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Longfellow B, Gallant AT, Sargsyan GH, Burkey MT, Hirsh TY, Savard G, Scielzo ND, Varriano L, Brodeur M, Burdette DP, Clark JA, Lascar D, Launey KD, Mueller P, Ray D, Sharma KS, Valverde AA, Wilson GL, Yan XL. Improved Tensor Current Limit from ^{8}B β Decay Including New Recoil-Order Calculations. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:142502. [PMID: 38640383 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.142502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
Abstract
A precision measurement of the β^{+} decay of ^{8}B was performed using the Beta-decay Paul Trap to determine the β-ν angular correlation coefficient a_{βν}. The experimental results were combined with new ab initio symmetry-adapted no-core shell-model calculations to yield the second-most precise measurement from Gamow-Teller decays, a_{βν}=-0.3345±0.0019_{stat}±0.0021_{syst}. This value agrees with the standard model value of -1/3 and improves uncertainties in ^{8}B by nearly a factor of 2. By combining results from ^{8}B and ^{8}Li, a tight limit on tensor current coupling to right-handed neutrinos was obtained. A recent global evaluation of all other precision β decay studies suggested a nonzero value for right-handed neutrino coupling in contradiction with the standard model at just above 3σ. The present results are of comparable sensitivity and do not support this finding.
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- B Longfellow
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne 81800, Israel
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Gallant AT, Scielzo ND, Savard G, Clark JA, Brodeur M, Buchinger F, Burdette DP, Burkey MT, Caldwell S, Crawford JE, Czeszumska A, Deibel CM, Greene J, Heslop D, Hirsh TY, Levand AF, Longfellow B, Morgan GE, Mueller P, Orford R, Padgett S, Paul N, Galván AP, Reimer A, Segel R, Sharma KS, Siegl K, Varriano L, Zabransky BJ. Angular Correlations in the β Decay of ^{8}B: First Tensor-Current Limits from a Mirror-Nucleus Pair. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:192502. [PMID: 37243659 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.192502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
We present the first measurement of the α-β-ν angular correlation in the Gamow-Teller β^{+} decay of ^{8}B. This was accomplished using the Beta-decay Paul Trap, expanding on our previous work on the β^{-} decay of ^{8}Li. The ^{8}B result is consistent with the V-A electroweak interaction of the standard model and, on its own, provides a limit on the exotic right-handed tensor current relative to the axial-vector current of |C_{T}/C_{A}|^{2}<0.013 at the 95.5% confidence level. This represents the first high-precision angular correlation measurements in mirror decays and was made possible through the use of an ion trap. By combining this ^{8}B result with our previous ^{8}Li results, we demonstrate a new pathway for increased precision in searches for exotic currents.
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- A T Gallant
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne 81800, Israel
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Fortmeier V, Hoeflsauer K, Mueller P, Potratz M, Friedrichs KP, Scholtz S, Gummert J, Rudolph V, Gilis-Januszewski T, Bleiziffer S, Rudolph T. Female patients with coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis undergoing a surgical or interventional treatment in terms of revascularization and valve replacement. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2081] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Coronary artery disease (CAD) in female patients undergoing a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is accompanied with a worse outcome compared to those without CAD. Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether a complete revascularization and outcome are achieved similarly in women treated with an interventional (PCI plus TAVI) or surgical (CABG plus SAVR) treatment strategy.
Purpose
This study aims to compare the completeness of revascularization in terms of residual SyntaxScore and to evaluate the differences in 30-days (short-term), one-year and three-years (intermediate term) mortality in women with CAD and AS undergoing a surgical or catheter-based treatment.
Methods
Patients were recruited at one tertiary center in Germany between 2016 and 2019. Initially the surgical group contained 932 patients and the interventional cohort 360 patients as a result of setting a maximum time interval of 3 months between PCI and TAVI.
The surgical group (CABG+SAVR) and the interventional group (PCI+TAVI) were compared by using a propensity score analysis. Age, left ventricular function, EuroSCORE II and degree of CAD served as matching parameters so that the matched female cohort finally consisted of 114 patients (57 patients treated interventionally, 57 treated surgically). Syntax Score was measured before and after revascularization. As a primary endpoint all-cause mortality was analyzed at 30 days, one and three years after the procedure.
Results
Median age was 80 years both in the interventional and surgical cohort (p=0.298). Both groups represented a moderate to high-risk population (EuroScore II in PCI+TAVI: 4.39 [2.83–8.82] vs 6.18 [3.43–8.6] in CABG+SAVR (p=0.279) and showed no significant difference in median pre-interventional/preoperative SyntaxScore I (PCI+TAVI: 16.00 [9–26.5] vs CABG+SAVR: 18 [9.5–25.5]; p=0.719). In the interventional group coronary physiology was measured more frequently (6.8% vs 1.8%, p=0.024). There was no significant difference in the presence of an aortoostial lesion, heavy calcification and a length of the lesion >20mm between PCI+TAVI and CABG+SAVR before therapy (PCI+TAVI vs CABG+SAVR: 11.1% vs 13.0%, p=0.581; 60.5% vs 55.1%, p=0.289; 20.4% vs 25.1%, p=0.316). The main stem as target lesion was present in both groups with no significant difference (PCI+TAVI vs CABG+SAVR: 8.8% vs 19.3%, p=0.106).
Median residual SyntaxScore I was significantly higher in PCI+TAVI than in CABG+SAVR (5.0 [0.0–13.0] vs 0.0 [0.0–8.5], p=0.03).
No significant difference in 30-days, 1-year and 3-years mortality was observed between the interventional and surgical group (PCI+TAVI vs CABG+SAVR: 3.5% vs 8.8%, p=0.242; 10.5% vs 14%, p=0.568; 22.8% vs 15.8%, p=0.342).
