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Penzkofer M, Daub J, Becker S, Flor H. Reduced reactivity to fear conditioning and pain tests in persons involved in violent video gaming is influenced by adverse childhood experiences. Psychophysiology 2024:e14542. [PMID: 38462579 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Video gaming, including violent video gaming, has become very common and lockdown measures of the COVID-19 pandemic even increased the prevalence rates. In this study, we examined if violent video gaming is associated with more adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and if it impairs pain processing and fear conditioning. We tested three groups of participants (violent video gamers, nonviolent video gamers, and non-gamers) and examined fear conditioning as well as pain perception during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Violent video gamers displayed significantly higher pain thresholds as well as pain tolerance for electric stimulation, pressure pain stimulation, and cold pressor pain measurements than nonviolent video gamers and non-gamers. This relationship was moderated by adverse childhood experiences, especially physical neglect. Brain images acquired during the fear conditioning fMRI task showed that violent video gamers display significantly less differential brain activation to stimuli signaling pain versus no pain in the anterior cingulate cortex, the juxtapositional lobule cortex, and the paracingulate gyrus compared to non-gamers. There was also a significant negative correlation between adverse childhood experiences and activation in the precuneus and the intracalcarine cortex for signals of pain versus safety. The results of this study imply that violent video gaming is related to reduced processing of pain and signals of pain in a fear learning task, dependent of adverse childhood experiences. These mechanisms need to be examined in more detail and these data could be helpful in preventing the onset and adverse consequences of violent video gaming.
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- Maximilian Penzkofer
- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Clinical Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Integrative Spinal Research, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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Kommunikationsfehler und systembedingte Probleme wirken sich negativ auf Teamarbeit und gemeinsame Entscheidungsfindung aus und können den Patienten Schaden zufügen. Regelmäßige Nachbesprechungen nach kritischen Ereignissen wiederum wirken sich positiv auf die Teamzusammenarbeit und das Patientenoutcome in der Kindernotfallversorgung aus. Das gemeinsame Reflektieren fördert das Lernen, hilft den Teams, sich zu verbessern, und verhindert, dass sich Fehler in Zukunft wiederholen. Dennoch werden Debriefings im präklinischen und klinischen Alltag noch immer qualitativ unzureichend durchgeführt. Gründe dafür sind mangelnde Zeit, Fehlen von erfahrenen Debriefern und fehlende Unterstützung durch Verantwortungsträger. Debriefings können je nach Bedarf zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten mit unterschiedlicher Dauer stattfinden. Nachbesprechungen können auch rein virtuell oder als sogenannte Hybridveranstaltung durchgeführt werden. Nachbesprechungen sollten sich auf gemeinsames Lernen und das Erarbeiten zukunftsorientierter Verbesserungen konzentrieren. Nicht nur lebensbedrohliche Ereignisse können Nachbesprechungen auslösen, sondern auch potenziell kritische Situationen, wie routinemäßige Intubationen. Debriefing-Skripte fördern eine Strukturierung und ermöglichen selbst unerfahrenen Moderatoren, alle Aspekte zu bearbeiten. Neben der Diskussion schwieriger Abläufe sollten unbedingt positive Leistungen besprochen werden, um diese zu verstärken und das Lernen am Erfolg zu ermöglichen. Dabei sollten die Beweggründe eines Verhaltens erfragt und nicht nur die nach außen sichtbaren Leistungen bewertet werden. Diese Strategie fördert bedarfsgerechtes Lernen und konzentriert sich auf Lösungen. Hilfreich sind dabei spezielle Fragetechniken, echtes Interesse und eine positive Sicherheitskultur.
