TY - JOUR A1 - Hommers, L. G. A1 - Richter, J. A1 - Yang, Y. A1 - Raab, A. A1 - Baumann, C. A1 - Lang, K. A1 - Schiele, M. A. A1 - Weber, H. A1 - Wittmann, A. A1 - Wolf, C. A1 - Alpers, G. W. A1 - Arolt, V. A1 - Domschke, K. A1 - Fehm, L. A1 - Fydrich, T. A1 - Gerlach, A. A1 - Gloster, A. T. A1 - Hamm, A. O. A1 - Helbig-Lang, S. A1 - Kircher, T. A1 - Lang, T. A1 - Pané-Farré, C. A. A1 - Pauli, P. A1 - Pfleiderer, B. A1 - Reif, A. A1 - Romanos, M. A1 - Straube, B. A1 - Ströhle, A. A1 - Wittchen, H.-U. A1 - Frantz, S. A1 - Ertl, G. A1 - Lohse, M. J. A1 - Lueken, U. A1 - Deckert, J. T1 - A functional genetic variation of SLC6A2 repressor hsa-miR-579-3p upregulates sympathetic noradrenergic processes of fear and anxiety JF - Translational Psychiatry N2 - Increased sympathetic noradrenergic signaling is crucially involved in fear and anxiety as defensive states. MicroRNAs regulate dynamic gene expression during synaptic plasticity and genetic variation of microRNAs modulating noradrenaline transporter gene (SLC6A2) expression may thus lead to altered central and peripheral processing of fear and anxiety. In silico prediction of microRNA regulation of SLC6A2 was confirmed by luciferase reporter assays and identified hsa-miR-579-3p as a regulating microRNA. The minor (T)-allele of rs2910931 (MAFcases = 0.431, MAFcontrols = 0.368) upstream of MIR579 was associated with panic disorder in patients (pallelic = 0.004, ncases = 506, ncontrols = 506) and with higher trait anxiety in healthy individuals (pASI = 0.029, pACQ = 0.047, n = 3112). Compared to the major (A)-allele, increased promoter activity was observed in luciferase reporter assays in vitro suggesting more effective MIR579 expression and SLC6A2 repression in vivo (p = 0.041). Healthy individuals carrying at least one (T)-allele showed a brain activation pattern suggesting increased defensive responding and sympathetic noradrenergic activation in midbrain and limbic areas during the extinction of conditioned fear. Panic disorder patients carrying two (T)-alleles showed elevated heart rates in an anxiety-provoking behavioral avoidance test (F(2, 270) = 5.47, p = 0.005). Fine-tuning of noradrenaline homeostasis by a MIR579 genetic variation modulated central and peripheral sympathetic noradrenergic activation during fear processing and anxiety. This study opens new perspectives on the role of microRNAs in the etiopathogenesis of anxiety disorders, particularly their cardiovascular symptoms and comorbidities. KW - clinical genetics KW - psychiatric disorders Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322497 VL - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bury, Susanne A1 - Soundararajan, Manonmani A1 - Bharti, Richa A1 - von Bünau, Rudolf A1 - Förstner, Konrad U. A1 - Oelschlaeger, Tobias A. T1 - The probiotic escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 combats lambdoid bacteriophages stx and lambda JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Shiga toxin (Stx) producing E. coli (STEC) such as Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) are the major cause of foodborne illness in humans. In vitro studies showed the probiotic Escherichia coil strain Nissle 1917 (EcN) to efficiently inhibit the production of Stx. Life threatening EHEC strains as for example the serotype 0104:H4, responsible for the great outbreak in 2011 in Germany, evolutionary developed from certain E. coll strains which got infected by stx2-encoding lambdoid phages turning the E. coil into lysogenic and subsequently Stx producing strains. Since antibiotics induce stx genes and Stx production, EHEC infected persons are not recommended to be treated with antibiotics. Therefore, EcN might be an alternative medication. However, because even commensal E. coli strains might be converted into Stx-producers after becoming host to a stx encoding prophage, we tested EcN for stx-phage genome integration. Our experiments revealed the resistance of EcN toward not only stx-phages but also against lambda-phages. This resistance was not based on the lack of or by mutated phage receptors. Rather it involved the expression of a phage repressor (pr) gene of a defective prophage in EcN which was able to partially protect E. coli K-12 strain MG1655 against stx and lambda phage infection. Furthermore, we observed EcN to inactivate phages and thereby to protect E. coli K-12 strains against infection by stx- as well as lambda-phages. Inactivation of lambda-phages was due to binding of lambda-phages to LamB of EcN whereas inactivation of stx-phages was caused by a thermostable protein of EcN. These properties together with its ability to inhibit Stx production make EcN a good candidate for the prevention of illness caused by EHEC and probably for the treatment of already infected people. KW - probiotic KW - E. coli Nissle 1917 KW - EHEC KW - Shiga toxin producing E. coli KW - stx-phages KW - lambda-phages KW - lambdoid prophage KW - LamB Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221960 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Breitinger, Ulrike A1 - Bahnassawy, Lamiaa M. A1 - Janzen, Dieter A1 - Römer, Vera A1 - Becker, Cord-Michael A1 - Villmann, Carmen A1 - Breitinger, Hans-Georg T1 - PKA and PKC modulators affect ion channel function and internalization of recombinant alpha1 and alpha1-beta glycine receptors JF - Frontiers in Molecular Neurosience N2 - Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are important mediators of fast inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system. Their function is controlled by multiple cellular mechanisms, including intracellular regulatory processes. Modulation of GlyR function by protein kinases has been reported for many cell types, involving different techniques, and often yielding contradictory results. Here, we studied the effects of protein kinase C (PKC) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) on glycine induced currents in HEK293 cells expressing human homomeric \(\alpha\)1 and heteromeric \(\alpha\)1-\(\beta\) GlyRs using whole-cell patch clamp techniques as well as internalization assays. In whole-cell patch-clamp measurements, modulators were applied in the intracellular buffer at concentrations between 0.1 \(\mu\)M and 0.5 \(\mu\)M. EC50 of glycine increased upon application of the protein kinase activators Forskolin and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) but decreased in the presence of the PKC inhibitor Staurosporine aglycon and the PKA inhibitor H-89. Desensitization of recombinant \(\alpha\)1 receptors was significantly increased in the presence of Forskolin. Staurosporine aglycon, on the other hand decreased desensitization of heteromeric \(\alpha\)1-\(\beta\) GlyRs. The time course of receptor activation was determined for homomeric \(\alpha\)1 receptors and revealed two simultaneous effects: cells showed a decrease of EC50 after 3-6 min of establishing whole-cell configuration. This effect was independent of protein kinase modulators. All modulators of PKA and PKC, however, produced an additional shift of EC50, which overlay and eventually exceeded the cells intrinsic variation of EC50. The effect of kinase activators was abolished if the corresponding inhibitors were co-applied, consistent with PKA and PKC directly mediating the modulation of GlyR function. Direct effects of PKA-and PKC-modulators on receptor expression on transfected HEK cells were monitored within 15 min of drug application, showing a significant increase of receptor internalization with PKA and PKC activators, while the corresponding inhibitors had no significant effect on receptor surface expression or internalization. Our results confirm the observation that phosphorylation via PKA and PKC has a direct effect on the GlyR ion channel complex and plays an important role in the fine-tuning of glycinergic signaling. KW - glycine receptor KW - PKA KW - PKC KW - activators/inhibitors of phosphorylation KW - whole-cell currents KW - modulation kinetics KW - receptor internalization Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220401 VL - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bohmann, Ferdinand O. A1 - Kurka, Natalia A1 - du Mesnil de Rochemont, Richard A1 - Gruber, Katharina A1 - Guenther, Joachim A1 - Rostek, Peter A1 - Rai, Heike A1 - Zickler, Philipp A1 - Ertl, Michael A1 - Berlis, Ansgar A1 - Poli, Sven A1 - Mengel, Annerose A1 - Ringleb, Peter A1 - Nagel, Simon A1 - Pfaff, Johannes A1 - Wollenweber, Frank A. A1 - Kellert, Lars A1 - Herzberg, Moriz A1 - Koehler, Luzie A1 - Haeusler, Karl Georg A1 - Alegiani, Anna A1 - Schubert, Charlotte A1 - Brekenfeld, Caspar A1 - Doppler, Christopher E. J. A1 - Onur, Oezguer A. A1 - Kabbasch, Christoph A1 - Manser, Tanja A1 - Pfeilschifter, Waltraud T1 - Simulation-based training of the rapid evaluation and management of acute stroke (STREAM) — a prospective single-arm multicenter trial JF - Frontiers in Neurology N2 - Introduction: Acute stroke care delivered by interdisciplinary teams is time-sensitive. Simulation-based team training is a promising tool to improve team performance in medical operations. It has the potential to improve process times, team communication, patient safety, and staff satisfaction. We aim to assess whether a multi-level approach consisting of a stringent workflow revision based on peer-to-peer review and 2–3 one-day in situ simulation trainings can improve acute stroke care processing times in high volume neurocenters within a 6 months period. Methods and Analysis: The trial is being carried out in a pre-test-post-test design at 7 tertiary care university hospital neurocenters in Germany. The intervention is directed at the interdisciplinary multiprofessional stroke teams. Before and after the intervention, process times of all direct-to-center stroke patients receiving IV thrombolysis (IVT) and/or endovascular therapy (EVT) will be recorded. The primary outcome measure will be the “door-to-needle” time of all consecutive stroke patients directly admitted to the neurocenters who receive IVT. Secondary outcome measures will be intervention-related process times of the fraction of patients undergoing EVT and effects on team communication, perceived patient safety, and staff satisfaction via a staff questionnaire. Interventions: We are applying a multi-level intervention in cooperation with three “STREAM multipliers” from each center. First step is a central meeting of the multipliers at the sponsor's institution with the purposes of algorithm review in a peer-to-peer process that is recorded in a protocol and an introduction to the principles of simulation training and debriefing as well as crew resource management and team communication. Thereafter, the multipliers cooperate with the stroke team trainers from the sponsor's institution to plan and execute 2–3 one-day simulation courses in situ in the emergency department and CT room of the trial centers whereupon they receive teaching materials to perpetuate the trainings. Clinical Trial Registration: STREAM is a registered trial at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03228251. KW - CRM KW - thrombolysis (tPA) KW - stroke KW - emergency care KW - simulation training Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369239 SN - 1664-2295 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzoni, Francesco A1 - Esposti, Roberto A1 - Marchese, Silvia M. A1 - Pozzi, Nicoló G. A1 - Ramirez-Pasos, Uri E. A1 - Isaias, Ioannis U. A1 - Cavallari, Paolo T1 - Disrupt of intra-limb APA pattern in parkinsonian patients performing index-finger flexion JF - Frontiers in Physiology N2 - Voluntary movements induce postural perturbations which are counteracted by anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs). These actions are known to build up long fixation chains toward available support points (inter-limb APAs), so as to grant whole body equilibrium. Moreover, recent studies highlighted that APAs also build-up short fixation chains, within the same limb where a distal segment is moved (intra-limb APAs), aimed at stabilizing the proximal segments. The neural structures generating intra-limb APAs still need investigations; the present study aims to compare focal movement kinematics and intra-limb APA latencies and pattern between healthy subjects and parkinsonian patients, assuming the latter as a model of basal ganglia dysfunction. Intra-limb APAs that stabilize the arm when the index-finger is briskly flexed were recorded in 13 parkinsonian patients and in 10 age-matched healthy subjects. Index-finger movement was smaller in parkinsonian patients vs. healthy subjects (p = 0.01) and more delayed with respect to the onset of the prime mover flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS, p < 0.0001). In agreement with the literature, in all healthy subjects the FDS activation was preceded by an inhibitory intra-limb APA in biceps brachii (BB) and anterior deltoid (AD), and almost simultaneous to an excitatory intra-limb APA in triceps brachii (TB). In parkinsonian patients, no significant differences were found for TB and AD intra-limb APA timings, however only four patients showed an inhibitory intra-limb APA in BB, while other four did not show any BB intra-limb APAs and five actually developed a BB excitation. The frequency of occurrence of normal sign, lacking, and inverted BB APAs was different in healthy vs. parkinsonian participants (p = 0.0016). The observed alterations in index-finger kinematics and intra-limb APA pattern in parkinsonian patients suggest that basal ganglia, in addition to shaping the focal movement, may also contribute to intra-limb APA control. KW - intra-limb anticipatory postural adjustments KW - Parkinson disease KW - basal ganglia KW - motor control KW - human Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369245 SN - 1664-042X VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hobbs, Christopher A1 - Jaskaniec, Sonia A1 - McCarthy, Eoin K. A1 - Downing, Clive A1 - Opelt, Konrad A1 - Güth, Konrad A1 - Shmeliov, Aleksey A1 - Mourad, Maurice C. D. A1 - Mandel, Karl A1 - Nicolosi, Valeria T1 - Structural transformation of layered double hydroxides: an in situ TEM analysis JF - npj 2D Materials and Applications N2 - A comprehensive nanoscale understanding of layered double hydroxide (LDH) thermal evolution is critical for their current and future applications as catalysts, flame retardants and oxygen evolution performers. In this report, we applied in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to extensively characterise the thermal progressions of nickel-iron containing (Ni-Fe) LDH nanomaterials. The combinative approach of TEM and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) yielded both a morphological and crystallographic understanding of such processes. As the Ni-Fe LDH nanomaterials are heated in situ, an amorphization occurred at 250 °C, followed by a transition to a heterogeneous structure of NiO particles embedded throughout a NiFe2O4 matrix at 850 °C, confirmed by high-resolution TEM and scanning TEM. Further electron microscopy characterisation methodologies of energy-filtered TEM were utilised to directly observe these mechanistic behaviours in real time, showing an evolution and nucleation to an array of spherical NiO nanoparticles on the platelet surfaces. The versatility of this characterisation approach was verified by the analogous behaviours of Ni-Fe LDH materials heated ex situ as well as parallel in situ TEM and SAED comparisons to that of an akin magnesium-aluminium containing (Mg-Al) LDH structure. The in situ TEM work hereby discussed allows for a state-of-the-art understanding of the Ni-Fe material thermal evolution. This is an important first, which reveals pivotal information, especially when considering LDH applications as catalysts and flame retardants. KW - electrocatalysis KW - two-dimensional materials Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-320752 VL - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herbst, Stefanie A1 - Soberats, Bartolome A1 - Leowanawat, Pawaret A1 - Stolte, Matthias A1 - Lehmann, Matthias A1 - Würthner, Frank T1 - Self-assembly of multi-stranded perylene dye J-aggregates in columnar liquid-crystalline phases JF - Nature Communications N2 - Many discoid dyes self-assemble into columnar liquid-crystalline (LC) phases with packing arrangements that are undesired for photonic applications due to H-type exciton coupling. Here, we report a series of crystalline and LC perylene bisimides (PBIs) self-assembling into single or multi-stranded (two, three, and four strands) aggregates with predominant J-type exciton coupling. These differences in the supramolecular packing and optical properties are achieved by molecular design variations of tetra-bay phenoxy-dendronized PBIs with two N–H groups at the imide positions. The self-assembly is driven by hydrogen bonding, slipped π–π stacking, nanosegregation, and steric requirements of the peripheral building blocks. We could determine the impact of the packing motifs on the spectroscopic properties and demonstrate different J- and H-type coupling contributions between the chromophores. Our findings on structure–property relationships and strong J-couplings in bulk LC materials open a new avenue in the molecular engineering of PBI J-aggregates with prospective applications in photonics. KW - liquid crystals KW - self-assembly Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-319914 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Izquierdo, Manuel A1 - Karolak, Michael A1 - Prabhakaran, Dharmalingam A1 - Boothroyd, Andrew T. A1 - Scherz, Andreas O. A1 - Lichtenstein, Alexander A1 - Molodtsov, Serguei L. T1 - Monitoring ultrafast metallization in LaCoO3 with femtosecond soft x-ray spectroscopy JF - Communications Physics N2 - The study of ultrafast dynamics is a new tool to understand and control the properties of correlated oxides. By enhancing some properties and realizing new dynamically excited phrases, this tool has opened new routes for technological applications. LaCoO3 is one paradigmatic example where the strong electron, spin, and lattice coupling induced by electronic correlations results in a low-temperature spin transition and a high-temperature semiconductor-to-metal transition that is still not completely understood. Here, we monitor ultrafast metallization in LaCoO3 using time-resolved soft x-ray reflectivity experiments. While the process is entangled at the Co L3 edge, the time information of the different channels is decrypted at different resonant energies of the O K edge. Metallization is shown to occur via transient electronic, spin, and lattice separation. Our results agree with the thermodynamical model and demonstrate the potential of femtosecond soft x-ray experiments at the O K edge to understand correlated oxides. KW - electronic properties and materials KW - magnetic properties and materials Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-323265 VL - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holtfrerich, Sarah K. C. A1 - Pfister, Roland A1 - El Gammal, Alexander T. A1 - Bellon, Eugen A1 - Diekhof, Esther K. T1 - Endogenous testosterone and exogenous oxytocin influence the response to baby schema in the female brain JF - Scientific Reports N2 - Nurturing behavior may be critically influenced by the interplay of different hormones. The neuropeptide oxytocin is known to promote maternal behavior and its reduction has been associated with postpartum depression risk and child neglect. Contrariwise, the observed decrease in testosterone level during early parenthood may benefit caretaking behavior, whereas increased testosterone may reduce attention to infants. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the interactive influence of testosterone and oxytocin on selective attention to and neural processing of the baby schema (BS). 57 nulliparous women performed a target detection task with human faces with varying degree of BS following double-blinded placebo-controlled oxytocin administration in a between-subjects design. Our results support the idea that oxytocin enhances attention to the BS. Oxytocin had a positive effect on activation of the inferior frontal junction during identification of infant targets with a high degree of BS that were presented among adult distractors. Further, activation of the putamen was positively correlated with selective attention to the BS, but only in women with high endogenous testosterone who received oxytocin. These findings provide initial evidence for the neural mechanism by which oxytocin may counteract the negative effects of testosterone in the modulation of nurturing behavior. KW - attention KW - reward Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322285 VL - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kessler, Almuth F. A1 - Frömbling, Greta E. A1 - Gross, Franziska A1 - Hahn, Mirja A1 - Dzokou, Wilfrid A1 - Ernestus, Ralf-Ingo A1 - Löhr, Mario A1 - Hagemann, Carsten T1 - Effects of tumor treating fields (TTFields) on glioblastoma cells are augmented by mitotic checkpoint inhibition JF - Cell Death Discovery N2 - Tumor treating fields (TTFields) are approved for glioblastoma (GBM) therapy. TTFields disrupt cell division by inhibiting spindle fiber formation. Spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) inhibition combined with antimitotic drugs synergistically decreases glioma cell growth in cell culture and mice. We hypothesized that SAC inhibition will increase TTFields efficacy. Human GBM cells (U-87 MG, GaMG) were treated with TTFields (200 kHz, 1.7 V/cm) and/or the SAC inhibitor MPS1-IN-3 (IN-3, 4 µM). Cells were counted after 24, 48, and 72 h of treatment and at 24 and 72 h after end of treatment (EOT). Flow cytometry, immunofluorescence microscopy, Annexin-V staining and TUNEL assay were used to detect alterations in cell cycle and apoptosis after 72 h of treatment. The TTFields/IN-3 combination decreased cell proliferation after 72 h compared to either treatment alone (−78.6% vs. TTFields, P = 0.0337; −52.6% vs. IN-3, P = 0.0205), and reduced the number of viable cells (62% less than seeded). There was a significant cell cycle shift from G1 to G2/M phase (P < 0.0001). The apoptotic rate increased to 44% (TTFields 14%, P = 0.0002; IN-3 4%, P < 0.0001). Cell growth recovered 24 h after EOT with TTFields and IN-3 alone, but the combination led to further decrease by 92% at 72 h EOT if IN-3 treatment was continued (P = 0.0288). The combination of TTFields and SAC inhibition led to earlier and prolonged effects that significantly augmented the efficacy of TTFields and highlights a potential new targeted multimodal treatment for GBM. Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-325744 VL - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kästner, Niklas A1 - Richter, S. Helene A1 - Urbanik, Sarah A1 - Kunert, Joachim A1 - Waider, Jonas A1 - Lesch, Klaus-Peter A1 - Kaiser, Sylvia A1 - Sachser, Norbert T1 - Brain serotonin deficiency affects female aggression JF - Scientific Reports N2 - The neurotransmitter serotonin plays a key role in the control of aggressive behaviour. While so far most studies have investigated variation in serotonin levels, a recently created tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2) knockout mouse model allows studying effects of complete brain serotonin deficiency. First studies revealed increased aggressiveness in homozygous Tph2 knockout mice in the context of a resident-intruder paradigm. Focussing on females, this study aimed to elucidate effects of serotonin deficiency on aggressive and non-aggressive social behaviours not in a test situation but a natural setting. For this purpose, female Tph2 wildtype (n = 40) and homozygous knockout mice (n = 40) were housed with a same-sex conspecific of either the same or the other genotype in large terraria. The main findings were: knockout females displayed untypically high levels of aggressive behaviour even after several days of co-housing. Notably, in response to aggressive knockout partners, they showed increased levels of defensive behaviours. While most studies on aggression in rodents have focussed on males, this study suggests a significant involvement of serotonin also in the control of female aggression. Future research will show, whether the observed behavioural effects are directly caused by the lack of serotonin or by potential compensatory mechanisms. KW - animal behaviour KW - genetics of the nervous system KW - social behaviour Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-325386 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hecht, Markus A1 - Meier, Friedegund A1 - Zimmer, Lisa A1 - Polat, Bülent A1 - Loquai, Carmen A1 - Weishaupt, Carsten A1 - Forschner, Andrea A1 - Gutzmer, Ralf A1 - Utikal, Jochen S. A1 - Goldinger, Simone M. A1 - Geier, Michael A1 - Hassel, Jessica C. A1 - Balermpas, Panagiotis A1 - Kiecker, Felix A1 - Rauschenberg, Ricarda A1 - Dietrich, Ursula A1 - Clemens, Patrick A1 - Berking, Carola A1 - Grabenbauer, Gerhard A1 - Schadendorf, Dirk A1 - Grabbe, Stephan A1 - Schuler, Gerold A1 - Fietkau, Rainer A1 - Distel, Luitpold V. A1 - Heinzerling, Lucie T1 - Clinical outcome of concomitant vs interrupted BRAF inhibitor therapy during radiotherapy in melanoma patients JF - British Journal of Cancer N2 - Background: Concomitant radiation with BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) therapy may increase radiation-induced side effects but also potentially improve tumour control in melanoma patients. Methods: A total of 155 patients with BRAF-mutated melanoma from 17 European skin cancer centres were retrospectively analysed. Out of these, 87 patients received concomitant radiotherapy and BRAFi (59 vemurafenib, 28 dabrafenib), while in 68 patients BRAFi therapy was interrupted during radiation (51 vemurafenib, 17 dabrafenib). Overall survival was calculated from the first radiation (OSRT) and from start of BRAFi therapy (OSBRAFi). Results: The median duration of BRAFi treatment interruption prior to radiotherapy was 4 days and lasted for 17 days. Median OSRT and OSBRAFi in the entire cohort were 9.8 and 12.6 months in the interrupted group and 7.3 and 11.5 months in the concomitant group (P=0.075/P=0.217), respectively. Interrupted vemurafenib treatment with a median OSRT and OSBRAFi of 10.1 and 13.1 months, respectively, was superior to concomitant vemurafenib treatment with a median OSRT and OSBRAFi of 6.6 and 10.9 months (P=0.004/P=0.067). Interrupted dabrafenib treatment with a median OSRT and OSBRAFi of 7.7 and 9.8 months, respectively, did not differ from concomitant dabrafenib treatment with a median OSRT and OSBRAFi of 9.9 and 11.6 months (P=0.132/P=0.404). Median local control of the irradiated area did not differ in the interrupted and concomitant BRAFi treatment groups (P=0.619). Skin toxicity of grade ≥2 (CTCAE) was significantly increased in patients with concomitant vemurafenib compared to the group with treatment interruption (P=0.002). Conclusions: Interruption of vemurafenib treatment during radiation was associated with better survival and less toxicity compared to concomitant treatment. Due to lower number of patients, the relevance of treatment interruption in dabrafenib treated patients should be further investigated. The results of this analysis indicate that treatment with the BRAFi vemurafenib should be interrupted during radiotherapy. Prospective studies are desperately needed. KW - radiation KW - radiotherapy KW - BRAF KW - vemurafenib KW - dabrafenib Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227970 VL - 118 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holzinger, Steffen A1 - Schneider, Christian A1 - Höfling, Sven A1 - Porte, Xavier A1 - Reitzenstein, Stephan T1 - Quantum-dot micropillar lasers subject to coherent time-delayed optical feedback from a short external cavity JF - Scientific Reports N2 - We investigate the mode-switching dynamics of an electrically driven bimodal quantum-dot micropillar laser when subject to delayed coherent optical feedback from a short external cavity. We experimentally characterize how the external cavity length, being on the same order than the microlaser’s coherence length, influences the spectral and dynamical properties of the micropillar laser. Moreover, we determine the relaxation oscillation frequency of the micropillar by superimposing optical pulse injection to a dc current. It is found that the optical pulse can be used to disturb the feedback-coupled laser within one roundtrip time in such a way that it reaches the same output power as if no feedback was present. Our results do not only expand the understanding of microlasers when subject to optical feedback from short external cavities, but pave the way towards tailoring the properties of this key nanophotonic system for studies in the quantum regime of self-feedback and its implementation to integrated photonic circuits. KW - nanophotonics and plasmonics KW - photonic devices KW - quantum dots KW - semiconductor lasers Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322485 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knödler, Maren A1 - Körfer, Justus A1 - Kunzmann, Volker A1 - Trojan, Jörg A1 - Daum, Severin A1 - Schenk, Michael A1 - Kullmann, Frank A1 - Schroll, Sebastian A1 - Behringer, Dirk A1 - Stahl, Michael A1 - Al-Batran, Salah-Eddin A1 - Hacker, Ulrich A1 - Ibach, Stefan A1 - Lindhofer, Horst A1 - Lordick, Florian T1 - Randomised phase II trial to investigate catumaxomab (anti-EpCAM × anti-CD3) for treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with gastric cancer JF - British Journal of Cancer N2 - Background Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) represents an unfavourable prognostic factor for patients with gastric cancer (GC). Intraperitoneal treatment with the bispecific and trifunctional antibody catumaxomab (EpCAM, CD3), in addition to systemic chemotherapy, could improve elimination of PC. Methods This prospective, randomised, phase II study investigated the efficacy of catumaxomab followed by chemotherapy (arm A, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, docetaxel, FLOT) or FLOT alone (arm B) in patients with GC and PC. Primary endpoint was the rate of macroscopic complete remission (mCR) of PC at the time of second diagnostic laparoscopy/laparotomy prior to optional surgery. Results Median follow-up was 52 months. Out of 35 patients screened, 15 were allocated to arm A and 16 to arm B. mCR rate was 27% in arm A and 19% in arm B (p = 0.69). Severe side effects associated with catumaxomab were nausea, infection, abdominal pain, and elevated liver enzymes. Median progression-free (6.7 vs. 5.4 months, p = 0.71) and overall survival (13.2 vs. 13.0 months, p = 0.97) were not significantly different in both treatment arms. Conclusions Addition of catumaxomab to systemic chemotherapy was feasible and tolerable in advanced GC. Although the primary endpoint could not be demonstrated, results are promising for future investigations integrating intraperitoneal immunotherapy into a multimodal treatment strategy. KW - cancer immunotherapy KW - gastric cancer Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-325938 VL - 119 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heil, Hannah S. A1 - Schreiber, Benjamin A1 - Götz, Ralph A1 - Emmerling, Monika A1 - Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine A1 - Krohne, Georg A1 - Höfling, Sven A1 - Kamp, Martin A1 - Sauer, Markus A1 - Heinze, Katrin G. T1 - Sharpening emitter localization in front of a tuned mirror JF - Light: Science & Applications N2 - Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) aims for maximized precision and a high signal-to-noise ratio1. Both features can be provided by placing the emitter in front of a metal-dielectric nanocoating that acts as a tuned mirror2,3,4. Here, we demonstrate that a higher photon yield at a lower background on biocompatible metal-dielectric nanocoatings substantially improves SMLM performance and increases the localization precision by up to a factor of two. The resolution improvement relies solely on easy-to-fabricate nanocoatings on standard glass coverslips and is spectrally and spatially tunable by the layer design and wavelength, as experimentally demonstrated for dual-color SMLM in cells. KW - imaging and sensing KW - super-resolution microscopy Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228080 VL - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altieri, Barbara A1 - Di Dato, Carla A1 - Martini, Chiara A1 - Sciammarella, Concetta A1 - Di Sarno, Antonella A1 - Colao, Annamaria A1 - Faggiano, Antongiulio T1 - Bone Metastases in Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: From Pathogenesis to Clinical Management JF - Cancers N2 - Bone represents a common site of metastases for several solid tumors. However, the ability of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) to localize to bone has always been considered a rare and late event. Thanks to the improvement of therapeutic options, which results in longer survival, and of imaging techniques, particularly after the introduction of positron emission tomography (PET) with gallium peptides, the diagnosis of bone metastases (BMs) in NENs is increasing. The onset of BMs can be associated with severe skeletal complications that impair the patient's quality of life. Moreover, BMs negatively affect the prognosis of NEN patients, bringing out the lack of curative treatment options for advanced NENs. The current knowledge on BMs in gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) and bronchopulmonary (BP) NENs is still scant and is derived from a few retrospective studies and case reports. This review aims to perform a critical analysis of the evidence regarding the role of BMs in GEP- and BP-NENs, focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlining the development of BMs, as well as clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of BMs, in an attempt to provide suggestions that can be used in clinical practice. KW - neuroendocrine neoplasms KW - bone metastases KW - bone microenvironment KW - skeletal-related events KW - epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition KW - microRNA KW - prognosis KW - treatment KW - denosumab Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221079 VL - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El-Helou, Sabine M. A1 - Biegner, Anika-Kerstin A1 - Bode, Sebastian A1 - Ehl, Stephan R. A1 - Heeg, Maximilian A1 - Maccari, Maria E. A1 - Ritterbusch, Henrike A1 - Speckmann, Carsten A1 - Rusch, Stephan A1 - Scheible, Raphael A1 - Warnatz, Klaus A1 - Atschekzei, Faranaz A1 - Beider, Renata A1 - Ernst, Diana A1 - Gerschmann, Stev A1 - Jablonka, Alexandra A1 - Mielke, Gudrun A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold E. A1 - Schürmann, Gesine A1 - Sogkas, Georgios A1 - Baumann, Ulrich H. A1 - Klemann, Christian A1 - Viemann, Dorothee A1 - Bernuth, Horst von A1 - Krüger, Renate A1 - Hanitsch, Leif G. A1 - Scheibenbogen, Carmen M. A1 - Wittke, Kirsten A1 - Albert, Michael H. A1 - Eichinger, Anna A1 - Hauck, Fabian A1 - Klein, Christoph A1 - Rack-Hoch, Anita A1 - Sollinger, Franz M. A1 - Avila, Anne A1 - Borte, Michael A1 - Borte, Stephan A1 - Fasshauer, Maria A1 - Hauenherm, Anja A1 - Kellner, Nils A1 - Müller, Anna H. A1 - Ülzen, Anett A1 - Bader, Peter A1 - Bakhtiar, Shahrzad A1 - Lee, Jae-Yun A1 - Heß, Ursula A1 - Schubert, Ralf A1 - Wölke, Sandra A1 - Zielen, Stefan A1 - Ghosh, Sujal A1 - Laws, Hans-Juergen A1 - Neubert, Jennifer A1 - Oommen, Prasad T. A1 - Hönig, Manfred A1 - Schulz, Ansgar A1 - Steinmann, Sandra A1 - Klaus, Schwarz A1 - Dückers, Gregor A1 - Lamers, Beate A1 - Langemeyer, Vanessa A1 - Niehues, Tim A1 - Shai, Sonu A1 - Graf, Dagmar A1 - Müglich, Carmen A1 - Schmalzing, Marc T. A1 - Schwaneck, Eva C. A1 - Tony, Hans-Peter A1 - Dirks, Johannes A1 - Haase, Gabriele A1 - Liese, Johannes G. A1 - Morbach, Henner A1 - Foell, Dirk A1 - Hellige, Antje A1 - Wittkowski, Helmut A1 - Masjosthusmann, Katja A1 - Mohr, Michael A1 - Geberzahn, Linda A1 - Hedrich, Christian M. A1 - Müller, Christiane A1 - Rösen-Wolff, Angela A1 - Roesler, Joachim A1 - Zimmermann, Antje A1 - Behrends, Uta A1 - Rieber, Nikolaus A1 - Schauer, Uwe A1 - Handgretinger, Rupert A1 - Holzer, Ursula A1 - Henes, Jörg A1 - Kanz, Lothar A1 - Boesecke, Christoph A1 - Rockstroh, Jürgen K. A1 - Schwarze-Zander, Carolynne A1 - Wasmuth, Jan-Christian A1 - Dilloo, Dagmar A1 - Hülsmann, Brigitte A1 - Schönberger, Stefan A1 - Schreiber, Stefan A1 - Zeuner, Rainald A1 - Ankermann, Tobias A1 - Bismarck, Philipp von A1 - Huppertz, Hans-Iko A1 - Kaiser-Labusch, Petra A1 - Greil, Johann A1 - Jakoby, Donate A1 - Kulozik, Andreas E. A1 - Metzler, Markus A1 - Naumann-Bartsch, Nora A1 - Sobik, Bettina A1 - Graf, Norbert A1 - Heine, Sabine A1 - Kobbe, Robin A1 - Lehmberg, Kai A1 - Müller, Ingo A1 - Herrmann, Friedrich A1 - Horneff, Gerd A1 - Klein, Ariane A1 - Peitz, Joachim A1 - Schmidt, Nadine A1 - Bielack, Stefan A1 - Groß-Wieltsch, Ute A1 - Classen, Carl F. A1 - Klasen, Jessica A1 - Deutz, Peter A1 - Kamitz, Dirk A1 - Lassy, Lisa A1 - Tenbrock, Klaus A1 - Wagner, Norbert A1 - Bernbeck, Benedikt A1 - Brummel, Bastian A1 - Lara-Villacanas, Eusebia A1 - Münstermann, Esther A1 - Schneider, Dominik T. A1 - Tietsch, Nadine A1 - Westkemper, Marco A1 - Weiß, Michael A1 - Kramm, Christof A1 - Kühnle, Ingrid A1 - Kullmann, Silke A1 - Girschick, Hermann A1 - Specker, Christof A1 - Vinnemeier-Laubenthal, Elisabeth A1 - Haenicke, Henriette A1 - Schulz, Claudia A1 - Schweigerer, Lothar A1 - Müller, Thomas G. A1 - Stiefel, Martina A1 - Belohradsky, Bernd H. A1 - Soetedjo, Veronika A1 - Kindle, Gerhard A1 - Grimbacher, Bodo T1 - The German national registry of primary immunodeficiencies (2012-2017) JF - Frontiers in Immunology N2 - 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. KW - registry for primary immunodeficiency KW - primary immunodeficiency (PID) KW - German PID-NET registry KW - PID prevalence KW - European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) KW - IgG substitution therapy KW - CVID Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226629 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butt, Elke A1 - Raman, Dayanidhi T1 - New frontiers for the cytoskeletal protein LASP1 JF - Frontiers in Oncology N2 - In the recent two decades, LIM and SH3 protein 1 (LASP1) has been developed from a simple actin-binding structural protein to a tumor biomarker and subsequently to a complex, nuclear transcriptional regulator. Starting with a brief historical perspective, this review will mainly compare and contrast LASP1 and LASP2 from the angle of the newest data and importantly, examine their role in transcriptional regulation. We will summarize the current knowledge through pictorial models and tables including the roles of different microRNAs in the differential regulation of LASP1 levels and patient outcome rather than specify in detail all tumor entities. Finally, the novel functional roles of LASP1 in secretion of vesicles, expression of matrix metalloproteinases and transcriptional regulation as well as the activation of survival and proliferation pathways in different cancer types are described. KW - LASP1 KW - LASP2 KW - transcriptional regulation KW - nuclear role KW - matrix metalloproteinases KW - AP1 Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221975 VL - 8 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Cook, Nigel A1 - Geier, Andreas A1 - Schmid, Andreas A1 - Hirschfeld, Gideon A1 - Kautz, Achim A1 - Schattenberg, Jörn M. A1 - Balp, Maria-Magdalena T1 - The patient perspectives on future therapeutic options in NASH and patient needs JF - Frontiers in Medicine N2 - Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic liver disease with severe complications and without approved therapies. Currently, there is limited data on the overall burden of the disease for patients or on patient needs and preferences. This study investigates patient preferences in relation to potential future therapies for NASH. In addition, the factors that are relevant to patients and their importance in relation to future treatment options are explored. Method: Telephone in-depth interviews (TDIs) preceded an online 30-min quantitative survey. The online survey included (1) multiple choice questions (MCQs) on NASH diagnosis and disease background. (2) An exercise to determine patients' satisfaction levels with information provided at diagnosis, and to explore symptomatology in detail. (3) Exercises to evaluate potential new products and product attributes, including a "drag and drop" ranking exercise, and an adaptive choice-based conjoint exercise (ACBC). (4) The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), which measures patients' health status. (5) Collection of socio-demographic data, and (6) Questions to measure patient satisfaction with the survey. Results: There were 166 patients included in this study from Canada [n = 36], Germany [n = 50], the UK [n = 30], and USA [n = 50]. Fifty seven percent of patients [n = 94] had had a liver biopsy for confirmation of NASH. Patients were often unable to link their symptoms to NASH or other conditions. ACBC results showed that efficacy, defined as "impact on liver status" was the single most important attribute of a potential future NASH therapy. Other attributes considered to have secondary importance included impact on weight, symptom control and the presence of side effects. The EQ-5D utility score was 0.81 and VAS = 67.2. Conclusion: "Impact on liver status" is the primary outcome sought. Patients demonstrate a general lack of understanding of their disease and appeared to be unfamiliar with longer-term consequences of NASH. It is necessary to improve patient understanding of NASH and its progressive nature, and there is a need for improving confirmatory diagnosis and monitoring. KW - patient preference KW - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) KW - non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) KW - adaptive choice-based conjoint KW - liver disease KW - EQ5D-5L KW - patient-based evidence KW - patient-reported outcomes Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-223268 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Doppler, Kathrin A1 - Brockmann, Kathrin A1 - Sedghi, Annahita A1 - Wurster, Isabel A1 - Volkmann, Jens A1 - Oertel, Wolfgang H. A1 - Sommer, Claudia T1 - Dermal phospho-alpha-synuclein deposition in patients with Parkinson's disease and mutation of the glucocerebrosidase gene JF - Frontiers in Neurology N2 - Heterozygous mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA1) represent the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) and are histopathologically associated with a widespread load of alpha-synuclein in the brain. Therefore, PD patients with GBA1 mutations are a cohort of high interest for clinical trials on disease-modifying therapies targeting alpha-synuclein. There is evidence that detection of phospho-alpha-synuclein (p-syn) in dermal nerve fibers might be a biomarker for the histopathological identification