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Jörges M, Mondal S, Kumar M, Duari P, Krischer F, Löffler J, Gessner VH. Phosphinoyl-Substituted Ketenyl Anions: Synthesis and Substituent Effects on the Structural Properties. Organometallics 2024; 43:585-593. [PMID: 38425382 PMCID: PMC10900514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Ketenyl anions are versatile intermediates in synthetic chemistry and have recently become accessible as isolable reagents from metalated ylides by exchange of the phosphine with CO. Herein, we report on a systematic study of substituent effects on the structure and bonding situation in ketenyl anions. A series of phosphinoyl-substituted ketenyl anions {[R2P(X)CCO]- with X = O, NTol, S, Se} were prepared by carbonylation of the corresponding yldiides and isolated as their corresponding potassium salts. NMR and IR spectroscopic analyses together with computational studies demonstrate that the more electron-withdrawing oxo- and iminophosphinoyl substituents increase the s-character in the bond to the ketene moiety and hence the ynolate character of the anion. This trend is particularly seen in solution, whereas the solid-state properties are influenced by packing effects affecting the bonding situation.
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- Mike Jörges
- Faculty of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Löffler J, Vanden Broeck SMP, Cazin CSJ, Nolan SP, Däschlein-Gessner VH. Correlation of Experimental and Calculated Reaction Enthalpies with Ligand Donor Strengths. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300151. [PMID: 36880477 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Ylide-functionalized phosphines (YPhos) have recently proven to be strongly donating ligands that enable high catalyst activities in gold(I)-mediated transformations. We now report on a calorimetric study dealing with the [Au(YPhos)Cl] system and assess YPhos-Au bond dissociation enthalpies (BDE). Comparison with other commonly used phosphines confirmed the high binding strengths of the YPhos ligands. Furthermore, the values of the reaction enthalpies were shown to correlate with the electronic properties of the ligands measured via the Tolman electronic parameter or the calculated molecular electrostatic potential at phosphorus. Notably, the reaction enthalpies can conveniently be derived by computational methods, thus making these easy-to-obtain descriptors for ligand donor property quantification.
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- Julian Löffler
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, GERMANY
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- Ghent University: Universiteit Gent, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, BELGIUM
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- Ghent University: Universiteit Gent, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, BELGIUM
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- Ghent University: Universiteit Gent, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, BELGIUM
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Goebel JF, Löffler J, Zeng Z, Handelmann J, Hermann A, Rodstein I, Gensch T, Gessner VH, Gooßen LJ. Computer-Driven Development of Ylide Functionalized Phosphines for Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Couplings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216160. [PMID: 36538000 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Palladium-catalyzed couplings of silicon enolates with aryl electrophiles are of great synthetic utility, but often limited to expensive bromide substrates. A comparative experimental study confirmed that none of the established ligand systems allows to couple inexpensive aryl chlorides with α-trimethylsilyl alkylnitriles. In contrast, ylide functionalized phosphines (YPhos) led to encouraging results. A statistical model was developed that correlates the reaction yields with ligand features. It was employed to predict catalyst structures with superior performance. With this cheminformatics approach, YPhos ligands were tailored specifically to the demands of Hiyama couplings. The newly synthesized ligands displayed record-setting activities, enabling the elusive coupling of aryl chlorides with α-trimethylsilyl alkyl nitriles. The preparative utility of the catalyst system was demonstrated by the synthesis of pharmaceutically meaningful α-aryl alkylnitriles, α-arylcarbonyls and biaryls.
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- Jonas F Goebel
- Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Chair of Organic Chemistry I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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Löffler J, Gessner VH. From a Fluorenyl Substituted Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine to a Neutral Phosphide via P-C Bond Cleavage. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202200459. [PMID: 36800169 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Bulky ylide-substituted phosphines have recently found application as potent ligands in homogeneous catalysis. The attempted synthesis of the ylide-substituted fluorenylphosphine YPh P(Cy)Flu [YPh =Cy3 P(Ph)C; Flu=9-methylfluorenyl] now resulted in the unexpected elimination of 9-methylenefluorene during the deprotonation step of the intermediary α-phosphino phosphonium salt to yield the secondary ylide-substituted phosphine YPh P(Cy)H. This phosphine underwent formal H2 elimination under basic conditions to form a cyclic phosphonium ylide with a P-C-P-C four-membered ring via deprotonation of one cyclohexyl group of the PCy3 moiety. Upon coordination to transition metals the secondary ylidylphosphine forms a neutral phosphide ligand by shift of the proton into the ylide-backbone and formation of zwitterionic metal complexes.
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- Julian Löffler
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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Goebel JF, Löffler J, Zeng Z, Handelmann J, Hermann A, Rodstein I, Gensch T, Gessner VH, Goossen LJ. Computer‐Driven Development of Ylide Functionalized Phosphines for Palladium‐Catalyzed Hiyama Couplings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202216160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jonas Felix Goebel
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Organische 1 44801 Bochum GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Anorganische Chemie 2 GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Organische Chemie 1 GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Anorganische Chemie 2 GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Organische Chemie 1 GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Anorganische Chemie 2 GERMANY
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- TU Berlin: Technische Universitat Berlin Department of Chemistry GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Anorganische Chemie 2 GERMANY
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum Organische Chemie I Universitätsstraße 150ZEMOS 2/27 44801 44801 Bochum GERMANY
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Rodstein I, Kelling L, Löffler J, Scherpf T, Sarbajna A, Andrada DM, Gessner VH. Formation of exceptional monomeric YPhos-PdCl 2 complexes with high activities in coupling reactions. Chem Sci 2022; 13:13552-13562. [PMID: 36507159 PMCID: PMC9683020 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04523k] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The use of well-defined palladium(ii) complexes as precatalysts for C-X cross-coupling reactions has improved the use of palladium catalysts in organic synthesis including large-scale processes. Whereas sophisticated Pd(ii) precursors have been developed in the past years to facilitate catalyst activation as well as the handling of systems with more advanced monophosphine ligands, we herein report that simple PdCl2 complexes function as efficient precatalysts for ylide-substituted phosphines (YPhos). These complexes are readily synthesized from PdCl2 sources and form unprecedented monomeric PdCl2 complexes without the need for any additional coligand. Instead, these structures are stabilized through a unique bonding motif, in which the YPhos ligands bind to the metal through the adjacent phosphine and ylidic carbon site. DFT calculations showed that these bonds are both dative interactions with the stronger interaction originating from the electron-rich phosphine donor. This bonding mode leads to a remarkable stability even towards air and moisture. Nonetheless, the complexes readily form monoligated LPd(0) complexes and thus the active palladium(0) species in coupling reactions. Accordingly, the YPhos-PdCl2 complexes serve as highly efficient precatalysts for a series of C-C and C-X coupling reactions. Despite their simplicity they can compete with the efficiency of more complex and less stable precatalysts.
