@article{AdrianMartinezAgeronAharonianetal.2016, author = {Adri{\´a}n-Mart{\´i}nez, S. and Ageron, M. and Aharonian, F. and Aiello, S. and Albert, A. and Ameli, F. and Annasontzis, E. and Andre, M. and Androulakis, G. and Anghinolfi, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Avgitas, T. and Barbarino, G. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Mart{\´i}, J. and Belhorma, B. and Belias, A. and Berbee, A. and van den Berg, A. and Bertin, V. and Beurthey, S. and van Beeveren, V. and Beverini, N. and Biagi, S. and Biagioni, A. and Billault, M. and Bond{\`i}, M. and Bormuth, R. and Bouhadef, B. and Bourlis, G. and Bourret, S. and Boutonnet, C. and Bouwhuis, M. and Bozza, C. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Buis, E. and Busto, J. and Cacopardo, G. and Caillat, L. and Calmai, M. and Calvo, D. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Cecchini, S. and Celli, S. and Champion, C. and Cherkaoui El Moursli, R. and Cherubini, S. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Classen, L. and Cocimano, R. and Coelho, J. A. B. and Coleiro, A. and Colonges, S. and Coniglione, R. and Cordelli, M. and Cosquer, A. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and Cuttone, G. and D'Amico, A. and De Bonis, G. and De Rosa, G. and De Sio, C. and Di Capua, F. and Di Palma, I. and D{\´i}az Garc{\´i}a, A. F. and Distefano, C. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q. and Drakopoulou, E. and Drouhin, D. and Drury, L. and Durocher, M. and Eberl, T. and Eichie, S. and van Eijk, D. and El Bojaddaini, I. and El Khayati, N. and Elsaesser, D. and Enzenh{\"o}fer, A. and Fassi, F. and Favali, P. and Fermani, P. and Ferrara, G. and Filippidis, C. and Frascadore, G. and Fusco, L. A. and Gal, T. and Galat{\`a}, S. and Garufi, F. and Gay, P. and Gebyehu, M. and Giordano, V. and Gizani, N. and Gracia, R. and Graf, K. and Gr{\´e}goire, T. and Grella, G. and Habel, R. and Hallmann, S. and van Haren, H. and Harissopulos, S. and Heid, T. and Heijboer, A. and Heine, E. and Henry, S. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Rey, J. J. and Hevinga, M. and Hofest{\"a}dt, J. and Hugon, C. M. F. and Illuminati, G. and James, C. W. and Jansweijer, P. and Jongen, M. and de Jong, M. and Kadler, M. and Kalekin, O. and Kappes, A. and Katz, U. F. and Keller, P. and Kieft, G. and Kießling, D. and Koffeman, E. N. and Kooijman, P. and Kouchner, A. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lahmann, R. and Lamare, P. and Leisos, A. and Leonora, E. and Lindsey Clark, M. and Liolios, A. and Llorenz Alvarez, C. D. and Lo Presti, D. and L{\"o}hner, H. and Lonardo, A. and Lotze, M. and Loucatos, S. and Maccioni, E. and Mannheim, K. and Margiotta, A. and Marinelli, A. and Mari{\c{s}}, O. and Markou, C. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mora, J. A. and Martini, A. and Mele, R. and Melis, K. W. and Michael, T. and Migliozzi, P. and Migneco, E. and Mijakowski, P. and Miraglia, A. and Mollo, C. M. and Mongelli, M. and Morganti, M. and Moussa, A. and Musico, P. and Musumeci, M. and Navas, S. and Nicoleau, C. A. and Olcina, I. and Olivetto, C. and Orlando, A. and Papaikonomou, A. and Papaleo, R. and Păvăla{\c{s}}, G. E. and Peek, H. and Pellegrino, C. and Perrina, C. and Pfutzner, M. and Piattelli, P. and Pikounis, K. and Poma, G. E. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Pratolongo, F. and P{\"u}hlhofer, G. and Pulvirenti, S. and Quinn, L. and Racca, C. and Raffaelli, F. and Randazzo, N. and Rapidis, P. and Razis, P. and Real, D. and Resvanis, L. and Reubelt, J. and Riccobene, G. and Rossi, C. and Rovelli, A. and Salda{\~n}a, M. and Salvadori, I. and Samtleben, D. F. E. and S{\´a}nchez Garc{\´i}a, A. and S{\´a}nchez Losa, A. and Sanguineti, M. and Santangelo, A. and Santonocito, D. and Sapienza, P. and Schimmel, F. and Schmelling, J. and Sciacca, V. and Sedita, M. and Seitz, T. and Sgura, I. and Simeone, F. and Siotis, I. and Sipala, V. and Spisso, B. and Spurio, M. and Stavropoulos, G. and Steijger, J. and Stellacci, S. M. and Stransky, D. and Taiuti, M. and Tayalati, Y. and T{\´e}zier, D. and Theraube, S. and Thompson, L. and Timmer, P. and T{\"o}nnis, C. and Trasatti, L. and Trovato, A. and Tsirigotis, A. and Tzamarias, S. and Tzamariudaki, E. and Vallage, B. and Van Elewyk, V. and Vermeulen, J. and Vicini, P. and Viola, S. and Vivolo, D. and Volkert, M. and Voulgaris, G. and Wiggers, L. and Wilms, J. and de Wolf, E. and Zachariadou, K. and Zornoza, J. D. and Z{\´u}{\~n}iga, J.}, title = {Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0}, series = {Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics}, volume = {43}, journal = {Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics}, number = {8}, doi = {10.1088/0954-3899/43/8/084001}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188050}, pages = {84001}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are (i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and (ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of neutrinos. These objectives are strongly motivated by two recent important discoveries, namely: (1) the high-energy astrophysical neutrino signal reported by IceCube and (2) the sizable contribution of electron neutrinos to the third neutrino mass eigenstate as reported by Daya Bay, Reno and others. To meet these objectives, the KM3NeT Collaboration plans to build a new Research Infrastructure consisting of a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. A phased and distributed implementation is pursued which maximises the access to regional funds, the availability of human resources and the synergistic opportunities for the Earth and sea sciences community. Three suitable deep-sea sites are selected, namely off-shore Toulon (France), Capo Passero (Sicily, Italy) and Pylos (Peloponnese, Greece). The infrastructure will consist of three so-called building blocks. A building block comprises 115 strings, each string comprises 18 optical modules and each optical module comprises 31 photo-multiplier tubes. Each building block thus constitutes a three-dimensional array of photo sensors that can be used to detect the Cherenkov light produced by relativistic particles emerging from neutrino interactions. Two building blocks will be sparsely configured to fully explore the IceCube signal with similar instrumented volume, different methodology, improved resolution and}, language = {en} } @article{AlbertAndreAnghinolfietal.2019, author = {Albert, A. and Andr{\´e}, M. and Anghinolfi, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Aubert, J.-J. and Aublin, J. and Avgitas, T. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Mart{\´i}t, J. and Basa, S. and Belhorma, B. and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bormuth, R. and Boumaaza, J and Bourret, S. and Bouwhuis, M. C. and Br{\^a}nzas, H. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Busto, J. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Carr, J. and Celli, S. and Chabab, M. and Cherkaoui El Moursli, R. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coelho, J. A. B. and Coleiro, A. and Colomer, M and Coniglione, R. and Costantini, H. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and D{\´i}az, A. F. and Deschamps, A. and Distefano, C. and Di Palma, I. and Domi, A. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Drouhin, D. and Eberl, T. and El Bojaddaini, I. and El Khayati, N. and Els{\"a}sser, D. and Enzenh{\"o}fer, A. and Ettahiri, A. and Fassi, F. and Felis, I. and Fermani, P. and Ferrara, G. and Fusco, L. A. and Gay, P. and Glotin, H. and Gr{\´e}goire, T. and Gracia Ruiz, R. and Graf, K. and Hallmann, S. and van Haren, H. and Heijboer, A. J. and Hello, Y. