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Boehncke WH, Horváth R, Dalkiliç E, Lima SAL, Okada M, Hojnik M, Ganz F, Lubrano E. Association between clinical specialty setting and disease management in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from LOOP, a cross-sectional, multi-country, observational study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:2035-2043. [PMID: 32003056 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic and debilitating disease that can be managed by different clinical specialists. OBJECTIVES The objective of the LOOP study was to evaluate the impact of clinical specialty setting on the time to diagnosis and treatment of patients with PsA. Clinical disease activity and disease burden were also compared between clinical settings. METHODS LOOP was a cross-sectional, multicentre, observational study conducted in 17 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Adult patients (≥18 years) with a suspected or established diagnosis of PsA who were routinely visiting a rheumatologist, dermatologist or non-rheumatology/non-dermatology physician were enrolled. All patients were assessed by both a rheumatologist and a dermatologist. RESULTS Of 1483 enrolled patients, a total of 1273 had a confirmed diagnosis of PsA. There was no significant difference in the median time from onset of inflammatory musculoskeletal symptoms to PsA diagnosis between patients enrolled by rheumatologists and dermatologists (6.0 vs. 3.9 months). However, the median time from diagnosis to first treatment with a conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (csDMARD) was significantly shorter in the rheumatology setting compared with the dermatology setting (0 vs. 2.0 months; P < 0.001). In addition, disease activity was significantly higher in the dermatology setting compared with the rheumatology setting. CONCLUSIONS Differences in the management and clinical status of patients with PsA were observed between the rheumatology and dermatology settings. Importantly, median time from diagnosis to first csDMARD was significantly shorter in the rheumatology setting, and patients in the dermatology setting had higher disease activity. These data show the importance of improved collaboration between rheumatologists and dermatologists.
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- W H Boehncke
- Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatric and Adult Rheumatology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, ABC Medical School, Santo André, Brazil
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Formerly AbbVie, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- AbbVie AG, Baar, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences Vincenzo Tiberio, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- B. Tajthi
- MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
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- University of Debrecen, Department of Ecology,, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
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- MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
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- MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
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- MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
- University of Debrecen, Department of Ecology,, Egyetem square 1, H-4032, Hungary
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Šedivá A, Horváth R, Maňásek V, Gregorová A, Plevová P, Horáčková M, Tesařová M, Toplak N, Debeljak M. Cluster of patients with Familial Mediterranean fever and heterozygous carriers of mutations inMEFVgene in the Czech Republic. Clin Genet 2013; 86:564-9. [DOI: 10.1111/cge.12323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Šedivá
- Department of Immunology; Charles University, 2nd School of Medicine, Faculty Hospital Motol; Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology; Charles University, 2nd School of Medicine, Faculty Hospital Motol; Prague Czech Republic
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- Complex Center for Oncology; Hospital Nový Jičín; Nový Jičín Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics; University Hospital Ostrava; Ostrava Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics; University Hospital Ostrava; Ostrava Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Charles University, 2nd School of Medicine, Faculty Hospital Motol; Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine; Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague; Prague Czech Republic
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- Molecular Genetic Laboratory and Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana; Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Molecular Genetic Laboratory and Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana; Ljubljana Slovenia
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Sittová M, Dendis M, Dosoudilová S, Horváth R, Chromá M, Husicková V, Hricová K, Kolár M. [Rapid identification of ESBL--positive clinical samples using real-time PCR method]. Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek 2013; 19:80-84. [PMID: 24579449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES A new method has been developed for detecting genes determining the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype directly from patients' clinical material. The method enables detection of the bla(CTX-M) gene encoding CTX-M beta-lactamases and the bla(SHV) gene variants with real-time PCR technology using locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this pilot study, tracheal aspirates obtained from patients with mechanical ventilation hospitalized at Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation of the University Hospital in Olomouc between 1st March and 30th December 2010 period were tested. Each sample was identified with standard microbiological procedures including phenotypic determination of ESBL-positive enterobacteria. At the same time, each sample was analyzed for the presence of nucleic acids (DNA) which encode CTX-M and SHV ESBL using real-time PCR. RESULTS 150 samples of tracheal aspirates from 71 patients were included into testing. In the set, 13 (8.7%) ESBL-positive samples were identified by culture methods while 27 (18 %) positive samples were identified by the real-time PCR method. Of the 27 PCR-positive samples, 24 were positive for the bla(CTX) gene; in 2 samples, the ESBL bla(SHV) gene was detected, and both genes were present in 1 sample. All culture-positive samples were also PCR-positive for the presence of bla(CTX) and/or bla(SHV) sequences. CONCLUSIONS The new real-time PCR assay is likely to shorten the time for detection of enterobacteria producing SHV and CTX-M beta-lactamases from 48 to 6 hours. It enables ESBL-positive enterobacteria determination in tracheal aspirates of patients suffered from life-threatening nosocomial pneumonia where the early introduction of adequate antimicrobial treatment plays the important role.
