629 results on '"B. Wiedenmann"'
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102. Brief report: a duodenal gastrinoma in a patient with diarrhea and normal serum gastrin concentrations
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T, Zimmer, U, Stölzel, M, Bäder, U, Fett, H D, Foss, E O, Riecken, J F, Rehfeld, and B, Wiedenmann
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Diarrhea ,Male ,Secretin ,Duodenal Neoplasms ,Gastrinoma ,Gastrins ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Protein Precursors - Published
- 1995
103. Nerve growth factor stimulates clonal growth of human lung cancer cell lines and a human glioblastoma cell line expressing high-affinity nerve growth factor binding sites involving tyrosine kinase signaling
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E, Oelmann, L, Sreter, I, Schuller, H, Serve, M, Koenigsmann, B, Wiedenmann, D, Oberberg, B, Reufi, E, Thiel, and W E, Berdel
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Lung Neoplasms ,Base Sequence ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Brain Neoplasms ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ,Cell Differentiation ,RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ,Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor ,Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ,Genistein ,Isoflavones ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins ,Tumor Cells, Cultured ,Humans ,Nerve Growth Factors ,Carcinoma, Small Cell ,Receptor, trkA ,Glioblastoma ,Cell Division - Abstract
The growth of a panel of 22 different human tumor, leukemia, and lymphoma cell lines was examined in a human tumor cloning assay in agar or methylcellulose and a tritiated thymidine uptake assay. The cultures were performed in the absence or presence of increasing concentrations (0.5-500 ng/ml) of nerve growth factor (NGF). The growth of 17 of the 22 cell lines was not significantly and reproducibly affected by NGF. There was minor (1.2-fold) but reproducible stimulation of clonal growth in one glioblastoma cell line (86-HG-39) by NGF, but in this cell line NGF induced no growth modulation in a tritiated thymidine uptake assay. However, clonal growth of another glioblastoma cell line (87-HG-31) and all three lung cancer cell lines tested (HTB 119, HTB 120, CCL 185) could be stimulated up to 3-fold by NGF with a dose-response relationship for the growth factor. Growth stimulation by NGF could be completely reversed by neutralizing anti-NGF antibody and by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein. Evaluation of secondary plating efficiency revealed the stimulation of colony formation as representing self-renewal and not terminal differentiation. Reverse transcriptase-PCR experiments in the five responding cell lines showed expression of both low-affinity NGF receptor (glycoprotein 75) and c-trk transcripts on the mRNA level. Of the five responding cell lines, only 86-HG-39, the cell line with the lowest responsiveness, revealed low-affinity NGF receptor on the protein level; the other four cell lines with high responsiveness, including the three lung cancer cell lines, expressed no low-affinity NGF receptor as shown by fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis and immunoprecipitation using the ME 20.4 antibody. Immunoprecipitation using anti-trk antibodies was negative in all five responding cell lines. However, binding studies with iodinated NGF showed only low-affinity binding on the 86-HG-39 cell line and only high-affinity binding on the high-responder cell lines CCL 185 and 87-HG-31. In summary, our data suggest that NGF can be operative in stimulation of clonal growth of malignant tumor cells. High-affinity but not low-affinity binding sites mediate signal transduction for clonal growth and signaling involves tyrosine kinase activity.
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- 1995
104. [Imaging methods in diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract]
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T, Zimmer, S, Faiss, H J, Buhr, B, Hamm, and B, Wiedenmann
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Diagnostic Imaging ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Neuroendocrine Tumors ,Gastrinoma ,Humans ,Insulinoma ,Carcinoid Tumor ,Receptors, Somatostatin ,Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - Abstract
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system represent a group of tumors with various diagnostic problems. Especially detection of primary tumor lesions is often difficult. Endoscopic ultrasonography is a relatively new imaging procedure localizing insulinomas preoperatively in about 90% of cases. Thus, previously used invasive preoperative imaging methods are usually unnecessary. The combination of endoscopic ultrasonography and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy allows visualization of gastrinomas in 90% of cases. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy can also visualize metastatic lesions of gastrinomas and carcinoids in the whole body with high accuracy. In surgical management of a gastrinoma, duodenal transillumination and intraoperative ultrasound should be performed in all cases to exclude small duodenal or periduodenal, extrapancreatic tumors. US, CT, and MRI should be mainly used to exclude local and distant metastases. Angiography is helpful in detecting anatomical variations of abdominal vessels preoperatively. Due to the excellent results of endoscopic ultrasonography and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in localizing insulinomas and gastrinomas, transhepatic portal venous sampling appears to be obsolete.
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- 1995
105. [Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis of insulinoma and gastrinoma]
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T, Zimmer, U, Stölzel, R M, Liehr, M, Bäder, U, Fett, B, Hamm, B, Wiedenmann, and E O, Riecken
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Adult ,Aged, 80 and over ,Male ,Adolescent ,Liver Neoplasms ,Middle Aged ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Gastrinoma ,Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 ,Humans ,Female ,Insulinoma ,Endoscopy, Digestive System ,Prospective Studies ,Receptors, Somatostatin ,Child ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Biomarkers ,Aged ,Ultrasonography - Abstract
In a prospective study of 13 patients (three males and 10 females; mean age 53 [8-82] years) the value of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was compared with transabdominal ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of insulinoma (six patients) or gastrinoma (seven patients). There were ten separate primary lesions of each tumour type, proven histologically. For insulinoma the sensitivity of EUS was 90%, SRS 10% and CT, US and MRI together 20%. For gastrinoma the sensitivity of EUS was 90%, SRS 100%, and 30% for the other three methods together. Thus EUS had a high diagnostic localizing sensitivity for both tumours, while SRS was highly sensitive only in the diagnosis of gastrinoma, not insulinoma. The value of CT, MRI and conventional ultrasonography lies in their ability to visualize distant metastases.
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- 1995
106. Molekular- und zellbiologische Aspekte neuroendokriner Tumorerkrankungen des gastroenteropankreatischen Systems
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T. Zimmer, Gudrun Ahnert-Hilger, H. Scherübl, E.-O. Riecken, B. Wiedenmann, and M. John
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Neurone und neuroendokrine Zellen haben eine Vielzahl von Merkmalen gemeinsam. Der Einsatz molekular- und zellbiologischer Verfahren hat das Verstandnis physiologischer und pathophysiologischer Vorgange wie Wachstum, Adhasion und Sekretion von neuroendokrinen Zellen verbessert. In dieser Arbeit werden aktuelle Befunde zum einem aus dem Bereich der Grundlagenforschung, aber auch der augenblicklichen, klinischen Forschung vorgestellt, die fur eine verbesserte Diagnostik und Therapie neuroendokriner Tumoren des gastroenteropankreatischen Systems relevant sind.
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- 1995
107. Mechanismen des zellulären Proteintransports
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Gudrun Ahnert-Hilger, B. Wiedenmann, E. O. Riecken, and M. John
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Eukaryonte Zellen verfugen uber ein intrazellulares Verteilersystem mit dem sie neu synthetisierte Proteine in verschiedene subzellulare Kompartimente und auch in den Extrazellularraum befordern konnen. Dabei werden Proteine, die fur den Export bestimmt sind, entweder kontinuierlich (konstitutiv) oder nach Stimulation der Zelle (reguliert) sezerniert. Wahrend der Translation der mRNA werden die neu entstehenden Proteinketten zu Translokationsstellen des endoplasmatischen Retikulums (ER) gebracht, wo sie entweder in der ER-Membran verbleiben oder uber spezifische Proteinkanale in das Lumen gelangen. Nach der Passage durch das ER werden die Proteine in Vesikel verpackt, wobei losliche Proteine luminal, und integrale Membranproteine membranstandig vorliegen. Mit einem Mantel (“coat”) aus zytoplasmatischen strukturgebenden Proteinen versehen, wandern die Vesikel zur nachsten Zielorganelle. Dort verschmelzen sie mit der Membran, wobei der Mantel unter Mitwirkung monomerer G-Proteine und Hydrolyse von GTP abgelegt wird. Die Membran der Vesikel wie auch die Membranen der jeweiligen Akzeptororganellen enthalten spezifische Proteine, die eine gerichtete Membranfusion und damit auch einen gerichteten Proteintransport sichern (SNARE-Hypothese). In dieser Arbeit werden die grundlegenden Mechanismen des Proteintransports erlautert und Zusammenhange mit bekannten, v. a. gastroenterologischen Krankheitsbildern hergestellt.