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- Ilja Rodstein
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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- General and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of SaarlandCampus C4.166123 SaarbrueckenGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801 BochumGermany
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Zur J, Schmidt M, Feichtner K, Duari P, Löffler J, Scherpf T, Gessner VH. From Stable PH-Ylides to α-Carbanionic Phosphines as Ligands for Zwitterionic Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203950. [PMID: 35644923 PMCID: PMC9401067 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203950] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Although ylides are commonly used reagents in organic synthesis, the parent methylphosphine MePH2 only exists in its phosphine form in the condensed phase. Its ylide tautomer H3 P+ -CH2 - is considerably higher in energy. Here, we report on the formation of bis(sulfonyl)methyl-substituted phosphines of the type (RO2 S)2 C(H)-PR2, which form stable PH ylides under ambient conditions, amongst the first examples of an acyclic phosphine which only exists in its PH ylide form. Depending on the exact substitution pattern the phosphines form an equilibrium between the PH ylide and the phosphine form or exist as one of both extremes. These phosphines were found to be ideal starting systems for the facile formation of α-carbanionic phosphines. The carbanion-functionalization leads to a switch from electron-poor to highly electron-rich phosphines with strong donor abilities and high basicities. Thus, the phosphines readily react with different electrophiles exclusively at the phosphorus atom and not at the carbanionic center. Furthermore, the anionic nature of the phosphines allows the formation of zwitterionic complexes as demonstrated by the isolation of a gold(I) complex with a cationic metal center. The cationic gold center allows for catalytic activity in the hydroamination of alkyne without requiring a further activation step.
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- Jana‐Alina Zur
- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstrasse 15044780BochumGermany
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Zur J, Schmidt M, Feichtner K, Duari P, Löffler J, Scherpf T, Gessner VH. From Stable PH‐Ylides to α‐Carbanionic Phosphines as Ligands for Zwitterionic Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jana‐Alina Zur
- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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Steinert H, Löffler J, Gessner VH. Single‐Site and Cooperative Bond Activation Reactions with Ylide‐Functionalized Tetrylenes: A Computational Study. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021; 2021:5004-5013. [PMID: 35874088 PMCID: PMC9298247 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Due to their transition metal‐like behavior divalent group 14 compounds bear huge potential for their application in bond activation reactions and catalysis. Here we report on detailed computational studies on the use of ylide‐substituted tetrylenes in the activation of dihydrogen and phenol. A series of acyclic and cyclic ylidyltetrylenes featuring various α‐substituents with different σ‐ and π‐donating capabilities have been investigated which demonstrate that particularly π‐accepting boryl groups lead to beneficial properties and low barriers for single‐site activation reactions, above all in the case of silylenes. In contrast, for the thermodynamically more stable germylenes and stannylenes an alternative mechanism involving the active participation of the ylide ligand in the E−H bond (E=H or PhO) activation process by addition across the element carbon linkage was found to be energetically favored. Furthermore, the boryl substituted tetrylenes allowed for a further activation pathway involving the active participation of the boron element bond. These cooperative mechanisms are especially attractive for the heavier cyclic ylidyltetrylenes in which the loss of the protonated ylide group is prevented due to the cyclic framework. Overall, the present studies suggest that cyclic ylide‐substituted germylenes and stannylenes bear huge potential for cooperative bond activations at mild conditions which should be experimentally addressed in the future.
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- Henning Steinert
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-Universität Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-Universität Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-Universität Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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Darmandeh H, Löffler J, Tzouras NV, Dereli B, Scherpf T, Feichtner K, Vanden Broeck S, Van Hecke K, Saab M, Cazin CSJ, Cavallo L, Nolan SP, Gessner VH. Au⋅⋅⋅H-C Hydrogen Bonds as Design Principle in Gold(I) Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:21014-21024. [PMID: 34313367 PMCID: PMC8518757 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Secondary ligand-metal interactions are decisive in many catalytic transformations. While arene-gold interactions have repeatedly been reported as critical structural feature in many high-performance gold catalysts, we herein report that these interactions can also be replaced by Au⋅⋅⋅H-C hydrogen bonds without suffering any reduction in catalytic performance. Systematic experimental and computational studies on a series of ylide-substituted phosphines featuring either a PPh3 (Ph YPhos) or PCy3 (Cy YPhos) moiety showed that the arene-gold interaction in the aryl-substituted compounds is efficiently compensated by the formation of Au⋅⋅⋅H-C hydrogen bonds. The strongest interaction is found with the C-H moiety next to the onium center, which due to the polarization results in remarkably strong interactions with the shortest Au⋅⋅⋅H-C hydrogen bonds reported to date. Calorimetric studies on the formation of the gold complexes further confirmed that the Ph YPhos and Cy YPhos ligands form similarly stable complexes. Consequently, both ligands showed the same catalytic performance in the hydroamination, hydrophenoxylation and hydrocarboxylation of alkynes, thus demonstrating that Au⋅⋅⋅H-C hydrogen bonds are equally suited for the generation of highly effective gold catalysts than gold-arene interactions. The generality of this observation was confirmed by a comparative study between a biaryl phosphine ligand and its cyclohexyl-substituted derivative, which again showed identical catalytic performance. These observations clearly support Au⋅⋅⋅H-C hydrogen bonds as fundamental secondary interactions in gold catalysts, thus further increasing the number of design elements that can be used for future catalyst construction.
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- Heidar Darmandeh
- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstraße 15044801BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstraße 15044801BochumGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Physical Sciences & Engineering Division (PSE)KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955-6900Saudi Arabia
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstraße 15044801BochumGermany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstraße 15044801BochumGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Physical Sciences & Engineering Division (PSE)KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955-6900Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable ChemistryGhent UniversityKrijgslaan 281, S-39000GhentBelgium
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry IIFaculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryRuhr-University BochumUniversitätsstraße 15044801BochumGermany
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Löffler J, Gauld RM, Feichtner KS, Rodstein I, Zur JA, Handelmann J, Schwarz C, Gessner VH. Ylide-Substituted Phosphines with a Cyclic Ylide-Backbone: Angle Dependence of the Donor Strength. Organometallics 2021; 40:2888-2900. [PMID: 34475611 PMCID: PMC8385760 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ylide-substituted phosphines (YPhos) have been shown to be highly electron-rich and efficient ligands in a variety of palladium catalyzed transformations. Here, the synthesis and characterization of novel YPhos ligands containing a cyclic backbone architecture are reported. The ligands are easily synthesized from a cyclic phosphonium salt and the chlorophosphines Cy2PCl (L1) and Cy(FluMe)PCl (L2, with FluMe = 9-methylfluorenyl) and were characterized in both solution and solid states. The smaller PCy2-substituted ligand, L1, readily formed the biscoordinate L1 2 Pd species when treated with Pd2(dba)3 and showed no activity in palladium-catalyzed amination reactions even when applied as defined palladium(II) η3-allyl, t-Bu-indenyl, or cinnamyl precursors. Bulkier fluorenyl-substituted ligand L2 similarly was inactive, despite its ability to form the stable monophosphine complex L2·Pd(dba). Assessment of the electronic properties by experimental and computational methods revealed that L1 and L2 are considerably less electron-rich than previously synthesized YPhos ligands. This was shown to be the result of the small P-C-S bond angle, which is sterically enforced due to the cyclic nature of the backbone. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the small angle results in an increased s-character of the lone pair at the ylidic carbon atom and leads to a polarization of the C-P bond toward the carbon atom, thus decreasing the electron density at the phosphorus atom. The results demonstrate the tunability of the donor strength of YPhos ligands by modification of the ligand backbone beyond simple changes of the substitution pattern and are thus important for future ligand design, with a careful balance of many factors to be considered to achieve catalytic activity.