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- E Heimberg
- Kinderintensivstation, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 1, 72076 Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Kinderintensivstation, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 1, 72076 Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Department für Management, Technologie und Ökonomie, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
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- RCSI Sim: Simulation Education and Research, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Irland
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- Kinderklinik und Kinderpoliklinik im Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital, LMU München, München, Deutschland
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Heinzel O, Daub J, Heimberg E, Gloning H, Hoffmann F. Erratum zu: Ausrüstung für Kindernotfälle – Praktische Empfehlungen für Klinik und Praxis. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00112-012-2856-5] [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: 10/27/2022]
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- J. Daub
- a Institute of Organic Chemistry, Regensburg University , Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040 , Regensburg , Germany
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- a Institute of Organic Chemistry, Regensburg University , Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040 , Regensburg , Germany
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- a Institute of Organic Chemistry, Regensburg University , Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040 , Regensburg , Germany
- b CSIR-DAAD Exchange Scientist from Regional Research Laboratory , Trivandrum , India
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Toele P, Zhang H, Trieflinger C, Daub J, Glasbeek M. Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion study of a boron dipyrromethene dye in solution. Chem Phys Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)01834-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Holzer W, Penzkofer A, Redl F, Lutz M, Daub J. Excitation energy density dependent fluorescence behaviour of a regioselectively functionalized tetraphenylporphyrin–cellulose conjugate. Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0104(02)00602-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pairs of reducible pentakis(thiophenyl)benzene subunits are linked by different molecular structures as model compounds for reducible molecular-wire-type synthons showing varying electron-transfer ability as a function of the bridging structures, consisting of either para-divinylbenzene, bis-hydrazone, or diacetylene. Their electron-transfer ability from one reducible subunit to the other was investigated by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods. In the case of the bis-hydrazone bridge and the diacetylene bridge, the solid-state structures support the experimental findings. While the para-divinylbenzene bridge completely isolates the reducible subunits (class I system) the diacetylene bridge electronically connects the two reducible structures (class III system), demonstrating its potential application as a "molecular wire." The bis-hydrazone linked dimer displays electronic communication only to a small extend, which was only observed in the spectroelectrochemical investigation. The diacetylene connection as active electron-transfer linker together with poly(thiophenyl)benzene as reducible subunits was used to design more complex molecular architectures. Linear rodlike structures did allow adjustment of the length of these type of molecular wires and investigation of the extent of electron mobility. Cyclic structures addressed the possibility of moving electrons on a bent molecular wire.
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- M Mayor
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institut für Nanotechnologie, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Redl FX, Lutz M, Daub J. Chemistry of porphyrin-appended cellulose strands with a helical structure: spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and in situ circular dichroism spectroelectrochemistry. Chemistry 2001; 7:5350-8. [PMID: 11822435 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20011217)7:24<5350::aid-chem5350>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Around 100 porphyrin units have been selectively linked at C(6)-O to a cellulose (Avicel). The properties of the metal-free and zincated porphyrin-celluloses 2 and Zn-2 have been determined by optical and electrochemical methods. Circular dichroism indicates a helical arrangement of the porphyrin units and reveals intra-chain coupling reminiscent, in the broadest sense, of strands of nucleic acids. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry have been used to characterize the radical ions and dianions. The electrochromism of the oxidation of cellulose 2 to porphyrin radical cations of 2 has been employed for both molecular switching and the transduction of an electrochemical input into chiroptical signal expression.
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- F X Redl
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Regensburg University, Germany
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Schneider S, Kurzawa J, Stockmann A, Engl R, Daub J, Matousek P, Towrie M. Photoinduced electron transfer in phenothiazine and pyrene based dyades studied by picosecond time-gated Raman spectroscopy. Chem Phys Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(01)01134-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Foster JM, Kamal IH, Daub J, Swan MC, Ingram JR, Ganatra M, Ware J, Guiliano D, Aboobaker A, Moran L, Blaxter M, Slatko BE. Hybridization to high-density filter arrays of a Brugia malayi BAC library with biotinylated oligonucleotides and PCR products. Biotechniques 2001; 30:1216-8, 1220, 1222 passim. [PMID: 11414208 DOI: 10.2144/01306bm06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Daub J, Engl R, Kurzawa J, Miller SE, Schneider S, Stockmann A, Wasielewski MR. Competition between Conformational Relaxation and Intramolecular Electron Transfer within Phenothiazine−Pyrene Dyads. J Phys Chem A 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0037293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Daub
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208- 3113
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"Dimers" 3, 4 and 7, which consist of two reducible pentakis(thiophenyl)benzene subunits linked by different molecular structures, have been synthesised as model compounds for reducible molecular-wire-type synthons to represent differences in the electron-transfer ability as a function of the bridging structure. The bridging units consist of para-divinylbenzene in 3, bis-hydrazone in 4 and diacetylene in 7. Their ability to transfer electrons from one reducible subunit to the other was investigated by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods and, in the case of 4 and 7, the solid-state structures support the experimental findings. The para-divinylbenzene bridge in 3 was found to completely isolate the reducible structures (Class I system). In contrast, the diacetylene bridge in 7 electronically connects the two reducible structures (Class III system) and, thus, demonstrates its potential application as a "molecular wire". The bis-hydrazone-linked compound 4 displayed only a low level of electronic connection between the subunits and was only observed in the spectroelectrochemical investigation.