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- 1995
108. Gastroenteropancreatic tumor imaging with somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
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B, Wiedenmann, H M, Bäder, H, Scherubl, U, Fett, T, Zimmer, B, Hamm, K, Koppenhagen, and E O, Riecken
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Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Neuroendocrine Tumors ,Indium Radioisotopes ,Humans ,Carcinoid Tumor ,Receptors, Somatostatin ,Pentetic Acid ,Octreotide ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - Published
- 1994
109. [Endocardial fibrosis in neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system]
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H, Dingerkus, H, Völler, K, Schröder, R, Dissmann, L, Hennig, R, Agrawal, T, Linderer, and B, Wiedenmann
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Adult ,Aged, 80 and over ,Male ,Chi-Square Distribution ,Adolescent ,Endocardial Fibroelastosis ,Middle Aged ,Echocardiography, Doppler ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Neuroendocrine Tumors ,Echocardiography ,Chromogranins ,Prevalence ,Chromogranin A ,Humans ,Female ,Neoplasm Metastasis ,Child ,Aged ,Gastrointestinal Neoplasms ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Clinical characteristics, echocardiographic and Doppler echocardiographic findings, as well as serum levels of chromogranin A were recorded on 62 patients (27 women, 35 men; mean age 55 [11-83] years) with histologically confirmed tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) system. Changes in the right heart were found in 14 patients (22%), club-like thickening of tricuspid leaflets in 13, tricuspid regurgitation in 14, stenosis in 2 and right atrial or right ventricular dilatation in 11 and 5, respectively. There was no difference between the patients with or without right-heart changes in regard to age, presence of carcinoid syndrome, duration of symptoms, primary tumour site, pattern of metastases, treatment or chromogranin A level. Two patients with nonfunctioning tumours had right-heart changes. While clinical and biochemical parameters did not identify patients with right-heart changes, echocardiography demonstrated all haemodynamically significant endocardial changes. Even patients with nonfunctioning GEP tumours should be regularly monitored by echocardiography.
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- 1994
110. [Significance of false-positive findings of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system]
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S, Faiss, H, Scherübl, M, Bäder, U, Fett, K, Koppenhagen, B, Wiedenmann, and E O, Riecken
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Male ,Indium Radioisotopes ,Middle Aged ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Neuroendocrine Tumors ,Lymphatic Metastasis ,Humans ,False Positive Reactions ,Female ,Receptors, Somatostatin ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Somatostatin ,Follow-Up Studies ,Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - Abstract
Localization of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with conventional imaging techniques can be difficult. With the advent of the somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy the diagnosis of these could be improved. In this study 76 patients with immunohistologically proven neuroendocrine tumors were analysed by comparing somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy with conventional imaging techniques. Somatostatin-receptor-positive lesions were observed in 61 of all patients. Conventional imaging techniques (transabdominal ultrasonography, computerized tomographic scanning of the abdomen, magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen) revealed neuroendocrine tumors in 42 patients (69%). A follow up of 19 patients with initially false positive somatostatin-receptor scintigrams showed that at least 6 patients had escaped the initial diagnosis by conventional techniques. All in all, our data support previous findings and demonstrate that somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy is a safe and sensitive procedure for in vivo imaging of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. In addition, in certain cases, somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy is able to detect tumors that had escaped conventional imaging techniques.
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- 1994
111. Validität der Somatostatin-Rezeptor-Szintigraphie zum Nachweis neuroendokriner gastroenteropankreatischer Tumore
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Gerd Berger, J. Boese-Landgraf, U. Fett, B. Wiedenmann, R. Häring, and E. O. Riecken
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Neuroendokrine gastroenteropankreatische (NE-GEP) Tumore exprimieren Somato-statin-Rezeptoren mit hoher Dichte und Affinitat [1]. Diese Rezeptoren konnen in vivo mittels eines Indium-111-markierten Somatostatinanalogons szintigraphisch dargestellt werden [2]. In dieser Untersuchung soll die diagnostische Relevanz der Somatostatin-Rezeptor-Szintigraphie (SRS) gegenuber etablierten bildgebenden Verfahren der Sonographie (US), der Endosonographie (EUS), der Kernspintomographie (NMR) und der Computertomographie (CT) evaluiert werden.
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- 1994
112. 582 Dexamethasone Stimulates Tight Junction Sealing in Intestinal Epithelial Cells by up Regulating Claudin-4 Expression via a Pathway Involving MKP-1 and p38
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Andreas Fischer, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Franz Theuring, Markus Gluth, Daniel C. Baumgart, and B. Wiedenmann
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Hepatology ,Tight junction ,Chemistry ,Gastroenterology ,Triptolide ,Intestinal epithelium ,digestive system diseases ,Cell biology ,Dephosphorylation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,MAPK phosphatase ,Phosphorylation ,Signal transduction ,Claudin - Abstract
Background and aims: Tight junctions within the intestinal epithelium constitute pivotal elements of the intestinal barrier, perturbations of which have been associated with the pathogenesis and progression of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. We previously demonstrated that glucocorticoid hormones stimulate intestinal tight junction sealing In Vitro by increasing the expression of claudin-4. The aim of this study was to identify the signaling pathways responsible. Methods: Caco-2 monolayers grown on semipermeable filter supports were treated with dexamethasone, the p38 inhibitor SB203580 or the MKP-1 inhibitor triptolide and tight junction function was assessed by measuring transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER). Activation of the claudin-4 promoter was analyzed in Caco-2 cells stably expressing the human claudin-4 promoter fused to a luciferase reporter. In addition, quantitative rt-PCR, Western Blotting and immunofluorescence were employed to analyze changes in the expression, activation and localization of claudin-4, MKP-1 and p38. Results: Treatment of Caco-2 cells with dexamethasone resulted in increased TEERs, increased expression of claudin-4 on the RNA and protein level and activation of the claudin-4 promoter. This was accompanied by decreased phosphorylation of the MAPK p38 as well as increased expression of the MAPK phosphatase MKP-1. Inhibition of p38 by SB203580 was sufficient to mimic the effect of dexamethasone both on TEER and claudin-4 expression as well as claudin-4 promoter activation. Conversely, inhibition of MKP-1 by triptolide prevented the dephosphorylation of p38 by dexamethasone and reversed its effect on TEER, claudin-4 expression and activation of the claudin-4 promoter. Localization of claudin-4 to the tight junction or cell viability was not affected by either of the compounds. Conclusions: Our data provide evidence that glucocorticoid induced up regulation of claudin-4 is mediated by dephosphorylation of p38 resulting from increased expression of theMAPK phosphatase MKP-1.We thereby identified a novel signaling pathway mediating an epithelial specific effect of glucocorticoids on intestinal tight junctions. Given the central role of barrier dysfunction in inflammatory bowel diseases, components of this pathway might represent promising new pharmacological targets for the treatment of these disorders.
