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Winter A, Stäubert S, Ammon D, Aiche S, Beyan O, Bischoff V, Daumke P, Decker S, Funkat G, Gewehr JE, de Greiff A, Haferkamp S, Hahn U, Henkel A, Kirsten T, Klöss T, Lippert J, Löbe M, Lowitsch V, Maassen O, Maschmann J, Meister S, Mikolajczyk R, Nüchter M, Pletz MW, Rahm E, Riedel M, Saleh K, Schuppert A, Smers S, Stollenwerk A, Uhlig S, Wendt T, Zenker S, Fleig W, Marx G, Scherag A, Löffler M. Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare (SMITH). Methods Inf Med 2018; 57:e92-e105. [PMID: 30016815 PMCID: PMC6193398 DOI: 10.3414/me18-02-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on the German Medical Informatics Initiative. "Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare (SMITH)" is one of four consortia funded by the German Medical Informatics Initiative (MI-I) to create an alliance of universities, university hospitals, research institutions and IT companies. SMITH's goals are to establish Data Integration Centers (DICs) at each SMITH partner hospital and to implement use cases which demonstrate the usefulness of the approach. OBJECTIVES To give insight into architectural design issues underlying SMITH data integration and to introduce the use cases to be implemented. GOVERNANCE AND POLICIES SMITH implements a federated approach as well for its governance structure as for its information system architecture. SMITH has designed a generic concept for its data integration centers. They share identical services and functionalities to take best advantage of the interoperability architectures and of the data use and access process planned. The DICs provide access to the local hospitals' Electronic Medical Records (EMR). This is based on data trustee and privacy management services. DIC staff will curate and amend EMR data in the Health Data Storage. METHODOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK To share medical and research data, SMITH's information system is based on communication and storage standards. We use the Reference Model of the Open Archival Information System and will consistently implement profiles of Integrating the Health Care Enterprise (IHE) and Health Level Seven (HL7) standards. Standard terminologies will be applied. The SMITH Market Place will be used for devising agreements on data access and distribution. 3LGM2 for enterprise architecture modeling supports a consistent development process.The DIC reference architecture determines the services, applications and the standardsbased communication links needed for efficiently supporting the ingesting, data nourishing, trustee, privacy management and data transfer tasks of the SMITH DICs. The reference architecture is adopted at the local sites. Data sharing services and the market place enable interoperability. USE CASES The methodological use case "Phenotype Pipeline" (PheP) constructs algorithms for annotations and analyses of patient-related phenotypes according to classification rules or statistical models based on structured data. Unstructured textual data will be subject to natural language processing to permit integration into the phenotyping algorithms. The clinical use case "Algorithmic Surveillance of ICU Patients" (ASIC) focusses on patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). A model-based decision-support system will give advice for mechanical ventilation. The clinical use case HELP develops a "hospital-wide electronic medical record-based computerized decision support system to improve outcomes of patients with blood-stream infections" (HELP). ASIC and HELP use the PheP. The clinical benefit of the use cases ASIC and HELP will be demonstrated in a change of care clinical trial based on a step wedge design. DISCUSSION SMITH's strength is the modular, reusable IT architecture based on interoperability standards, the integration of the hospitals' information management departments and the public-private partnership. The project aims at sustainability beyond the first 4-year funding period.
