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German Red Cross
Healthcare•Berlin, Germany•
About: German Red Cross is a healthcare organization based out in Berlin, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Transplantation & Mesenchymal stem cell. The organization has 653 authors who have published 1146 publications receiving 40111 citations. The organization is also known as: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz & DRK.
Topics: Transplantation, Mesenchymal stem cell, Population, Stem cell, Antigen
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TL;DR: This reported case of an HBV infection was caused exclusively by genotype G, and neither the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) nor anti‐HBe was detectable in any of the samples, showing that HBeAg is dispensable for viral replication.
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TL;DR: The results support the view that chronic pain patients’ well‐being is closely tied to the maintenance of life activities which presupposes an accepting attitude towards pain.
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TL;DR: Five blood donors with occult persistent and one donor with an early window phase HBV infection were identified and the typical acute hepatitis B was not observed in a single one of the 26 cases of assumed or proven transmission.
Abstract: Five blood donors with occult persistent and one donor with an early window phase HBV infection were identified. They were negative in regular HBsAg screening and had low levels of HBV DNA that were probably not detectable by current mini-pool nucleic acid amplification testing. In four donors several mutations were found located in the HBs antigen loop. In three donors the mutations were predominantly outside the "a" determinant; one donor had a wild type HBsAg sequence. Fifty-five recipients of donations from the persistently infected donors could be tested for previous or ongoing HBV infection and of them 53% (29/55) were anti-HBc positive. Based on the prevalence of anti-HBc in Germany (7%), it was assumed that four of those recipients had already been positive before transfusion. In 22 cases, it was assumed that they acquired infection by the donations, but the infection remained asymptomatic and was resolved. In three cases transmission was proven by the time course of the acute infection and sequence identity The resulting infection was fatal and associated with immunological disorders at the time of transmission: in one case sepsis and in the othertwo cases immunosuppression. In a further asymptomatic case of proven transmission from the early window phase donation passively administered anti-HBs could not prevent spread of wildtype HBV but antiviral treatment lead to resolution. Surprisingly the typical acute hepatitis B was not observed in a single one of the 26 cases of assumed or proven transmission.
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TL;DR: A perfused 3D bone marrow analog is described that allows mimicking the HSC niche under steady-state and activated conditions that favor either HSC maintenance or differentiation, respectively, and allows for drug testing.
Abstract: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the bone marrow are able to differentiate into all types of blood cells and supply the organism each day with billions of fresh cells. They are applied to cure hematological diseases such as leukemia. The clinical need for HSCs is high and there is a demand for being able to control and multiply HSCs in vitro. The hematopoietic system is highly proliferative and thus sensitive to anti-proliferative drugs such as chemotherapeutics. For many of these drugs suppression of the hematopoietic system is the dose-limiting toxicity. Therefore, biomimetic 3D models of the HSC niche that allow to control HSC behavior in vitro and to test drugs in a human setting are relevant for the clinics and pharmacology. Here, we describe a perfused 3D bone marrow analog that allows mimicking the HSC niche under steady-state and activated conditions that favor either HSC maintenance or differentiation, respectively, and allows for drug testing.
60 citations
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TL;DR: The measurement of specific serum immunoglobulin E (sIgE) and the skin prick test (SPT) are accepted tools in the diagnostic work‐up of suspected food allergy and it is still under debate whether these two methods can be used interchangeably.
Abstract: Background
The measurement of specific serum immunoglobulin E (sIgE) and the skin prick test (SPT) are accepted tools in the diagnostic work-up of suspected food allergy. Often only one of the methods is used to determine sensitization; however, it is still under debate whether these two methods can be used interchangeably.
Objectives
To investigate the concordance of SPT and sIgE serum assays with regard to suspected food allergy.
Methods
In 395 children referred to our clinic with suspected cow's milk allergy and in 268 children with suspected hen's egg allergy specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) was measured, a SPT and an oral food challenge performed. A weal size ≥ 3 mm and sIgE ≥ 0.35 kU/L were considered positive. The weal size of the SPT and the level of food-specific IgE were tested for correlation for each allergen.
Results
Of the 395 (23%) children orally challenged with cow's milk, 92 showed no corresponding results for SPT and sIgE as either positive or negative. For hen's egg, in 27 of 268 (10%) children differing test results for SPT and sIgE in serum were obtained. Moreover, regarding the quantitative values for sIgE and SPT in children with or without clinically relevant food allergy, sIgE and SPT correlated badly.
Conclusions
The concordance between SPT and sIgE is surprisingly low for cow's milk and hen's egg on an individual basis. Therefore, the tests should not be used interchangeably. Especially in children who receive a negative test result the alternative test should also be used. Furthermore, our data indicate again that oral food challenges are still the method of choice to diagnose food allergies.
60 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Johannes Oldenburg | 72 | 583 | 18790 |
Bodo Niggemann | 71 | 279 | 19475 |
Norbert Weissmann | 71 | 384 | 21187 |
Hubert Schrezenmeier | 69 | 360 | 16215 |
Triantafyllos Chavakis | 65 | 242 | 13247 |
Klaus Schwarz | 58 | 209 | 13407 |
Willy A. Flegel | 50 | 233 | 6742 |
Rainer M. Bohle | 49 | 235 | 6923 |
Torsten Tonn | 48 | 151 | 11328 |
Daniel Ricklin | 46 | 144 | 10713 |
Erhard Seifried | 44 | 254 | 7967 |
Pamela S. Becker | 42 | 257 | 6256 |
Karen Bieback | 41 | 135 | 10010 |
Halvard Bonig | 41 | 216 | 4828 |
Julia Kzhyshkowska | 40 | 126 | 5963 |