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Rey, J. J. and H{\"o}ßl, J. and Hofest{\"a}dt, J. and Illuminati, G. and de Jong, M. and Jongen, M. and Kadler, M. and Kalekin, O. and Katz, U. and Khan-Chowdhury, N. R. and Kouchner, A. and Kreter, M. and Kreykenbohm, I. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lachaud, C. and Lahmann, R. and Lef{\`e}vre, D. and Leonora, E. and Levi, G. and Lotze, M. and Loucatos, S. and Marcelin, M. and Margiotta, A. and Marinelli, A. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mora, J. A. and Mele, R. and Melis, K. and Migliozzi, P. and Moussa, A. and Navas, S. and Nezri, E. and Nu{\~n}ez, A. and Organokov, M. and Pavalas, G. E. and Pellegrino, C. and Piattelli, P. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Quinn, L. and Racca, C. and Randazzo, N. and Riccobene, G. and S{\´a}nchez-Losa, A. and Salda{\~n}a, M. and Salvadori, I. and Samtleben, D. F. E. and Sanguineti, M. and Sapienza, P. and Sch{\"u}ssler, F. and Spurio, M. and Stolarczyk, Th. and Taiuti, M. and Tayalati, Y. and Trovato, A. and Vallage, B. and Van Elewyck, V. and Versari, F. and Vivolo, D. and Wilms, J. and Zaborov, D. and Zornoza, J. D. and Z{\´u}{\~n}iga, J.}, title = {The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope}, series = {European Physical Journal C}, volume = {78}, journal = {European Physical Journal C}, doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6451-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227802}, pages = {1-9}, year = {2019}, abstract = {One of the main objectives of the ANTARES telescope is the search for point- like neutrino sources. Both the pointing accuracy and the angular resolution of the detector are important in this context and a reliableway to evaluate this performance is needed. In order to measure the pointing accuracy of the detector, one possibility is to study the shadow of the Moon, i. e. the deficit of the atmospheric muon flux from the direction of the Moon induced by the absorption of cosmic rays. Analysing the data taken between 2007 and 2016, theMoon shadow is observed with 3.5s statistical significance. The detector angular resolution for downwardgoing muons is 0.73. +/- 0.14.. The resulting pointing performance is consistent with the expectations. An independent check of the telescope pointing accuracy is realised with the data collected by a shower array detector onboard of a ship temporarily moving around the ANTARES location.}, language = {en} } @article{AdrianMartinezAlbertAndreetal.2016, author = {Adri{\´a}n-Mart{\´i}nez, S. and Albert, A. and Andr{\´e}, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Aubert, J.-J. and Avgitas, T. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Mart{\´i}, J. and Basa, S. and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bormuth, R. and Bou-Cabo, M. and Bouwhuis, M.C. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Busto, J. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Carr, J. and Celli, S. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coleiro, A. and Coniglione, R. and Costantini, H. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and Deschamps, A. and De Bonis, G. and Distefano, C. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Drouhin, D. and Eberl, T. and El Bojaddaini, I. and Els{\"a}sser, D. and Enzenh{\"o}fer, A. and Fehn, K. and Felis, I. and Fusco, L.A. and Galat{\`a}, S. and Gay, P. and Geißels{\"o}der, S. and Geyer, K. and Giordano, V. and Gleixner, A. and Glotin, H. and Gracia-Ruiz, R. and Graf, K. and Hallmann, S. and van Haren, H. and Heijboer, A.J. and Hello, Y. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Rey, J.-J. and H{\"o}ßl, J. and Hofest{\"a}dt, J. and Hugon, C. and Illuminati, G. and James, C.W. and de Jong, M. and Kadler, M. and Kalekin, O. and Katz, U. and Kießling, D. and Kouchner, A. and Kreter, M. and Kreykenbohm, I. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lachaud, C. and Lahmann, R. and Lef{\`e}vre, D. and Leonora, E. and Loucatos, S. and Marcelin, M. and Margiotta, A. and Marinelli, A. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mora, J.A. and Mathieu, A. and Michael, T. and Migliozzi, P. and Moussa, A. and Mueller, C. and Nezri, E. and Păvălaș, G.E. and Pellegrino, C. and Perrina, C. and Piattelli, P. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Racca, C. and Riccobene, G. and Roensch, K. and Salda{\~n}a, M. and Samtleben, D.F.E. and Sanguineti, M. and Sapienza, P. and Schnabel, J. and Sch{\"u}ssler, F. and Seitz, T. and Sieger, C. and Spurio, M. and Stolarczyk, Th. and S{\´a}nchez-Losa, A. and Taiuti, M. and Trovato, A. and Tselengidou, M. and Turpin, D. and T{\"o}nnis, C. and Vallage, B. and Vall{\´e}e, C. and Van Elewyck, V. and Vivolo, D. and Wagner, S. and Wilms, J. and Zornoza, J.D. and Z{\´u}{\~n}iga, J.}, title = {A search for Secluded Dark Matter in the Sun with the ANTARES neutrino telescope}, series = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics}, volume = {2016}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics}, number = {5}, organization = {The ANTARES collaboration}, doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2016/05/016}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-189035}, pages = {12}, year = {2016}, abstract = {A search for Secluded Dark Matter annihilation in the Sun using 2007-2012 data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. Three different cases are considered: a) detection of dimuons that result from the decay of the mediator, or neutrino detection from: b) mediator that decays into a dimuon and, in turn, into neutrinos, and c) mediator that decays directly into neutrinos. As no significant excess over background is observed, constraints are derived on the dark matter mass and the lifetime of the mediator.}, language = {en} } @article{AdrianMartinezAlbertAndreetal.2016, author = {Adri{\´a}n-Mart{\´i}nez, S. and Albert, A. and Andr{\´e}, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Aubert, J.-J. and Avgitas, T. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Mart{\´i}, J. and Basa, S. and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bormuth, R. and Bouwhuis, M.C. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Busto, J. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Carr, J. and Celli, S. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coleiro, A. and Coniglione, R. and Costantini, H. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and Deschamps, A. and De Bonis, G. and Distefano, C. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Drouhin, D. and Eberl, T. and El Bojaddaini, I. and Els{\"a}sser, D. and Enzenh{\"o}fer, A. and Fehn, K. and Felis, I. and Fusco, L.A. and Galat{\`a}, S. and Gay, P. and Geißels{\"o}der, S. and Geyer, K. and Giordano, V. and Gleixner, A. and Glotin, H. and Gracia-Ruiz, R. and Graf, K. and Hallmann, S. and van Haren, H. and Heijboer, A.J. and Hello, Y. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Rey, J.J. and H{\"o}ßl, J. and Hofest{\"a}dt, J. and Hugon, C. and Illuminati, G. and James, C.W. and de Jong, M. and Jongen, M. and Kadler, M. and Kalekin, O. and Katz, U. and Kießling, D. and Kouchner, A. and Kreter, M. and Kreykenbohm, I. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lachaud, C. and Lahmann, R. and Lef{\`e}vre, D. and Leonora, E. and Loucatos, S. and Marcelin, M. and Margiotta, A. and Marinelli, A. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mora, J.A. and Mathieu, A. and Melis, K. and Michael, T. and Migliozzi, P. and Moussa, A. and Mueller, C. and Nezri, E. and Pavalas, G.E. and Pellegrino, C. and Perrina, C. and Piattelli, P. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Racca, C. and Riccobene, G. and Roensch, K. and Salda{\~n}a, M. and Samtleben, D.F.E. and S{\´a}nchez-Losa, A. and Sanguineti, M. and Sapienza, P. and Schnabel, J. and Sch{\"u}ssler, F. and Seitz, T. and Sieger, C. and Spurio, M. and Stolarczyk, Th. and Taiuti, M. and T{\"o}nnis, C. and Trovato, A. and Tselengidou, M. and Turpin, D. and Vallage, B. and Vall{\´e}e, C. and Van Elewyck, V. and Vivolo, D. and Wagner, S. and Wilms, J. and Zornoza, J.D. and Z{\´u}{\~n}iga, J.}, title = {Limits on dark matter annihilation in the sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope}, series = {Physics Letters B}, volume = {759}, journal = {Physics Letters B}, doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.019}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166642}, pages = {69-74}, year = {2016}, abstract = {A search for muon neutrinos originating from dark matter annihilations in the Sun is performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2012. In order to obtain the best possible sensitivities to dark matter signals, an optimisation of the event selection criteria is performed taking into account the background of atmospheric muons, atmospheric neutrinos and the energy spectra of the expected neutrino signals. No significant excess over the background is observed and 90\% C.L. upper limits on the neutrino flux, the spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections are derived for WIMP masses ranging from 50 GeV to 5 TeV for the annihilation channels WIMP + WIMP→ b\(\overline{b}\), W\(^{+}\)W\(^{-}\) and τ\(^{+}\)τ\(^{-}\).}, language = {en} } @article{AdrianMartinezAlbertAndreetal.2016, author = {Adri{\´a}n-Mart{\´i}nez, S. and Albert, A. and Andr{\´e}, M. and Anghinolfi, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Aubert, J.-J. and Avgitas, T. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Mart{\´i}, J. and Basa, S. and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bormuth, R. and Bouwhuis, M.C. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Busto, J. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Carr, J. and Celli, S. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coleiro, A. and Coniglione, R. and Constantini, H. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and Deschamps, A. and De Bonis, G. and Distefano, C. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Drouhin, D. and Eberl, T. and El Bojaddaini, I. and Els{\"a}sser, D. and Enzenh{\"o}fer, A. and Fehn, K. and Felis, I. and Fusco, L.A. and Galat{\`a}, S. and Gay, P. and Geißels{\"o}der, S. and Geyer, K. and Giordano, V. and Gleixner, A. and Glotin, H. and Gracia-Ruiz, R. and Graf, K. and Hallmann, S. and van Haren, H. and Heijboer, A.J. and Hello, Y. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Rey, J.J. and H{\"o}ßl, J. and Hofest{\"a}dt, J. and Hugon, C. and Illuminati, G. and James, C.W. and de Jong, M. and Kadler, M. and Kalekin, O. and Katz, U. and Kießling, D. and Kouchner, A. and Kreter, M. and Kreykenbohm, I. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lachaud, C. and Lahmann, R. and Lef{\`e}vre, D. and Leonora, E. and Loucatos, S. and Marcelin, M. and Margiotta, A. and Marinelli, A. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mora, J.A. and Mathieu, A. and Michael, T. and Migliozzi, P. and Moussa, A. and Mueller, C. and Nezri, E. and Pavalas, G.E. and Pellegrino, C. and Perrina, C. and Piattelli, P. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Racca, C. and Riccobene, G. and Roensch, K. and Salda{\~n}a, M. and Samtleben, D.F.E. and S{\´a}nchez-Losa, A. and Sanguineti, M. and Sapienza, P. and Schnabel, J. and Sch{\"u}ssler, F. and Seitz, T. and Sieger, C. and Spurio, M. and Stolarczyk, Th. and Taiuti, M. and Trovato, A. and Tselengidou, M. and Turpin, D. and T{\"o}nnis, C. and Vallage, B. and Vall{\´e}e, C. and Van Elewyck, V. and Visser, E. and Vivolo, D. and Wagner, S. and Wilms, J. and Zornoza, J.D. and Z{\´u}{\~n}iga, J.}, title = {Constraints on the neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with the ANTARES telescope}, series = {Physics Letters B}, volume = {760}, journal = {Physics Letters B}, doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.051}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166608}, pages = {143-148}, year = {2016}, abstract = {A highly significant excess of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been reported by the IceCube Collaboration. Some features of the energy and declination distributions of IceCube events hint at a North/South asymmetry of the neutrino flux. This could be due to the presence of the bulk of our Galaxy in the Southern hemisphere. The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located in the Mediterranean Sea, has been taking data since 2007. It offers the best sensitivity to muon neutrinos produced by galactic cosmic ray interactions in this region of the sky. In this letter a search for an extended neutrino flux from the Galactic Ridge region is presented. Different models of neutrino production by cosmic ray propagation are tested. No excess of events is observed and upper limits for different neutrino flux spectral indices Γ are set. For Γ=2.4 the 90\% confidence level flux upper limit at 100 TeV for one neutrino flavour corresponds to Φ\(^{1f}_{0}\) (100 TeV) = 2.0 · 10\(^{-17}\) GeV\(^{-1}\) cm\(^{-2}\)s\(^{-1}\)sr\(^{-1}\). Under this assumption, at most two events of the IceCube cosmic candidates can originate from the Galactic Ridge. A simple power-law extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT flux to account for IceCube High Energy Starting Events is excluded at 90\% confidence level.}, language = {en} } @article{AkshatAaboudAadetal.2019, author = {Akshat, Puri and Aaboud, M. and Aad, G. and Abbott, B. and Abdinov, O. and Abeloos, B. and Abhayasinghe, D. K. and Abidi, S. H. and Abou Zeid, O. S. and Abraham, N. L. and Abramowicz, H. and Abreu, H. and Abulaiti, Y. and Acharya, B. S. and Adachi, S. and Adam, L. and Adamczyk, L. and Adelman, J. and Adersberger, M. and Adiguzel, A. and Adye, T. and Affolder, A. A. and Afik, Y. and Agheorghiesei, C. and Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A. and Ahmadov, F. and Aiellil, G. and Akatsuka, S. and Akesson, T. P. A. and Akilli, E. and Akimov, A. V. and Alberghi, G. L. and Albert, J. and Albicocco, P. and Alconada Verzini, M. J. and Alderweireld, S. and Aleksa, M. and Aleksandrov, I. N. and Alexa, C. and Alexopoulos, T. and Alhroob, M. and Ali, B. and Alimonti, G. and Alison, J. and Andre, S. P. and Allaire, C. and Allbrooke, B. M. M. and Allen, B. W. and Allport, P. P. and Aloisio, A. and Alonso, A. and Alonso, F. and Alpigiani, C. and Alshehri, A. A. and Alstaty, M. I. and Alvarez, Gonzalez B. and Alvarez Piqueras, D. and Alviggi, M. G. and Amadio, B. T. and Amaral, Coutinho, Y. and Ambler, A. and Ambroz, L. and Amelung, C. and Amidei, D. and Amor Dos Santos, S. P. and Amoroso, S. and Amrouche, C. S. and Anastopoulos, C. and Ancu, L. S. and Andari, N. and Andeen, T. and Anders, C. F. and Anders, J. K. and Anderson, K. J. and Andreazza, A. and Andrei, V. and et al,}, title = {Measurement of angular and