@article{DumontWeberLassalleJolyBeauparlantetal.2022, author = {Dumont, Martine and Weber-Lassalle, Nana and Joly-Beauparlant, Charles and Ernst, Corinna and Droit, Arnaud and Feng, Bing-Jian and Dubois, St{\´e}phane and Collin-Deschesnes, Annie-Claude and Soucy, Penny and Vall{\´e}e, Maxime and Fournier, Fr{\´e}d{\´e}ric and Lema{\c{c}}on, Audrey and Adank, Muriel A. and Allen, Jamie and Altm{\"u}ller, Janine and Arnold, Norbert and Ausems, Margreet G. E. M. and Berutti, Riccardo and Bolla, Manjeet K. and Bull, Shelley and Carvalho, Sara and Cornelissen, Sten and Dufault, Michael R. and Dunning, Alison M. and Engel, Christoph and Gehrig, Andrea and Geurts-Giele, Willemina R. R. and Gieger, Christian and Green, Jessica and Hackmann, Karl and Helmy, Mohamed and Hentschel, Julia and Hogervorst, Frans B. L. and Hollestelle, Antoinette and Hooning, Maartje J. and Horv{\´a}th, Judit and Ikram, M. Arfan and Kaulfuß, Silke and Keeman, Renske and Kuang, Da and Luccarini, Craig and Maier, Wolfgang and Martens, John W. M. and Niederacher, Dieter and N{\"u}rnberg, Peter and Ott, Claus-Eric and Peters, Annette and Pharoah, Paul D. P. and Ramirez, Alfredo and Ramser, Juliane and Riedel-Heller, Steffi and Schmidt, Gunnar and Shah, Mitul and Scherer, Martin and St{\"a}bler, Antje and Strom, Tim M. and Sutter, Christian and Thiele, Holger and van Asperen, Christi J. and van der Kolk, Lizet and van der Luijt, Rob B. and Volk, Alexander E. and Wagner, Michael and Waisfisz, Quinten and Wang, Qin and Wang-Gohrke, Shan and Weber, Bernhard H. F. and Devilee, Peter and Tavtigian, Sean and Bader, Gary D. and Meindl, Alfons and Goldgar, David E. and Andrulis, Irene L. and Schmutzler, Rita K. and Easton, Douglas F. and Schmidt, Marjanka K. and Hahnen, Eric and Simard, Jacques}, title = {Uncovering the contribution of moderate-penetrance susceptibility genes to breast cancer by whole-exome sequencing and targeted enrichment sequencing of candidate genes in women of European ancestry}, series = {Cancers}, volume = {14}, journal = {Cancers}, number = {14}, issn = {2072-6694}, doi = {10.3390/cancers14143363}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-281768}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Rare variants in at least 10 genes, including BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, ATM, and CHEK2, are associated with increased risk of breast cancer; however, these variants, in combination with common variants identified through genome-wide association studies, explain only a fraction of the familial aggregation of the disease. To identify further susceptibility genes, we performed a two-stage whole-exome sequencing study. In the discovery stage, samples from 1528 breast cancer cases enriched for breast cancer susceptibility and 3733 geographically matched unaffected controls were sequenced. Using five different filtering and gene prioritization strategies, 198 genes were selected for further validation. These genes, and a panel of 32 known or suspected breast cancer susceptibility genes, were assessed in a validation set of 6211 cases and 6019 controls for their association with risk of breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor (ER) disease subtypes, using gene burden tests applied to loss-of-function and rare missense variants. Twenty genes showed nominal evidence of association (p-value < 0.05) with either overall or subtype-specific breast cancer. Our study had the statistical power to detect susceptibility genes with effect sizes similar to ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2, however, it was underpowered to identify genes in which susceptibility variants are rarer or confer smaller effect sizes. Larger sample sizes would be required in order to identify such genes.}, language = {en} } @article{CouchWangMcGuffogetal.2013, author = {Couch, Fergus J. and Wang, Xianshu and McGuffog, Lesley and Lee, Andrew and Olswold, Curtis and Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B. and Soucy, Penny and Fredericksen, Zachary and Barrowdale, Daniel and Dennis, Joe and Gaudet, Mia M. and Dicks, Ed and Kosel, Matthew and Healey, Sue and Sinilnikova, Olga M. and Lee, Adam and Bacot, Fran{\c{c}}ios and Vincent, Daniel and Hogervorst, Frans B. L. and Peock, Susan and Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique and Jakubowska, Anna and Radice, Paolo and Schmutzler, Rita Katharina and Domchek, Susan M. and Piedmonte, Marion and Singer, Christian F. and Friedman, Eitan and Thomassen, Mads and Hansen, Thomas V. O. and Neuhausen, Susan L. and Szabo, Csilla I. and Blanco, Ingnacio and Greene, Mark H. and Karlan, Beth Y. and Garber, Judy and Phelan, Catherine M. and Weitzel, Jeffrey N. and Montagna, Marco and Olah, Edith and Andrulis, Irene L. and Godwin, Andrew K. and Yannoukakos, Drakoulis and Goldgar, David E. and Caldes, Trinidad and Nevanlinna, Heli and Osorio, Ana and Terry, Mary Beth and Daly, Mary B. and van Rensburg, Elisabeth J. and Hamann, Ute and Ramus, Susan J. and Toland, Amanda Ewart and Caligo, Maria A. and Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. and Tung, Nadine and Claes, Kathleen and Beattie, Mary S. and Southey, Melissa C. and Imyanitov, Evgeny N. and Tischkowitz, Marc and Janavicius, Ramunas and John, Esther M. and Kwong, Ava and Diez, Orland and Kwong, Ava and Balma{\~n}a, Judith and Barkardottir, Rosa B. and Arun, Banu K. and Rennert, Gad and Teo, Soo-Hwang and Ganz, Patricia A. and Campbell, Ian and van der Hout, Annemarie H. and van Deurzen, Carolien H. M. and Seynaeve, Caroline and Garcia, Encarna B. G{\´o}mez and van Leeuwen, Flora E. and Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E. J. and Gille, Johannes J. P. and Ausems, Magreet G. E. M. and Blok, Marinus J. and Ligtenberg, Marjolinjin J. L. and Rookus, Matti A. and Devilee, Peter and Verhoef, Senno and van Os, Theo A. M. and Wijnen, Juul T. and Frost, Debra and Ellis, Steve and Fineberg, Elena and Platte, Radke and Evans, D. Gareth and Izatt, Luise and Eeles, Rosalind A. and Adlard, Julian and Eccles, Diana M. and Cook, Jackie and Brewer, Carole and Douglas, Fiona and Hodgson, Shirley and Morrison, Patrick J. and Side, Lucy E. and Donaldson, Alan and Houghton, Catherine and Rogers, Mark T. and Dorkins, Huw and Eason, Jacqueline and Gregory, Helen and McCann, Emma and Murray, Alex and Calender, Alain and Hardouin, Agn{\`e}s and Berthet, Pascaline and Delnatte, Capucine and Nogues, Catherine and Lasset, Christine and Houdayer, Claude and Leroux,, Dominique and Rouleau, Etienne and Prieur, Fabienne and Damiola, Francesca and Sobol, Hagay and Coupier, Isabelle and Venat-Bouvet, Laurence and Castera, Laurent and Gauthier-Villars, Marion and L{\´e}on{\´e}, M{\´e}lanie and Pujol, Pascal and Mazoyer, Sylvie and Bignon, Yves-Jean and Zlowocka-Perlowska, Elzbieta and Gronwald, Jacek and Lubinski,, Jan and Durda, Katarzyna and Jaworska, Katarzyna and Huzarski, Tomasz and Spurdle, Amanda B. and Viel, Alessandra and Peissel, Bernhard and Bonanni, Bernardo and Melloni, Guilia and Ottini, Laura and Papi, Laura and Varesco, Liliana and Tibiletti, Maria Grazia and Peterlongo, Paolo and Volorio, Sara and Manoukian, Siranoush and Pensotti, Valeria and Arnold, Norbert and Engel, Christoph and Deissler, Helmut and Gadzicki, Dorothea and Gehrig, Andrea and Kast, Karin and Rhiem, Kerstin and Meindl, Alfons and Niederacher, Dieter and Ditsch, Nina and Plendl, Hansjoerg and Preisler-Adams, Sabine and Engert, Stefanie and Sutter, Christian and Varon-Mateeva, Raymenda and Wappenschmidt, Barbara and Weber, Bernhard H. F. and Arver, Brita and Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie and Loman, Niklas and Rosenquist, Richard and Einbeigi, Zakaria and Nathanson, Katherine L. and Rebbeck, Timothy R. and Blank, Stephanie V. and Cohn, David E. and Rodriguez, Gustavo C. and Small, Laurie and Friedlander, Michael and Bae-Jump, Victoria L. and Fink-Retter, Anneliese and Rappaport, Christine and Gschwantler-Kaulich, Daphne and Pfeiler, Georg and Tea, Muy-Kheng and Lindor, Noralane M. and Kaufman, Bella and Paluch, Shani Shimon and Laitman, Yael and Skytte, Anne-Bine and Gerdes, Anne-Marie and Pedersen, Inge Sokilde and Moeller, Sanne Traasdahl and Kruse, Torben A. and Jensen, Uffe Birk and Vijai, Joseph and Sarrel, Kara and Robson, Mark and Kauff, Noah and Mulligan, Anna Marie and Glendon, Gord and Ozcelik, Hilmi