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- 2010
113. S1771 TNF-α Blockers Inhibit T Cell Cycling by Notch-1 Signalling
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B. Wiedenmann, Andreas Sturm, Uta Berndt, Claudio Fiocchi, and Olaf Guckelberger
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Signalling ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Hepatology ,Chemistry ,T cell ,Gastroenterology ,Tnf α blockers ,Cancer research ,medicine ,Notch 1 - Published
- 2010
114. Immunoluminometric assay of chromogranin A in serum with commercially available reagents
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H, Bender, A, Maier, B, Wiedenmann, D T, O'Connor, K, Messner, and H, Schmidt-Gayk
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Immunoassay ,Radioimmunoassay ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,Kinetics ,Catecholamines ,Drug Stability ,Parathyroid Hormone ,Reference Values ,Creatinine ,Luminescent Measurements ,Chromogranins ,Chromogranin A ,Humans ,Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - Abstract
Chromogranin A (Cg A) is a useful marker of neuroendocrine neoplasia in humans. Here we describe an immunoluminometric assay (ILMA) for measuring Cg A in serum, with use of a new tube as a solid phase. The new tube has a large surface area and is coated with a polyclonal antibody. Optimized coating conditions provide a high IgG adsorption to the polystyrene wall. Serum is added to the coated tube and incubated for 2 h or overnight. After washing the tubes, acridinium ester-labeled monoclonal antibody against Cg A is added and incubation is continued for 2 h. The tubes are washed again and the bound luminescence is measured. The assay is very sensitive (detection limit 1 microgram/L, if 25 microL of serum is used), is specific for human Cg A, and offers a wide dynamic range (1-1000 micrograms/L). The range in healthy humans is 10-53 micrograms/L (median 30 micrograms/L). The correlation of serum Cg A to creatinine and parathyroid hormone is described. We also report the influence of intravenous calcium injection on Cg A concentrations in serum.
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- 1992
115. An amphicrine pancreatic cell line: AR42J cells combine exocrine and neuroendocrine properties
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S, Rosewicz, D, Vogt, N, Harth, C, Grund, W W, Franke, S, Ruppert, E, Schweitzer, E O, Riecken, and B, Wiedenmann
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Enzyme Precursors ,Membrane Glycoproteins ,Glutamate Decarboxylase ,Glycine ,Synaptophysin ,Glutamic Acid ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Immunohistochemistry ,Cell Line ,Rats ,Glutamates ,Animals ,Pancreas ,gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - Abstract
The permanent cell culture line AR42J, derived from a rat pancreatic acinar carcinoma, is widely used for functional studies of exocrine pancreatic acinar cells. We now present evidence that these cells are amphicrine in that they contain zymogen granules as well as small (40-80 nm) neuroendocrine (NE) vesicles and typical neurotransmitters. Using the small NE vesicle-specific markers synaptophysin and "protein S.V.2", including synaptophysin cDNA probes, we have found that AR42J cells synthesize these proteins and contain vesicles harboring these proteins with biophysical properties similar to those of small NE vesicles. NE properties of these cells are further indicated by the presence of considerable amounts of stored amino acids (gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glycine, glutamate) and by the presence of the GABA-synthesizing enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase. Finally, intermediate filament (IF) protein typing showed only cytokeratins 8 and 18, indicating that AR42J cells possess an IF protein complement indistinguishable from that of acinar and islet cells. Our results document the unusual case of a permanent cell line with combined exocrine and neuroendocrine properties that may be indicative of a derivation from a cell with multipotential character.
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- 1992
116. P304 - Galectin-2 and galectin-4 modulate intestinal wound healing, induce T cell apoptosis and thus ameliorate intestinal inflammation in an experimental model of murine colitis
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Andreas Sturm, Axel Dignass, B. Wiedenmann, and D. Paclik
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T-cell apoptosis ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammation ,General Medicine ,T lymphocyte ,medicine.disease ,Intestinal inflammation ,Apoptosis ,Cancer research ,Medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Colitis ,Wound healing ,business ,Galectin - Published
- 2009
117. Open-label, non-randomized, multicenter phase II study evaluating the angiogenesis inhibitor PTK787/ ZK222584 (PTK/ZK) in patients with advanced neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC)
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Marianne Pavel, F. Neumann, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Ursula Plöckinger, C. Bartel, B. Wiedenmann, Nikolaus Tiling, and F. Heuck
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Cancer Research ,Endothelial Growth Factors ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,VEGF receptors ,Phases of clinical research ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Angiogenesis inhibitor ,Neuroendocrine Carcinomas ,Metastasis ,Oncology ,Cancer research ,medicine ,biology.protein ,In patient ,Open label ,business - Abstract
14684 Background: Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and VEGF receptors (VEGFRs) are important mediators of tumor growth and metastasis. Since NEC of the gastroenteropancreatic system are ...
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- 2008
118. P254 GALECTIN-2 AND GALECTIN-4 MODULATE INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL FUNCTION AND INTESTINAL WOUND HEALING
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D. Paclik, B. Wiedenmann, A. Dignass, and A. Sturm
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- 2008
119. Die Bestimmung von Chromogranin-A-Plasmaspiegeln bei Patienten mit gastroenteropankreatischen neuroendokrinen Tumoren ist herkömmlichen Plasma- und Urinbestimmungen überlegen
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H. Buhr, G. Schürmann, B. Wiedenmann, Kjell Öberg, and Barbro Eriksson
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Chromogranin A (1, 2) ist ein hauptsachliches sekretorisches Protein des Nebennierenmarks. Nach der eingehenden Charakterisierung dieses Proteins zeigte sich, das dieses weit verbreitet in peptidsezernierenden neuroendokrinen Zellen vorkommt (s. hierzu Ubersichtsartikel WIEDENMANN amp; HUTTNER (3)). Da mittlerweile bekannt ist, das alle freigesetzten Hormone, Neuropeptide und Catecholamine mit Chromogranin zusammen freigesetzt werden, und diese „Peptidverpackungs“-Proteine nicht nur in normalen, sondern auch in fast alien neoplastischen neuroendokrinen Zellen des Gastrointestinaltraktes vorkommen, wurden Seren von Patienten mit unterschiedlichen gastroenteropankreatischen neuroendokrinen Tumoren mittels einer Radioimmunoassays fur Chromogranin, vergleichend mit konventionellen Untersuchungsmethoden, wie z.B. 5-Hydroxy-Indolessigsaure im Urin, Gastrin, VIP, Pankreatisches Polypeptid und anderen gastrointestinalen Hormonen untersucht.