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- Julian Löffler
- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Chair
of Inorganic Chemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Darmandeh H, Löffler J, Tzouras NV, Dereli B, Scherpf T, Feichtner K, Vanden Broeck S, Van Hecke K, Saab M, Cazin CSJ, Cavallo L, Nolan SP, Gessner VH. Au⋅⋅⋅H−C Hydrogen Bonds as Design Principle in Gold(I) Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202108581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Heidar Darmandeh
- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Physical Sciences & Engineering Division (PSE) KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Physical Sciences & Engineering Division (PSE) KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, S-3 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ruhr-University Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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Cruciani M, White PL, Mengoli C, Löffler J, Morton CO, Klingspor L, Buchheidt D, Maertens J, Heinz WJ, Rogers TR, Weinbergerova B, Warris A, Lockhart DEA, Jones B, Cordonnier C, Donnelly JP, Barnes RA. The impact of anti-mould prophylaxis on Aspergillus PCR blood testing for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:635-638. [PMID: 33374010 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The performance of the galactomannan enzyme immunoassay (GM-EIA) is impaired in patients receiving mould-active antifungal therapy. The impact of mould-active antifungal therapy on Aspergillus PCR testing needs to be determined. OBJECTIVES To determine the influence of anti-mould prophylaxis (AMP) on the performance of PCR blood testing to aid the diagnosis of proven/probable invasive aspergillosis (IA). METHODS As part of the systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 cohort studies investigating Aspergillus PCR blood testing in 2912 patients at risk of IA, subgroup analysis was performed to determine the impact of AMP on the accuracy of Aspergillus PCR. The incidence of IA was calculated in patients receiving and not receiving AMP. The impact of two different positivity thresholds (requiring either a single PCR positive test result or ≥2 consecutive PCR positive test results) on accuracy was evaluated. Meta-analytical pooling of sensitivity and specificity was performed by logistic mixed-model regression. RESULTS In total, 1661 (57%) patients received prophylaxis. The incidence of IA was 14.2%, significantly lower in the prophylaxis group (11%-12%) compared with the non-prophylaxis group (18%-19%) (P < 0.001). The use of AMP did not affect sensitivity, but significantly decreased specificity [single PCR positive result threshold: 26% reduction (P = 0.005); ≥2 consecutive PCR positive results threshold: 12% reduction (P = 0.019)]. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to its influence on GM-EIA, AMP significantly decreases Aspergillus PCR specificity, without affecting sensitivity, possibly as a consequence of AMP limiting the clinical progression of IA and/or leading to false-negative GM-EIA results, preventing the classification of probable IA using the EORTC/MSGERC definitions.
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- University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Trinity College Dublin, St James's Hospital Campus, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, UK
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- University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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Tappen J, Rodstein I, McGuire K, Großjohann A, Löffler J, Scherpf T, Gessner VH. Palladium Complexes Based on Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos): Broadly Applicable High-Performance Precatalysts for the Amination of Aryl Halides at Room Temperature. Chemistry 2020; 26:4281-4288. [PMID: 31971642 PMCID: PMC7186839 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Palladium allyl, cinnamyl, and indenyl complexes with the ylide-substituted phosphines Cy3 P+ -C- (R)PCy2 (with R=Me (L1) or Ph (L2)) and Cy3 P+ -C- (Me)PtBu2 (L3) were prepared and applied as defined precatalysts in C-N coupling reactions. The complexes are highly active in the amination of 4-chlorotoluene with a series of different amines. Higher yields were observed with the precatalysts in comparison to the in situ generated catalysts. Changes in the ligand structures allowed for improved selectivities by shutting down β-hydride elimination or diarylation reactions. Particularly, the complexes based on L2 (joYPhos) revealed to be universal precatalysts for various amines and aryl halides. Full conversions to the desired products are reached mostly within 1 h reaction time at room temperature, thus making L2 to one of the most efficient ligands in C-N coupling reactions. The applicability of the catalysts was demonstrated for aryl chlorides, bromides and iodides together with primary and secondary aryl and alkyl amines, including gram-scale applications also with low catalyst loadings of down to 0.05 mol %. Kinetic studies further demonstrated the outstanding activity of the precatalysts with TOF over 10.000 h-1 .
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- Jens Tappen
- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and BiochemistryChair of Inorganic Chemistry IIRuhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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Tappen J, Rodstein I, McGuire K, Großjohann A, Löffler J, Scherpf T, Gessner VH. Cover Feature: Palladium Complexes Based on Ylide‐Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos): Broadly Applicable High‐Performance Precatalysts for the Amination of Aryl Halides at Room Temperature (Chem. Eur. J. 19/2020). Chemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jens Tappen
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry II Ruhr University Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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Frindte K, Pape R, Werner K, Löffler J, Knief C. Temperature and soil moisture control microbial community composition in an arctic-alpine ecosystem along elevational and micro-topographic gradients. ISME J 2019; 13:2031-2043. [PMID: 30952996 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0409-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Microbial communities in arctic-alpine soils show biogeographic patterns related to elevation, but the effect of fine-scale heterogeneity and possibly related temperature and soil moisture regimes remains unclear. We collected soil samples from different micro-topographic positions and elevational levels in two mountain regions of the Scandes, Central Norway. Microbial community composition was characterized by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and was dependent on micro-topography and elevation. Underlying environmental drivers were identified by integration of microbial community data with a comprehensive set of site-specific long-term recorded temperature and soil moisture data. Partial least square regression analysis allowed the description of ecological response patterns and the identification of the important environmental drivers for each taxonomic group. This demonstrated for the first time that taxa responding to elevation were indeed most strongly defined by temperature, rather than by other environmental factors. Micro-topography affected taxa were primarily controlled by temperature and soil moisture. In general, 5-year datasets had higher explanatory power than 1-year datasets, indicating that the microbial community composition is dependent on long-term developments of near-ground temperature and soil moisture regimes and possesses a certain resilience, which is in agreement with an often observed delayed response in global warming studies in arctic-alpine regions.