and Ejlertsen, Bent and Nielsen, Finn C. and J{\o}nson, Lars and Andersen, Mette K. and Ding, Yuan Chun and Steele, Linda and Foretova, Lenka and Teul{\´e}, Alex and Lazaro, Conxi and Brunet, Joan and Pujana, Miquel Angel and Mai, Phuong L. and Loud, Jennifer T. and Walsh, Christine and Lester, Jenny and Orsulic, Sandra and Narod, Steven A. and Herzog, Josef and Sand, Sharon R. and Tognazzo, Silvia and Agata, Simona and Vaszko, Tibor and Weaver, Joellen and Stravropoulou, Alexandra V. and Buys, Saundra S. and Romero, Atocha and de la Hoya, Miguel and Aittom{\"a}ki, Kristiina and Muranen, Taru A. and Duran, Mercedes and Chung, Wendy K. and Lasa, Adriana and Dorfling, Cecilia M. and Miron, Alexander and Benitez, Javier and Senter, Leigha and Huo, Dezheng and Chan, Salina B. and Sokolenko, Anna P. and Chiquette, Jocelyne and Tihomirova, Laima and Friebel, Tara M. and Agnarsson, Bjarne A. and Lu, Karen H. and Lejbkowicz, Flavio and James, Paul A. and Hall, Per and Dunning, Alison M. and Tessier, Daniel and Cunningham, Julie and Slager, Susan L. and Chen, Wang and Hart, Steven and Stevens, Kristen and Simard, Jacques and Pastinen, Tomi and Pankratz, Vernon S. and Offit, Kenneth and Easton, Douglas F. and Chenevix-Trench, Georgia and Antoniou, Antonis C.}, title = {Genome-Wide Association Study in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk}, series = {PLOS Genetics}, volume = {9}, journal = {PLOS Genetics}, number = {3}, issn = {1553-7404}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pgen.1003212}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-127947}, pages = {e1003212}, year = {2013}, abstract = {BRCA1-associated breast and ovarian cancer risks can be modified by common genetic variants. To identify further cancer risk-modifying loci, we performed a multi-stage GWAS of 11,705 BRCA1 carriers (of whom 5,920 were diagnosed with breast and 1,839 were diagnosed with ovarian cancer), with a further replication in an additional sample of 2,646 BRCA1 carriers. We identified a novel breast cancer risk modifier locus at 1q32 for BRCA1 carriers (rs2290854, P = 2.7 x 10(-8), HR = 1.14, 95\% CI: 1.09-1.20). In addition, we identified two novel ovarian cancer risk modifier loci: 17q21.31 (rs17631303, P = 1.4 x 10(-8), HR = 1.27, 95\% CI: 1.17-1.38) and 4q32.3 (rs4691139, P = 3.4 x 10(-8), HR = 1.20, 95\% CI: 1.17-1.38). The 4q32.3 locus was not associated with ovarian cancer risk in the general population or BRCA2 carriers, suggesting a BRCA1-specific association. The 17q21.31 locus was also associated with ovarian cancer risk in 8,211 BRCA2 carriers (P = 2 x 10(-4)). These loci may lead to an improved understanding of the etiology of breast and ovarian tumors in BRCA1 carriers. Based on the joint distribution of the known BRCA1 breast cancer risk-modifying loci, we estimated that the breast cancer lifetime risks for the 5\% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk are 28\%-50\% compared to 81\%-100\% for the 5\% at highest risk. Similarly, based on the known ovarian cancer risk-modifying loci, the 5\% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk have an estimated lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer of 28\% or lower, whereas the 5\% at highest risk will have a risk of 63\% or higher. Such differences in risk may have important implications for risk prediction and clinical management for BRCA1 carriers.}, language = {en} } @misc{DrenckhahnDrenckhahnWeberetal.2019, author = {Drenckhahn, Detlev and Drenckhahn, Helga and Weber, Heinrich E. and Jansen, Werner and Weber, Heinrich E. and Zonnenveld, Ben J. M.}, title = {Forum Geobotanicum Vol. 8 (2018/2019)}, volume = {8(2018/2019)}, editor = {Meierott, Lenz and Drenckhahn, Detlev and Dunkel, Franz G. and Ewald, J{\"o}rg and Fleischmann, Andreas}, issn = {1867-9315}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-175292}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Forum Geobotanicum is an electronic journal devoted to disseminate information concerning geographical distribution, ecology, morphology, taxonomy and conservation of vascular plants in the European Union with a main focus on middle Europe. It covers from molecular biology to environmental aspects. The focus is to publish original papers, reviews and announcements for the educated generalist as well as the specialist in this broad field. Forum Geobotanicum does not aim to supplant existing paper journals, but will be much more flexible in format, publication time and world-wide distribution than paper journals. Many important studies are being currently published in local journals and booklets and some of them are published privately. Hence, these studies will become aware to only a limited readership. Forum Geobotanicum will encourage authors of such papers to submit them as special issues of the journal. Moreover, the journal is planning to build up an E-mail-address section to support communication between geobotanists in Europe. The editors are optimistic that this electronic journal will develop to a widely used communication forum that will help to stimulate activities in the entire field of geobotany in middle Europe. To overcome problems of long term archivation and effective taxonomic publication of articles published electronically in Forum Geobotanicum, print versions of each volume of the journal and appropriate digital storage devices will be delivered freely to selected university libraries and state libraries in middle Europe.}, subject = {Geobotanik}, language = {de} } @article{GroebnerWorstWeischenfeldtetal.2018, author = {Gr{\"o}bner, Susanne N. and Worst, Barbara C. and Weischenfeldt, Joachim and Buchhalter, Ivo and Kleinheinz, Kortine and Rudneva, Vasilisa A. and Johann, Pascal D. and Balasubramanian, Gnana Prakash and Segura-Wang, Maia and Brabetz, Sebastian and Bender, Sebastian and Hutter, Barbara and Sturm, Dominik and Pfaff, Elke and H{\"u}bschmann, Daniel and Zipprich, Gideon and Heinold, Michael and Eils, J{\"u}rgen and Lawerenz, Christian and Erkek, Serap and Lambo, Sander and Waszak, Sebastian and Blattmann, Claudia and Borkhardt, Arndt and Kuhlen, Michaela and Eggert, Angelika and Fulda, Simone and Gessler, Manfred and Wegert, Jenny and Kappler, Roland and Baumhoer, Daniel and Stefan, Burdach and Kirschner-Schwabe, Renate and Kontny, Udo and Kulozik, Andreas E. and Lohmann, Dietmar and Hettmer, Simone and Eckert, Cornelia and Bielack, Stefan and Nathrath, Michaela and Niemeyer, Charlotte and Richter, G{\"u}nther H. and Schulte, Johannes and Siebert, Reiner and Westermann, Frank and Molenaar, Jan J. and Vassal, Gilles and Witt, Hendrik and Burkhardt, Birgit and Kratz, Christian P. and Witt, Olaf and van Tilburg, Cornelis M. and Kramm, Christof M. and Fleischhack, Gudrun and Dirksen, Uta and Rutkowski, Stefan and Fr{\"u}hwald, Michael and Hoff, Katja von and Wolf, Stephan and Klingebeil, Thomas and Koscielniak, Ewa and Landgraf, Pablo and Koster, Jan and Resnick, Adam C. and Zhang, Jinghui and Liu, Yanling and Zhou, Xin and Waanders, Angela J. and Zwijnenburg, Danny A. and Raman, Pichai and Brors, Benedikt and Weber, Ursula D. and Northcott, Paul A. and Pajtler, Kristian W. and Kool, Marcel and Piro, Rosario M. and Korbel, Jan O. and Schlesner, Matthias and Eils, Roland and Jones, David T. W. and Lichter, Peter and Chavez, Lukas and Zapatka, Marc and Pfister, Stefan M.}, title = {The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers}, series = {Nature}, volume = {555}, journal = {Nature}, organization = {ICGC PedBrain-Seq Project, ICGC MMML-Seq Project,}, doi = {10.1038/nature25480}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229579}, pages = {321-327}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Pan-cancer analyses that examine commonalities and differences among various cancer types have emerged as a powerful way to obtain novel insights into cancer biology. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of genetic alterations in a pan-cancer cohort including 961 tumours from children, adolescents, and young adults, comprising 24 distinct molecular types of cancer. Using a standardized workflow, we identified marked differences in terms of mutation frequency and significantly mutated genes in comparison to previously analysed adult cancers. Genetic alterations in 149 putative cancer driver genes separate the tumours into two classes: small mutation and structural/copy-number variant (correlating with germline variants). Structural variants, hyperdiploidy, and chromothripsis are linked to TP53 mutation status and mutational signatures. Our data suggest that 7-8\% of the children in this cohort carry an unambiguous predisposing germline variant and that nearly 50\% of paediatric neoplasms harbour a potentially druggable event, which is highly relevant for the design of future clinical trials.