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- Ustav mikrobiologie, Lékarská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci
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- Ustav mikrobiologie, Lékarská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci
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- Ustav mikrobiologie, Lékarská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci
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- Ustav mikrobiologie, Lékarská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci
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Horváth R, Rožková D, Lašťovička J, Poloučková A, Sedláček P, Sedivá A, Spíšek R. Expansion of T helper type 17 lymphocytes in patients with chronic granulomatous disease. Clin Exp Immunol 2011; 166:26-33. [PMID: 21910722 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Hyper-immunoglobulin (Ig)E syndrome (HIES) is a primary immunodeficiency associated with mutations in STAT3 resulting in impaired development of T helper type 17 (Th17) lymphocytes. HIES patients with a reduced frequency of Th17 cells present with infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus and/or Candida strains. The same spectrum of pathogens is present in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD).We analysed the characteristics of the Th17 compartment in HIES and CGD. HIES patients showed very low numbers of Th17 cells. By contrast, the frequency of Th17 cells and production of Th17-derived cytokines was significantly higher among CGD patients when compared to both control samples and HIES. Naive CD4(+) cells in CGD patients had a normal capacity to differentiate into IL-17-producing cells and the numbers of Th17 cells in the CGD patients normalized following successful bone marrow transplantation. Our findings complement recent data on the importance of Th17 cells for elimination of infections with C. albicans and S. aureus.
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- R Horváth
- Department of Immunology Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Charles University, 2nd Medical School and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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Minárik I, Horváth R, Podrazil M, Hromádková H, Dušek P, Jarolím L, Babjuk M, Bartůňková J. C40 PHASE I/II OF CLINICAL STUDY OF PROSTATE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY USING DENDRITIC CELL VACCINATION STRATEGY – FIRST RESULTS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(10)61564-3] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Hrabák J, Buncek M, Dendis M, Horváth R, Chronáková A, Libra A, Nesvera J, Pantůcek R, Piskunová N, Plísková L, Růzicka F, Sauer P, Sedlácek I, Trubac P, Zampachová E, Zemlicková H, Scharfen J. [The use of molecular genetics techniques in clinical microbiology--final report from the workshop of the Molecular Microbiology Working Group TIDE]. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2010; 59:103-106. [PMID: 20925245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In the last decade, there has been a rapid development in the use of molecular genetics methods in clinical microbiology. Novel technologies bring new knowledge and approaches to various disciplines of microbiology--taxonomy, identification of microbes, clinical diagnosis, epidemiology of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance. This article summarizes the conclusions from the workshop of the Molecular Microbiology Working Group TIDE held during the Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Microbiology of the J. E. Purkyne Czech Medical Association.
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- J Hrabák
- Ustav mikrobiologie, Lékarská fakulta UK a Fakultní nemocnice v Plzni, Plzen.
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Finke C, Horváth R, Holinski-Feder E, Ploner CJ. [Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome]. Nervenarzt 2009; 80:1473-1479. [PMID: 19763529 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-009-2846-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a recently characterized adult onset neurodegenerative disorder affecting both male and female (male>female) carriers of premutation CGG repeat expansions of the FMR1 gene. Onset typically occurs after the age of 50 years with a lifetime risk of FXTAS in males of about 1 in 3,000-6,000. Core features include progressive gait ataxia and cerebellar tremor with associated features of cognitive deficits, peripheral neuropathy and dysautonomia. The diagnosis of FXTAS is established based on clinical presentation, cerebral imaging and genetic testing. Due to the still low level of awareness of FXTAS and its variable clinical picture FXTAS is substantially underdiagnosed. However, confirming the diagnosis is essential for genetic counseling of the patients as the offspring are at risk for fragile X syndrome, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) or FXTAS. Furthermore, many features of FXTAS can be treated symptomatically.
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- C Finke
- Klinik für Neurologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin.
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Netusil J, Zákovská A, Horváth R, Dendis M, Janouskovcová E. Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in mites parasitizing small rodents. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2006; 5:227-32. [PMID: 16187890 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ticks (especially those in the family Ixodidae) are the primary vectors of the infectious agent Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which causes Lyme disease. To determine the potential role of mites as vectors of B. burgdorferi sensu lato, mites were collected from wild rodents in the Bazantula region of North Moravia (Czech Republic). These samples were examined for the presence of Borreliae by using DFM and PCR methods. Mites positive for the presence of DNA of B. burgdorferi sensu lato were determined as members of the families Haemogamasidae and Parasitidae. One sample from a mite of genus Haemogamasus was successfully isolated, and the specimen was confirmed as B. afzelii by using PCR-RFLP and by gradient SDS-PAGE. This suggests the possible participation of gamasid mites in borrelial circulation in nature and also points to the utility of further such studies to identify potential vectors (other than ticks) of the spirochete.