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- K Frindte
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, Nussallee 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, Nussallee 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany.,Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Seestraße 64, 13347, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, Nussallee 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Springer J, McCormick Smith I, Hartmann S, Winkelmann R, Wilmes D, Cornely O, Kessel J, Löffler J, Rickerts V. Identification of Aspergillus and Mucorales in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples: Comparison of specific and broad-range fungal qPCR assays. Med Mycol 2018; 57:308-313. [DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myy041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J Springer
- University of Würzburg, Dept. for internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Pathology
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Pathology
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- Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Department I of Internal Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Cologne, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dept. for internal Medicine II
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. for internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
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Ullmann AJ, Aguado JM, Arikan-Akdagli S, Denning DW, Groll AH, Lagrou K, Lass-Flörl C, Lewis RE, Munoz P, Verweij PE, Warris A, Ader F, Akova M, Arendrup MC, Barnes RA, Beigelman-Aubry C, Blot S, Bouza E, Brüggemann RJM, Buchheidt D, Cadranel J, Castagnola E, Chakrabarti A, Cuenca-Estrella M, Dimopoulos G, Fortun J, Gangneux JP, Garbino J, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Heussel CP, Kibbler CC, Klimko N, Kullberg BJ, Lange C, Lehrnbecher T, Löffler J, Lortholary O, Maertens J, Marchetti O, Meis JF, Pagano L, Ribaud P, Richardson M, Roilides E, Ruhnke M, Sanguinetti M, Sheppard DC, Sinkó J, Skiada A, Vehreschild MJGT, Viscoli C, Cornely OA. Diagnosis and management of Aspergillus diseases: executive summary of the 2017 ESCMID-ECMM-ERS guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; 24 Suppl 1:e1-e38. [PMID: 29544767 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 786] [Impact Index Per Article: 131.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and the European Respiratory Society Joint Clinical Guidelines focus on diagnosis and management of aspergillosis. Of the numerous recommendations, a few are summarized here. Chest computed tomography as well as bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in patients with suspicion of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis (IA) are strongly recommended. For diagnosis, direct microscopy, preferably using optical brighteners, histopathology and culture are strongly recommended. Serum and BAL galactomannan measures are recommended as markers for the diagnosis of IA. PCR should be considered in conjunction with other diagnostic tests. Pathogen identification to species complex level is strongly recommended for all clinically relevant Aspergillus isolates; antifungal susceptibility testing should be performed in patients with invasive disease in regions with resistance found in contemporary surveillance programmes. Isavuconazole and voriconazole are the preferred agents for first-line treatment of pulmonary IA, whereas liposomal amphotericin B is moderately supported. Combinations of antifungals as primary treatment options are not recommended. Therapeutic drug monitoring is strongly recommended for patients receiving posaconazole suspension or any form of voriconazole for IA treatment, and in refractory disease, where a personalized approach considering reversal of predisposing factors, switching drug class and surgical intervention is also strongly recommended. Primary prophylaxis with posaconazole is strongly recommended in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receiving induction chemotherapy. Secondary prophylaxis is strongly recommended in high-risk patients. We strongly recommend treatment duration based on clinical improvement, degree of immunosuppression and response on imaging.
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- A J Ullmann
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- The National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Mycology Reference Centre Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester, UK; The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Centre for Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias - CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain; Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Inserm 1111, French International Centre for Infectious Diseases Research (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias - CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain; Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Medical Clinic III, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Tenon and Sorbonne, University of Paris, Paris, France; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, Irset (Institut de Recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Thoracic Clinic, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Centre for Medical Microbiology, University College London, London, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Clinical Mycology, Allergy and Immunology, North Western State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- International Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Center for Medicine & Biosciences, Borstel, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Tuberculosis Unit, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems Site, Lübeck, Germany; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Children's Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Medicine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges, Switzerland; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Quality Unit, Pôle Prébloc, Saint-Louis and Lariboisière Hospital Group, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- The National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Mycology Reference Centre Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester, UK; The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece; Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Paracelsus Hospital, Osnabrück, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Institute of Microbiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Szent István and Szent László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- First Department of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Centre for Integrated Oncology, Cologne-Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and University of Genova (DISSAL), Genova, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- First Department of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinical Trials Center Cologne, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM); ESCMID European Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH).
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Zimmermann J, Kühl AA, Weber M, Grün JR, Löffler J, Haftmann C, Riedel R, Maschmeyer P, Lehmann K, Westendorf K, Mashreghi MF, Löhning M, Mack M, Radbruch A, Chang HD. T-bet expression by Th cells promotes type 1 inflammation but is dispensable for colitis. Mucosal Immunol 2016; 9:1487-1499. [PMID: 26883725 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2016.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The transcription factor T-bet is highly expressed by Th cells isolated from the inflamed intestine of Crohn's disease patients, and has been regarded a critical driver of murine T cell-induced colitis. However, we show here that T-bet expression by Th cells is not required for the manifestation of T-cell-induced colitis in the presence of segmented filamentous bacteria and Helicobacter hepaticus. T-bet expression by Th cells controls their survival and localization, their repertoire of chemokine and chemokine receptor expression, the accumulation of monocytes and macrophages in the inflamed colon, and their differentiation to the M1 type, i.e., type 1 inflammation. Nevertheless, T-bet-deficient Th cells efficiently induce colitis, as reflected by weight loss, diarrhea, and colon histopathology. T-bet-deficient Th cells differentiate into Th1/17 cells, able to express IFN-γ and IL-17A upon restimulation. While neutralization of IL-17A exacerbated colitis induced by wild-type or T-bet-deficient Th cells, neutralization of IFN-γ completely abolished colitis.
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité Universitätsmedizin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of Bonn Meckenheimer Allee 166 D‐53115 Bonn Germany
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of Bonn Meckenheimer Allee 166 D‐53115 Bonn Germany
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Springer J, Lackner M, Nachbaur D, Girschikofsky M, Risslegger B, Mutschlechner W, Fritz J, Heinz W, Einsele H, Ullmann A, Löffler J, Lass-Flörl C. Prospective multicentre PCR-based Aspergillus DNA screening in high-risk patients with and without primary antifungal mould prophylaxis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2016; 22:80-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lacour JP, Khemis A, Paul C, Ruer-Mulard M, Reguiai Z, Beylot-Barry M, Richard MA, Blauvelt A, Szepietowski J, Sirgurgeirsson B, Langley R, Tyring S, Messina I, Löffler J, Fox T, Papavassilis C, Martin L, Pinton P. Maintien de l’efficacité du sécukinumab dans le psoriasis en plaques modéré à sévère au cours de la seconde année de traitement : phase d’extension randomisée des études ERASURE et FIXTURE. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2015.10.144] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Pape R, Löffler J. Seasonality of habitat selection shown to buffer alpine reindeer pastoralism against climate variability. Ecosphere 2015. [DOI: 10.1890/es15-00169.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Soppe WJ, Borg H, Van Aken BB, Devilee C, Dörenkämper M, Goris M, Heijna MCR, Löffler J, Peeters P. Roll to roll fabrication of thin film silicon solar cells on nano-textured substrates. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2011; 11:10604-10609. [PMID: 22408957 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4075] [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: 05/31/2023]
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ECN is developing a novel fabrication process for thin film silicon solar cells on steel foil. Key features in this process are: (1) application of an insulating barrier layer which enables monolithic interconnection and texturization of the rear contact with submicron structures for light trapping; (2) Si deposition with remote, linear PECVD; (3) series interconnection by laser scribing and printing after deposition of all layers, which reduces the total number of process steps. The barrier layer is essential for the monolithic series interconnection of cells, but we show that it also enables optimum light trapping in the solar cells. We can fabricate any arbitrary sub-micron surface profile by hot embossing the barrier layer. For deposition of doped and intrinsic silicon layers we use novel remote, linear plasma sources, which are excellently suited for continuous roll-to-roll processing. We have been able to fabricate device-quality amorphous and microcrystalline silicon layers with these sources. The first nip a-Si cells were made on steel substrates with flat barrier layer and had initial efficiencies of 6.3%, showing the potential of the concept.