}, language = {en} } @article{UllrichWeberPostetal.2018, author = {Ullrich, M and Weber, M and Post, A M and Popp, S and Grein, J and Zechner, M and Gonz{\´a}lez, H Guerrero and Kreis, A and Schmitt, A G and {\"U}ҫeyler, N and Lesch, K-P and Schuh, K}, title = {OCD-like behavior is caused by dysfunction of thalamo-amygdala circuits and upregulated TrkB/ERK-MAPK signaling as a result of SPRED2 deficiency}, series = {Molecular Psychiatry}, volume = {23}, journal = {Molecular Psychiatry}, doi = {10.1038/mp.2016.232}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232096}, pages = {444-458}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric disease affecting about 2\% of the general population. It is characterized by persistent intrusive thoughts and repetitive ritualized behaviors. While gene variations, malfunction of cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuits, and dysregulated synaptic transmission have been implicated in the pathogenesis of OCD, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we show that OCD-like behavior in mice is caused by deficiency of SPRED2, a protein expressed in various brain regions and a potent inhibitor of Ras/ERK-MAPK signaling. Excessive self-grooming, reflecting OCD-like behavior in rodents, resulted in facial skin lesions in SPRED2 knockout (KO) mice. This was alleviated by treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine. In addition to the previously suggested involvement of cortico-striatal circuits, electrophysiological measurements revealed altered transmission at thalamo-amygdala synapses and morphological differences in lateral amygdala neurons of SPRED2 KO mice. Changes in synaptic function were accompanied by dysregulated expression of various pre- and postsynaptic proteins in the amygdala. This was a result of altered gene transcription and triggered upstream by upregulated tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB)/ERK-MAPK signaling in the amygdala of SPRED2 KO mice. Pathway overactivation was mediated by increased activity of TrkB, Ras, and ERK as a specific result of SPRED2 deficiency and not elicited by elevated brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels. Using the MEK inhibitor selumetinib, we suppressed TrkB/ERK-MAPK pathway activity in vivo and reduced OCD-like grooming in SPRED2 KO mice. Altogether, this study identifies SPRED2 as a promising new regulator, TrkB/ERK-MAPK signaling as a novel mediating mechanism, and thalamo-amygdala synapses as critical circuitry involved in the pathogenesis of OCD.}, language = {en} } @article{BarlinnWinzerWorthmannetal.2021, author = {Barlinn, J. and Winzer, S. and Worthmann, H. and Urbanek, C. and H{\"a}usler, K. G. and G{\"u}nther, A. and Erdur, H. and G{\"o}rtler, M. and Busetto, L. and Wojciechowski, C. and Schmitt, J. and Shah, Y. and B{\"u}chele, B. and Sokolowski, P. and Kraya, T. and Merkelbach, S. and Rosengarten, B. and Stangenberg-Gliss, K. and Weber, J. and Schlachetzki, F. and Abu-Mugheisib, M. and Petersen, M. and Schwartz, A. and Palm, F. and Jowaed, A. and Volbers, B. and Zickler, P. and Remi, J. and Bardutzky, J. and B{\"o}sel, J. and Audebert, H. J. and Hubert, G. J. and Gumbinger, C.}, title = {Telemedizin in der Schlaganfallversorgung - versorgungsrelevant f{\"u}r Deutschland}, series = {Der Nervenarzt}, volume = {92}, journal = {Der Nervenarzt}, number = {6}, issn = {0028-2804}, doi = {10.1007/s00115-021-01137-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-307752}, pages = {593-601}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Hintergrund und Ziel Telemedizinische Schlaganfall-Netzwerke tragen dazu bei, die Schlaganfallversorgung und insbesondere den Zugang zu zeitkritischen Schlaganfalltherapien in vorrangig strukturschwachen, l{\"a}ndlichen Regionen zu gew{\"a}hrleisten. Ziel ist eine Darstellung der Nutzungsfrequenz und regionalen Verteilung dieser Versorgungsstruktur. Methoden Die Kommission „Telemedizinische Schlaganfallversorgung" der Deutschen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft f{\"u}hrte eine Umfragestudie in allen Schlaganfall-Netzwerken durch. Ergebnisse In Deutschland sind 22 telemedizinische Schlaganfall-Netzwerke aktiv, welche insgesamt 43 Zentren (pro Netzwerk: Median 1,5, Interquartilsabstand [IQA] 1-3) sowie 225 Kooperationskliniken (pro Netzwerk: Median 9, IQA 4-17) umfassen und an einem unmittelbaren Zugang zur Schlaganfallversorgung f{\"u}r 48 Mio. Menschen teilhaben. Im Jahr 2018 wurden 38.211 Telekonsile (pro Netzwerk: Median 1340, IQA 319-2758) durchgef{\"u}hrt. Die Thrombolyserate betrug 14,1 \% (95 \%-Konfidenzintervall 13,6-14,7 \%), eine Verlegung zur Thrombektomie wurde bei 7,9 \% (95 \%-Konfidenzintervall 7,5-8,4 \%) der isch{\"a}mischen Schlaganfallpatienten initiiert. Das Finanzierungssystem ist uneinheitlich mit einem Verg{\"u}tungssystem f{\"u}r die Zentrumsleistungen in nur drei Bundesl{\"a}ndern. Diskussion Etwa jeder 10. Schlaganfallpatient wird telemedizinisch behandelt. Die telemedizinischen Schlaganfall-Netzwerke erreichen vergleichbar hohe Lyseraten und Verlegungen zur Thrombektomie wie neurologische Stroke-Units und tragen zur Sicherstellung einer fl{\"a}chendeckenden Schlaganfallversorgung bei. Eine netzwerk{\"u}bergreifende Sicherstellung der Finanzierung und einheitliche Erhebung von Qualit{\"a}tssicherungsdaten haben das Potenzial diese Versorgungsstruktur zuk{\"u}nftig weiter zu st{\"a}rken.}, language = {de} } @article{HommersRichterYangetal.2018, author = {Hommers, L. G. and Richter, J. and Yang, Y. and Raab, A. and Baumann, C. and Lang, K. and Schiele, M. A. and Weber, H. and Wittmann, A. and Wolf, C. and Alpers, G. W. and Arolt, V. and Domschke, K. and Fehm, L. and Fydrich, T. and Gerlach, A. and Gloster, A. T. and Hamm, A. O. and Helbig-Lang, S. and Kircher, T. and Lang, T. and Pan{\´e}-Farr{\´e}, C. A. and Pauli, P. and Pfleiderer, B. and Reif, A. and Romanos, M. and Straube, B. and Str{\"o}hle, A. and Wittchen, H.-U. and Frantz, S. and Ertl, G. and Lohse, M. J. and Lueken, U. and Deckert, J.}, title = {A functional genetic variation of SLC6A2 repressor hsa-miR-579-3p upregulates sympathetic noradrenergic processes of fear and anxiety}, series = {Translational Psychiatry}, volume = {8}, journal = {Translational Psychiatry}, doi = {10.1038/s41398-018-0278-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322497}, year = {2018}, abstract = {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.}, language = {en} } @article{StefanovicBarnettvanDuijvenbodenetal.2014, author = {Stefanovic, Sonia and Barnett, Phil and van Duijvenboden, Karel and Weber, David and Gessler, Manfred and Christoffels, Vincent M.}, title = {GATA-dependent regulatory switches establish atrioventricular canal specificity during heart development}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {5}, journal = {Nature Communications}, number = {3680}, issn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms4680}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-121437}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The embryonic vertebrate heart tube develops an atrioventricular canal that divides the atrial and ventricular chambers, forms atrioventricular conduction tissue and organizes valve development. Here we assess the transcriptional mechanism underlying this localized differentiation process. We show that atrioventricular canal-specific enhancers are GATA-binding site-dependent and act as switches that repress gene activity in the chambers. We find that atrioventricular canal-specific gene loci are enriched in H3K27ac, a marker of active enhancers, in atrioventricular canal tissue and depleted in H3K27ac in chamber tissue. In the atrioventricular canal, Gata4 activates the enhancers in synergy with Bmp2/Smad signalling, leading to H3K27 acetylation. In contrast, in chambers, Gata4 cooperates with pan-cardiac Hdac1 and Hdac2 and chamber-specific Hey1 and Hey2, leading to H3K27 deacetylation and repression. We conclude that atrioventricular canal-specific enhancers are platforms integrating cardiac transcription factors, broadly active histone modification enzymes and localized co-factors to drive atrioventricular canal-specific gene activity.