TY  - JOUR
A1  - Edgecock, T. R.
A1  - Caretta, O.
A1  - Davenne, T.
A1  - Densam, C.
A1  - Fitton, M.
A1  - Kelliher, D.
A1  - Loveridge, P.
A1  - Machida, S.
A1  - Prior, C.
A1  - Rogers, C.
A1  - Rooney, M.
A1  - Thomason, J.
A1  - Wilcox, D.
A1  - Wildner, E.
A1  - Efthymiopoulos, I.
A1  - Garoby, R.
A1  - Gilardoni, S.
A1  - Hansen, C.
A1  - Benedetto, E.
A1  - Jensen, E.
A1  - Kosmicki, A.
A1  - Martini, M.
A1  - Osborne, J.
A1  - Prior, G.
A1  - Stora, T.
A1  - Melo Mendonca, T.
A1  - Vlachoudis, V.
A1  - Waaijer, C.
A1  - Cupial, P.
A1  - Chancé, A.
A1  - Longhin, A.
A1  - Payet, J.
A1  - Zito, M.
A1  - Baussan, E.
A1  - Bobeth, C.
A1  - Bouquerel, E.
A1  - Dracos, M.
A1  - Gaudiot, G.
A1  - Lepers, B.
A1  - Osswald, F.
A1  - Poussot, P.
A1  - Vassilopoulos, N.
A1  - Wurtz, J.
A1  - Zeter, V.
A1  - Bielski, J.
A1  - Kozien, M.
A1  - Lacny, L.
A1  - Skoczen, B.
A1  - Szybinski, B.
A1  - Ustrycka, A.
A1  - Wroblewski, A.
A1  - Marie-Jeanne, M.
A1  - Balint, P.
A1  - Fourel, C.
A1  - Giraud, J.
A1  - Jacob, J.
A1  - Lamy, T.
A1  - Latrasse, L.
A1  - Sortais, P.
A1  - Thuillier, T.
A1  - Mitrofanov, S.
A1  - Loiselet, M.
A1  - Keutgen, Th.
A1  - Delbar, Th.
A1  - Debray, F.
A1  - Trophine, C.
A1  - Veys, S.
A1  - Daversin, C.
A1  - Zorin, V.
A1  - Izotov, I.
A1  - Skalyga, V.
A1  - Burt, G.
A1  - Dexter, A. C.
A1  - Kravchuk, V. L.
A1  - Marchi, T.
A1  - Cinausero, M.
A1  - Gramegna, F.
A1  - De Angelis, G.
A1  - Prete, G.
A1  - Collazuol, G.
A1  - Laveder, M.
A1  - Mazzocco, M.
A1  - Mezzetto, M.
A1  - Signorini, C.
A1  - Vardaci, E.
A1  - Di Nitto, A.
A1  - Brondi, A.
A1  - La Rana, G.
A1  - Migliozzi, P.
A1  - Moro, R.
A1  - Palladino, V.
A1  - Gelli, N.
A1  - Berkovits, D.
A1  - Hass, M.
A1  - Hirsh, T. Y.
A1  - Schuhmann, M.
A1  - Stahl, A.
A1  - Wehner, J.
A1  - Bross, A.
A1  - Kopp, J.
A1  - Neuffer, D.
A1  - Wands, R.
A1  - Bayes, R.
A1  - Laing, A.
A1  - Soler, P.
A1  - Agarwalla, S. K.
A1  - Cervera Villanueva, A.
A1  - Donini, A.
A1  - Ghosh, T.
A1  - Gómez Cadenas, J. J.
A1  - Hernández, P.
A1  - Martín-Albo, J.
A1  - Mena, O.
A1  - Burguet-Castell, J.
A1  - Agostino, L.
A1  - Buizza-Avanzini, M.
A1  - Marafini, M.
A1  - Patzak, T.
A1  - Tonazzo, A.
A1  - Duchesneau, D.
A1  - Mosca, L.
A1  - Bogomilov, M.
A1  - Karadzhov, Y.
A1  - Matev, R.
A1  - Tsenov, R.
A1  - Akhmedov, E.
A1  - Blennow, M.
A1  - Lindner, M.
A1  - Schwetz, T.
A1  - Fernández Martinez, E.
A1  - Maltoni, M.
A1  - Menéndez, J.
A1  - Giunti, C.
