@article{HerrmannHerrmannPasslicketal.2022, author = {Herrmann, Anna and Herrmann, Matthias and Passlick, Bernward and Herth, Felix and Herrmann, Johannes}, title = {Cycling-induced recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium in a young female patient}, series = {Clinical Case Reports}, volume = {10}, journal = {Clinical Case Reports}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1002/ccr3.5587}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-276465}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We present an exceptional case of recurrent cycling-induced spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium in a female patient without any trauma. Radiological and endoscopic examinations were carried out to exclude other differential diagnoses. Decision for in-hospital observation and conservative treatment was made. No symptoms were reported 12 months after return to sports activity.}, language = {en} } @article{HerrmannLotzKaragiannidisetal.2022, author = {Herrmann, Johannes and Lotz, Christopher and Karagiannidis, Christian and Weber-Carstens, Steffen and Kluge, Stefan and Putensen, Christian and Wehrfritz, Andreas and Schmidt, Karsten and Ellerkmann, Richard K. and Oswald, Daniel and Lotz, G{\"o}sta and Zotzmann, Viviane and Moerer, Onnen and K{\"u}hn, Christian and Kochanek, Matthias and Muellenbach, Ralf and Gaertner, Matthias and Fichtner, Falk and Brettner, Florian and Findeisen, Michael and Heim, Markus and Lahmer, Tobias and Rosenow, Felix and Haake, Nils and Lepper, Philipp M. and Rosenberger, Peter and Braune, Stephan and Kohls, Mirjam and Heuschmann, Peter and Meybohm, Patrick}, title = {Key characteristics impacting survival of COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation}, series = {Critical Care}, volume = {26}, journal = {Critical Care}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1186/s13054-022-04053-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-299686}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Background Severe COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Recent German health insurance data revealed low ICU survival rates. Patient characteristics and experience of the ECMO center may determine intensive care unit (ICU) survival. The current study aimed to identify factors affecting ICU survival of COVID-19 ECMO patients. Methods 673 COVID-19 ARDS ECMO patients treated in 26 centers between January 1st 2020 and March 22nd 2021 were included. Data on clinical characteristics, adjunct therapies, complications, and outcome were documented. Block wise logistic regression analysis was applied to identify variables associated with ICU-survival. Results Most patients were between 50 and 70 years of age. PaO\(_{2}\)/FiO\(_{2}\) ratio prior to ECMO was 72 mmHg (IQR: 58-99). ICU survival was 31.4\%. Survival was significantly lower during the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A subgroup of 284 (42\%) patients fulfilling modified EOLIA criteria had a higher survival (38\%) (p = 0.0014, OR 0.64 (CI 0.41-0.99)). Survival differed between low, intermediate, and high-volume centers with 20\%, 30\%, and 38\%, respectively (p = 0.0024). Treatment in high volume centers resulted in an odds ratio of 0.55 (CI 0.28-1.02) compared to low volume centers. Additional factors associated with survival were younger age, shorter time between intubation and ECMO initiation, BMI > 35 (compared to < 25), absence of renal replacement therapy or major bleeding/thromboembolic events. Conclusions Structural and patient-related factors, including age, comorbidities and ECMO case volume, determined the survival of COVID-19 ECMO. These factors combined with a more liberal ECMO indication during the 2nd wave may explain the reasonably overall low survival rate. Careful selection of patients and treatment in high volume ECMO centers was associated with higher odds of ICU survival.