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Grants
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Grant No's. 01ZZ1609A, 01ZZ1609B, 01ZZ1609C, 01ZZ1803A, 01ZZ1803B, 01ZZ1803C, 01ZZ1803D, 01ZZ1803E, 01ZZ1803F, 01ZZ1803G, 01ZZ1803H, 01ZZ1803I, 01ZZ1803J, 01ZZ1803K, 01ZZ1803L, 01ZZ1803M, 01ZZ1803N
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Affiliation(s)
- Alfred Winter
- Leipzig University, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence to: Prof. Alfred Winter Leipzig UniversityInstitute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and EpidemiologyHaertelstr. 16–1804107 LeipzigGermany
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- Leipzig University, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Central Service Provider For Information Technology, Jena, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Computer Science 5, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Leipzig Medical Center, Division Staff and Justice, Leipzig, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Computer Science 5, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Leipzig Medical Center, Division Information Management, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Business Division for Information Technology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Essen University Hospital, Central Information Technology, Essen, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Division Information Technology, Aachen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Language & Information Engineering Lab (JULIE Lab), Jena, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Central Service Provider For Information Technology, Jena, Germany
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- Leipzig University, LIFE Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Medical Center, Medical Director, Halle, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Division Information Technology, Aachen, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, Aachen, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Medical Director, Jena, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Dortmund, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics, Halle, Germany
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- Leipzig University, LIFE Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Computer Science – Database Group, Leipzig, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Jülich, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Central Service Provider For Information Technology, Jena, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Computational Biomedicine II, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Leipzig Medical Center, Division Information Management, Leipzig, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Informatik 11 – Embedded Software, Aachen, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Medical Faculty, Dean, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Leipzig Medical Center, Data Integration Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Bonn Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bonn, Germany
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- University of Leipzig Medical Center, Medical Director, Leipzig, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, Aachen, Germany
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- University Medical Center Jena, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena, Germany
- University Medical Center Jena, Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences (IMSID), Jena, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany
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Moehler M, Al-Batran SE, Andus T, Anthuber M, Arends J, Arnold D, Aust D, Baier P, Baretton G, Bernhardt J, Boeing H, Böhle E, Bokemeyer C, Bornschein J, Budach W, Burmester E, Caca K, Diemer WA, Dietrich CF, Ebert M, Eickhoff A, Ell C, Fahlke J, Feussner H, Fietkau R, Fischbach W, Fleig W, Flentje M, Gabbert HE, Galle PR, Geissler M, Gockel I, Graeven U, Grenacher L, Gross S, Hartmann JT, Heike M, Heinemann V, Herbst B, Herrmann T, Höcht S, Hofheinz RD, Höfler H, Höhler T, Hölscher AH, Horneber M, Hübner J, Izbicki JR, Jakobs R, Jenssen C, Kanzler S, Keller M, Kiesslich R, Klautke G, Körber J, Krause BJ, Kuhn C, Kullmann F, Lang H, Link H, Lordick F, Ludwig K, Lutz M, Mahlberg R, Malfertheiner P, Merkel S, Messmann H, Meyer HJ, Mönig S, Piso P, Pistorius S, Porschen R, Rabenstein T, Reichardt P, Ridwelski K, Röcken C, Roetzer I, Rohr P, Schepp W, Schlag PM, Schmid RM, Schmidberger H, Schmiegel WH, Schmoll HJ, Schuch G, Schuhmacher C, Schütte K, Schwenk W, Selgrad M, Sendler A, Seraphin J, Seufferlein T, Stahl M, Stein H, Stoll C, Stuschke M, Tannapfel A, Tholen R, Thuss-Patience P, Treml K, Vanhoefer U, Vieth M, Vogelsang H, Wagner D, Wedding U, Weimann A, Wilke H, Wittekind C. [German S3-guideline "Diagnosis and treatment of esophagogastric cancer"]. Z Gastroenterol 2011; 49:461-531. [PMID: 21476183 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- M Moehler
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55101 Mainz.
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Ferenci P, Fried M, Labrecque D, Bruix J, Sherman M, Omata M, Heathcote J, Piratsivuth T, Kew M, Otegbayo JA, Zheng SS, Sarin S, Hamid S, Modawi SB, Fleig W, Fedail S, Thomson A, Khan A, Malfertheiner P, Lau G, Carillo FJ, Krabshuis J, Le Mair A. World Gastroenterology Organisation Guideline. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): a global perspective. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2010; 19:311-317. [PMID: 20922197] [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: 05/29/2023]
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Schmiegel W, Pox C, Reinacher-Schick A, Adler G, Arnold D, Fleig W, Fölsch UR, Frühmorgen P, Graeven U, Heinemann V, Hohenberger W, Holstege A, Junginger T, Kopp I, Kühlbacher T, Porschen R, Propping P, Riemann JF, Rödel C, Sauer R, Sauerbruch T, Schmitt W, Schmoll HJ, Seufferlein T, Zeitz M, Selbmann HK. S3 guidelines for colorectal carcinoma: results of an evidence-based consensus conference on February 6/7, 2004 and June 8/9, 2007 (for the topics IV, VI and VII). Z Gastroenterol 2010; 48:65-136. [PMID: 20072998 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- W Schmiegel
- Department of Medicine, Knappschafts Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum.