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- 1990
120. The effects of pasireotide (SOM230) on health-related quality of life in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors refractory or resistant to octreotide LAR
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W. W. de Herder, Thomas M. O'Dorisio, E. A. Hahn, C. H. Darby, J. E. Glusman, G. B. Wiedenmann, E. Wang, Lowell Anthony, Kjell Öberg, and L. Kvols
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Health related quality of life ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,High affinity binding ,business.industry ,Somatostatin receptor ,Metastatic carcinoid ,Gastroenterology ,Octreotide lar ,humanities ,Pasireotide ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Endocrinology ,Oncology ,chemistry ,Refractory ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,In patient ,business - Abstract
4558 Background: Pasireotide is a novel multi-ligand somatostatin analogue with high affinity binding for four of the five somatostatin receptor subtypes (sst1,2,3 and sst5). This Phase II clinical trial showed that pasireotide is effective in controlling the symptoms of diarrhea and flushing in 27% of patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors refractory or resistant to octreotide LAR. The impact of pasireotide therapy on health-related quality of life (HRQL) was also evaluated. Methods: Patients in this open-label, multicenter study initially received pasireotide 300 μg sc bid which was escalated to a maximum dose of 1,200 μg sc bid until clinical response was achieved. Data are reported for the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Diarrhea (FACIT-D) instrument. FACIT-D comprises the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) score, which measures physical, social, emotional and functional well-being, plus a symptom-specific sub-scale which measures HRQL specific to diarrhea. FACIT-D baseline assessment was obtained on day 1 immediately before dosing, and then monthly thereafter. FACIT-D sub-scale and total scores at baseline and after 1, 2, and 3 months of pasireotide treatment are described by categories of clinical response. Results: 45 patients (mean age 61 years; range 40–83) received treatment, and 44 were eligible for the efficacy and HRQL analyses. Functional well-being scores, symptom-specific scores and total FACIT-D scores of non-responders tended to be lower at baseline and during treatment than those of responders. The three sub-scale and summary FACIT-D scores exhibited relatively stable mean HRQL scores and similar patterns of variability in clinical responders and non- responders through the third month of pasireotide treatment. Conclusions: HRQL was stable during treatment with pasireotide in patients with advanced metastatic disease refractory or resistant to octreotide LAR. Additional work in HRQL study design and evaluation of HRQL endpoints in patients with carcinoid disease is indicated, and will further improve our understanding of quality of life in patients with this disease. [Table: see text]
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- 2007
121. Safety and efficacy of pasireotide (SOM230) in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors refractory or resistant to octreotide LAR: Results of a phase II study
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Thomas M. O'Dorisio, W. W. de Herder, Lowell Anthony, L. Kvols, B. Wiedenmann, Rudolf Arnold, B. Gao, Kjell Öberg, and J. E. Glusman
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Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Somatostatin receptor ,business.industry ,Metastatic carcinoid ,Octreotide ,Phases of clinical research ,Octreotide lar ,Gastroenterology ,Pasireotide ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Endocrinology ,Oncology ,chemistry ,Refractory ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,In patient ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
4082 Background: Pasireotide is a novel multiligand somatostatin analogue that exhibits high binding affinity to 4 of 5 somatostatin receptor subtypes: sst1,2,3 and sst5. Compared with octreotide, pasireotide has 30, 5 and 40 times greater affinity for sst1,3 and sst5 receptors respectively and a comparable affinity for sst2. Methods: This was a Phase II, open-label, multicenter study in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors whose symptoms (diarrhea and flushing) were inadequately controlled by octreotide LAR. Patients had histopathologically confirmed disease, elevated 5-HIAA and/or CgA levels and at least one measurable lesion (excluding bone). Patients initially received pasireotide 300 μg sc bid and escalated to a maximum dose of 1200 μg sc bid every 3 days until clinical response was achieved. Partial response (PR) was defined as a mean of [Table: see text]
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- 2006
122. Early data on the efficacy and safety of the novel multi-ligand somatostatin analog, SOM230, in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors refractory or resistant to octreotide LAR
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L.-L. Tran, B. Wiedenmann, Lowell Anthony, Larry K. Kvols, J. E. Glusman, W. W. de Herder, and Kjell Öberg
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Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Somatostatin receptor ,Octreotide ,Ligand (biochemistry) ,Gastroenterology ,Diarrhea ,Endocrinology ,Oncology ,Refractory ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Defecation ,medicine.symptom ,Somatostatin analog ,business ,Receptor ,medicine.drug - Abstract
8024 Background: SOM230 is a novel multi-ligand somatostatin analog that exhibits high binding affinity to four somatostatin receptor subtypes: sst1,2,3 and sst5. Compared with octreotide, SOM230 has 30, 5 and 40 times greater affinity for sst1,3 and sst5 receptors, respectively, and a comparable affinity for sst2 receptors. Methods: This was a Phase II open-label, multicenter study in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors whose symptoms (diarrhea and flushing) were refractory/resistant to octreotide LAR. Enrolled patients had histopathologically confirmed disease, elevated 5-HIAA and/or CgA levels and at least one measurable lesion (excluding bone). Symptom control with subcutaneous SOM230 was evaluated daily using patient diaries. Patients initially received SOM230 300 μg bid. Dose escalation of 150 μg bid, up to a maximum of 1200 μg bid, was allowed every 3 days until adequate symptom control was achieved. Adequate control or partial response (PR) was defined as a mean of
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- 2005
123. Prognostic factors in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors - A retrospective multivariate analysis
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B. Wiedenmann, S.N. Willich, Uta Berndt, Michael Böhmig, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Nikolaus Tiling, and Ulrich-Frank Pape
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Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Medicine ,Neuroendocrine tumors ,business ,medicine.disease - Abstract
4086 Background Only few data exist on long-term outcome and independent prognostic factors of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) system. Low incidence, heterogeneous c...
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- 2005
124. Erratum
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Håkan Ahlman, G. Delle Fave, W. W. de Herder, Guido Rindi, E. P. Krenning, B. Wiedenmann, Ursula Plöckinger, A. Goede, Ola Nilsson, J.C. Reubi, Philippe Ruszniewski, Martyn Caplin, Rudolf Arnold, Kjell Öberg, and Barbro Eriksson
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Gastrointestinal tumors ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Neuroendocrinology ,Gastroenterology ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,business - Published
- 2005
125. Expanded phase I/II study of PTK787/ZK 222584 (PTK/ZK), a novel, oral angiogenesis inhibitor, in combination with FOLFOX-4 as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
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W. P. Steward, A. Thomas, B. Morgan, B. Wiedenmann, C. Bartel, U. Vanhoefer, T. Trarbach, U. Junker, D. Laurent, and D. Lebwohl
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Cancer Research ,Oncology - Published
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126. Contents Vol. 80, 2004
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Ola Nilsson, Renato Tavares dos Santos Pereira, Martyn Caplin, Kjell Öberg, Barbro Eriksson, B. Wiedenmann, David G. Kakhniashvili, Steven R. Goodman, Ursula Plöckinger, Charles A. Blake, Håkan Ahlman, Bruce G. Jenks, Wim J.J.M. Scheenen, Rudolf Arnold, Catarina S. Porto, Hong-Yan Zhang, G. Delle Fave, J.C. Reubi, W. W. de Herder, Cristiane A. Koyama, Bruce S. McEwen, Fernando Maurício Francis Abdalla, Camila C. Cardoso, Guido Rindi, Alessandro Ciccarelli, Philippe Ruszniewski, Russell D. Romeo, Susan J. Lee, Earl B. Barnawell, Eric W. Roubos, Tom W. Bargar, E. P. Krenning, and A. Goede
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,Traditional medicine ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,business - Published
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127. Subject Index Vol. 80, 2004