}, language = {en} } @article{BluemelLinkeHerrmannetal.2016, author = {Bluemel, Christina and Linke, Fraenze and Herrmann, Ken and Simunovic, Iva and Eiber, Matthias and Kestler, Christian and Buck, Andreas K. and Schirbel, Andreas and Bley, Thorsten A. and Wester, Hans-Juergen and Vergho, Daniel and Becker, Axel}, title = {Impact of \(^{68}\)Ga-PSMA PET/CT on salvage radiotherapy planning in patients with prostate cancer and persisting PSA values or biochemical relapse after prostatectomy}, series = {EJNMMI Research}, volume = {6}, journal = {EJNMMI Research}, number = {78}, doi = {10.1186/s13550-016-0233-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147798}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Background Salvage radiotherapy (SRT) is clinically established in prostate cancer (PC) patients with PSA persistence or biochemical relapse (BCR) after prior radical surgery. PET/CT imaging prior to SRT may be performed to localize disease recurrence. The recently introduced \(^{68}\)Ga-PSMA outperforms other PET tracers for detection of recurrence and is therefore expected also to impact radiation planning. Forty-five patients with PSA persistence (16 pts) or BCR (29 pts) after prior prostatectomy, scheduled to undergo SRT of the prostate bed, underwent \(^{68}\)Ga-PSMA PET/CT. The median PSA level was 0.67 ng/ml. The impact of \(^{68}\)Ga-PSMA PET/CT on the treatment decision was assessed. Patients with oligometastatic (≤5 lesions) PC underwent radiotherapy (RT), with the extent of the RT area and dose escalation being based on PET positivity. Results Suspicious lesions were detected in 24/45 (53.3 \%) patients. In 62.5 \% of patients, lesions were only detected by 68Ga-PSMA PET. Treatment was changed in 19/45 (42.2 \%) patients, e.g., extending SRT to metastases (9/19), administering dose escalation in patients with morphological local recurrence (6/19), or replacing SRT by systemic therapy (2/19). 38/45 (84.4 \%) followed the treatment recommendation, with data on clinical follow-up being available in 21 patients treated with SRT. All but one showed biochemical response (mean PSA decline 78 ± 19 \%) within a mean follow-up of 8.12 ± 5.23 months. Conclusions \(^{68}\)Ga-PSMA PET/CT impacts treatment planning in more than 40 \% of patients scheduled to undergo SRT. Future prospective studies are needed to confirm this significant therapeutic impact on patients prior to SRT.}, language = {en} } @article{BuderLapaKreissletal.2014, author = {Buder, Kristina and Lapa, Constantin and Kreissl, Michael C. and Schirbel, Andreas and Herrmann, Ken and Schnack, Alexander and Br{\"o}cker, Eva-Bettina and Goebeler, Matthias and Buck, Andreas K. and Becker, J{\"u}rgen C.}, title = {"Somatostatin receptor expression in Merkel cell carcinoma as target for molecular imaging"}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2407-14-268}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-110326}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous neoplasm with increasing incidence, aggressive behavior and poor prognosis. Somatostatin receptors (SSTR) are expressed in MCC and represent a potential target for both imaging and treatment. Methods To non-invasively assess SSTR expression in MCC using PET and the radiotracers [68Ga]DOTA-D-Phe1-Tyr3-octreotide (DOTATOC) or -octreotate (DOTATATE) as surrogate for tumor burden. In 24 patients with histologically proven MCC SSTR-PET was performed and compared to results of computed tomography (CT). Results SSTR-PET detected primary and metastatic MCC lesions. On a patient-based analysis, sensitivity of SSTR-PET was 73\% for nodal metastases, 100\% for bone, and 67\% for soft-tissue metastases, respectively. Notably, brain metastases were initially detected by SSTR-PET in 2 patients, whereas liver and lung metastases were diagnosed exclusively by CT. SSTR-PET showed concordance to CT results in 20 out of 24 patients. Four patients (17\%) were up-staged due to SSTR-PET and patient management was changed in 3 patients (13\%). Conclusion SSTR-PET showed high sensitivity for imaging bone, soft tissue and brain metastases, and particularly in combination with CT had a significant impact on clinical stage and patient management.