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- SECN Solar Energy, PO. Box 1, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands
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Kurzwelly D, Knop S, Löffler J, Korfel A, Thiel E, Hebart H, Weller M, Linnebank M, Herrlinger U. Genetic variants of folate and methionine metabolism and primary central nervous system lymphoma incidence in a German cohort of 185 patients. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238735] [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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Storz K, Löffler J, Koch S, Vonthein R, Zouboulis CC, Fresko I, Yazici H, Kötter I. IL-6 receptor, IL-8 receptor and TNF-alpha238 (G/A) polymorphisms are not associated with Behçet's disease in patients of German or Turkish origin. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26:S103-S106. [PMID: 19026125] [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: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the association of polymorphisms of the IL-6 receptor gene (+24013A/G:Ala31Ala; +48892 A/C:Asp358Ala), the IL-8 receptor gene (+2607G/C:Ser/Thr IL-8RA), and TNF-alpha 238 (G/A) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with Behçet's disease in patients of German or Turkish origin. METHODS DNA was extracted from blood samples taken from patients in Germany (n=93) and Turkey (n=28), as well as from 51 German and 20 Turkish healthy controls. The polymorphisms were analysed by PCR with the LightCycler system. RESULTS No significant association was found between TNF-alpha 238, +2607 IL-8RA, +48892 IL-6R or +24013 IL-6R- polymorphisms and nationality or disease. Statistically there was no difference between the patients and controls (TNF-alpha 238: p = 0.86; +2607 IL-8RA: p=0.23; +48892 IL-6R: p=0.087; +24013 IL-6R: p = 0.80) nor between Germans and Turks (TNF-alpha 238: p=0.13; +2607 IL-8RA: p=0.68; +48892 IL-6R: p=0.32; +24013 IL-6R: p=0.65). CONCLUSION The single nucleotide polymorphisms of the IL-6 and IL-8 receptor genes and the TNF-alpha gene analysed here do not appear to be associated with Behçet's disease.
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- K Storz
- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital, Ottfried-Muller-Strasse 10, Tübingen, Germany
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Stachel B, Christoph EH, Götz R, Herrmann T, Krüger F, Kühn T, Lay J, Löffler J, Päpke O, Reincke H, Schröter-Kermani C, Schwartz R, Steeg E, Stehr D, Uhlig S, Umlauf G. Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in different fish from the river Elbe and its tributaries, Germany. J Hazard Mater 2007; 148:199-209. [PMID: 17382467 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In a long-term program polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) as well as dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) were analyzed in the muscle tissue of eels (Anguilla anguilla), bream (Abramis brama), European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) and ide (Leuciscus idus) from the river Elbe and its tributaries Mulde and Saale. The variation of the PCDD/F and DL-PCB concentrations in all fish samples is very large, whereby the DL-PCBs predominate in comparison to the PCDD/Fs. In the eels, the concentrations (pg WHO-TEQ/g ww) for the PCDD/Fs lie in the range of 0.48-22 and for the DL-PCBs between 8.5 and 59. In the whitefish, the concentration range is 0.48-12 for the PCDD/Fs and 1.2-14 for the DL-PCBs. Statistical analysis using relative congener patterns for PCDD/Fs allow spatial correlations to be examined for sub-populations of eels and whitefish. The results are compared to the maximum levels laid down in the European Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 and the action levels of the European Commission Recommendation 2006/88/EC. Eels caught directly after the major flood in August 2002 as well as eels near Hamburg (years 1996 and 1998) show high concentration peaks. Compared to the eels whitefish is less contaminated with PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs.
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- B Stachel
- Behoerde fuer Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Amt fuer Umweltschutz, Abteilung Gewaesserschutz, Billstrasse 84, D-20539 Hamburg, Germany.
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Witzenrath M, Schmeck B, Doehn J, Tschernig T, Löffler J, Zemlin M, Hocke A, Fischetti V, Schütte H, Suttorp N, Rosseau S. Therapie mit lytischem Bakteriophagenenzym Cpl-1 rettet Mäuse vor letaler Pneumokokkenpneumonie. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973375] [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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BACKGROUND Nomograms are efficient tools to improve the predictability of refractive procedures by using statistical methods to analyze pre- and postoperative refractive data. The purpose of this work was to analyze the clinical relevance and limitations of nomograms in a case series. METHODS Computer simulations based on the known unpredictability for refractive outcomes were performed for three different distribution functions of the preoperative refractions. In addition, the clinical applicability was investigated in three different cohorts that underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). RESULTS The use of individual nomograms significantly improves the predictability of the refractive outcome. However, theoretical investigation demonstrates that a homogeneous data distribution within cohorts is a key factor for predictable nomogram calculations. Outliers within the cohorts are not integrated into the nomogram calculation due to the mathematical model used. CONCLUSIONS Nomograms are helpful for improving refractive outcomes. However, they are currently limited to approximately 90% within +/-0.5 D.
