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Duverney C, Abbasi H, Berkelaar M, Pelttari K, Cattin PC, Barbero A, Zam A, Rauter G. Sterile Tissue Ablation Using Laser Light—System Design, Experimental Validation, and Outlook on Clinical Applicability. J Med Device 2021; 15. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4049396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Preparation of biological samples for further processing or analysis is generally performed manually by means of standard mechanical tools such as scalpels or biopsy punches. While this approach is uncomplicated and swift, it entails constraints such as low, operator-dependent cutting accuracy and reproducibility. Tissue segments surrounding the cut may further suffer mechanical and thermal damage due to shear forces and friction between tool and sample. These hindrances affect procedures both in the laboratory environment as well as within clinical settings. A system has been developed leveraging robotic positioning and laser light for precise, controlled, and contactless tissue ablation, and providing a concise and intuitive graphical user interface. Additionally, sterility of the process is demonstrated, a paramount element for clinical application. The proposed process does not require sterilization of the robotic components or the lasers, easing a prospective integration into existing workflows. In the context of this work, mainly cartilage repair surgery is targeted. The proposed system allows for highly accurate and reproducible shaping of the cartilage lesion area as well as its corresponding engineered cartilage graft, possibly leading to better and faster integration at the defect site. Promising results could be obtained in a first test series with human cartilage samples, validating the functionality of the preparation system and the feasibility of the sterility concept.
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- Cédric Duverney
- Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Laboratory (BIROMED-Lab), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft 4123, Switzerland
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- Biomedical Laser and Optics Group (BLOG), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft 4123, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, Basel, Basel-Stadt 4031, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, Basel, Basel-Stadt 4031, Switzerland
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- Center for medical Image Analysis and Navigation (CIAN), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft 4123, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, Basel, Basel-Stadt 4031, Switzerland
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- Biomedical Laser and Optics Group (BLOG), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft 4123, Switzerland
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- Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Laboratory (BIROMED-Lab), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft 4123, Switzerland
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Schippers A, Berkelaar M, Bakker M, Van Hove G. The experiences of Dutch fathers on fathering children with disabilities: 'Hey, that is a father and his daughter, that is it'. J Intellect Disabil Res 2020; 64:442-454. [PMID: 31930638 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Due to a predominant focus on mothers, fathers of children with disabilities are greatly overlooked in research. One could argue that there is a lack of research on the multifaceted nature of fatherhood altogether. Therefore, this study aims to gain insight into the perceived experiences of fathers of children with disabilities. METHODS These perceptions were studied by analysing data generated through semi-structured interviews, which were conducted with 12 Dutch fathers of children or young adults with disabilities. RESULTS Categories found during our data analysis were similar to those illustrated in the 'conceptual framework on responsible fathering' by including role identification, commitment, employment characteristics, cultural expectations and social support. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the fathers in this study reported similar experiences, but this study identified new life perspective as an additional category, which might be specific for fathers of children with disabilities. This new life perspective included a positive attitude, living in the moment, appreciation of the little things and transformation of expectations. Some fathers expressed that their child(ren) has enriched their lives, which positively influenced their fathering experience.
