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University of Jena
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About: University of Jena is a education organization based out in Jena, Thüringen, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Laser & Population. The organization has 22198 authors who have published 45159 publications receiving 1401514 citations. The organization is also known as: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena & Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
Topics: Laser, Population, Fiber laser, Femtosecond, Raman spectroscopy
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TL;DR: Agrocybe aegerita, a bark mulch- and wood-colonizing basidiomycete, was found to produce a peroxidase (AaP) that oxidizes aryl alcohols into the corresponding aldehydes and then into benzoic acids, consistent with the fact that AaP halogenates monochlorodimedone, the specific substrate of CPO.
Abstract: Agrocybe aegerita, a bark mulch- and wood-colonizing basidiomycete, was found to produce a peroxidase (AaP) that oxidizes aryl alcohols, such as veratryl and benzyl alcohols, into the corresponding aldehydes and then into benzoic acids. The enzyme also catalyzed the oxidation of typical peroxidase substrates, such as 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP) or 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS). A. aegerita peroxidase production depended on the concentration of organic nitrogen in the medium, and highest enzyme levels were detected in the presence of soybean meal. Two fractions of the enzyme, AaP I and AaP II, which had identical molecular masses (46 kDa) and isoelectric points of 4.6 to 5.4 and 4.9 to 5.6, respectively (corresponding to six different isoforms), were identified after several steps of purification, including anion- and cation-exchange chromatography. The optimum pH for the oxidation of aryl alcohols was found to be around 7, and the enzyme required relatively high concentrations of H2O2 (2 mM) for optimum activity. The apparent Km values for ABTS, DMP, benzyl alcohol, veratryl alcohol, and H2O2 were 37, 298, 1,001, 2,367 and 1,313 μM, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the main AaP II spots blotted after two-dimensional gel electrophoresis were almost identical and exhibited almost no homology to the sequences of other peroxidases from basidiomycetes, but they shared the first three amino acids, as well as two additional amino acids, with the heme chloroperoxidase (CPO) from the ascomycete Caldariomyces fumago. This finding is consistent with the fact that AaP halogenates monochlorodimedone, the specific substrate of CPO. The existence of haloperoxidases in basidiomycetous fungi may be of general significance for the natural formation of chlorinated organic compounds in forest soils.
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University of Cambridge1, University College London2, National Institutes of Health3, University of California, Irvine4, German Cancer Research Center5, Harvard University6, Hannover Medical School7, Mayo Clinic8, Duke University9, University of South Florida10, Cancer Council Victoria11, University of Melbourne12, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg13, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital14, Aarhus University15, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center16, University of Jena17, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust18, University of Copenhagen19, Pomeranian Medical University20, Curie Institute21, Stanford University22, University of Toronto23, Roswell Park Cancer Institute24, Yale University25, University of Southern California26, University of Ulm27, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill28, University of Oxford29, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston30, University of California, Los Angeles31
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study to identify common ovarian cancer susceptibility alleles was performed, identifying 12 SNPs at 9p22 associated with disease risk and the most significant SNP was genotyped in 2,670 ovarian cancer cases and 4,668 controls.
Abstract: Epithelial ovarian cancer has a major heritable component, but the known susceptibility genes explain less than half the excess familial risk. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify common ovarian cancer susceptibility alleles. We evaluated 507,094 SNPs genotyped in 1,817 cases and 2,353 controls from the UK and approximately 2 million imputed SNPs. We genotyped the 22,790 top ranked SNPs in 4,274 cases and 4,809 controls of European ancestry from Europe, USA and Australia. We identified 12 SNPs at 9p22 associated with disease risk (P < 10(-8)). The most significant SNP (rs3814113; P = 2.5 x 10(-17)) was genotyped in a further 2,670 ovarian cancer cases and 4,668 controls, confirming its association (combined data odds ratio (OR) = 0.82, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.79-0.86, P(trend) = 5.1 x 10(-19)). The association differs by histological subtype, being strongest for serous ovarian cancers (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.73-0.81, P(trend) = 4.1 x 10(-21)).