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- M Mayor
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institut für Nanotechnologie, Germany.
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Synthesis and photophysical/photochemical investigations of 1,8a-dihydro-2,3-bis(2,5-dimethy-3-thienyl)-azulene-1,1-dicarbonitrile (1A) and 1,8a-dihydro-2,3-diphenylazulene-1,1-dicarbonitrile (2A) are reported. The photoprocesses and thermal reactions of systems 1 and 2 were studied by time-resolved and steady-state techniques under various conditions. The dihydroazulene (DHA)-dithienylethene (DTE) conjugate 1A is photochemically converted into the dihydrothienobenzothiophene (DHB) isomer 1C and the vinylheptafulvene (VHF) isomer 1B. System 2 exhibits exclusively DHA/VHF photochromism. For both systems the VHF form thermally reverts back into the DHA form. Their rate constant (kB-->A) increases with the solvent polarity and the relaxation kinetics proceed by means of an activation barrier of 65-80 kJ mol(-1); kB-->A and the activation parameters of the isomerisation reactions are rather similar. The photostationary state of the 1A-->1B and 1A-->1C photoisomerisation is sensitive to the irradiation wavelength. The concept of cycloswitching is discussed.
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- T Mrozek
- Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Regensburg, Germany
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Ern J, Petermann M, Mrozek T, Daub J, Kuldová K, Kryschi C. Dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene photochromism: dynamics of the photochemical ring-opening reaction. Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0104(00)00205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Allen JE, Daub J, Guiliano D, McDonnell A, Lizotte-Waniewski M, Taylor DW, Blaxter M. Analysis of genes expressed at the infective larval stage validates utility of Litomosoides sigmodontis as a murine model for filarial vaccine development. Infect Immun 2000; 68:5454-8. [PMID: 10948183 PMCID: PMC101817 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5454-5458.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We used an expressed sequence tag approach to analyze genes expressed by the infective larvae of the rodent filarial parasite Litomosoides sigmodontis. One hundred fifty two new genes were identified, including several proposed as vaccine candidates in studies with human filarial parasites. Our findings have important implications for the use of L. sigmodontis as a model for filarial infection.
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- J E Allen
- Institute of Cell, Animal, and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom
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Williams SA, Lizotte-Waniewski MR, Foster J, Guiliano D, Daub J, Scott AL, Slatko B, Blaxter ML. The filarial genome project: analysis of the nuclear, mitochondrial and endosymbiont genomes of Brugia malayi. Int J Parasitol 2000; 30:411-9. [PMID: 10731564 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00014-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Filarial Genome Project (FGP) was initiated in 1994 under the auspices of the World Health Organisation. Brugia malayi was chosen as the model organism due to the availability of all life cycle stages for the construction of cDNA libraries. To date, over 20000 cDNA clones have been partially sequenced and submitted to the EST database (dbEST). These ESTs define approximately 7000 new Brugia genes. Analysis of the EST dataset provides useful information on the expression pattern of the most abundantly expressed Brugia genes. Some highly expressed genes have been identified that are expressed in all stages of the parasite's life cycle, while other highly expressed genes appear to be stage-specific. To elucidate the structure of the Brugia genome and to provide a basis for comparison to the Caenorhabditis elegans genome, the FGP is also constructing a physical map of the Brugia chromosomes and is sequencing genomic BAC clones. In addition to the nuclear genome, B. malayi possesses two other genomes: the mitochondrial genome and the genome of a bacterial endosymbiont. Eighty percent of the mitochondrial genome of B. malayi has been sequenced and is being compared to mitochondrial sequences of other nematodes. The bacterial endosymbiont genome found in B. malayi is closely related to the Wolbachia group of rickettsia-like bacteria that infects many insect species. A set of overlapping BAC clones is being assembled to cover the entire bacterial genome. Currently, half of the bacterial genome has been assembled into four contigs. A consortium has been established to sequence the entire genome of the Brugia endosymbiont. The sequence and mapping data provided by the FGP is being utilised by the nematode research community to develop a better understanding of the biology of filarial parasites and to identify new vaccine candidates and drug targets to aid the elimination of human filariasis.
