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  1. Book ; Thesis: Biosynthesis and heterologous production of myxobacterial secondary metabolites

    Wenzel, Silke Christine

    2006  

    Author's details von Silke Christine Wenzel
    Language English
    Size Getr. Zählung, Ill., graph. Darst
    Document type Book ; Thesis
    Thesis / German Habilitation thesis Techn. Univ., kumulative Diss.--Braunschweig, 2005
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  2. Article: Myxobacterial natural product assembly lines: fascinating examples of curious biochemistry.

    Wenzel, Silke Christine / Müller, Rolf

    Natural product reports

    2007  Volume 24, Issue 6, Page(s) 1211–1224

    Abstract: Over the last 20 years myxobacteria have made their way from highly exotic organisms to one of the major sources of microbial natural products with interesting biological activities. Recent progress towards achieving a better understanding of the ... ...

    Abstract Over the last 20 years myxobacteria have made their way from highly exotic organisms to one of the major sources of microbial natural products with interesting biological activities. Recent progress towards achieving a better understanding of the genetics and the biochemistry of myxobacterial secondary metabolism, revealed the involvement of numerous exceptional combinations of polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases operating far from textbook biosynthetic logic. In this Highlight, selected examples of recently described systems are discussed in comparison to all myxobacterial natural product assembly lines known to date.
    MeSH term(s) Biochemical Phenomena ; Biochemistry ; Biological Products/biosynthesis ; Biological Products/chemistry ; Biological Products/isolation & purification ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Structure ; Myxococcales/chemistry ; Myxococcales/genetics ; Myxococcales/metabolism ; Peptide Synthases/metabolism ; Polyketide Synthases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Biological Products ; Polyketide Synthases (79956-01-7) ; Peptide Synthases (EC 6.3.2.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2002546-4
    ISSN 1460-4752 ; 0265-0568
    ISSN (online) 1460-4752
    ISSN 0265-0568
    DOI 10.1039/b706416k
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  3. Article: Myxobacterial natural product assembly lines: fascinating examples of curious biochemistry

    Wenzel, Silke Christine / Müller, Rolf

    Natural product reports. 2007 Nov. 21, v. 24, no. 6

    2007  

    Abstract: Over the last 20 years myxobacteria have made their way from highly exotic organisms to one of the major sources of microbial natural products with interesting biological activities. Recent progress towards achieving a better understanding of the ... ...

    Abstract Over the last 20 years myxobacteria have made their way from highly exotic organisms to one of the major sources of microbial natural products with interesting biological activities. Recent progress towards achieving a better understanding of the genetics and the biochemistry of myxobacterial secondary metabolism, revealed the involvement of numerous exceptional combinations of polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases operating far from textbook biosynthetic logic. In this Highlight, selected examples of recently described systems are discussed in comparison to all myxobacterial natural product assembly lines known to date.
    Keywords biosynthesis ; genetics ; ligases ; myxobacteria ; nonribosomal peptides ; polyketide synthases
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2007-1121
    Size p. 1211-1224.
    Publishing place The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2002546-4
    ISSN 1460-4752 ; 0265-0568
    ISSN (online) 1460-4752
    ISSN 0265-0568
    DOI 10.1039/b706416k
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  4. Article ; Online: Cerebral small vessel disease burden and cognitive and functional outcomes after stroke: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

    Georgakis, Marios K / Fang, Rong / Düring, Marco / Wollenweber, Frank A / Bode, Felix J / Stösser, Sebastian / Kindlein, Christine / Hermann, Peter / Liman, Thomas G / Nolte, Christian H / Kerti, Lucia / Ikenberg, Benno / Bernkopf, Kathleen / Poppert, Holger / Glanz, Wenzel / Perosa, Valentina / Janowitz, Daniel / Wagner, Michael / Neumann, Katja /
    Speck, Oliver / Dobisch, Laura / Düzel, Emrah / Gesierich, Benno / Dewenter, Anna / Spottke, Annika / Waegemann, Karin / Görtler, Michael / Wunderlich, Silke / Endres, Matthias / Zerr, Inga / Petzold, Gabor / Dichgans, Martin

    Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    2022  Volume 19, Issue 4, Page(s) 1152–1163

