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Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer
Researcher at Ljubljana University Medical Centre
Publications - 23
Citations - 192
Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer is an academic researcher from Ljubljana University Medical Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Histamine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications receiving 161 citations. Previous affiliations of Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer include University of Ljubljana.
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A case of refractory adult-onset Still’s disease successfully controlled with tocilizumab and a review of the literature
TL;DR: It is suggested that for anakinra refractive AOSD patients with arthritis, tocilizumab could be the drug of choice.
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Autoimmune response following influenza vaccination in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease
Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer,Gerhard G. Thallinger,N Snoj,Saša Čučnik,Polona Žigon,Tanja Kveder,D Logar,Sonja Praprotnik,Matija Tomšič,S. Sodin-Šemrl,A. Ambrožič +10 more
TL;DR: After the administration of seasonal/H1N1 vaccine there were mostly transient changes in autoantibody production in AIRD patients and in healthy participants, however, a small subset of patients, especially ANA-positive patients, had a tendency towards anti-ENA development.
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Methotrexate reduces HbA1c concentration but does not produce chronic accumulation of ZMP in patients with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis.
Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer,Sergej Pirkmajer,Mario Thevis,Andreas Thomas,Sonja Praprotnik,Alojzija Hočevar,Žiga Rotar,N. Gašperšič,S. Sodin-Šemrl,Janez Žibert,J. Omersel,A V Chibalin,Matija Tomšič,A. Ambrožič +13 more
TL;DR: The data do not support the hypothesis that MTX improves glucose homeostasis through chronic accumulation of ZMP, and MTX therapy probably does not produce a chronic increase in erythrocyte ZMP or urinary AICAR concentrations.
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Histamine (re)uptake by astrocytes: an experimental and computational study
TL;DR: It is suggested that histamine, a polar molecule at physiological pH uses at least two different mechanisms for its uptake into astrocytes –an electrodiffusion and Na+-dependent and ouabain sensitive active process and a sodium- dependent and ATP-driven active transport.
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Molecular and kinetic characterization of histamine transport into adult rat cultured astrocytes.
TL;DR: The data indicate that adult rat astrocytes possess an efficient high-capacity, low-affinity carrier-operated histamine uptake system, which does not seem to involve OCTs.