A1  - González García, M. C.
A1  - Salvado, J.
A1  - Coloma, P.
A1  - Huber, P.
A1  - Li, T.
A1  - López Pavón, J.
A1  - Orme, C.
A1  - Pascoli, S.
A1  - Meloni, D.
A1  - Tang, J.
A1  - Winter, W.
A1  - Ohlsson, T.
A1  - Zhang, H.
A1  - Scotto-Lavina, L.
A1  - Terranova, F.
A1  - Bonesini, M.
A1  - Tortora, L.
A1  - Alekou, A.
A1  - Aslaninejad, M.
A1  - Bontoiu, C.
A1  - Kurup, A.
A1  - Jenner, L. J.
A1  - Long, K.
A1  - Pasternak, J.
A1  - Pozimski, J.
A1  - Back, J. J.
A1  - Harrison, P.
A1  - Beard, K.
A1  - Bogacz, A.
A1  - Berg, J. S.
A1  - Stratakis, D.
A1  - Witte, H.
A1  - Snopok, P.
A1  - Bliss, N.
A1  - Cordwell, M.
A1  - Moss, A.
A1  - Pattalwar, S.
A1  - Apollonio, M.
T1  - High intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe
JF  - Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams
N2  - The EUROnu project has studied three possible options for future, high intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe. The first is a Super Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of pions created by bombarding targets with a 4 MW proton beam from the CERN High Power Superconducting Proton Linac. The far detector for this facility is the 500 kt MEMPHYS water Cherenkov, located in the Frejus tunnel. The second facility is the Neutrino Factory, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of mu(+) and mu(-) beams in a storage ring. The far detector in this case is a 100 kt magnetized iron neutrino detector at a baseline of 2000 km. The third option is a Beta Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of beta emitting isotopes, in particular He-6 and Ne-18, also stored in a ring. The far detector is also the MEMPHYS detector in the Frejus tunnel. EUROnu has undertaken conceptual designs of these facilities and studied the performance of the detectors. Based on this, it has determined the physics reach of each facility, in particular for the measurement of CP violation in the lepton sector, and estimated the cost of construction. These have demonstrated that the best facility to build is the Neutrino Factory. However, if a powerful proton driver is constructed for another purpose or if the MEMPHYS detector is built for astroparticle physics, the Super Beam also becomes very attractive.
KW  - EMMA
KW  - beta-beam
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-126611
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jain, M.
A1  - Vélez, J. I.
A1  - Acosta, M. T.
A1  - Palacio, L. G.
A1  - Balog, J.
A1  - Roessler, E.
A1  - Pineda, D.
A1  - Londoño, A. C.
A1  - Palacio, J. D.
A1  - Arbelaez, A.
A1  - Lopera, F.
A1  - Elia, J.
A1  - Hakonarson, H.
A1  - Seitz, C.
A1  - Freitag, C. M.
A1  - Palmason, H.
A1  - Meyer, J.
A1  - Romanos, M.
A1  - Walitza, S.
A1  - Hemminger, U.
A1  - Warnke, A.
A1  - Romanos, J.
A1  - Renner, T.
A1  - Jacob, C.
A1  - Lesch, K.-P.
A1  - Swanson, J.
A1  - Castellanos, F. X.
A1  - Bailey-Wilson, J. E.
A1  - Arcos-Burgos, M.
A1  - Muenke, M.
T1  - A cooperative interaction between LPHN3 and 11q doubles the risk for ADHD
JF  - Molecular Psychiatry
N2  - In previous studies of a genetic isolate, we identified significant linkage of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to 4q, 5q, 8q, 11q and 17p. The existence of unique large size families linked to multiple regions, and the fact that these families came from an isolated population, we hypothesized that two-locus interaction contributions to ADHD were plausible. Several analytical models converged to show significant interaction between 4q and 11q (P<1 × 10−8) and 11q and 17p (P<1 × 10−6). As we have identified that common variants of the LPHN3 gene were responsible for the 4q linkage signal, we focused on 4q–11q interaction to determine that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) harbored in the LPHN3 gene interact with SNPs spanning the 11q region that contains DRD2 and NCAM1 genes, to double the risk of developing ADHD. This interaction not only explains genetic effects much better than taking each of these loci effects by separated but also differences in brain metabolism as depicted by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy data and pharmacogenetic response to stimulant medication. These findings not only add information about how high order genetic interactions might be implicated in conferring susceptibility to develop ADHD but also show that future studies of the effects of genetic interactions on ADHD clinical information will help to shape predictive models of individual outcome.