    Abstract: Introduction: It remains unknown whether the global small vessel disease (SVD) burden predicts post-stroke outcomes.: Methods: In a prospective multicenter study of 666 ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients, we quantified magnetic resonance ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: It remains unknown whether the global small vessel disease (SVD) burden predicts post-stroke outcomes.
    Methods: In a prospective multicenter study of 666 ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients, we quantified magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based SVD markers (lacunes, white matter hyperintensities, microbleeds, perivascular spaces) and explored associations with 6- and 12-month cognitive (battery of 15 neuropsychological tests) and functional (modified Rankin scale) outcomes.
    Results: A global SVD score (range 0-4) was associated with cognitive impairment; worse performance in executive function, attention, language, and visuospatial ability; and worse functional outcome across a 12-month follow-up. Although the global SVD score did not improve prediction, individual SVD markers, assessed across their severity range, improved the calibration, discrimination, and reclassification of predictive models including demographic, clinical, and other imaging factors.
    Discussion: SVD presence and severity are associated with worse cognitive and functional outcomes 12 months after stroke. Assessing SVD severity may aid prognostication for stroke patients.
    Highlights: In a multi-center cohort, we explored associations of small vessel disease (SVD) burden with stroke outcomes. SVD burden associates with post-stroke cognitive and functional outcomes. A currently used score of SVD burden does not improve the prediction of poor outcomes. Assessing the severity of SVD lesions adds predictive value beyond known predictors. To add predictive value in assessing SVD in stroke patients, SVD burden scores should integrate lesion severity.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Prospective Studies ; Stroke/complications ; Stroke/pathology ; Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases/pathology ; Cognitive Dysfunction/complications ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Cognition
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Multicenter Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2211627-8
    ISSN 1552-5279 ; 1552-5260
    ISSN (online) 1552-5279
    ISSN 1552-5260
    DOI 10.1002/alz.12744
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  5. Article ; Online: Lung area estimation using functional tidal electrical impedance variation images and active contouring.

    Borgmann, Silke / Linz, Kim / Braun, Christian / Dzierzawski, Patryk / Spassov, Sashko / Wenzel, Christin / Schumann, Stefan

    Physiological measurement

    2022  Volume 43, Issue 7

    Abstract: Objective. ...

    Abstract Objective.
    MeSH term(s) Electric Impedance ; Lung/diagnostic imaging ; Positive-Pressure Respiration/methods ; Tidal Volume ; Tomography/methods ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1149545-5
    ISSN 1361-6579 ; 0967-3334
    ISSN (online) 1361-6579
    ISSN 0967-3334
    DOI 10.1088/1361-6579/ac7cc3
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  6. Article ; Online: Antibiotics. Targeting DnaN for tuberculosis therapy using novel griselimycins.

    Kling, Angela / Lukat, Peer / Almeida, Deepak V / Bauer, Armin / Fontaine, Evelyne / Sordello, Sylvie / Zaburannyi, Nestor / Herrmann, Jennifer / Wenzel, Silke C / König, Claudia / Ammerman, Nicole C / Barrio, María Belén / Borchers, Kai / Bordon-Pallier, Florence / Brönstrup, Mark / Courtemanche, Gilles / Gerlitz, Martin / Geslin, Michel / Hammann, Peter /
    Heinz, Dirk W / Hoffmann, Holger / Klieber, Sylvie / Kohlmann, Markus / Kurz, Michael / Lair, Christine / Matter, Hans / Nuermberger, Eric / Tyagi, Sandeep / Fraisse, Laurent / Grosset, Jacques H / Lagrange, Sophie / Müller, Rolf

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2015  Volume 348, Issue 6239, Page(s) 1106–1112

    Abstract: The discovery of Streptomyces-produced streptomycin founded the age of tuberculosis therapy. Despite the subsequent development of a curative regimen for this disease, tuberculosis remains a worldwide problem, and the emergence of multidrug-resistant ... ...

    Abstract The discovery of Streptomyces-produced streptomycin founded the age of tuberculosis therapy. Despite the subsequent development of a curative regimen for this disease, tuberculosis remains a worldwide problem, and the emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has prioritized the need for new drugs. Here we show that new optimized derivatives from Streptomyces-derived griselimycin are highly active against M. tuberculosis, both in vitro and in vivo, by inhibiting the DNA polymerase sliding clamp DnaN. We discovered that resistance to griselimycins, occurring at very low frequency, is associated with amplification of a chromosomal segment containing dnaN, as well as the ori site. Our results demonstrate that griselimycins have high translational potential for tuberculosis treatment, validate DnaN as an antimicrobial target, and capture the process of antibiotic pressure-induced gene amplification.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antitubercular Agents/chemistry ; Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology ; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use ; Bacterial Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ; Disease Models, Animal ; Drug Design ; Humans ; Mice ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Mycobacterium smegmatis/drug effects ; Mycobacterium smegmatis/enzymology ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/enzymology ; Peptides, Cyclic/chemistry ; Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology ; Peptides, Cyclic/therapeutic use ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Streptomyces/chemistry ; Streptomyces/drug effects ; Streptomyces/metabolism ; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/drug therapy ; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/microbiology
    Chemical Substances Antitubercular Agents ; Bacterial Proteins ; Peptides, Cyclic ; cyclohexylgriselimycin ; griselimycin ; methylgriselimycin ; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase (EC 2.7.7.7) ; dnaN protein, Bacteria (EC 2.7.7.7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-06-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.aaa4690
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  7. Article ; Online: Glottic visibility for laryngeal surgery: Tritube vs. microlaryngeal tube: A randomised controlled trial.