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TL;DR: A high-throughput microfluidic method is presented to generate stable, defined sized liposomes termed 'droplet-stabilized giant unilamellar vesicles (dsGUVs)', and the enhanced stability of dsGUVs enables the sequential loading of these compartments with biomolecules, namely purified transmembrane and cytoskeleton proteins by microfluidity pico-injection technology.
Abstract: Compartments for the spatially and temporally controlled assembly of biological processes are essential towards cellular life. Synthetic mimics of cellular compartments based on lipid-based protocells lack the mechanical and chemical stability to allow their manipulation into a complex and fully functional synthetic cell. Here, we present a high-throughput microfluidic method to generate stable, defined sized liposomes termed 'droplet-stabilized giant unilamellar vesicles (dsGUVs)'. The enhanced stability of dsGUVs enables the sequential loading of these compartments with biomolecules, namely purified transmembrane and cytoskeleton proteins by microfluidic pico-injection technology. This constitutes an experimental demonstration of a successful bottom-up assembly of a compartment with contents that would not self-assemble to full functionality when simply mixed together. Following assembly, the stabilizing oil phase and droplet shells are removed to release functional self-supporting protocells to an aqueous phase, enabling them to interact with physiologically relevant matrices.
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TL;DR: The squeezing injection was fully automated and over the first 5 months of the third joint LIGO-Virgo observation run O3 squeezing was applied for more than 99% of the science time, and several gravitational-wave candidates have been recorded.
Abstract: Current interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are limited by quantum noise over a wide range of their measurement bandwidth. One method to overcome the quantum limit is the injection of squeezed vacuum states of light into the interferometer’s dark port. Here, we report on the successful application of this quantum technology to improve the shot noise limited sensitivity of the Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detector. A sensitivity enhancement of up to 3.2±0.1 dB beyond the shot noise limit is achieved. This nonclassical improvement corresponds to a 5%–8% increase of the binary neutron star horizon. The squeezing injection was fully automated and over the first 5 months of the third joint LIGO-Virgo observation run O3 squeezing was applied for more than 99% of the science time. During this period several gravitational-wave candidates have been recorded.
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TL;DR: It is shown that regulatory T cells prevent eradication of tubercle bacilli by suppressing an otherwise efficient CD4+ T cell response, which is correlated with increased numbers of IFN-γ- or TNF-α-expressing cells or general expression levels of IFn-γ or inducible NO synthase in infected organs.
Abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains one of the top microbial killers of humans causing approximately 2 million deaths annually. More than 90% of the 2 billion individuals infected never develop active disease, indicating that the immune system is able to generate mechanisms that control infection. However, the immune response generally fails to achieve sterile clearance of bacilli. Using adoptive cell transfer into C57BL/6J-Rag1(tm1Mom) mice (Rag1(-/-)), we show that regulatory T cells prevent eradication of tubercle bacilli by suppressing an otherwise efficient CD4+ T cell response. This protective CD4+ T cell response was not correlated with increased numbers of IFN-gamma- or TNF-alpha-expressing cells or general expression levels of IFN-gamma or inducible NO synthase in infected organs compared with wild-type C57BL/6 animals. Furthermore, suppression of protection by cotransferred regulatory T cells was neither accompanied by a general increase of IL-10 expression nor by higher numbers of IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells.
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Cornelia M. van Duijn | 183 | 1030 | 146009 |
Veikko Salomaa | 162 | 843 | 135046 |
Andreas Pfeiffer | 149 | 1756 | 131080 |
Bernhard O. Palsson | 147 | 831 | 85051 |
Robert Huber | 139 | 671 | 73557 |
Joachim Heinrich | 136 | 1309 | 76887 |
Michael Schmitt | 134 | 2007 | 114667 |
Paul D.P. Pharoah | 130 | 794 | 71338 |
David Robertson | 127 | 1106 | 67914 |
Yuri S. Kivshar | 126 | 1845 | 79415 |
Ulrich S. Schubert | 122 | 2229 | 85604 |
Andreas Hochhaus | 117 | 923 | 68685 |
Werner Seeger | 114 | 1113 | 57464 |
Th. Henning | 110 | 1036 | 44699 |
Sascha Husa | 107 | 362 | 69907 |