}, language = {en} } @article{GrassmannFritscheKeilhaueretal.2012, author = {Grassmann, Felix and Fritsche, Lars G. and Keilhauer, Claudia N. and Heid, Iris M. and Weber, Bernhard H. F.}, title = {Modelling the Genetic Risk in Age-Related Macular Degeneration}, series = {PLoS One}, volume = {7}, journal = {PLoS One}, number = {5}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0037979}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131315}, pages = {e37979}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common sight-threatening disease of the central retina affecting approximately 1 in 30 Caucasians. Besides age and smoking, genetic variants from several gene loci have reproducibly been associated with this condition and likely explain a large proportion of disease. Here, we developed a genetic risk score (GRS) for AMD based on 13 risk variants from eight gene loci. The model exhibited good discriminative accuracy, area-under-curve (AUC) of the receiver-operating characteristic of 0.820, which was confirmed in a cross-validation approach. Noteworthy, younger AMD patients aged below 75 had a significantly higher mean GRS (1.87, 95\% CI: 1.69-2.05) than patients aged 75 and above (1.45, 95\% CI: 1.36-1.54). Based on five equally sized GRS intervals, we present a risk classification with a relative AMD risk of 64.0 (95\% CI: 14.11-1131.96) for individuals in the highest category (GRS 3.44-5.18, 0.5\% of the general population) compared to subjects with the most common genetic background (GRS -0.05-1.70, 40.2\% of general population). The highest GRS category identifies AMD patients with a sensitivity of 7.9\% and a specificity of 99.9\% when compared to the four lower categories. Modeling a general population around 85 years of age, 87.4\% of individuals in the highest GRS category would be expected to develop AMD by that age. In contrast, only 2.2\% of individuals in the two lowest GRS categories which represent almost 50\% of the general population are expected to manifest AMD. Our findings underscore the large proportion of AMD cases explained by genetics particularly for younger AMD patients. The five-category risk classification could be useful for therapeutic stratification or for diagnostic testing purposes once preventive treatment is available.}, language = {en} } @article{ProjahnSimsekyilmazSinghetal.2014, author = {Projahn, Delia and Simsekyilmaz, Sakine and Singh, Smriti and Kanzler, Isabella and Kramp, Birgit K. and Langer, Marcella and Burlacu, Alexandrina and Bernhagen, J{\"u}rgen and Klee, Doris and Zernecke, Alma and Hackeng, Tilman M. and Groll, J{\"u}rgen and Weber, Christian and Liehn, Elisa A. and Koenen, Roy R.}, title = {Controlled intramyocardial release of engineered chemokines by biodegradable hydrogels as a treatment approach of myocardial infarction}, series = {Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine}, volume = {18}, journal = {Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine}, number = {5}, issn = {1582-4934}, doi = {10.1111/jcmm.12225}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-116597}, pages = {790-800}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Myocardial infarction (MI) induces a complex inflammatory immune response, followed by the remodelling of the heart muscle and scar formation. The rapid regeneration of the blood vessel network system by the attraction of hematopoietic stem cells is beneficial for heart function. Despite the important role of chemokines in these processes, their use in clinical practice has so far been limited by their limited availability over a long time-span in vivo. Here, a method is presented to increase physiological availability of chemokines at the site of injury over a defined time-span and simultaneously control their release using biodegradable hydrogels. Two different biodegradable hydrogels were implemented, a fast degradable hydrogel (FDH) for delivering Met-CCL5 over 24hrs and a slow degradable hydrogel (SDH) for a gradual release of protease-resistant CXCL12 (S4V) over 4weeks. We demonstrate that the time-controlled release using Met-CCL5-FDH and CXCL12 (S4V)-SDH suppressed initial neutrophil infiltration, promoted neovascularization and reduced apoptosis in the infarcted myocardium. Thus, we were able to significantly preserve the cardiac function after MI. This study demonstrates that time-controlled, biopolymer-mediated delivery of chemokines represents a novel and feasible strategy to support the endogenous reparatory mechanisms after MI and may compliment cell-based therapies.}, language = {en} } @article{WeinertSchneiderAsendorpfetal.1991, author = {Weinert, Franz E. and Schneider, Wolfgang and Asendorpf, Jens B. and Bullock, M. and Helmke, Andreas and Knopf, Monika and Nunner-Winkler, G. and Stern, E. and Strube, G. and Weber, Andreas}, title = {Intra- und interindividuelle Unterschiede in der psychischen Entwicklung von Kindern}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86627}, year = {1991}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Kind}, language = {de} } @article{GrimmWeberKittelSchneideretal.2020, author = {Grimm, Oliver and Weber, Heike and Kittel-Schneider, Sarah and Kranz, Thorsten M. and Jacob, Christian P. and Lesch, Klaus-Peter and Reif, Andreas}, title = {Impulsivity and Venturesomeness in an Adult ADHD Sample: Relation to Personality, Comorbidity, and Polygenic Risk}, series = {Frontiers in Psychiatry}, volume = {11}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry}, issn = {1664-0640}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyt.2020.557160}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219751}, year = {2020}, abstract = {While impulsivity is a basic feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), no study explored the effect of different components of the Impulsiveness (Imp) and Venturesomeness (Vent) scale (IV7) on psychiatric comorbidities and an ADHD polygenic risk score (PRS). We used the IV7 self-report scale in an adult ADHD sample of 903 patients, 70\% suffering from additional comorbid disorders, and in a subsample of 435 genotyped patients. Venturesomeness, unlike immediate Impulsivity, is not specific to ADHD. We consequently analyzed the influence of Imp and Vent also in the context of a PRS on psychiatric comorbidities of ADHD. Vent shows a distinctly different distribution of comorbidities, e.g., less anxiety and depression. PRS showed no effect on different ADHD comorbidities, but correlated with childhood hyperactivity. In a complementary analysis using principal component analysis with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition ADHD criteria, revised NEO Personality Inventory, Imp, Vent, and PRS, we identified three ADHD subtypes. These are an impulsive-neurotic type, an adventurous-hyperactive type with a stronger genetic component, and an anxious-inattentive type. Our study thus suggests the importance of adventurousness and the differential consideration of impulsivity in ADHD. The genetic risk is distributed differently between these subtypes, which underlines the importance of clinically motivated subtyping. Impulsivity subtyping might give insights into the organization of comorbid disorders in ADHD and different genetic background.}, language = {en} } @article{JaiteBuehrenDahmenetal.2019, author = {Jaite, Charlotte and B{\"u}hren, Katharina and Dahmen, Brigitte and Dempfle, Astrid and Becker, Katja and Correll, Christoph U. and Egberts, Karin M. and Ehrlich, Stefan and Fleischhaker, Christian and von Gontard, Alexander and Hahn, Freia and Kolar, David and Kaess, Michael and Legenbauer, Tanja and Renner, Tobias J. and Schulze, Ulrike and Sinzig, Judith and Thomae, Ellen and Weber, Linda and Wessing, Ida and Antony, Gisela and Hebebrand, Johannes and F{\"o}cker, Manuel and Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate}, title = {Clinical Characteristics of Inpatients with Childhood vs. Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa}, series = {Nutrients}, volume = {11}, journal = {Nutrients}, number = {11}, issn = {2072-6643}, doi = {10.3390/nu11112593}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-193160}, pages = {2593}, year = {2019}, abstract = {We aimed to compare the clinical data at first presentation to inpatient treatment of children (<14 years) vs. adolescents (≥14 years) with anorexia nervosa (AN), focusing on duration of illness before hospital admission and body mass index (BMI) at admission and discharge, proven predictors of the outcomes of adolescent AN. Clinical data at first admission and at discharge in 289 inpatients with AN (children: n = 72; adolescents: n = 217) from a German multicenter, web-based registry for consecutively enrolled patients with childhood and adolescent AN were analyzed. Inclusion criteria were a maximum age of 18 years, first inpatient treatment due to AN, and a BMI <10th BMI percentile at admission. Compared to adolescents, children with AN had a shorter duration of illness before admission (median: 6.0 months vs. 8.0 months, p = 0.004) and higher BMI percentiles at admission (median: 0.7 vs. 0.2, p = 0.004) as well as at discharge (median: 19.3 vs. 15.1, p = 0.011). Thus, in our study, children with AN exhibited clinical characteristics that have been associated with better outcomes, including higher admission and discharge BMI percentile. Future studies should examine whether these factors are actually associated with positive long-term outcomes in children.}, language = {en} } @article{RaynerColemanPurvesetal.2019, author = {Rayner, Christopher and Coleman, Jonathan R. I. and Purves, Kirstin L. and Hodsoll, John and Goldsmith, Kimberley and Alpers, Georg W. and Andersson, Evelyn and Arolt, Volker and Boberg, Julia and B{\"o}gels, Susan and Creswell, Cathy and Cooper, Peter and Curtis, Charles and Deckert, J{\"u}rgen and Domschke, Katharina and El Alaoui, Samir and Fehm, Lydia and Fydrich, Thomas and Gerlach, Alexander L. and Grocholewski, Anja and Hahlweg, Kurt and Hamm, Alfons and Hedman, Erik and Heiervang, Einar R. and Hudson, Jennifer L. and J{\"o}hren, Peter and Keers, Robert and Kircher, Tilo and Lang, Thomas and Lavebratt, Catharina and Lee, Sang-hyuck and Lester, Kathryn J. and Lindefors, Nils and Margraf, J{\"u}rgen and Nauta, Maaike and Pan{\´e}-Farr{\´e}, Christiane A. and Pauli, Paul and Rapee, Ronald M. and Reif, Andreas and Rief, Winfried and Roberts, Susanna and Schalling, Martin and Schneider, Silvia and Silverman, Wendy K. and Str{\"o}hle, Andreas and Teismann, Tobias and Thastum, Mikael and Wannem{\"u}ller, Andre and Weber, Heike and Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich and Wolf, Christiane and R{\"u}ck, Christian and Breen, Gerome and Eley, Thalia C.}, title = {A genome-wide association meta-analysis of prognostic outcomes following cognitive behavioural therapy in individuals with anxiety and depressive disorders}, series = {Translational Psychiatry}, volume = {9}, journal = {Translational Psychiatry}, number = {150}, doi = {10.1038/s41398-019-0481-y}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225048}, pages = {1-13}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Major depressive disorder and the anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, disabling and moderately heritable. Depression and anxiety are also highly comorbid and have a strong genetic correlation (r(g) approximate to 1). Cognitive behavioural therapy is a leading evidence-based treatment but has variable outcomes. Currently, there are no strong predictors of outcome. Therapygenetics research aims to identify genetic predictors of prognosis following therapy. We performed genome-wide association meta-analyses of symptoms following cognitive behavioural therapy in adults with anxiety disorders (n = 972), adults with major depressive disorder (n = 832) and children with anxiety disorders (n = 920; meta-analysis n = 2724). We (h(SNP)(2)) and polygenic scoring was used to examine genetic associations between therapy outcomes and psychopathology, personality and estimated the variance in therapy outcomes that could be explained by common genetic variants learning. No single nucleotide polymorphisms were strongly associated with treatment outcomes. No significant estimate of h(SNP)(2) could be obtained, suggesting the heritability of therapy outcome is smaller than our analysis was powered to detect. Polygenic scoring failed to detect genetic overlap between therapy outcome and psychopathology, personality or learning. This study is the largest therapygenetics study to date. Results are consistent with previous, similarly powered genome-wide association studies of complex traits.}, language = {en} } @article{LibreSeisslerGuerreroetal.2021, author = {Libre, Camille and Seissler, Tanja and Guerrero, Santiago and Batisse, Julien and Verriez, C{\´e}dric and Stupfler, Benjamin and Gilmer, Orian and Cabrera-Rodriguez, Romina and Weber, Melanie M. and Valenzuela-Fernandez, Agustin and Cimarelli, Andrea and Etienne, Lucie and Marquet, Roland and Paillart, Jean-Christophe}, title = {A conserved uORF regulates APOBEC3G translation and is targeted by HIV-1 Vif protein to repress the antiviral factor}, series = {Biomedicines}, volume = {10}, journal = {Biomedicines}, number = {1}, issn = {2227-9059}, doi = {10.3390/biomedicines10010013}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-252147}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The HIV-1 Vif protein is essential for viral fitness and pathogenicity. Vif decreases expression of cellular restriction factors APOBEC3G (A3G), A3F, A3D and A3H, which inhibit HIV-1 replication by inducing hypermutation during reverse transcription. Vif counteracts A3G at several levels (transcription, translation, and protein degradation) that altogether reduce the levels of A3G in cells and prevent its incorporation into viral particles. How Vif affects A3G translation remains unclear. Here, we uncovered the importance of a short conserved uORF (upstream ORF) located within two critical stem-loop structures of the 5′ untranslated region (5′-UTR) of A3G mRNA for this process. A3G translation occurs through a combination of leaky scanning and translation re-initiation and the presence of an intact uORF decreases the extent of global A3G translation under normal conditions. Interestingly, the uORF is also absolutely required for Vif-mediated translation inhibition and redirection of A3G mRNA into stress granules. Overall, we discovered that A3G translation is regulated by a small uORF conserved in the human population and that Vif uses this specific feature to repress its translation.}, language = {en} } @article{YeAmbiOlguinNavaetal.2021, author = {Ye, Liqing and Ambi, Uddhav B. and Olguin-Nava, Marco and Gribling-Burrer, Anne-Sophie and Ahmad, Shazeb and Bohn, Patrick and Weber, Melanie M. and Smyth, Redmond P.}, title = {RNA structures and their role in selective genome packaging}, series = {Viruses}, volume = {13}, journal = {Viruses}, number = {9}, issn = {1999-4915}, doi = {10.3390/v13091788}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246101}, year = {2021}, abstract = {To generate infectious viral particles, viruses must specifically select their genomic RNA from milieu that contains a complex mixture of cellular or non-genomic viral RNAs. In this review, we focus on the role of viral encoded RNA structures in genome packaging. We first discuss how packaging signals are constructed from local and long-range base pairings within viral genomes, as well as inter-molecular interactions between viral and host RNAs. Then, how genome packaging is regulated by the biophysical properties of RNA. Finally, we examine the impact of RNA packaging signals on viral evolution.}, language = {en} } @article{ReiterWeissWeberetal.2022, author = {Reiter, Theresa and Weiss, Ingo and Weber, Oliver M. and Bauer, Wolfgang R.