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- A Schippers
- Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Disability Studies in Nederland, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedagogics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Lombardi MS, Gilliéron C, Berkelaar M, Gabay C. Salt-inducible kinases (SIK) inhibition reduces RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185426. [PMID: 28973003 PMCID: PMC5626034 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Osteoclasts are large multinucleated cells responsible for bone resorption. Excessive inflammatory activation of osteoclasts leads to bony erosions, which are the hallmark of several diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Salt-inducible kinases (SIK) constitute a subfamily of kinases comprising three members (SIK1, -2, and -3). Inhibition of SIK kinase activity induces an anti-inflammatory phenotype in macrophages. Since osteoclasts originate from precursors of macrophage origin, we hypothesized a role of SIK in osteoclastogenesis. We analyzed SIK1, -2 and -3 expression and function in osteoclast differentiation using the mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM). We show that all three SIK are expressed in fully differentiated osteoclasts and that in BMM-derived osteoclasts there is an increased expression of SIK1 and SIK3 proteins. Interestingly, the pan-SIK inhibitor HG-9-91-01 significantly inhibited osteoclastogenesis by dose dependently reducing osteoclast differentiation markers (i.e. CathepsinK, MMP-9 and TRAP) and bone resorbing activity. Analysis of the signaling pathways activated by RANKL in RAW cells showed that SIK inhibitors did not affect RANKL-induced ERK1/2, JNK, p38 or NF-κB activation, but induced a significant downregulation in c-Fos and NFATc1 protein levels, the two main transcription factors involved in the regulation of osteoclast-specific genes. Moreover, SIK inhibition partially increased the proteasome-mediated degradation of c-Fos. SIK2 and SIK3 knockout RAW cells were generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 approach. SIK2 KO and, to a lesser extent, SIK3 KO recapitulated the effect of SIK small molecule inhibitor, thus confirming the specificity of the effect of SIK inhibition on the reduction of osteoclastogenesis. Overall, our results support the notion that the SIK signaling pathway plays a significant role among the check-points controlling osteoclastogenesis. SIK kinase inhibitors could thus represent a potential novel therapy to prevent bone erosions.
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- Maria Stella Lombardi
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (CGa); (MSL)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (CGa); (MSL)
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Berkelaar M, Eekhoff EMW, Simonis-Bik AMC, Boomsma DI, Diamant M, Ijzerman RG, Dekker JM, 't Hart LM, de Geus EJC. Effects of induced hyperinsulinaemia with and without hyperglycaemia on measures of cardiac vagal control. Diabetologia 2013; 56:1436-43. [PMID: 23404443 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-2848-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We examined the effects of serum insulin levels on vagal control over the heart and tested the hypothesis that higher fasting insulin levels are associated with lower vagal control. We also examined whether experimentally induced increases in insulin by beta cell secretagogues, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), will decrease vagal control. METHODS Respiration and ECGs were recorded for 130 healthy participants undergoing clamps. Three variables of cardiac vagal effects (the root mean square of successive differences [rMSSD] in the interbeat interval of the heart rate [IBI], heart-rate variability [HRV] caused by peak-valley respiratory sinus arrhythmia [pvRSA], and high-frequency power [HF]) and heart rate (HR) were obtained at seven time points during the clamps, characterised by increasing levels of insulin (achieved by administering insulin plus glucose, glucose only, glucose and GLP-1, and glucose and GLP-1 combined with arginine). RESULTS Serum insulin level was positively associated with HR at all time points during the clamps except the first-phase hyperglycaemic clamp. Insulin levels were negatively correlated with variables of vagal control, reaching significance for rMSSD and log10HF, but not for pvRSA, during the last four phases of the hyperglycaemic clamp (hyperglycaemic second phase, GLP-1 first and second phases, and arginine). These associations disappeared when adjusted for age, BMI and insulin sensitivity. Administration of the beta cell secretagogues GLP-1 and arginine led to a significant increase in HR, but this was not paired with a significant reduction in HRV measures. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION Experimentally induced hyperinsulinaemia is not correlated with cardiac vagal control or HR when adjusting for age, BMI and insulin sensitivity index. Our findings suggest that exposure to a GLP-1 during hyperglycaemia leads to a small acute increase in HR but not to an acute decrease in cardiac vagal control.
