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The magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system display remarkable neuropeptidergic phenotypes leading to novel insights in neuronal cell biologyF W Van Leeuwen
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prog Brain Res 119:115-26. 1998..In this chapter we will discuss a few of them, in particular the recent data on mutations in vasopressin RNA. It is to be expected that the HNS will retain its informative role in the next decades...
Neuropeptide research discloses part of the secrets of Alzheimer's disease neuropathogenesis: state of the art 2004F W Van Leeuwen
Research Team Molecular Misreading, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurosci Lett 361:124-7. 2004....
Molecular misreading. A new type of transcript mutation in gerontologyF W Van Leeuwen
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ann N Y Acad Sci 908:267-81. 2000..Therefore, molecular misreading can be regarded as a general biological source of transcript errors that may be involved in cellular derangements in numerous age-related pathologic conditions apart from Alzheimer's disease...
Molecular misreading in non-neuronal cellsF W Van Leeuwen
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Research Group Molecular Misreading, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FASEB J 14:1595-602. 2000..This implies that non-neural tissues too, could be affected by cellular derangements caused by molecular misreading...
Frameshift mutants of beta amyloid precursor protein and ubiquitin-B in Alzheimer's and Down patientsF W Van Leeuwen
Graduate School for Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Science 279:242-7. 1998..This type of transcript mutation is likely an important factor in the widely occurring nonfamilial early- and late-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease...
Frameshift proteins in autosomal dominant forms of Alzheimer disease and other tauopathiesF W Van Leeuwen
The Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 66:S86-92. 2006..These data suggest that accumulation of +1 proteins contributes to the early stages of dementia and plays a pathogenic role in a number of diseases that involve the accumulation of tau...
Frameshift proteins in Alzheimer's disease and in other conformational disorders: time for the ubiquitin-proteasome systemF W Van Leeuwen
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Alzheimers Dis 9:319-25. 2006....
Molecular misreading of genes in Down syndrome as a model for the Alzheimer type of neurodegenerationF W Van Leeuwen
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neural Transm Suppl 57:137-59. 1999..In the present review some of the critical events in molecular misreading are discussed, the emphasis being on DS...
The vasopressin precursor is not processed in the hypothalamus of Wolfram syndrome patients with diabetes insipidus: evidence for the involvement of PC2 and 7B2B A Gabreëls
Graduate School Neurosciences, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 83:4026-33. 1998..These results indicate that in WS patients with diabetes insipidus, not only does VP neuron loss occur in the supraoptic nucleus, but there is also a defect in VP precursor processing...
Neuronal expression of GFAP in patients with Alzheimer pathology and identification of novel GFAP splice formsE M Hol
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mol Psychiatry 8:786-96. 2003..Apparently, the hippocampal neurons in patients with Alzheimer's disease pathology are capable of expressing glia-specific genes...
Frame-shifted amyloid precursor protein found in Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome increases levels of secreted amyloid beta40R van Dijk
Graduate School for Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurochem 90:712-23. 2004....
Mutant ubiquitin expressed in Alzheimer's disease causes neuronal deathF M De Vrij
Graduate School for Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Research Group Molecular Misreading, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FASEB J 15:2680-8. 2001..Our results demonstrate that accumulation of UBB+1 in neurones is detrimental and may contribute to neuronal dysfunction in AD patients...
Protein quality control in Alzheimer's disease by the ubiquitin proteasome systemF M S de Vrij
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Graduate School for Neurosciences, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prog Neurobiol 74:249-70. 2004..This review specifically discusses the involvement of the UPS in AD pathogenesis. First, a detailed overview of the UPS is presented, after which AD pathology and its relation to the UPS is discussed...
Glucocorticoid treatment is associated with decreased expression of processed AVP but not of proAVP, neurophysin or oxytocin in the human hypothalamus: are PC1 and PC2 involved?Z A Erkut
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 23:33-44. 2002....
+1 Proteins and agingF W Van Leeuwen
Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Biochem Cell Biol 34:1502-5. 2002..We have hypothesized that quality control mechanisms for both transcripts and proteins work less efficiently during aging. In this manner +1 proteins may become manifest and contribute to age-related diseases...
Attenuation of the polypeptide 7B2, prohormone convertase PC2, and vasopressin in the hypothalamus of some Prader-Willi patients: indications for a processing defectB A Gabreëls
Graduate School Neurosciences, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 83:591-9. 1998..In conclusion, in the VP neurons of two PWS patients, greatly reduced amounts of 7B2 and PC2 are present, resulting in diminished VP precursor processing...