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- S A Williams
- Filarial Genome Project Resource Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA.
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Hookworms are gut-dwelling, blood-feeding nematodes that infect hundreds of millions of people, particularly in the tropics. As part of a program aiming to define novel drug targets and vaccine candidates for human parasitic nematodes, genes expressed in adults of the human hookworm Necator americanus were surveyed by the expressed sequence tag approach. In total 161 new hookworm genes were identified. For the majority of these, a function could be assigned by homology. The dataset includes proteases, protease inhibitors, a lipid binding protein, C-type lectins, an anti-bacterial factor, globins and other genes of interest from a drug or vaccine development viewpoint. Three different classes of small, secreted proteins were identified that may be involved in the host-parasite interaction, including potential potassium channel blocking peptides. One third of the genes were novel. These included highly expressed, secreted (glyco)proteins which may be part of the excretory-secretory products of these important pathogens. Of particular interest are a family of 9 genes with similarity to the immunomodulatory protein, neutrophil inhibitory factor, that may play a role in establishing an immunocompromised niche for this successful parasite.
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- J Daub
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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The initiation of genome projects on helminths of medical importance promises to yield new drug targets and vaccine candidates in unprecedented numbers. In order to exploit this emerging data it is essential that the user community is aware of the scope and quality of data available, and that the genome projects provide analyses of the raw data to highlight potential genes of interest. Core bioinformatics support for the parasite genome projects has promoted these approaches. In the Brugia genome project, a combination of expressed sequence tag sequencing from multiple cDNA libraries representing the complete filarial nematode lifecycle, and comparative analysis of the sequence dataset, particularly using the complete genome sequence of the model nematode C. elegans, has proved very effective in gene discovery.
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- M Blaxter
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Guiliano D, Ganatra M, Ware J, Parrot J, Daub J, Moran L, Brennecke H, Foster JM, Supali T, Blaxter M, Scott AL, Williams SA, Slatko BE. Chemiluminescent detection of sequential DNA hybridizations to high-density, filter-arrayed cDNA libraries: a subtraction method for novel gene discovery. Biotechniques 1999; 27:146-52. [PMID: 10407677 DOI: 10.2144/99271rr03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A chemiluminescent approach for sequential DNA hybridizations to high-density filter arrays of cDNAs, using a biotin-based random priming method followed by a streptavidin/alkaline phosphatase/CDP-Star detection protocol, is presented. The method has been applied to the Brugia malayi genome project, wherein cDNA libraries, cosmid and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries have been gridded at high density onto nylon filters for subsequent analysis by hybridization. Individual probes and pools of rRNA probes, ribosomal protein probes and expressed sequence tag probes show correct specificity and high signal-to-noise ratios even after ten rounds of hybridization, detection, stripping of the probes from the membranes and rehybridization with additional probe sets. This approach provides a subtraction method that leads to a reduction in redundant DNA sequencing, thus increasing the rate of novel gene discovery. The method is also applicable for detecting target sequences, which are present in one or only a few copies per cell; it has proven useful for physical mapping of BAC and cosmid high-density filter arrays, wherein multiple probes have been hybridized at one time (multiplexed) and subsequently "deplexed" into individual components for specific probe localizations.