KW  - ADHD
KW  - genetic interaction
KW  - LPHN3
KW  - NCAM1
KW  - DRD2
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-125128
VL  - 17
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Benoit, Joshua B.
A1  - Adelman, Zach N.
A1  - Reinhardt, Klaus
A1  - Dolan, Amanda
A1  - Poelchau, Monica
A1  - Jennings, Emily C.
A1  - Szuter, Elise M.
A1  - Hagan, Richard W.
A1  - Gujar, Hemant
A1  - Shukla, Jayendra Nath
A1  - Zhu, Fang
A1  - Mohan, M.
A1  - Nelson, David R.
A1  - Rosendale, Andrew J.
A1  - Derst, Christian
A1  - Resnik, Valentina
A1  - Wernig, Sebastian
A1  - Menegazzi, Pamela
A1  - Wegener, Christian
A1  - Peschel, Nicolai
A1  - Hendershot, Jacob M.
A1  - Blenau, Wolfgang
A1  - Predel, Reinhard
A1  - Johnston, Paul R.
A1  - Ioannidis, Panagiotis
A1  - Waterhouse, Robert M.
A1  - Nauen, Ralf
A1  - Schorn, Corinna
A1  - Ott, Mark-Christoph
A1  - Maiwald, Frank
A1  - Johnston, J. Spencer
A1  - Gondhalekar, Ameya D.
A1  - Scharf, Michael E.
A1  - Raje, Kapil R.
A1  - Hottel, Benjamin A.
A1  - Armisén, David
A1  - Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan
A1  - Refki, Peter Nagui
A1  - Santos, Maria Emilia
A1  - Sghaier, Essia
A1  - Viala, Sèverine
A1  - Khila, Abderrahman
A1  - Ahn, Seung-Joon
A1  - Childers, Christopher
A1  - Lee, Chien-Yueh
A1  - Lin, Han
A1  - Hughes, Daniel S.T.
A1  - Duncan, Elizabeth J.
A1  - Murali, Shwetha C.
A1  - Qu, Jiaxin
A1  - Dugan, Shannon
A1  - Lee, Sandra L.
A1  - Chao, Hsu
A1  - Dinh, Huyen
A1  - Han, Yi
A1  - Doddapaneni, Harshavardhan
A1  - Worley, Kim C.
A1  - Muzny, Donna M.
A1  - Wheeler, David
A1  - Panfilio, Kristen A.
A1  - Jentzsch, Iris M. Vargas
A1  - Jentzsch, IMV
A1  - Vargo, Edward L.
A1  - Booth, Warren
A1  - Friedrich, Markus
A1  - Weirauch, Matthew T.
A1  - Anderson, Michelle A.E.
A1  - Jones, Jeffery W.
A1  - Mittapalli, Omprakash
A1  - Zhao, Chaoyang
A1  - Zhou, Jing-Jiang
A1  - Evans, Jay D.
A1  - Attardo, Geoffrey M.
A1  - Robertson, Hugh M.
A1  - Zdobnov, Evgeny M.
A1  - Ribeiro, Jose M.C.
A1  - Gibbs, Richard A.
A1  - Werren, John H.
A1  - Palli, Subba R.
A1  - Schal, Coby
A1  - Richards, Stephen
T1  - Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has re-established itself as a ubiquitous human ectoparasite throughout much of the world during the past two decades. This global resurgence is likely linked to increased international travel and commerce in addition to widespread insecticide resistance. Analyses of the C. lectularius sequenced genome (650 Mb) and 14,220 predicted protein-coding genes provide a comprehensive representation of genes that are linked to traumatic insemination, a reduced chemosensory repertoire of genes related to obligate hematophagy, host–symbiont interactions, and several mechanisms of insecticide resistance. In addition, we document the presence of multiple putative lateral gene transfer events. Genome sequencing and annotation establish a solid foundation for future research on mechanisms of insecticide resistance, human–bed bug and symbiont–bed bug associations, and unique features of bed bug biology that contribute to the unprecedented success of C. lectularius as a human ectoparasite.
