Biomedical subjects

S Neukirchen

Publications and source records attributed to S Neukirchen.

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PubMed2001

Combined epineurial therapy with neutralizing antibodies to tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 receptor has an additive effect in reducing neuropathic pain in mice.

Monotherapy with antibodies to tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) or interleukin-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1) reduces hyperalgesia in an animal model of painful neuropathy. Here we investigated whether combined therapy with epineurial anti-TNF and anti-IL-1R1 antibodies produces a further advantage. C57BL/6 mice with a chronic constrictive injury of one sciatic nerve were treated epineurially with neutralizing antibodies to either IL-1R1 or TNF alone or with a combined application of neutralizing antibodies to TNF and IL-1R1. Combined treatment with anti-IL-1R1 and anti-TNF antibodies markedly reduced thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia more effectively than monotherapy with either antibody. There were no detectable differences in IL-1beta and TNF endoneurial protein expression between animals with monotherapy and combined treatment. We conclude that combined anti-cytokine therapy may be a useful strategy in the treatment of neuropathic pain.

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PubMed1999

[Comparative studies of Brånemark implants in the irradiated and not irradiated mandible].

A comparative study was carried out of 276 Brånemark fixtures in the irradiated and nonirradiated anterior mandible with a mean follow-up period of 58.2 months. Postoperative radiotherapy with 60 Gy and 100% isodose for the anterior mandible using a 6-MV linear accelerator, conventional fractioning, and a split-course technique was administered in the irradiated patient group. HBO therapy was not applied. A statistical difference in the 5-year success rate between the irradiated and nonirradiated group was not found. Nevertheless, a significantly higher rate of perioperative soft tissue complications at implant insertion was seen in the irradiated group. The statistical analysis showed no significance for sex, interval between radiation and implant insertion (with a minimum of 10 months), or type of periimplant soft tissue (regional vs. flap). The prognosis for implants in the irradiated mandible was, however, statistically improved (n = 0.0035) when the healing period was longer than 4 months. Mobile periimplant soft tissue proved to be the main problem regardless of radiation load. Late complications have not been observed so far. The available results and clinical studies support a positive assessment of the regenerative potential of the irradiated mandible with regard to osteointegration of endosseous implants. A preceding radiotherapy up to 60 Gy should therefore not be considered as a contraindication for an implant/prosthetic rehabilitation.

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PubMed1998

Sequence and expression characteristics of a nuclear-encoded chloroplast sigma factor from mustard (Sinapis alba).

Plant chloroplasts contain transcription factors that functionally resemble bacterial sigma factors. We have cloned the full-length cDNA from mustard (Sinapis alba) for a 53 kDa derived polypeptide that contains similarity to regions 1.2-4.2 of sigma70-type factors. The amino acid sequence at the N-terminus has characteristics of a chloroplast transit peptide. An in vitro synthesized polypeptide containing this region was shown to be imported into the chloroplast and processed. The recombinant factor lacking the N-terminal extension was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. It confers the ability on E.coli core RNA polymerase to bind specifically to a DNA fragment that contains the chloroplast psbA promoter. Transcription of the psbA template by E.coli core enzyme in the presence of recombinant SIG1 results in enhanced formation of transcripts of the size expected for correct initiation at the in vivo start site. Together, these data suggest that the mature protein acts as one of the chloroplast transcription factors in mustard. RNA gel blot hybridization reveals a transcript at approximately 1.8 kb, which is more abundant in light-grown than in dark-grown mustard seedlings.

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PubMed1997

A rapid and efficient method for site-directed mutagenesis using one-step overlap extension PCR.

A rapid method is described to efficiently perform site-directed mutagenesis based on overlap extension polymerase chain reaction (OE-PCR). Two template DNA molecules in different orientations relative to only one universal primer were amplified in parallel. By choosing a high dilution of mutagenic primers it was possible to run an overlap extension PCR in only one reaction without purification of intermediate products. This method which we have named one-step overlap extension PCR (OOE-PCR) can in principle be applied to every DNA fragment which can be cloned into a multiple cloning site of any common cloning vector.

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