Conclusion
Female patients with AS and CAD with low SyntaxScore undergoing CABG+SAVR reach a more complete revascularization than those treated interventionally. Nevertheless, this fact seems to have no influence on short and intermediate term mortality.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- V Fortmeier
- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Angiology , Bad Oeynhausen , Germany
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Burkey MT, Savard G, Gallant AT, Scielzo ND, Clark JA, Hirsh TY, Varriano L, Sargsyan GH, Launey KD, Brodeur M, Burdette DP, Heckmaier E, Joerres K, Klimes JW, Kolos K, Laminack A, Leach KG, Levand AF, Longfellow B, Maaß B, Marley ST, Morgan GE, Mueller P, Orford R, Padgett SW, Pérez Galván A, Pierce JR, Ray D, Segel R, Siegl K, Sharma KS, Wang BS. Improved Limit on Tensor Currents in the Weak Interaction from ^{8}Li β Decay. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:202502. [PMID: 35657880 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.202502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The electroweak interaction in the standard model is described by a pure vector-axial-vector structure, though any Lorentz-invariant component could contribute. In this Letter, we present the most precise measurement of tensor currents in the low-energy regime by examining the β-ν[over ¯] correlation of trapped ^{8}Li ions with the Beta-decay Paul Trap. We find a_{βν}=-0.3325±0.0013_{stat}±0.0019_{syst} at 1σ for the case of coupling to right-handed neutrinos (C_{T}=-C_{T}^{'}), which is consistent with the standard model prediction.
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- M T Burkey
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
- Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne 81800, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 80401 USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Fortmeier V, Mueller P, Potratz M, Friedrichs KP, Scholtz S, Gummert J, Rudolph V, Bleiziffer S, Rudolph TK. Short- and intermediate-term mortality in women and men after surgical versus interventional revascularization and aortic valve replacement. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2170] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Patients with isolated aortic valve stenosis (AS) at intermediate and even low-risk benefit from an interventional treatment with TAVI as compared to surgical aortic valve replacement. Whether patients with concomitant coronary artery disease have a better outcome with an interventional (PCI plus TAVI) or surgical (CABG plus SAVR) treatment strategy is still unclear.
Purpose
To evaluate the differences in 30-days (short-term) and one-year (intermediate term) mortality in women and men with CAD and AS undergoing a surgical or catheter-based treatment.
Methods
All patients were treated in Heart and Diabetes Center Bad Oeynhausen during 2016–2019. The surgical group contained 932 patients, the interventional cohort 360 patients as a result of setting a maximum time interval of 3 months between PCI and TAVR.
CABG+SAVR and PCI+TAVR cohorts were compared by using a propensity score analysis including age, left ventricular function, EuroSCORE II and degree of CAD as matching parameters. After matching the total cohort, 406 patients could be obtained. The matched female cohort consisted of 114 patients, the matched male cohort of 284 patients. As a primary endpoint all-cause mortality was analyzed at 30 days and one year after the procedure. Furthermore, procedural and post-procedural outcome were analyzed.
Results
The studied TAVI cohort was a low to intermediate risk population (EuroScore II of the total cohort: 3.82 [2.49–6.64] in CABG+SAVR vs 4.36 [2.59–7.12] in PCI+TAVR, p=0.38; women: 6.18 [3.43–8.6], p=0.279; men: 4.39 [2.83–8.82], p=0.279). There was no significant difference in 30-days mortality between the surgical and interventional group, regarding the total cohort (3.9% vs 2.5%; p=0.398). Whereas in the male cohort 30-days mortality was comparable between interventional and surgical treatment (2.1% vs 2.1%; p=1), in the female group the surgical treatment showed a trend towards higher mortality without reaching statistical significance (8.8% vs 3.5%; p=0.242). Additionally, one-year mortality did not differ in the three cohorts between CABG+SAVR and PCI+TAVR (total cohort: 11.3% vs 12.8%; p=0.648 women: 14% vs 10.5%; p=0.568; men: 11.3% vs 14.8%; p=0.378). The number of postprocedural permanent pacemaker implantations was statistically higher after TAVR plus PCI (total cohort: 7.4% vs 15.3%; p=0.012; women: 7% vs 19.3%; p=0.052; men: 8.5% vs 19%; p=0.01). Furthermore, a significantly longer length of hospital stay was reported for the surgical cohort (total cohort: 13 [11–17] vs 11 [9–15]; p=0; women: 14 [12–18] vs 12 [10.5–15.5]; p=0.019; men: 13 [11–15] vs 11 [9–15]; p=0).
Conclusion
In patients with AS and CAD there is no significant difference in short and intermediate term mortality when comparing surgical or interventional treatment.
Subsequently, an interventional approach might be a legitimate alternative to CABG+SAVR in these patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- V Fortmeier
- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Visca D, Ong CWM, Tiberi S, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Chen B, Mueller J, Mueller P, Duarte R, Dalcolmo M, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB, Goletti D. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 interaction: A review of biological, clinical and public health effects. Pulmonology 2021; 27:151-165. [PMID: 33547029 PMCID: PMC7825946 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Evidence is accumulating on the interaction between tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19. The aim of the present review is to report the available evidence on the interaction between these two infections. Differences and similarities of TB and COVID-19, their immunological features, diagnostics, epidemiological and clinical characteristics and public health implications are discussed. The key published documents and guidelines on the topic have been reviewed. Based on the immunological mechanism involved, a shared dysregulation of immune responses in COVID-19 and TB has been found, suggesting a dual risk posed by co-infection worsening COVID-19 severity and favouring TB disease progression. The available evidence on clinical aspects suggests that COVID-19 happens regardless of TB occurrence either before, during or after an active TB diagnosis. More evidence is required to determine if COVID-19 may reactivate or worsen active TB disease. The role of sequeale and the need for further rehabilitation must be further studied Similarly, the potential role of drugs prescribed during the initial phase to treat COVID-19 and their interaction with anti-TB drugs require caution. Regarding risk of morbidity and mortality, several risk scores for COVID-19 and independent risk factors for TB have been identified: including, among others, age, poverty, malnutrition and co-morbidities (HIV co-infection, diabetes, etc.). Additional evidence is expected to be provided by the ongoing global TB/COVID-19 study.