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Kügler C, Taghavy A, Fleig W, Hahn E. Das visuelle P300 bei einer akuten hepatischen Enzephalopathie in Folge einer fulminanten Hepatitis Non-A-Non-B: Verlaufsanalyse vor und nach orthotoper Lebertransplantation. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1060764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gieselmann G, Brandes I, Diener HC, Haerting J, Fleig W. [Evaluation and performance-based budgeting of the Halle University Outpatient Clinics]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2007; 101:564-576. [PMID: 18225408 DOI: 10.1016/j.zgesun.2007.08.036] [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: 05/25/2023]
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The Medical School of Halle has fundamentally restructured the university hospital's outpatient clinics. This required a detailed analysis of costs, income, and organization, as well as a prospective survey. In a representative month, more than 15,000 consultations were documented. Of all visits, 9% were part of clinical trials, and 19% part of the teaching and training of students and young doctors. 52% of all appointments were follow-up consultations. Operative and non-operative specialties as well as general and specialist consultations displayed considerable differences. Clinics with a high rate of follow-up consultations attended to fewer trial participants than others. In comparison to a district covered by statutory health insurance physicians the proportion of oncological diagnoses in the university hospital outpatient clinics was markedly higher. Costs for the different specialties' outpatient clinics varied significantly; a positive correlation was noted between the percentage of oncological diagnoses and secondary costs. The outpatient clinics' commitment to the outpatient care of cancer patients exceeds by far the scientific focus of the Medical School of Halle and contributes greatly to the provision of regional health care services. Within the scope of the project, the annual faculty allowances to the outpatient clinics were reduced by 25%. Since 2003, 60% of the remaining total allowances have been made available to the departments as an output-related grant. It was crucial to the acceptance of this budgeting that the expenses saved were dedicated to the support of young scientists, that the budgeting was comprehensible and that scientific achievements and in future also high quality teaching will continue to help regain some of the money "lost".
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Nussler A, Konig S, Ott M, Sokal E, Christ B, Thasler W, Brulport M, Gabelein G, Schormann W, Schulze M, Ellis E, Kraemer M, Nocken F, Fleig W, Manns M, Strom SC, Hengstler JG. Present status and perspectives of cell-based therapies for liver diseases. J Hepatol 2006; 45:144-59. [PMID: 16730092 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 01/18/2023]
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In recent years the interest in liver cell therapy has been increasing continuously, since the demand for whole liver transplantations in human beings far outweighs the supply. From the clinical point of view, transplantation of hepatocytes or hepatocyte-like cells may represent an alternative to orthotopic liver transplants in acute liver failure, for the correction of genetic disorders resulting in metabolically deficient states, and for late stage liver disease such as cirrhosis. Although the concept of cell therapy for various diseases of the liver is widely accepted, the practical approach in humans often remains difficult. An international expert panel critically discussed the recent published data on clinical and experimental hepatocyte transplantation and the possible role of stem cells in liver tissue repair. This paper aims to summarise the present status of cell based therapies for liver diseases and to identify areas of future preclinical and clinical research.
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- Andreas Nussler
- Fresenius Biotech Bad Homburg, Division of Cell Therapy, Bad Homburg, Germany.