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- J Netusil
- Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Horváth R, Abicht A, Holinski-Feder E, Laner A, Gempel K, Prokisch H, Lochmüller H, Klopstock T, Jaksch M. Leigh syndrome caused by mutations in the flavoprotein (Fp) subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHA). J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006; 77:74-6. [PMID: 16361598 PMCID: PMC2117401 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.067041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Detailed clinical, neuroradiological, histological, biochemical, and genetic investigations were undertaken in a child suffering from Leigh syndrome. The clinical symptoms started at age five months and led to a severe progressive neurodegenerative disorder causing epilepsy, psychomotor retardation, and tetraspasticity. Biochemical measurement of skeletal muscle showed a severe decrease in mitochondrial complex II. Sequencing of SDHA revealed compound heterozygosity for a nonsense mutation in exon 4 (W119X) and a missense mutation in exon 3 (A83V), both absent in normal controls. In six additional patients--five with Leigh or Leigh-like syndrome and one with neuropathy and ataxia associated with isolated deficiency of complex II--mutations in SDHA were not detected, indicating genetic heterogeneity.
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- R Horváth
- Metabolic Disease Centre Munich-Schwabing, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Hospital Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, 80804 Munich, Germany.
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Horváth R, Schoser BGH, Müller-Höcker J, Völpel M, Jaksch M, Lochmüller H. Mutations in mtDNA-encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes causing isolated myopathy or severe encephalomyopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 15:851-7. [PMID: 16288875 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We report on clinical, histological and genetic findings in two patients carrying novel heteroplasmic mutations in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes COII and COIII. The first patient, a 35 year-old man had a multisystemic disease, with clinical symptoms of bilateral cataract, sensori-neural hearing loss, myopathy, ataxia, cardiac arrhythmia, depression and short stature and carried a 7970 G>T (E129X) nonsense mutation in COII. A sudden episode of metabolic encephalopathy caused by extremely high blood lactate lead to coma. The second patient developed exercise intolerance and rhabdomyolysis at age 22 years. A heteroplasmic missense mutation 9789 T>C (S195P) was found in skeletal muscle, but not in blood and myoblasts pointing to a sporadic mutation. Our report of two patients with isolated COX deficiency and new mutations in COX subunit genes may help to draw more attention to this type of mtDNA defects and provide new aspects for counselling affected families.
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- R Horváth
- Metabolic Disease Center Munich-Schwabing, Institutes of Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics and Mitochondrial Genetics, Academic Hospital Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, 80804 Munich, Germany.
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Horváth R, Freisinger P, Rubio R, Merl T, Bax R, Mayr JA, Müller-Höcker J, Pongratz D, Moller LB, Horn N, Jaksch M. Congenital cataract, muscular hypotonia, developmental delay and sensorineural hearing loss associated with a defect in copper metabolism. J Inherit Metab Dis 2005; 28:479-92. [PMID: 15902551 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-005-0479-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Deficiencies of different proteins involved in copper metabolism have been reported to cause human diseases. Well-known syndromes, for example, are Menkes and Wilson diseases. Here we report a patient presenting with congenital cataract, severe muscular hypotonia, developmental delay, sensorineural hearing loss and cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency with repeatedly low copper and ceruloplasmin levels. These findings were suggestive of a copper metabolism disorder. In support of this, the patient's fibroblasts showed an increased copper uptake with normal retention. Detailed follow-up examinations were performed. Immunoblotting for several proteins including ATP7A (MNK or Menkes protein), ATP7B (Wilson protein) and SOD1 showed normal results, implying a copper metabolism defect other than Wilson or Menkes disease. Sequence analysis of ATOX1 and genes coding for proteins that are known to play a role in the mitochondrial copper metabolism (COI-III, SCO1, SCO2, COX11, COX17, COX19) revealed no mutations. Additional disease genes that have been associated with cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency were negative for mutations as well. As beneficial effects of copper histidinate supplementation have been reported in selected disorders of copper metabolism presenting with low serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels, we initiated a copper histidinate supplementation. Remarkable improvement of clinical symptoms was observed, with complete restoration of cytochrome-c oxidase activity in skeletal muscle.
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- R Horváth
- Metabolic Disease Center Munich-Schwabing, Institutes of Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics and Mitochondrial Genetics, Munich, Germany
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Rozková D, Horváth R, Bartůnková J, Spísek R. [Glucocorticoids and their effect on dendritic cell function]. Cas Lek Cesk 2005; 144:825-31; discussion 832. [PMID: 16389756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dendritic cells represent the most effective antigen presenting cells and they are the only cell type capable of initiating the primary immune response. They use several sets of germ-line encoded receptors to differentiate between self and non-self and to detect the presence of danger signals. Danger signals are mainly represented by microbial pathogens but it can be also a necrotic or malignant cell. At various stages of their lifecycle dendritic cells play a key role in maintaining the peripheral tolerance towards self-antigens and in the initiation of an effective immune response. Glucocorticoids have been widely used in the treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory disorders and their immunosuppressive effect has been mainly attributed to the inhibition of lymphocytes functions. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, we discuss the effects of glucocorticoids on in vitro generated myeloid dendritic cells and on peripheral blood myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells subsets. CONCLUSIONS Experimental results point to the profound suppressive effect of glucocorticoids on the antigen presenting functions of dendritic cells and to contribute to better understanding of glucocorticoids-mediated immunosuppressive effect.