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- IROC AG, Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie, Zürich, Schweiz
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Stachel B, Christoph EH, Götz R, Herrmann T, Krüger F, Kühn T, Lay J, Löffler J, Päpke O, Reincke H, Schröter-Kermani C, Schwartz R, Steeg E, Stehr D, Uhlig S, Umlauf G. Contamination of the alluvial plain, feeding-stuffs and foodstuffs with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) and mercury from the River Elbe in the light of the flood event in August 2002. Sci Total Environ 2006; 364:96-112. [PMID: 16199077 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2005] [Revised: 07/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Meadow soils, feeding-stuffs and foodstuffs from the alluvial plain of the river Elbe were analyzed in respect of PCDD/Fs, DL-PCBs and mercury with a view to assessing the consequences of the extreme flood of August 2002. The PCDD/F concentrations in the soils range from 3 to 2100 ng WHO-TEQ/kg dm, and for the DL-PCBs the range was 0.32 to 28 ng WHO-TEQ/kg dm. On the basis of established threshold values >40% of the areas are only fit for restricted usage. Mercury concentrations range from 0.11 to 17 mg/kg dm, whereby the action value of 2 mg/kg dm is exceeded in about 50% of the soil samples. A cumulative memory effect from past floods rather than a recent contamination from August 2002 is documented. Soils taken from behind broken dykes showed significantly lower concentrations. Grass, hay and grass silage originating from pasture land in Lower Saxony were taken before and immediately after the flooding. PCDD/Fs range from 0.29 to 16 ng WHO-TEQ/kg, the maximum permitted value of 0.75 ng WHO-TEQ/kg was exceeded in about 50% of the samples. Muscle-tissue from cattle, sheep, lamb and a roe deer as well as untreated milk from individual cows returned values ranging from 0.76 to 5.9 pg WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/g fat, and 10% of the samples returned values higher than the permitted maximum of 3 pg WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/g fat. The action value of 2 pg WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/g fat was exceeded in 33% of the samples. No direct connection between these results and the effects of the flood could be established. A major input path for PCDD/Fs is the tributary Mulde, which discharges contaminated sediments from its catchment area into the Elbe.
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- Wassergütestelle Elbe der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Reinhaltung der Elbe, Nessdeich 120-121, D-21129 Hamburg, Germany.
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Kötter I, Daikeler T, Einsele H, Koch S, Lochmann L, Kanz L, Löffler J. Relapse of autoimmune diseases after autologous T cell depleted stem cell transplantation may be triggered by T cells recently emigrated from the thymus. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 64:1787-9. [PMID: 16284344 PMCID: PMC1755316 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.032870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Wiegel S, Aulinger A, Brockmeyer R, Harms H, Löffler J, Reincke H, Schmidt R, Stachel B, von Tümpling W, Wanke A. Pharmaceuticals in the river Elbe and its tributaries. Chemosphere 2004; 57:107-126. [PMID: 15294435 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2003] [Revised: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Medicinal drugs were found to be ubiquitous in the river Elbe, its tributary the river Saale and in other tributaries at their points of entry into the Elbe. The distribution of concentration peaks along the investigated river stretches provides an indication that they are mainly due to the emission of treated waste water from municipal sewage treatment works. This leads to the conclusion that medicinal substances can be regarded as faecal indicators for water pollution caused by human activity. The main substances found in the Elbe in 1998 were diclofenac, ibuprofen and carbamazepine as well as various antibiotics and lipid regulators in the concentration range of <20-140 ng/l. The more thorough investigations carried out in 1999 and 2000 show that in addition to the drugs (phenazone, isopropyl-phenazone and paracetamol) metabolite concentrations contributed significantly to the total concentration of pharmaceuticals in the Elbe. The metamizole metabolites N-acetyl-4-aminoantipyrine (AAA) and N-formyl-4-aminoantipyrine (FAA) were found in concentrations from <20 to 939 ng/l. A multivariate statistical analysis revealed a high correlation in respect of the distribution of persistent substances. The metoprolol distribution throughout the Saale demonstrated that the tributaries cause either an increase (Weisse Elster, Unstrut, Ilm) or a reduction (Wipper, Bode) in the concentration, depending on the respective load of waste water. Wide scale sampling in Saxony during 2002 showed the ubiquitous occurrence of carbamazepine in surface waters. The ecotoxicological effects of this contamination cannot be assessed at present. This is due to the fact that no legal framework in respect of these medicinal drugs for human consumption has been established and therefore little research and no risk assessment has been carried out. Therefore it is urgently necessary to include at least the quantitatively most significant substances in the new assessment concept of the EC White Paper.
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- S Wiegel
- Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Gharizadeh B, Norberg E, Löffler J, Jalal S, Tollemar J, Einsele H, Klingspor L, Nyrén P. Identification of medically important fungi by the Pyrosequencing technology. Mycoses 2004; 47:29-33. [PMID: 14998396 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [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: 11/20/2022]
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The Pyrosequencing technology was used for identification of different clinically relevant fungi. The tests were performed on amplicons derived from the 18S rRNA gene using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) universal primers for amplification. Sequencing was performed up to 40 bases in a variable region with a designed general sequencing primer and the Pyrosequence data were analyzed by BLAST sequence search in the GenBank database. DNA from a total of 21 fungal specimens consisting of nine strains of clinically relevant fungi and 12 clinical specimens from patients suffering from proven invasive fungal infections were PCR-amplified and analyzed by gel electrophoresis, PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the Pyrosequencing technology. All data obtained by the Pyrosequencing technology were in agreement with the results obtained by PCR-ELISA using species/genus-specific oligonucleotides and were as well in accordance with the culture results. The results demonstrate that the Pyrosequencing method is a reproducible and reliable technique for identification of fungal pathogens.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Stockholm Center for Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gharizadeh B, Löffler J, Norberg E, Tollemar J, Jalal S, Einsele H, Klingspor L, Nyrén P. PRYOSEQUENCING™; A NEW RAPID AND RELIABLE DNA-SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI, VIRUSES AND BACTERIA. Mycoses 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2002.tb04605.x] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Haberlandt E, Löffler J, Hirst-Stadlmann A, Stöckl B, Judmaier W, Fischer H, Heinz-Erian P, Müller T, Utermann G, Smith RJ, Janecke AR. Split hand/split foot malformation associated with sensorineural deafness, inner and middle ear malformation, hypodontia, congenital vertical talus, and deletion of eight microsatellite markers in 7q21.1-q21.3. J Med Genet 2001; 38:405-9. [PMID: 11424924 PMCID: PMC1734906 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.38.6.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Abnormalities, Multiple/pathology
- Anodontia/genetics
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- Deafness/genetics
- Deafness/pathology
- Ear, Inner/abnormalities
- Ear, Middle/abnormalities
- Ectodermal Dysplasia/genetics
- Facies
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/diagnostic imaging
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/pathology
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/genetics
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/pathology
- Humans
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Radiography
- Sequence Deletion
- Syndrome
- Talus/abnormalities
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Lass-Flörl C, Aigner J, Gunsilius E, Petzer A, Nachbaur D, Gastl G, Einsele H, Löffler J, Dierich MP, Würzner R. Screening for Aspergillus spp. using polymerase chain reaction of whole blood samples from patients with haematological malignancies. Br J Haematol 2001; 113:180-4. [PMID: 11328298 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Sensitive screening for Aspergillus spp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of whole blood samples in patients with haematological disorders has not been performed to date. In a 2-year study, 121 patients admitted to the University Hospital of Innsbruck for cancer chemotherapy without clinical signs of fungal infection were prospectively screened for Aspergillus spp. In 28 out of 121 (23%) patients, Aspergillus DNAaemia was detected. Of these patients, 16 (57%) were positive only once for Aspergillus DNA, but positivity was never associated with invasive aspergillosis. PCR positive episodes were short and resolved without antifungal treatment. Five patients (18%) had intermittent PCR positive results. Seven (25%) patients presented at least two consecutive positive PCR results; one of these patients developed invasive aspergillosis and another two were strongly suspected as having aspergillosis. Based on the criteria of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer case definitions, sensitivity and specificity of serial PCR monitoring were 75% and 96%. Positive PCR results became negative shortly after commencement of antifungal treatment, but the changes did not correlate with clinical responsiveness to treatment in three patients. Our results indicate the potential usefulness of PCR for screening for Aspergillus spp. in patients at risk, but without antifungal treatment.