}, title = {Signal voids of active cardiac implants at 3.0 T CMR}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {12}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-09690-z}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-300502}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Recent technical advancements allow cardiac MRI (CMR) examinations in the presence of so-called MRI conditional active cardiac implants at 3.0 T. However, the artifact burden caused by susceptibility effects remain an obstacle. All measurements were obtained at a clinical 3.0 T scanner using an in-house designed cubic phantom and optimized sequences for artifact evaluation (3D gradient echo sequence, multi-slice 2D turbo spin echo sequence). Reference sequences according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) were additionally applied. Four representative active cardiac devices and a generic setup were analyzed regarding volume and shape of the signal void. For analysis, a threshold operation was applied to the grey value profile of each data set. The presented approach allows the evaluation of the signal void and shape even for larger implants such as ICDs. The void shape is influenced by the orientation of the B0-field and by the chosen sequence type. The distribution of ferromagnetic material within the implants also matters. The void volume depends both on the device itself, and on the sequence type. Disturbances in the B0 and B1 fields exceed the visual signal void. This work presents a reproducible and highly defined approach to characterize both signal void artifacts at 3.0 T and their influencing factors.}, language = {en} } @article{ZieglerEhlisWeberetal.2021, author = {Ziegler, Georg C. and Ehlis, Ann-Christine and Weber, Heike and Vitale, Maria Rosaria and Z{\"o}ller, Johanna E. M. and Ku, Hsing-Ping and Schiele, Miriam A. and K{\"u}rbitz, Laura I. and Romanos, Marcel and Pauli, Paul and Kalisch, Raffael and Zwanzger, Peter and Domschke, Katharina and Fallgatter, Andreas J. and Reif, Andreas and Lesch, Klaus-Peter}, title = {A Common CDH13 Variant is Associated with Low Agreeableness and Neural Responses to Working Memory Tasks in ADHD}, series = {Genes}, volume = {12}, journal = {Genes}, number = {9}, issn = {2073-4425}, doi = {10.3390/genes12091356}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245220}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The cell—cell signaling gene CDH13 is associated with a wide spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, and major depression. CDH13 regulates axonal outgrowth and synapse formation, substantiating its relevance for neurodevelopmental processes. Several studies support the influence of CDH13 on personality traits, behavior, and executive functions. However, evidence for functional effects of common gene variation in the CDH13 gene in humans is sparse. Therefore, we tested for association of a functional intronic CDH13 SNP rs2199430 with ADHD in a sample of 998 adult patients and 884 healthy controls. The Big Five personality traits were assessed by the NEO-PI-R questionnaire. Assuming that altered neural correlates of working memory and cognitive response inhibition show genotype-dependent alterations, task performance and electroencephalographic event-related potentials were measured by n-back and continuous performance (Go/NoGo) tasks. The rs2199430 genotype was not associated with adult ADHD on the categorical diagnosis level. However, rs2199430 was significantly associated with agreeableness, with minor G allele homozygotes scoring lower than A allele carriers. Whereas task performance was not affected by genotype, a significant heterosis effect limited to the ADHD group was identified for the n-back task. Heterozygotes (AG) exhibited significantly higher N200 amplitudes during both the 1-back and 2-back condition in the central electrode position Cz. Consequently, the common genetic variation of CDH13 is associated with personality traits and impacts neural processing during working memory tasks. Thus, CDH13 might contribute to symptomatic core dysfunctions of social and cognitive impairment in ADHD.}, language = {en} } @article{VogelMarkertRueckertetal.2019, author = {Vogel, Patrick and Markert, Jonathan and R{\"u}ckert, Martin A. and Herz, Stefan and Keßler, Benedikt and Dremel, Kilian and Althoff, Daniel and Weber, Matthias and Buzug, Thorsten M. and Bley, Thorsten A. and Kullmann, Walter H. and Hanke, Randolf and Zabler, Simon and Behr, Volker C.}, title = {Magnetic Particle Imaging meets computed tomography: first simultaneous imaging}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {9}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-48960-1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202501}, pages = {12627}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a promising new tomographic modality for fast as well as three-dimensional visualization of magnetic material. For anatomical or structural information an additional imaging modality such as computed tomography (CT) is required. In this paper, the first hybrid MPI-CT scanner for multimodal imaging providing simultaneous data acquisition is presented.}, language = {en} } @article{WeberGlutschGeissingeretal.2020, author = {Weber, J. and Glutsch, V. and Geissinger, E. and Haug, L. and Lock, J.F. and Schneider, F. and Kneitz, H. and Goebeler, M. and Schilling, B. and Gesierich, A.}, title = {Neoadjuvant immunotherapy with combined ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with melanoma with primary or in transit disease}, series = {British Journal of Dermatology}, volume = {183}, journal = {British Journal of Dermatology}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1111/bjd.18739}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-213520}, pages = {559-563}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The introduction of new therapeutic agents has revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma. The approval of adjuvant anti-programmed death-1 monotherapy with nivolumab or pembrolizumab, and dabrafenib plus trametinib has recently set a new landmark in the treatment of stage III melanoma. Now, clinical trials have shown that immune checkpoint blockade can be performed in a neoadjuvant setting, an approach established as a standard therapeutic approach for other tumour entities such as breast cancer. Recent studies suggest that a pathological response achieved by neoadjuvant immunotherapy is associated with long-term tumour control and that short neoadjuvant application of checkpoint inhibitors may be superior to adjuvant therapy. Most recently, neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab in stage III melanoma was reported. With two courses of dose-optimized ipilimumab (1 mg kg-1) combined with nivolumab (3 mg kg-1), pathological responses were observed in 77\% of patients, while only 20\% of patients experienced grade 3 or 4 adverse events. However, the neoadjuvant trials employing combined immune checkpoint blockade conducted so far have excluded patients with in transit metastases, a common finding in stage III melanoma. Here we report four patients with in transit metastases or an advanced primary tumour who have been treated with neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab according to the OpACIN-neo trial scheme (arm B). All patients achieved radiological disease control and a pathological response. None of the patients has relapsed so far.}, language = {en} } @article{WeberMaihoferJaksicetal.2022, author = {Weber, Heike and Maihofer, Adam X. and Jaksic, Nenad and Bojic, Elma Feric and Kucukalic, Sabina and Dzananovic, Emina Sabic and Uka, Aferdita Goci and Hoxha, Blerina and Haxhibeqiri, Valdete and Haxhibeqiri, Shpend and Kravic, Nermina and Umihanic, Mirnesa Muminovic and Franc, Ana Cima and Babic, Romana and Pavlovic, Marko and Mehmedbasic, Alma Bravo and Aukst-Margetic, Branka and Kucukalic, Abdulah and Marjanovic, Damir and Babic, Dragan and Jakovljevic, Miro and Sinanovic, Osman and Avidbegović, Esmina and Agani, Ferid and Warrings, Bodo and Domschke, Katharina and Nievergelt, Caroline M. and Dzubur-Kulenovic, Alma and Erhardt, Angelika}, title = {Association of polygenic risk scores, traumatic life events and coping strategies with war-related PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity in the South Eastern Europe (SEE)-PTSD cohort}, series = {Journal of Neural Transmission}, volume = {129}, journal = {Journal of Neural Transmission}, number = {5-6}, issn = {1435-1463}, doi = {10.1007/s00702-021-02446-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-268541}, pages = {661-674}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Objectives Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is triggered by extremely stressful environmental events and characterized