momentum distributions of charged particles within and around jets in Pb plus Pb and pp collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV with ATLAS at the LHC : XXVIIth International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2018)}, series = {Nuclear Physics A}, volume = {982}, journal = {Nuclear Physics A}, number = {2}, doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.09.021}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224703}, pages = {177-179}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Studies of the fragmentation of jets into charged particles in heavy-ion collisions can help in understanding the mechanism of jet quenching by the hot and dense QCD matter created in such collisions, the quark-gluon plasma. These proceedings present a measurement of the angular distribution of charged particles around the jet axis in root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp collisions, done using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurement is performed inside jets reconstructed with the anti-k(t) algorithm with radius parameter R = 0.4, and is extended to regions outside the jet cone. Results are presented as a function of Pb+Pb collision centrality, and both jet and charged-particle transverse momenta.}, language = {en} } @article{vanKoolwijkRamdasIkrametal.2012, author = {van Koolwijk, Leonieke M. E. and Ramdas, Wishal D. and Ikram, M. Kamran and Jansonius, Nomdo M. and Pasutto, Francesca and Hys, Pirro G. and Macgregor, Stuart and Janssen, Sarah F. and Hewitt, Alex W. and Viswanathan, Ananth C. and ten Brink, Jacoline B. and Hosseini, S. Mohsen and Amin, Najaf and Despriet, Dominiek D. G. and Willemse-Assink, Jacqueline J. M. and Kramer, Rogier and Rivadeneira, Fernando and Struchalin, Maksim and Aulchenko, Yurii S. and Weisschuh, Nicole and Zenkel, Matthias and Mardin, Christian Y. and Gramer, Eugen and Welge-L{\"u}ssen, Ulrich and Montgomery, Grant W. and Carbonaro, Francis and Young, Terri L. and Bellenguez, C{\´e}line and McGuffin, Peter and Foster, Paul J. and Topouzis, Fotis and Mitchell, Paul and Wang, Jie Jin and Wong, Tien Y. and Czudowska, Monika A. and Hofman, Albert and Uitterlinden, Andre G. and Wolfs, Roger C. W. and de Jong, Paulus T. V. M. and Oostra, Ben A. and Paterson, Andrew D. and Mackey, David A. and Bergen, Arthur A. B. and Reis, Andre and Hammond, Christopher J. and Vingerling, Johannes R. and Lemij, Hans G. and Klaver, Caroline C. W. and van Duijn, Cornelia M.}, title = {Common Genetic Determinants of Intraocular Pressure and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma}, series = {PLoS Genetics}, volume = {8}, journal = {PLoS Genetics}, number = {5}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pgen.1002611}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131378}, pages = {e1002611}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Intraocular pressure (IOP) is a highly heritable risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma and is the only target for current glaucoma therapy. The genetic factors which determine IOP are largely unknown. We performed a genome-wide association study for IOP in 11,972 participants from 4 independent population-based studies in The Netherlands. We replicated our findings in 7,482 participants from 4 additional cohorts from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium 2/Blue Mountains Eye Study. IOP was significantly associated with rs11656696, located in GAS7 at 17p13.1 (p = 1.4 x 10\(^{-8}\)), and with rs7555523, located in TMCO1 at 1q24.1 (p = 1.6 x 10\(^{-8}\)). In a meta-analysis of 4 case-control studies (total N = 1,432 glaucoma cases), both variants also showed evidence for association with glaucoma (p = 2.4 x 10\(^{-2}\) for rs11656696 and p = 9.1 x 10\(^{-4}\) for rs7555523). GAS7 and TMCO1 are highly expressed in the ciliary body and trabecular meshwork as well as in the lamina cribrosa, optic nerve, and retina. Both genes functionally interact with known glaucoma disease genes. These data suggest that we have identified two clinically relevant genes involved in IOP regulation.}, language = {en} } @article{AdrianMartinezAlbertAndreetal.2017, author = {Adri{\´a}n-Mart{\´i}nez, S. and Albert, A. and Andr{\´e}, M. and Anghinolfi, M. and Anton, G. and Ardid, M. and Aubert, J.-J. and Baret, B. and Barrios-Marti, J. and Basa, S. and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bormuth, R. and Bouwhuis, M.C. and Bruijn, R. and Brunner, J. and Buto, J. and Capone, A. and Caramete, L. and Carr, J. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coniglione, R. and Costantini, H. and Coyle, P. and Creusot, A. and Dekeyser, I. and Deschamps, A. and De Bonis, G. and Distefano, C.}, title = {Stacked search for time shifted high energy neutrinos from gamma ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino telescope}, series = {European Physical Journal C}, volume = {77}, journal = {European Physical Journal C}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4496-8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-181251}, pages = {10}, year = {2017}, abstract = {A search for high-energy neutrino emission correlated with gamma-ray bursts outside the electromagnetic prompt-emission time window is presented. Using a stacking approach of the time delays between reported gamma-ray burst alerts and spatially coincident muon-neutrino signatures, data from the Antares neutrino telescope recorded between 2007 and 2012 are analysed. One year of public data from the IceCube detector between 2008 and 2009 have been also investigated. The respective timing profiles are scanned for statistically significant accumulations within 40 days of the Gamma Ray Burst, as expected from Lorentz Invariance Violation effects and some astrophysical models. No significant excess over the expected accidental coincidence rate could be found in either of the two data sets. The average strength of the neutrino signal is found to be fainter than one detectable neutrino signal per hundred gamma-ray bursts in the Antares data at 90\% confidence level.}, language = {en} } @article{ElHelouBiegnerBodeetal.2019, author = {El-Helou, Sabine M. and Biegner, Anika-Kerstin and Bode, Sebastian and Ehl, Stephan R. and Heeg, Maximilian and Maccari, Maria E. and Ritterbusch, Henrike and Speckmann, Carsten and Rusch, Stephan and Scheible, Raphael and Warnatz, Klaus and Atschekzei, Faranaz and Beider, Renata and Ernst, Diana and Gerschmann, Stev and Jablonka, Alexandra and Mielke, Gudrun and Schmidt, Reinhold E. and Sch{\"u}rmann, Gesine and Sogkas, Georgios and Baumann, Ulrich H. and Klemann, Christian and Viemann, Dorothee and Bernuth, Horst von and Kr{\"u}ger, Renate and Hanitsch, Leif G. and Scheibenbogen, Carmen M. and Wittke, Kirsten and Albert, Michael H. and Eichinger, Anna and Hauck, Fabian and Klein, Christoph and Rack-Hoch, Anita and Sollinger, Franz M. and Avila, Anne and Borte, Michael and Borte, Stephan and Fasshauer, Maria and Hauenherm, Anja and Kellner, Nils and M{\"u}ller, Anna H. and {\"U}lzen, Anett and Bader, Peter and Bakhtiar, Shahrzad and Lee, Jae-Yun and Heß, Ursula and Schubert, Ralf and W{\"o}lke, Sandra and Zielen, Stefan and Ghosh, Sujal and Laws, Hans-Juergen and Neubert, Jennifer and Oommen, Prasad T. and H{\"o}nig, Manfred and Schulz, Ansgar and Steinmann, Sandra and Klaus, Schwarz and D{\"u}ckers, Gregor and Lamers, Beate and Langemeyer, Vanessa and Niehues, Tim and Shai, Sonu and Graf, Dagmar and M{\"u}glich, Carmen and Schmalzing, Marc T. and