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Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Education•Linz, Oberösterreich, Austria•
About: Johannes Kepler University of Linz is a education organization based out in Linz, Oberösterreich, Austria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Thin film & Quantum dot. The organization has 6605 authors who have published 19243 publications receiving 385667 citations.
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TL;DR: TERT promoter mutations drive meningioma aggressiveness, resulting in reduced patient survival, but might also open novel therapeutic options for progressive disease.
Abstract: Background Meningiomas are mostly benign tumors tending to progress to higher-grade lesions. Mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene promoter are comparably rare in meningioma, but were recently suggested to predict risk of recurrence and progression. Here we have analyzed a cohort of World Health Organization grades I-III meningiomas regarding the impact of TERT promoter mutations on patient prognosis and in vitro cell propagation feasibility. Methods From 110 meningioma patients, 128 tissue samples were analyzed for the TERT promoter mutations C228T and C250T by direct sequencing. Of the 128 samples, 121 were tested for cell propagation in vitro. Telomerase activity, TERT mRNA expression, and telomere lengths were investigated by telomeric repeat amplification protocol assay, reverse transcription PCR, and quantitative PCR, respectively. Impact of the E-twenty-six (ETS) transcription factor inhibitor YK-4-279 on cell viability and TERT promoter activity was analyzed. Results TERT promoter mutations were found in 5.5% of all samples analyzed and were associated with a significantly upregulated telomerase activity and TERT mRNA expression (P < 0.0001 both). Regarding telomere lengths, no significant difference between the TERT promoter wild-type and mutated subgroups was detected. Patients with TERT promoter mutated tumors exhibited significantly shorter overall survival (P = 0.0006; 53.8 vs 115.6 mo). The presence of TERT promoter mutations but not telomerase activity or TERT mRNA expression predicted indefinite cell growth in vitro. TERT promoter mutated meningioma cells were hypersensitive against the ETS transcription factor inhibitor YK-4-279, inducing a distinct downregulation of TERT promoter activity. Conclusion TERT promoter mutations drive meningioma aggressiveness, resulting in reduced patient survival, but might also open novel therapeutic options for progressive disease.
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TL;DR: Comparing the reshaped fluorescence spectra with measured transmission/reflection spectra and numerical calculations reveals that the spectral and directional reshaping of fluorescence is the result of its coupling to photonic crystal Bloch modes and to void plasmons localized inside the silver caps.
Abstract: Spectral and directional reshaping of fluorescence from dye molecules embedded in self-assembled hybrid plasmonic–photonic crystals has been examined. The hybrid crystals comprise two-dimensional h...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the financing behavior of family firms and found that FFs are relatively more leveraged, mainly due to an increased risk aversion and the desire to maintain control over the firm.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper s to study the financing behavior of family firms (FF), as these differ from their small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) counterparts in their capital structure decision, mainly due to an increased risk aversion and the desire to maintain control over the firm. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 470 SMEs from a bank-based environment is examined for the period of 2005-2010. A dynamic panel data model is utilized to assess both the role of several capital structure determinants and the target-adjusting behavior for different subsamples of firms. Findings – The results show that FF, whether controlled by founders or not, are relatively more leveraged. The aim to maintain long-term control and limited financing options and other factors seem crucial to the observed differences in leverage and dominate risk considerations associated with higher debt. Presumed differences in agency costs across generations do not drive capital structure decisions, as overall levera...
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TL;DR: This apparatus provides a simple way of demonstrating fundamental physical characteristics of quadrupolar cations, some characteristics of gelatine under stretching, and a way to invoke static distortion of red blood cells, and should be useful with these and other cell types.
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TL;DR: Results indicate that insufficient sample sizes lead to suboptimal segmentation solutions; biases in survey data have a strong negative effect on segment recovery; and improvement in segment recovery at high sample size levels occurs only if additional data is free of bias.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Wolfgang Wagner | 156 | 2342 | 123391 |
A. Paul Alivisatos | 146 | 470 | 101741 |
Klaus-Robert Müller | 129 | 764 | 79391 |
Christoph J. Brabec | 120 | 896 | 68188 |
Andreas Heinz | 108 | 1078 | 45002 |
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci | 99 | 591 | 54055 |
Lars Samuelson | 96 | 850 | 36931 |
Peter J. Oefner | 90 | 348 | 30729 |
Dmitri V. Talapin | 90 | 303 | 39572 |
Tomás Torres | 88 | 625 | 28223 |
Ramesh Raskar | 86 | 670 | 30675 |
Siegfried Bauer | 84 | 422 | 26759 |
Alexander Eychmüller | 82 | 444 | 23688 |
Friedrich Schneider | 82 | 554 | 27383 |
Maksym V. Kovalenko | 81 | 360 | 34805 |