of PD patients even at premotor or very early stages of disease. It is so far unknown whether dermal p-syn deposition can also be found in PD patients with GBA1 mutations and may serve as a biomarker for PD in these patients. Skin biopsies of 10 PD patients with different GBA1 mutations (six N3705, three E326K, one L444P) were analyzed by double-immunofluorescence labeling with anti-p-syn and anti-protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5, axonal marker) to detect intraaxonal p-syn deposition. Four biopsy sites (distal, proximal leg, paravertebral Th10, and C7) per patient were studied. P-syn was found in six patients (three N370S, three E326K). P-syn deposition was mainly detected in autonomic nerve fibers, but also in somatosensory fibers and was not restricted to a certain GBA1 mutation. In summary, dermal p-syn in PD patients with GBA1 mutations seems to offer a similar distribution and frequency as observed in patients without a known mutation. Skin biopsy may be suitable to study p-syn deposition in these patients or even to identify premotor patients with GBA1 mutations. KW - Parkinson's disease KW - glucocerebrosidase mutation KW - alpha-synuclein KW - skin biopsy KW - biomarker Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222828 VL - 9 ER - TY - THES A1 - Härterich, Marcel T1 - Synthese und Reaktivität niedervalenter borhaltiger Verbindungen der Oxidationsstufe +1 T1 - Synthesis and reactivity of low-valent boron-containing compounds in the oxidation state +1 N2 - Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Synthese und Reaktivitat niedervalenter borhaltiger Verbindungen der Oxidationsstufe +I, sowie der Darstellung eines neuen zweizähnigen Carbens. Von zentraler Bedeutung waren dabei Verbindungen aus der Substanzklasse der cAACs, die sowohl als stabilisierende Lewis-Basen der Diborene und Borylene zum Einsatz kamen, als auch das Grundgerüst des neuen Carbens bilden. Zunächst stand die Synthese eines neuen Diborens im Fokus, wobei Cyclohexylsubstituenten am Pyrrolidingerust des cAACs verwendet wurden. Die Reaktivitätsstudien wurden anschließend am Diboren mit dem methylsubstituierten cAAC-Derivat durchgeführt. Dabei konnte neben der 1,2-Addition von Wasser die Insertion von Acetylen in die BB-Bindung, sowie die Spaltung durch die Reaktion mit diversen Aziden beobachtet werden. Darüber hinaus gelingt die vollständige Separierung beider Boratome in zwei getrennte Moleküle bei der Umsetzung mit Kohlenstoffdioxid in einer Reaktionssequenz aus [2+2]-Cycloaddition und -reversion. Das dabei erhaltene Hydroborylen wurde im zweiten Teil der Arbeit hinsichtlich seiner Reaktivität untersucht. Gerade die Carbonylfunktionalität erlaubte hierbei den Zugang zu vielfältigen Reaktionsprodukten. Unter anderen kann der Carbonylsubstituent in ein Alkin oder ein Nitril überführt werden. Zudem kann die, aus der Übergangsmetall-Carbonylchemie bekannte, Fischer-Carben Synthese am Borylen reproduziert werden und stellt somit ein metallomimetisches Verhalten der Borylene zur Schau. Der letzte Teil befasst sich mit der Darstellung eines zweizähnigen Carbenliganden, wobei der Nachweis des freien Carbens indirekt mittels Abfangreaktionen gelang. N2 - The present work deals with the synthesis and reactivity of low-valent boron-containing compounds of oxidation state +I, as well as the preparation of a new bidentate carbene. Compounds from the substance class of cAACs were of central importance, since they were used both as stabilizing Lewis bases of the diborenes and borylenes and also represent the generic framework of the newly synthesised. Firstly, this work focused on the synthesis of a new diborene using cyclohexyl substituents on the pyrrolidine residue of the cAAC. Reactivity studies were then performed on the diborene with the methyl-substituted cAAC. In addition to the 1,2-addition of water, the insertion of acetylene into the BB bond as well as the bond cleavage upon treatment with various azides was observed. Moreover, the complete separation of both boron atoms into two separate molecules succeeds upon reaction with carbon dioxide in a reaction sequence of [2+2]-cycloaddition and -reversion. The hydroborylene obtained from the reaction with CO2 was investigated in the second part of the work with respect to its reactivity. The carbonyl functionality in particular allowed access to a wide range of structural motifs. Among others, the carbonyl substituent can be converted into an alkyne or a nitrile. In addition, the Fischer-Carben synthesis, known from transition metal carbonyl chemistry, can be reproduced on the borylene, thus exhibiting a metallomimetic behavior of the borylene. The last part deals with the preparation of a bidentate carbene ligand, where the detection of the free carbene was achieved indirectly by means of trapping reactions. KW - Bor KW - Doppelbindung KW - Borylene KW - Carbene KW - Reaktivität KW - Diboren KW - Borylen KW - Carben KW - Niedervalent Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-317605 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kemmer, Luisa Diana T1 - Darstellung von Inflammation in Atherosklerose mit dem CXCR4-gerichteten PET-Tracer \(^{68}\)Ga-Pentixafor im Vergleich zur \(^{18}\)F-FDG-PET/CT T1 - Imaging inflammation in atherosclerosis with the CXCR4-targeted PET tracer \(^{68}\)Ga-Pentixafor compared to \(^{18}\)F-FDG-PET/CT N2 - Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen zählen zu den häufigsten Todesursachen weltweit. Ein ihr zugrundeliegender pathologischer Prozess ist die Atherosklerose. Die Ruptur eines atheroskelrotischen Plaques kann lebensbedrohlich sein. Derzeit existieren weder ein evaluierter Biomarker noch eine Bildgebungstechnik, die das Risiko einer solchen Plaqueruptur und eines nachfolgenden akuten kardiovaskulären Ereignisses vorhersagen können. Um die bildgebenden Verfahren zur Detektion der Atherosklerose zu optimieren, wurde in dieser Dissertationsarbeit untersucht, ob der PET/CT-Tracer 68Ga-Pentixafor im Vergleich zu 18F-FDG bessere Ergebnisse in der Diagnostik der Atherosklerose erzielen kann. Insgesamt wurden 144 onkologische Patienten in die Studie einbezogen, bei denen die 18F-FDG-PET/CT sowie 68Ga-Pentifaxor-PET/CT aus klinischen Gründen indiziert waren. Befunde, bei denen eine gegenüber dem Hintergrund vermehrte Speicherung ohne physiologische Erklärung nachgewiesen werden konnte, wurden als positiv bewertet. Um Unterschiede zwischen den Patienten außer Acht lassen zu können, wurde die target-to-background-ratio (TBR) berechnet. Zur Beschreibung der Speicherintensität einer Läsion wurde der standardized uptake value (SUV) bestimmt. Nach Auswertung der Daten zeigte sich eine mäßige Korrelation der Anzahl von 68Ga-Pentixafor-positiven Läsionen mit der Anzahl der 18F-FDG positiven Läsionen. Die CXCR4-gerichtete Bildgebung mit 68Ga-Pentixafor identifizierte mehr Läsionen als die 18F-FDG-PET/CT. Bezüglich ihres Verteilungsmusters wiesen die beiden Tracer eine geringe Korrelation auf. Die Aufnahmeintensität beider Tracer korrelierte umgekehrt mit dem Ausmaß der Verkalkung. Stark verkalkte Plaques zeigten die niedrigste Traceraufnahme für beide PET-Tracer. Weitere Studien zur Aufklärung der zugrunde liegenden biologischen Mechanismen und Quellen der CXCR4-Positivität sind in hohem Maße gerechtfertigt. N2 - Cardiovascular diseases are among the most common causes of death worldwide. A pathological process underlying these diseases is atherosclerosis. The rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque can be life-threatening. Currently, there is neither an evaluated biomarker nor an imaging technique that can predict the risk of such a plaque rupture and subsequent acute cardiovascular event. To optimize imaging methods for the detection of atherosclerosis, this dissertation investigated whether the PET/CT tracer 68Ga-Pentixafor can achieve better diagnostic results for atherosclerosis compared to 18F-FDG. A total of 144 oncological patients were included in the study, for whom 18F-FDG-PET/CT and 68Ga-Pentixafor-PET/CT were clinically indicated. Lesions showing increased uptake compared to the background without physiological explanation were rated as positive. To disregard differences between patients, the target-to-background ratio (TBR) was calculated. To describe the uptake intensity of a lesion, the standardized uptake value (SUV) was determined. After evaluating the data, a moderate correlation was observed between the number of 68Ga-Pentixafor-positive lesions and the number of 18F-FDG-positive lesions. CXCR4-targeted imaging with 68Ga-Pentixafor identified more lesions than 18F-FDG-PET/CT. Regarding their distribution patterns, the two tracers showed a low correlation. The uptake intensity of both tracers inversely correlated with the extent of calcification. Highly calcified plaques exhibited the lowest tracer uptake for both PET tracers. Further studies to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms and sources of CXCR4 positivity are highly warranted. KW - Arteriosklerose KW - Positronen-Emissions-Tomografie KW - Chemokinrezpetor KW - CXCR4 KW - \(^{68}\)Ga-Pentixafor KW - \(^{18}\)F-FDG Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-360013 ER - TY - THES A1 - Drobczyk, Martin T1 - Ultra-Wideband Wireless Network for Enhanced Intra-Spacecraft Communication T1 - Drahtloses Ultra-Breitband-Netzwerk für verbesserte Intra-Spacecraft-Kommunikation N2 - Wireless communication networks already comprise an integral part of both the private and industrial sectors and are successfully replacing existing wired networks. They enable the development of novel applications and offer greater flexibility and efficiency. Although some efforts are already underway in the aerospace sector to deploy wireless communication networks on board spacecraft, none of these projects have yet succeeded in replacing the hard-wired state-of-the-art architecture for intra-spacecraft communication. The advantages are evident as the reduction of the wiring harness saves time, mass, and costs, and makes the whole integration process more flexible. It also allows for easier scaling when interconnecting different systems. This dissertation deals with the design and implementation of a wireless network architecture to enhance intra-spacecraft communications by breaking with the state-of-the-art standards that have existed in the space industry for decades. The potential and benefits of this novel wireless network architecture are evaluated, an innovative design using ultra-wideband technology is presented. It is combined with a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer tailored for low-latency and deterministic networks supporting even mission-critical applications. As demonstrated by the Wireless Compose experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), this technology is not limited to communications but also enables novel positioning applications. To adress the technological challenges, extensive studies have been carried out on electromagnetic compatibility, space radiation, and data robustness. The architecture was evaluated from various perspectives and successfully demonstrated in space. Overall, this research highlights how a wireless network can improve and potentially replace existing state-of-the-art communication systems on board spacecraft in future missions. And it will help to adapt and ultimately accelerate the implementation of wireless networks in space systems. N2 - Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetzwerke sind sowohl im privaten als auch im industriellen Bereich bereits ein fester Bestandteil und ersetzen erfolgreich bestehende drahtgebundene Netzwerke. Sie ermöglichen die Entwicklung neuer Anwendungen und bieten mehr Flexibilität und Effizienz. Obwohl in der Raumfahrt bereits einige Anstrengungen unternommen wurden, um drahtlose Kommunikationsnetzwerke an Bord von Raumfahrzeugen einzusetzen, ist es bisher noch keinem dieser Projekte gelungen, die moderne drahtgebundene Architektur für die Kommunikation innerhalb von Raumfahrzeugen zu ersetzen. Die Vorteile liegen auf der Hand: Die Reduzierung des Kabelbaums spart Zeit, Masse und Kosten und macht den gesamten Integrationsprozess flexibler. Außerdem ist eine einfachere Skalierung möglich, wenn verschiedene Systeme miteinander verbunden werden. Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit dem Entwurf und der Implementierung einer drahtlosen Netzwerkarchitektur zur Verbesserung der Kommunikation innerhalb von Raumfahrzeugen, indem mit den seit Jahrzehnten in der Raumfahrtindustrie bestehenden Standards gebrochen wird. Das Potential und die Vorteile dieser neuartigen drahtlosen Netzwerkarchitektur werden bewertet und ein innovatives Design mit Ultrabreitbandtechnologie wird vorgestellt. Es wird mit einer Medium Access Control (MAC) Schicht kombiniert, die für Netzwerke mit niedriger Latenz und Determinismus ausgelegt ist und sogar missionskritische Anwendungen unterstützt. Wie das Wireless Compose-Experiment auf der Internationalen Raumstation ISS gezeigt hat, ist diese Technologie nicht auf Kommunikation beschränkt, sondern ermöglicht auch neuartige Positionierungsanwendung. Um die technologischen Herausforderungen zu meistern, wurden umfangreiche Studien zur elektromagnetischen Verträglichkeit, Weltraumstrahlung und Robustheit der Daten durchgeführt. Die Architektur wurde aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln bewertet und erfolgreich im Weltraum demonstriert. Insgesamt zeigt diese Forschung, wie ein drahtloses Netzwerk die bestehenden hochmodernen Kommunikationssysteme an Bord von Raumfahrzeugen bei zukünftigen Missionen verbessern und möglicherweise ersetzen kann. Darüber hinaus wird sie dazu beitragen, die Implementierung von drahtlosen Netzwerken in Raumfahrtsystemen an die jeweiligen Gegebenheiten anzupassen und damit letztlich die Integration dieser Systeme zu beschleunigen. KW - Raumfahrttechnik KW - ISS KW - Funktechnik KW - Ultraweitband KW - Avionik KW - Intra-Spacecraft Communication KW - Localization KW - Wireless Network KW - In-Orbit demonstration Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-359564 ER - TY - THES A1 - Zillig, Anna-Lena Christina T1 - Einfluss von Sicherheit auf die Schmerzverarbeitung T1 - The influence of safety on pain perception N2 - Im Rahmen des interdisziplinären Promotionsschwerpunkts Resilienzfaktoren der Schmerzverarbeitung des evangelischen Studienwerks in Zusammenarbeit mit der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg und der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg untersuche ich in diesem Promotionsprojekt den Einfluss von Sicherheit auf die Schmerzverarbeitung. Es ist bekannt, dass die Schmerzverarbeitung durch Emotionen moduliert werden kann. Man geht davon aus, dass negative Emotionen den Schmerz in der Regel verstärken, während positive Emotionen zu einer Schmerzreduktion führen. Frühere Studien fanden heraus, dass die Erwartung eines aversiven Ereignisses zu Bedrohung und stärkeren Schmerzen führt. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob das Gegenteil von Bedrohung, nämlich Sicherheit, zu einer Verringerung der Schmerzen führen kann. Um diese Hypothese zu untersuchen, habe ich drei Experimente an gesunden ProbandInnen durchgeführt. N2 - I am investigating the influence of safety on pain processing in the present dissertation project as part of the interdisciplinary doctoral program on resilience factors of pain processing of the Evangelisches Studienwerk in cooperation with the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg and the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg. It is known that pain processing is susceptible to an individual’s emotional state, such that negative emotions mostly increase pain while positive emotions lead to a pain decrease. Previous studies found that the anticipation of an aversive event induces threat and elevated pain. The question arises whether the exact opposite, namely safety, can lead to a reduction in pain. To investigate this hypothesis, I conducted three experiments in healthy volunteers. KW - Sicherheit KW - Schmerzverarbeitung Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-359282 ER - TY - THES A1 - Gronemeyer, Karen T1 - Kardiovaskuläre und renale Komorbiditäten in Zusammenhang mit chronischem Hypoparathyreoidismus T1 - Cardiovascular and Renal Comorbidities in Chronic Hypoparathyroidism N2 - Der cHPT ist eine seltene Erkrankung, die durch zu niedriges Kalzium im Serum aufgrund einer zu geringen PTH-Sekretion über 6 Monate charakterisiert ist. Auch bei Patienten mit einem gut kontrollierten cHPT treten Komorbiditäten und Langzeitkomplikationen auf, die jedoch bisher kaum in prospektiven Studien untersucht wurden. Ziel dieser Arbeit war es daher, im Rahmen einer systematischen und prospektiv erfassten Studie das Auftreten kardiovaskulärer und renaler Komorbiditäten bei Patienten mit cHPT zu untersuchen und mögliche Prädiktoren für diese zu ermitteln. Außerdem erfolgte ein Vergleich mit gematchten Kontrollgruppen der deutschen Normalbevölkerung mithilfe der SHIP-TREND Studie. Patienten mit cHPT zeigten eine signifikant höhere QTc-Zeit, eine höhere Prävalenz für QTc-Zeit-Verlängerung und signifikant höhere systolische und diastolische Blutdruckwerte trotz tendenziell, jedoch nicht signifikant, häufigerer Einnahme antihypertensiver Medikamente. In der Echokardiographie lagen eine geringere linksventrikuläre Masse, eine geringere Prävalenz für linksventrikuläre Hypertrophie und signifikant häufiger Klappenstenosen vor. Eine renale Insuffizienz lag mit 21% der Patienten mit cHPT signifikant häufiger als bei gesunden Kontrollpersonen vor. Die Prävalenz renaler Kalzifikationen betrug 9,6%. Mögliche Risikofaktoren für das Auftreten kardiovaskulärer und renaler Komorbiditäten bei cHPT sind weiterhin unklar. In dieser Studie zeigte sich eine mögliche Assoziation zwischen den Elektrolytstörungen wie Hyperphosphatämie und Hypomagnesiämie, der Hyperkalziurie und dem PTH-Mangel mit valvulären, vaskulären und renalen Kalzifikationen sowie den Blutdruckwerten und der Nierenfunktion. Demnach erscheint eine Überwachung der Serumelektrolyte sowie der Kalziumausscheidung im Urin notwendig und essenziell. Auch die Bedeutung der PTH-Ersatztherapie ist weiterhin im Hinblick auf die Prävention kardiovaskulärer und renaler Erkrankungen unklar. N2 - cHPT is a rare disease characterized by low serum calcium due to insufficient PTH secretion over 6 months. Comorbidities and long-term complications also occur in patients with well-controlled cHPT but have rarely been investigated in prospective studies. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the occurrence of cardiovascular and renal comorbidities in patients with cHPT as part of a systematic and prospective study and to identify possible predictors for these. In addition, a comparison was made with matched control groups from the normal German population using the SHIP-TREND study. Patients with cHPT showed a significantly higher QTc time, a higher prevalence of QTc time prolongation and significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure values despite a tendency, although not significant, to take antihypertensive medication more frequently. Echocardiography showed a lower left ventricular mass, a lower prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy and significantly more frequent valve stenosis. Renal insufficiency was significantly more common in 21% of patients with cHPT than in healthy controls. The prevalence of renal calcifications was 9.6%. Possible risk factors for the occurrence of cardiovascular and renal comorbidities in cHPT remain unclear. This study showed a possible association between electrolyte disturbances such as hyperphosphatemia and hypomagnesemia, hypercalciuria and PTH deficiency with valvular, vascular and renal calcifications as well as blood pressure values and renal function. Accordingly, monitoring of serum electrolytes and urinary calcium excretion appears necessary and essential. The significance of PTH replacement therapy also remains unclear regarding the prevention of cardiovascular and renal diseases. KW - Hypoparathyreoidismus KW - Niereninsuffizienz KW - Verkalkung KW - Kardiovaskuläre Krankheit KW - Kardiovaskuläre Komorbiditäten KW - SHIP-TREND KW - renale Kalzifikationen Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-360693 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hettwer, Anette T1 - Entwicklung und Charakterisierung einer löslichen und funktionalen BMP-2-Variante T1 - Development and characterization of a soluble BMP-2-variant N2 - Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) sind potente Differenzierungs- und Wachstumsfaktoren, die strukturell der Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) - Superfamilie zugeordnet werden. Sie spielen eine Schlüsselrolle in einer Vielzahl an zellulären Prozessen ab den frühen Stadien der Embryogenese. Dadurch sind BMPs nicht nur für die korrekte Festlegung der embryonalen Körperachse verantwortlich, sondern regulieren als multifunktionale Mediatoren neben der Morphogenese auch Proliferation, Differenzierung und Apoptose unterschiedlicher Zelltypen. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins sind somit für die Aufrechthaltung der Homöostase im adulten Körper mitverantwortlich. Ihre Funktionalität vermitteln die BMPs über eine Signalkaskade, indem sie als dimeres Protein spezifische transmembrane Serin/Threonin-Kinaserezeptoren von Typ I und Typ II in einem heteromeren Komplex assemblieren. Die intrazelluläre Signalweiterleitung verläuft über verschiedene Signalkaskaden (Smad-Proteine oder MAPKs), wodurch final im Zellkern Änderungen auf der Ebene der Gentranskription ausgelöst werden. Laut der namensgebenden Eigenschaft fungieren einige Wachstumsfaktoren als aktive Induktoren der Knochenbiosynthese. Ihre Anwesenheit ist essentiell für die vielen zellulären Prozesse, die während einer Frakturheilung auftreten, wobei eine Knochenneubildung ebenso stark abhängig ist vom Zusammenspiel verschiedener Stimulatoren und Inhibitoren, die die BMPs in ihrer Aktivität regulieren. Bedingt durch ihr großes Potential fanden die erstmals durch Marshal Urist 1965 aus Knochenmaterial isolierten BMP-Proteine ihren Einsatz in der regenerativen Medizin. Kommerziell erhältlich und bereits seit vielen Jahren in der klinischen Anwendung befindet sich derzeit das rhBMP-2 und rhBMP-7. Diese beiden Wachstumsfaktoren werden u.a. verwendet, um die Heilungsprozesse von langwierigen Schienbeinfrakturen zu verbessern, aber auch bei degenerativen Wirbelsäulenerkrankungen und in der Kieferchirurgie. Jedoch führt die schlechte Löslichkeit des BMPs aufgrund der ausgeprägten Aggregationstendenz zu gravierenden Problemen, nicht nur während der biotechnologischen Herstellung, sondern auch bei der klinischen Anwendung. Der Schwerpunkt des Optimierungsbedarfs der BMP-2 Herstellung im Rahmen dieser Doktorarbeit lag daher auf der Etablierung eines prokaryotischen Expressionssystems für die lösliche Produktion von BMP-2. Dafür wurde zunächst der Fokus auf die ungünstigen Löslichkeitseigenschaften des Wachstumsfaktors gelegt. Um die hohe Aggregationsneigung des BMP-2 während der Produktion in Escherichia coli zu minimieren, wurden anhand einer Algorithmus-basierten Analyse BMP-2-Varianten entworfen, in denen Aminosäuren mit stark hydrophoben Eigenschaften gegen solche mit hydrophilem Charakter ausgetauscht wurden. Hierdurch konnten die zur Aggregation neigenden Bereiche des BMP-2 weitestgehend eliminiert werden. Es wurden für die bezüglich ihrer Löslichkeit optimierten Proteinvarianten unterschiedliche Expressionsstrategien etabliert, wodurch dimere BMP-2-Muteine in angepassten chromatographischen Profilen mit einem Aufreinigungsschritt und ohne jegliche Renaturierungsmaßnahmen gewonnen wurden. Allerdings verbleiben hierbei Restmengen an bakteriellen Kontaminationen, die vorwiegend aus endogenen ribosomalen E. coli-Proteinen stammen und nicht vollständig entfernt werden konnten. Während der umfassenden in vitro Charakterisierung der BMP-2-Varianten konnte durch massenspektroskopische Analysen die Gesamtmasse beider Zielproteine bestätigt werden, wobei sequenzspezifische Fragmente eine eindeutige Identifikation der eingebrachten Mutationen ermöglichten. CD-spektroskopische Analysen erweitert um Auswertealgorithmen konnten die wesentlichen Wt-BMP-2-typischen Sekundärstrukturelemente identifizieren. Die neu generierten BMP-2-Varianten zeigen in der dynamischen Lichtstreuungsanalyse stark verminderte Aggregationstendenz im Vergleich zum Wildtyp-BMP-2. Dessen Aggregationsverhalten wurde durch die kombinierte Analytik seiner mikrofluidischen Diffusion und der dynamischen Lichtstreuung zum ersten Mal über den Konzentrationsbereich von 0.5 µM bis 100 mM genau charakterisiert. Erste zellbiologische Versuche verliefen ohne Erfolg, wodurch die biologische Aktivität der BMP-Varianten nicht abschließend geklärt werden konnte. Die simple Methode zur Expression und Aufreinigung der hydrophilisierte BMP-2-Muteine aus dieser Dissertation kann leicht in einen größeren Produktionsmaßstab überführt werden. BMP 2 kann dadurch schneller und kostengünstiger hergestellt werden. Final bleibt es jedoch erforderlich, die biologische Aktivität der neuen löslichen BMP-2-Varianten vollständig zu charakterisieren, um deren ganzes Funktionsspektrum zu entdecken. Der Fokus weiterer Forschung sollte zudem auf die verbleibende Oligomerisierungstendenz und die bestehende Kontamination mit Fremdproteinen gelegt werden, da diese beiden Faktoren letztendlich die Ausbeute an dimeren BMP-2 Varianten aus diesem System derzeit minimieren. N2 - Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are potent differentiation and growth factors that are structurally assigned to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)-superfamily. They play key roles in a variety of cellular processes from the early stages of embryogenesis. Thereby, BMPs are not only responsible for the correct definition of the embryonic body axis, but also regulate proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of different cell types as multifunctional mediators in addition to morphogenesis. Bone morphogenetic proteins are therefore jointly responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the adult body. The BMPs mediate their functionality via a signaling cascade by assembling specific transmembrane serine/threonine kinase receptors of type I and type II as a dimeric protein in a heteromeric complex. Intracellular signaling occurs via various signaling cascades (Smad proteins or MAPKs), which ultimately trigger changes in the cell nucleus at the level of gene transcription. According to the eponymous property, some growth factors act as active inducers of bone biosynthesis. Their presence is essential for many cellular processes that occur during fracture healing, while new bone formation is also heavily dependent on the interaction of various stimulators and inhibitors that regulate the activity of BMP’s. Due to their great potential, BMP proteins, which were first isolated from bone material by Marshal Urist in 1965, were used in regenerative medicine. The rhBMP-2 and rhBMP-7 are currently commercially available and have been in clinical use for many years. Among others, these two growth factors are used to improve the healing processes of lengthy tibia fractures, but also in degenerative spinal diseases and in jaw surgery. Due to the pronounced tendency to aggregate, the decreased solubility of BMP’s leads to serious problems, not only during biotechnological production but also in clinical use. The main focus of the need for optimization of BMP-2 production in the context of this doctoral thesis was the establishment of a prokaryotic expression system for the soluble production of BMP-2. For this purpose, the focus was initially placed on unfavorable solubility properties of the growth factor. In order to minimize the high aggregation tendency of BMP-2 during production in E. coli, BMP-2 variants were designed using an algorithm-based analysis, in which amino acids with strongly hydrophobic properties were exchanged for those with hydrophilic properties. Thereby, the areas of BMP-2 that tend to aggregate could mostly be eliminated. Different expression strategies were established for the protein variants optimized with regard to their solubility, whereby dimeric BMP-2 muteins were obtained in adapted chromatographic profiles with one purification step and without any renaturation measures. However, residual amounts of bacterial contamination remain, which originate mainly from endogenous ribosomal E. coli proteins and could not be completely removed. During the comprehensive in vitro characterization of the BMP-2 variants, the total mass of both target proteins could be confirmed by mass spectroscopic analysis, where sequence-specific fragments enabled unambiguous identification of the introduced mutations. CD spectroscopic analyzes extended by evaluation algorithms were able to identify the basic wt-BMP-2 typical secondary structure elements. In dynamic light scattering analysis, the newly generated BMP-2 variants show a greatly reduced aggregation tendency compared to wildtype-BMP-2. Its aggregation behavior was characterized for the first time over the concentration range from 0.5 µM to 100 mM by the combined analysis of its microfluidic diffusion sizing and dynamic light scattering. Initial cell biological experiments were not successful, whereby the biological activity of the BMP variants could not be conclusively clarified. The simple method for expression and purification of the hydrophilized BMP-2 muteins from this dissertation can easily be scaled up. However, it remains necessary to fully characterize the biological activity of the new soluble BMP-2 variants in order to discover their full range of functions. Further research should also focus on the remaining oligomerization tendency and the existing contamination with foreign proteins, as these two factors ultimately minimize the yield of dimeric BMP-2 variants from this system at present. KW - Knochen-Morphogenese-Proteine KW - BMP-2 Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-326800 ER - TY - THES A1 - Englmeier, Jana T1 - Consequences of climate change and land-use intensification for decomposer communities and decomposition processes T1 - Folgen von Klimawandel und intensiver Landnutzung für Zersetzergemeinschaften und Abbauprozesse N2 - The increase in intensively used areas and climate change are direct and indirect consequences of anthropogenic actions, caused by a growing population and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. The number of research studies, investigating the effects of land use and climate change on ecosystems, including flora, fauna, and ecosystem services, is steadily growing. This thesis contributes to this research area by investigating land-use and climate effects on decomposer communities (arthropods and microbes) and the ecosystem service ‘decomposition of dead material’. Chapter II deals with consequences of intensified land use and climate change for the ecosystem service ‘decomposition of dead organic material’ (necromass). Considering the severe decline in insects, we experimentally excluded insects from half of the study objects. The decomposition of both dung and carrion was robust to land-use changes. Dung decomposition, moreover, was unaffected by temperature and the presence/ absence of insects. Along the altitudinal gradient, however, highest dung decomposition was observed at medium elevation between 600 and 700 m above sea level (although insignificant). As a consequence, we assume that at this elevation there is an ideal precipitation:temperature ratio for decomposing organisms, such as earthworms or collembolans. Carrion decomposition was accelerated by increasing elevation and by the presence of insects, indicating that increasing variability in climate and an ongoing decline in insects could modify decomposition processes and consequently natural nutrient cycles. Moreover, we show that different types of dead organic material respond differently to environmental factors and should be treated separately in future studies. In Chapter III, we investigated land-use and climate effects on dung-visiting beetles and their resource specialization. Here, all beetles that are preferentially found on dung, carrion or other rotten material were included. Both α- and γ-diversity were strongly reduced in agricultural and urban areas. High precipitation reduced dung-visiting beetle abundance, whereas γ-diversity was lowest in the warmest regions. Resource specialization decreased with increasing temperatures. The results give evidence that land use as well as climate can alter dung-visiting beetle diversity and resource specialization and may hence influence the natural balance of beetle communities and their contribution to the ecosystem service ‘decomposition of dead material’. The following chapter, Chapter IV, contributes to the findings in Chapter II. Here, carrion decomposition is not only explained by land-use intensity and climate but also by diversity and community composition of two taxonomic groups found on carrion, beetles and bacteria. The results revealed a strong correlation between bacteria diversity and community composition with temperature. Carrion decomposition was to a great extent directed by bacterial community composition and precipitation. The role of beetles was neglectable in carrion decomposition. With this study, I show that microbes, despite their microscopic size, direct carrion decomposition and may not be neglected in future decomposition studies. In Chapter V a third necromass type is investigated, namely deadwood. The aim was to assess climate and land-use effects on deadwood-inhabiting fungi and bacteria. Main driver for microbial richness (measured as number of OTUs) was climate, including temperature and precipitation. Warmer climates promoted the diversity of bacteria, whereas fungi richness was unaffected by temperature. In turn, fungi richness was lower in urban landscapes compared to near-natural landscapes and bacteria richness was higher on meadows than on forest sites. Fungi were extremely specialized on their host tree, independent of land use and climate. Bacteria specialization, however, was strongly directed by land use and climate. These results underpin previous studies showing that fungi are highly specialized in contrast to bacteria and add new insights into the robustness of fungi specialization to climate and land use. I summarize that climate as well as intensive land use influence biodiversity. Temperature and precipitation, however, had positive and negative effects on decomposer diversity, while anthropogenic land use had mostly negative effects on the diversity of decomposers. N2 - Die Zunahme intensiv genutzter Landschaften und der Klimawandel sind direkte und indirekte Folgen menschlichen Handelns, verursacht durch eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung und zunehmende Mengen an Treibhausgasen. Die Zahl der wissenschaftlichen Studien, die sich mit den Veränderungen der Umwelt und den Konsequenzen für Ökosysteme, einschließlich Flora, Fauna und Ökosystemleistungen auseinandersetzen, steigt stetig. Mit dieser Thesis möchte ich meinen Beitrag zu diesem wichtigen und aktuellen Forschungsgebiet leisten. Dazu untersuche ich die Auswirkungen von Landnutzung und Klima auf die Ökosystemleistung „Zersetzung toten organischen Materials“ (Nekromasse) und die Auswirkungen auf die daran beteiligten Arthropoden- und Mikrobengemeinschaften. Kapitel II dieser Thesis setzt sich mit den Konsequenzen von intensiver Landnutzung und Klimawandel für die Ökosystemleistung „Zersetzung toten Materials“ auseinander. Unter Anbetracht des globalen Insektenrückgangs, wurde dieser Aspekt anhand eines Insektenausschluss-Experimentes zusätzlich simuliert. Es stellt sich heraus, dass sowohl der Abbau von Dung als auch von Aas sehr robust gegenüber landschaftlicher Nutzung war. Zudem blieb der Abbau von Dung unberührt von Temperaturänderungen und dem Ausschluss von Insekten. Entlang eines Höhengradienten wurde hingegen ein Trend zu einem unimodalen Muster mit maximaler Zersetzung bei ca. 600-700 m ü.M. beobachtet. Dieser Trend lässt vermuten, dass in dieser Höhe das Verhältnis von Niederschlag und Temperatur ideal für Dung zersetzende Gemeinschaften ist. Aas hingegen wurde in zunehmender Höhe und unter der Beteiligung von Insekten schneller zersetzt, was verdeutlich, dass Klimaänderungen und ein ansteigender Insektenrückgang starke Auswirkungen auf die Zersetzung von Aas und somit auf Nährstoffkreisläufe haben können. Hierbei wurde zudem ersichtlich, dass verschiedene Typen von Nekromasse unterschiedlich auf Umweltparameter reagieren und daher in künftigen Studien und Auswertungen separat betrachtet werden sollten. Kapitel III behandelt die Auswirkungen von Landnutzung und Klima auf die Biodiversität und Spezialisierung von Käfergemeinschaften an Dung. Hierbei wurden sämtliche Käfer berücksichtigt, welche vor allem an Dung, Aas oder sonstigem faulenden Material gefunden werden können. Sowohl α- als auch γ-Diversität von diesen Käfern wurde durch Agrarlandschaften und urbane Gebiete stark reduziert. Hohe Niederschlagsmengen wirkten sich negativ auf die Abundanz von Dungkäfern aus, wohingegen die γ-Diversität in warmen Regionen am niedrigsten war. Der Grad der Spezialisierung von Käfergemeinschaften auf verschiedene Dungressourcen nahm mit abnehmenden Temperaturen zu. Aus den Ergebnissen geht hervor, dass sowohl intensive Landnutzung als auch Klimaveränderungen Auswirkungen auf die Diversität und den Spezialisierungsgrad von Käfergemeinschaften an Dung haben können und somit das ökologische Gleichgewicht der Dungkäfergemeinschaften und ihren Ökosystemfunktionen beeinflussen können. Das darauffolgende Kapitel IV stellt eine Ergänzung zu Kapitel II dar. Hier wird die Zersetzung von Aas nicht nur anhand von Landnutzung und Klima erklärt, sondern auch anhand der α-Diversität und der Artenzusammensetzung von Käfern und Bakterien an Aas diskutiert. Es zeigte sich, dass Abundanz und Artenzusammensetzung der Bakteriengemeinschaft an Aas vor allem von der Temperatur abhingen. Außerdem wurde die Zersetzungsgeschwindigkeit maßgeblich von der Bakteriengemeinschaft und der Niederschlagsmenge bestimmt. Mit dieser Studie konnte ich zeigen, dass Bakterien trotz ihrer mikroskopischen Größe maßgeblich an der Zersetzung von Aas beteiligt sind und diese in Zersetzungsversuchen nicht vernachlässigt werden sollten. Das letzte Kapitel, Kapitel V, befasst sich mit den Konsequenzen von intensiver Landnutzung und Klimawandel auf mikrobielle Gemeinschaften in Totholz. Untersucht wurden hier sowohl Bakterien- als auch Pilzgemeinschaften. Haupttreiber der Artenvielfalt für beide Gruppen (gemessen als Anzahl an OTUs) war das Klima (Niederschlag und Temperatur). Ein wärmeres Klima kam der Vielfalt von Bakterien zugute, wohingegen die Pilzvielfalt nicht tangiert wurde. Außerdem reagierten Pilze negativ auf urbane Landnutzung, Bakterienvielfalt in Totholz war auf Wiesen jedoch höher als im Wald. Vor allem Pilze zeigten eine sehr starke Bindung zu ihrem Wirtsbaum, welche auch von äußeren Einflüssen wie Landnutzung und Klima nicht beeinflusst werden konnte. Die Spezialisierung von Bakterien hingegen wurde stark von Landnutzung und Klima beeinflusst. Diese Ergebnisse untermauern frühere Studien, die besagen, dass Pilze hoch spezialisiert sind und geben neue Erkenntnisse zur Robustheit der Spezialisierung gegenüber Landnutzungsintensität und Klima. Zusammenfassend kann ich sagen, dass sowohl Klima als auch Landnutzung Auswirkungen auf die Biodiversität haben. Während Temperatur und Niederschlag jedoch positive so wie negative Effekte hatten, wirkte sich anthropogene Landnutzung überwiegend negativ auf die Diversität von Zersetzergemeinschaften aus. KW - Mikroorganismus KW - decomposition KW - Klimaänderung KW - Zersetzungsprozess KW - microbes KW - dead organic material KW - Mikroben Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-313994 ER - TY - THES A1 - Schwenkert, Marc T1 - Zwei Burschenschafter als Bürgermeister im Dritten Reich. Theo Memmel in Würzburg und Paul May in Halle im Vergleich. T1 - Two Burschenschafter as mayors in the Third Reich. Theo Memmel in Würzburg and Paul May in Halle in comparison. N2 - In der Dissertation „Zwei Burschenschafter als Bürgermeister im Dritten Reich. Theo Memmel in Würzburg und Paul May in Halle im Vergleich.