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- D Visca
- Division of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Diseases, University of Insubria, Tradate, Varese-Como, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Division of Infection, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy
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- Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- The Mueller Health Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Mueller Health Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; Public Health Science and Medical Education Dept, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Centro de Referência Professor Hélio Fraga, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
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- Translational Research Unit, Epidemiology and Preclinical Research Department, "L. Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Brockmeyer M, Lin Y, Parco C, Karathanos A, Krieger T, Schulze V, Heinen Y, Bejinariu A, Mueller P, Makimoto H, Kelm M, Wolff G. Uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists during ablation for atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0569] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Uninterrupted anticoagulation during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (CAAF) became standard of care after positive results of trials investigating vitamin K antagonists (VKA). Previous studies and meta-analyses of uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) vs. VKA have given controversial results. We thus aimed to elucidate the risks and benefits of uninterrupted DOAC vs. VKA during CAAF in an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Methods
Online databases were searched for RCTs comparing uninterrupted DOAC to VKA in patients undergoing CAAF until September 2019. Data from retrieved studies were analysed in a comprehensive meta-analysis. Primary safety outcome was major bleeding; primary efficacy outcome was stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Secondary outcomes included a composite of major bleeding and stroke or TIA, minor bleeding, acute cerebral lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (ACL) and mortality.
Results
Six eligible RCTs comprising 2,369 patients were included. Pooled meta-analysis showed no significant differences in DOAC vs. VKA concerning the rates of major bleeding (2.2% vs. 3.8%; odds ratio (OR) 0.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.30–1.56; p=0.37) and stroke or TIA (0.2% vs. 0.2%; OR 0.97, CI 0.20–4.72; p=0.97). There were no significant differences found in secondary outcomes (OR 0.73, p=0.49 for composite of major bleeding and stroke or TIA; OR 1.08, p=0.52 for minor bleeding; OR 1.12, p=0.59 for ACL; and OR=0.60, p=0.64 for all-cause mortality).
Conclusion
Our meta-analysis suggests that uninterrupted periprocedural anticoagulation with DOAC or VKA is characterized by a similar risk/benefit ratio in patients undergoing CAAF with comparable rates of major bleeding and stroke.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): Medical faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- M Brockmeyer
- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Tang H, Nolte S, Jensen K, Yang Z, Wu J, Mueller P. Grazing mediates soil microbial activity and litter decomposition in salt marshes. Sci Total Environ 2020; 720:137559. [PMID: 32325578 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Salt marshes contribute to climate change mitigation because of their great capacity to store organic matter (OM) in soils. Most of the research regarding OM turnover in salt marshes in times of global change focuses on effects of rising temperature and accelerated sea-level rise, while effects of land-use change have gained little attention. The present work investigates the mechanisms by which livestock grazing can affect OM decomposition in salt marsh soils. In a grazing exclusion experiment at the mouth of the Yangtze estuary, China, we assessed soil microbial exo-enzyme activity (EEA) to gain insight into the microbial carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) demand. Additionally, we studied the decomposition of plant litter in soil using the Tea Bag Index (TBI), a widely used standardized litter bag assay to fingerprint soil decomposition dynamics. Based on EEAs, grazing markedly reduced microbial C acquisition, whereas microbial N acquisition was strongly increased. These opposing grazing effects were also evident in the decomposition of standardized plant litter: The decomposition rate constant (k) and the stabilization (S) of litter were not inversely related, as would be expected, but instead both were reduced by livestock grazing. Our data suggest that gazing effects on EEAs and litter decomposition can just partly be explained by grazing-driven soil compaction and resulting lower oxygen availability, which has previously been hypothesized as a main pathway by which grazing can reduce microbial activity in wetland soils. Instead, grazing effects on microbial nutrient demand occurs to be an at least equally important control on soil decomposition processes.
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- H Tang
- Plant Ecology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, UK; Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Rd, Lowestoft, UK
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of Yangtze River Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, PR China; Liupanshui Normal University, 553000 Liupanshui, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of Yangtze River Estuary, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, PR China
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Contees Wharf Rd 647, MD 21037, Edgewater, United States.
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Fry J, Alarcon R, Baeßler S, Balascuta S, Palos LB, Bailey T, Bass K, Birge N, Blose A, Borissenko D, Bowman J, Broussard L, Bryant A, Byrne J, Calarco J, Caylor J, Chang K, Chupp T, Cianciolo T, Crawford C, Ding X, Doyle M, Fan W, Farrar W, Fomin N, Frlež E, Gericke M, Gervais M, Glück F, Greene G, Grzywacz R, Gudkov V, Hamblen J, Hayes C, Hendrus C, Ito T, Jezghani A, Li H, Makela M, Macsai N, Mammei J, Mammei R, Martinez M, Matthews D, McCrea M, McGaughey P, McLaughlin C, Mueller P, Petten DV, Penttilä S, Perryman D, Picker R, Pierce J, Počanić D, Qian Y, Ramsey J, Randall G, Riley G, Rykaczewski K, Salas-Bacci A, Samiei S, Scott E, Shelton T, Sjue S, Smith A, Smith E, Stevens E, Wexler J, Whitehead R, Wilburn W, Young A, Zeck B. The Nab experiment: A precision measurement of unpolarized neutron beta decay. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921904002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Neutron beta decay is one of the most fundamental processes in nuclear physics and provides sensitive means to uncover the details of the weak interaction. Neutron beta decay can evaluate the ratio of axial-vector to vector coupling constants in the standard model, λ = gA/gV, through multiple decay correlations. The Nab experiment will carry out measurements of the electron-neutrino correlation parameter a with a precision of δa/a = 10−3 and the Fierz interference term b to δb = 3 × 10−3 in unpolarized free neutron beta decay. These results, along with a more precise measurement of the neutron lifetime, aim to deliver an independent determination of the ratio λ with a precision of δλ/λ = 0.03% that will allow an evaluation of Vud and sensitively test CKM unitarity, independent of nuclear models. Nab utilizes a novel, long asymmetric spectrometer that guides the decay electron and proton to two large area silicon detectors in order to precisely determine the electron energy and an estimation of the proton momentum from the proton time of flight. The Nab spectrometer is being commissioned at the Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Lab. We present an overview of the Nab experiment and recent updates on the spectrometer, analysis, and systematic effects.
