TY - JOUR A1 - Chopra, Martin A1 - Biehl, Marlene A1 - Steinfatt, Tim A1 - Brandl, Andreas A1 - Kums, Juliane A1 - Amich, Jorge A1 - Vaeth, Martin A1 - Kuen, Janina A1 - Holtappels, Rafaela A1 - Podlech, Jürgen A1 - Mottok, Anja A1 - Kraus, Sabrina A1 - Jordán-Garotte, Ana-Laura A1 - Bäuerlein, Carina A. A1 - Brede, Christian A1 - Ribechini, Eliana A1 - Fick, Andrea A1 - Seher, Axel A1 - Polz, Johannes A1 - Ottmueller, Katja J. A1 - Baker, Jeannette A1 - Nishikii, Hidekazu A1 - Ritz, Miriam A1 - Mattenheimer, Katharina A1 - Schwinn, Stefanie A1 - Winter, Thorsten A1 - Schäfer, Viktoria A1 - Krappmann, Sven A1 - Einsele, Hermann A1 - Müller, Thomas D. A1 - Reddehase, Matthias J. A1 - Lutz, Manfred B. A1 - Männel, Daniela N. A1 - Berberich-Siebelt, Friederike A1 - Wajant, Harald A1 - Beilhack, Andreas T1 - Exogenous TNFR2 activation protects from acute GvHD via host T reg cell expansion JF - Journal of Experimental Medicine N2 - Donor CD4\(^+\)Foxp3\(^+\) regulatory T cells (T reg cells) suppress graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT allo-HCT]). Current clinical study protocols rely on the ex vivo expansion of donor T reg cells and their infusion in high numbers. In this study, we present a novel strategy for inhibiting GvHD that is based on the in vivo expansion of recipient T reg cells before allo-HCT, exploiting the crucial role of tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) in T reg cell biology. Expanding radiation-resistant host T reg cells in recipient mice using a mouse TNFR2-selective agonist before allo-HCT significantly prolonged survival and reduced GvHD severity in a TNFR2-and T reg cell-dependent manner. The beneficial effects of transplanted T cells against leukemia cells and infectious pathogens remained unaffected. A corresponding human TNFR2-specific agonist expanded human T reg cells in vitro. These observations indicate the potential of our strategy to protect allo-HCT patients from acute GvHD by expanding T reg cells via selective TNFR2 activation in vivo. KW - Tumor-necrosis-factor KW - Regulatory-cells KW - Bone marrow transplantantation KW - Graft-versus-leukemia KW - Rheumatoid arthritis KW - Autoimmune diseases KW - Factor receptor KW - Alpha therapy KW - Expression KW - Suppression Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-187640 VL - 213 IS - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chatterjee, Manik A1 - Andrulis, Mindaugas A1 - Stühmer, Thorsten A1 - Müller, Elisabeth A1 - Hofmann, Claudia A1 - Steinbrunn, Torsten A1 - Heimberger, Tanja A1 - Schraud, Heike A1 - Kressmann, Stefanie A1 - Einsele, Hermann A1 - Bargou, Ralf C. T1 - The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway regulates the expression of Hsp70, which critically contributes to Hsp90-chaperone function and tumor cell survival in multiple myeloma JF - Haematologica N2 - Despite therapeutic advances multiple myeloma remains largely incurable, and novel therapeutic concepts are needed. The Hsp90-chaperone is a reasonable therapeutic target, because it maintains oncogenic signaling of multiple deregulated pathways. However, in contrast to promising pre-clinical results, only limited clinical efficacy has been achieved through pharmacological Hsp90 inhibition. Because Hsp70 has been described to interact functionally with the Hsp90-complex, we analyzed the suitability of Hsp72 and Hsp73 as potential additional target sites. Expression of Hsp72 and Hsp73 in myeloma cells was analyzed by immunohistochemical staining and western blotting. Short interfering RNA-mediated knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of Hsp72 and Hsp73 was performed to evaluate the role of these proteins in myeloma cell survival and for Hsp90-chaperone function. Furthermore, the role of PI3K-dependent signaling in constitutive and inducible Hsp70 expression was investigated using short interfering RNA-mediated and pharmacological PI3K inhibition. Hsp72 and Hsp73 were frequently overexpressed in multiple myeloma. Knockdown of Hsp72 and/or Hsp73 or treatment with VER-155008 induced apoptosis of myeloma cells. Hsp72/Hsp73 inhibition decreased protein levels of Hsp90-chaperone clients affecting multiple oncogenic signaling pathways, and acted synergistically with the Hsp90 inhibitor NVP-AUY922 in the induction of death of myeloma cells. Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/GSK3b pathway with short interfering RNA or PI103 decreased expression of the heat shock transcription factor 1 and down-regulated constitutive and inducible Hsp70 expression. Treatment of myeloma cells with a combination of NVP-AUY922 and PI103 resulted in additive to synergistic cytotoxicity. In conclusion, Hsp72 and Hsp73 sustain Hsp90-haperone function and critically contribute to the survival of myeloma cells. Translation of Hsp70 inhibition into the clinic is therefore highly desirable. Treatment with PI3K inhibitors might represent an alternative therapeutic strategy to target Hsp70. KW - Haematology Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130574 VL - 98 IS - 7 ER - TY - THES A1 - Müller, Stefanie T1 - Funktionale und molekulare Charakterisierung des ArsRS Zweikomponenten-Systems sowie der Response-Regulatoren HP1021 und HP1043 von Helicobacter pylori T1 - Functional and molecular characterization of the ArsRS two-component-system and of the response-regulators HP1021 and HP1043 of Helicobacter pylori N2 - Bakterien sind in der Lage, sich schnell an wechselnde Umweltbedingungen anzupassen. Eine wichtige Rolle bei der Wahrnehmung von verschiedensten Umweltreizen und der zellulären Antwort spielt die Genregulation durch Zweikomponenten-Systeme. Gut charakterisiert ist das ArsRS Zweikomomponenten-System in H. pylori, welches an der Ausbildung der Säureresistenz beteiligt ist und dem Bakterium so die Kolonisierung der Magenschleimhaut ermöglicht. Die Histidin-Kinase ArsS wird in Gegenwart von Säure aktiviert und phosphoryliert den Response-Regulator ArsR, der die Transkription von Target-Genen reguliert. In der periplasmatischen Sensordomäne der Histidin-Kinase ArsS sind sieben Histidinreste vorhanden, die aufgrund ihres pKa-Wertes von 6,0 bei Absenken des pH Wertes von pH 7 auf pH 5, was eine Aktivierung der Histidin-Kinase zur Folge hat, protoniert werden könnten. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Histidinrest H94 der periplasmatischen Sensordomäne einen wesentliche Rolle bei der Säurewahrnehmung durch die Histidin-Kinase ArsS spielt. Die Einführung einer positiv geladenen AS an dieser Position allein reicht jedoch nicht aus, um die Kinase zu aktivieren, weshalb unklar bleibt, ob eine Protonierung des Histidinrestes H94 in vivo die Säurewahrnehmung vermittelt. Weiterhin konnten Indizien darauf erhalten werden, dass neben dem Histidinrest H94 noch weitere Aminosäuren an der Säurewahrnehmung durch die Histidin-Kinase beteiligt sind. Der Aspartatrest D124 leistet unter den negativ geladenen AS vermutlich den größten Beitrag zur Säurewahrnehmung. In den mit H. pylori nahe verwandten Arten Helicobacter hepaticus, Wolinella succinogenes und Campylobacter jejuni sind Orthologe zu dem ArsRS Zweikomponenten-System vorhanden. Um zu untersuchen, ob es sich bei der Säurewahrnehmung durch die Histidin-Kinase ArsS um eine spezifische Anpassung von H. pylori an sein Habitat handelt oder ob Säure einen allgemeinen Stimulus der ArsS-orthologen Kinasen darstellt, wurden Mutanten im genetischen Hintergrund von H. pylori G27 konstruiert, in welchen die Histidin-Kinase ArsS durch die orthologen Kinasen HH1608, CJ1262 und WS1818 substituiert wurde. Durch Transkriptionsstudien konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Kinase WS1818 eine gesteigerte Aktivität bei saurem pH-Wert aufweist. Auch die Kinase HH1607 kann Säure als einen Umweltreiz wahrnehmen, jedoch deutlich weniger effektiv als die Kinasen ArsS und WS1818. Ob die Zweikomponenten-Systeme HH1608/HH1607 und WS1817/WS1818 in vivo in H. hepaticus und W. succinogenes an der Wahrnehmung von Säure und evtl. an der Ausbildung einer Säureresistenz beteiligt sind, ist unklar, da über die Funktion dieser Zweikomponenten-Systeme bisher nichts bekannt ist. Die Kinase CJ1262 ist nicht in der Lage, Säure als einen Umweltreiz wahrzunehmen. Die beiden Response-Regulatoren HP1043 und HP1021 spielen vermutlich eine Rolle bei der Regulation von Genen, deren Produkte eine wichtige Funktion für das vegetative Zellwachstum haben. Die Aktivität der beiden RR wird entgegen dem gängigen Zweikomponenten-System-Paradigma nicht über eine Phosphorylierung moduliert. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde analysiert, ob eine strikte Expressionskontrolle für die wachstumsassoziierten Funktion dieser Response-Regulatoren von Bedeutung ist. Zu diesem Zweck wurden verschieden Mutanten konstruiert, in welchen die Transkription der Gene hp1021 und hp1043 unter der Kontrolle von unterschiedlich regulierten Promotoren stattfindet. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Expression des Gens hp1043 sowohl transkriptionell als auch posttranskriptionell und/oder posttranslational strikt reguliert wird. Es kann deshalb postuliert werden, dass die Aktivität des RR HP1043 über die vorhandene Konzentration an Regulator in der Bakterienzelle beeinflusst wird. Die Expression des Gens hp1021 wird nicht strikt reguliert. Auf welche Weise die Aktivität des RR HP1021 moduliert wird, bleibt unklar. N2 - Bacteria are able to adapt rapidly to alternating environmental conditions. Two component systems play a predominant role in sensing environmental stimuli and triggering a proper cellular response. The genome of Helicobacter pylori harbours only a few genes encoding for two component system proteins. The ArsRS two component system of H. pylori which controls the acid response and therefore is required for colonization of the mucus is well characterized. The kinase ArsS is activated under acidic conditions and phosphorylates the response regulator ArsR resulting in activation or repression of transcription of ArsRS-dependent target genes. The acid response of H. pylori is triggered when the pH drops from 7 to 5. Therefore, due to their side chain pKa-value of 6 seven histidine residues in the periplasmic sensor domain of the kinase ArsS were hypothesized to be involved in acid sensing. It was shown that the histidine residiue H94 is involved in the acid sensing by the histidine kinase ArsS. Substitution of H94 by the positively charged amino acid arginine did not result in a constitutively active ArsS protein. Therefore it remains unclear whether H94 contributes to the acid-sensing via protonation. Furthermore it was speculated that apart from histidine H94 other other amino acids contribute to the acid sensing of ArsS. Amongst them the aspartic acid residue D126 seems to play a predominant role. The closely related epsilon-proteobacteria Helicobacter hepaticus, Wolinella succinogenes and Campylobacter jejuni express ArsRS orthologs. Mutants of H. pylori G27 expressing the orthologous hisitine kinases WS1818, HH1607, and CJ1262 instead of the ArsS protein where constructed to investigate whether acidic pH is a common stimulus sensed by ArsS orthologs. Transcriptional analysis of the mutants revealed that the kinase WS1818 is activated under acidic conditions. The histidine kinase HH1607 also responds to acid as an environmental signal though less efficient than ArsS and WS1818. Since nothing is known about the function of the kinases HH1607 and WS1818 it remains unclear whether these proteins contribute to acid sensing and mounte an acid response in vivo in W. succinogenes and H. hepaticus. The kinase CJ1262 is not activated under acidic conditions. The response regulators HP1021 and HP1043 presumably play a role in the regulation of genes whose protein products have a fundamental function in vegetative cell growth. In contrast to the well established two component system paradigm their activity is not modulated via phosphorylation. In this work it was analyzed whether a strict control of their expression is required for the growth associated function of the respective response regulators. For this purpose several mutants were constructed in which the transcription of the genes hp1021 and hp1043 was placed under the control of different promoters. It was demonstrated that the expression of the gene hp1043 is controlled both on the transcriptional and posttranscriptional and/or posttranslational level and that this expression control is important for response regulator function. In contrast, strict expression control is not a prerequisite for the function of response regulator HP1021. KW - Helicobacter pylori KW - Säure KW - Genregulation KW - Zweikomponenten-System KW - ArsRS KW - Response-Regulator KW - HP1021 KW - HP1043 KW - two-cpmponent-system KW - ArsRS KW - response-regulator KW - HP1021 KW - HP1043 Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-36263 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peter, Stefanie A1 - Bultinck, Jennyfer A1 - Myant, Kevin A1 - Jaenicke, Laura A. A1 - Walz, Susanne A1 - Müller, Judith A1 - Gmachl, Michael A1 - Treu, Matthias A1 - Boehmelt, Guido A1 - Ade, Casten P. A1 - Schmitz, Werner A1 - Wiegering, Armin A1 - Otto, Christoph A1 - Popov, Nikita A1 - Sansom, Owen A1 - Kraut, Norbert A1 - Eilers, Martin T1 - H Tumor cell-specific inhibition of MYC function using small molecule inhibitors of the HUWE1 ubiquitin ligase JF - EMBO Molecular Medicine N2 - Deregulated expression of MYC is a driver of colorectal carcinogenesis, necessitating novel strategies to inhibit MYC function. The ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 (HECTH9, ARF-BP1, MULE) associates with both MYC and the MYC-associated protein MIZ1. We show here that HUWE1 is required for growth of colorectal cancer cells in culture and in orthotopic xenograft models. Using high-throughput screening, we identify small molecule inhibitors of HUWE1, which inhibit MYC-dependent transactivation in colorectal cancer cells, but not in stem and normal colon epithelial cells. Inhibition of HUWE1 stabilizes MIZ1. MIZ1 globally accumulates on MYC target genes and contributes to repression of MYC-activated target genes upon HUWE1 inhibition. Our data show that transcriptional activation by MYC in colon cancer cells requires the continuous degradation of MIZ1 and identify a novel principle that allows for inhibition of MYC function in tumor cells. KW - colorectal cancer KW - HUWE1 KW - MIZ1 KW - MYC KW - ubiquitination KW - cancer KW - digestive system KW - pharmacology KW - drug discovery Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-118132 SN - 1757-4684 VL - 6 IS - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Biehl, Stefanie C. A1 - Ehlis, Ann-Christine A1 - Müller, Laura D. A1 - Niklaus, Andrea A1 - Pauli, Paul A1 - Herrmann, Martin J. T1 - The impact of task relevance and degree of distraction on stimulus processing JF - BMC Neuroscience N2 - Background The impact of task relevance on event-related potential amplitudes of early visual processing was previously demonstrated. Study designs, however, differ greatly, not allowing simultaneous investigation of how both degree of distraction and task relevance influence processing variations. In our study, we combined different features of previous tasks. We used a modified 1-back task in which task relevant and task irrelevant stimuli were alternately presented. The task irrelevant stimuli could be from the same or from a different category as the task relevant stimuli, thereby producing high and low distracting task irrelevant stimuli. In addition, the paradigm comprised a passive viewing condition. Thus, our paradigm enabled us to compare the processing of task relevant stimuli, task irrelevant stimuli with differing degrees of distraction, and passively viewed stimuli. EEG data from twenty participants was collected and mean P100 and N170 amplitudes were analyzed. Furthermore, a potential connection of stimulus processing and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was investigated. Results Our results show a modulation of peak N170 amplitudes by task relevance. N170 amplitudes to task relevant stimuli were significantly higher than to high distracting task irrelevant or passively viewed stimuli. In addition, amplitudes to low distracting task irrelevant stimuli were significantly higher than to high distracting stimuli. N170 amplitudes to passively viewed stimuli were not significantly different from either kind of task irrelevant stimuli. Participants with more symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity showed decreased N170 amplitudes across all task conditions. On a behavioral level, lower N170 enhancement efficiency was significantly correlated with false alarm responses. Conclusions Our results point to a processing enhancement of task relevant stimuli. Unlike P100 amplitudes, N170 amplitudes were strongly influenced by enhancement and enhancement efficiency seemed to have direct behavioral consequences. These findings have