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Kaftory M, Botoshansky M, Daub J, Fischer C, Bross A. 2- p-Cyanophenyl-1,8a-dihydroazulene-1,1-dicarbonitrile and Methyl 1-Cyano-2- p-cyanophenyl-1,8a-dihydroazulene-1-carboxylate. Acta Crystallogr C 1997. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108270197009499] [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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Werner T, Huber C, Heinl S, Kollmannsberger M, Daub J, Wolfbeis OS. Novel optical pH-sensor based on a boradiaza-indacene derivative. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/s002160050552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Echevarría JM, León P, Domingo CJ, López JA, Elola C, Madurga M, Salmerón F, Yap PL, Daub J, Simmonds P. Laboratory diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection among recipients of human intravenous immunoglobulin in Spain. Transfusion 1996; 36:725-30. [PMID: 8780668 DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36896374377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Passive transfer of antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been thought to occur after infusion of human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), as anti-HCV and/or HCV RNA was commonly found in that product. Recently, however, HCV RNA was detected in the serum of recipients of IVIG. Establishment of a causal relationship between IVIG therapy and HCV infection in recipients was attempted. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Anti-HCV and HCV RNA sequences were investigated in serum samples from 39 persons who received a human IVIG product in seven different hospitals in Spain. HCV RNA was also investigated in two batches of the IVIG shared by some recipients. All the viral RNA detected were characterized with a line probe assay, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 5'-noncoding and core regions, and sequencing of the nonstructural 5 region. RESULTS On the basis of both clinical and laboratory data, a relationship could be established between the IVIG therapy and the acquisition of the HCV infection by the recipients. Several HCV strains were detected among the recipients, with most of the recipients coming from the same hospital presenting with closely related strains. Moreover, an HCV strain almost identical to the main strain detected among the recipients was found in one batch of the IVIG that probably was shared by most of them. Follow-up studies and evaluation of low-avidity anti-HCV IgG suggested that both acute primary infections and reinfections were produced. In one case, direct evidence of reinfection by a different HCV strain was obtained. CONCLUSION The results did not exclude the possibility that a second HCV strain associated with a further, unidentified batch of the IVIG could have contributed to this outbreak.
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- J M Echevarría
- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Healey CJ, Sabharwal NK, Daub J, Davidson F, Yap PL, Fleming KA, Chapman RW, Simmonds P, Chapel H. Outbreak of acute hepatitis C following the use of anti-hepatitis C virus--screened intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Gastroenterology 1996; 110:1120-6. [PMID: 8613001 DOI: 10.1053/gast.1996.v110.pm8613001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been associated with intravenous (IV) immunoglobulin (Ig), and plasma donations used to prepare IV Ig are now screened to prevent transmission. Thirty-six patients from the United Kingdom received infusions from a batch of anti-HCV antibody-screened intravenous Ig (Gammagard; Baxter Healthcare Ltd., Thetford, Norfolk, England) that was associated with reports of acute hepatitis C outbreak in Europe. The aim of this study was to document the epidemiology of this outbreak. METHODS Forty-six patients from the United Kingdom treated with Gammagard (34 exposed and 12 unexposed to the batch) returned epidemiological questionnaires. RESULTS Eighty-two percent of the exposed patients (28 of 34) became positive for HCV RNA. Eighteen percent of the patients (6 of 34) who had infusions with this batch tested negative for HCV RNA, but 2 of the patients had abnormal liver function and subsequently seroconverted to anti-HCV antibody positive. Twenty-seven percent of the patients (9 of 34) developed jaundice, and 79% (27 of 34) had abnormal liver transferase levels. Virus isolates (n=21), including an isolate from the implicated batch, were genotype 1a and virtually identical by sequence analysis of the NS5 region, consistent with transmission from a single source. CONCLUSIONS Hepatitis C infection can be transmitted by anti-HCV-screened IV Ig. Careful documentation of IV Ig batch numbers and regular biochemical monitoring is recommended for all IV Ig recipients.
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- C J Healey
- Department of Gastroenterology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, England
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Scholz M, Gescheidt G, Daub J. An electron-transfer induced reaction path controlled by ion-pair formation: an ESR/ENDOR study of furan carbaldehydes and their reactivity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1039/c39950000803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Daub J, Erhardt J, Kappler J, Trautz V. 2-(1,3-Dioxolanyliden) eisen-tetracarbonyl-Komplexe durch Desulfurierung von Thionocarbonaten mit Eisenpentacarbonyl. J Organomet Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-328x(00)89747-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Effenberger F, Daub J. Bildung von Bis-(β-chlor-β-alkoxyäthyl)-sulfoxyden durch Addition von Thionylchlorid an Enoläther. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1964. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.19640761012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Effenberger F, Daub J. Formation of Bis-(β-chloro-β-alkoxyethyl) Sulfoxides by Addition of Thionyl Chloride onto Alkyl Vinyl Ethers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1964. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.196403732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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