Schwaneck, Eva C. and Tony, Hans-Peter and Dirks, Johannes and Haase, Gabriele and Liese, Johannes G. and Morbach, Henner and Foell, Dirk and Hellige, Antje and Wittkowski, Helmut and Masjosthusmann, Katja and Mohr, Michael and Geberzahn, Linda and Hedrich, Christian M. and M{\"u}ller, Christiane and R{\"o}sen-Wolff, Angela and Roesler, Joachim and Zimmermann, Antje and Behrends, Uta and Rieber, Nikolaus and Schauer, Uwe and Handgretinger, Rupert and Holzer, Ursula and Henes, J{\"o}rg and Kanz, Lothar and Boesecke, Christoph and Rockstroh, J{\"u}rgen K. and Schwarze-Zander, Carolynne and Wasmuth, Jan-Christian and Dilloo, Dagmar and H{\"u}lsmann, Brigitte and Sch{\"o}nberger, Stefan and Schreiber, Stefan and Zeuner, Rainald and Ankermann, Tobias and Bismarck, Philipp von and Huppertz, Hans-Iko and Kaiser-Labusch, Petra and Greil, Johann and Jakoby, Donate and Kulozik, Andreas E. and Metzler, Markus and Naumann-Bartsch, Nora and Sobik, Bettina and Graf, Norbert and Heine, Sabine and Kobbe, Robin and Lehmberg, Kai and M{\"u}ller, Ingo and Herrmann, Friedrich and Horneff, Gerd and Klein, Ariane and Peitz, Joachim and Schmidt, Nadine and Bielack, Stefan and Groß-Wieltsch, Ute and Classen, Carl F. and Klasen, Jessica and Deutz, Peter and Kamitz, Dirk and Lassy, Lisa and Tenbrock, Klaus and Wagner, Norbert and Bernbeck, Benedikt and Brummel, Bastian and Lara-Villacanas, Eusebia and M{\"u}nstermann, Esther and Schneider, Dominik T. and Tietsch, Nadine and Westkemper, Marco and Weiß, Michael and Kramm, Christof and K{\"u}hnle, Ingrid and Kullmann, Silke and Girschick, Hermann and Specker, Christof and Vinnemeier-Laubenthal, Elisabeth and Haenicke, Henriette and Schulz, Claudia and Schweigerer, Lothar and M{\"u}ller, Thomas G. and Stiefel, Martina and Belohradsky, Bernd H. and Soetedjo, Veronika and Kindle, Gerhard and Grimbacher, Bodo}, title = {The German national registry of primary immunodeficiencies (2012-2017)}, series = {Frontiers in Immunology}, volume = {10}, journal = {Frontiers in Immunology}, doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2019.01272}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226629}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Introduction: The German PID-NET registry was founded in 2009, serving as the first national registry of patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) in Germany. It is part of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) registry. The primary purpose of the registry is to gather data on the epidemiology, diagnostic delay, diagnosis, and treatment of PIDs. Methods: Clinical and laboratory data was collected from 2,453 patients from 36 German PID centres in an online registry. Data was analysed with the software Stata® and Excel. Results: The minimum prevalence of PID in Germany is 2.72 per 100,000 inhabitants. Among patients aged 1-25, there was a clear predominance of males. The median age of living patients ranged between 7 and 40 years, depending on the respective PID. Predominantly antibody disorders were the most prevalent group with 57\% of all 2,453 PID patients (including 728 CVID patients). A gene defect was identified in 36\% of patients. Familial cases were observed in 21\% of patients. The age of onset for presenting symptoms ranged from birth to late adulthood (range 0-88 years). Presenting symptoms comprised infections (74\%) and immune dysregulation (22\%). Ninety-three patients were diagnosed without prior clinical symptoms. Regarding the general and clinical diagnostic delay, no PID had undergone a slight decrease within the last decade. However, both, SCID and hyper IgE-syndrome showed a substantial improvement in shortening the time between onset of symptoms and genetic diagnosis. Regarding treatment, 49\% of all patients received immunoglobulin G (IgG) substitution (70\%-subcutaneous; 29\%-intravenous; 1\%-unknown). Three-hundred patients underwent at least one hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Five patients had gene therapy. Conclusion: The German PID-NET registry is a precious tool for physicians, researchers, the pharmaceutical industry, politicians, and ultimately the patients, for whom the outcomes will eventually lead to a more timely diagnosis and better treatment.}, language = {en} } @article{CarstenAGorskiLietal.2011, author = {Carsten A., B{\"o}ger and Gorski, Mathias and Li, Man and Hoffmann, Michael M. and Huang, Chunmei and Yang, Qiong and Teumer, Alexander and Krane, Vera and O'Seaghdha, Conall M. and Kutalik, Zolt{\´a}n and Wichmann, H.-Erich and Haak, Thomas and Boes, Eva and Coassin, Stefan and Coresh, Josef and Kollerits, Barbara and Haun, Margot and Paulweber, Bernhard and K{\"o}ttgen, Anna and Li, Guo and Shlipak, Michael G. and Powe, Neil and Hwang, Shih-Jen and Dehghan, Abbas and Rivadeneira, Fernando and Uitterlinden, Andr{\´e} and Hofman, Albert and Beckmann, Jacques S. and Kr{\"a}mer, Bernhard K. and Witteman, Jacqueline and Bochud, Murielle and Siscovick, David and Rettig, Rainer and Kronenberg, Florian and Wanner, Christoph and Thadhani, Ravi I. and Heid, Iris M. and Fox, Caroline S. and Kao, W.H.}, title = {Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD}, series = {PLoS Genetics}, volume = {7}, journal = {PLoS Genetics}, number = {9}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pgen.1002292}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-133758}, pages = {e1002292}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Family studies suggest a genetic component to the etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD). Previously, we identified 16 loci for eGFR in genome-wide association studies, but the associations of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for incident CKD or ESRD are unknown. We thus investigated the association of these loci with incident CKD in 26,308 individuals of European ancestry free of CKD at baseline drawn from eight population-based cohorts followed for a median of 7.2 years (including 2,122 incident CKD cases defined as eGFR < 60ml/min/1.73m(2) at follow-up) and with ESRD in four case-control studies in subjects of European ancestry (3,775 cases, 4,577 controls). SNPs at 11 of the 16 loci (UMOD, PRKAG2, ANXA9, DAB2, SHROOM3, DACH1, STC1, SLC34A1, ALMS1/NAT8, UBE2Q2, and GCKR) were associated with incident CKD; p-values ranged from p = 4.1e-9 in UMOD to p = 0.03 in GCKR. After adjusting for baseline eGFR, six of these loci remained significantly associated with incident CKD (UMOD, PRKAG2, ANXA9, DAB2, DACH1, and STC1). SNPs in UMOD (OR = 0.92, p = 0.04) and GCKR (OR = 0.93, p = 0.03) were nominally associated with ESRD. In summary, the majority of eGFR-related loci are either associated or show a strong trend towards association with incident CKD, but have modest associations with ESRD in individuals of European descent. Additional work is required to characterize the association of genetic determinants of CKD and ESRD at different stages of disease progression.