potential implications for models of clinical disorders affecting selective attention, especially ADHD. KW - Selective attention KW - Working memory KW - Cognitive control KW - P100 KW - N170 KW - ADHD Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97271 UR - http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/14/107 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grünwald, Stefanie A1 - Fast, Anna A1 - Müller, Karen A1 - Boll, Michael A1 - Kler, Adolf A1 - Bonnländer, Bernd A1 - Wenzel, Uwe T1 - Feeding a grape seed extract extends the survival of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum under heat-stress depending on nrf-2, jnk-1, and foxo-1 homologous genes but independent of catechin monomers N2 - Besides caloric restriction, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is believed to delay the ageing process thus providing a powerfull tool in preventive medicine. To investigate underlying interactions between food ingredients and genes simple models, such as the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, appear especially constructive. Here we show that 1 % of a grape seed extract containing 30 % of procyanidins, significantly increases the survival of T. castaneum at 42 °C when added to flour as a dietary source. The beneficial effects of grape seed extract could not be reproduced by supplementing flour with single catechins of which the oligomeric procyanidins consist. We identified previously stress resistance genes responsible for a survival extension by dietary ingredients and show here by the use of RNA-interference that a knockdown of transcripts encoding homologues of Nrf-2 or Jnk-1 block the effects of grape seed extract on survival. Interestingly, grape seed extract under knockdown of Foxo-1 caused a significant survival reduction, stressing the hormetic response as underlying the survival extension by the dietary interventions. In conclusion, our studies provide evidence that a procyanidin-rich extract is able to extend the survival of the model organism T. castaneum. Catechin monomers, however, appear not to mediate the effects. The active ingredients, moreover, need the presence of stress resistance factors, and here especially of Foxo-1, in order to promote their preventive activities with regard to degenerations. KW - longevity KW - stress resistance KW - Tribolium castaneum KW - food-gene interactions KW - catechins KW - Langlebigkeit KW - Tribolium castaneum KW - Catechine Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-101089 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Stefanie H. A1 - Girard, Simon L. A1 - Hopfner, Franziska A1 - Merner, Nancy D. A1 - Bourassa, Cynthia V. A1 - Lorenz, Delia A1 - Clark, Lorraine N. A1 - Tittmann, Lukas A1 - Soto-Ortolaza, Alexandra I. A1 - Klebe, Stephan A1 - Hallett, Mark A1 - Schneider, Susanne A. A1 - Hodgkinson, Colin A. A1 - Lieb, Wolfgang A1 - Wszolek, Zbigniew K. A1 - Pendziwiat, Manuela A1 - Lorenzo-Betancor, Oswaldo A1 - Poewe, Werner A1 - Ortega-Cubero, Sara A1 - Seppi, Klaus A1 - Rajput, Alex A1 - Hussl, Anna A1 - Rajput, Ali H. A1 - Berg, Daniela A1 - Dion, Patrick A. A1 - Wurster, Isabel A1 - Shulman, Joshua M. A1 - Srulijes, Karin A1 - Haubenberger, Dietrich A1 - Pastor, Pau A1 - Vilariño-Güell, Carles A1 - Postuma, Ronald B. A1 - Bernard, Geneviève A1 - Ladwig, Karl-Heinz A1 - Dupré, Nicolas A1 - Jankovic, Joseph A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Panisset, Michel A1 - Winkelmann, Juliane A1 - Testa, Claudia M. A1 - Reischl, Eva A1 - Zeuner, Kirsten E. A1 - Ross, Owen A. A1 - Arzberger, Thomas A1 - Chouinard, Sylvain A1 - Deuschl, Günther A1 - Louis, Elan D. A1 - Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor A1 - Rouleau, Guy A. T1 - Genome-wide association study in essential tremor identifies three new loci JF - Brain N2 - We conducted a genome-wide association study of essential tremor, a common movement disorder characterized mainly by a postural and kinetic tremor of the upper extremities. Twin and family history studies show a high heritability for essential tremor. The molecular genetic determinants of essential tremor are unknown. We included 2807 patients and 6441 controls of European descent in our two-stage genome-wide association