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- Ustav imunologie 2. LF UK a FNM, Praha.
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Horváth R, Lochmüller H, Hoeltzenbein M, Müller-Höcker J, Schoser BG, Pongratz D, Jaksch M. Spontaneous recovery of a childhood onset mitochondrial myopathy caused by a stop mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III gene. J Med Genet 2004; 41:e75. [PMID: 15173241 PMCID: PMC1735806 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.015024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Kiechl S, Horváth R, Luoma P, Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U, Wallacher-Scholz B, Stucka R, Thaler C, Wanschitz J, Suomalainen A, Jaksch M, Willeit J. Two families with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75:1125-8. [PMID: 15258213 PMCID: PMC1739155 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.025890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We report here the clinical and genetic features of two new families with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO). PATIENTS AND METHODS The examination of index patients included a detailed clinical characterisation, histological analysis of muscle biopsy specimens, and genetic testing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA extracted from muscle and leucocytes. RESULTS Index patients in both families presented with PEO and developed other clinical disease manifestations, such as myopathy and cardiomyopathy (patient 1) and axonal neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, hearing loss, and myopathy (patient 2), later in the course of illness. Both patients had ragged red fibres on muscle histology. Southern blot of mtDNA from muscle of patient 2 showed multiple deletions. In this case, a novel heterozygous missense mutation F485L was identified in the nuclear encoded putative mitochondrial helicase Twinkle. The mutation co-segregated with the clinical phenotype in the family and was not detected in 150 control chromosomes. In the other index patient, sequencing of ANT1, C10orf2 (encoding for Twinkle), and POLG1 did not reveal pathogenic mutations. CONCLUSIONS Our cases illustrate the clinical variability of adPEO, add a novel pathogenic mutation in Twinkle (F485L) to the growing list of genetic abnormalities in adPEO, and reinforce the relevance of other yet unidentified genes in mtDNA maintenance and pathogenesis of adPEO.
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- S Kiechl
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Austria.
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Horváth R, Dendis M, Schlegelová J, Růzicka F, Benedík J. A combined AFLP-multiplex PCR assay for molecular typing of Escherichia coli strains using variable bacterial interspersed mosaic elements. Epidemiol Infect 2004; 132:61-5. [PMID: 14979591 PMCID: PMC2870079 DOI: 10.1017/s095026880300133x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The original method for molecular typing of E. coli strains was developed using the polymorphism in chromosomal sequences of bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIMEs) detected by multiplex PCR and analysed by AFLP assay. The applicability of the method in the epidemiology of E. coli was tested on a group of 524 strains of human and veterinary origin. In the studied group 18 different genotypes were detected. Significant differences were found in the frequencies of the genotypes among various groups of strains, suggesting the method could be a promising tool in the epidemiology of E. coli.
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- R Horváth
- Genex CZ Ltd, Podstránská 74, 600 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Schlegelová J, Nápravnı́ková E, Dendis M, Horváth R, Benedı́k J, Babák V, Klı́mová E, Navrátilová P, Šustáčková A. Beef carcass contamination in a slaughterhouse and prevalence of resistance to antimicrobial drugs in isolates of selected microbial species. Meat Sci 2004; 66:557-65. [DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1740(03)00159-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2002] [Revised: 06/18/2003] [Accepted: 06/27/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dendis M, Horváth R, Michálek J, Růzicka F, Grijalva M, Bartos M, Benedík J. PCR-RFLP detection and species identification of fungal pathogens in patients with febrile neutropenia. Clin Microbiol Infect 2003; 9:1191-202. [PMID: 14686984 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2003.00719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the usefulness of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays in the diagnosis of fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. METHODS A rapid and sensitive PCR-based assay for the detection and identification of fungal pathogens was designed and applicability of this method was investigated in a group of children with cancer and febrile neutropenia (FN). RESULTS The ITS2 sequences and adjacent regions of 40 fungal pathogens were analyzed and primers for detection of all analyzed fungal species were designed. Amplification product length polymorphism (APLP) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) generated genus- or species-specific patterns. The sensitivity of the method was approximately three cells of Candida albicans per 1 mL of blood. The results were available within 8 h after sample collection. The method was tested on 53 blood samples and one lung biopsy sample from 24 children with cancer and febrile neutropenia (FN). The PCR assay detected fungal DNA in 25 clinical samples from ten patients. Blood cultures were positive in only five samples, while another two blood-culture negative patients had positive cultures from throat swabs. The remaining 14 patients were both culture- and PCR-negative. Culture-isolated strains matched completely those obtained by PCR-APLP-RFLP identification. The identity of fungal species was confirmed by direct sequencing of amplified products. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that PCR-APLP-RFLP assays can be useful in the diagnosis of fungal infections in immunocompromised patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Female
- Fever/microbiology
- Fungi/genetics
- Fungi/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Infant
- Male
- Mycoses/microbiology
- Neutropenia/microbiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/genetics
- Sensitivity and Specificity
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Horváth R, Lochmüller H, Scharfe C, Do BH, Oefner PJ, Müller-Höcker J, Schoser BG, Pongratz D, Auer DP, Jaksch M. A tRNA(Ala) mutation causing mitochondrial myopathy clinically resembling myotonic dystrophy. J Med Genet 2003; 40:752-7. [PMID: 14569122 PMCID: PMC1735288 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.10.752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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An instrument for optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) was designed and developed for measurements at different and controlled temperatures in a range of 15 degrees C around room temperature. The instrument allows to scan the waveguide modes at different wavelengths on the same optical chip using different lasers. This instrument was used to monitor DMPC lipid bilayer main phase transition around the critical temperature. The main problem in these experiments is that the OWLS measurements do not give enough information about an optically anisotropic system like a lipid bilayer. Experimental OWLS data at two different wavelengths can however approximately solve the problem. The temperature dependence of the thickness and the refractive indices (ordinary and extraordinary) for the lipid bilayer around the phase transition is presented. (A theoretical derivation of the extraordinary refractive index is given in.)