}, language = {en} } @article{MuellerWindhofMaximovetal.2013, author = {M{\"u}ller, Sara and Windhof, Indra M. and Maximov, Vladimir and Jurkowski, Tomasz and Jeltsch, Albert and F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U. and Sharma, Cynthia M. and Gr{\"a}f, Ralph and Nellen, Wolfgang}, title = {Target recognition, RNA methylation activity and transcriptional regulation of the Dictyostelium discoideum Dnmt2-homologue (DnmA)}, series = {Nucleic Acids Research}, volume = {41}, journal = {Nucleic Acids Research}, number = {18}, issn = {1362-4962}, doi = {10.1093/nar/gkt634}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-123149}, pages = {8615-8627}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Although the DNA methyltransferase 2 family is highly conserved during evolution and recent reports suggested a dual specificity with stronger activity on transfer RNA (tRNA) than DNA substrates, the biological function is still obscure. We show that the Dictyostelium discoideum Dnmt2-homologue DnmA is an active tRNA methyltransferase that modifies C38 in \(tRNA^{Asp(GUC)}\) in vitro and in vivo. By an ultraviolet-crosslinking and immunoprecipitation approach, we identified further DnmA targets. This revealed specific tRNA fragments bound by the enzyme and identified \(tRNA^{Glu(CUC/UUC)}\) and \(tRNA^{Gly(GCC)}\) as new but weaker substrates for both human Dnmt2 and DnmA in vitro but apparently not in vivo. Dnmt2 enzymes form transient covalent complexes with their substrates. The dynamics of complex formation and complex resolution reflect methylation efficiency in vitro. Quantitative PCR analyses revealed alterations in dnmA expression during development, cell cycle and in response to temperature stress. However, dnmA expression only partially correlated with tRNA methylation in vivo. Strikingly, dnmA expression in the laboratory strain AX2 was significantly lower than in the NC4 parent strain. As expression levels and binding of DnmA to a target in vivo are apparently not necessarily accompanied by methylation, we propose an additional biological function of DnmA apart from methylation.}, language = {en} } @article{RuizHerediaSanchezVegaOnechaetal.2018, author = {Ruiz-Heredia, Yanira and S{\´a}nchez-Vega, Beatriz and Onecha, Esther and Barrio, Santiago and Alonso, Rafael and Carlos Mart{\´i}nez-Avila, Jose and Cuenca, Isabel and Agirre, Xabier and Braggio, Esteban and Hern{\´a}ndez, Miguel-T. and Mart{\´i}nez, Rafael and Rosi{\~n}ol, Laura and Gutierrez, Norma and Martin-Ramos, Marisa and Ocio, Enrique M. and Echeveste, Mar{\´i}a-Asunci{\´o}n and P{\´e}rez de Oteyza, Jaime and Oriol, Albert and Bargay, Joan and Gironella, Mercedes and Ayala, Rosa and Blad{\´e}, Joan and Mateos, Mar{\´i}a-Victoria and Kortum, Klaus M. and Stewart, Keith and Garc{\´i}a-Sanz, Ram{\´o}n and San Miguel, Jes{\´u}s and Jos{\´e} Lahuerta, Juan and Martinez-Lopez, Joaqu{\´i}n}, title = {Mutational screening of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients by deep targeted sequencing}, series = {Haematologica}, volume = {103}, journal = {Haematologica}, number = {11}, doi = {10.3324/haematol.2018.188839}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227151}, pages = {e544-e548}, year = {2018}, abstract = {no abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{HoppAlbertWeissenbergerMencletal.2016, author = {Hopp, Sarah and Albert-Weissenberger, Christiane and Mencl, Stine and Bieber, Michael and Schuhmann, Michael K. and Stetter, Christian and Nieswandt, Bernhard and Schmidt, Peter M. and Monoranu, Camelia-Maria and Alafuzoff, Irina and Marklund, Niklas and Nolte, Marc W. and Sir{\´e}n, Anna-Leena and Kleinschnitz, Christoph}, title = {Targeting coagulation factor XII as a novel therapeutic option in brain trauma}, series = {Annals of Neurology}, volume = {79}, journal = {Annals of Neurology}, number = {6}, doi = {10.1002/ana.24655}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188800}, pages = {970-982}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Objective: Traumatic brain injury is a major global public health problem for which specific therapeutic interventions are lacking. There is, therefore, a pressing need to identify innovative pathomechanism-based effective therapies for this condition. Thrombus formation in the cerebral microcirculation has been proposed to contribute to secondary brain damage by causing pericontusional ischemia, but previous studies have failed to harness this finding for therapeutic use. The aim of this study was to obtain preclinical evidence supporting the hypothesis that targeting factor XII prevents thrombus formation and has a beneficial effect on outcome after traumatic brain injury. Methods: We investigated the impact of genetic deficiency of factor XII and acute inhibition of activated factor XII with a single bolus injection of recombinant human albumin-fused infestin-4 (rHA-Infestin-4) on trauma-induced microvascular thrombus formation and the subsequent outcome in 2 mouse models of traumatic brain injury. Results: Our study showed that both genetic deficiency of factor XII and an inhibition of activated factor XII in mice minimize trauma-induced microvascular thrombus formation and improve outcome, as reflected by better motor function, reduced brain lesion volume, and diminished neurodegeneration. Administration of human factor XII in factor XII-deficient mice fully restored injury-induced microvascular thrombus formation and brain damage. Interpretation: The robust protective effect of rHA-Infestin-4 points to a novel treatment option that can decrease ischemic injury after traumatic brain injury without increasing bleeding tendencies.}, language = {en} } @article{GrundgeigerAlbertReinhardtetal.2016, author = {Grundgeiger, T. and Albert, M. and Reinhardt, D. and Happel, O. and Steinisch, A. and Wurmb, T.}, title = {Real-time tablet-based resuscitation documentation by the team leader: evaluating documentation quality and clinical performance}, series = {Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine}, volume = {24}, journal = {Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine}, number = {51}, doi = {10.1186/s13049-016-0242-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-146582}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Background Precise and complete documentation of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitations is important but data quality can be poor. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a tablet-based application for real-time resuscitation documentation used by the emergency team leader on documentation quality and clinical performance of the emergency team. Methods Senior anaesthesiologists either used the tablet-based application during the simulated resuscitation for documentation and also used the application for the final documentation or conducted the full documentation at the end of the scenario using the local hospital information system. The latter procedure represents the current local documentation method. All scenarios were video recorded. To assess the documentation, we compared the precision of intervention delivery times, documentation completeness, and final documentation time. To assess clinical performance, we compared adherence to guidelines for defibrillation and adrenaline administration, the no-flow fraction, and the time to first defibrillation. Results The results showed significant benefits for the tablet-based application compared to the hospital information system for precision of the intervention delivery times, the final documentation time, and the no-flow fraction. We observed no differences between the groups for documentation completeness, adherence to guidelines for defibrillation and adrenaline administration, and the time to first defibrillation. Discussion In the presented study, we observed that a tablet-based application can improve documentation data quality. Furthermore, we demonstrated that a well-designed application can be used in real-time by a member of the emergency team with possible beneficial effects on clinical performance. Conclusion The present evaluation confirms the advantage of tablet-based documentation tools and also shows that the application can be used by an active member of an emergency team without compromising clinical performance.