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Leung K, Ahmed M, Alarcon R, Aleksandrova A, Baeßler S, Barrón-Palos L, Bartoszek L, Beck D, Behzadipour M, Bessuille J, Blatnik M, Broering M, Broussard L, Busch M, Carr R, Chu PH, Cianciolo V, Clayton S, Cooper M, Crawford C, Currie S, Daurer C, Dipert R, Dow K, Dutta D, Efremenko Y, Erickson C, Filippone B, Fomin N, Gao H, Golub R, Gould C, Greene G, Haase D, Hasell D, Hawari A, Hayden M, Holley A, Holt R, Huffman P, Ihloff E, Ito T, Kelsey J, Kim Y, Korobkina E, Korsch W, Lamoreaux S, Leggett E, Lipman A, Liu CY, Long J, MacDonald S, Makela M, Matlashov A, Maxwell J, McCrea M, Mendenhall M, Meyer H, Milner R, Mueller P, Nouri N, O'Shaughnessy C, Osthelder C, Peng JC, Penttila S, Phan N, Plaster B, Ramsey J, Rao T, Redwine R, Reid A, Saftah A, Seidel G, Silvera I, Slutsky S, Smith E, Snow W, Sondheim W, Sosothikul S, Stanislaus T, Sun X, Swank C, Tang Z, Dinani RT, Tsentalovich E, Vidal C, Wei W, White C, Williamson S, Yang L, Yao W, Young A. The neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921902005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Novel experimental techniques are required to make the next big leap in neutron electric dipole moment experimental sensitivity, both in terms of statistics and systematic error control. The nEDM experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source (nEDM@SNS) will implement the scheme of Golub & Lamoreaux [Phys. Rep., 237, 1 (1994)]. The unique properties of combining polarized ultracold neutrons, polarized 3He, and superfluid 4He will be exploited to provide a sensitivity to ∼ 10−28 e · cm. Our cryogenic apparatus will deploy two small (3 L) measurement cells with a high density of ultracold neutrons produced and spin analyzed in situ. The electric field strength, precession time, magnetic shielding, and detected UCN number will all be enhanced compared to previous room temperature Ramsey measurements. Our 3He co-magnetometer offers unique control of systematic effects, in particular the Bloch-Siegert induced false EDM. Furthermore, there will be two distinct measurement modes: free precession and dressed spin. This will provide an important self-check of our results. Following five years of “critical component demonstration,” our collaboration transitioned to a “large scale integration” phase in 2018. An overview of our measurement techniques, experimental design, and brief updates are described in these proceedings.
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Wollmann G, Spiesschaert B, Das K, Schreiber LM, Erlmann P, Stierstorfer B, von Laer D, Mueller P, Urbiola C. Replicative potency of oncolytic VSV-GP differentially shapes the immune signature in three distinct syngeneic tumour models. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz452.023] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Range FT, Peters DP, Zeus T, Jander S, Mueller P, Kelm M. P4139Prediction of atrial fibrillation in embolic stroke of unknown source. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0711] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the leading cardiogenic causes for embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS). Its incidence is growing with patients' age. Detection and rule out of AF is complex and cumbersome. The best method is an implantable loop recorder (ILR). In patients elder than 60 years, incidence of AF is reported incongruently and reliable patient characteristics that can predict a low or high risk for AF are scarce.
Purpose
This study reports real life incidences of AF in a group of patients undergoing ILR after ESUS. It aims to depict age dependency of AF and to identify potential confounding factors.
Methods
In a single center study, we analysed 111 patients (age=62±13 years, nmale=65) who received an ILR in our centre following ESUS. Patient characteristics, brain imaging, hemodynamic monitoring, blood pressure, electrocardiography, holter ecg and echocardiography data from the initial hospital stay and ILR follow-up over a mean of 460 days were analysed. Primary endpoint was the recording of AF during follow-up.
Results
AF was detected in 23% of all patients. Patients with AF were significantly elder than those without AF (p=0.01). Incidence of AF was in Patients <60y: 14%, 60–69y: 13%, 70–79y: 45%, >80y: 67%. We observed a significant difference in AF incidence comparing patients younger and elder than 70 years (p=0.034).
Both, CHADS-Vasc (p=0.036) and HATCH-scores (p=0.018) were higher in the AF group while the simple CHADS2 Score missed significance (p=0.068). PQ duration was longer in AF patients (p=0.022) and baseline heart rate at admission was lower (p=0.027). NIHSS scores were lower in the AF group at admission (2.97 vs. 4.10; p=0.049) but due to less neurological improvement in the AF group, this difference faded until dismission (1.09 vs 1.79 p=ns).
Conclusions
In our real life ILR group following ESUS, strongest predictor of AF was age. Pivot point rather was at 70 than at 60 years of age.