“ steht die Untersuchung der Lebenswege der beiden Wahlbeamten Dr. Paul May und Theodor Memmel anhand ihrer Biographien im Fokus. May glitt dank seiner sich stetig erweiternden Fachkenntnisse sowie seiner Anpassungsfähigkeit durchweg in Leistungspositionen problemlos durch vier politische Systeme - vom Kaiserreich bis zur DDR. Seiner bürgerlichen politischen Ausrichtung blieb er hierbei stets treu. Memmel hingegen machte bedingt durch seine an-dere und gravierendere Weltkriegserfahrung einen Prozess vom politisch des-interessierten Front- und Freikorpskämpfer über die Bayerische Volkspartei hin zum überzeugten Nationalsozialisten. Nach dem Untergang des Dritten Reichs stand er vor dem Nichts, sowohl in beruflicher als auch in politischer Hinsicht. In seiner Studentenverbindung fand er jedoch einen Raum, in dem er sich engagieren und Anerkennung finden konnte. Da May und Memmel durch ihre gemeinsame studentische Korporation gleich sozialisiert wurden und sie sich auf unterschiedliche Weise wie ein ro-ter Faden durch ihr Leben zog, erfuhr diese ebenfalls eine Untersuchung. Hierbei ergab sich, dass die Wandlung von der toleranten Progressverbindung Adelphia zur pflichtschlagenden Burschenschaft in der Deutschen Burschen-schaft im Jahr 1933 keinen plötzlichen Bruch darstellte, sondern vielmehr die Folge einer langjährigen Entwicklung war, wobei der Erste Weltkrieg als be-sonders einschneidender Faktor zu bewerten ist. Am letztendlichen Art- und Dachverbandswechsel hatte auch Memmel einen entscheidenden Anteil. Dass nach der Umwandlung der waffenstudentischen Verbindungen in NS-Kameradschaften diese (auch Adelphia) während des Zweiten Weltkriegs teil-weise in Würzburg im Verborgenen wiedererstehen konnten, hing auch mit der Patronage durch Memmel und sein imposantes Netzwerk zusammen. Den dritten Untersuchungskomplex dieser Arbeit bildet die kommunale Entwicklung von Groß- und Gauhauptstädten im Dritten Reich, da sowohl Würzburg als auch Halle eine solche verkörperten. Ein Vergleich mit anderen Städten unter denselben Voraussetzungen lässt darauf schließen: Wer 1933/34 Oberbürgermeister einer Groß- und Gauhauptstadt wurde, verdank-te dies nicht seiner Qualifikation. Die Nationalsozialisten, die dieses Amt er-hielten, bemühten sich noch nicht einmal darum, es zu bekommen. Vielmehr stellten sie einen Kompromiss aus den jeweiligen lokalen Macht- und Interes-senskonstellationen dar. Eine Ausnahme hiervon bilden nur die wenigen Städte, in denen bereits vor 1933 ein NSDAP-Angehöriger als Stadtoberhaupt kandidiert hatte. Der Status der Gauhauptstadt führte für die jeweiligen Oberbürgermeister zu einem ganz besonderen Unterstellungsverhältnis, das sich als zweiseitiges Schwert entpuppte: Einerseits erhielt ihre Kommune spezielle Förderung, andererseits standen sie unter einem hohem Erwar-tungsdruck, der sich vielerorts in einem schlechten Verhältnis von Oberbür-germeister und Gauleiter manifestierte. Das Oberbürgermeisteramt im Drit-ten Reich stellte aus beruflicher Sicht einen doppelten Bruch mit der Zeit vor 1933 dar: Zum einen konnte man ohne die bis dahin üblichen Qualifikationen zum Wahlbeamten einer Großstadt aufsteigen, andererseits bedeutete dies auch gleichzeitig das Karriereende. N2 - The dissertation focuses on the way of life of the two election officials Dr. Paul May and Theodor Memmel by comparing their biographies. Paul May slid through four different political systems from the Kaiserreich till the GDR, thanks to his always growing knowledge and adaptability, whilst always maintaining leading positions. Nevertheless, he always kept his conservative political be-lieves. Memmel on the other hand had a different and more severe experience at the front of World War I. This and the aftermath of the defeat caused him to change in a decade long process from a political disinterested Freikorps partici-pant over the Bayerische Volkspartei to National Socialism. He had nothing left after the downfall of the Third Reich. It was only in his old student fraternity where he could find acceptance and recognition. Since May and Memmel were equally socialised in their fraternity, which ran like a continuous thread through their lives, it is also examined. It became obvious that the change from the tolerant and progressive Adelphia to a fencing Bur-schenschaft within the German Burschenschaft in 1933 was no sudden rupture but a decades long process, mainly caused by World War I. Memmel had a key role in this severe final shift. It was also him, who protected not only his fraterni-ty but also the other fencing student corporations after the forced change to Ka-meradschaften. He built up an impressive local network which enabled them to go on unharmed with their traditional fraternity life despite all regulations. The third big theme in the dissertation is the municipal development of big cities which were at the same time Gauhauptstadt. Würzburg and Halle both had this special status during the Third Reich. A comparison with other similar cities showed: Whoever became 1933/34 mayor of a Gauhauptstadt owed this not his qualifications nor his ambitions. The National Socialists who got this office, were a mere compromise candidate conditioned by the local structure of power and interests. An exception were only those very few, who already had run for an of-fice before 1933. The status of a Gauhauptstadt was a double-edged sword for the mayors and it led to a very special subordination. Their city got a lot of sup-port on the one hand, but on the other hand the Gauleiter had a lot of expecta-tions. Therefore, the relations between them and their Gauhauptstadt mayors were mostly poor. The mayors also lost a lot of decision-making power to their Gauleiter. The mayor’s office was therefore a rupture compared to former times in two ways. First, they were able to get this position without the proper qualifica-tions and second this promotion was also the final step of their career. KW - Geschichte KW - Heimatkunde KW - NS-Kommunalpolitik KW - Studentenverbindung KW - Biografie KW - Würzburg KW - Halle (Saale) KW - Personen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-360966 ER - TY - THES A1 - Daum, Stefanie T1 - Nahrhafte Momente schaffen - Sinnbildgestützte Interviews (SigI) im Fallverstehen bei Lernbeeinträchtigungen unter Berücksichtigung entwicklungspädagogischer Aspekte im Können, Wissen und Wollen T1 - Creating nourishing moments - symbol-based interviews (SigI) in case understanding in the case of learning disabilities, taking into account developmental pedagogical aspects of ability, knowledge and willingness N2 - In den letzten Jahren stieg die Anzahl an förderbedürftigen Schülern sowie an Schülern mit einer Migrations- bzw. Fluchtgeschichte an der Berufsschule. Damit entsteht eine neue Schülerklientel, die von einer hohen Schülerheterogenität und Lernstanddifferenz geprägt ist. Vermehrt sind auch eine sprachliche Armut sowie Lernbeeinträchtigungen zu beobachten. Die Arbeit mit Sinnbildern im diagnostischen Prozess bei Lernbeeinträchtigungen ist ein kleiner Baustein auf dem Weg dorthin, dass Lernen und damit auch ein Sich-Weiterentwickeln gelingen kann. Dabei präsentiert sich das lösungs- sowie entwicklungsorientierte Verfahren als eine in Beziehung zueinander stehenden Einheit aus Lernbeeinträchtigung, potenzielle Lösung und nahrhaften Boden. Lernbeeinträchtigung: Der Trias liegt die Annahme zugrunde, dass der Lernprozess des Schülers gestoppt ist. Wenngleich der Schüler spürt, dass da etwas ist, das ihm beim Lernen im Weg steht, so ist er jedoch nicht in der Lage das Gespürte zu verbalisieren. Nahrhafter Boden: Mit Hilfe eines von Sinnbildern gestützten Interviews soll es gelingen, die vagen Vermutungen der Schüler hinsichtlich ihrer Lernbeeinträchtigung zu versprachlichen. Dabei spielt die von den Bildern ausgehende Resonanz eine entscheidende Rolle. Durch sie können dem Schüler eigene implizite Denk- und Handlungsmuster gedanklich zugänglich gemacht und versprachlicht werden. Potenzielle Lösung: Die im Rahmen des Sinnbildgestützten Interviews in Erfahrung gebrachten Informationen ermöglichen im besten Fall eine Sicht darauf, was dem Schüler in seinem gestoppten Lernprozess im Weg steht. Dabei geht es nicht darum eine kausale Ursache zu finden, sondern eine prozessorientierte sowie lösungsorientierte Sichtweise einzunehmen. Die Versprachlichung der vagen Vermutungen ermöglicht ein Arbeiten mit dem Wissen in der realen Welt. Im Falle von Gelingen, kann der Interviewführende die durch das Sinnbildgestützte Interview in Erfahrung gebrachten Lernbeeinträchtigungen innerhalb der drei Lerndimensionen im Können, Wissen und Wollen (Ellinger/Hechler 2021) verorten, um eine individuelle -auf die Lernbeeinträchtigung zugeschnittene- Lernhilfe zu generieren. N2 - In recent years, the number of students with special educational needs and students with a history of migration or flight has increased at vocational schools. This has created a new clientele of pupils that is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity and learning differences. Increasingly, linguistic poverty and learning disabilities can also be observed. Working with symbols in the diagnostic process for learning disabilities is a small building block on the way to ensuring that learning and thus also further development can succeed. The solution- and development-oriented process presents itself as an interrelated unit of learning impairment, potential solution and nourishing ground. Learning impairment: The triad is based on the assumption that the student's learning process is halted. Although the student senses that something is getting in the way of their learning, they are unable to verbalize what they sense. Nourishing ground: With the help of an interview supported by symbols, it should be possible to verbalize the pupil's vague assumptions about their learning impairment. The resonance emanating from the images plays a decisive role here. Through them, the pupil's own implicit patterns of thought and action can be made mentally accessible and verbalized. Potential solution: In the best-case scenario, the information obtained during the symbol-based interview provides a view of what is standing in the way of the student's learning process. The aim is not to find a causal cause, but to adopt a process-oriented and solution-oriented perspective. The verbalization of the vague assumptions makes it possible to work with the knowledge in the real world. In the case of success, the interviewer can locate the learning impairments brought to light by the symbol-based interview within the three learning dimensions of ability, knowledge and willingness (Ellinger/Hechler 2021) in order to generate individual learning support tailored to the learning impairment. KW - Sinnbildgestütztes Interview KW - Symbol KW - Lernbehinderung KW - Resonanz KW - Sinnbild KW - Lernbeeinträchtigung Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-360351 N1 - für die Online-Ausgabe (pdf) wurde ein Foto auf der Titelseite entfernt; das Foto ist nur in der gedruckten Ausgabe vorhanden. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vural, Atay A1 - Doppler, Kathrin A1 - Meinl, Edgar T1 - Autoantibodies Against the Node of Ranvier in Seropositive Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: Diagnostic, Pathogenic, and Therapeutic Relevance JF - Frontiers in Immunology N2 - Discovery of disease-associated autoantibodies has transformed the clinical management of a variety of neurological disorders. Detection of autoantibodies aids diagnosis and allows patient stratification resulting in treatment optimization. In the last years, a set of autoantibodies against proteins located at the node of Ranvier has been identified in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). These antibodies target neurofascin, contactin1, or contactin-associated protein 1, and we propose to name CIDP patients with these antibodies collectively as seropositive. They have unique clinical characteristics that differ from seronegative CIDP. Moreover, there is compelling evidence that autoantibodies are relevant for the pathogenesis. In this article, we review the current knowledge on the characteristics of autoantibodies against the node of Ranvier proteins and their clinical relevance in CIDP. We start with a description of the structure of the node of Ranvier followed by a summary of assays used to identify seropositive patients; and then, we describe clinical features and characteristics linked to seropositivity. We review knowledge on the role of these autoantibodies for the pathogenesis with relevance for the emerging concept of nodopathy/paranodopathy and summarize the treatment implications. KW - autoantibody KW - seropositive KW - chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy KW - node of Ranvier KW - paranode KW - neurofascin KW - contactin KW - contactin-associated protein 1 Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-233279 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Too, Chin Chin A1 - Keller, Alexander A1 - Sickel, Wiebke A1 - Lee, Sui Mae A1 - Yule, Catherine M. T1 - Microbial Community Structure in a Malaysian Tropical Peat Swamp Forest: The Influence of Tree Species and Depth JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Tropical peat swamp forests sequester globally significant stores of carbon in deep layers of waterlogged, anoxic, acidic and nutrient-depleted peat. The roles of microbes in supporting these forests through the formation of peat, carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling are virtually unknown. This study investigated physicochemical peat properties and microbial diversity between three dominant tree species: Shorea uliginosa (Dipterocarpaceae), Koompassia malaccensis (legumes associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria), Eleiodoxa conferta (palm) and depths (surface, 45 and 90 cm) using microbial 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Water pH, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, total phenolic contents and C/N ratio differed significantly between depths, but not tree species. Depth also strongly influenced microbial diversity and composition, while both depth and tree species exhibited significant impact on the archaeal communities. Microbial diversity was highest at the surface, where fresh leaf litter accumulates, and nutrient supply is guaranteed. Nitrogen was the core parameter correlating to microbial communities, but the interactive effects from various environmental variables displayed significant correlation to relative abundance of major microbial groups. Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum and the most abundant genus, Rhodoplanes, might be involved in nitrogen fixation. The most abundant methanogens and methanotrophs affiliated, respectively, to families Methanomassiliicoccaceae and Methylocystaceae. Our results demonstrated diverse microbial communities and provide valuable insights on microbial ecology in these extreme ecosystems. KW - tropical peat swamp forest KW - metabarcoding KW - microbial diversity and composition KW - tree species KW - depth KW - methanogens Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229000 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siebert, Claudia A1 - Ciato, Denis A1 - Murakami, Masanori A1 - Frei-Stuber, Ludwig A1 - Perez-Rivas, Luis Gustavo A1 - Monteserin-Garcia, José Luis A1 - Nölting, Svenja A1 - Maurer, Julian A1 - Feuchtinger, Annette A1 - Walch, Axel K. A1 - Haak, Harm R. A1 - Bertherat, Jérôme A1 - Mannelli, Massimo A1 - Fassnacht, Martin A1 - Korpershoek, Esther A1 - Reincke, Martin A1 - Stalla, Günter K. A1 - Hantel, Constanze A1 - Beuschlein, Felix T1 - Heat Shock Protein 90 as a Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Adrenocortical Carcinoma JF - Frontiers in Endocrinology N2 - Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor entity with restricted therapeutic opportunities. HSP90 (Heat Shock Protein 90) chaperone activity is fundamental for cell survival and contributes to different oncogenic signaling pathways. Indeed, agents targeting HSP90 function have shown therapeutic efficacy in several cancer types. We have examined the expression of HSP90 in different adrenal tumors and evaluated the use of HSP90 inhibitors in vitro as possible therapy for ACC. Methods: Immunohistochemical expression of HSP90 isoforms was investigated in different adrenocortical tumors and associated with clinical features. Additionally, a panel of N-terminal (17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG), luminespib, and ganetespib) and C-terminal (novobiocin and silibinin) HSP90 inhibitors were tested on various ACC cell lines. Results: Within adrenocortical tumors, ACC samples exhibited the highest expression of HSP90β. Within a cohort of ACC patients, HSP90β expression levels were inversely correlated with recurrence-free and overall survival. In functional assays, among five different compounds tested luminespib and ganetespib induced a significant decrease in cell viability in single as well as in combined treatments with compounds of the clinically used EDP-M scheme (etoposide, doxorubicin, cisplatin, mitotane). Inhibition of cell viability correlated furthermore with a decrease in proliferation, in cell migration and an increase in apoptosis. Moreover, analysis of cancer pathways indicated a modulation of the ERK1/2—and AKT—pathways by luminespib and ganetespib treatment. Conclusions: Our findings emphasize HSP90 as a marker with prognostic impact and promising target with N-terminal HSP90 inhibitors as drugs with potential therapeutic efficacy toward ACC. KW - adrenal gland KW - cortisol KW - N-terminal HSP90 inhibitors KW - C-terminal HSP90 inhibitors KW - prognostic marker Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-238029 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nguyen, Minh-Thu A1 - Saising, Jongkon A1 - Tribelli, Paula Maria A1 - Nega, Mulugeta A1 - Diene, Seydina M. A1 - François, Patrice A1 - Schrenzel, Jacques A1 - Spröer, Cathrin A1 - Bunk, Boyke A1 - Ebner, Patrick A1 - Hertlein, Tobias A1 - Kumari, Nimerta A1 - Härtner, Thomas A1 - Wistuba, Dorothee A1 - Voravuthikunchai, Supayang P. A1 - Mäder, Ulrike A1 - Ohlsen, Knut A1 - Götz, Friedrich T1 - Inactivation of farR Causes High Rhodomyrtone Resistance and Increased Pathogenicity in Staphylococcus aureus JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Rhodomyrtone (Rom) is an acylphloroglucinol antibiotic originally isolated from leaves of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. Rom targets the bacterial membrane and is active against a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria but the exact mode of action remains obscure. Here we isolated and characterized a spontaneous Rom-resistant mutant from the model strain Staphylococcus aureus HG001 (RomR) to learn more about the resistance mechanism. We showed that Rom-resistance is based on a single point mutation in the coding region of farR [regulator of fatty acid (FA) resistance] that causes an amino acid change from Cys to Arg at position 116 in FarR, that affects FarR activity. Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed that mutated farR affects transcription of many genes in distinct pathways. FarR represses for example the expression of its own gene (farR), its flanking gene farE (effector of FA resistance), and other global regulators such as agr and sarA. All these genes were consequently upregulated in the RomR clone. Particularly the upregulation of agr and sarA leads to increased expression of virulence genes rendering the RomR clone more cytotoxic and more pathogenic in a mouse infection model. The Rom-resistance is largely due to the de-repression of farE. FarE is described as an efflux pump for linoleic and arachidonic acids. We observed an increased release of lipids in the RomR clone compared to its parental strain HG001. If farE is deleted in the RomR clone, or, if native farR is expressed in the RomR strain, the corresponding strains become hypersensitive to Rom. Overall, we show here that the high Rom-resistance is mediated by overexpression of farE in the RomR clone, that FarR is an important regulator, and that the point mutation in farR (RomR clone) makes the clone hyper-virulent. KW - antibiotic KW - Gram-positive bacteria KW - rhodomyrtone KW - Staphylococcus KW - membrane active Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224117 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - John, Cathy N. A1 - Abrantes, Pedro M. D. S. A1 - Prusty, Bhupesh K. A1 - Ablashi, Dharam V. A1 - Africa, Charlene W. J. T1 - K21 Compound, a Potent Antifungal Agent: Implications for the Treatment of Fluconazole-Resistant HIV-Associated Candida Species JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Background/Objectives: With mucocutaneous candidiasis being highly prevalent in HIV patients, the emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida species forms a major challenge in treating and eradicating these infections. The objective of this study was to establish the antifungal activity of K21, a membrane-rupturing antimicrobial compound derived from a silica quaternary ammonium compound (SiQAC) with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). Methods: The study sample included 81 Candida species of which 9 were type strains and 72 were clinical isolates. Minimum inhibitory concentrations, synergy, fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI), and time kill assays were determined by broth microdilution. Electron microscopy (EM) was used to determine the qualitative changes brought about after treatment with K21. Results: K21 inhibited the growth of all fluconazole-resistant and susceptible Candida strains with only 2 h of exposure required to effectively kill 99.9% of the inoculum, and a definite synergistic effect was observed with a combination of K21 and fluconazole. EM demonstrated the presence of two forms of extracellular vesicles indicative of biofilm formation and cell lysis. Conclusion: The study established the efficacy of K21 as an antifungal agent and with fluconazole-resistant candidiasis on the increase, the development of K21 can provide a promising alternative to combat acquired drug resistance. KW - HIV-associated candidiasis KW - antimicrobial compounds KW - Candida KW - fluconazole KW - antifungal susceptibility KW - broth microdilution Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-323505 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for new phenomena in events with same-charge leptons and b-jets in pp collisions at √\(s\) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - A search for new phenomena in events with two same- charge leptons or three leptons and jets identi fi ed as originating from b - quarks in a data sample of 36.1 fb of pp collisions at ps = 13TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is reported. No signi fi cant excess is found and limits are set on vector- like quark, fourtop- quark, and same- sign top- quark pair production. The observed ( expected) 95% CL mass limits for a vector- like T - and B - quark singlet are mT > 0 : 98 ( 0 : 99) TeV and mB > 1 : 00 ( 1 : 01) TeV respectively. Limits on the production of the vector- like T5=3 - quark are also derived considering both pair and single production; in the former case the lower limit on the mass of the T5=3 - quark is ( expected to be) 1.19 ( 1.21) TeV. The Standard Model fourtop- quark production cross- section upper limit is ( expected to be) 69 ( 29) fb. Constraints are also set on exotic four- top- quark production models. Finally, limits are set on samesign top- quark pair production. The upper limit on uu ! tt production is ( expected to be) 89 ( 59) fb for a mediator mass of 1TeV, and a dark- matter interpretation is also derived, excluding a mediator of 3TeV with a dark- sector coupling of 1.0 and a coupling to ordinary matter above 0.31. KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) KW - SUSHI Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312681 VL - 12 IS - 39 