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- M Berkelaar
- Diabetes Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Minzenberg M, Berkelaar M, Bray G, McKerracher L. Changes in retinal ganglion cell axons after optic nerve crush: neurofilament expression is not the sole determinant of calibre. Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 73:599-604. [PMID: 8714678 DOI: 10.1139/o95-065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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After injury in the central nervous system of adult mammals, many of the axons that remain attached to their intact cell bodies degenerate and decrease in calibre. To understand this process better, we have investigated the relationship between axonal loss, cell loss, and the time course of changes in axonal calibre. Optic nerves (ONs) were crushed and the numbers and sizes of axons remaining close to the cell bodies (2 mm from the eye) and near the site of the lesion (6 mm from the eye) were determined for nerves examined between 1 week and 3 months after injury. Comparison with the retinal ganglion cell (RGC) counts from the same animals revealed that axonal loss was concomitant with cell body loss for at least the first 2 weeks after injury. However, there was no significant change in the calibre of the surviving neurons until 1 month after injury. Thereafter, the axonal calibre was decreased equally along the ON. No progressive somatofugal atrophy was observed. These decreases in axonal calibre occur much later than the immediate drop in neurofilament (NF) expression that also follows injury. The late effect of injury on axonal calibre suggests that NF expression is not the sole determinant of axon size of the RGC fibers in the ON. Other factors are likely additional contributing factors, such as the decreased rate of axonal transport that would help maintain the axonal neurofilament content.
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- M Minzenberg
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montréal General Hospital Research Institute and McGill University, QC, Canada
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Berkelaar M, Clarke DB, Wang YC, Bray GM, Aguayo AJ. Axotomy results in delayed death and apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells in adult rats. J Neurosci 1994; 14:4368-74. [PMID: 8027784 PMCID: PMC6577016] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Using quantitative anatomical techniques, we show that after intraorbital optic nerve transection in adult rats, virtually all retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) survive for 5 d and then die abruptly in large numbers, reducing the RGC population to approximately 50% of normal by day 7 and to less than 10% on day 14. During this period of rapid cell loss, some RGCs show cytochemical alterations indicative of apoptosis ("programmed cell death"), a change not previously categorized after axotomy in adult mammals. With intracranial lesions 8-9 mm from the eye, the onset of cell death is delayed until day 8 and is greater with cut than crush. The demonstration that axotomy results in apoptosis, the long interval between axonal injury and RGC death, and the different time of onset of the massive RGC loss with optic nerve lesions near or far from the eye suggest that axonal interruption triggers a cascade of molecular events whose outcome may be critically dependent on the availability of neuronal trophic support from endogenous or exogenous sources. The role of such molecules in RGC survival and the reversible nature of these injury-induced changes is underscored by the temporary rescue of most RGCs by a single intravitreal injection of brain-derived neurotrophic factor during the first 5 d after intraorbital optic nerve injury (Mansour-Robaey et al., 1994). The delayed pattern of RGC loss observed in the present experiments likely explains such a critical period for effective neurotrophin administration.
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- M Berkelaar
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Québec, Canada
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Jelsma TN, Friedman HH, Berkelaar M, Bray GM, Aguayo AJ. Different forms of the neurotrophin receptor trkB mRNA predominate in rat retina and optic nerve. J Neurobiol 1993; 24:1207-14. [PMID: 8409978 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480240907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The expression of TrkB mRNAs was investigated in rat retina and optic nerve. A 11.5 kb transcript that encodes full-length TRKB was found to predominate in Northern blots of retinal RNA. By in situ hybridization, this trkB expression was concentrated in the ganglion cell and inner nuclear layers. Furthermore, an antibody to the full-length TRKB immunostained retinal ganglion cells and their axons. In contrast, Northern blots of optic nerve RNA showed a prominent 9.5 kb band that encoded a form of the TRKB receptor lacking the tyrosine kinase domain. This species was also detected in both the sciatic nerve and cultured astrocytes and C6 glioma cells. These results suggest that neurons express the full-length TRKB containing the tyrosine kinase domain, while non-neuronal cells express the truncated form of the receptor. These two classes of TRKB may mediate different neurotrophic actions in the retina and optic nerve.
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- T N Jelsma
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute and McGill University, Québec, Canada
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