    Schmidt, Johannes / Günther, Franziska / Weber, Jonas / Kehm, Vadim / Pfeiffer, Jens / Becker, Christoph / Wenzel, Christin / Borgmann, Silke / Wirth, Steffen / Schumann, Stefan

    European journal of anaesthesiology

    2019  Volume 36, Issue 12, Page(s) 963–971

    Abstract: Background: Good visibility is essential for successful laryngeal surgery. A Tritube with outer diameter 4.4 mm, combined with flow-controlled ventilation (FCV), enables ventilation by active expiration with a sealed trachea and may improve laryngeal ... ...

    Abstract Background: Good visibility is essential for successful laryngeal surgery. A Tritube with outer diameter 4.4 mm, combined with flow-controlled ventilation (FCV), enables ventilation by active expiration with a sealed trachea and may improve laryngeal visibility.
    Objectives: We hypothesised that a Tritube with FCV would provide better laryngeal visibility and surgical conditions for laryngeal surgery than a conventional microlaryngeal tube (MLT) with volume-controlled ventilation (VCV).
    Design: Randomised, controlled trial.
    Setting: University Medical Centre.
    Patients: A total of 55 consecutive patients (>18 years) undergoing elective laryngeal surgery were assessed for participation, providing 40 evaluable data sets with 20 per group.
    Interventions: Random allocation to intubation with Tritube and ventilation with FCV (Tritube-FCV group) or intubation with MLT 6.0 and ventilation with VCV (MLT-VCV) as control. Tidal volumes of 7 ml kg predicted body weight, and positive end-expiratory pressure of 7 cmH2O were standardised between groups.
    Main outcome measures: Primary endpoint was the tube-related concealment of laryngeal structures, measured on videolaryngoscopic photographs by appropriate software. Secondary endpoints were surgical conditions (categorical four-point rating scale), respiratory variables and change of end-expiratory lung volume from atmospheric airway pressure to ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure. Data are presented as median [IQR].
    Results: There was less concealment of laryngeal structures with the Tritube than with the MLT; 7 [6 to 9] vs. 22 [18 to 27] %, (P < 0.001). Surgical conditions were rated comparably (P = 0.06). A subgroup of residents in training perceived surgical conditions to be better with the Tritube compared with the MLT (P = 0.006). Respiratory system compliance with the Tritube was higher at 61 [52 to 71] vs. 46 [41 to 51] ml cmH2O (P < 0.001), plateau pressure was lower at 14 [13 to 15] vs. 17 [16 to 18] cmH2O (P < 0.001), and change of end-expiratory lung volume was higher at 681 [463 to 849] vs. 414 [194 to 604] ml, (P = 0.023) for Tritube-FCV compared with MLT-VCV.
    Conclusion: During laryngeal surgery a Tritube improves visibility of the surgical site but not surgical conditions when compared with a MLT 6.0. FCV improves lung aeration and respiratory system compliance compared with VCV.
    Trial registry number: DRKS00013097.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Anesthesia, General ; Anesthesia, Intravenous ; Elective Surgical Procedures/instrumentation ; Female ; Glottis/diagnostic imaging ; Glottis/surgery ; Humans ; Laryngeal Diseases/surgery ; Laryngeal Masks ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Positive-Pressure Respiration/instrumentation ; Tidal Volume ; Treatment Outcome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 605770-6
    ISSN 1365-2346 ; 0265-0215
    ISSN (online) 1365-2346
    ISSN 0265-0215
    DOI 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001110
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  8. Article ; Online: Track J. Clinical Engineering and Hospital Technology.

    Schmidt, Johannes / Wenzel, Christin / Mahn, Marlene / Spassov, Sashko / Cristina-Schmitz, Heidi / Borgmann, Silke / Haberstroh, Jörg / Meckel, Stephan / Wirth, Steffen / Schumann, Stefan

    Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical engineering

    2016  Volume 61, Issue s1, Page(s) 90–95

    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09-01
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120817-2
    ISSN 1862-278X ; 0013-5585
    ISSN (online) 1862-278X
    ISSN 0013-5585
    DOI 10.1515/bmt-2016-5008
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  9. Article ; Online: Flow-Controlled Ventilation Attenuates Lung Injury in a Porcine Model of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Preclinical Randomized Controlled Study.