}, language = {en} } @article{ColvillBoothNilletal.2016, author = {Colvill, Emma and Booth, Jeremy and Nill, Simeon and Fast, Martin and Bedford, James and Oelfke, Uwe and Nakamura, Mitsuhiro and Poulsen, Per and Worm, Esben and Hansen, Rune and Ravkilde, Thomas and Rydh{\"o}g, Jonas Scherman and Pommer, Tobias and af Rosenschold, Per Munck and Lang, Stephanie and Guckenberger, Matthias and Groh, Christian and Herrmann, Christian and Verellen, Dirk and Poels, Kenneth and Wang, Lei and Hadsell, Michael and Sothmann, Thilo and Blanck, Oliver and Keall, Paul}, title = {A dosimetric comparison of real-time adaptive and non-adaptive radiotherapy: a multi-institutional study encompassing robotic, gimbaled, multileaf collimator and couch tracking}, series = {Radiotherapy and Oncology}, volume = {119}, journal = {Radiotherapy and Oncology}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1016/j.radonc.2016.03.006}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-189605}, pages = {159-165}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Purpose: A study of real-time adaptive radiotherapy systems was performed to test the hypothesis that, across delivery systems and institutions, the dosimetric accuracy is improved with adaptive treatments over non-adaptive radiotherapy in the presence of patient-measured tumor motion. Methods and materials: Ten institutions with robotic(2), gimbaled(2), MLC(4) or couch tracking(2) used common materials including CT and structure sets, motion traces and planning protocols to create a lung and a prostate plan. For each motion trace, the plan was delivered twice to a moving dosimeter; with and without real-time adaptation. Each measurement was compared to a static measurement and the percentage of failed points for gamma-tests recorded. Results: For all lung traces all measurement sets show improved dose accuracy with a mean 2\%/2 mm gamma-fail rate of 1.6\% with adaptation and 15.2\% without adaptation (p < 0.001). For all prostate the mean 2\%/2 mm gamma-fail rate was 1.4\% with adaptation and 17.3\% without adaptation (p < 0.001). The difference between the four systems was small with an average 2\%/2 mm gamma-fail rate of <3\% for all systems with adaptation for lung and prostate. Conclusions: The investigated systems all accounted for realistic tumor motion accurately and performed to a similar high standard, with real-time adaptation significantly outperforming non-adaptive delivery methods.}, language = {en} } @article{PhilippAbbrederisHerrmannKnopetal.2015, author = {Philipp-Abbrederis, Kathrin and Herrmann, Ken and Knop, Stefan and Schottelius, Margret and Eiber, Matthias and L{\"u}ckerath, Katharina and Pietschmann, Elke and Habringer, Stefan and Gerngroß, Carlos and Franke, Katharina and Rudelius, Martina and Schirbel, Andreas and Lapa, Constantin and Schwamborn, Kristina and Steidle, Sabine and Hartmann, Elena and Rosenwald, Andreas and Kropf, Saskia and Beer, Ambros J and Peschel, Christian and Einsele, Hermann and Buck, Andreas K and Schwaiger, Markus and G{\"o}tze, Katharina and Wester, Hans-J{\"u}rgen and Keller, Ulrich}, title = {In vivo molecular imaging of chemokine receptor CXCR4 expression in patients with advanced multiple myeloma}, series = {EMBO Molecular Medicine}, volume = {7}, journal = {EMBO Molecular Medicine}, number = {4}, doi = {10.15252/emmm.201404698}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148738}, pages = {477-487}, year = {2015}, abstract = {CXCR4 is a G-protein-coupled receptor that mediates recruitment of blood cells toward its ligand SDF-1. In cancer, high CXCR4 expression is frequently associated with tumor dissemination andpoor prognosis. We evaluated the novel CXCR4 probe [\(^{68}\)Ga]Pentixafor for invivo mapping of CXCR4 expression density in mice xenografted with human CXCR4-positive MM cell lines and patients with advanced MM by means of positron emission tomography (PET). [\(^{68}\)Ga]Pentixafor PET provided images with excellent specificity and contrast. In 10 of 14 patients with advanced MM [\(^{68}\)Ga]Pentixafor PET/CT scans revealed MM manifestations, whereas only nine of 14 standard [\(^{18}\)F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scans were rated visually positive. Assessment of blood counts and standard CD34\(^{+}\) flow cytometry did not reveal significant blood count changes associated with tracer application. Based on these highly encouraging data on clinical PET imaging of CXCR4 expression in a cohort of MM patients, we conclude that [\(^{68}\)Ga]Pentixafor PET opens a broad field for clinical investigations on CXCR4 expression and for CXCR4-directed therapeutic approaches in MM and other diseases.