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- F T Range
- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology und Angiology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology und Angiology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology und Angiology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Neurology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology und Angiology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology und Angiology, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Gauttam R, Seibold GM, Mueller P, Weil T, Weiß T, Handrick R, Eikmanns BJ. A simple dual-inducible CRISPR interference system for multiple gene targeting in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Plasmid 2019; 103:25-35. [PMID: 30954454 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The development of CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology has dramatically increased the pace and the precision of target identification during platform strain development. In order to develop a simple, reliable, and dual-inducible CRISPRi system for the industrially relevant Corynebacterium glutamicum, we combined two different inducible repressor systems in a single plasmid to separately regulate the expression of dCas9 (anhydro-tetracycline-inducible) and a given single guide RNA (IPTG-inducible). The functionality of the resulting vector was demonstrated by targeting the l-arginine biosynthesis pathway in C. glutamicum. By co-expressing dCas9 and a specific single guide RNA targeting the 5'-region of the argininosuccinate lyase gene argH, the specific activity of the target enzyme was down-regulated and in a l-arginine production strain, l-arginine formation was shifted towards citrulline formation. The system was also employed for down-regulation of multiple genes by concatenating sgRNA sequences encoded on one plasmid. Simultaneous down-regulated expression of both argH and the phosphoglucose isomerase gene pgi proved the potential of the system for multiplex targeting. The system can be a promising tool for further pathway engineering in C. glutamicum. Cumulative effects on targeted genes can be rapidly evaluated avoiding tedious and time-consuming traditional gene knockout approaches.
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- Rahul Gauttam
- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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McCarthy C, Cavallaro P, Mueller P, Arellano R, Bordeianou L. Abstract No. 541 Percutaneous management of acute diverticulitis: multi-institutional study of 401 patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Mueller P, Gauttam R, Raab N, Handrick R, Wahl C, Leptihn S, Zorn M, Kussmaul M, Scheffold M, Eikmanns B, Elling L, Gaisser S. High level in vivo mucin-type glycosylation in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:168. [PMID: 30367634 PMCID: PMC6202839 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Increasing efforts have been made to assess the potential of Escherichia coli strains for the production of complex recombinant proteins. Since a considerable part of therapeutic proteins are glycoproteins, the lack of the post-translational attachment of sugar moieties in standard E. coli expression strains represents a major caveat, thus limiting the use of E. coli based cell factories. The establishment of an E. coli expression system capable of protein glycosylation could potentially facilitate the production of therapeutics with a putative concomitant reduction of production costs. RESULTS The previously established E. coli strain expressing the soluble form of the functional human-derived glycosyltransferase polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (GalNAc-T2) was further modified by co-expressing the UDP-GlcNAc 4-epimerase WbgU derived from Plesiomonas shigelloides. This enables the conversion of uridine 5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) to the sugar donor uridine 5'-diphospho-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc) in the bacterial cytoplasm. Initially, the codon-optimised gene wbgU was inserted into a pET-derived vector and a Tobacco Etch Virus (TEV) protease cleavable polyhistidine-tag was translationally fused to the C- terminus of the amino acid sequence. The 4-epimerase was subsequently expressed and purified. Following the removal of the polyhistidine-tag, WbgU was analysed by circular dichroism spectroscopy to determine folding state and thermal transitions of the protein. The in vitro activity of WbgU was validated by employing a modified glycosyltransferase assay. The conversion of UDP-GlcNAc to UDP-GalNAc was shown by capillary electrophoresis analysis. Using a previously established chaperone pre-/co- expression platform, the in vivo activity of both glycosyltransferase GalNAc-T2 and 4-epimerase WbgU was assessed in E. coli, in combination with a mucin 10-derived target protein. Monitoring glycosylation by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS), the results clearly indicated the in vivo glycosylation of the mucin-derived acceptor peptide. CONCLUSION In the present work, the previously established E. coli- based expression system was further optimized and the potential for in vivo O-glycosylation was shown by demonstrating the transfer of sugar moieties to a mucin-derived acceptor protein. The results offer the possibility to assess the practical use of the described expression platform for in vivo glycosylations of important biopharmaceutical compounds in E. coli.
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- Phillipp Mueller
- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Zhejiang University-Edinburgh University Institute, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co.KG, Analytical Development Biologics, Biberach, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co.KG, Analytical Development Biologics, Biberach, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co.KG, Analytical Development Biologics, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
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Wehrenberg-Klee E, Arellano R, Uppot R, Zurkiya O, Mueller P, Zhu A, Vagefi P, Ganguli S. 3:36 PM Abstract No. 175 Comparison of safety and efficacy of microwave ablation vs. radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.197] [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: 10/17/2022] Open
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Broussard LJ, Alarcon R, Baeßler S, Barrón Palos L, Birge N, Bode T, Bowman JD, Brunst T, Calarco JR, Caylor J, Chupp T, Cianciolo V, Crawford C, Dodson GW, DuBois J, Fan W, Farrar W, Fomin N, Frlež E, Fry J, Gericke MT, Glück F, Greene GL, Grzywacz RK, Gudkov V, Hendrus C, Hersman FW, Ito T, Li H, Macsai N, Makela MF, Mammei J, Mammei R, Martin J, Martinez M, McGaughey PL, Mertens S, Mirabal-Martinez J, Mueller P, Page SA, Penttilä SI, Picker R, Plaster B, Počanić D, Radford DC, Ramsey J, Rykaczewski KP, Salas-Bacci A, Scott EM, Sjue SKL, Smith A, Smith E, Sprow A, Stevens E, Wexler J, Whitehead R, Wilburn WS, Young AR, Zeck BA. Neutron decay correlations in the Nab experiment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/876/1/012005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Misono A, Wehrenberg-Klee E, Rao S, Fadl S, Attaya H, Bonk S, Sheridan R, Loomis S, Mueller P, Walker T. Medical student IR symposia: characterizing impact on medical student career choices. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Grant JT, Carrero CA, Goeltl F, Venegas J, Mueller P, Burt SP, Specht SE, McDermott WP, Chieregato A, Hermans I. Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propene using boron nitride catalysts. Science 2016; 354:1570-1573. [PMID: 27934702 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
The exothermic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane reaction to generate propene has the potential to be a game-changing technology in the chemical industry. However, even after decades of research, selectivity to propene remains too low to be commercially attractive because of overoxidation of propene to thermodynamically favored CO2 Here, we report that hexagonal boron nitride and boron nitride nanotubes exhibit unique and hitherto unanticipated catalytic properties, resulting in great selectivity to olefins. As an example, at 14% propane conversion, we obtain selectivity of 79% propene and 12% ethene, another desired alkene. Based on catalytic experiments, spectroscopic insights, and ab initio modeling, we put forward a mechanistic hypothesis in which oxygen-terminated armchair boron nitride edges are proposed to be the catalytic active sites.