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- Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Janecke AR, Nekahm D, Löffler J, Hirst-Stadlmann A, Müller T, Utermann G. De novo mutation of the connexin 26 gene associated with dominant non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss. Hum Genet 2001; 108:269-70. [PMID: 11354642 DOI: 10.1007/s004390100484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Mutations of the connexin 26 (Cx26) gene cause isolated recessive or dominant hearing loss or both sensorineural hearing impairment and keratoderma. We have identified the first de novo mutation of the Cx26 gene, R75 W, in a sporadic case of isolated profound hearing loss. R75 W has been previously observed in association with hearing impairment and keratoderma in one family and is thus thought to cause both syndromic and non-syndromic hearing loss. This case illustrates the risk of a possible erroneous diagnosis of autosomal recessive hearing loss in a sporadic case.
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- A R Janecke
- Institute of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Löffler J, Nekahm D, Hirst-Stadlmann A, Günther B, Menzel HJ, Utermann G, Janecke AR. Sensorineural hearing loss and the incidence of Cx26 mutations in Austria. Eur J Hum Genet 2001; 9:226-30. [PMID: 11313763 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2000] [Revised: 11/01/2000] [Accepted: 11/15/2000] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A clinical evaluation and Cx26 mutation analysis was performed in 92 consecutive patients with sensorineural hearing loss in order to delineate the spectrum of genetically caused hearing loss. Among patients of Austrian origin, 53% were classified with hereditary hearing loss. Cx26 mutations were found in 26% of NSHL patients (40% of familial vs 18% of sporadic cases). The mutation 35delG accounted for 52.8% of all presumed GJB2 disease alleles. The second most frequent mutation was L90P (16.7%) having been reported with a prevalence of 0.7-3.5% in other populations. Three novel mutations were found. The novel mutation, R143Q, was associated with dominant high-frequency hearing loss. Pseudodominant transmission of NSHL was seen in four families with Cx26 mutations. A mutation 35delG carrier rate of 0.9% was observed among 672 controls from West-Austria. Cx26 mutations were found associated with mild to profound, and with asymmetric hearing impairment.
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- J Löffler
- Institute of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by variable congenital malformations, facial dysmorphism, and mental retardation. Mutations in the DHCR7 gene have been identified in SLOS patients. This gene encodes for the enzyme Delta7-sterol reductase which catalyses the last step of cholesterol biosynthesis. Among the 73 different mutations observed so far, including 10 novel mutations reported in this review, the majority are missense mutations (65) which cluster in three domains of the protein: in the transmembrane domain (TM mutations), in the fourth cytoplasmic loop (4L mutations), and at the C-terminus (CT mutations). Two nonsense mutations, one splice site mutation, two single nucleotide insertions, and three deletions which likely all represent null mutations were also described. Expression studies have demonstrated a decreased protein stability for all analyzed missense mutations. By comparing clinical severity scores, biochemical data, and mutations in SLOS patients a genotype-phenotype correlation has been established. The null and 4L mutations are associated with a severe clinical phenotype, and TM and CT mutations are associated with a mild clinical phenotype. DHCR7 mutational spectra in SLOS patients of British, German, Italian, and Polish origin demonstrate significant geographic frequency differences of common DHCR7 mutations.
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- M Witsch-Baumgartner
- Institute of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Witsch-Baumgartner M, Ciara E, Löffler J, Menzel HJ, Seedorf U, Burn J, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Hoffmann GF, Fitzky BU, Mundy H, Clayton P, Kelley RI, Krajewska-Walasek M, Utermann G. Frequency gradients of DHCR7 mutations in patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in Europe: evidence for different origins of common mutations. Eur J Hum Genet 2001; 9:45-50. [PMID: 11175299 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome/RSH (SLOS) is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome caused by mutations in the gene for Delta7-sterol reductase (DHCR7) which catalyses the last step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. SLOS is among the common recessive disorders in Europeans but almost absent in most other populations. More than 40 mutations in the DHCR7 gene some of which are frequent have been described in SLOS patients of various origins. Here we report mutation analysis of the DHCR7 gene in SLOS patients from Poland (n = 15), Germany/Austria (n = 22) and Great Britain (n = 22). Altogether 35 different mutations were identified and the two null mutations IVS8-1G > C and W151X were the most frequent in the total sample. In all three populations three mutations accounted for >0.5 of SLOS chromosomes. The mutational spectra were, however, significantly different across these populations with each of the common mutations showing an east-west gradient (W151X, V326L) or vice versa (IVS8-1G > C). W151X is the most frequent (0.33) mutation in Polish SLOS patients. It has an intermediate frequency in German/Austrian patients (0.18) and is rare among British patients (0.02). V326L shows the same distribution pattern (Poland 0.23, Germany/Austria 0.18, Britain 0.02). In contrast IVS8-1G > C is most frequent in Britain (0.34) intermediate in Germany/Austria (0.20) and rare in Poland (0.03). All analysed IVS8-1G > C and V326L alleles shared the same DHCR7 haplotype, whereas the W151X mutation occurred on different haplotypes. There is evidence for both recurrent mutations and founder effects. Together this suggests that the common SLOS mutations in Europe have different geographic and historic origins and spread across the continent in opposite directions.
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Löffler J, Trojovsky A, Casati B, Kroisel PM, Utermann G. Homozygosity for the W151X stop mutation in the delta7-sterol reductase gene (DHCR7) causing a lethal form of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: retrospective molecular diagnosis. Am J Med Genet 2000; 95:174-7. [PMID: 11078571 DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20001113)95:2<174::aid-ajmg16>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a multiple congenital anomalies syndrome caused by an abnormality in cholesterol metabolism. The clinical severity may vary from very mild to lethality in utero, making diagnosis difficult at both ends of the spectrum. Patients with severe SLOS might often escape diagnosis because they die before the correct diagnosis is made. We describe an Austrian family whose first child died neonatally with multiple congenital anomalies. The second pregnancy was terminated because the fetus showed similar severe anomalies ultrasonographically. A further pregnancy ended in a spontaneous first trimester abortion. Clinical diagnosis of SLOS was not considered until the autopsy of the fetus of the terminated pregnancy. Because no material for biochemical testing was available we performed mutational analysis of the DHCR7 gene from paraffin-embedded tissue and a Guthrie card focusing on mutations known to cause a severe SLOS phenotype. This demonstrated homozygosity for the mutation W151X, which has been demonstrated to be a functional null mutation. Our data confirm the concept that homozygosity for functional null alleles of the DHCR7 locus results in intrauterine or perinatal lethality. Furthermore, our findings suggest the usefulness of molecular studies of stored material in similarly affected cases where no material for biochemical analysis is available.
