phosphorylated axonal epitopes of neurofilaments. The maturation of neuronal types, the development of area-specific axonal networks, and the gradients of maturation can thus be demonstrated. Optimal immunostaining with SMI 311 and SMI 312 is achieved when specimens are fixed in a mixture of paraformaldehyde and picric acid for up to 3 days and sections are incubated free-floating. Neurons, with their dendritic domains immunostained by SMI 311 in a Golgi-like manner, can be completely visualized in relatively thick sections. The limitations of Golgi-preparations, such as glia-labeling, artifacts, and the staining of only a small non-representative percentage of existing neurons, are not apparent in SMI preparations, which additionally provide the possibility of selectively staining axonal networks. The results achieved in normal fetal brain provide the basis for studies of developmental disturbances.
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- N Ulfig
- Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Gertrudenstrasse 9, D-18055 Rostock, Germany
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