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G. Delle Fave, Fernando Maurício Francis Abdalla, Guido Rindi, Steven R. Goodman, Earl B. Barnawell, E. P. Krenning, Camila C. Cardoso, Catarina S. Porto, Ursula Plöckinger, B. Wiedenmann, Ola Nilsson, W. W. de Herder, Wim J.J.M. Scheenen, Håkan Ahlman, Cristiane A. Koyama, Martyn Caplin, Alessandro Ciccarelli, Philippe Ruszniewski, Russell D. Romeo, Tom W. Bargar, J.C. Reubi, Renato Tavares dos Santos Pereira, A. Goede, Kjell Öberg, Barbro Eriksson, Bruce S. McEwen, David G. Kakhniashvili, Hong-Yan Zhang, Charles A. Blake, Rudolf Arnold, Susan J. Lee, Bruce G. Jenks, and Eric W. Roubos
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,Index (economics) ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Medical physics ,Subject (documents) ,Psychology - Published
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128. 246 A comparison of adefovir and tenofovir in the treatment of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
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F VANBOMMEL, T WUNSCHE, D SCHURMANN, A BERGK, B WIEDENMANN, U HOPF, and T BERG
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Hepatology - Published
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129. Author and Subject Index
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Ching-Ming Yeh, Michael Olausson, T. Zimmer, Ola Nilsson, Vincenzo Villanacci, David Malka, Eric P. Krenning, B. Wiedenmann, Mats Stridsberg, S. Friman, Philippe Rougier, Ernst-Otto Riecken, Stanislas Pauwels, Kjell Öberg, Barbro Eriksson, Christiane Susini, Geraldine Ferjoux, A. Ubiali, François Jamar, Horst Schran, Håkan Ahlman, Elena Puente, Klaus-Jochen Klose, P. Ruszniewski, Jens Ricke, S. Jansson, S. Faiss, Hans Scherübl, Bo Wängberg, Ulrich Stölzel, M. Wied, Roelf Valkema, Michel Mignon, Naoual Benali, Jingou Liu, Louis Buscail, Rudolf Arnold, Larry K. Kvols, M. Charles Smith, Chen Tianling, Emmanuel Mitry, B. Simon, Ulf Tylen, Willem H. Bakker, Alain Calender, and Guido Rindi
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Index (economics) ,business.industry ,Statistics ,Gastroenterology ,Medicine ,Subject (documents) ,business - Published
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130. Announcement and Erratum
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Rolf Eissele, Kurt Borch, Markus W. Büchler, B. Wiedenmann, Eberhard Weihe, Harald Goebell, Gerald Holtmann, Henning Schwacha, Cumhur Yegen, Håkan Weiber, Jimmy Y.C. Chow, Lorella Fanti, Robert Thimme, Hans-Peter Allgaier, Edouard Stauffer, A. Özdemir Aktan, Bahadır M. Gulluoglu, Thomas M. Gress, R. Itani, Martin K.-H. Schäfer, Li Ma, Dominik Aronsky, Guido Adler, Frank Sundler, S. Andresen, C.-P. Siegers, E.-O. Riecken, Helmut Friess, Hizir Kurtel, Berrak Ç. Yeğen, D. Caird, Hong Y. Wang, Hubert E. Blum, S. Hähnel, Manuela Kleinschmidt, Chi H. Cho, U. Mansmann, Rudolf Arnold, Jochen Lange, Kaspar Z'graggen, Ferhunde Dizdaroglu, Giampietro Gesu, J.P. Keogh, N. Clemens, Annalisa Cavallero, S. Faiss, U. Räth, Mine G. Gulluoglu, F.A. Wyle, Lee E. Eiden, Christian Klaiber, Gianni Mezzi, Anne E. Micha, Per Fernlund, Claudio Bonato, Andreas Sturm, Ulrich Schöffel, Rıfat Yalin, Guido Gerken, A. Tarnawski, Enzo Masci, R. Pai, and Martin Anlauf
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Gastroenterology - Published
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131. TNM staging of midgut and hindgut (neuro) endocrine tumors: a consensus proposal including a grading system.
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G. Klöppel, A. Couvelard, P. Komminoth, M. Körner, J. Lopes, A.-M. McNicol, O. Nilsson, A. Perren, A. Scarpa, J.-Y. Scoazec, and B. Wiedenmann
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Abstract  Criteria for the staging and grading of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of midgut and hindgut origin were established at the second Consensus Conference in Frascati (Rome) organized by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS). The proposed tumorânodeâmetastasis (TNM) classifications are based on the recently published ENETS Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of gastroenteropancreatic NETs and follow our previous proposal for foregut tumors. The new TNM classifications for NETs of the ileum, appendix, colon, and rectum, and the grading system were designed, discussed, and consensually approved by all conference participants. These proposals need to be validated and are meant to help clinicians in the stratification, treatment and follow-up of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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132. TNM staging of foregut (neuro)endocrine tumors: a consensus proposal including a grading system.
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G. Rindi, G. Klöppel, H. Alhman, M. Caplin, A. Couvelard, W. de Herder, B. Erikssson, A. Falchetti, M. Falconi, P. Komminoth, M. Körner, J. Lopes, A-M. McNicol, O. Nilsson, A. Perren, A. Scarpa, J-Y. Scoazec, and B. Wiedenmann
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Abstract The need for standards in the management of patients with endocrine tumors of the digestive system prompted the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) to organize a first Consensus Conference, which was held in Frascati (Rome) and was based on the recently published ENETS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of digestive neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Here, we report the tumor–node–metastasis proposal for foregut NETs of the stomach, duodenum, and pancreas that was designed, discussed, and consensually approved at this conference. In addition, we report the proposal for a working formulation for the grading of digestive NETs based on mitotic count and Ki-67 index. This proposal, which needs to be validated, is meant to help clinicians in the stratification, treatment, and follow-up of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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133. TNM staging of foregut (neuro)endocrine tumors: a consensus proposal including a grading system
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G. Rindi, G. Klöppel, H. Alhman, M. Caplin, A. Couvelard, W. D. Herder, B. Erikssson, A. Falchetti, P. Komminoth, M. Körner, J. Lopes, A. McNicol, O. Nilsson, A. Perren, A. Scarpa, J. Scoazec, B. Wiedenmann, Falconi, M., FALCONI , MASSIMO, G., Rindi, G., Klöppel, H., Alhman, M., Caplin, A., Couvelard, W. D., Herder, B., Erikssson, A., Falchetti, Falconi, Massimo, P., Komminoth, M., Körner, J., Lope, A., Mcnicol, O., Nilsson, A., Perren, A., Scarpa, J., Scoazec, B., Wiedenmann, Falconi, M., and Internal Medicine
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Staging ,Working Formulation ,Biology ,Neuroendocrine tumors ,Digestive System Neoplasms ,TNM ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Ki-67 index ,Biomarkers, Tumor ,medicine ,Humans ,Endocrine system ,Gut ,neuroendocrine tumors, gut, pancreas, staging, TNM, grading, mitotic index, Ki-67 index ,Neoplasm Metastasis ,Grading (education) ,Pancreas ,Grading ,Mitotic index ,Molecular Biology ,Neoplasm Staging ,General surgery ,Consensus conference ,Foregut ,General Medicine ,Cell Biology ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,TNM Staging ,Original Article ,Lymph Nodes - Abstract
The need for standards in the management of patients with endocrine tumors of the digestive system prompted the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) to organize a first Consensus Conference, which was held in Frascati (Rome) and was based on the recently published ENETS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of digestive neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Here, we report the tumor-node-metastasis proposal for foregut NETs of the stomach, duodenum, and pancreas that was designed, discussed, and consensually approved at this conference. In addition, we report the proposal for a working formulation for the grading of digestive NETs based on mitotic count and Ki-67 index. This proposal, which needs to be validated, is meant to help clinicians in the stratification, treatment, and follow-up of patients. © Springer-Verlag 2006.
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134. Regulatory peptide receptors in human hepatocellular carcinomas.
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J. C. Reubi, A. Zimmermann, S. Jonas, B. Waser, P. Neuhaus, U. Läderach, and B. Wiedenmann
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135. Some properties of the reaction site for the esterase activity of hemoglobin
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Danek Elbaum, B Wiedenmann, and R L Nagel
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biology ,Stereochemistry ,Chemistry ,Active site ,Cell Biology ,Biochemistry ,Esterase ,Non-competitive inhibition ,Hemoglobin A ,Protein structure ,biology.protein ,Hemoglobin ,Binding site ,Molecular Biology ,Histidine - Abstract
We have defined the predominant site of p-nitrophenyl acetate reaction with hemoglobin. The site is involved with, at least, two modes of action: the imidazole catalysis of His beta 2 and the irreversible covalent acetylation of Lys beta 82. The effect of competitive inhibition of the reaction by 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid, the dependence of the reaction rate on the protein conformation, hemoglobin mutants, and the diethylpyrocarbonate are consistent with the assignment of the active site. In addition, the results point to small conformational differences in the NH-terminal regions of the beta chains between Hb S and Hb A.