study. The 59 most significantly disease-associated markers of the discovery stage were genotyped in the replication stage. After Bonferroni correction two markers, one (rs10937625) located in the serine/threonine kinase STK32B and one (rs17590046) in the transcriptional coactivator PPARGC1A were associated with essential tremor. Three markers (rs12764057, rs10822974, rs7903491) in the cell-adhesion molecule CTNNA3 were significant in the combined analysis of both stages. The expression of STK32B was increased in the cerebellar cortex of patients and expression quantitative trait loci database mining showed association between the protective minor allele of rs10937625 and reduced expression in cerebellar cortex. We found no expression differences related to disease status or marker genotype for the other two genes. Replication of two lead single nucleotide polymorphisms of previous small genome-wide association studies (rs3794087 in SLC1A2, rs9652490 in LINGO1) did not confirm the association with essential tremor. KW - quality-control KW - disease KW - tool KW - movement disorders KW - genome-wide association study KW - tremor KW - genetics KW - essential tremor Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-186541 VL - 139 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mc Laughlin, Anna M. A1 - Schmulenson, Eduard A1 - Teplytska, Olga A1 - Zimmermann, Sebastian A1 - Opitz, Patrick A1 - Groenland, Stefanie L. A1 - Huitema, Alwin D. R. A1 - Steeghs, Neeltje A1 - Müller, Lothar A1 - Fuxius, Stefan A1 - Illerhaus, Gerald A1 - Joerger, Markus A1 - Mayer, Frank A1 - Fuhr, Uwe A1 - Holdenrieder, Stefan A1 - Hempel, Georg A1 - Scherf-Clavel, Oliver A1 - Jaehde, Ulrich A1 - Kloft, Charlotte T1 - Developing a nationwide infrastructure for therapeutic drug monitoring of targeted oral anticancer drugs: the ON-TARGET study protocol JF - Cancers N2 - Exposure-efficacy and/or exposure-toxicity relationships have been identified for up to 80% of oral anticancer drugs (OADs). Usually, OADs are administered at fixed doses despite their high interindividual pharmacokinetic variability resulting in large differences in drug exposure. Consequently, a substantial proportion of patients receive a suboptimal dose. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM), i.e., dosing based on measured drug concentrations, may be used to improve treatment outcomes. The prospective, multicenter, non-interventional ON-TARGET study (DRKS00025325) aims to investigate the potential of routine TDM to reduce adverse drug reactions in renal cell carcinoma patients receiving axitinib or cabozantinib. Furthermore, the feasibility of using volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS), a minimally invasive and easy to handle blood sampling technique, for sample collection is examined. During routine visits, blood samples are collected and sent to bioanalytical laboratories. Venous and VAMS blood samples are collected in the first study phase to facilitate home-based capillary blood sampling in the second study phase. Within one week, the drug plasma concentrations are measured, interpreted, and reported back to the physician. Patients report their drug intake and toxicity using PRO-CTCAE-based questionnaires in dedicated diaries. Ultimately, the ON-TARGET study aims to develop a nationwide infrastructure for TDM for oral anticancer drugs. KW - therapeutic drug monitoring KW - oral anticancer drugs KW - renal cell carcinoma KW - volumetric absorptive microsampling Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-252196 SN - 2072-6694 VL - 13 IS - 24 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rullmann, Michael A1 - Preusser, Sven A1 - Poppitz, Sindy A1 - Heba, Stefanie A1 - Gousias, Konstantinos A1 - Hoyer, Jana A1 - Schütz, Tatjana A1 - Dietrich, Arne A1 - Müller, Karsten A1 - Hankir, Mohammed K. A1 - Pleger, Burkhard T1 - Adiposity Related Brain Plasticity Induced by Bariatric Surgery JF - Froniers in Human Neuroscience N2 - Previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies revealed structural-functional brain reorganization 12 months after gastric-bypass surgery, encompassing cortical and subcortical regions of all brain lobes as well as the cerebellum. Changes in the mean of cluster-wise gray/white