KW  - human ectoparasite
KW  - bed bug
KW  - Cimex lectularius
KW  - genome
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166221
VL  - 7
IS  - 10165
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brevik, Erlend J
A1  - van Donkelaar, Marjolein M. J.
A1  - Weber, Heike
A1  - Sánchez-Mora, Cristina
A1  - Jacob, Christian
A1  - Rivero, Olga
A1  - Kittel-Schneider, Sarah
A1  - Garcia-martinez, Iris
A1  - Aebi, Marcel
A1  - van Hulzen, Kimm
A1  - Cormand, Bru
A1  - Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A
A1  - Lesch, Klaus-Peter
A1  - Reif, Andreas
A1  - Ribases, Marta
A1  - Franke, Barbara
A1  - Posserud, Maj-Britt
A1  - Johansson, Stefan
A1  - Lundervold, Astri J.
A1  - Haavik, Jan
A1  - Zayats, Tetyana
T1  - Genome-wide analyses of aggressiveness in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
JF  - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics
N2  - 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.
KW  - Large multicenter ADHD
KW  - Antisocial behavior
KW  - Diagnostic approach
KW  - Rating scale
KW  - Gene
KW  - Deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW  - Susceptibility loci
KW  - Conduct disorder
KW  - Association
KW  - Adult
KW  - ADHD
KW  - Aggression
KW  - GWAS
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188116
VL  - 171B
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Biehl, Stefanie C.
A1  - Merz, Christian J.
A1  - Dresler, Thomas
A1  - Heupel, Julia
A1  - Reichert, Susanne
A1  - Jacob, Christian P.
A1  - Deckert, Jürgen
A1  - Herrmann, Martin J.
T1  - Increase or Decrease of fMRI Activity in Adult Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: Does It Depend on Task Difficulty?
JF  - International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
N2  - Background:

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder has been shown to affect working memory, and fMRI studies in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder report hypoactivation in task-related attentional networks. However, studies with adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder patients addressing this issue as well as the effects of clinically valid methylphenidate treatment are scarce. This study contributes to closing this gap.

Methods:

Thirty-five adult patients were randomized to 6 weeks of double-blind placebo or methylphenidate treatment. Patients completed an fMRI n-back working memory task both before and after the assigned treatment, and matched healthy controls were tested and compared to the untreated patients.

Results:

There were no whole-brain differences between any of the groups. However, when specified regions of interest were investigated, the patient group showed enhanced BOLD responses in dorsal and ventral areas before treatment. This increase was correlated with performance across all participants and with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in the patient group. Furthermore, we found an effect of treatment in the right superior frontal gyrus, with methylphenidate-treated patients exhibiting increased activation, which was absent in the placebo-treated patients.

Conclusions:

Our results indicate distinct activation differences between untreated adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder patients and matched healthy controls during a working memory task. These differences might reflect compensatory efforts by the patients, who are performing at the same level as the healthy controls. We furthermore found a positive effect of methylphenidate on the activation of a frontal region of interest. These observations contribute to a more thorough understanding of adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and provide impulses for the evaluation of therapy-related changes.
KW  - working memory
KW  - clinical trial
KW  - child memory
KW  - short-term methylphenidate brain
KW  - methylphenidate
KW  - adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW  - fMRI
KW  - functional magnetic resonance imaging
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147551
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Semmler, Anna-Lena
A1  - Sacconi, Sabrina
A1  - Bach, J. Elisa
A1  - Liebe, Claus
A1  - Bürmann, Jan
A1  - Kley, Rudolf A.
A1  - Ferbert, Andreas
A1  - Anderheiden, Roland
A1  - Van den Bergh, Peter
A1  - Martin, Jean-Jacques
A1  - De Jonghe, Peter
A1  - Neuen-Jacob, Eva
A1  - Müller, Oliver
A1  - Deschauer, Marcus
A1  - Bergmann, Markus
A1  - Schröder, J. Michael
A1  - Vorgerd, Matthias
A1  - Schulz, Jörg B.
A1  - Weis, Joachim
A1  - Kress, Wolfram
A1  - Claeys, Kristl G.
T1  - Unusual multisystemic involvement and a novel BAG3 mutation revealed by NGS screening in a large cohort of myofibrillar myopathies
JF  - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
N2  - Background: Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous neuromuscular disorders, which are characterized by protein aggregations in muscle fibres and can be associated with multisystemic involvement. 