}, language = {en} } @article{HagemannNeuhausDahlmannetal.2019, author = {Hagemann, Carsten and Neuhaus, Nikolas and Dahlmann, Mathias and Kessler, Almuth F. and Kobelt, Dennis and Herrmann, Pia and Eyrich, Matthias and Freitag, Benjamin and Linsenmann, Thomas and Monoranu, Camelia M. and Ernestus, Ralf-Ingo and L{\"o}hr, Mario and Stein, Ulrike}, title = {Circulating MACC1 transcripts in glioblastoma patients predict prognosis and treatment response}, series = {Cancers}, volume = {11}, journal = {Cancers}, number = {6}, issn = {2072-6694}, doi = {10.3390/cancers11060825}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-197327}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive primary brain tumor of adults, but lacksreliable and liquid biomarkers. We evaluated circulating plasma transcripts of metastasis-associatedin colon cancer-1 (MACC1), a prognostic biomarker for solid cancer entities, for prediction of clinicaloutcome and therapy response in glioblastomas. MACC1 transcripts were significantly higher inpatients compared to controls. Low MACC1 levels clustered together with other prognosticallyfavorable markers. It was associated with patients' prognosis in conjunction with the isocitratedehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status: IDH1 R132H mutation and low MACC1 was most favorable(median overall survival (OS) not yet reached), IDH1 wildtype and high MACC1 was worst (medianOS 8.1 months), while IDH1 wildtype and low MACC1 was intermediate (median OS 9.1 months).No patients displayed IDH1 R132H mutation and high MACC1. Patients with low MACC1 levelsreceiving standard therapy survived longer (median OS 22.6 months) than patients with high MACC1levels (median OS 8.1 months). Patients not receiving the standard regimen showed the worstprognosis, independent of MACC1 levels (low: 6.8 months, high: 4.4 months). Addition of circulatingMACC1 transcript levels to the existing prognostic workup may improve the accuracy of outcomeprediction and help define more precise risk categories of glioblastoma patients.}, language = {en} } @article{SchmittMeybohmNeefetal.2022, author = {Schmitt, Elke and Meybohm, Patrick and Neef, Vanessa and Baumgarten, Peter and Bayer, Alexandra and Choorapoikayil, Suma and Friederich, Patrick and Friedrich, Jens and Geisen, Christof and G{\"u}resir, Erdem and Gr{\"u}newald, Matthias and Gutjahr, Martin and Helmer, Philipp and Herrmann, Eva and M{\"u}ller, Markus and Narita, Diana and Raadts, Ansgar and Schwendner, Klaus and Seifried, Erhard and Stark, Patrick and Steinbicker, Andrea U. and Thoma, Josef and Velten, Markus and Weigt, Henry and Wiesenack, Christoph and Wittmann, Maria and Zacharowski, Kai and Piekarski, Florian}, title = {Preoperative anaemia and red blood cell transfusion in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage - a multicentre subanalysis of the German PBM Network Registry}, series = {Acta Neurochirurgica}, volume = {164}, journal = {Acta Neurochirurgica}, organization = {German PBM Network Collaborators}, doi = {10.1007/s00701-022-05144-7}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-346754}, pages = {985-999}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Purpose Anaemia is common in patients presenting with aneurysmal subarachnoid (aSAH) and intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). In surgical patients, anaemia was identified as an idenpendent risk factor for postoperative mortality, prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) and increased risk of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. This multicentre cohort observation study describes the incidence and effects of preoperative anaemia in this critical patient collective for a 10-year period. Methods This multicentre observational study included adult in-hospital surgical patients diagnosed with aSAH or ICH of 21 German hospitals (discharged from 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2020). Descriptive, univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the incidence and association of preoperative anaemia with RBC transfusion, in-hospital