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Schmiegel W, Pox C, Adler G, Fleig W, Fölsch UR, Frühmorgen P, Graeven U, Hohenberger W, Holstege A, Kühlbacher T, Porschen R, Propping P, Riemann JF, Sauer R, Sauerbruch T, Schmoll HJ, Zeitz M, Selbmann HK. S3-Guidelines Colorectal Cancer 2004. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2005; 130 Suppl 1:S5-53. [PMID: 15846560 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- W Schmiegel
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Bochum
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Hoffmann JC, Zeitz M, Bischoff SC, Brambs HJ, Bruch HP, Buhr HJ, Dignass A, Fischer I, Fleig W, Fölsch UR, Herrlinger K, Höhne W, Jantschek G, Kaltz B, Keller KM, Knebel U, Kroesen AJ, Kruis W, Matthes H, Moser G, Mundt S, Pox C, Reinshagen M, Reissmann A, Riemann J, Rogler G, Schmiegel W, Schölmerich J, Schreiber S, Schwandner O, Selbmann HK, Stange EF, Utzig M, Wittekind C. [Diagnosis and therapy of ulcerative colitis: results of an evidence based consensus conference by the German society of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases and the competence network on inflammatory bowel disease]. Z Gastroenterol 2004; 42:979-83. [PMID: 15455267 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- J C Hoffmann
- Medizinische Klinik I mit Schwerpunkt Gastroenterologie/Infektiologie/Rheumatologie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
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- A Reissmann
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, Halle
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Schmiegel W, Pox C, Adler G, Fleig W, Fölsch UR, Frühmorgen P, Graeven U, Hohenberger W, Holstege A, Junginger T, Kühlbacher T, Porschen R, Propping P, Riemann JF, Sauer R, Sauerbruch T, Schmoll HJ, Zeitz M, Selbmann HK. [S3-Guidelines Conference "Colorectal Carcinoma" 2004]. Z Gastroenterol 2004; 42:1129-77. [PMID: 15508058 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- W Schmiegel
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Medizinische Universitätsklinik
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Bischoff SC, Fleig W. [Ulcerative colitis. Nutrition]. Z Gastroenterol 2004; 42:998-1002. [PMID: 15455272 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- S C Bischoff
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abt. Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Hannover
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The Notch/Jagged signaling pathway is important for cellular differentiation and proliferation. Its dysfunction is associated with human pathologies in several tissues including liver. Point mutations in Jagged-1 gene are the cause for Alagille syndrome, associated with paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts. To determine the putative role of the trans-membrane receptor Notch and its ligand Jagged-1 in liver regeneration, we investigated the expression of Notch and Jagged-1 in rat liver following 2/3 partial hepatectomy. Immunohistochemical staining of normal rat liver showed that Notch was expressed in hepatocytes, bile duct cells and endothelial cells, whereas Jagged-1 was expressed in bile duct cells and hepatocytes. Both Notch-1 and Jagged-1 proteins were upregulated in hepatocytes after partial hepatectomy up to day 4. After partial hepatectomy, nuclear translocation of the intracellular cytoplasmic domain of Notch (NICD) increased and peaked within 15 minutes, indicating the activation of Notch. Expression of the Notch-dependent target gene (HES-1) expression increased within 30-60 minutes. Addition of recombinant Jagged-1 protein to primary cultures of hepatocytes stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis. Furthermore, injection of silencing RNA for Notch and Jagged-1 to livers 2 days before partial hepatectomy significantly suppressed proliferation of hepatocytes at days 2 to 4 of the regenerative response. In conclusion, Notch/Jagged signaling pathway is activated during liver regeneration and is potentially contributing to signals affecting cell growth and differentiation.
