TY - THES A1 - Radun, Victoria T1 - Quantitative Fundusautofluoreszenz bei systemischer (Hydroxy-)Chloroquin Therapie: ein Jahr follow-up. T1 - Quantitative Fundus Autofluorescence in Systemic Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine Therapy: One Year Follow-Up N2 - CQ und HCQ werden häufig zur Behandlung von Erkrankungen aus dem rheumatischen Formenkreis wie z.B. SLE oder RA eingesetzt. Die lange Anwendung birgt das Risiko der Entwicklung einer CQ/HCQ-assoziierten Makulopathie. Diese ist charakterisiert durch den irreversiblen Verlust von Photorezeptoren und RPE und im Verlauf progredienten Visusverlust. Die QAF-Bildgebung ist eine nicht-invasive, innovative Methode zur Diagnostik krankhafter Netzhautveränderungen. Durch entsprechende technische Modifikationen eines cSLO sind inzwischen quantitative Aussagen bei Verlaufskontrollen der FAF derselben Patienten und Patientinnen sowie interpersonelle Vergleiche möglich. In der vorliegenden Studie wurden 32 CQ/HCQ Patienten und Patientinnen über den Zeitraum von einem Jahr mittels multimodaler Bildgebung (IR-, FAF bei 488 nm und 787 nm, QAF bei 488 nm, rotfreie Aufnahmen sowie SD-OCT Bilder) auf BEM-typische Veränderungen am Augenhintergrund gescreent bzw. Verlaufskontrollen bei bekannter BEM durchgeführt. Die QAF Entwicklung innerhalb eines Jahres wurde quantitativ und räumlich analysiert. Hierbei zeigte sich eine den erwarteten Alterseffekt übersteigende Erhöhung der QAF. Dies könnte durch eine erhöhte Lipofuzingenese oder metabolische Aktivität der Netzhaut erklärt werden. Die vorgestellten Methoden könnten zukünftig eine nützliche Erweiterung zu den bereits bestehenden Diagnostik-Tools für Screening auf BEM sein. Bei CQ/HCQ Patienten und Patientinnen zeigt sich eine grundsätzlich erhöhte QAF gegenüber der Kontrollgruppe ohne das Medikament. Im Ein-Jahres-Verlauf gab es einige Patienten und Patientinnen, die einen überdurchschnittlich starken Anstieg der QAF zeigen. Es bleibt zu klären, ob diese Ausreißer Hinweise auf die spätere Entwicklung einer BEM liefern. So könnte die QAF im klinischen Alltag Anwendung finden und vor allem bei Verlaufskontrollen zusätzliche Informationen bieten. N2 - Systemic CQ/HCQ intake can cause severe ocular side effects including bull's eye maculopathy. This disease is characterized by irreversible loss of photoreceptors, RPE and progressive vision loss. QAF imaging is a non-invasive method for diagnosis of pathological retinal changes. QAF enables the comparison of fundus autofluorescence between different individuals as well as between sessions of the same individual. Thirty two patients currently or previously treated with CQ/HCQ underwent multimodal retinal imaging (infrared, red free, fundus autofluorescence, QAF [488 nm], and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography) and were followed-up after one year. A quantitative and topographic analysis of QAF development was performed. Our study confirms our previous finding of increased QAF in patients taking CQ/HCQ with a further significant QAF increase from baseline to follow-up. Whether pronounced QAF increase might predispose for rapid progression toward structural changes and BEM development is currently investigated in ongoing studies. In addition to standard screening tools during systemic CQ/HCQ treatment, QAF imaging might be useful in CQ/HCQ monitoring and could serve as a screening tool in the future. KW - Chloroquin KW - Screening KW - Fundusautofluoreszenz KW - Bulls-Eye-Makulopathie KW - Follow-up Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-348688 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Breun, Maria A1 - Flock, Katharina A1 - Feldheim, Jonas A1 - Nattmann, Anja A1 - Monoranu, Camelia M. A1 - Herrmann, Pia A1 - Ernestus, Ralf-Ingo A1 - Löhr, Mario A1 - Hagemann, Carsten A1 - Stein, Ulrike T1 - Metastasis associated in colorectal cancer 1 (MACC1) mRNA expression is enhanced in sporadic vestibular schwannoma and correlates to deafness JF - Cancers N2 - Vestibular schwannoma (VS) are benign cranial nerve sheath tumors of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Their incidence is mostly sporadic, but they can also be associated with NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2), a hereditary tumor syndrome. Metastasis associated in colon cancer 1 (MACC1) is known to contribute to angiogenesis, cell growth, invasiveness, cell motility and metastasis of solid malignant cancers. In addition, MACC1 may be associated with nonsyndromic hearing impairment. Therefore, we evaluated whether MACC1 may be involved in the pathogenesis of VS. Sporadic VS, recurrent sporadic VS, NF2-associated VS, recurrent NF2-associated VS and healthy vestibular nerves were analyzed for MACC1 mRNA and protein expression by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. MACC1 expression levels were correlated with the patients’ clinical course and symptoms. MACC1 mRNA expression was significantly higher in sporadic VS compared to NF2-associated VS (p < 0.001). The latter expressed similar MACC1 concentrations as healthy vestibular nerves. Recurrent tumors resembled the MACC1 expression of the primary tumors. MACC1 mRNA expression was significantly correlated with deafness in sporadic VS patients (p = 0.034). Therefore, MACC1 might be a new molecular marker involved in VS pathogenesis. KW - vestibular schwannoma KW - metastasis associated in colorectal cancer 1 (MACC1) KW - pathogenesis KW - deafness KW - NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2) KW - mRNA expression Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-362543 SN - 2072-6694 VL - 15 IS - 16 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Doppler, Christopher E. J. A1 - Meyer, Linda A1 - Dovern, Anna A1 - Stühmer-Beckh, Jaro A1 - Weiss, Peter H. A1 - Fink, Gereon R. T1 - Differential impact of social and monetary reward on procedural learning and consolidation in aging and its structural correlates JF - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience N2 - In young (n = 36, mean +/- SD: 24.8 +/- 4.5 years) and older (n = 34, mean +/- SD: 65.1 +/- 6.5 years) healthy participants, we employed a modified version of the Serial Reaction Time task to measure procedural learning (PL) and consolidation while providing monetary and social reward. Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM), we additionally determined the structural correlates of reward-related motor performance (RMP) and PL. Monetary reward had a beneficial effect on PL in the older subjects only. In contrast, social reward significantly enhanced PL in the older and consolidation in the young participants. VBM analyses revealed that motor performance related to monetary reward was associated with larger grey matter volume (GMV) of the left striatum in the young, and motor performance related to social reward with larger GMV of the medial orbitofrontal cortex in the older group. The differential effects of social reward in young (improved consolidation) and both social and monetary rewards in older (enhanced PL) healthy subjects point to the potential of rewards for interventions targeting aging-associated motor decline or stroke-induced motor deficits. KW - serial reaction time task KW - procedural learning KW - reinforcement learning KW - voxel-based morphometry KW - motor aging Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222394 VL - 11 ER -