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- J T Grant
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA. .,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Nikitin K, Mueller P, Martin J, van Doesburg W, Hiltbrand D. BWR loss of coolant accident simulation by means of RELAP5. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Morris A, Mueller P, Brandon J, Yang L, Smyth S. The coronary artery disease risk associated gene PLPP3/PPAP2B suppresses atherosclerosis in mice. Atherosclerosis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.029] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Misono A, Mueller P, Kelly J, Saini S, Prabhakar A. Improving access to basic interventional services at an island, critical access hospital: thyroid biopsy feasibility. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.475] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Balesh E, Misono A, Attaya H, Wehrenberg-Klee E, Rao S, Specht K, Bonk S, Loomis S, Sheridan R, Mueller P, Walker T. Medical student perceptions of interventional radiology (IR): impact of an IR symposium. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Vadvala H, Furtado V, Arellano R, Thabet A, Mueller P, Uppot R. Trends in renal function following percutaneous cryoablation of renal mass in patients with and without renal compromise. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.220] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Vadvala H, Furtado V, Frenk N, Kambadakone Ramesh A, Thabet A, Uppot R, Mueller P, Arellano R. Image-guided percutaneous peritoneal and mesenteric biopsy: assessment of technical success rate and diagnostic yield at a tertiary medical center. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.429] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Misono A, Mueller P, Hirsch J, Harbaugh A, Sheridan R, Liu R. Outpatient interventional radiology clinic: profitability within reach. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.686] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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Misono A, Mueller P, Hirsch J, Harbaugh A, Sheridan R, Liu R. Outpatient interventional radiology clinic: financial modeling predicts revenues and profitability. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.127] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Mehta S, Hirsch J, Harbaugh A, Rodrigues C, Sheridan R, Ganguli S, Mueller P, Liu R. Analysis of device economics in interventional radiology: experience of an academic tertiary care medical center. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.128] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Huereca D, Wong C, Ingles J, Ghoddoussi F, Berkowitz B, Holt A, Mueller P. Assessment of Neuronal Activity in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM) of Conscious Rats. FASEB J 2015. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.652.8] [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: 11/11/2022]
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- D Huereca
- PharmacolWayne State Univ (WSU) Sch of MedUnited States
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- PhysiolWSU Sch of MedUnited States
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- PhysiolWSU Sch of MedUnited States
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- Anat & Cell BiolWSU Sch of MedDetroitMIUnited States
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- Anat & Cell BiolWSU Sch of MedDetroitMIUnited States
- Res Serv John Dingell VAMCUnited States
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Dombrowski M, Azar T, Mueller P. Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Partially Mediate Pressor and Sympathoexcitatory Responses to Disinhibition of the RVLM after Sinoaortic Denervation and Contralateral RVLM Inhibition in Sedentary and Physically Active Rats. FASEB J 2015. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.649.7] [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: 11/11/2022]
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- M. Dombrowski
- PhysiologyWayne State UniversitySchool of MedicineDetroitMIUnited States
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- PhysiologyWayne State UniversitySchool of MedicineDetroitMIUnited States
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- PhysiologyWayne State UniversitySchool of MedicineDetroitMIUnited States
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Huereca D, Barman S, Mueller P. Spectral Analysis of Barosensitive Neurons in the Rat Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla. FASEB J 2015. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.649.12] [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: 11/11/2022]
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- D Huereca
- PharmacologyWayne State University School of MedicineDetroitMichiganUnited States
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- Pharmacology & ToxicologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUnited States
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- PhysiologyWayne State University School of MedicineDetroitMichiganUnited States
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Sheth R, Kambadakone A, Ganguli S, Mueller P. Push technique for radiologic gastrostomy tube placement: a large cohort study on primary patency and replacement rates. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Misono A, Mueller P, Sheridan R, Siddiqi A, Liu R. Economics of an interventional radiology inpatient service: development of a financial revenue modeling tool. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.140] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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McCarthy C, Mueller P, Ganguli S, Oklu R. Monitoring and enhancing academic productivity in interventional radiology - a novel web-based solution. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.346] [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] Open
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Thommen D, Schreiner J, Herzig P, Mueller P, Karanikas V, Savic S, Lardinois D, Zippelius A. Activation of T Cells upon Treatment with Bispecific Antibodies Correlates with the Expression of Co-Inhibitory Receptors on Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Human Lung Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu466.2] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Martin K, Mueller P, Schreiner J, Theurich S, Savic S, Lardinois D, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Speiser D, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Zippelius A. Microtubule-Depolymerizing Agents Used in Antibody-Drug-Conjugates Induce Antitumor Activity by Stimulation of Dendritic Cells. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu467.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Xu CY, Singh J, Zappala JC, Bailey KG, Dietrich MR, Greene JP, Jiang W, Lemke ND, Lu ZT, Mueller P, O'Connor TP. Measurement of the hyperfine quenching rate of the clock transition in 171YB. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:033003. [PMID: 25083643 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.033003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report the first experimental determination of the hyperfine quenching rate of the 6s(2) (1)S(0)(F = 1/2) - 6s6p (3)P(0)(F = 1/2) transition in (171)Yb with nuclear spin I = 1/2. This rate determines the natural linewidth and the Rabi frequency of the clock transition of a Yb optical frequency standard. Our technique involves spectrally resolved fluorescence decay measurements of the lowest lying (3)P(0,1) levels of neutral Yb atoms embedded in a solid Ne matrix. The solid Ne provides a simple way to trap a large number of atoms as well as an efficient mechanism for populating (3)P(0). The decay rates in solid Ne are modified by medium effects including the index-of-refraction dependence. We find the (3)P(0) hyperfine quenching rate to be (4.42 ± 0.35) × 10(-2) s(-1) for free (171)Yb, which agrees with recent ab initio calculations.
