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Mathy RM, Kuhn TC, Kappes J, Wielpütz MO, Ruhparwar A, Frankenstein L, Tanner M, Geis N, Fischer C, Kasperk C, Heussel CP, Kreuter M, Wilkens FM. Intracardial PMMA bone cement embolism after kyphoplasty-an unusual cause for sudden chest pain, hemothorax and hemopericardium. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2020; 116:61-64. [PMID: 32607594 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-020-00698-9] [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] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- R M Mathy
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Trauma Research Group, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Trauma Research Group, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Li W, Geis N, Kirschfink M. Specific targeting of anti-CD59 siRNA by Herceptin®-conjugated liposomes improves complement-mediated cytotoxicity of breast carcinoma cells. Mol Immunol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.05.222] [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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Zell S, Geis N, Rutz R, Schultz S, Giese T, Kirschfink M. Down-regulation of CD55 and CD46 expression by anti-sense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) sensitizes tumour cells to complement attack. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 150:576-84. [PMID: 17903221 PMCID: PMC2219364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Overexpression of one or more membrane-bound complement regulatory proteins (mCRPs) protects tumour cells against complement-mediated clearance by the autologous humoral immune response and is also considered as a barrier for successful immunotherapy with monoclonal anti-tumour antibodies. Neutralization of mCRPs by blocking antibodies, enzymatic removal or cytokine-mediated down-regulation has been shown to sensitize tumour cells to complement attack. In our study we applied, for the first time, anti-sense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (S-ODNs) to knock down the expression of the mCRPs CD55 and CD46 with the aim of exploiting complement more effectively for tumour cell damage. Potent anti-sense oligonucleotides against CD55 and CD46 were identified by screening various target sequences (n = 10) for each regulator. S-ODN anti-CD55(687) reduced CD55 protein expression up to 84% and CD46 protein expression was inhibited up to 76% by S-ODN anti-CD46(85). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed a similar reduction of the CD55 and CD46 mRNA levels, which argues for an RNAse H-dependent anti-sense mechanism. T47D, A549 and PC3 cells, representing breast, lung and prostate carcinoma, were used for functional studies. Dependent on the particular cell line, anti-sense-based inhibition of mCRP expression enhanced complement-dependent cytolysis (CDC) up to 42% for CD55 and up to 40% for CD46, and the combined inhibition of both regulators yielded further additive effects in T47D cells. C3 opsonization of CD55/CD46-deficient tumour cells was also clearly enhanced upon mCRP suppression. Due to the clinical applicability of S-ODNs, the anti-sense approach described in this study may offer an additional alternative to improve the efficacy of antibody- and complement-based cancer immunotherapy.
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- S Zell
- Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Sandstede JJ, Pabst T, Beer M, Geis N, Kenn W, Neubauer S, Hahn D. Three-dimensional MR coronary angiography using the navigator technique compared with conventional coronary angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999; 172:135-9. [PMID: 9888755 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.1.9888755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) MR coronary angiography with the navigator technique for the detection of coronary artery stenoses in comparison with that of conventional radiographic angiography. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty patients with coronary artery disease were examined with an ECG-triggered 3D fast low-angle shot sequence using retrospective respiratory gating and the navigator technique on a 1.5-T MR scanner. The data set was evaluated as a 3D view with a surface rendering technique. RESULTS Imaging of the proximal coronary arteries was possible in all patients. The average visualized lengths of the left main, left anterior descending, left circumflex, and right coronary arteries were 1.9+/-0.5 cm (mean +/- SD), 5.2+/-2.3 cm, 4.2+/-1.9 cm, and 5.2+/-2.5 cm, respectively. Irregular breathing reduced image quality in seven of the 30 patients, making diagnosis of stenoses impossible. In the 77% of patients whose examinations resulted in high-quality images, the sensitivity and specificity for detection of significant stenoses and occlusions in all four main coronary arteries were 81% and 89%, respectively. CONCLUSION The navigator technique allows reproducible imaging of the proximal course of coronary arteries. This technique obviates breath-hold studies, thus allowing more patients to be examined. In patients whose examinations resulted in high-quality images, significant coronary artery lesions could be seen. However, for widespread clinical use, further technical improvement is necessary to increase sensitivity and specificity.
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- J J Sandstede
- Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Geis N, Seto B, Bartoshesky L, Lewis MB, Pashayan HM. The prevalence of congenital heart disease among the population of a metropolitan cleft lip and palate clinic. Cleft Palate J 1981; 18:19-23. [PMID: 6936098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The entire infant population of the Tufts-New England Medical Center Cleft Palate Clinic was reviewed, and the prevalence rates of congenital cardiac anomalies were calculated. The overall prevalence rate of congenital heart disease among the facial cleft clinic population was 6.7%, with a prevalence rate of 9.1% among patients with submucous cleft palate, 7.7% with congenital palato-pharyngeal incompetence, 0% with cleft lip only, 5.3% with unilateral cleft lip and palate, 12.5% with bilateral cleft lip and palate, 4.3% with cleft palate only, 13.6% with Pierre-Robin anomaly, 7.1% with cleft lip and palate and a syndrome diagnosis, 16.7% with cleft palate and a syndrome diagnosis.
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