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- R Horváth
- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1A, 1113 Budapest, Hungary
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Grijalva M, Horváth R, Dendis M, Erný J, Benedík J. Molecular diagnosis of culture negative infective endocarditis: clinical validation in a group of surgically treated patients. Heart 2003; 89:263-8. [PMID: 12591825 PMCID: PMC1767592 DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/14/2002] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical validity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based molecular methods in the microbiological diagnosis of culture negative infective endocarditis in a group of surgically treated patients. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. SETTING Reference cardiovascular surgical centre. PATIENTS AND SAMPLES: 15 culture negative patients with infective endocarditis classified according to Duke criteria, with 17 heart valve samples; 13 age and sex matched control patients without infective endocarditis, with 13 valve samples. INTERVENTIONS Medical records were reviewed and clinical, demographic, and microbiological data collected, including results of molecular detection of bacteria and fungi from valve samples. The clinical validity of molecular diagnosis was assessed, along with the sensitivity and speed of the systems. RESULTS In the study group, 14 patients were PCR positive (93%). Organisms detected were streptococci (3), staphylococci (2), enterobacter (1), Tropheryma whippelii (1), Borrelia burgdorferi (1), Candida albicans (1), and Aspergillus species (2). Three cases were positive on universal bacterial detection but the pathogen could not be identified because of contaminating background. One case was negative. All but two positive cases showed clinical correlations. These two cases had no symptoms of infective endocarditis but there was agreement with the surgical findings. All control cases were PCR negative. Results were available within eight hours, and if sequencing was necessary, within 48 hours. CONCLUSIONS PCR based molecular detection of pathogens in valve samples from surgically treated culture negative infective endocarditis patients is fast, sensitive, and reliable. The technology, combined with thorough validation and clinical interpretation, may be a promising tool for routine testing of infective endocarditis.
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- M Grijalva
- Centre of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Czech Republic
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Benedík J, Cerný J, Votava M, Wechsler J, Horváth R, Dendis M, Grijalva M. [Molecular diagnosis of infections]. Cas Lek Cesk 2003; 142:75-9. [PMID: 12698532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Molecular diagnostics (detection of nucleic acids by molecular genetics techniques) become more valuable in clinical diagnosis of disease. Apart from the already long-time used genetic techniques for detection of congenital anomalies, current use of molecular techniques includes detection of microbial pathogens. The character of these techniques increases the possibility of achieving diagnosis in cases where classical cultivation is not possible, is not reliable or is not fast enough. As with every new approach, molecular diagnostics have faced encountered reactions from the scientific community. Some scientists tend to overestimate the value of molecular diagnostic techniques, while sceptics, sometimes influenced by a biased or incomplete knowledge of the technology, think it is of little value. In this work, on the basis of literature and our own data from more than 5 years of experience with these methods, we have assessed the pros and cons of the use of molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases in the light of their potential use in clinical practice.
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- J Benedík
- Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantaèni chirurgie, Brno.
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Horváth R, Scharfe C, Hoeltzenbein M, Do BH, Schröder C, Warzok R, Vogelgesang S, Lochmüller H, Müller-Höcker J, Gerbitz KD, Oefner PJ, Jaksch M. Childhood onset mitochondrial myopathy and lactic acidosis caused by a stop mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III gene. J Med Genet 2002; 39:812-6. [PMID: 12414820 PMCID: PMC1735018 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.39.11.812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dendis M, Hamal P, Horváth R, Benedík J. IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT YEASTS USING PCR-RFLP METHOD. Mycoses 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2002.tb04578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Horváth R, Studeník P, Benedík J, Dendis M, Cerný J. [TT virus infection in liver transplant recipients with cryptogennic cirrhosis]. Vnitr Lek 2002; 48:177-81. [PMID: 11968576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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The possible causative role of novel TT virus in liver diseases has been intensively studied in regarding its hepatotrophy, ability to cause persistent infection and worldwide prevalence. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence as well as the clinical importance of TTV in a normal healthy population group in the Czech Republic and in a group of liver transplant recipients diagnosed with cryptogenic cirrhosis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detected the DNA of TT virus in 68% (13/19) of samples isolated from peripheral blood leukocytes and in 21% (4/19) of plasma samples in the liver transplant group. The viral DNA was detected only in 11.8% (4/34) of leukocytes and in no plasma sample from the healthy population control group. All patients included in this study had good liver function and had no complications during the postoperative period. The prevalence of TTV DNA detection in healthy control group in Czech republic is similar to the rates reported in European and North American countries. Significant difference was proved between the prevalences of TTV in the groups of healthy controls and liver transplant recipients with cryptogenic cirrhosis. However, no association of TTV infection with possible postoperative complications could be found.