}, language = {en} } @article{PuetzVogiatziStieweetal.2010, author = {Puetz, Stephanie M. and Vogiatzi, Fotini and Stiewe, Thorsten and Sickmann, Albert}, title = {Malignant transformation in a defined genetic background: proteome changes displayed by 2D-PAGE}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-68321}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Background: Cancer arises from normal cells through the stepwise accumulation of genetic alterations. Cancer development can be studied by direct genetic manipulation within experimental models of tumorigenesis. Thereby, confusion by the genetic heterogeneity of patients can be circumvented. Moreover, identification of the critical changes that convert a pre-malignant cell into a metastatic, therapy resistant tumor cell, however, is one necessary step to develop effective and selective anti-cancer drugs. Thus, for the current study a cell culture model for malignant transformation was used: Primary human fibroblasts of the BJ strain were sequentially transduced with retroviral vectors encoding the genes for hTERT (cell line BJ-T), simian virus 40 early region (SV40 ER, cell line BJ-TE) and H-Ras V12 (cell line BJ-TER). Results: The stepwise malignant transformation of human fibroblasts was analyzed on the protein level by differential proteome analysis. We observed 39 regulated protein spots and therein identified 67 different proteins. The strongest change of spot patterns was detected due to integration of SV40 ER. Among the proteins being significantly regulated during the malignant transformation process well known proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) as well as the chaperones mitochondrial heat shock protein 75 kDa (TRAP-1) and heat shock protein HSP90 were identified. Moreover, we find out, that TRAP-1 is already up-regulated by means of SV40 ER expression instead of H-Ras V12. Furthermore Peroxiredoxin-6 (PRDX6), Annexin A2 (p36), Plasminogen activator inhibitor 2 (PAI-2) and Keratin type II cytoskeletal 7 (CK-7) were identified to be regulated. For some protein candidates we confirmed our 2D-PAGE results by Western Blot. Conclusion: These findings give further hints for intriguing interactions between the p16-RB pathway, the mitochondrial chaperone network and the cytoskeleton. In summary, using a cell culture model for malignant transformation analyzed with 2D-PAGE, proteome and cellular changes can be related to defined steps of tumorigenesis.}, subject = {Medizin}, language = {en} } @article{KueblerReutherKirchneretal.1994, author = {K{\"u}bler, N. and Reuther, J. and Kirchner, T. and Pfaff, M. and M{\"u}ller-Hermelink, H. K. and Albert, R. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {IgG monoclonal antibodies that inhibit osteoinductivity of human bone matrix-derived proteins (hBMP/NCP)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62388}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Monoclonal hBMP/NCP (human bone morphogenetic protein anrl associaterl noncollagenous proteins) antiborlies of the lgG class were prorlucerl. In vitro, 12 of 19 hBMP/NCP antiborlies showerl functional inhibition of hBMP/ NCP-induced chondroneogenesis in a neonatal muscle tissue assay. Inducing factors were characterized by their inhibiting antibodies with immunoblotting. Several peptide factors seem to be involved in the cascade of inducerl chondro- and osteogenesis.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{KasprzakSivalertpornAlbertetal.2013, author = {Kasprzak, J. and Sivalertporn, K. and Albert, F. and Schneider, C. and H{\"o}fling, S. and Kamp, M. and Forchel, A. and Muljarov, E. A. and Langbein, W.}, title = {Coherence dynamics and quantum-to-classical crossover in an exciton-cavity system in the quantum strong coupling regime}, series = {New Journal of Physics}, volume = {15}, journal = {New Journal of Physics}, number = {045013}, issn = {1367-2630}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/045013}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-123005}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Interaction between light and matter generates optical nonlinearities, which are particularly pronounced in the quantum strong coupling regime. When a single bosonic mode couples to a single fermionic mode, a Jaynes-Cummings (JC) ladder is formed, which we realize here using cavity photons and quantum dot excitons. We measure and model the coherent anharmonic response of this strongly coupled exciton-cavity system at resonance. Injecting two photons into the cavity, we demonstrate a \(\sqrt 2\) larger polariton splitting with respect to the vacuum Rabi splitting. This is achieved using coherent nonlinear spectroscopy, specifically four-wave mixing, where the coherence between the ground state and the first (second) rung of the JC ladder can be interrogated for positive (negative) delays. With increasing excitation intensity and thus rising average number of injected photons, we observe spectral signatures of the quantum-to-classical crossover of the strong coupling regime.}, language = {en} } @article{HopfmannAlbertSchneideretal.2013, author = {Hopfmann, C. and Albert, F. and Schneider, C. and H{\"o}fling, S. and Kamp, M. and Forchel, A. and Kanter, I. and Reizenstein, S.}, title = {Nonlinear emission characteristics of quantum dot-micropillar lasers in the presence of polarized optical feedback}, series = {New Journal of Physics}, volume = {15}, journal = {New Journal of Physics}, number = {025030}, issn = {1367-2630}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/15/2/025030}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-123127}, year = {2013}, abstract = {We report on electrically pumped quantum dot-microlasers in the presence of polarized self-feedback. The high-\(\beta\) microlasers show two orthogonal, linearly polarized emission modes which are coupled via the common gain medium. This coupling is explained in terms of gain competition between the two lasing modes and leads to distinct differences in their input-output characteristics. By applying polarized self-feedback via an external mirror, we are able to control the laser characteristics of the emission modes in terms of the output power, the coherence time and the photon statistics. We find that linearly polarized self-feedback stabilizes the lasing of a given mode, while cross-polarized feedback between the two modes reduces strongly the intensity of the other emission mode showing particular high-intensity fluctuations and even super-thermal values of the photon autocorrelation function \(g^{(2)} (\tau)\) at zero delay. Measurements of \(g^{(2)} (\tau)\) under external feedback also allow us to detect revival peaks associated with the round trip time of the external cavity. Analyzing the damping and shape of the \(g^{(2)} (\tau)\) revival peaks by a phenomenological model provides us insight into the underlying physics such as the effective exciton lifetime and gain characteristics of the quantum dots in the active region of these microlasers.