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- C-Y Xu
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Kirchner J, Mueller P, Broll M, Kirchner EM, Pomjanski N, Liermann D, Biesterfeld S, Kickuth R. Chest CT findings in EBUS-TBNA-proven anthracosis in enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2014; 186:1122-6. [PMID: 24955645 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE We demonstrate the multislice computed tomography (MSCT) findings of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)-proven hilar and mediastinal lymph node enlargement with signs of anthracosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS 53 enlarged lymph nodes in 39 patients (28 male, 11 female) with EBUS-TBNA-confirmed anthracosis were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS The mean short axis diameter of the enlarged lymph nodes with signs of anthracosis was 13.7 mm. Lymph nodes most often showed an oval shape (84 %) and were well defined in 66 % of cases. Lymph node confluence was observed in 32 % of cases. Calcifications were documented in 24.5 % of cases. Contrast enhancement and fatty involution were seen seldom (3.8 %). Lymph node necrosis was not seen. CONCLUSION Lymph node anthracosis may be found most often in enlarged, well defined lymph nodes with an oval shape, frequently associated with confluence and calcifications.
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- J Kirchner
- Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Hagen
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- Department of Medicine, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Hagen
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- Department of Medicine, Sana Klinikum Duisburg
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- Department of Pathology of the Universityhospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine Universität, Duesseldorf
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclearmedicine, Marienhospital Herne
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- Department of Pathology of the Universityhospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine Universität, Duesseldorf
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- Department of Radiology, Universityhospital Wuerzburg
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Martin K, Mueller P, Theurich S, Savic S, Terszowski G, Kvasnicka HM, Dirnhofer S, Speiser DE, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Zippelius A. P60. Microtubule-depolymerising agents used in antibody-drug-conjugates induce anti-tumour immunity by stimulation of dendritic cells. J Immunother Cancer 2014. [PMCID: PMC4072436 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-2-s2-p34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Jiang W, Bailey K, Lu ZT, Mueller P, O'Connor TP, Purtschert R. Ion current as a precise measure of the loading rate of a magneto-optical trap. Opt Lett 2014; 39:409-412. [PMID: 24562159 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.000409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We have demonstrated that the ion current resulting from collisions between metastable krypton atoms in a magneto-optical trap can be used to precisely measure the trap loading rate. We measured both the ion current of the abundant isotope 83Kr (isotopic abundance=11%) and the single-atom counting rate of the rare isotope 85Kr (isotopic abundance∼1×10(-11)), and found the two quantities to be proportional at a precision level of 0.9%. This work results in a significant improvement in using the magneto-optical trap as an analytical tool for noble-gas isotope ratio measurements, and will benefit both atomic physics studies and applications in the earth sciences.
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Deneke T, Bansmann M, Nentwich K, Krug J, Majewski P, Schmitt R, Muegge A, Mueller P, Shin DI, Schade A. Incidence of silent cerebral lesions using different ablation technologies. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht309.2806] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Leonardo F, Tan C, Carroll J, Hahn P, Thabet A, Mueller P, Ganguli S. Risk analysis of hemorrhagic complications after ultrasound-guided non-focal renal biopsy. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Deipolyi A, Mueller P, Efstathiou J, Zietman A, Gervais D, Thabet A. Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate fiducial marker placement for prostate localization during external beam radiotherapy: a safe and reliable procedure. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Mueller P, Attenhofer Jost C, Rohrbach M, Valsangiacomo Buechel E, Seifert B, Balmer C, Kretschmar O, Baumgartner M, Weber R. Cardiac disease in children and young adults with various lysosomal storage diseases: Comparison of echocardiographic and ECG changes among clinical groups. Int J Cardiol Heart Vessel 2013; 2:1-7. [PMID: 29450157 PMCID: PMC5801096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchv.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lysosomal storage disease (LSD) is a rare inherited disease group. Consecutively there are few data on cardiac changes in mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), Anderson Fabry disease (AFD), and other LSD (oLSD) including Pompe disease (PD) and Danon disease (DD), I-cell disease ICD and mucolipidosis III (ML III). METHODS Between 1994 and 2011, we identified 39 patients with LSD: 25 with MPS, 8 with AFD, and 6 with oLSD including PD (1), ML III (2), DD (1), and ICD (2) at our institution fulfilling the inclusion criteria of at least one echocardiogram and ECG. RESULTS Median age was 11.4 years (range: 2-27), 22 were females (56%). Normal echocardiograms were present in 12 patients (31%): 4 with MPS (16%), 7 AFD (88%), and 1 oLSD (17%). Valvular heart disease was present in 23 patients (59%) occurring more often in MPS (76%) and oLSD (67%) than in AFD (0%) (p < 0.001). The most common ECG abnormality was a short PR interval in 10 of 35 patients (29%) occurring in all LSD groups. Median follow-up was 5.8 (0.2-22.2) years showing diminished 5-year survival compared to an age-matched group. However, no patient died due to a cardiac cause and no cardiovascular intervention was necessary. CONCLUSION Echocardiographically detectable cardiovascular involvement in children with LSD is mostly confined to MPS and oLSD. Valve thickening in echo and a short PR interval in the ECG are the most frequent abnormalities. Routine repeat assessment is recommended in LSD. However, significant cardiac disease necessitating cardiac intervention is rare during a short follow-up.