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136. Molecular characterization of synaptophysin, a major calcium-binding protein of the synaptic vesicle membrane
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Hubert Rehm, Heinrich Betz, and B. Wiedenmann
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Octoxynol ,Protein Conformation ,Detergents ,Synaptophysin ,Pronase ,Synaptic vesicle ,Chromatography, Affinity ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Polyethylene Glycols ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Calcium-binding protein ,Animals ,Molecular Biology ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,Synaptic vesicle membrane ,General Neuroscience ,Binding protein ,Calcium-Binding Proteins ,Brain ,Membrane Proteins ,Rats, Inbred Strains ,Intracellular Membranes ,Tunicamycin ,Chromatography, Ion Exchange ,Transmembrane protein ,Rats ,Solubility ,nervous system ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Chromatography, Gel ,biology.protein ,Synaptic Vesicles ,Research Article - Abstract
Synaptophysin, a mol. wt 38 000 glycopolypeptide of the synaptic vesicle membrane, was solubilized using Triton X-100 and purified by immunoaffinity or ion-exchange chromatography. From gel permeation and sucrose-density centrifugation in H2O/D2O, a Stokes radius of 7.3 nm, a partial specific volume of 0.830 and a total mol. wt of 119 000 were calculated for the native protein. Cross-linking of synaptic vesicles with glutaraldehyde, dimethylsuberimidate, or Cu2+ -o-phenantroline, resulted in the formation of a mol. wt 76 kd dimer of synaptophysin. Crosslinking of the purified protein in addition produced tri- and tetrameric adducts of the polypeptide. Native synaptophysin thus is a homooligomeric protein. Synaptophysin is N-glycosylated, since cultivation of the rat phaeochromocytoma cell line PC12 in the presence of tunicamycin reduced its mol. wt by about 6 kd. Upon transfer to nitrocellulose and incubation with 45Ca2+, synaptophysin behaved as one of the major calcium-binding proteins of the synaptic vesicle membrane. Pronase treatment of intact synaptic vesicles abolished this 45Ca2+ binding indicating that the Ca2+ binding site of synaptophysin must reside on a cytoplasmic domain of the transmembrane polypeptide. Based on these data, we propose that synaptophysin may play an important role in Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release.
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137. Interferon gamma inhibits growth of human pancreatic carcinoma cells via caspase-1 dependent induction of apoptosis.
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M, Detjen K, K, Farwig, M, Welzel, B, Wiedenmann, and S, Rosewicz
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer is partly due to resistance to a broad spectrum of apoptotic stimuli. To identify intact proapoptotic pathways of potential clinical relevance, we characterised the effects of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) on growth and survival in human pancreatic cancer cells. METHODS: IFN-gamma receptor expression and signal transduction were examined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunoprecipitation, western blot analysis, and transactivation assays. Effects on cell growth and survival were evaluated in terms of cell numbers, colony formation, cell cycle analysis, DNA fragmentation, and poly(ADP ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage. RESULTS: All four pancreatic cancer cell lines examined expressed functional IFN-gamma receptors and downstream effectors, including the putative tumour suppressor interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1). IFN-gamma treatment profoundly inhibited anchorage dependent and independent growth of pancreatic cancer cells. Cell cycle analyses revealed subdiploid cells suggesting apoptosis, which was confirmed by demonstration of DNA fragmentation and PARP cleavage. Time and dose dependency of apoptosis induction and growth inhibition correlated closely, identifying apoptosis as the main, if not exclusive, mechanism responsible for growth inhibition. Apoptosis was preceded by upregulation of procaspase-1 and accompanied by proteolytic activation. Furthermore, the caspase inhibitor z-vad-fmk completely prevented IFN-gamma mediated apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS: These results identify an intact proapoptotic pathway in pancreatic cancer cells and suggest that IRF-1 and/or procaspase-1 may represent potential therapeutic targets to be further explored.
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138. LI-cadherin: a marker of gastric metaplasia and neoplasia.
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C, Grtzinger, J, Kneifel, D, Patschan, N, Schnoy, I, Anagnostopoulos, S, Faiss, R, Tauber, B, Wiedenmann, and R, Gessner
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BACKGROUND: Intestinal metaplasia is considered a risk factor for the development of gastric adenocarcinomas of the intestinal type and is found in approximately 20% of gastric biopsies. Conventional histology only detects advanced stages of intestinal metaplasia. AIMS: To study expression of the enterocyte specific adhesion molecule liver-intestinal (LI)-cadherin in intestinal metaplasia as well as in gastric cancer, and to evaluate its use as a diagnostic marker molecule. PATIENTS: Gastric biopsies (n=77) from 30 consecutive patients (n=30; aged 28-90 years) as well as surgically resected tissue samples (n=24) of all types of gastric carcinomas were analysed. METHODS: Single and double label immunofluorescence detection on cryosections of gastric biopsies; alkaline phosphatase antialkaline phosphatase method on paraffin embedded carcinoma tissue sections. RESULTS: Of 77 biopsies (from 30 patients), 12 (from 10 patients) stained positive for LI-cadherin. LI-cadherin staining correlated with the presence of intestinal metaplasia. Conventional histological diagnosis however failed to detect subtle gastric intestinal metaplasia (three of 10 patients). In contrast, only LI-cadherin and villin were positive in these cases whereas sucrase-isomaltase also failed to detect intestinal metaplasia in four of 10 patients. Well differentiated gastric carcinomas showed intense staining for LI-cadherin while undifferentiated carcinomas showed only weak diffuse cytoplasmic staining. CONCLUSIONS: To detect early metaplastic changes in the gastric mucosa, LI-cadherin has a sensitivity superior to sucrase-isomaltase and conventional histology and comparable with that of villin. Its specificity exceeds that of villin. Thus LI-cadherin represents a new, reliable, and powerful marker molecule for early detection of gastric intestinal metaplasia and well differentiated adenocarcinomas.
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139. Analysis of sporadic neuroendocrine tumours of the enteropancreatic system by comparative genomic hybridisation.
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H, Tnnies, R, Toliat M, C, Ramel, F, Pape U, H, Neitzel, W, Berger, and B, Wiedenmann
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BACKGROUND: Chromosomal instability is observed in a wide spectrum of human cancer syndromes. However, to date, little is known of the characteristic genetic changes in sporadic neuroendocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system. AIMS AND METHOD: We have studied copy number aberrations (CNAs) in 26 sporadic neuroendocrine tumours of the enteropancreatic system (12 foregut and 14 midgut tumours) by comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH), allowing simultaneous evaluation of the entire tumour genome. RESULTS: Nearly all tumours (25/26; that is, 96%) showed chromosomal imbalances, including full chromosomal aneuploidies, losses and gains of chromosome arms, interstitial deletions, and amplifications. Whereas gains of chromosomes 4, 5, and 19 were found in both foregut and midgut tumours, gains of chromosomes 20q (58%), 19 (50%), as well as 17p (50%), and partial losses of chromosomes 1p (42%), 2q (42%), 3p, 4q, and 6q (25% each) were frequently observed only in foregut tumours. In contrast, midgut tumours displayed less CNAs. Gains were detected for chromosomes 17q and 19p (57%). Most frequent losses affected chromosomes 18 (43%) and 9p (21%). CONCLUSIONS: The results of our CGH analyses revealed new distinct candidate regions in the human genome associated with sporadic neuroendocrine tumours. Some of the genetic alterations were shared by foregut and midgut tumours while others discriminated between the two groups. Thus our results allude to the involvement of identical as well as discriminative genetic loci in tumorigenesis and progression of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the foregut and midgut. Based on these findings potential new candidate genes will be discussed.