by high emotional distress, re-experiencing of trauma, avoidance and hypervigilance. The present study uses polygenic risk scores (PRS) derived from the UK Biobank (UKBB) mega-cohort analysis as part of the PGC PTSD GWAS effort to determine the heritable basis of PTSD in the South Eastern Europe (SEE)-PTSD cohort. We further analyzed the relation between PRS and additional disease-related variables, such as number and intensity of life events, coping, sex and age at war on PTSD and CAPS as outcome variables. Methods Association of PRS, number and intensity of life events, coping, sex and age on PTSD were calculated using logistic regression in a total of 321 subjects with current and remitted PTSD and 337 controls previously subjected to traumatic events but not having PTSD. In addition, PRS and other disease-related variables were tested for association with PTSD symptom severity, measured by the Clinician Administrated PTSD Scale (CAPS) by liner regression. To assess the relationship between the main outcomes PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity, each of the examined variables was adjusted for all other PTSD related variables. Results The categorical analysis showed significant polygenic risk in patients with remitted PTSD and the total sample, whereas no effects were found on symptom severity. Intensity of life events as well as the individual coping style were significantly associated with PTSD diagnosis in both current and remitted cases. The dimensional analyses showed as association of war-related frequency of trauma with symptom severity, whereas the intensity of trauma yielded significant results independently of trauma timing in current PTSD. Conclusions The present PRS application in the SEE-PTSD cohort confirms modest but significant polygenic risk for PTSD diagnosis. Environmental factors, mainly the intensity of traumatic life events and negative coping strategies, yielded associations with PTSD both categorically and dimensionally with more significant p-values. This suggests that, at least in the present cohort of war-related trauma, the association of environmental factors and current individual coping strategies with PTSD psychopathology was stronger than the polygenic risk.}, language = {en} } @article{BrevikvanDonkelaarWeberetal.2016, author = {Brevik, Erlend J and van Donkelaar, Marjolein M. J. and Weber, Heike and S{\´a}nchez-Mora, Cristina and Jacob, Christian and Rivero, Olga and Kittel-Schneider, Sarah and Garcia-martinez, Iris and Aebi, Marcel and van Hulzen, Kimm and Cormand, Bru and Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A and Lesch, Klaus-Peter and Reif, Andreas and Ribases, Marta and Franke, Barbara and Posserud, Maj-Britt and Johansson, Stefan and Lundervold, Astri J. and Haavik, Jan and Zayats, Tetyana}, title = {Genome-wide analyses of aggressiveness in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder}, series = {American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics}, volume = {171B}, journal = {American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics}, number = {5}, organization = {IMAGE Consortium}, doi = {10.1002/ajmg.b.32434}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188116}, pages = {733-747}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Aggressiveness is a behavioral trait that has the potential to be harmful to individuals and society. With an estimated heritability of about 40\%, genetics is important in its development. We performed an exploratory genome-wide association (GWA) analysis of childhood aggressiveness in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to gain insight into the underlying biological processes associated with this trait. Our primary sample consisted of 1,060 adult ADHD patients (aADHD). To further explore the genetic architecture of childhood aggressiveness, we performed enrichment analyses of suggestive genome-wide associations observed in aADHD among GWA signals of dimensions of oppositionality (defiant/vindictive and irritable dimensions) in childhood ADHD (cADHD). No single polymorphism reached genome-wide significance (P<5.00E-08). The strongest signal in aADHD was observed at rs10826548, within a long noncoding RNA gene (beta = -1.66, standard error (SE) = 0.34, P = 1.07E-06), closely followed by rs35974940 in the neurotrimin gene (beta = 3.23, SE = 0.67, P = 1.26E-06). The top GWA SNPs observed in aADHD showed significant enrichment of signals from both the defiant/vindictive dimension (Fisher's P-value = 2.28E-06) and the irritable dimension in cADHD (Fisher's P-value = 0.0061). In sum, our results identify a number of biologically interesting markers possibly underlying childhood aggressiveness and provide targets for further genetic exploration of aggressiveness across psychiatric disorders.}, language = {en} } @article{LuekenKuhnYangetal.2017, author = {Lueken, U and Kuhn, M and Yang, Y and Straube, B and Kircher, T and Wittchen, H-U and Pfleiderer, B and Arolt, V and Wittmann, A and Str{\"o}hle, A and Weber, H and Reif, A and Domschke, K and Deckert, J and Lonsdorf, TB}, title = {Modulation of defensive reactivity by GLRB allelic variation: converging evidence from an intermediate phenotype approach}, series = {Translational Psychiatry}, volume = {7}, journal = {Translational Psychiatry}, number = {e1227}, doi = {10.1038/tp.2017.186}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-182381}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Representing a phylogenetically old and very basic mechanism of inhibitory neurotransmission, glycine receptors have been implicated in the modulation of behavioral components underlying defensive responding toward threat. As one of the first findings being confirmed by genome-wide association studies for the phenotype of panic disorder and agoraphobia, allelic variation in a gene coding for the glycine receptor beta subunit (GLRB) has recently been associated with increased neural fear network activation and enhanced acoustic startle reflexes. On the basis of two independent healthy control samples, we here aimed to further explore the functional significance of the GLRB genotype (rs7688285) by employing an intermediate phenotype approach. We focused on the phenotype of defensive system reactivity across the levels of brain function, structure, and physiology. Converging evidence across both samples was found for increased neurofunctional activation in the (anterior) insular cortex in GLRB risk allele carriers and altered fear conditioning as a function of genotype. The robustness of GLRB effects is demonstrated by consistent findings across different experimental fear conditioning paradigms and recording sites. Altogether, findings provide translational evidence for glycine neurotransmission as a modulator of the brain's evolutionary old dynamic defensive system and provide further support for a strong, biologically plausible candidate intermediate phenotype of defensive reactivity. As such, glycine-dependent neurotransmission may open up new avenues for mechanistic research on the etiopathogenesis of fear and anxiety disorders.