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Combined lymphocyte/monocyte count, D-dimer and iron status predict COVID-19 course and outcome in a long-term care facility
2020
Abstract Background The Sars-CoV-2 can cause severe pneumonia with multiorgan disease; thus, the identification of clinical and laboratory predictors of the progression towards severe and fatal forms of this illness is needed. Here, we retrospectively evaluated and integrated laboratory parameters of 45 elderly subjects from a long-term care facility with Sars-CoV-2 outbreak and spread, to identify potential common patterns of systemic response able to better stratify patients’ clinical course and outcome. Methods Baseline white blood cells, granulocytes’, lymphocytes’, and platelets’ counts, hemoglobin, total iron, ferritin, D-dimer, and interleukin-6 concentration were used to generate a …
Evidence for the existence of FGFR1-5-HT1A heteroreceptor complexes in the midbrain raphe 5-HT system.
2015
The ascending midbrain 5-HT neurons known to contain 5-HT1A autoreceptors may be dysregulated in depression due to a reduced trophic support. With in situ proximity ligation assay (PLA) and supported by co-location of the FGFR1 and 5-HT1A immunoreactivities in midbrain raphe 5-HT cells, evidence for the existence of FGFR1–5-HT1A heteroreceptor complexes were obtained in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei of the Sprague–Dawley rat. Their existence in the rat medullary raphe RN33B cell cultures was also established. After combined FGF-2 and 8-OH-DPAT treatment, a marked and significant increase in PLA positive clusters was found in the RN33B cells. Similar results were reached upon coactivati…
D-Dimer and thrombus burden in acute pulmonary embolism.
2018
Abstract Background Thrombus burden in pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with higher D-Dimer-levels and poorer prognosis. We aimed to investigate i) the influence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD), deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and high-risk PE-status on D-Dimer-levels and ii) effectiveness of D-Dimer to predict RVD in normotensive PE patients. Methods Overall, 161 PE patients were analyzed retrospectively, classified in 5 subgroups of thrombus burden according to clinical indications and compared regarding D-Dimer-levels. Linear regression models were computed to investigate the association between D-Dimer and the groups. In hemodynamically stable PE patients, a ROC curve was calc…
D-dimer for risk stratification in haemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism
2015
Patients with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) have a higher short-term mortality than those with low-risk PE. Rapid identification of submassive PE is important for adequate treatment of non-massive PE. We aimed to investigate the utility of D-dimer for the prediction of submassive PE stadium in normotensive PE patients.Normotensive PE patients were classified into submassive or low-risk PE groups. In addition to the comparison of the groups, area under the curve (AUC) and D-dimer cut-off for the prediction of submassive PE stadium, multi-variate logistic regression for association between D-dimer values above this cut-off and submassive PE stadium were also calculated.The data of 129 no…
The control of anti-coagulation in acute dialyses with sensitive laboratory parameters.
1992
In seven patients who had to be dialysed between four and 13 times due to acute renal failure, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) Fragmin was used for anticoagulation. According to dose-finding studies, 80-90 U kg-1 body weight of LMWH as a single bolus were administered initially, producing dose-related levels of 0.3-1.5 anti-factor Xa U ml-1 in plasma. Apart from the anti-Xa activity in the plasma, the thrombin anti-thrombin III complex (TAT complex) and a fibrin degradation product (D-dimer) were measured as parameters of a coagulation activation. A sufficient anti-coagulation during dialysis was supposed to exist at a normal range (5.0 micrograms l-1 or below) of TAT complex. Pathologi…
A novel dimer of oxo-di(acetato)-bridged manganese(III) dimers complex of potential biological significance
2000
[EN] Assembly of the tetranuclear oxomanganese(III) acetato cluster [Mn4O2(O2CMe)(7)(phen)(2)](BF4) from the dinuclear oxo-di(acetato)bridged manganese(III) species [Mn2O(O2CMe)(2)(H2O)(2)(phen)(2)](BF4)(2) . 3H(2)O in aqueous/acetic acid MeOH solution occurs via the new 'dimer of dimers' Mn-III complex [Mn2O(O2CMe)(3)(H2O)(phen)(2)](BF4) . MeOH possesing an unprecedent [Mn-4(mu-O)(2)(mu-O2Me)(4) (mu-(OH2O2CMe)-O-...)(2)] core.
Isomorphous replacement of MII ions in MII–GdIII dimers (MII = CuII, MnII, NiII, CoII, ZnII): magnetic studies of the products
2011
Complexes [M(II)Gd(III){pyCO(OEt)pyC(OH)(OEt)py}₃](ClO₄)₂·EtOH [M(II) = Cu(II) (1), Mn(II) (2), Ni(II) (3), Co(II) (4) and Zn(II) (5)] crystallize in the monoclinic Cc space group and contain one hexacoordinate M(II) ion and one enneacoordinate Gd(III) ion, bridged by three {pyCO(OEt)pyC(OH)(OEt)py}⁻ ligands. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate a ferromagnetic interaction for 1 and antiferromagnetic interactions for 2-4. Using the Ĥ = -JŜ(Gd(III))Ŝ(M(II)) spin Hamiltonian formalism, fits to the magnetic susceptibility data yielded J values of +0.32 cm⁻¹ for 1, -1.7 cm⁻¹ for 2, and -0.22 cm⁻¹ for 3. In complex 4, the orbital contributions of Co(II) precluded the determination of th…
First principles calculations of the vibrational properties of single and dimer F-type centers in corundum crystals
2020
The present paper investigates the F-type centers in α-Al2O3 through their electronic and vibrational properties from first principle calculations using a periodic supercell approach, a hybrid functional, and all-electron Gaussian basis sets as implemented in the CRYSTAL17 code. Single F-type and dimer F2-type centers related to oxygen vacancies in various charge states were considered. The defect-induced vibrational modes were identified and found to appear mainly in the low (up to 300 cm-1) and high (above 700 cm-1) frequency regions, depending on the defect charge. The perturbation introduced by the defects to the thermal nuclear motion in the crystal lattice is discussed in terms of ato…
Mechanical and Structural Tuning of Reversible Hydrogen Bonding in Interlocked Calixarene Nanocapsules
2019
We present force probe molecular dynamics simulations of dimers of interlocked calixarene nanocapsules and study the impact of structural details and solvent properties on the mechanical unfolding pathways. The system consists of two calixarene "cups" that form a catenane structure via interlocked aliphatic loops of tunable length. The dimer shows reversible rebinding, and the kinetics of the system can be understood in terms of a two-state model for shorter loops (≤14 CH2 units) and a three-state model for longer loops (≥15 CH2 units). The various conformational states of the dimer are stabilized by networks of hydrogen bonds, the mechanical susceptibility of which can be altered by changi…
Decay pathways of stored metal-cluster anions after collisional activation
1999
Size-selected gold clusters, Open image in new window (n ≤ 21), and tungsten clusters, Open image in new window , and Open image in new window (n = 4 – 8 and 12), stored in a Penning trap have been collisionally activated. Neutral monomer and dimer evaporation are observed in the case of gold. While no fragment products have been observed for tungsten clusters, there is evidence of electron emission from the anions.