Methods: We screened a large cohort of 38 index patients with MFM for mutations in the nine thus far known causative genes using Sanger and next generation sequencing (NGS). We studied the clinical and histopathological characteristics in 38 index patients and five additional relatives (n = 43) and particularly focused on the associated multisystemic symptoms. 
Results: We identified 14 heterozygous mutations (diagnostic yield of 37%), among them the novel p. Pro209Gln mutation in the BAG3 gene, which was associated with onset in adulthood, a mild phenotype and an axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy, in the absence of giant axons at the nerve biopsy. We revealed several novel clinical phenotypes and unusual multisystemic presentations with previously described mutations: hearing impairment with a FLNC mutation, dysphonia with a mutation in DES and the first patient with a FLNC mutation presenting respiratory insufficiency as the initial symptom. Moreover, we described for the first time respiratory insufficiency occurring in a patient with the p. Gly154Ser mutation in CRYAB. Interestingly, we detected a polyneuropathy in 28% of the MFM patients, including a BAG3 and a MYOT case, and hearing impairment in 13%, including one patient with a FLNC mutation and two with mutations in the DES gene. In four index patients with a mutation in one of the MFM genes, typical histological findings were only identified at the ultrastructural level (29%). 
Conclusions: We conclude that extraskeletal symptoms frequently occur in MFM, particularly cardiac and respiratory involvement, polyneuropathy and/or deafness. BAG3 mutations should be considered even in cases with a mild phenotype or an adult onset. We identified a genetic defect in one of the known genes in less than half of the MFM patients, indicating that more causative genes are still to be found. Next generation sequencing techniques should be helpful in achieving this aim.
KW  - polyneuropathy
KW  - MFM
KW  - next generation sequencing
KW  - bcl-2 associated athanogene protein 3
KW  - protein aggregation
KW  - hearing impairment
KW  - early respiratory-failure
KW  - myopathy
KW  - muscular-dystrophy
KW  - skeletal myopathy
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-115623
SN  - 1750-1172
N1  - Additional files are available here: http://www.ojrd.com/content/9/1/121/additional
VL  - 9
IS  - 121
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zayats, T
A1  - Jacobsen, KK
A1  - Kleppe, R
A1  - Jacob, CP
A1  - Kittel-Schneider, S
A1  - Ribasés, M
A1  - Ramos-Quiroga, JA
A1  - Richarte, V
A1  - Casas, M
A1  - Mota, NR
A1  - Grevet, EH
A1  - Klein, M
A1  - Corominas, J
A1  - Bralten, J
A1  - Galesloot, T
A1  - Vasquez, AA
A1  - Herms, S
A1  - Forstner, AJ
A1  - Larsson, H
A1  - Breen, G
A1  - Asherson, P
A1  - Gross-Lesch, S
A1  - Lesch, KP
A1  - Cichon, S
A1  - Gabrielsen, MB
A1  - Holmen, OL
A1  - Bau, CHD
A1  - Buitelaar, J
A1  - Kiemeney, L
A1  - Faraone, SV
A1  - Cormand, B
A1  - Franke, B
A1  - Reif, A
A1  - Haavik, J
A1  - Johansson, S
T1  - Exome chip analyses in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
JF  - Translational Psychiatry
N2  - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood-onset neuropsychiatric condition, often persisting into adulthood. The genetic architecture of ADHD, particularly in adults, is largely unknown. We performed an exome-wide scan of adult ADHD using the Illumina Human Exome Bead Chip, which interrogates over 250 000 common and rare variants. Participants were recruited by the International Multicenter persistent ADHD CollaboraTion (IMpACT). Statistical analyses were divided into 3 steps: (1) gene-level analysis of rare variants (minor allele frequency (MAF)<1%); (2) single marker association tests of common variants (MAF⩾1%), with replication of the top signals; and (3) pathway analyses. In total, 9365 individuals (1846 cases and 7519 controls) were examined. Replication of the most associated common variants was attempted in 9847 individuals (2077 cases and 7770 controls) using fixed-effects inverse variance meta-analysis. With a Bonferroni-corrected significance level of 1.82E−06, our analyses of rare coding variants revealed four study-wide significant loci: 6q22.1 locus (P=4.46E−08), where NT5DC1 and COL10A1 reside; the SEC23IP locus (P=6.47E−07); the PSD locus (P=7.58E−08) and ZCCHC4 locus (P=1.79E−06). No genome-wide significant association was observed among the common variants. The strongest signal was noted at rs9325032 in PPP2R2B (odds ratio=0.81, P=1.61E−05). Taken together, our data add to the growing evidence of general signal transduction molecules (NT5DC1, PSD, SEC23IP and ZCCHC4) having an important role in the etiology of ADHD. Although the biological implications of these findings need to be further explored, they highlight the possible role of cellular communication as a potential core component in the development of both adult and childhood forms of ADHD.