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kagerer, Philipp Thomas T1 - Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetism and Topology at the Surface of MnBi\(_2\)Te\(_4\) - Bi\(_2\)Te\(_3\) Heterostructures - MBE Growth, Magnetism and Electronic Properties T1 - Zweidimensionaler Ferromagnetismus und Topologie an der Oberfläche von MnBi\(_2\)Te\(_4\) - Bi\(_2\)Te\(_3\) Heterostrukturen - MBE Wachstum, Magnetismus und elektronische Eigenschaften N2 - In this thesis, a model system of a magnetic topological heterostructure is studied, namely a heterosystem consisting of a single ferromagnetic septuple-layer (SL) of \(MnBi_2Te_4\) on the surface of the three-dimensional topological insulator \(Bi_2Te_3\). Using MBE and developing a specialized experimental setup, the first part of this thesis deals with the growth of \(Bi_2Te_3\) and thin films of \(MnBi_2Te_4\) on \(BaF_2\)-substrates by the co-evaporation of its binary constituents. The structural analysis is conducted along several suitable probes such as X-ray diffraction (XRD, XRR), AFM and scanning tunnelling electron microscopy (STEM). It is furthermore found that the growth of a single septuple-layer of \(MnBi_2Te_4\) on the surface of \(Bi_2Te_3\) can be facilitated. By using X-ray absorption and circular magnetic dichroism (XAS, XMCD), the magnetic properties of \(MnBi_2Te_4\) are explored down to the monolayer limit. The layered nature of the vdW crystal and a strong uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy establish stable out-of plane magnetic order at the surface of \(MnBi_2Te_4\), which is stable even down to the 2D limit. Pushing the material system to there, i.e. a single SL \(MnBi_2Te_4\) further allows to study the phase transition of this 2D ferromagnet and extract its critical behaviour with \(T_c \, = \, 14.89~k\) and \(\beta \, = \, 0.484\). Utilizing bulk crystals of the ferromagnetic \(Fe_3GeTe_2\) as substrate allows to influence, enhance and bias the magnetism in the single SL of \(MnBi_2Te_4\). By growing heterostructures of the type \(MnBi_2Te_4\) -- n layer \(Bi_2Te_3\) -- \(Fe_3GeTe_2\)for n between 0 and 2, it is shown, that a considerable magnetic coupling can be introduced between the \(MnBi_2Te_4\) top-layer and the substrate. Finally the interplay between topology and magnetism in the ferromagnetic extension is studied directly by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The heterostructure is found to host a linearly dispersing TSS at the centre of the Brillouin zone. Using low temperature and high-resolution ARPES a large magnetic gap opening of \(\sim\) 35 meV is found at the Dirac point of the TSS. By following its temperature evolution, it is apparent that the scaling behaviour coincides with the magnetic order parameter of the modified surface. N2 - In dieser Arbeit wird ein Modellsystem einer magnetischen topologischen Heterostruktur untersucht, genauer ein Heterosystem, das aus einer einzelnen ferromagnetischen Septupellage (SL) aus \(MnBi_2Te_4\) auf der Oberfläche des dreidimensionalen topologischen Isolators \(Bi_2Te_3\) besteht. Mittels MBE und eines eigens entwickelten Setups befasst sich der erste Teil mit dem Wachstum von \(Bi_2Te_3\) und \(MnBi_2Te_4\) auf \(BaF_2\)-Substraten durch die Ko-Verdampfung ihrer binären Bestandteile. Die Strukturanalyse wird mit Hilfe von Röntgenbeugung (XRD, XRR), AFM und Rastertunnel-Elektronenmikroskopie (STEM) durchgeführt. Darüber hinaus wird festgestellt, dass das Wachstum einer einzelnen SL von \(MnBi_2Te_4\) auf der Oberfläche von \(Bi_2Te_3\) möglich ist. Mit Hilfe von Röntgenabsorption und des zirkularen magnetischen Dichroismus (XAS, XMCD) werden die magnetischen Eigenschaften von \(MnBi_2Te_4\) bis zur Monolage untersucht. Die geschichtete Natur des vdW-Kristalls und eine starke uniaxiale magnetokristalline Anisotropie stabilisieren eine magnetische Ordnung an der Oberfläche von \(MnBi_2Te_4\), die sogar bis zum 2D-Limit stabil ist. Bei Betrachtung einer einzigen SL \(MnBi_2Te_4\), kann man den Phasenübergang dieses 2D-Ferromagneten weiter untersuchen und sein kritisches Verhalten mit \(T_c \, = \, 14,89~k\) und \(\beta \, = \, 0,484\) extrahieren. Die Verwendung von \(Fe_3GeTe_2\) als Substrat ermöglicht es, den Magnetismus in einzelnen SL von \(MnBi_2Te_4\) zu beeinflussen und zu verstärken. Durch Aufwachsen von Heterostrukturen des Typs \(MnBi_2Te_4\) -- n Schicht \(Bi_2Te_3\) -- \(Fe_3GeTe_2\) für n zwischen 0 und 2 wird gezeigt, dass eine beträchtliche magnetische Kopplung zwischen der \(MnBi_2Te_4\) Deckschicht und dem Substrat erreicht werden kann. Schließlich wird das Zusammenspiel zwischen Topologie und Magnetismus in dem System direkt durch winkelaufgelöstes ARPES untersucht. Die Heterostruktur weist einen linear dispergierendes TSS im Zentrum der Brillouin-Zone auf. In der Temperaturabhängigkeit wird eine große magnetische Lücke von \(\sim\) 35 meV am Dirac-Punkt des TSS gefunden, deren Skalierungsverhalten mit dem magnetischen Ordnungsparameter der modifizierten Oberfläche übereinstimmt. KW - Molekularstrahlepitaxie KW - ARPES KW - Magnetischer Röntgenzirkulardichroismus KW - Topologie KW - Magnetismus KW - Topological Insulator KW - Heterostructure Growth KW - Electronic Structure KW - Ferromagnetism Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-360121 ER - TY - THES A1 - Körner, Jacob T1 - Theoretical and numerical analysis of Fokker–Planck optimal control problems by first– and second–order optimality conditions T1 - Theoretische und numerische Analysis von Fokker-Planck optimalen Steuerungsproblemen mittels Optimalitätsbedingung erster und zweiter Ordnung N2 - In this thesis, a variety of Fokker--Planck (FP) optimal control problems are investigated. Main emphasis is put on a first-- and second--order analysis of different optimal control problems, characterizing optimal controls, establishing regularity results for optimal controls, and providing a numerical analysis for a Galerkin--based numerical scheme. The Fokker--Planck equation is a partial differential equation (PDE) of linear parabolic type deeply connected to the theory of stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations. In essence, it describes the evolution over time of the probability distribution of the state of an object or system of objects under the influence of both deterministic and stochastic forces. The FP equation is a cornerstone in understanding and modeling phenomena ranging from the diffusion and motion of molecules in a fluid to the fluctuations in financial markets. Two different types of optimal control problems are analyzed in this thesis. On the one hand, Fokker--Planck ensemble optimal control problems are considered that have a wide range of applications in controlling a system of multiple non--interacting objects. In this framework, the goal is to collectively drive each object into a desired state. On the other hand, tracking--type control problems are investigated, commonly used in parameter identification problems or stemming from the field of inverse problems. In this framework, the aim is to determine certain parameters or functions of the FP equation, such that the resulting probability distribution function takes a desired form, possibly observed by measurements. In both cases, we consider FP models where the control functions are part of the drift, arising only from the deterministic forces of the system. Therefore, the FP optimal control problem has a bilinear control structure. Box constraints on the controls may be present, and the focus is on time--space dependent controls for ensemble--type problems and on only time--dependent controls for tracking--type optimal control problems. In the first chapter of the thesis, a proof of the connection between the FP equation and stochastic differential equations is provided. Additionally, stochastic optimal control problems, aiming to minimize an expected cost value, are introduced, and the corresponding formulation within a deterministic FP control framework is established. For the analysis of this PDE--constrained optimal control problem, the existence, and regularity of solutions to the FP problem are investigated. New $L^\infty$--estimates for solutions are established for low space dimensions under mild assumptions on the drift. Furthermore, based on the theory of Bessel potential spaces, new smoothness properties are derived for solutions to the FP problem in the case of only time--dependent controls. Due to these properties, the control--to--state map, which associates the control functions with the corresponding solution of the FP problem, is well--defined, Fréchet differentiable and compact for suitable Lebesgue spaces or Sobolev spaces. The existence of optimal controls is proven under various assumptions on the space of admissible controls and objective functionals. First--order optimality conditions are derived using the adjoint system. The resulting characterization of optimal controls is exploited to achieve higher regularity of optimal controls, as well as their state and co--state functions. Since the FP optimal control problem is non--convex due to its bilinear structure, a first--order analysis should be complemented by a second--order analysis. Therefore, a second--order analysis for the ensemble--type control problem in the case of $H^1$--controls in time and space is performed, and sufficient second--order conditions are provided. Analogous results are obtained for the tracking--type problem for only time--dependent controls. The developed theory on the control problem and the first-- and second--order optimality conditions is applied to perform a numerical analysis for a Galerkin discretization of the FP optimal control problem. The main focus is on tracking-type problems with only time--dependent controls. The idea of the presented Galerkin scheme is to first approximate the PDE--constrained optimization problem by a system of ODE--constrained optimization problems. Then, conditions on the problem are presented such that the convergence of optimal controls from one problem to the other can be guaranteed. For this purpose, a class of bilinear ODE--constrained optimal control problems arising from the Galerkin discretization of the FP problem is analyzed. First-- and second--order optimality conditions are established, and a numerical analysis is performed. A discretization with linear finite elements for the state and co--state problem is investigated, while the control functions are approximated by piecewise constant or piecewise quadratic continuous polynomials. The latter choice is motivated by the bilinear structure of the optimal control problem, allowing to overcome the discrepancies between a discretize--then--optimize and optimize--then--discretize approach. Moreover, second--order accuracy results are shown using the space of continuous, piecewise quadratic polynomials as the discrete space of controls. Lastly, the theoretical results and the second--order convergence rates are numerically verified. N2 - In dieser Dissertation werden verschiedene Fokker--Planck (FP) optimale Steuerungsprobleme untersucht. Die Schwerpunkte liegen auf einer Analyse von Optimalitätsbedingungen erster und zweiter Ordnung, der Charakterisierung optimaler Steuerungen, dem Herleiten höhere Regularität von optimalen Kontrollen sowie einer theoretischen numerischen Analyse für ein numerisches Verfahren basierend auf einer Galerkin Approximation. Die Fokker--Planck Gleichung ist eine lineare, parabolische, partielle Differentialgleichung (PDE), die aus dem Gebiet stochastischer Differentialgleichungen und stochastischer Prozesse stammt. Im Wesentlichen beschreibt sie die zeitliche Entwicklung der Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung des Zustands eines Objekts bzw. eines Systems von Objekten unter dem Einfluss sowohl deterministischer als auch stochastischer Kräfte. Die Fokker--Planck Gleichung ist ein Eckpfeiler zum Verständnis und Modellieren von Phänomenen, die von der Diffusion und Bewegung von Molekülen in einer Flüssigkeit bis hin zu den Schwankungen in Finanzmärkten reichen. Zwei verschiedene Arten von optimalen Kontrollproblemen werden in dieser Arbeit umfassend analysiert. Einerseits werden Fokker--Planck Ensemble Steuerungsprobleme betrachtet, die in der Kontrolle von Systemen mit mehreren nicht wechselwirkenden Objekten vielfältige Anwendungen haben. In diesem Gebiet ist das Ziel, alle Objekte gemeinsam in einen gewünschten Zustand zu lenken. Andererseits werden Tracking Kontrollprobleme untersucht, die häufig bei Parameteridentifikationsproblemen auftreten oder aus dem Bereich inverser Probleme stammen. Hier besteht das Ziel darin, bestimmte Parameter oder Funktionen der Fokker--Planck Gleichung derart zu bestimmen, dass die resultierende Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung eine gewünschte Form annimmt, welche beispielsweise durch Messungen beobachtet wurde. In beiden Fällen betrachten wir FP Modelle, bei denen die Kontrollfunktion Teil des sogenannten Drifts ist, das heißt der Teil, der nur aus den deterministischen Kräften des Systems resultiert. Daher hat das FP Kontrollproblem eine bilineare Struktur. Untere und obere Schranken für die Kontrollfunktionen können vorhanden sein, und der Fokus liegt auf zeit-- und raumabhängigen Steuerungen für Ensemble Kontrollprobleme, sowie auf nur zeitlich abhängigen Steuerungen für Tracking Kontrollprobleme. Am Anfang der Dissertation wird ein Beweis für den Zusammenhang zwischen der FP Gleichung und stochastischen Differentialgleichungen dargelegt. Darüber hinaus werden stochastische optimale Steuerungsprobleme eingeführt, deren Ziel es ist, einen erwarteten Kostenwert zu minimieren. Zusätzlich wird das Problem als ein deterministisches FP Kontrollproblem formuliert. Für die Analyse dieses Kontrollproblems wird die Existenz und Regularität von Lösungen für die FP Differentialgleichung untersucht. Neue $L^\infty$--Abschätzungen für Lösungen werden für niedrige Raumdimensionen unter schwachen Annahmen an den Drift bewiesen. Zusätzlich werden, basierend auf der Theorie über Bessel Potentialräume, neue Glattheitseigenschaften für Lösungen des FP--Problems im Falle zeitabhängiger Steuerungen erarbeitet. Aufgrund dieser Eigenschaften ist die sogenannte control--to--state Abbildung, welche die Kontrollfunktion mit der entsprechenden Lösung des FP Problems verknüpft, wohldefiniert, Fréchet--differenzierbar und kompakt für geeignete Lebesgue--Räume oder Sobolev--Räume. Die Existenz optimaler Steuerungen wird unter verschiedenen Annahmen an den Funktionenraum der Kontrollen und des Kostenfunktionals bewiesen. Optimalitätsbedingungen erster Ordnung werden unter Verwendung des adjungierten Systems aufgestellt. Die daraus resultierende Charakterisierung optimaler Steuerungen wird genutzt, um eine höhere Regularität optimaler Steuerungen sowie ihrer Zustandsfunktion und des adjungierten Problems zu erhalten. Da das FP Kontrollproblem aufgrund der bilinearen Struktur nicht konvex ist, sollte eine Analyse von Optimalitätsbedingungen erster Ordnung durch eine Analyse von Optimalitätsbedingungen zweiter Ordnung ergänzt werden. Dies wird für das Ensemble Kontrollproblem im Fall von zeit-- und ortsabhängigen Steuerungen mit $H^1$--Regularität durchgeführt, und hinreichende Bedingungen für lokale Minimierer werden hergeleitet. Analoge Ergebnisse werden für das Tracking--Problem für nur zeitabhängige Steuerungen bewiesen. Die entwickelte Theorie zu diesem optimalen Steuerungsproblem und dessen Optimalitätsbedingungen wird angewendet, um eine numerische Analyse für eine Galerkin--Diskretisierung des FP Kontrollproblems durchzuführen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Tracking--Problemen mit nur zeitabhängigen Steuerungen. Die Idee des vorgestellten Galerkin--Verfahrens besteht darin, das PDE--Optimierungsproblem zunächst durch ein System von Optimierungsproblemen mit gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen (ODE) als Nebenbedingung zu approximieren. Dann werden Bedingungen an das Problem präsentiert, sodass die Konvergenz optimaler Steuerungen von einem Problem zum anderen garantiert werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck wird eine Klasse bilinearer ODE--Kontrollprobleme analysiert, welche sich aus der Galerkin--Diskretisierung des FP Problems ergeben. Optimalitätsbedingungen erster und zweiter Ordnung werden bewiesen, und eine numerische Analyse wird durchgeführt. Eine Diskretisierung mit linearen Finiten--Elementen der Zustands-- und Adjungiertengleichung wird untersucht, während die Kontrollfunktionen durch stückweise konstante oder stetige, stückweise quadratische Polynome approximiert werden. Diese Wahl wird durch die bilineare Struktur des optimalen Kontrollproblems begründet, da sie es ermöglicht, die Diskrepanzen zwischen einem Ansatz von ,,zuerst diskretisieren dann optimieren" und ,,zuerst optimieren, dann diskretisieren" zu überwinden. Durch die Verwendung stetiger, stückweise quadratischer Polynome als Diskretisierung der Steuerungen kann außerdem quadratische Konvergenzordnung gezeigt werden. Abschließend werden die theoretischen Ergebnisse und die Konvergenzraten zweiter Ordnung numerisch verifiziert. KW - Parabolische Differentialgleichung KW - Fokker-Planck-Gleichung KW - Optimale Kontrolle KW - Optimalitätsbedingung KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - accuracy estimate Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-362997 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hofmann, Kristina Simone T1 - Untersuchung von mechanischen Eigenschaften, Bruchfestigkeit und Haftfestigkeit von Multilayer Zirkoniumdioxidkeramik zu dualhärtenden Befestigungskompositen T1 - Investigation of mechanical properties, fracture strength and shear bond strength of multilayer zirconia ceramics to dual-curing luting composites N2 - Ziel der Arbeit war es, den Einfluss der Platzierung der Restauration im Rohling auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften und die Scherfestigkeit zu dualhärtenden Befestigungskompositen zu untersuchen sowie Unterschiede in der Bruchfestigkeit zwischen zwei Multilayerkeramiken zu ermitteln. Material und Methodik: Es wurden 160 zylindrische Prüfkörper aus der Multilayerkeramik Katana Zirconia ML hergestellt, um mechanische Eigenschaften wie Dichte, Biegefestigkeit und Härte zu bestimmen. Eine Gruppe wurde künstlich gealtert. Die Bruchfestigkeit von 32 Kronen (Katana Zirconia ML, Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer) wurde vor und nach thermischer sowie mechanischer Belastung untersucht. Zur Bestimmung der Scherfestigkeit wurden 512 quadratische Prüfkörper hergestellt, die verschiedenen thermischen Belastungen ausgesetzt wurden. Die Scherfestigkeit wurde mit einer Universalprüfmaschine bestimmt und die Brucharten (adhäsiv, kohäsiv, gemischt) wurden analysiert. Ergebnisse: Es gab keinen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen den Schichten oder der Alterung bei Dichte, Biegefestigkeit und Härte. Katana Zirconia ML zeigte höhere Bruchfestigkeit als Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. Die Scherfestigkeit von Panavia V5 zu Katana Zirconia ML war nicht durch thermische Belastung beeinflusst, jedoch bei Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. Der Haftverbund von Visalys CemCore war durch thermische Belastung beeinflusst, während Panavia V5 zu beiden Keramiken höhere Werte aufwies. Katana Zirconia ML hatte höhere Scherfestigkeitswerte als Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. Schlussfolgerung: Multilayerkeramik stellt eine arbeitsverringernde Alternative für den Seitenzahnbereich dar, ohne mechanische und ästhetische Einbußen. Die Platzierung im Rohling hat keinen Einfluss auf die Eigenschaften, jedoch ist der Haftverbund vom Befestigungskomposit abhängig. N2 - The aim of the work was to investigate the influence of the placement of the restoration in the blank on the mechanical properties and the shear bond strength of dual-curing luting composites and to determine differences in the fracture strength between two multilayer ceramics. Material and method: 160 cylindrical test specimens were made from the multilayer ceramic Katana Zirconia ML to determine mechanical properties such as density, flexural strength and hardness. One group was artificially aged. The breaking strength of 32 crowns (Katana Zirconia ML, Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer) was examined before and after thermal and mechanical loading. To determine the shear bond strength, 512 square test specimens were produced and subjected to various thermal loads. The shear bond strength was determined using a universal testing machine and the fracture types (adhesive, cohesive, mixed) were analyzed. Results: There was no significant difference between layers or aging in density, flexural strength and hardness. Katana Zirconia ML showed higher breaking strength than Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. The shear bond strength of Panavia V5 to Katana Zirconia ML was not affected by thermal loading, but was affected in combination with Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. The adhesive bond of Visalys CemCore was influenced by thermal stress, while Panavia V5 had higher shear bond strength to both ceramics. Katana Zirconia ML had higher shear bond strength than Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer. Conclusion: Multilayer ceramics represent a labor-reducing alternative for the posterior region, without mechanical and aesthetic losses. The placement in the blank has no influence on the properties, but