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- R Horváth
- Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantacní chirurgie, Brno
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Horváth R, Kerékgyártó T, Csúcs G, Gáspár S, Illyés P, Rontó G, Papp E. The effect of UV irradiation on uracil thin layer measured by optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy. Biosens Bioelectron 2001; 16:17-21. [PMID: 11261848 DOI: 10.1016/s0956-5663(00)00123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The polycrystalline uracil thin-layer dosimeter is a well-established method to monitor the biological effects of the environmental ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It is based on the optical density (OD) decrease of the uracil layer in the UV absorption band due to photodimerization of the crystal caused by UV irradiation. In the present study, we report measurements made with optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) to characterize the changes in the optogeometrical parameters of the uracil layer caused by an artificial UV source. It is shown that UV irradiation causes a decrease in the refractive index and an increase of the optical anisotropy. The determined kinetic parameters of the UV dose-sensor response curves correlate well with results of OD measurements, but the sensitivity of OWLS is about ten times higher. The results show that OWLS is capable of analyzing the UV response of the uracil layer and opens the way for dosimetrical applications.
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- R Horváth
- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
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BACKGROUND The biological properties of some herpesviruses such as the ability of latent persistency in the host cells and the presence of viral DNA in atherosclerotic lesions, suggest the possible role of herpesviruses in the development of atherosclerosis. Although many authors proved the presence of viral DNA in arterial wall tissue, the role of herpesviruses in the origin and progress of atherogenesis still remains unclear. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to confirm the presence of viral DNA in arterial wall and to associate the presence of these viruses with the development of atherosclerosis in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). STUDY DESIGN A possible role of HCMV, EBV and HHV6 in the development of atherosclerosis was tested in 244 IHD patients and 87 coronarographically negative controls. The presence of viral DNA in aortic and venous walls, as well as in a peripheral blood samples was tested by the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) accompanied by, immunological tests for anti-virus antibodies IgM and IgG types for all experimental groups. RESULTS The genomic DNA of HCMV was found in 76 and 59%, DNA of EBV in 59 and 50%, and DNA of HHV6 in 0.08 and 0.0%, of arterial walls of IHD patients and non-ischemic control group, respectively. No viral DNA was found in venous samples. Significant association (P < 0.01) has been proved between CMV infection and IHD. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that HCMV and EBV can be found in the arterial wall, so that the arterial wall could be a potential site of persistency of those viruses. We also proved a significant association between the presence of HCMV DNA in aortic walls and atherosclerosis. Despite of the high genetic and biological similarity between CMV and HHV6 no substantial role of HHV6 in atherosclerosis has been proved.
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- R Horváth
- Centre of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Laboratory of Human Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
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Horváth R, Abicht A, Shoubridge EA, Karcagi V, Rózsa C, Komoly S, Lochmüller H. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy presenting as multiple sclerosis-like disease of the CNS. J Neurol 2000; 247:65-7. [PMID: 10701903 DOI: 10.1007/s004150050015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abicht A, Stucka R, Karcagi V, Herczegfalvi A, Horváth R, Mortier W, Schara U, Ramaekers V, Jost W, Brunner J, Janssen G, Seidel U, Schlotter B, Müller-Felber W, Pongratz D, Rüdel R, Lochmüller H. A common mutation (epsilon1267delG) in congenital myasthenic patients of Gypsy ethnic origin. Neurology 1999; 53:1564-9. [PMID: 10534268 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Mutation analysis of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) epsilon subunit gene in patients with sporadic or autosomal recessive congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS). BACKGROUND The nicotinic AChR of skeletal muscle is a neurotransmitter-gated ion channel that mediates synaptic transmission at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Mutations in its gene may cause congenital myasthenic syndromes. A recently described mutation in exon 12 of the AChR epsilon subunit (epsilon1267delG) disrupts the cytoplasmic loop and the fourth transmembrane region (M4) of the AChR epsilon subunit. METHODS Forty-three CMS patients from 35 nonrelated families were clinically classified as sporadic cases of CMS (group III according to European Neuromuscular Centre consensus) and were analyzed for epsilon1267delG by PCR amplification and sequence analysis. RESULTS The authors report the complete genomic sequence and organization of the gene coding for the epsilon subunit of the human AChR (accession number AF105999). Homozygous epsilon1267delG was identified in 13 CMS patients from 11 independent families. All epsilon1267delG families were of Gypsy or southeastern European origin. Genotype analysis indicated that they derive from a common ancestor (founder) causing CMS in the southeastern European Gypsy population. Phenotype analysis revealed a uniform pattern of clinical features including bilateral ptosis and mild to moderate fatigable weakness of ocular, facial, bulbar, and limb muscles. CONCLUSIONS The mutation epsilon1267delG might be frequent in European congenital myasthenic syndrome patients of Gypsy ethnic origin. In general, patients (epsilon1267delG) were characterized by the onset of symptoms in early infancy, the presence of ophthalmoparesis, positive response to anticholinesterase treatment, and the benign natural course of the disease.