KW  - chip analyses
KW  - ADHD
KW  - adulthood
KW  - Illumina Human Exome Bead Chip
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-168297
VL  - 6
IS  - e923
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klauke, Benedikt
A1  - Winter, Bernward
A1  - Gajewska, Agnes
A1  - Zwanzger, Peter
A1  - Reif, Andreas
A1  - Herrmann, Martin J.
A1  - Dlugos, Andrea
A1  - Warrings, Bodo
A1  - Jacob, Christian
A1  - Mühlberger, Andreas
A1  - Arolt, Volker
A1  - Pauli, Paul
A1  - Deckert, Jürgen
A1  - Domschke, Katharina
T1  - Affect-Modulated Startle: Interactive Influence of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Genotype and Childhood Trauma
JF  - PLoS One
N2  - The etiology of emotion-related disorders such as anxiety or affective disorders is considered to be complex with an interaction of biological and environmental factors. Particular evidence has accumulated for alterations in the dopaminergic and noradrenergic system - partly conferred by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene variation - for the adenosinergic system as well as for early life trauma to constitute risk factors for those conditions. Applying a multi-level approach, in a sample of 95 healthy adults, we investigated effects of the functional COMT Val158Met polymorphism, caffeine as an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist (300 mg in a placebo-controlled intervention design) and childhood maltreatment (CTQ) as well as their interaction on the affect-modulated startle response as a neurobiologically founded defensive reflex potentially related to fear- and distress-related disorders. COMT val/val genotype significantly increased startle magnitude in response to unpleasant stimuli, while met/met homozygotes showed a blunted startle response to aversive pictures. Furthermore, significant gene-environment interaction of COMT Val158Met genotype with CTQ was discerned with more maltreatment being associated with higher startle potentiation in val/val subjects but not in met carriers. No main effect of or interaction effects with caffeine were observed. Results indicate a main as well as a GxE effect of the COMT Val158Met variant and childhood maltreatment on the affect-modulated startle reflex, supporting a complex pathogenetic model of the affect-modulated startle reflex as a basic neurobiological defensive reflex potentially related to anxiety and affective disorders.
KW  - COMT VAL(158)MET polymorphism
KW  - serotonin transporter gene
KW  - life events
KW  - community sample
KW  - acoustic startle
KW  - prepulse inhibition
KW  - panic disorder
KW  - caffeine-induced anxiety
KW  - fear-potentiated startle
KW  - posttraumatic-stress-disorder
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-132184
VL  - 7
IS  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ramachandran, Vinoy K.
A1  - Shearer, Neil
A1  - Jacob, Jobin J.
A1  - Sharma, Cynthia M.
A1  - Thompson, Arthur
T1  - The architecture and ppGpp-dependent expression of the primary transcriptome of Salmonella Typhimurium during invasion gene expression
JF  - BMC Genomics
N2  - Background: Invasion of intestinal epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) requires expression of the extracellular virulence gene expression programme (STEX), activation of which is dependent on the signalling molecule guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp). Recently, next-generation transcriptomics (RNA-seq) has revealed the unexpected complexity of bacterial transcriptomes and in this report we use differential RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) to define the high-resolution transcriptomic architecture of wildtype S. Typhimurium and a ppGpp null strain under growth conditions which model STEX. In doing so we show that ppGpp plays a much wider role in regulating the S. Typhimurium STEX primary transcriptome than previously recognised. 