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- J Löffler
- Institut für Medizinische Biologie und Humangenetik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria.
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Hebart H, Löffler J, Reitze H, Engel A, Schumacher U, Klingebiel T, Bader P, Böhme A, Martin H, Bunjes D, Kern WV, Kanz L, Einsele H. Prospective screening by a panfungal polymerase chain reaction assay in patients at risk for fungal infections: implications for the management of febrile neutropenia. Br J Haematol 2000; 111:635-40. [PMID: 11122112 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of mortality in neutropenic cancer patients. To determine whether a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay enabled the identification of patients at risk for invasive fungal infections, a prospective monitoring once per week was performed during 92 neutropenic episodes in patients receiving chemotherapy for acute leukaemia or high-dose therapy followed by allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation, with the investigators blinded to clinical and microbiological data. PCR positivity was documented in 34 out of 92 risk episodes. All patients developing proven invasive fungal infection were found PCR positive, and PCR was found to be the earliest indicator of invasive fungal infection preceding clinical evidence by a mean of 5.75 d (range 0-14 d). In febrile neutropenic patients without a prior history of invasive fungal infection, a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 73% of the PCR assay for the development of proven or probable invasive fungal infection was documented. In conclusion, panfungal PCR performed prospectively once a week enabled the identification of patients at high risk for invasive fungal infections.
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- H Hebart
- Department of Haematology and Oncology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Hebart H, Löffler J, Meisner C, Serey F, Schmidt D, Böhme A, Martin H, Engel A, Bunje D, Kern WV, Schumacher U, Kanz L, Einsele H. Early detection of aspergillus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by polymerase chain reaction screening. J Infect Dis 2000; 181:1713-9. [PMID: 10823773 DOI: 10.1086/315435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/1999] [Revised: 02/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) has become a major cause of mortality in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. To assess the potential of prospective polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening for early diagnosis of IA, 84 recipients of an allogeneic stem cell transplant were analyzed with the investigators blinded to clinical and microbiologic data. Of 1193 blood samples analyzed, 169 (14.2%) were positive by PCR. In patients with newly diagnosed IA (n=7), PCR positivity preceded the first clinical signs by a median of 2 days (range, 1-23 days) and preceded clinical diagnosis of IA by a median of 9 days (range, 2-34 days). Pretransplantation IA (relative risk [RR], 2.37), acute graft-versus-host disease (RR, 2.75), and corticosteroid treatment (RR, 6.5) were associated with PCR positivity. The PCR assay revealed a sensitivity of 100% (95% confidence interval [CI], 48%-100%) and a specificity of 65% (95% CI, 53%-75%). None of the PCR-negative patients developed IA during the study period. Thus, prospective PCR screening allows for identification of patients at high risk for subsequent onset of IA.
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- H Hebart
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Löffler J, Utermann B, Duba HC, Mayr U, Utermann G, Erdel M. Mental and psychomotoric retardation in two brothers with pure partial trisomy 7q32-q34 due to a maternal insertion (14;7). Am J Med Genet 2000; 91:291-7. [PMID: 10766986 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000410)91:4<291::aid-ajmg10>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/10/2022]
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We present two brothers with mental retardation, seizures disorder, generalized muscular hypertonia, kyphoscoliosis, minor anomalies and a prominent midface. GTG-banded chromosome analysis showed a derivative chromosome 14 without clues toward the origin of the rearrangement. Microdissection of the derivative chromosome 14 and subsequent reverse painting demonstrated partial trisomy 7q32-q34 as the unbalanced product of a maternal insertion (14;7). Thus, we identified two cases with pure trisomy 7q32-q34 that allowed further delineation of this aneusomy syndrome.
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- J Löffler
- Institut für Medizinische Biologie und Humangenetik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Einsele H, Hebart H, Kauffmann-Schneider C, Sinzger C, Jahn G, Bader P, Klingebiel T, Dietz K, Löffler J, Bokemeyer C, Müller CA, Kanz L. Risk factors for treatment failures in patients receiving PCR-based preemptive therapy for CMV infection. Bone Marrow Transplant 2000; 25:757-63. [PMID: 10745262 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 11/09/2022]
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PCR-based preemptive therapy with ganciclovir has been shown to reduce the incidence of CMV disease after BMT. Failures of this treatment strategy are CMV disease and secondary non-viral infections. Eighty-six consecutive patients at high risk for CMV disease who received PCR-based preemptive therapy with ganciclovir were assessed for treatment failures and possible risk factors. Ganciclovir was initiated in 57 of 86 patients (66%). Only 28 of 86 (32%) patients received 4 or more weeks of ganciclovir. Recurrence of CMV infection after successful treatment was more frequent among recipients of a BMT from an unrelated compared to a sibling donor (P = 0.004). Three (3.5%) patients developed non-fatal early onset CMV disease and seven of 68 (10.3 %) late onset CMV disease (>100 days post transplant). Risk factors for late onset CMV disease were cGVHD (P = 0.0017) and duration of prior antiviral therapy >4 weeks (P = 0. 0073). The incidence of secondary non-viral infections was 28% with the duration of antiviral treatment being a significant risk factor for secondary bacterial (P = 0.0045) and invasive fungal infections (P = 0.006). Thus, PCR-based preemptive treatment with ganciclovir reduces early onset CMV disease, but the duration of antiviral therapy prior to day +100 is a significant risk factor for late onset CMV disease as well as secondary non-viral infections.
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- H Einsele
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Abt II, Tübingen, Germany
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Löffler J, Einsele H, Hebart H, Schumacher U, Hrastnik C, Daum G. Phospholipid and sterol analysis of plasma membranes of azole-resistant Candida albicans strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 185:59-63. [PMID: 10731607 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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The phospholipid and sterol composition of the plasma membranes of five fluconazole-resistant clinical Candida albicans isolates was compared to that of three fluconazole-sensitive ones. The three azole-sensitive strains tested and four of the five resistant strains did not exhibit any major difference in their phospholipid and sterol composition. The remaining strain (R5) showed a decreased amount of ergosterol and a lower phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylethanolamine ratio in the plasma membrane. These changes in the plasma membrane lipid and sterol composition may be responsible for an altered uptake of drugs and thus for a reduced intracellular accumulation of fluconazole thereby providing a mechanism for azole resistance.
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- J Löffler
- Medizinische Klinik, Abteilung II, Labor Prof. Dr. med. H. Einsele, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, Tübingen, Germany
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Hebart H, Bokemeyer C, Löffler J, Schumacher U, Kanz L, Einsele H. Management of Invasive Fungal Infections in Oncological Patients. Oncol Res Treat 1999. [DOI: 10.1159/000026945] [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: 11/19/2022]
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