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Key Words
- hgf, hepatocyte growth factor
- tes, tris-edta-sucrose
- dab, diaminobenzoic acid
- aec, aminoethylcarbazole
- pbc, primary biliary cirrhosis
- bhlh, basic helix-loop-helix
- psc, primary sclerosing cholangitis
- nicd, notch intracellular cytoplasmic domain
- hes, hairy enhancer of split
- ct, cycle threshold
- sirna, silencing rna
- hgm, hepatocyte growth medium
- pcr, polymerase chain reaction
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- Christoph Köhler
- From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Halle,
Halle, Germany; and
- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Halle,
Halle, Germany; and
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Address reprint requests to: George K. Michalopoulos, Department
of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
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Bosy-Westphal A, Ruschmeyer M, Czech N, Oehler G, Hinrichsen H, Plauth M, Lotterer E, Fleig W, Müller MJ. Determinants of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with chronic liver disease and after orthotopic liver transplantation. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1269-77. [PMID: 12716682 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Homocysteine metabolism may be impaired in chronic liver disease, possibly contributing to fibrogenesis and disease complications. OBJECTIVE The goal was to investigate the prevalence and determinants of basal and postprandial hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with chronic liver disease and after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study of 323 patients with chronic liver disease (93 with hepatitis, 8 with fatty liver, 168 with cirrhosis, and 54 after OLT) and 25 healthy control subjects. Portohepatovenous gradients of total homocysteine (tHcy) and methionine and postload methionine and tHcy kinetics before and after 10 d of supplementation with folate plus vitamin B-6 were investigated in subgroups. RESULTS Basal hyperhomocysteinemia was observed in all patient groups (34% of patients with hepatitis, 50% with fatty liver, 54% with cirrhosis, and 52% after OLT). It was more frequently seen in patients with elevated plasma creatinine concentrations and at advanced stages of liver disease. Mean plasma folate was normal in patients with liver disease, but vitamin B-12 was elevated in cirrhosis and vitamin B-6 was low after OLT. There were significant negative associations between tHcy and folic acid or vitamin B-12 concentrations in control subjects and in patients with hepatitis and after OLT. No systematic association between portohepatovenous differences in tHcy and methionine concentrations was found. Cirrhosis was accompanied by impaired methionine clearance. After vitamin supplementation, the area under the tHcy curve improved in cirrhosis at nearly unchanged basal tHcy concentrations. CONCLUSIONS Basal hyperhomocysteinemia is seen in approximately 50% of patients with cirrhosis and after OLT. Basal tHcy concentrations do not change significantly after supplementation with folate and vitamin B-6, but postprandial Hcy metabolism improves.
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- Anja Bosy-Westphal
- Institut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Reissmann A, Fleig W. [Therapy of Crohn disease according to the guidelines of the German Society for the treatment of digestive and metabolic diseases]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2002; 96:233-8. [PMID: 12068740] [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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Crohn's disease is still an incurable affliction: While various pathogenic mechanisms have been elucidated in detail, the etiology remains undetected. Conservative medical management is the mainstay of treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprin as pivotal drugs. Aminosalicylates are of minor importance. Infliximab may be effective for individual patients as a third line of treatment after failure of classical immunosuppression or when a rapid response is mandatory in a corticosteroid-resistant situation. Its long-term efficacy and safety in the treatment of fistulae is unknown. Antibiotics and nutritional measures may be of help in certain clinical conditions. Satisfactory means of maintaining remission in inactive patients is not available to date. Psychotherapy may be useful in helping patients to cope but does not significantly affect the course of the disease. The guidelines presented here are based on a consensus developed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten in 1996 (26), updated in December 2001 (to be published) on the basis of recent randomized trials and meta-analyses.
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- Annette Reissmann
- Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale
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Neuberger J, Schulz KH, Day C, Fleig W, Berlakovich GA, Berenguer M, Pageaux GP, Lucey M, Horsmans Y, Burroughs A, Hockerstedt K. Transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. J Hepatol 2002; 36:130-7. [PMID: 11804676 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(01)00278-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- James Neuberger
- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
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de Franchis R, Pascal JP, Ancona E, Burroughs AK, Henderson M, Fleig W, Groszmann R, Bosch J, Sauerbruch T, Soederlund C. Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension. A Consensus Development Workshop, Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy, April 5 and 6, 1990. J Hepatol 1992; 15:256-61. [PMID: 1506645 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(92)90044-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- R de Franchis
- Istituto di Medicina Interna, University of Milan, Italy
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Reichen J, Bosch J, Staritz M, Kleber G, Sauerbruch T, Burroughs AK, Fleig W, Westaby D, Henderson JM. [The "Liver" Study Group: portal hypertension]. Z Gastroenterol Verh 1988; 23:223-7. [PMID: 2454558] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Rüttenauer K, Fleig W. [Endoscopy - an exact morphologic diagnosis, but questionable functional evidence. Concurrent morphologic and functional diagnostic procedures (III)]. ZFA (Stuttgart) 1980; 56:1925-8. [PMID: 7467759] [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: 01/25/2023]
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