Results: Here we report the precise mapping of transcriptional start sites (TSSs) for 78% of the S. Typhimurium open reading frames (ORFs). The TSS mapping enabled a genome-wide promoter analysis resulting in the prediction of 169 alternative sigma factor binding sites, and the prediction of the structure of 625 operons. We also report the discovery of 55 new candidate small RNAs (sRNAs) and 302 candidate antisense RNAs (asRNAs). We discovered 32 ppGpp-dependent alternative TSSs and determined the extent and level of ppGpp-dependent coding and non-coding transcription. We found that 34% and 20% of coding and non-coding RNA transcription respectively was ppGpp-dependent under these growth conditions, adding a further dimension to the role of this remarkable small regulatory molecule in enabling rapid adaptation to the infective environment. 
Conclusions: The transcriptional architecture of S. Typhimurium and finer definition of the key role ppGpp plays in regulating Salmonella coding and non-coding transcription should promote the understanding of gene regulation in this important food borne pathogen and act as a resource for future research.
KW  - legionella pneumophila
KW  - growth rate control
KW  - escherichia coli K-12
KW  - pathogenicity island 2
KW  - bacterial signal molecule
KW  - enterica serovar typhimurium
KW  - messenger RNA
KW  - protein synthesis
KW  - sationary phase
KW  - environmental regulation
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130625
VL  - 13
IS  - 25
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Haake, Markus
A1  - Haack, Beatrice
A1  - Schäfer, Tina
A1  - Harter, Patrick N.
A1  - Mattavelli, Greta
A1  - Eiring, Patrick
A1  - Vashist, Neha
A1  - Wedekink, Florian
A1  - Genssler, Sabrina
A1  - Fischer, Birgitt
A1  - Dahlhoff, Julia
A1  - Mokhtari, Fatemeh
A1  - Kuzkina, Anastasia
A1  - Welters, Marij J. P.
A1  - Benz, Tamara M.
A1  - Sorger, Lena
A1  - Thiemann, Vincent
A1  - Almanzar, Giovanni
A1  - Selle, Martina
A1  - Thein, Klara
A1  - Späth, Jacob
A1  - Gonzalez, Maria Cecilia
A1  - Reitinger, Carmen
A1  - Ipsen-Escobedo, Andrea
A1  - Wistuba-Hamprecht, Kilian
A1  - Eichler, Kristin
A1  - Filipski, Katharina
A1  - Zeiner, Pia S.
A1  - Beschorner, Rudi
A1  - Goedemans, Renske
A1  - Gogolla, Falk Hagen
A1  - Hackl, Hubert
A1  - Rooswinkel, Rogier W.
A1  - Thiem, Alexander
A1  - Romer Roche, Paula
A1  - Joshi, Hemant
A1  - Pühringer, Dirk
A1  - Wöckel, Achim
A1  - Diessner, Joachim E.
A1  - Rüdiger, Manfred
A1  - Leo, Eugen
A1  - Cheng, Phil F.
A1  - Levesque, Mitchell P.
A1  - Goebeler, Matthias
A1  - Sauer, Markus
A1  - Nimmerjahn, Falk
A1  - Schuberth-Wagner, Christine
A1  - Felten, Stefanie von
A1  - Mittelbronn, Michel
A1  - Mehling, Matthias
A1  - Beilhack, Andreas
A1  - van der Burg, Sjoerd H.
A1  - Riedel, Angela
A1  - Weide, Benjamin
A1  - Dummer, Reinhard
A1  - Wischhusen, Jörg
T1  - Tumor-derived GDF-15 blocks LFA-1 dependent T cell recruitment and suppresses responses to anti-PD-1 treatment
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - Immune checkpoint blockade therapy is beneficial and even curative for some cancer patients. However, the majority don’t respond to immune therapy. Across different tumor types, pre-existing T cell infiltrates predict response to checkpoint-based immunotherapy. Based on in vitro pharmacological studies, mouse models and analyses of human melanoma patients, we show that the cytokine GDF-15 impairs LFA-1/β2-integrin-mediated adhesion of T cells to activated endothelial cells, which is a pre-requisite of T cell extravasation. In melanoma patients, GDF-15 serum levels strongly correlate with failure of PD-1-based immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Neutralization of GDF-15 improves both T cell trafficking and therapy efficiency in murine tumor models. Thus GDF-15, beside its known role in cancer-related anorexia and cachexia, emerges as a regulator of T cell extravasation into the tumor microenvironment, which provides an even stronger rationale for therapeutic anti-GDF-15 antibody development.
KW  - cancer microenvironment
KW  - immunotherapy
KW  - T cells
KW  - tumour immunology
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357333
VL  - 14
ER  -