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- A Abicht
- Genzentrum und Friedrich-Baur Institut, LMU München, Germany
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Pediatric cancer patients treated with multimodal therapy are at a great risk of opportunistic infections or reactivation of latent infections. Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) can serve as an example of such infection, with high seroprevalence in population. In 66 children with cancer and in 45 healthy controls, age matched, the presence of DNA HHV-6 was examined in peripheral blood by the polymerase chain reaction method. HHV-6 serology was also performed. No difference has been found between patients at the time of cancer diagnosis and the group of healthy children in the presence of DNA HHV-6 in blood, 17.4 and 15.6%, respectively. During cytotoxic chemotherapy the presence of HHV-6 in peripheral blood raised to 37.1% in patients with fever. Other parameters and symptoms such as febrile neutropenia, lymphopenia, exanthem, hepatopathy, lymphadenopathy, enteritis, bone marrow aplasia, pneumonitis, and encephalitis were examined in both the HHV-6 positive and HHV-6 negative groups of pediatric cancer patients. Statistically significant differences (p < .05) were found in case of lymphopenia, exanthem, and hepatopathy. In 4 out of 66 patients (6.1%) severe HHV-6 infection has been found: in 3 patients during cytotoxic chemotherapy and in 1 at the time of cancer diagnosis. Reactivation of HHV-6 infection in pediatric cancer patients under treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy is frequent and can lead to severe complications as described in patients after bone marrow or organ transplantation.
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- J Michálek
- Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.
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Rozkydal Z, Benedík J, Tomás T, Dendis M, Horváth R. [Polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis of infection of total knee replacement.]. Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech 1999; 66:272-276. [PMID: 20478163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Polymerase chain reaction allows a direct detection of DNA of bacterial pathogens in synovial fluid. With the help of artificially synthetized nucleotides, the so called primers, and in the presence of DNA polymerase enzyme it is possible to produce a great number of copies of the DNA being investigated and subsequently detect them. Authors used this method in 32 symptomatic knees after TKR (P.F.C. cemented type - Johnson and Johnson). Group I (pyogenic infection) comprised 14 patients. Their clinical condition required operation - extraction of TKR, debridement, spacer, lavage. All of them were PCR positive. Only 6 patients had a positive bacteriological cultivation, 8 of them were bacteriologically negative. Group II (synovialitis) included 18 patients. All of them had a negative bacteriological cultivation. Group II.a showed a slightly positive PCR reaction (mitigated infection, detection of DNA microbes incapable of reproduction). After the treatment by antibiotics the patients were without complaints. Group IIb included patients who were all PCR negative. Their case was non-bacterial irritation of synovial membrane. They had a good response to non-steroid antiflogistics. The sensitivity of PCR method is 100%, it can detect also microbes in patients treated by antibiotics. PCR method is fast providing results within 24 hours. It reliably detects the presence of bacteria in the punctate, it specifies diagnosis and contributes to the distinguishing between pyogenic infection from non-bacterial synovialitis. Key words: total knee replacement, infection.
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- Z Rozkydal
- I. ortopedická klinika, FN U sv. Anny, Brno
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Dendis M, Horváth R, Cerný J, Benedík J. [Use of genetic methods in the detection of pathogens in complications of extensive surgical procedures]. Rozhl Chir 1998; 77:567-73. [PMID: 10081326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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The method of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used in the detection of septic conditions and monitoring of infectious agents in asymptomatic patients after organ transplantations and extensive cardiosurgical operations. The method allows semiquantitative and quantitative detection of bacteria, micromycetes and viruses and from the systematic quantitative follow-up of pathogen levels it is possible to draw conclusions on the prognosis of the patients condition or the success of the therapeutic procedure. The author demonstrates on practical examples of examined patients the possibilities of the method as compared with hitherto used ones. As examples two patients are quoted after surgery of a valve on account of bacterial endocarditis and three patients after transplantation of life important organs where the presence if cytomegalovirus was detected.