Vasopressin and noradrenaline coexistence in the rat locus ceruleus: differential decreases of their levels in distant brain areas after thermal and neurotoxic lesionsA R Caffe
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam
Brain Res 459:386-90. 1988..Only significant ipsilateral depletions of NA levels were found. Therefore, no indications were obtained for VP transport by LC neurons towards distant brain areas...
Breaking an absolute species barrier: transgenic mice expressing the mink PrP gene are susceptible to transmissible mink encephalopathyO Windl
University of Munich, Istitute of Neuropathology, Munchen, Germany
J Virol 79:14971-5. 2005..The presence of the murine PrP(C) prolonged the incubation time of TME substantially...
Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) myeloencephalopathy: a case reportB Stierstorfer
Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Infectious and Epidemic Diseases, , Germany
J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 49:37-41. 2002..Virological findings confirmed an acute equine herpesvirus type 1 infection and virus was isolated from the spinal cord of a 26-year-old mare...
axl, a transforming gene isolated from primary human myeloid leukemia cells, encodes a novel receptor tyrosine kinaseJ P O'Bryan
Curriculum in Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
Mol Cell Biol 11:5016-31. 1991....
Molecular diagnostics in low-grade gastric marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapyB Alpen
, , Marburg, Germany
Clin Lymphoma 2:103-8. 2001....
Loss of heterozygosity on the short arm of chromosome 17 is associated with high proliferative capacity and DNA aneuploidy in primary human breast cancerL C Chen
Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94115
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88:3847-51. 1991....
Staphylococcal phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system. Purification and protein sequencing of the Staphylococcus carnosus histidine-containing protein, and cloning and DNA sequencing of the ptsH geneR Eisermann
Department of Microbiology, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
Eur J Biochem 197:9-14. 1991..carnosus. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of S. carnosus HPr with the HPr sequence of Staphylococcus aureus (derived from peptide sequencing) showed a high degree of similarity...
Expression of axl, a transforming receptor tyrosine kinase, in normal and malignant hematopoiesisA Neubauer
Blood 84:1931-41. 1994..These results suggest that the axl kinase may be operative in normal and malignant myeloid biology...
Recent progress on the role of Axl, a receptor tyrosine kinase, in malignant transformation of myeloid leukemiasA Neubauer
Virchow Klinikum, Medizinische Fakultat der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Abteilung für Innere Medizin Hämatologie, Germany
Leuk Lymphoma 25:91-6. 1997..Furthermore, a fraction of CD34-positive progenitor cells may express Axl. The exact mechanism for transformation of myeloid progenitor cells through Axl, however, remains to be determined...
CLIP-115, a novel brain-specific cytoplasmic linker protein, mediates the localization of dendritic lamellar bodiesC I De Zeeuw
Department of Anatomy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Neuron 19:1187-99. 1997..Local microtubule depolymerization leads to a temporary reduction of DLBs. These results suggest that CLIP-115 operates in the control of brain-specific organelle translocations...
Tissue-specific transcriptional activity of a pancreatic islet cell-specific enhancer sequence/Pax6-binding site determined in normal adult tissues in vivo using transgenic miceS Beimesche
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Gottingen, Germany
Mol Endocrinol 13:718-28. 1999..The lack of PISCES-mediated transcription in adult islets indicates that the Pax6 protein(s) expressed in adult pancreatic islets function differently from the ones in the eye and cerebellum...
Sequential monitoring of chimerism and detection of minimal residual disease after allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation (BSCT) using multiplex PCR amplification of short tandem repeat-markersC Thiede
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, , Dresden, Germany
Leukemia 15:293-302. 2001..In cases lacking PCR-detectable disease-specific gene products, this assay may represent an alternative to recently established real-time PCR methods...
Are lymphocytic monoclonality and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) rearrangement premalignant conditions in chronic gastritis?T Wündisch
Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps Universitat, Marburg, Germany
Microsc Res Tech 53:414-8. 2001..As of now the only and gold standard for the diagnosis of gastric MALT-lymphoma is histopathology...
[Molecular tumour therapy: antibodies and small molecules]C Wilhelm
Klinik für Innere Medizin SP Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Standort Marburg, Baldingerstrasse 1, 35033, Marburg, Deutschland
Internist (Berl) 49:581-92. 2008..The limiting factors are i) the drug can only be applied when the targeted protein is expressed; ii) the high cost associated with these therapies...