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- P. Mueller
- Department of Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Switzerland
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- Division of Metabolism, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Biostatistics, ISPM, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Switzerland
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- Division of Metabolism, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Switzerland
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Ren H, Panchatcharam M, Mueller P, Escalante-Alcalde D, Morris AJ, Smyth SS. Lipid phosphate phosphatase (LPP3) and vascular development. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1831:126-32. [PMID: 22835522 PMCID: PMC3683602 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Revised: 07/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Lipid phosphate phosphatases (LPP) are integral membrane proteins with broad substrate specificity that dephosphorylate lipid substrates including phosphatidic acid, lysophosphatidic acid, ceramide 1-phosphate, sphingosine 1-phosphate, and diacylglycerol pyrophosphate. Although the three mammalian enzymes (LPP1-3) demonstrate overlapping catalytic activities and substrate preferences in vitro, the phenotypes of mice with targeted inactivation of the Ppap2 genes encoding the LPP enzymes reveal nonredundant functions. A specific role for LPP3 in vascular development has emerged from studies of mice lacking Ppap2b. A meta-analysis of multiple, large genome-wide association studies identified a single nucleotide polymorphism in PPAP2B as a novel predictor of coronary artery disease. In this review, we will discuss the evidence that links LPP3 to vascular development and disease and evaluate potential molecular mechanisms. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Advances in Lysophospholipid Research.
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- H Ren
- The Gill Heart Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536-0200, USA
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Covarrubias D, Arellano R, Thabet A, Gervais D, Mueller P. Abstract No. 352: The “heat sink” revisited: radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors near large hepatic vessels. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.12.471] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Kambadakone Ramesh A, Thabet A, Levis D, Pearson K, Berger D, Gervais D, Mueller P. Abstract No. 110: Percutaneous management of post surgical pelvic abscesses in patients with rectal cancer: does neo-adjuvant chemo-radiation impact outcome? J Vasc Interv Radiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.12.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Diver E, O'Connor O, Garrett L, Bradford L, Boruta D, Goodman A, Del Carmen M, Schorge J, Mueller P, Growdon W. Modest benefit of total parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy after venting gastrostomy tube placement. Gynecol Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.12.172] [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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Xu CY, Hu SM, Singh J, Bailey K, Lu ZT, Mueller P, O'Connor TP, Welp U. Optical excitation and decay dynamics of ytterbium atoms embedded in a solid neon matrix. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:093001. [PMID: 21929234 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.093001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neutral ytterbium atoms embedded in solid neon qualitatively retain the structure of free atoms. Despite the atom-solid interaction, the 6s6p ³P(0) level is found to remain metastable with its lifetimes determined to be in the range of ten to hundreds of seconds. The atomic population can be almost completely transferred between the ground level and the metastable level via optical excitation and spontaneous decay. The dynamics of this process is examined and is used to explicitly demonstrate that the transition broadening mechanism is homogeneous.
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- C-Y Xu
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Carvalhal AV, Moreira JL, Cruz H, Mueller P, Hauser H, Carrondo MJ. Manipulation of culture conditions for BHK cell growth inhibition by IRF-1 activation. Cytotechnology 2011; 32:135-45. [PMID: 19002975 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008139304964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The activation of interferon-regulatory-factor-1 (IRF-1) hasbeen applied to regulate the cell growth of BHK cells. Theconstitutively expressed IRF-1-estrogen receptor fusion protein(IRF-1-hER) activated by the addition to the culture medium ofan estrogen analogue (estradiol), enabled IRF-1 to gain itstranscriptional activator function. By using a dicistronicstabilised self-selecting construct it was possible to controlcell proliferation. With the addition of 100 nM of estradiol at the beginning of the exponential phase, the IRF-1 activationled to a rapid cell growth inhibition. Two days after estradioladdition cell concentration was still maintained but a decreasein cell viability was observed. This cell response isindependent on clone (producer and non-producer) and culturesystem (static and stirred cultures). Specificrecombinant-protein productivity of the producer clone was notsignificantly altered. Control experiments confirmed that IRF-1activation effect was not due to the addition of estradiol per se, estradiol solvent or serum concentration. The extent ofcell growth inhibition is dependent on estradiol concentrationand estradiol addition time, although a decrease in cellviability was always observed. Reducing the time span ofestradiol exposure allowed the decrease in the cell viability tobe controlled and the stationary inhibited phase to be extended:when the time of contact between the cells and estradiol isreduced cell viability increases, archieving values similar tothose obtained if no estradiol is added. During this recoveryphase the cells passed two different phases: first a stationaryphase extension where cell growth was still inhibited, followedby an increase of cell concentration. The IRF-1 system isreversible. This pattern can be repeated for an extended period when estradiol addition and removal are repeated, showing acyclic response. Thus, it is possible to modulate the IRF-1effect by manipulating cycles of addition/removal of estradioland in this way the stationary phase can be maintained.
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- A V Carvalhal
- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica/Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, IBET/ITQB, Apartado 12, 2780, Oeiras, Portugal
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