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140. Dual mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor upregulation by hypoxia in human hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Z, von Marschall, T, Cramer, M, Hcker, G, Finkenzeller, B, Wiedenmann, and S, Rosewicz
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in regulation of tumour associated angiogenesis. In the current study we analysed expression of VEGF and its receptors in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and investigated the molecular mechanisms of VEGF regulation by hypoxia. METHODS: VEGF, kinase domain region (KDR)/fetal liver kinase 1 (flk-1), and flt-1 expression were examined by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation in 15 human HCC tissues. Expression of VEGF and regulation by hypoxia were assessed in three human HCC cell lines using a quantitative competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, ELISA, and a series of 5' deletion reporter gene constructs of the human VEGF promoter in transient transfection assays. RESULTS: We observed over expression of VEGF mRNA and protein in HCC compared with cirrhosis or normal liver. Expression of VEGF in tumour cells was strongly increased in areas directly adjacent to necrotic/hypoxic regions. Both VEGF receptors were detected in vascular endothelia of HCC while only KDR/flk-1 receptors were detected in endothelial cells of cirrhotic livers. Expression of VEGF was observed in all human HCC cell lines examined. Hypoxia (1% oxygen) resulted in profound upregulation of VEGF mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, hypoxia treatment resulted in a doubling of VEGF mRNA stability. Deletion analysis of the human VEGF 5' flanking region -2018 and +50 demonstrated induction of VEGF promoter activity under hypoxic conditions which was significantly decreased following deletion of the region -1286 and -789 suggesting a substantial contribution of the -975 putative hypoxia inducible factor 1 binding site to hypoxia mediated transcriptional activation of the VEGF gene. CONCLUSION: These data suggest hypoxia as a central stimulus of angiogenesis in human HCC through upregulation of VEGF gene expression by at least two distinct molecular mechanisms: activation of VEGF gene transcription and an increase in VEGF mRNA stability.
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141. Activation of protein kinase Calpha inhibits growth of pancreatic cancer cells via p21(cip)-mediated G(1) arrest.
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M, Detjen K, H, Brembeck F, M, Welzel, A, Kaiser, H, Haller, B, Wiedenmann, and S, Rosewicz
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We have analyzed human pancreatic cancer cells to explore the growth regulatory function of protein kinase C (PKC)alpha. PKCalpha subcellular redistribution, activation kinetics and downregulation were examined in detail and correlated to immediate and delayed effects on cell-cycle regulatory pathways. TPA treatment resulted in transient PKC(&agr;) activation accompanied by translocation of the enzyme into membrane and nuclear compartments, and was followed by subsequent downregulation. TPA-induced inhibition of DNA synthesis was prevented by a PKC-antagonist and was reproduced by microinjection of recombinant PKCalpha, indicating that activation of this isoenzyme was required and sufficient for growth inhibitory effects. PKC(&agr;) activation arrested cells in the G(1) phase of the cell cycle as a consequence of selective inhibition of cyclin dependent kinase (CDK)2 activity with concomitant hypophosphorylation of Rb. The inhibition of CDK2 activity resulted from induction of p21(cip1) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. Levels of p21(cip1) remained elevated and CDK2 activity repressed in spite of PKCalpha downregulation, indicating that downstream effectors of PKCalpha are the primary determinants for the duration of PKC-mediated growth inhibition. The PKCalpha-induced block in cell proliferation persisted even though cells were kept in the presence of growth factors, suggesting that induction of PKCalpha results in a permanent withdrawal of pancreatic cancer cells from the cell cycle.
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142. Regulatory peptide receptors in human hepatocellular carcinomas.
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C, Reubi J, A, Zimmermann, S, Jonas, B, Waser, P, Neuhaus, U, Lderach, and B, Wiedenmann
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BACKGROUND: Overexpression of regulatory peptide receptors in selected human tumours is of diagnostic and therapeutic relevance. AIMS: To evaluate the expression of somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), substance P, cholecystokinin (CCK) A and B, and neurotensin receptors in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: In vitro receptor autoradiography for the various peptide receptors using selective iodinated radioligands on tissue sections in 59 cases of HCC. RESULTS: 41% of HCC expressed somatostatin receptors; 47% expressed VIP receptors. VIP receptors were always identified in non-neoplastic liver tissue. Substance P receptors were only identified in 5% of HCC but in the majority of their peritumorous and intratumorous vessels. CCK-A and -B and neurotensin receptors were not detected in HCC. The somatostatin receptors showed high affinity for somatostatin and octreotide. The VIP receptors had high affinity for VIP, pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) 27, and a VIP1 selective analogue, suggesting the presence of VIP1/PACAP II type receptors. PACAP I receptors were identified in two cases. Substance P receptors were all of the NK1 subtype. The density of somatostatin receptors in HCC was low compared with the density found in liver metastases of neuroendocrine tumours. The VIP receptor density was always lower in HCC than in adjacent liver tissue. CONCLUSIONS: Somatostatin, VIP, and substance P may have a receptor mediated role in HCC. Substance P receptors may be involved in regulation of tumour associated blood flow; somatostatin receptors and VIP receptors may mediate tumour growth. Diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation of somatostatin and VIP analogues may be of interest in receptor positive HCC.
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143. Synaptophysin expression in neuroendocrine neoplasms as determined by immunocytochemistry
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V E, Gould, B, Wiedenmann, I, Lee, K, Schwechheimer, B, Dockhorn-Dworniczak, J A, Radosevich, R, Moll, and W W, Franke
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nervous system ,Intermediate Filament Proteins ,Histocytochemistry ,Neurofilament Proteins ,Nervous System Neoplasms ,Synaptophysin ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,Humans ,Membrane Proteins ,Endocrine System Diseases ,Neurosecretory Systems ,Research Article - Abstract
Synaptophysin is an integral membrane glycoprotein originally isolated from presynaptic vesicles of bovine neurons. The authors have studied a wide spectrum of neuroendocrine (NE) neoplasms by immunofluorescence microscopy on cryostat sections of freshly frozen tissues using a monoclonal antibody to this protein (SY 38). Without exception, they found the identical--or a very similar--protein expressed in all neuroblastomas, ganglioneuroblastomas, ganglioneuromas, pheochromocytomas, and paragangliomas studied. In these "neural" type NE neoplasms, synaptophysin was coexpressed with neurofilament proteins. Synaptophysin was also demonstrated in NE neoplasms of "epithelial" type in which it was predominantly coexpressed with cytokeratins and desmoplakin. It was invariably found in all variants of islet cell neoplasms and in all medullary thyroid carcinomas. Synaptophysin was also demonstrated in several adenomas of the hypophysis and parathyroids, in the majority of carcinoids of the bronchopulmonary and gastrointestinal tracts, and in many, though not all, NE carcinomas of the same sites, and of the skin. Conversely, SY 38 did not immunostain any of a large number of benign and malignant non-NE epithelial neoplasms; nor was any immunostaining obtained in a group of mesenchymal tumors. It is remarkable that SY 38 did not immunostain a number of malignant melanomas, including several that were immunostained for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and several neuropeptides. Parallel studies conducted on conventionally fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections immunostained by the use of the avidin-biotin complex technique yielded very similar results. The findings indicate that synaptophysin is expressed in the whole range of NE neoplasms without detectable relation to the expression of other NE markers such as NSE, serotonin, and neuropeptides. Nor could the expression of synaptophysin by these tumors be correlated with their epithelial and/or neural cytoskeletal characteristics, their clinical aggressiveness, or the presence or absence of endocrinologic abnormalities. While the consistent expression of synaptophysin by the "neural" type of NE neoplasms would seem predictable its presence in diverse benign and malignant NE tumors of "epithelial" type is remarkable. It is concluded that synaptophysin is a significant as well as novel NE marker, and the use of antibody SY 38 as a broad range marker for the study and diagnosis of NE neoplasms is proposed.
