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About: University of Graz is a education organization based out in Graz, Steiermark, Austria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Quantum chromodynamics. The organization has 17934 authors who have published 37489 publications receiving 1110980 citations. The organization is also known as: Carolo Franciscea Graecensis & Karl Franzens Universität.
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TL;DR: The size of the largest nodal metastasis was not related to the clinical stage or survival, but did correlate with the number of positive nodes, and greater numbers ofpositive nodes were found in stage III than stage IV.
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TL;DR: Prior AR treatment modestly blunted the BMD response to teriparatide, resulting in a significant increase in BMD in patients with and without previous AR use.
Abstract: Previous antiresorptive (AR) treatment may influence the response to teriparatide. We examined BMD response and safety in a subgroup of 503 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who received teriparatide for 24 mo. Patients were divided into three groups based on their prior AR treatment: treatment-naive (n = 84); pretreated with no evidence of inadequate treatment response (n = 134); and pretreated showing an inadequate response to AR treatment (n = 285), which was predefined based on the occurrence of fractures, persistent low BMD, and/or significant BMD loss while on therapy. Changes in BMD from baseline were analyzed using mixed model repeated measures. Lumbar spine BMD increased significantly from baseline at 6, 12, 18, and 24 mo in all three groups. The mean gain in spine BMD over 24 mo was greater in the treatment-naive group (0.095 g/cm(2); 13.1%) than in the AR pretreated (0.074 g/cm(2); 10.2%; p < 0.005) and inadequate AR responder (0.071 g/cm(2); 9.8%; p < 0.001) groups. The corresponding increases in total hip BMD were 3.8%, 2.3%, and 2.3%, respectively. Early decreases in hip BMD in the inadequate AR responder group were reversed by 18 mo of treatment. Increases in BMD between 18 and 24 mo were highly significant. Nausea (13.3%) and arthralgia (11.7%) were the most commonly reported adverse events. Asymptomatic hypercalcemia was reported in 5.0% of patients. Teriparatide treatment for 24 mo is associated with a significant increase in BMD in patients with and without previous AR use. Prior AR treatment modestly blunted the BMD response to teriparatide. Safety was consistent with current prescribing label information.
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TL;DR: Two universal reconstruction methods for photoacoustic computed tomography are derived, applicable to an arbitrarily shaped detection surface, by calculating the far-field approximation, a concept well known in physics, where the generated acoustic wave is approximated by an outgoing spherical wave with the reconstruction point as center.
Abstract: Two universal reconstruction methods for photoacoustic (also called optoacoustic or thermoacoustic) computed tomography are derived, applicable to an arbitrarily shaped detection surface. In photoacoustic tomography acoustic pressure waves are induced by illuminating a semitransparent sample with pulsed electromagnetic radiation and are measured on a detection surface outside the sample. The imaging problem consists in reconstructing the initial pressure sources from those measurements. The first solution to this problem is based on the time reversal of the acoustic pressure field with a second order embedded boundary method. The pressure on the arbitrarily shaped detection surface is set to coincide with the measured data in reversed temporal order. In the second approach the reconstruction problem is solved by calculating the far-field approximation, a concept well known in physics, where the generated acoustic wave is approximated by an outgoing spherical wave with the reconstruction point as center. Numerical simulations are used to compare the proposed universal reconstruction methods with existing algorithms.
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TL;DR: The colocalization of immunoreactive MPO and HOCl-modified-epitopes in serial sections of human atheroma, fibroatheroma (type V) and complicated (type VI) lesions provides further convincing evidence for MPO/H2O2/halide system-mediated oxidation of (lipo)proteins under in vivo conditions.
Abstract: The 'oxidation theory' of atherosclerosis proposes that oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) contributes to atherogenesis. Although the precise mechanisms of in vivo oxidation are widely unknown, increasing evidence suggests that myeloperoxidase (MPO, EC 1.11.1.7), a protein secreted by activated phagocytes, generates modified/oxidized (lipo)proteins via intermediate formation of hypochlorous acid (HOCl). In vitro generation of HOCl transforms lipoproteins into high uptake forms for macrophages giving rise to cholesterol-engorged foam cells. To identify HOCl-modified-epitopes in human plaque tissues we have raised monoclonal antibodies (directed against human HOCl-modified LDL) that do not cross-react with other LDL modifications, i.e. peroxynitrite-LDL, hemin-LDL, Cu2+-oxidized LDL, 4-hydroxynonenal-LDL, malondialdehyde-LDL, glycated-LDL, and acetylated-LDL. The antibodies recognized a specific epitope present on various proteins after treatment with OCl- added as reagent or generated by the MPO/H2O2/halide system. Immunohistochemical studies revealed pronounced staining for HOCl-modified-epitopes in fibroatheroma (type V) and complicated (type VI) lesions, while no staining was observed in aortae of lesion-prone location (type I). HOCl-oxidation-specific epitopes are detected in cells in the majority of atherosclerotic plaques but not in control segments. Staining was shown to be inside and outside monocytes/macrophages, endothelial cells, as well as in the extracellular matrix. A similar staining pattern using immunohistochemistry could be obtained for MPO. The colocalization of immunoreactive MPO and HOCl-modified-epitopes in serial sections of human atheroma (type IV), fibroatheroma (type V) and complicated (type VI) lesions provides further convincing evidence for MPO/H2O2/halide system-mediated oxidation of (lipo)proteins under in vivo conditions. We propose that MPO could act as an important link between the development of atherosclerotic plaque in the artery wall and chronic inflammatory events.
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TL;DR: The presence of capsaicin-induced bronchial contractions in man indicates the existence of a local non-cholinergic axon-reflex control of bronchia smooth muscle tone by substance P in man.
Abstract: Substance P induced a dose-dependent contraction of human segmental bronchi in vitro with a threshold dose of about 10(-6) M. These preparations were obtained from patients undergoing lung tumor surgery. The substance P-induced contractions were resistant to mepyramine and atropine, suggesting a direct effect on the bronchial smooth muscle. Capsaicin (10(-5) M) also induced a slowly developing strong atropine-resistant contraction of human bronchi in vitro. a rapid tachyphylaxis developed for the response to capsaicin. Both substance P and capsaicin were less potent than acetylcholine and histamine in inducing contractions of human bronchi. This finding may however be partly due to the experimental conditions and both substance P and capsaicin were comparatively much more potent in guinea-pig preparations. Transmural field stimulation of the bronchial preparations in man resulted in contractions that were largely sensitive to atropine. The presence of capsaicin-induced bronchial contractions however indicates the existence of a local non-cholinergic axon-reflex control of bronchial smooth muscle tone by substance P in man.
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David Haussler | 172 | 488 | 224960 |
Russel J. Reiter | 169 | 1646 | 121010 |
Frederik Barkhof | 154 | 1449 | 104982 |
Philip Scheltens | 140 | 1175 | 107312 |
Christopher D.M. Fletcher | 138 | 674 | 82484 |
Jennifer S. Haas | 128 | 840 | 71315 |
Jelena Krstic | 126 | 839 | 73457 |
Michael A. Kamm | 124 | 637 | 53606 |
Frances H. Arnold | 119 | 510 | 49651 |
Gert Pfurtscheller | 117 | 507 | 62873 |
Georg Kresse | 111 | 430 | 244729 |
Manfred T. Reetz | 110 | 959 | 42941 |
Alois Fürstner | 108 | 459 | 43085 |
David N. Herndon | 108 | 1227 | 54888 |
David J. Williams | 107 | 2060 | 62440 |