}, language = {en} } @article{HerrmannLotzKaragiannidisetal.2022, author = {Herrmann, Johannes and Lotz, Christopher and Karagiannidis, Christian and Weber-Carstens, Steffen and Kluge, Stefan and Putensen, Christian and Wehrfritz, Andreas and Schmidt, Karsten and Ellerkmann, Richard K. and Oswald, Daniel and Lotz, G{\"o}sta and Zotzmann, Viviane and Moerer, Onnen and K{\"u}hn, Christian and Kochanek, Matthias and Muellenbach, Ralf and Gaertner, Matthias and Fichtner, Falk and Brettner, Florian and Findeisen, Michael and Heim, Markus and Lahmer, Tobias and Rosenow, Felix and Haake, Nils and Lepper, Philipp M. and Rosenberger, Peter and Braune, Stephan and Kohls, Mirjam and Heuschmann, Peter and Meybohm, Patrick}, title = {Key characteristics impacting survival of COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation}, series = {Critical Care}, volume = {26}, journal = {Critical Care}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1186/s13054-022-04053-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-299686}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Background Severe COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Recent German health insurance data revealed low ICU survival rates. Patient characteristics and experience of the ECMO center may determine intensive care unit (ICU) survival. The current study aimed to identify factors affecting ICU survival of COVID-19 ECMO patients. Methods 673 COVID-19 ARDS ECMO patients treated in 26 centers between January 1st 2020 and March 22nd 2021 were included. Data on clinical characteristics, adjunct therapies, complications, and outcome were documented. Block wise logistic regression analysis was applied to identify variables associated with ICU-survival. Results Most patients were between 50 and 70 years of age. PaO\(_{2}\)/FiO\(_{2}\) ratio prior to ECMO was 72 mmHg (IQR: 58-99). ICU survival was 31.4\%. Survival was significantly lower during the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A subgroup of 284 (42\%) patients fulfilling modified EOLIA criteria had a higher survival (38\%) (p = 0.0014, OR 0.64 (CI 0.41-0.99)). Survival differed between low, intermediate, and high-volume centers with 20\%, 30\%, and 38\%, respectively (p = 0.0024). Treatment in high volume centers resulted in an odds ratio of 0.55 (CI 0.28-1.02) compared to low volume centers. Additional factors associated with survival were younger age, shorter time between intubation and ECMO initiation, BMI > 35 (compared to < 25), absence of renal replacement therapy or major bleeding/thromboembolic events. Conclusions Structural and patient-related factors, including age, comorbidities and ECMO case volume, determined the survival of COVID-19 ECMO. These factors combined with a more liberal ECMO indication during the 2nd wave may explain the reasonably overall low survival rate. Careful selection of patients and treatment in high volume ECMO centers was associated with higher odds of ICU survival.}, language = {en} } @article{FoerstnerReuscherHaberzettletal.2018, author = {F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U and Reuscher, Carina M and Haberzettl, Kerstin and Weber, Lennart and Klug, Gabriele}, title = {RNase E cleavage shapes the transcriptome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and strongly impacts phototrophic growth}, series = {Life Science Alliance}, volume = {1}, journal = {Life Science Alliance}, number = {4}, doi = {10.26508/lsa.201800080}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-177139}, pages = {e201800080}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Bacteria adapt to changing environmental conditions by rapid changes in their transcriptome. This is achieved not only by adjusting rates of transcription but also by processing and degradation of RNAs. We applied TIER-Seq (transiently inactivating an endoribonuclease followed by RNA-Seq) for the transcriptome-wide identification of RNase E cleavage sites and of 5′ RNA ends, which are enriched when RNase E activity is reduced in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. These results reveal the importance of RNase E for the maturation and turnover of mRNAs, rRNAs, and sRNAs in this guanine-cytosine-rich α-proteobacterium, some of the latter have well-described functions in the oxidative stress response. In agreement with this, a role of RNase E in the oxidative stress response is demonstrated. A remarkably strong phenotype of a mutant with reduced RNase E activity was observed regarding the formation of photosynthetic complexes and phototrophic growth, whereas there was no effect on chemotrophic growth.}, language = {en} } @article{TanoeyBaechleBrenneretal.2022, author = {Tanoey, Justine and Baechle, Christina and Brenner, Hermann and Deckert, Andreas and Fricke, Julia and G{\"u}nther, Kathrin and Karch, Andr{\´e} and Keil, Thomas and Kluttig, Alexander and Leitzmann, Michael and Mikolajczyk, Rafael and Obi, Nadia and Pischon, Tobias and Schikowski, Tamara and Schipf, Sabine M. and Schulze, Matthias B. and Sedlmeier, Anja and Moreno Vel{\´a}squez, Ilais and Weber, Katharina S. and V{\"o}lzke, Henry and Ahrens, Wolfgang and Gastell, Sylvia and Holleczek, Bernd and J{\"o}ckel, Karl-Heinz and Katzke, Verena and Lieb, Wolfgang and Michels, Karin B. and Schmidt, B{\"o}rge and Teismann, Henning and Becher, Heiko}, title = {Birth order, Caesarean section, or daycare attendance in relation to child- and adult-onset type 1 diabetes: results from the German National Cohort}, series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, volume = {19}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, number = {17}, issn = {1660-4601}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph191710880}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286216}, year = {2022}, abstract = {(1) Background: Global incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is rising and nearly half occurred in adults. However, it is unclear if certain early-life childhood T1D risk factors were also associated with adult-onset T1D. This study aimed to assess associations between birth order, delivery mode or daycare attendance and type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk in a population-based cohort and whether these were similar for childhood- and adult-onset T1D (cut-off age 15); (2) Methods: Data were obtained from the German National Cohort (NAKO Gesundheitsstudie) baseline assessment. Self-reported diabetes was classified as T1D if: diagnosis age ≤ 40 years and has been receiving insulin treatment since less than one year after diagnosis. Cox regression was applied for T1D risk analysis; (3) Results: Analyses included 101,411 participants (100 childhood- and 271 adult-onset T1D cases). Compared to "only-children", HRs for second- or later-born individuals were 0.70 (95\% CI = 0.50-0.96) and 0.65 (95\% CI = 0.45-0.94), respectively, regardless of parental diabetes, migration background, birth year and perinatal factors. In further analyses, higher birth order reduced T1D risk in children and adults born in recent decades. Caesarean section and daycare attendance showed no clear associations with T1D risk; (4) Conclusions: Birth order should be considered in both children and adults' T1D risk assessment for early detection.}, language = {en} } @article{JoosSaadatmandSchnabeletal.2018, author = {Joos, J. P. and Saadatmand, A. R. and Schnabel, C. and Viktorinov{\´a}, I. and Brand, T. and Kramer, M. and Nattel, S. and Dobrev, D. and Tomancak, P. and Backs, J. and Kleinbongard, P. and Heusch, G. and Lorenz, K. and Koch, E. and Weber, S. and El-Armouche, A.}, title = {Ectopic expression of S28A-mutated Histone H3 modulates longevity, stress resistance and cardiac function in Drosophila}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {8}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-21372-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-323637}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Histone H3 serine 28 (H3S28) phosphorylation and de-repression of polycomb repressive complex (PRC)-mediated gene regulation is linked to stress conditions in mitotic and post-mitotic cells. To better understand the role of H3S28 phosphorylation in vivo, we studied a Drosophila strain with ectopic expression of constitutively-activated H3S28A, which prevents PRC2 binding at H3S28, thus mimicking H3S28 phosphorylation. H3S28A mutants showed prolonged life span and improved resistance against starvation and paraquat-induced oxidative stress. Morphological and functional analysis of heart tubes revealed smaller luminal areas and thicker walls accompanied by moderately improved cardiac function after acute stress induction. Whole-exome deep gene-sequencing from isolated heart tubes revealed phenotype-corresponding changes in longevity-promoting and myotropic genes. We also found changes in genes controlling mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration. Analysis of mitochondrial respiration from whole flies revealed improved efficacy of ATP production with reduced electron transport-chain activity. Finally, we analyzed posttranslational modification of H3S28 in an experimental heart failure model and observed increased H3S28 phosphorylation levels in HF hearts. Our data establish a critical role of H3S28 phosphorylation in vivo for life span, stress resistance, cardiac and mitochondrial function in Drosophila. These findings may pave the way for H3S28 phosphorylation as a putative target to treat stress-related disorders such as heart failure.}, language = {en} }