matter density (GMD/WMD) were correlated with the individual loss of body mass index (BMI), rendering the BMI a potential marker of widespread surgery-induced brain plasticity. Here, we investigated voxel-by-voxel associations between surgery-induced changes in adiposity, metabolism and inflammation and markers of functional and structural neural plasticity. We re-visited the data of patients who underwent functional and structural MRI, 6 months (n = 27) and 12 months after surgery (n = 22), and computed voxel-wise regression analyses. Only the surgery-induced weight loss was significantly associated with brain plasticity, and this only for GMD changes. After 6 months, weight loss overlapped with altered GMD in the hypothalamus, the brain's homeostatic control site, the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, assumed to host reward and gustatory processes, as well as abdominal representations in somatosensory cortex. After 12 months, weight loss scaled with GMD changes in right cerebellar lobule VII, involved in language-related/cognitive processes, and, by trend, with the striatum, assumed to underpin (food) reward. These findings suggest time-dependent and weight-loss related gray matter plasticity in brain regions involved in the control of eating, sensory processing and cognitive functioning. KW - adiposity KW - magnetic resonance imaging KW - brain plasticity KW - bariatric surgery KW - gastric-bypass surgery Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227168 VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Latifi, Hooman A1 - Holzwarth, Stefanie A1 - Skidmore, Andrew A1 - Brůna, Josef A1 - Červenka, Jaroslav A1 - Darvishzadeh, Roshanak A1 - Hais, Martin A1 - Heiden, Uta A1 - Homolová, Lucie A1 - Krzystek, Peter A1 - Schneider, Thomas A1 - Starý, Martin A1 - Wang, Tiejun A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Heurich, Marco T1 - A laboratory for conceiving Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)—The ‘Data pool initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem’ JF - Methods in Ecology and Evolution N2 - Effects of climate change‐induced events on forest ecosystem dynamics of composition, function and structure call for increased long‐term, interdisciplinary and integrated research on biodiversity indicators, in particular within strictly protected areas with extensive non‐intervention zones. The long‐established concept of forest supersites generally relies on long‐term funds from national agencies and goes beyond the logistic and financial capabilities of state‐ or region‐wide protected area administrations, universities and research institutes. We introduce the concept of data pools as a smaller‐scale, user‐driven and reasonable alternative to co‐develop remote sensing and forest ecosystem science to validated products, biodiversity indicators and management plans. We demonstrate this concept with the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem Data Pool, which has been established as an interdisciplinary, international data pool within the strictly protected Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks and currently comprises 10 active partners. We demonstrate how the structure and impact of the data pool differs from comparable cases. We assessed the international influence and visibility of the data pool with the help of a systematic literature search and a brief analysis of the results. Results primarily suggest an increase in the impact and visibility of published material during the life span of the data pool, with highest visibilities achieved by research conducted on leaf traits, vegetation phenology and 3D‐based forest inventory. We conclude that the data pool results in an efficient contribution to the concept of global biodiversity observatory by evolving towards a training platform, functioning as a pool of data and algorithms, directly communicating with management for implementation and providing test fields for feasibility studies on earth observation missions. KW - bohemian forest ecosystem KW - data pool KW - forest ecosystem science KW - remote sensing KW - remote sensing‐enabled essential biodiversity variables Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-262743 VL - 12 IS - 11 ER -