}, language = {en} } @article{SchulzRuppertHermsetal.2017, author = {Schulz, Herbert and Ruppert, Ann-Kathrin and Herms, Stefan and Wolf, Christiane and Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin and Stegle, Oliver and Czamara, Darina and Forstner, Andreas J. and Sivalingam, Sugirthan and Schoch, Susanne and Moebus, Susanne and P{\"u}tz, Benno and Hillmer, Axel and Fricker, Nadine and Vatter, Hartmut and M{\"u}ller-Myhsok, Bertram and N{\"o}then, Markus M. and Becker, Albert J. and Hoffmann, Per and Sander, Thomas and Cichon, Sven}, title = {Genome-wide mapping of genetic determinants influencing DNA methylation and gene expression in human hippocampus}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {8}, journal = {Nature Communications}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-01818-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173168}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Emerging evidence emphasizes the strong impact of regulatory genomic elements in neurodevelopmental processes and the complex pathways of brain disorders. The present genome-wide quantitative trait loci analyses explore the \(cis\)-regulatory effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on DNA methylation (meQTL) and gene expression (eQTL) in 110 human hippocampal biopsies. We identify \(cis\)-meQTLs at 14,118 CpG methylation sites and \(cis\)-eQTLs for 302 3′-mRNA transcripts of 288 genes. Hippocampal \(cis\)-meQTL-CpGs are enriched in flanking regions of active promoters, CpG island shores, binding sites of the transcription factor CTCF and brain eQTLs. \(Cis\)-acting SNPs of hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs significantly overlap schizophrenia-associated SNPs. Correlations of CpG methylation and RNA expression are found for 34 genes. Our comprehensive maps of \(cis\)-acting hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs provide a link between disease-associated SNPs and the regulatory genome that will improve the functional interpretation of non-coding genetic variants in the molecular genetic dissection of brain disorders.}, language = {en} } @article{KoelbelRoosvanderVenetal.2020, author = {K{\"o}lbel, Heike and Roos, Andreas and van der Ven, Peter F. M. and Evangelista, Teresinha and Nolte, Kay and Johnson, Katherine and T{\"o}pf, Ana and Wilson, Michael and Kress, Wolfram and Sickmann, Albert and Straub, Volker and Kollipara, Laxmikanth and Weis, Joachim and F{\"u}rst, Dieter O. and Schara, Ulrike}, title = {First clinical and myopathological description of a myofibrillar myopathy with congenital onset and homozygous mutation in FLNC}, series = {Human Mutation}, volume = {41}, journal = {Human Mutation}, number = {9}, doi = {10.1002/humu.24062}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-215481}, pages = {1600 -- 1614}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Filamin C (encoded by the FLNC gene) is a large actin-cross-linking protein involved in shaping the actin cytoskeleton in response to signaling events both at the sarcolemma and at myofibrillar Z-discs of cross-striated muscle cells. Multiple mutations in FLNC are associated with myofibrillar myopathies of autosomal-dominant inheritance. Here, we describe for the first time a boy with congenital onset of generalized muscular hypotonia and muscular weakness, delayed motor development but no cardiac involvement associated with a homozygous FLNC mutation c.1325C>G (p.Pro442Arg). We performed ultramorphological, proteomic, and functional investigations as well as immunological studies of known marker proteins for dominant filaminopathies. We show that the mutant protein is expressed in similar quantities as the wild-type variant in control skeletal muscle fibers. The proteomic signature of quadriceps muscle is altered and ultrastructural perturbations are evident. Moreover, filaminopathy marker proteins are comparable both in our homozygous and a dominant control case (c.5161delG). Biochemical investigations demonstrate that the recombinant mutant protein is less stable and more prone to degradation by proteolytic enzymes than the wild-type variant. The unusual congenital presentation of the disease clearly demonstrates that homozygosity for mutations in FLNC severely aggravates the phenotype.}, language = {en} } @article{MenekseMahlAlbertetal.2023, author = {Menekse, Kaan and Mahl, Magnus and Albert, Julius and Niyas, M. A. and Shoyama, Kazutaka and Stolte, Matthias and W{\"u}rthner, Frank}, title = {Supramolecularly Engineered Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells with Self-Assembled Non-Fullerene Nanographene Tetraimide Acceptors}, series = {Solar RRL}, volume = {7}, journal = {Solar RRL}, number = {2}, doi = {10.1002/solr.202200895}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312099}, year = {2023}, abstract = {A series of novel imide-functionalized C\(_{64}\) nanographenes is investigated as acceptor components in organic solar cells (OSCs) in combination with donor polymer PM6. These electron-poor molecules either prevail as a monomer or self-assemble into dimers in the OSC active layer depending on the chosen imide substituents. This allows for the controlled stacking of electron-poor and electron-rich π-scaffolds to establish a novel class of non-fullerene acceptor materials to tailor the bulk-heterojunction morphology of the OSCs. The best performance is observed for derivatives that are able to self-assemble into dimers, reaching power conversion efficiencies of up to 7.1\%.}, language = {en} } @article{DekkerDiekstraPulitetal.2019, author = {Dekker, Annelot M. and Diekstra, Frank P. and Pulit, Sara L. and Tazelaar, Gijs H. P. and van der Spek, Rick A. and van Rheenen, Wouter and van Eijk, Kristel R. and Calvo, Andrea and Brunetti, Maura and Van Damme, Philip and Robberecht, Wim and Hardiman, Orla and McLaughlin, Russell and Chi{\`o}, Adriano and Sendtner, Michael and Ludolph, Albert C. and Weishaupt, Jochen H. and Pardina, Jesus S. Mora and van den Berg, Leonard H. and Veldink, Jan H.}, title = {Exome array analysis of rare and low frequency variants in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {9}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-42091-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-223686}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects 1 in ~350 individuals. Genetic association studies have established ALS as a multifactorial disease with heritability estimated at ~61\%, and recent studies show a prominent role for rare variation in its genetic architecture. To identify rare variants associated with disease onset we performed exome array genotyping in 4,244 cases and 3,106 controls from European cohorts. In this largest exome-wide study of rare variants in ALS to date, we performed single-variant association testing, gene-based burden, and exome-wide individual set-unique burden (ISUB) testing to identify single or aggregated rare variation that modifies disease risk. In single-variant testing no variants reached exome-wide significance, likely due to limited statistical power. Gene-based burden testing of rare non-synonymous and loss-of-function variants showed NEK1 as the top associated gene. ISUB analysis did not show an increased exome-wide burden of deleterious variants in patients, possibly suggesting a more region-specific role for rare variation. Complete summary statistics are released publicly. This study did not implicate new risk loci, emphasizing the immediate need for future large-scale collaborations in ALS that will expand available sample sizes, increase genome coverage, and improve our ability to detect rare variants associated to ALS.}, language = {en} }