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- M Dendis
- Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantacní chirurgie Brno
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Pantůcek R, Rosypalová A, Doskar J, Kailerová J, Růzicková V, Borecká P, Snopková S, Horváth R, Götz F, Rosypal S. The polyvalent staphylococcal phage phi 812: its host-range mutants and related phages. Virology 1998; 246:241-52. [PMID: 9657943 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ninety-five percent of 782 culture collection strains, as well as hospital strains of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus of different provenance and 43% of 89 culture collection strains of different coagulase-negative species of the genus Staphylococcus, were found to be sensitive to the polyvalent phage phi 812 or to at least one of its host-range mutants or to the polyvalent phages SK311, phi 131, and U16. Thus sensitivity to the polyvalent staphylococcal phages seems to be one of the common features of S. aureus subsp. aureus strains. The adsorption kinetics and one-step growth characteristics of the phages phi 812 and SK311 were estimated. Restriction genomic maps of the phages phi 812 (146.5 kb) and SK311 (141.1 kb) were constructed by use of the restriction endonucleases AvaII, PstI, KpnI, SacI, SmaI, and XhoI. The host-range mutations of the phage phi 812 were localized on this map. Comparison of restriction patterns of the phages phi 812 and SK311 with those of the polyvalent phages U16 and phi 131 suggests that all these phages are closely related. Their genomes differ from each other mostly by some deletions, insertions (1-3 kb), or inversions. Evidence was given that the phage phi 812 together with SK311, phi 131, and U16 belongs in the phage species Twort, the description of which is substantially supplemented with the data on the phage phi 812 reported in this paper.
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- R Pantůcek
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Horváth R, Horácková L, Benesová L, Bartos M, Votava M. [Detection of DNA specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in archeological material using the polymerase chain reaction]. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 1997; 46:9-12. [PMID: 9162459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The paleopathological diagnosis of bone tuberculosis in archeological findings may be confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). If the M. tuberculosis-specific DNA fragment is amplified, then the presence of this microorganism in the sample is demonstrated. The pilot study presented investigated whether our molecular biology laboratory can collaborate with anthropologists in paleopathological analyses and to verify the use of the commercial diagnostic kit Cleanmix (Talent, Italy), for DNA isolation from archeological samples. The results were compared with the conclusions of anthropologists. Successful amplification of specific DNA fragments was achieved in a specimen from the period of the 13th to 15th century. The specimen consists of four thoracic vertebrae modified by osseous tuberculosis (gibbus). The PCR result was also positive in a five-year-old femur sample of a patient with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. All other specimens of various ages but without macroscopic symptoms of osseous tuberculosis, were PCR negative. These results suggest that it is possible to detect former infections with pathogenic microorganisms in archeological bones find.
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- R Horváth
- Mikrobiologický ústav, Lékarská fakulta Masarykovy university a Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny, Brno
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Qian X, Kövér KE, Shenderovich MD, Lou BS, Misicka A, Zalewska T, Horváth R, Davis P, Bilsky EJ, Porreca F. Newly discovered stereochemical requirements in the side-chain conformation of delta opioid agonists for recognizing opioid delta receptors. J Med Chem 1994; 37:1746-57. [PMID: 8021915 DOI: 10.1021/jm00038a004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Topographic design of peptide ligands using specialized topographically constrained amino acids can provide new insights into the stereochemical requirements for delta opioid receptors. A highly constrained tyrosine derivative, (2S,3S)-beta-methyl-2',6'-dimethyltyrosine [(2S,3S)-TMT], was prepared by asymmetric synthesis and incorporated in [D-Pen2,D-Pen5] enkephalin (delta 1) and Deltorphin I (delta 2). The results of binding assays and bioassays showed that the two analogues (3 and 4) acted very differently at delta opioid receptors. Further pharmacological evaluations suggested that they actually interact primarily with the delta 1 and delta 2 receptor subtypes, respectively. These results, and conformational studies using NMR and computer-assisted modeling, provided insights into the different stereochemical requirements for these two delta opioid ligands to recognize the delta opioid receptor and its subtypes.
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- X Qian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
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Somogyi L, Török A, Bors G, Drinóczy M, Horváth R. [Repeated yearly BCG treatment in superficial bladder cancer]. Orv Hetil 1989; 130:671-3. [PMID: 2726237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The authors report on experiences of treatment for superficial bladder cancer with BCG have achieved during three years. To achieve a permanent recidive prophylaxis the 6 weeks long course was repeated yearly. During the 37-12 months follow up a tumor recurrence have been observed in 10 of 49 patients (20.4%). There have not been seen any serious side-effects requering the interruption of the course or requering any antituberculotica. On the basis of their results and the torelable side-effects they recommend the local BCG treatment as a favourable possibility in prevention of bladder tumor recurrence.
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Horváth R. Quelques remarques complementaires sur la contribution de Jözsef Körösy au developpement de la demographie. Ann Demogr Hist (Paris) 1986:419-27. [PMID: 11621288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Háber J, Horváth R, Kishindi KK, Pál I, Simon Z, Zibotics H. [The role of smoking and upper respiratory diseases in chronic bronchitis of coal miners of Pécs]. Orv Hetil 1971; 112:1344-8. [PMID: 5566919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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