mortality and postoperative complications in patients with aSAH and ICH. Results A total of n = 9081 patients were analysed (aSAH n = 5008; ICH n = 4073). Preoperative anaemia was present at 28.3\% in aSAH and 40.9\% in ICH. RBC transfusion rates were 29.9\% in aSAH and 29.3\% in ICH. Multivariate analysis revealed that preoperative anaemia is associated with a higher risk for RBC transfusion (OR = 3.25 in aSAH, OR = 4.16 in ICH, p < 0.001), for in-hospital mortality (OR = 1.48 in aSAH, OR = 1.53 in ICH, p < 0.001) and for several postoperative complications. Conclusions Preoperative anaemia is associated with increased RBC transfusion rates, in-hospital mortality and postoperative complications in patients with aSAH and ICH.}, language = {en} } @article{HerrmannMuellerNotzetal.2023, author = {Herrmann, Johannes and M{\"u}ller, Kerstin and Notz, Quirin and H{\"u}bsch, Martha and Haas, Kirsten and Horn, Anna and Schmidt, Julia and Heuschmann, Peter and Maschmann, Jens and Frosch, Matthias and Deckert, J{\"u}rgen and Einsele, Hermann and Ertl, Georg and Frantz, Stefan and Meybohm, Patrick and Lotz, Christopher}, title = {Prospective single-center study of health-related quality of life after COVID-19 in ICU and non-ICU patients}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {13}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-023-33783-y}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357174}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Long-term sequelae in hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients may result in limited quality of life. The current study aimed to determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after COVID-19 hospitalization in non-intensive care unit (ICU) and ICU patients. This is a single-center study at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany. Patients eligible were hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and December 2020. Patients were interviewed 3 and 12 months after hospital discharge. Questionnaires included the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L), patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the generalized anxiety disorder 7 scale (GAD-7), FACIT fatigue scale, perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and posttraumatic symptom scale 10 (PTSS-10). 85 patients were included in the study. The EQ5D-5L-Index significantly differed between non-ICU (0.78 ± 0.33 and 0.84 ± 0.23) and ICU (0.71 ± 0.27; 0.74 ± 0.2) patients after 3- and 12-months. Of non-ICU 87\% and 80\% of ICU survivors lived at home without support after 12 months. One-third of ICU and half of the non-ICU patients returned to work. A higher percentage of ICU patients was limited in their activities of daily living compared to non-ICU patients. Depression and fatigue were present in one fifth of the ICU patients. Stress levels remained high with only 24\% of non-ICU and 3\% of ICU patients (p = 0.0186) having low perceived stress. Posttraumatic symptoms were present in 5\% of non-ICU and 10\% of ICU patients. HRQoL is limited in COVID-19 ICU patients 3- and 12-months post COVID-19 hospitalization, with significantly less improvement at 12-months compared to non-ICU patients. Mental disorders were common highlighting the complexity of post-COVID-19 symptoms as well as the necessity to educate patients and primary care providers about monitoring mental well-being post COVID-19.}, language = {en} } @article{RhodesChenWilliamsonetal.2018, author = {Rhodes, David A. and Chen, Hung-Chang and Williamson, James C. and Hill, Alfred and Yuan, Jack and Smith, Sam and Rhodes, Harriet and Trowsdale, John and Lehner, Paul J. and Herrmann, Thomas and Eberl, Matthias}, title = {Regulation of Human γδ T Cells by BTN3A1 Protein Stability and ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters}, series = {Frontiers in Immunology}, volume = {9}, journal = {Frontiers in Immunology}, number = {662}, issn = {1664-3224}, doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2018.00662}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-197054}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Activation of human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells by "phosphoantigens" (pAg), the microbial metabolite (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl pyrophosphate (HMB-PP) and the endogenous isoprenoid intermediate isopentenyl pyrophosphate, requires expression of butyrophilin BTN3A molecules by presenting cells. However, the precise mechanism of activation of Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells by BTN3A molecules remains elusive. It is not clear what conformation of the three BTN3A isoforms transmits activation signals nor how externally delivered pAg accesses the cytosolic B30.2 domain of BTN3A1. To approach these problems, we studied two HLA haplo-identical HeLa cell lines, termed HeLa-L and HeLa-M, which showed marked differences in pAg-dependent stimulation of Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells. Levels of IFN-γ secretion by Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells were profoundly increased by pAg loading, or by binding of the pan-BTN3A specific agonist antibody CD277 20.1, in HeLa-M compared to HeLa-L cells. IL-2 production from a murine hybridoma T cell line expressing human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cell receptor (TCR) transgenes confirmed that the differential responsiveness to HeLa-L and HeLa-M was TCR dependent. By tissue typing, both HeLa lines were shown to be genetically identical and full-length transcripts of the three BTN3A isoforms were detected in equal abundance with no sequence variation. Expression of BTN3A and interacting molecules, such as periplakin or RhoB, did not account for the functional variation between HeLa-L and HeLa-M cells. Instead, the data implicate a checkpoint controlling BTN3A1 stability and protein trafficking, acting at an early time point in its maturation. In addition, plasma membrane profiling was used to identify proteins upregulated in HMB-PP-treated HeLa-M. ABCG2, a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family was the most significant candidate, which crucially showed reduced expression in HeLa-L. Expression of a subset of ABC transporters, including ABCA1 and ABCG1, correlated with efficiency of T cell activation by cytokine secretion, although direct evidence of a functional role was not obtained by knockdown experiments. Our findings indicate a link between members of the ABC protein superfamily and the BTN3A-dependent activation of γδ T cells by endogenous and exogenous pAg.}, language = {en} } @article{DePalmaAbrahamczykAizenetal.2016, author = {De Palma, Adriana and Abrahamczyk, Stefan and Aizen, Marcelo A. and Albrecht, Matthias and Basset, Yves and Bates, Adam and Blake, Robin J. and Boutin, C{\´e}line and Bugter, Rob and Connop, Stuart and Cruz-L{\´o}pez, Leopoldo and Cunningham, Saul A. and Darvill, Ben and Diek{\"o}tter, Tim and Dorn, Silvia and Downing, Nicola and Entling, Martin H. and Farwig, Nina and Felicioli, Antonio and Fonte, Steven J. and Fowler, Robert and Franzen, Markus Franz{\´e}n and Goulson, Dave and Grass, Ingo and Hanley, Mick E. and Hendrix, Stephen D. and Herrmann, Farina and Herzog, Felix and Holzschuh, Andrea and Jauker, Birgit and Kessler, Michael and Knight, M. E. and Kruess, Andreas and Lavelle, Patrick and Le F{\´e}on, Violette and Lentini, Pia and Malone, Louise A. and Marshall, Jon and Mart{\´i}nez Pach{\´o}n, Eliana and McFrederick, Quinn S. and Morales, Carolina L. and Mudri-Stojnic, Sonja and Nates-Parra, Guiomar and Nilsson, Sven G. and {\"O}ckinger, Erik and Osgathorpe, Lynne and Parra-H, Alejandro and Peres, Carlos A. and Persson, Anna S. and Petanidou, Theodora and Poveda, Katja and Power, Eileen F. and Quaranta, Marino and Quintero, Carolina and Rader, Romina and Richards, Miriam H. and Roulston, T'ai and Rousseau, Laurent and Sadler, Jonathan P. and Samneg{\aa}rd, Ulrika and Schellhorn, Nancy A. and Sch{\"u}epp, Christof and Schweiger, Oliver and Smith-Pardo, Allan H. and Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf and Stout, Jane C. and Tonietto, Rebecca K. and Tscharntke, Teja and Tylianakis, Jason M. and Verboven, Hans A. F. and Vergara, Carlos H. and Verhulst, Jort and Westphal, Catrin and Yoon, Hyung Joo and Purvis, Andy}, title = {Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {6}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/srep31153}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-167642}, pages = {31153}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Land-use change and intensification threaten bee populations worldwide, imperilling pollination services. Global models are needed to better characterise, project, and mitigate bees' responses to these human impacts. The available data are, however, geographically and taxonomically unrepresentative; most data are from North America and Western Europe, overrepresenting bumblebees and raising concerns that model results may not be generalizable to other regions and taxa. To assess whether the geographic and taxonomic biases of data could undermine effectiveness of models for conservation policy, we have collated from the published literature a global dataset of bee diversity at sites facing land-use change and intensification, and assess whether bee responses to these pressures vary across 11 regions (Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern Europe; North, Central and South America; Australia and New Zealand; South East Asia; Middle and Southern Africa) and between bumblebees and other bees. Our analyses highlight strong regionally-based responses of total abundance, species richness and Simpson's diversity to land use, caused by variation in the sensitivity of species and potentially in the nature of threats. These results suggest that global extrapolation of models based on geographically and taxonomically restricted data may underestimate the true uncertainty, increasing the risk of ecological surprises.}, language = {en} } @article{SalzmannManriqueBremmHueneckeetal.2018, author = {Salzmann-Manrique, Emilia and Bremm, Melanie and Huenecke, Sabine and Stech, Milena and Orth, Andreas and Eyrich, Matthias and Schulz, Ansgar and Esser, Ruth and Klingebiel, Thomas and Bader, Peter and Herrmann, Eva and Koehl, Ulrike}, title = {Joint Modeling of Immune Reconstitution Post Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Patients With Acute Leukemia Comparing CD34(+)-Selected to CD3/CD19-Depleted Grafts in a Retrospective Multicenter Study}, series = {frontiers in Immunology}, volume = {9}, journal = {frontiers in Immunology}, doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2018.01841}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227302}, pages = {1841, 1-12}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Rapid immune reconstitution (IR) following stem cell transplantation (SCT) is essential for a favorable outcome. The optimization of graft composition should not only enable a sufficient IR but also improve graft vs. leukemia/tumor effects, overcome infectious complications and, finally, improve patient survival. Especially in haploidentical SCT, the optimization of graft composition is controversial. Therefore, we analyzed the influence of graft manipulation on IR in 40 patients with acute leukemia in remission. We examined the cell recovery post haploidentical SCT in patients receiving a CD34(+)-selected or CD3/CD19-depleted graft, considering the applied conditioning regimen. We used joint model analysis for overall survival (OS) and analyzed the dynamics of age-adjusted leukocytes; lymphocytes; monocytes; CD3(+), CD3(+) CD4(+), and CD3(+) CD8(+) T cells; natural killer (NK) cells; and B cells over the course of time after SCT. Lymphocytes, NK cells, and B cells expanded more rapidly after SCT with CD34(+)-selected grafts (P = 0.036, P = 0.002, and P < 0.001, respectively). Contrarily, CD3(+) CD4(+) helper T cells recovered delayer in the CD34 selected group (P = 0.026). Furthermore, reduced intensity conditioning facilitated faster immune recovery of lymphocytes and T cells and their subsets (P < 0.001). However, the immune recovery for NK cells and B cells was comparable for patients who received reduced-intensity or full preparative regimens. Dynamics of all cell types had a significant influence on OS, which did not differ between patients receiving CD34(+)-selected and those receiving CD3/CD19-depleted grafts. In conclusion, cell reconstitution dynamics showed complex diversity with regard to the graft manufacturing procedure and conditioning regimen.}, language = {en} }