the adhesive bond depends on the fixing composite. KW - Zirkoniumoxidkeramik KW - Multilayer-Zirkoniumdioxidkeramiken KW - Biaxiale Biegefestigkeit KW - Vickers-Härte KW - CAD/CAM restoration material KW - adhesive luting agent KW - shear bond strength KW - Biegefestigkeit KW - Härte KW - Mechanische Eigenschaft KW - Restaurative Zahnmedizin KW - Scherfestigkeit KW - Befestigungszement Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-370308 ER - TY - THES A1 - Koch, Hanna Ulrike T1 - Funktionelle Untersuchung von IGF1R Mutationen im Multiplen Myelom T1 - Functional Investigation of IGF1R Mutations in Multiple Myeloma N2 - Das Mutationsspektrum einzelner Gene beziehungsweise zusammengefasster Gengruppen innerhalb von Signalwegen bei Patienten mit Multiplem Myelom wurde in den letzten Jahren eingehend untersucht und charakterisiert. Die Herausforderung besteht nun in der Interpretation der erhobenen Daten, insbesondere der Bewertung einzelner durch Sequenzierung identifizierter Biomarker bezüglich deren prognostischer Aussagekraft und konkreter therapeutischer Relevanz. Als übergeordnetes Ziel gilt die Ableitung von klinischen (Therapie-) Ansätzen. Auf dem Weg zu einem individualisierten Therapieansatz ist entscheidend, dass wir unser Wissen über die funktionelle Relevanz einzelner Mutationen wie hier im IGF1R im Hinblick auf deren Einbettung in Signalnetzwerke und auf das Proliferationsverhalten der MM Zellen erweitern. Konkret wurde im Rahmen der vorliegende Doktorarbeit der Einfluss von zwei IGF1R Punktmutationen, nämlich D1146N (Punktmutation des IGF1R der HMCL L-363) und N1129S (Punktmutation des IGF1R eines Patienten der DSMM XI Kohorte) auf die Proliferation und das nachgeschaltete Signalling in IGF1R-Überexpressionsmodellen der MM Zelllinien AMO-1 und U-266 untersucht. Zur stabilen Transfektion der HMCLs mit IGF1RWT und den zwei IGF1R Mutanten wurde ein Protokoll auf Grundlage des Sleeping Beauty (SB) Transposase Systems genutzt. In dieser und anderen assoziierten Arbeit konnte unter zu Hilfenahme von insgesamt vier verschiedenen gentechnisch veränderter HMCLs gezeigt werden, dass funktionelle Mutationen im IGF1R Effekte auf das Downstream Signalling zum Beispiel die Aktivierung von AKT und ERK, jedoch nicht auf die Zellproliferation haben. Im Vergleich der untersuchten HMCLs konnten jedoch keine verallgemeinerbaren Schlüsse gezogen werden, was die Heterogenität der Erkrankung und die Wichtigkeit der Einzelfallbetrachtung unterstreicht. N2 - Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disease of the plasma cell and represents around 15% of all hematological neoplasms. There is a marked heterogeneity in terms of the severity of the disease, the progression and prognosis of the patients. This is also reflected in the underlying genetic heterogeneity. Genetic screenings at diagnosis and during the course of the disease are therefore essential. However, a better understanding of the pathogenesis of MM and the influence of individual genetic aberrations is essential to achieve improvements in personalized, targeted and, above all, risk-adapted therapy. The dysregulation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs), which significantly influences growth and progression, plays a decisive role in many types of cancer. Hence, RTKs also represent interesting target structures for cancer therapy. Specific RTK inhibitors have been a fixed element of oncological therapy in guidelines for many years with good therapeutic results, e. g. for breast, colon, or lung cancer. RTK signal transduction also plays an important role in MM. In a next generation sequencing study on a MM cohort, tumor-associated mutations were detected in RTK genes, which were associated with a significantly poorer prognosis. IGF1R was among the most frequently mutated RTKs in this. It has a decisive influence on e. g. cell proliferation of MM cells and therefore plays an important role in the pathogenesis of MM. Studies also suggest a connection between IGF1R overexpression and disease progression. IGF1R inhibitors were tested in clinical phase 1 studies as a monotherapy without significantly improved clinical response. However, in combination schemes with dexamethasone and bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory disease better results have been achieved. They cause manageable side effects and are promising concerning the length and depth of remission, especially in proteasome inhibitor refractory patients. Based on this information a project of the AG Leich aimed to study the influence of IGF1R and specifically IGF1R mutations in different HMCLs by means of functional analysis to identify patient cohorts, who might benefit from a therapy with IGF1R inhibitors. More specifically, the influence of two IGF1R mutations, namely D1146N (point mutation of IGF1R in the HMCL L-363) and N1129S (point mutation of IGF1R in a patient of the DSMM XI cohort), on proliferation and downstream signaling was to be investigated in IGF1R-overexpression models of the HMCLs AMO-1 and U-266 in this doctoral thesis. A protocol based on the Sleeping Beauty (SB) Transposase System was used for stable transfection of the HCMLs with IGF1RWT and the two IGF1R mutants. An increased expression or activation of downstream effectors could be detected in AMO-1. For example, the degree of phosphorylation of MEK and ERK in all three AMO-1 IGF1R overexpression cell lines (WT and two IGF1R mutant cell lines) under normal cell culture conditions seemed to be elevated in comparison to the empty vector control. However, no mutant specific differences could be detected even after stimulation with IGF1. Regarding IGF1R overexpression cell lines that were derived from U-266, expression and activation of IGF1R was especially pronounced for the IGF1R mutant IGF1RN1129S. In contrast, expression and activation of AKT, MEK and ERK in this IGF1R mutant overexpression cell line compared to the WT overexpression cell line, were not distinctively higher. Thus, it seems as if the role of IGF1R in different HMCLs varies, which could be also shown in other MM in vitro studies. The proliferation rate of the individual cell lines was not measured higher due to the overexpression of IGF1R, although important kinases such as AKT, MEK and ERK with their great importance concerning survival, growth and proliferation had been induced. Examinations with the IGF1R inhibitor Linsitinib on different HMCLs in subsequent studies of the AG Leich showed a reduction in metabolism in six out of seven cell lines, whereby the response was highly variable across cell lines and was independent of the IGF1R expression level or the IGF1R mutational status. Clear signs of apoptosis could be only detected in the HMCL MM1.S. An additive effect when combining Linsitinib with the proteasome inhibitor Carfilzomib, mostly used for therapy of refractory MM, was only detected in the IGF1R mutated HMCL L-363. Therefore, this combination might be a promising approach for patients with refractory MM, especially for patients with a IGF1R mutation. However, those compiled preliminary findings should be examined more closely in further in vitro and in vivo studies to determine the therapeutic potential of IGF1R inhibitors applied solely or in combination schemes with other specific inhibitors (e. g. iAKT or iMEK) or licensed standard drugs for patients with IGF1R mutations. KW - Plasmozytom KW - IGF1R Mutationen KW - Multiples Myelom KW - Funktionelle Untersuchung KW - Insulin-like Growth Factor I KW - IGF1 Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-370406 ER - TY - THES A1 - de Graaf [geb. Buttler], Simone Linda T1 - From Small to Large Data: Leveraging Synthetic Data for Inventory Management T1 - Von kleinen zu großen Daten: Die Nutzung von synthetischen Daten für das Bestandsmanagement N2 - In a world of constant change, uncertainty has become a daily challenge for businesses. Rapidly shifting market conditions highlight the need for flexible responses to unforeseen events. Operations Management (OM) is crucial for optimizing business processes, including site planning, production control, and inventory management. Traditionally, companies have relied on theoretical models from microeconomics, game theory, optimization, and simulation. However, advancements in machine learning and mathematical optimization have led to a new research field: data-driven OM. Data-driven OM uses real data, especially time series data, to create more realistic models that better capture decision-making complexities. Despite the promise of this new research area, a significant challenge remains: the availability of extensive historical training data. Synthetic data, which mimics real data, has been used to address this issue in other machine learning applications. Therefore, this dissertation explores how synthetic data can be leveraged to improve decisions for data-driven inventory management, focusing on the single-period newsvendor problem, a classic stochastic optimization problem in inventory management. The first article, "A Meta Analysis of Data-Driven Newsvendor Approaches", presents a standardized evaluation framework for data-driven prescriptive approaches, tested through a numerical study. Findings suggest model performance is not robust, emphasizing the need for a standardized evaluation process. The second article, "Application of Generative Adversarial Networks in Inventory Management", examines using synthetic data generated by Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for the newsvendor problem. This study shows GANs can model complex demand relationships, offering a promising alternative to traditional methods. The third article, "Combining Synthetic Data and Transfer Learning for Deep Reinforcement Learning in Inventory Management", proposes a method using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with synthetic and real data through transfer learning. This approach trains a generative model to learn demand distributions, generates synthetic data, and fine-tunes a DRL agent on a smaller real dataset. This method outperforms traditional approaches in controlled and practical settings, though further research is needed to generalize these findings. N2 - In einer Welt des ständigen Wandels ist Unsicherheit zu einer alltäglichen Herausforderung für Unternehmen geworden. Die Covid-19-Pandemie hat deutlich gezeigt, wie schnell sich Marktumfelder verändern können und wie wichtig es ist, flexibel auf unvorhersehbare Ereignisse zu reagieren. In diesem komplexen Entscheidungsumfeld spielt das Operations Management (OM) eine entscheidende Rolle. Das Ziel des OM besteht darin, die Geschäftsprozesse von Unternehmen zu optimieren. Von der Standortplanung über die Produktionssteuerung bis hin zum Bestandsmanagement —OM befasst sich mit den strategischen und operativen Entscheidungen, die erforderlich sind, um den betrieblichen Erfolg sicherzustellen. Traditionell haben Unternehmen bei der Entscheidungsfindung theoretische Modelle aus Bereichen wie Mikroökonomie, Spieltheorie, Optimierung und Simulation genutzt (Mišić und Perakis, 2020). Doch angesichts der Fortschritte im Bereich des maschinellen Lernens und der mathematischen Optimierung der letzten Jahre eröffnete sich ein neues Forschungsgebiet: das datengetriebene OM. Im datengetriebenen OM werden reale Daten, insbesondere Zeitreihendaten, herangezogen, um realistischere Modelle zu entwickeln, welche die Komplexität der Entscheidungsfindung besser erfassen können. Diese Daten können wertvolle Einblicke in vergangene Kundennachfrage und relevante Einflussfaktoren, wie Wetterbedingungen oder Börsentrends, liefern. Durch die Kombination von realen Daten mit Optimierungs- und maschinellen Lernverfahren können Unternehmen fundiertere und präzisere Entscheidungen treffen. Jedoch besteht im Rahmen dieses neuen Forschungsgebiets eine Herausforderung: Studien haben gezeigt, dass einige Modelle optimale Lösungen liefern können, wenn diese eine umfangreiche Menge historischer Trainingsdaten zur Verfügung haben. Jedoch sieht die Realität häufig anders aus. Insbesondere in Teildisziplinen des OM, wie dem Kapazitäts- oder Bestandsmanagement, existiert häufig nur eine begrenzte Anzahl von historischen Beobachtungen, da Entscheidungen über den Einsatz von Ressourcen oder die Auffüllung des Bestands hier nicht in Echtzeit getroffen werden, sondern täglich, wöchentlich oder sogar nur monatlich stattfinden. In anderen Anwendungsbereichen des maschinellen Lernens, in denen die Verfügbarkeit von Daten zum Trainieren von Modellen ebenfalls ein Problem darstellt, hat man damit begonnen, reale Daten durch synthetische Daten zu ergänzen oder sogar zu ersetzen. Synthetische Daten sind künstlich generierte Daten, die die Eigenschaften und Muster realer Daten nachahmen. Neuste Ansätze zur Generierung synthetischer Daten haben zum Ziel, den Entstehungsprozess echter Daten nachzuahmen. Das Verständnis des Entstehungsprozesses von Daten ist auch deshalb so wichtig, weil er kausale Zusammenhänge aufzeigen kann, die es ermöglichen, universellere Modelle zu entwickeln. Verstehen wir beispielsweise den Entstehungsprozess von Nachfragedaten für Bäckereiprodukte, kann dieses Wissen bei jeder Bäckerei der Welt angewandt werden, um beispielsweise die Menge der zu backenden Brötchen zu optimieren. Diese Dissertation untersucht in drei inhaltlich abgeschlossenen Teilen, wie synthetische Daten genutzt werden können, um Trainingsdaten im Bereich des OM anzureichern und dadurch datengetriebene Modelle zur Entscheidungsunterstützung zu verbessern. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Zeitungsjungenproblem, einem klassischen Problem der Bestandsplanung. Hierbei handelt es sich um ein einperiodiges Planungsproblem, bei dem es gilt, die optimale Bestellmenge zu ermitteln, sodass der Gewinn maximiert wird. Dabei muss berücksichtigt werden, dass unverkaufte Produkte am Ende des Tages einen Verlust bedeuten, aber auch ein zu schneller Ausverkauf potenzielle Einnahmen verpassen lässt. Der erste Artikel, „A Meta Analysis of Data-Driven Newsvendor Approaches“, Kapitel 2, dient als Vorstudie zur Verwendung synthetischer Daten. Obwohl bisher in der Literatur mehrere datengetriebene, präskripviii tive Ansätze vorgeschlagen wurden, ist es unklar, wie diese im Vergleich zueinander abschneiden. In dem Artikel wird ein reproduzierbares und einheitliches Bewertungsverfahren für datengetriebene, präskriptive Ansätze präsentiert. Das vorgestellte Bewertungsverfahren kann sowohl von Praktikern zur Modellauswahl als auch von Forschern zum Benchmarking neuer Ansätze verwendet werden. In diesem Artikel wird es in einer umfangreichen numerischen Studie verwendet, die mit einem großen und heterogenen Datensatz durchgeführt wird. Teil dieser Studie ist eine Robustheitsanalyse, um den Einfluss verschiedener Problemparameter zu bewerten, die die Leistung des Modells potenziell beeinflussen können, wie z.B. Eigenschaften des Datensatzes oder des zu lösenden Planungsproblems. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Leistung der evaluierten Modelle wenig robust ist und das zu verwendende Modell auf der Grundlage eines standardisierten Evaluierungsprozesses ausgewählt werden sollte, um bestmögliche Ergebnisse zu gewährleisten. Im zweiten Artikel, „Application of Generative Adversarial Networks in Inventory Management“, Kapitel 3, wird die Verwendung synthetischer Daten, die durch Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) erzeugt wurden, zur Lösung des Zeitungsjungenproblems untersucht. Der Einsatz datengetriebener, präskriptiver Verfahren hat zu einem wachsenden Bedarf an relevanten Trainingsdaten geführt, insbesondere wenn zusätzliche Informationen (Features) eingebunden werden. Daraus ergibt sich ein Bedarf an Techniken, die komplexe Beziehungen zwischen Nachfrage und Zusatzinformationen modellieren können und mit denen große Mengen synthetischer Daten erzeugt werden können. In diesem Artikel wird gezeigt, wie solche synthetischen Daten mit Hilfe von GANs - einem Ansatz des Deep Learning - erzeugt werden können. Da die Leistung von GANs häufig instabil ist, wird eine Selektionsstrategie als Vorstufe zur Anwendung der GAN-generierten Daten im Planungsproblem entwickelt. In numerischen Experimenten wird der vorgeschlagene Ansatz im Praxiskontext einer Bäckereikette angewandt und unter Variation verschiedener Experimentparameter untersucht. Er wird mit traditionelleren Ansätzen, wie dem Distribution Fitting und der Sample Average Approximation (SAA), verglichen. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass die Anwendung von GANs eine vielversprechende Alternative zu diesen traditionellen Ansätzen darstellt. Im dritten Artikel, „Combining Synthetic Data and Transfer Learning for Deep Reinforcement Learning in Inventory Management“, Kapitel 4, wird ein neuartiges, auf Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) basierendes Verfahren vorgeschlagen, das synthetische und reale Daten mittels Transfer Learning kombiniert, um OM-Entscheidungsprobleme zu lösen. Die Anwendung von DRL verspricht größere Flexibilität in der Problemdefinition als traditionellere, präskriptive Ansätze. Allerdings erfordert es auch große Mengen an Trainingsdaten. In diesem Artikel wird ein zweistufiges Verfahren vorgeschlagen, um mit weniger echten Trainingsdaten auszukommen. Zunächst wird ein generatives Modell trainiert, um die unbekannte gemeinsame Verteilung von Nachfrage und Features zu lernen. Dieses wird genutzt, um zusätzliche synthetische Trainingsdaten zu generieren. In einem zweiten Schritt wird ein DRL-Agent mit Hilfe des Transfer Learnings trainiert, wobei der DRL-Agent zunächst auf den synthetischen Daten vortrainiert wird und dann ein Feintuning auf der Grundlage eines kleineren realen Datensatzes erfolgt. Dieser Artikel evaluiert das vorgeschlagene Verfahren für ein Zeitungsjungenproblem in zwei verschiedenen numerischen Studiensettings. In dem kontrollierten Studiensetting ist die Verteilung der Daten bekannt, wodurch ein erster Schritt gemacht wird, zu verstehen, was die Leistung des vorgeschlagenen Verfahrens beeinflusst, z.B. die Qualität der generierten synthetischen Daten. Im Praxissetting, in dem die gemeinsame Verteilung der Daten unbekannt ist, wird das vorgeschlagene Verfahren auf Daten einer lokalen Bäckereikette angewandt. In beiden Fällen übertrifft das vorgeschlagene Verfahren die traditionelle präskriptive Methode. Es ist jedoch weitere Forschung erforderlich, um die Generalisierbarkeit dieser Ergebnisse zu beweisen. Insgesamt zeigen die Ergebnisse dieser Dissertation, dass der Einsatz von synthetischen Daten Potential hat, Praxisanwendungen des maschinellen Lernens zu unterstützen. Die untersuchte Methode der Datengenerierung mit GANs ermöglicht die Modellierung komplexer Zusammenhänge in den Daten und unterstützt damit selbst die Anwendung von datenhungrigen Verfahren, wie DRL, zur Lösung von Planungsproblemen. Die Wahl eines guten GAN-Modells ist jedoch mit hohem Aufwand verbunden, sodass Kosten und Nutzen synthetischer Daten bei jeder Anwendung abgewogen werden sollten. Weitere Forschung ist notwendig, um die Generalisierbarkeit der Ergebnisse zu gewährleisten. KW - Bestandsmanagement KW - Synthetische Daten KW - Maschinelles Lernen KW - Data-driven Operations Management KW - Generative Adversarial Networks KW - Reinforcement Learning Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-361364 ER - TY - THES A1 - Wagner, Alena T1 - Herstellung und Qualitätskontrolle einer vaskularisierten Trägerstruktur zur Blasenrekonstruktion T1 - Production and quality control of a vascularized structure for bladder reconstruction N2 - Die regenerative Medizin gewinnt heutzutage immer mehr an Bedeutung. Der klinische Ersatz der Harnblase nach Tumoren oder bei Fehlbildungen stellt bis heute einen komplexen Eingriff mit zahlreichen Langzeitkomplikationen dar. Trotz etlicher Behandlungsmöglichkeiten können die aktuellen therapeutischen Maßnahmen nicht als langfristige Heilung angesehen werden. Meine Arbeit ist Teil einer präklinischen Großtierstudie zur Entwicklung eines neuartigen Blasenersatzes auf der Basis eines vaskularisierten Tissue-Engineering-Konstruktes. Mit der Herstellung eines vaskularisierten Augmentats (UroVaSc) wird ein Arzneimittel für neuartige Therapien (ATMP) für die Anwendung am Menschen entwickelt. Unter Zuhilfenahme fortschrittlicher Verfahren aus dem Bereich des Tissue Engineerings wird ein Gewebe hergestellt, welches im Empfänger die beiden kritischen Punkte der Vernarbung und insbesondere bei jungen Empfängern die Problematik eines nicht mitwachsenden Gewebes reduzieren oder verhindern soll. Als Ausgangsmaterialien dienen ein Abschnitt porcinen Jejunums und eine porcine Hautbiopsie. In der klinischen Anwendung wird die Hautbiopsie dem Empfänger des Augmentats entnommen. Aus den beiden Ausgangsmaterialien werden als Zwischenprodukte dezellularisiertes Jejunum (BioVaSc) und aus der Hautbiopsie eine primäre, mikrovaskuläre Endothelzellkultur (mvEC) hergestellt. Die mvEC besiedeln die Gefäße der Trägerstruktur BioVaSc in einem Bioreaktorsystem und führen zum vaskularisierten Endprodukt, der UroVaSc. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Entwicklung eines dreidimensionalen, vaskularisierten Blasenaugmentats. Im Verlauf dieser Arbeit waren die Methoden der Isolation und Kultivierung der Zellen, die Rebesiedlung und Kultur des autologen Augmentats, als auch die Qualitätskontrolle unter den Richtlinien der Guten Herstellungspraxis zu etablieren. Für die Isolierung der mvEC wurde ein Protokoll erarbeitet, mit dem sich die Zellen, trotz intraindividueller Unterschiede der Spendertiere, in ausreichender Zellzahl und Reinheit darstellen ließen. Des Weiteren wurde die endotheliale Rebesiedlung der Trägerstruktur erfolgreich durchgeführt und dies mit Hilfe zellbiologischer und immunhistologischer Methoden belegt. In der Risikobeurteilung des Herstellungsprozesses wurde die Überwachung des Inkubators als wichtigen Schritt zur Erhöhung der Produktqualität identifiziert, der in weiterführenden Arbeiten adressiert werden sollte. Auf Grundlage meiner Forschungsergebnisse und weiterer Forschungsarbeiten erfolgt derzeit die funktionale Testung des Endproduktes im Großtierversuch. Mit der erfolgreichen Herstellung eines vaskularisierten Blasenaugmentats wird betroffenen Patienten eine neuartige Therapieoption eröffnet, welche die Aussicht auf eine Heilung schwerer Erkrankungen an der Blase ermöglicht. N2 - Regenerative medicine is becoming increasingly important nowadays. The clinical replacement of the urinary bladder after tumors or in cases of malformations has so far been a serious procedure with many long-term problems. Although there are diverse treatment options, the current therapeutic measures cannot be considered a permanent cure. My work is part of a preclinical animal study to develop a novel bladder replacement based on a vascularized tissue-engineered construct. The manufacturing of a vascularized bladder replacement (UroVaSc) will develop a advanced therapy medical product (ATMP) for human use. Using innovative tissue engineering techniques, a tissue is produced that is intended to reduce or prevent the two critical points of scarring in the recipient and, especially in young recipients, the problem of tissue that does not grow with the recipient. The raw material is a section of porcine jejunum and a porcine skin biopsy. In clinical use, the skin biopsy is taken from the recipient. Out of the two starting materials, the intermediates vascularized porcine jejunum (BioVaSc) and a primary, microvascular endothelial cell culture (mvEC) isolated from the porcine skin biopsy are prepared. The mvEC colonize the vessels of the BioVaSc in a bioreactor system, leading to the final product, UroVaSc. The aim of the study was to create a three-dimensional vascularized bladder augmentation. In the course of this work, the methods of isolation and cultivation of the cells, the re-colonization and culture of the autologous augmentation product, as well as the quality control under the guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practice had to be established. For the isolation of the mvEC, a protocol was developed that, despite intra-individual differences of the donor animals, allows the reproduction of cells in sufficient cell count and purity. Furthermore, the endothelial recolonization of the carrier structure was successfully executed and this was proven with the help of cell biological and immunohistological methods. In the area of quality control, the monitoring of the incubator was identified as an important step to increase product quality, which should be addressed in further work. Based on my research results and further research work, the functional testing of the final product in animal experiments is currently being performed. The successfully produced vascularized bladder replacement introduces a novel therapeutic option for affected patients, offering the prospect of a cure for severe diseases of the bladder. KW - Augmentation KW - Endothelzelle KW - Harnblasenkrankheit KW - Tissue Engineering KW - Blasenerkrankung Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-370280 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gil-Sepulcre, Marcos A1 - Lindner, Joachim O. A1 - Schindler, Dorothee A1 - Velasco, Lucía A1 - Moonshiram, Dooshaye A1 - Rüdiger, Olaf A1 - DeBeer, Serena A1 - Stepanenko, Vladimir A1 - Solano, Eduardo A1 - Würthner, Frank A1 - Llobet, Antoni T1 - Surface-promoted evolution of Ru-bda coordination oligomers boosts the efficiency of water oxidation molecular anodes JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society N2 - A new Ru oligomer of formula {[Ru-\(^{II}\)(bda-\(\kappa\)-N\(^2\)O\(^2\))(4,4'-bpy)]\(_{10}\)(4,4'-bpy)}, 10 (bda is [2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarbox-ylate and 4,4'-bpy is 4,4'-bipyridine), was synthesized and thoroughly characterized with spectroscopic, X-ray, and electrochemical techniques. This oligomer exhibits strong affinity for graphitic materials through CH-\(\pi\) interactions and thus easily anchors on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT), generating the molecular hybrid material 10@CNT. The latter acts as a water oxidation catalyst and converts to a new species, 10'(H\(_2\)O)\(_2\)@CNT, during the electrochemical oxygen evolution process involving solvation and ligand reorganization facilitated by the interactions of molecular Ru catalyst and the surface. This heterogeneous system has been shown to be a powerful and robust molecular hybrid anode for electrocatalytic water oxidation into molecular oxygen, achieving current densities in the range of 200 mA/cm\(^2\) at pH 7 under an applied potential of 1.45 V vs NHE. The remarkable long-term stability of this hybrid material during turnover is rationalized based on the supramolecular interaction of the catalyst with the graphitic surface. KW - electrodes KW - ligands KW - oligomers KW - surface interactions KW - water oxidation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-351514 VL - 143 IS - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gronwald, Thomas A1 - Hoos, Olaf A1 - Hottenrott, Kuno T1 - Effects of Acute Normobaric Hypoxia on Non-linear Dynamics of Cardiac Autonomic Activity During Constant Workload Cycling Exercise JF - Frontiers in Physiology N2 - Aim: Measurements of Non-linear dynamics of heart rate variability (HRV) provide new possibilities to monitor cardiac autonomic activity during exercise under different environmental conditions. Using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) technique to assess correlation properties of heart rate (HR) dynamics, the present study examines the influence of normobaric hypoxic conditions (HC) in comparison to normoxic conditions (NC) during a constant workload exercise. Materials and Methods: Nine well trained cyclists performed a continuous workload exercise on a cycle ergometer with an intensity corresponding to the individual anaerobic threshold until voluntary exhaustion under both NC and HC (15% O2). The individual exercise duration was normalized to 10% sections (10–100%). During exercise HR and RR-intervals were continuously-recorded. Besides HRV time-domain measurements (meanRR, SDNN), fractal correlation properties using short-term scaling exponent alpha1 of DFA were calculated. Additionally, blood lactate (La), oxygen saturation of the blood (SpO2), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded in regular time intervals. Results: We observed significant changes under NC and HC for all parameters from the beginning to the end of the exercise (10% vs. 100%) except for SpO2 and SDNN during NC: increases for HR, La, and RPE in both conditions; decreases for SpO2 and SDNN during HC, meanRR and DFA-alpha1 during both conditions. Under HC HR (40–70%), La (10–90%), and RPE (50–90%) were significantly-higher, SpO2 (10–100%), meanRR (40–70%), and DFA-alpha1 (20–60%) were significantly-lower than under NC. Conclusion: Under both conditions, prolonged exercise until voluntary exhaustion provokes a lower total variability combined with a reduction in the amplitude and correlation properties of RR fluctuations which may be attributed to increased organismic demands. Additionally, HC provoked higher demands and loss of correlation properties at an earlier stage during the exercise regime, implying an accelerated alteration of cardiac autonomic regulation. KW - autonomic nervous system KW - heart rate variability KW - detrended fluctuation analysis KW - endurance exercise KW - voluntary exhaustion KW - hypoxia Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369199 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fahmy-Garcia, Shorouk A1 - Farrell, Eric A1 - Witte-Bouma, Janneke A1 - Robbesom-van den Berge, Iris A1 - Suarez, Melva A1 - Mumcuoglu, Didem A1 - Walles, Heike A1 - Kluijtmans, Sebastiaan G. J. M. A1 - van der Eerden, Bram C. J. A1 - van Osch, Gerjo J. V. M. A1 - van Leeuwen, Johannes P. T. M. A1 - van Driel, Marjolein T1 - Follistatin Effects in Migration, Vascularization, and Osteogenesis in vitro and Bone Repair in vivo JF - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology N2 - The use of biomaterials and signaling molecules to induce bone formation is a promising approach in the field of bone tissue engineering. Follistatin (FST) is a glycoprotein able to bind irreversibly to activin A, a protein that has been reported to inhibit bone formation. We investigated the effect of FST in critical processes for bone repair, such as cell recruitment, osteogenesis and vascularization, and ultimately its use for bone tissue engineering. In vitro, FST promoted mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) and endothelial cell (EC) migration as well as essential steps in the formation and expansion of the vasculature such as EC tube-formation and sprouting. FST did not enhance osteogenic differentiation of MSCs, but increased committed osteoblast mineralization. In vivo, FST was loaded in an in situ gelling formulation made by alginate and recombinant collagen-based peptide microspheres and implanted in a rat calvarial defect model. Two FST variants (FST288 and FST315) with major differences in their affinity to cell-surface proteoglycans, which may influence their effect upon in vivo bone repair, were tested. In vitro, most of the loaded FST315 was released over 4 weeks, contrary to FST288, which was mostly retained in the biomaterial. However, none of the FST variants improved in vivo bone healing compared to control. These results demonstrate that FST enhances crucial processes needed for bone repair. Further studies need to investigate the optimal FST carrier for bone regeneration. KW - follistatin 315 (FST315) KW - follistatin 288 (FST288) KW - migration KW - vascularization KW - osteogenesis KW - injectable in situ gelling slow release system KW - bone tissue engineering KW - regenerative medicine Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227617 VL - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gál, Bernadett I. A1 - Kilencz, Tünde A1 - Albert, Anita A1 - Demeter, Ildikó A1 - Hegedűs, Klára Mária A1 - Janka, Zoltán A1 - Csifcsák, Gábor A1 - Álmos, Péter Z. T1 - Mild Effect of Nalmefene on Alcoholic Cue-Induced Response Invigoration in Alcohol Use Disorder Without Accompanying Changes in Electrophysiological Signatures of Early Visual Processing and Executive Control JF - Frontiers in Pharmacology N2 - Nalmefene is approved for as-needed pharmacological treatment in alcohol use disorder (AUD) by the European Medicines Agency. While the cellular effects of nalmefene have been thoroughly investigated, data are very limited on how this agent influences neural signals associated with inhibitory control and the visual analysis of environmental cues. This double-blind crossover study assessed the behavioral and neural effects of acute nalmefene administration in patients diagnosed with AUD. In experiment 1, we validated our experimental paradigm (electroencephalography combined with a modified Go/NoGo task using images of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks as prime stimuli) in 20 healthy adults to ensure that our protocol is suitable for assessing the behavioral and neural aspects of executive control. In experiment 2, we recruited 19 patients with AUD, and in a double-blind crossover design, we investigated the effects of nalmefene versus placebo on task performance (response accuracy, the sensitivity index, and reaction times), visual responses to appetitive cues (occipital P1, N1, and P2 components), and electrophysiological markers of conflict detection and response inhibition (frontal N2 and P3 waveforms). Under placebo, patients produced faster reaction times to alcohol-primed Go stimuli, an effect that was weak despite being statistically significant. However, the effect of alcoholic cues on the speed of response initiation disappeared after receiving nalmefene. We found no placebo versus nalmefene difference regarding our patients’ ability to accurately inhibit responses to NoGo stimuli or for occipital and frontal event-related potentials. Our results suggest that nalmefene might be potent in reducing the vigor to act upon alcoholic cues in AUD patients, but this effect is most probably mediated via subcortical (rather than cortical) neural circuits. KW - nalmefene KW - alcohol use disorder KW - response inhibition KW - incentive salience KW - event-related potentials KW - Go/NoGo task Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369182 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Franke, Maximilian A1 - Conzelmann, Annette A1 - Grünblatt, Edna A1 - Werling, Anna M. A1 - Spieles, Helen A1 - Wewetzer, Christoph A1 - Warnke, Andreas A1 - Romanos, Marcel A1 - Walitza, Susanne A1 - Renner, Tobias J. T1 - No Association of Variants of the NPY-System With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents JF - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience N2 - Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes severe distress and is therefore counted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the 10 most impairing illnesses. There is evidence for a strong genetic underpinning especially in early onset OCD (eoOCD). Though several genes involved in neurotransmission have been reported as candidates, there is still a need to identify new pathways. In this study, we focussed on genetic variants of the Neuropeptide Y (NPY) system. NPY is one of the most abundant neuropeptides in the human brain with emerging evidence of capacity to modulate stress response, which is of high relevance in OCD. We focussed on tag-SNPs of NPY and its receptor gene NPY1R in a family-based approach. The sample comprised 86 patients (children and adolescents) with eoOCD with both their biological parents. However, this first study on genetic variants of the NPY-system could not confirm the association between the investigated SNPs and eoOCD. Based on the small sample size results have to be interpreted as preliminary and should be replicated in larger samples. However, also in an additional GWAS analysis in a large sample, we could not observe an associations between NPY and OCD. Overall, these preliminary results point to a minor role of NPY on the stress response of OCD. KW - NPY KW - obsessive-compulsive KW - children KW - anxiety KW - neuropeptide Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229051 VL - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Geran, Rohat A1 - Uecker, Florian C. A1 - Prüss, Harald A1 - Haeusler, Karl Georg A1 - Paul, Friedemann A1 - Ruprecht, Klemens A1 - Harms, Lutz A1 - Schmidt, Felix A. T1 - Olfactory and Gustatory Dysfunction in Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis JF - Frontiers in Neurology N2 - Objective: To test the hypothesis that olfactory (OF) and gustatory function (GF) is disturbed in patients with autoimmune encephalitides (AE). Methods: The orthonasal OF was tested in 32 patients with AE and 32 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC) with the standardized Threshold Discrimination Identification (TDI) score. This validated olfactory testing method yields individual scores for olfactory threshold (T), odor discrimination (D), and identification (I), along with a composite TDI score. The GF was determined by the Taste Strip Test (TST). Results: Overall, 24/32 (75%) of patients with AE, but none of 32 HC (p < 0.001) had olfactory dysfunction in TDI testing. The results of the threshold, discrimination and identification subtests were significantly reduced in patients with AE compared to HC (all p < 0.001). Assessed by TST, 5/19 (26.3%) of patients with AE, but none of 19 HC presented a significant limitation in GF (p < 0.001). The TDI score was correlated with the subjective estimation of the olfactory capacity on a visual analog scale (VAS; rs = 0.475, p = 0.008). Neither age, sex, modified Rankin Scale nor disease duration were associated with the composite TDI score. Conclusions: This is the first study investigating OF and GF in AE patients. According to unblinded assessment, patients with AE have a reduced olfactory and gustatory capacity compared to HC, suggesting that olfactory and gustatory dysfunction are hitherto unrecognized symptoms in AE. Further studies with larger number of AE patients would be of interest to verify our results. KW - autoimmune encephalitis KW - olfactory dysfunction KW - gustatory dysfunction KW - olfactory testing KW - threshold discrimination identification test Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232921 VL - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jarick, Katja J. A1 - Mokhtari, Zeinab A1 - Scheller, Lukas A1 - Hartweg, Julia A1 - Thusek, Sina A1 - Le, Duc-Dung A1 - Ranecky, Maria A1 - Shaikh, Haroon A1 - Qureischi, Musga A1 - Heinze, Katrin G. A1 - Beilhack, Andreas T1 - Photoconversion of Alloreactive T Cells in Murine Peyer’s Patches During Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Tracking the Homing Route of Highly Proliferative Cells In Vivo JF - Frontiers in Immunology N2 - The regulation of immune cell migration throughout the body is essential to warrant immunosurveillance and to maintain immune homeostasis. Marking and tracking of these cells has proven important to study mechanisms of immune cell trafficking and cell interaction in vivo. Photoconversion is a well-suited technique for intravital application because it enables contactless time- and location-specific marking of cells in the tissue without surgically manipulating the microenvironment of the cells in question. However, in dividing cells the converted fluorescent protein may decline quickly. Here, we provide a detailed description of the photoconversion technique and its applicability to tracking highly proliferating T cells from the priming site of T cell activation to peripheral target organs of effector function in a preclinical model. Dendra2+ T cells were photoconverted in the Peyer’s patches during the initiation phase of acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and tracked through the mesenteric lymph nodes and the peripheral blood to the small intestine with flow cytometry and intravital two-photon microscopy. Photoconverted alloreactive T cells preserved the full proliferative capacity, homing, and migration of alloreactive T cells in the intestinal lamina propria. We conclusively proved that photoconversion of highly proliferative alloreactive T cells in the Peyer’s patches is an effective tool to study trafficking of alloreactive T cells under physiologic conditions and to GvHD target tissues. This technique can also be applied to the study of immune cell tracking under inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions. KW - T cell migration KW - acute graft-versus-host disease KW - mouse models KW - photoconversion KW - Dendra2 KW - Peyer's patch KW - in vivo cell tracking KW - lymphocyte homing Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-323309 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hammer, Eva M. A1 - Halder, Sebastian A1 - Kleih, Sonja C. A1 - Kübler, Andrea T1 - Psychological Predictors of Visual and Auditory P300 Brain-Computer Interface Performance JF - Frontiers in Neuroscience N2 - Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) provide communication channels independent from muscular control. In the current study we used two versions of the P300-BCI: one based on visual the other on auditory stimulation. Up to now, data on the impact of psychological variables on P300-BCI control are scarce. Hence, our goal was to identify new predictors with a comprehensive psychological test-battery. A total of N = 40 healthy BCI novices took part in a visual and an auditory BCI session. Psychological variables were measured with an electronic test-battery including clinical, personality, and performance tests. The personality factor “emotional stability” was negatively correlated (Spearman's rho = −0.416; p < 0.01) and an output variable of the non-verbal learning test (NVLT), which can be interpreted as ability to learn, correlated positively (Spearman's rho = 0.412; p < 0.01) with visual P300-BCI performance. In a linear regression analysis both independent variables explained 24% of the variance. “Emotional stability” was also negatively related to auditory P300-BCI performance (Spearman's rho = −0.377; p < 0.05), but failed significance in the regression analysis. Psychological parameters seem to play a moderate role in visual P300-BCI performance. “Emotional stability” was identified as a new predictor, indicating that BCI users who characterize themselves as calm and rational showed worse BCI performance. The positive relation of the ability to learn and BCI performance corroborates the notion that also for P300 based BCIs learning may constitute an important factor. Further studies are needed to consolidate or reject the presented predictors. KW - predictors KW - visual P300-BCI KW - auditory P300-BCI KW - NVLT KW - emotional stability Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369207 VL - 12 ER -