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144. ChemInform Abstract: Alkine und Kumulene. 7. Mitt. Synthese von Fucoserraten, dem Gametenlockstoff der Braunalge Fucus serratus L
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B. Wiedenmann and H. Hopf
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Chemistry ,Stereochemistry ,General Medicine - Published
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145. Some properties of the reaction site for the esterase activity of hemoglobin
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D, Elbaum, B, Wiedenmann, and R L, Nagel
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Models, Molecular ,Binding Sites ,Protein Conformation ,Lysine ,Hemoglobin, Sickle ,Esterases ,Hemoglobin A ,Binding, Competitive ,Hemoglobins ,Kinetics ,Oxyhemoglobins ,Humans ,Urea ,Histidine - Abstract
We have defined the predominant site of p-nitrophenyl acetate reaction with hemoglobin. The site is involved with, at least, two modes of action: the imidazole catalysis of His beta 2 and the irreversible covalent acetylation of Lys beta 82. The effect of competitive inhibition of the reaction by 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid, the dependence of the reaction rate on the protein conformation, hemoglobin mutants, and the diethylpyrocarbonate are consistent with the assignment of the active site. In addition, the results point to small conformational differences in the NH-terminal regions of the beta chains between Hb S and Hb A.
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146. [Synaptophysin, chromogranin A and neuron-specific enolase as tumor markers in neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and lung. An immunohistochemical study]
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M, Eberlein-Gonska, B, Wiedenmann, and R, Waldherr
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Lung Neoplasms ,Synaptophysin ,Membrane Proteins ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Carcinoid Tumor ,Adenoma, Islet Cell ,Immunoenzyme Techniques ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Gastrinoma ,Phosphopyruvate Hydratase ,Biomarkers, Tumor ,Chromogranins ,Chromogranin A ,Humans ,Insulinoma ,Carcinoma, Small Cell ,Digestive System ,Lung ,Pancreas ,Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - Published
- 1989
147. Synaptophysin. A new marker for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
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G, Chejfec, S, Falkmer, L, Grimelius, B, Jacobsson, M, Rodensjö, B, Wiedenmann, W W, Franke, I, Lee, and V E, Gould
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Immunoenzyme Techniques ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,Phosphopyruvate Hydratase ,Chromogranins ,Synaptophysin ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,Humans ,Membrane Proteins ,Adenoma, Islet Cell - Abstract
Synaptophysin (SYP) is a glycoprotein recently isolated from presynaptic vesicles of bovine neurons. Initial studies have demonstrated its presence in neurons in the brain, spinal cord and retina, and in adrenal medullary cells. A subsequent study demonstrated it in pancreatic islet cells and certain neuroendocrine (NE) neoplasms, including several pancreatic islet cell tumors. Based on these preliminary observations, we examined, by immunohistochemistry, conventionally fixed, paraffin sections of 57 pancreatic endocrine tumors with a monoclonal antibody to SYP. Furthermore, we compared the SYP immunoreactivity of 30 of these same tumors with that of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and of chromogranin (CG). SYP was demonstrated in all but one of the 57 tumors. In the comparative study, for which material was available in only 30 cases, SYP and NSE were present in 29 of the tumors, whereas CG was seen in only 15 cases. We conclude that SYP is a highly sensitive and useful marker for pancreatic NE neoplasms. Moreover, in view of the increasingly evident limited specificity of NSE, SYP should be considered the marker of choice for pancreatic NE neoplasms.
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148. Decrease of natural killer cell activity and monokine production in peripheral blood of patients treated with recombinant tumor necrosis factor
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A, Kist, A D, Ho, U, Räth, B, Wiedenmann, A, Bauer, E, Schlick, H, Kirchner, and D N, Männel
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Adult ,Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ,Male ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Receptors, IgG ,Receptors, Fc ,Middle Aged ,Lymphocyte Activation ,Recombinant Proteins ,Killer Cells, Natural ,Neoplasms ,Concanavalin A ,Drug Evaluation ,Humans ,Female ,Phytohemagglutinins ,Infusions, Intravenous ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,Interleukin-1 - Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a protein predominantly produced by activated macrophages/monocytes, is presently available in recombinant, purified form for clinical trials. Intensive studies in many laboratories have shown that besides the tumorcytotoxic effects, TNF acts on a large array of different cells and has potent immunomodulatory activities. In a clinical phase I study, some immunologic functional parameters of blood cells from patients who received 24-hour infusions of recombinant human TNF (rhTNF) were analyzed. Natural killer (NK) cell activity, TNF production, interleukin-1 (IL-1) production and mitogen-induced proliferation were measured either in whole blood samples or in cultures of peripheral mononuclear leukocytes of the patients directly before and after rhTNF infusion. NK cell activity, TNF and IL-1 production capacity and proliferative responses to concanavalin A (Con A) were significantly reduced after rhTNF application. We conclude from these observations that rhTNF in vivo acts directly or indirectly on NK cells and monocytes by either inactivating their functional capacity or by absorbing the relevant cells to the endothelial cell layer, thus removing them from circulation.
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- 1988
149. Hämatologie/Onkologie
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W. Hinterberger, P. Bettelheim, A. Haubenstock, R. Homan, E. Neumann, W. Hiddemann, B. Wörmann, J. Ritter, G. Schellong, H. Riehm, G. Henze, H.-J. Langermann, U. Kaufmann, M. Engelhard, G. Brittinger, K. Havemann, M. Gramse, W.-D. Gassel, A. D. Ho, W. Brandeis, M. Pfreundschuh, W. Hunstein, F. Shüning, U. W. Schaefer, C. G. Shmidt, J. P. Beyer, M. R. Nowrousian, S. Öhl, U. Rüther, M. Scheulen, O. Wetter, M. Bamberg, E. Scherer, G. Schmitt, E. Haralambie, G. Linzenmeier, H. Grosse-Wilde, E. Kuwert, K. Henneberg, W. Luboldt, L. D. Leder, H.-J. Richter, D. Hantschke, D. I. Wolfrum, K. Mross, B. Mross, G. A. Nagel, G. Krieger, A. Kehl, J. Bause, M. Kneba, G. Nagel, F. Krapf, D. Renger, I. Schedel, M. Fricke, A. Kemper, T. Büchner, H. Deicher, S. Zimmermann, D. Felber, A. Liebert, H. L. Jensen, H. Walzel, L. Habets, D. Spoerl, G. Mussgnug, M. Westerhausen, H. Delbrück, B. Scharding, W. Meyer, G. Schwarze, P. G. Scheurlen, H. H. Fiebig, H. Henss, C. Schuchhardt, G. W. Löhr, A. Liesenfeld, C. Gropp, W. D. Gassel, C. Thomas, W. Seifert, P. Drings, H. G. Mahnke, R. M. Konrad, W. Wellens, P. S. Mitrou, A. Georgii, V. Diehl, J. Dudeck, W. Wetzel, M. Krüger, C. Dittrich, H. Rainer, K. Moser, R. Lenzhofer, R. Jakesz, G. Reiner, R. Kolb, M. Schmemper, M. Micksche, U. Bruntsch, L. Edler, W. M. Gallmeier, M. Kaufmann, A. C. Mayr, W. Queißer, F. Jungi, H.-J. Senn, J. H. Hartlapp, J. Peiss, H. A. Vaupel, H. J. Illiger, R. Becher, N. Firusian, P. Aiginger, H. P. Schwarz, J. Zahler, R. Kuzmits, J. Kühböck, J. Krisch, W. R. Mayr, M. Schemper, J. Spona, M. E. Scheulen, K. Bremer, N. Niederle, W. Krischke, M. Higi, S. Seeber, C. G. Schmidt, K. Höffken, A. Ippisch, R. Lohmann, R. Pfeiffer, H. H. Bodemann, A. Rieger, B. Wiedenmann, D. Elbaum, M. Graubner, H. Pralle, H. Löffler, C. Mueller-Eckhardt, L. Bergmann, U. Heusermann, P. Altmeyer, H. J. Stutte, G. Anger, K. Malberg, and K. Wutke
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- 1982
150. [An unusual form of cleft palate caused by agenesis of the hemi-velum]
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B, Raphael, J, Lebeau, P, Labboz, and B, Wiedenmann
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Cleft Palate ,Sphenoid Bone ,Humans ,Female ,Palate, Soft ,Child - Published
- 1979
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