    Schmidt, Johannes / Wenzel, Christin / Spassov, Sashko / Borgmann, Silke / Lin, Ziwei / Wollborn, Jakob / Weber, Jonas / Haberstroh, Jörg / Meckel, Stephan / Eiden, Sebastian / Wirth, Steffen / Schumann, Stefan

    Critical care medicine

    2019  Volume 48, Issue 3, Page(s) e241–e248

    Abstract: Objectives: Lung-protective ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome aims for providing sufficient oxygenation and carbon dioxide clearance, while limiting the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation. "Flow-controlled ventilation", ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Lung-protective ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome aims for providing sufficient oxygenation and carbon dioxide clearance, while limiting the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation. "Flow-controlled ventilation", providing a constant expiratory flow, has been suggested as a new lung-protective ventilation strategy. The aim of this study was to test whether flow-controlled ventilation attenuates lung injury in an animal model of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
    Design: Preclinical, randomized controlled animal study.
    Setting: Animal research facility.
    Subjects: Nineteen German landrace hybrid pigs.
    Intervention: Flow-controlled ventilation (intervention group) or volume-controlled ventilation (control group) with identical tidal volume (7 mL/kg) and positive end-expiratory pressure (9 cm H2O) after inducing acute respiratory distress syndrome with oleic acid.
    Measurements and main results: PaO2 and PaCO2, minute volume, tracheal pressure, lung aeration measured via CT, alveolar wall thickness, cell infiltration, and surfactant protein A concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Five pigs were excluded leaving n equals to 7 for each group. Compared with control, flow-controlled ventilation elevated PaO2 (154 ± 21 vs 105 ± 9 torr; 20.5 ± 2.8 vs 14.0 ± 1.2 kPa; p = 0.035) and achieved comparable PaCO2 (57 ± 3 vs 54 ± 1 torr; 7.6 ± 0.4 vs 7.1 ± 0.1 kPa; p = 0.37) with a lower minute volume (6.4 ± 0.5 vs 8.7 ± 0.4 L/min; p < 0.001). Inspiratory plateau pressure was comparable in both groups (31 ± 2 vs 34 ± 2 cm H2O; p = 0.16). Flow-controlled ventilation increased normally aerated (24% ± 4% vs 10% ± 2%; p = 0.004) and decreased nonaerated lung volume (23% ± 6% vs 38% ± 5%; p = 0.033) in the dependent lung region. Alveolar walls were thinner (5.5 ± 0.1 vs 7.8 ± 0.2 µm; p < 0.0001), cell infiltration was lower (20 ± 2 vs 32 ± 2 n/field; p < 0.0001), and normalized surfactant protein A concentration was higher with flow-controlled ventilation (1.1 ± 0.04 vs 1.0 ± 0.03; p = 0.039).
    Conclusions: Flow-controlled ventilation enhances lung aeration in the dependent lung region and consequently improves gas exchange and attenuates lung injury. Control of the expiratory flow may provide a novel option for lung-protective ventilation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Random Allocation ; Respiration, Artificial/methods ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/therapy ; Swine ; Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury/prevention & control
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 197890-1
    ISSN 1530-0293 ; 0090-3493
    ISSN (online) 1530-0293
    ISSN 0090-3493
    DOI 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004209
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  10. Article ; Online: Improved lung recruitment and oxygenation during mandatory ventilation with a new expiratory ventilation assistance device: A controlled interventional trial in healthy pigs.

    Schmidt, Johannes / Wenzel, Christin / Mahn, Marlene / Spassov, Sashko / Cristina Schmitz, Heidi / Borgmann, Silke / Lin, Ziwei / Haberstroh, Jörg / Meckel, Stephan / Eiden, Sebastian / Wirth, Steffen / Buerkle, Hartmut / Schumann, Stefan

    European journal of anaesthesiology

    2018  Volume 35, Issue 10, Page(s) 736–744

    Abstract: Background: In contrast to conventional mandatory ventilation, a new ventilation mode, expiratory ventilation assistance (EVA), linearises the expiratory tracheal pressure decline.: Objective: We hypothesised that due to a recruiting effect, ... ...

    Abstract Background: In contrast to conventional mandatory ventilation, a new ventilation mode, expiratory ventilation assistance (EVA), linearises the expiratory tracheal pressure decline.
    Objective: We hypothesised that due to a recruiting effect, linearised expiration oxygenates better than volume controlled ventilation (VCV). We compared the EVA with VCV mode with regard to gas exchange, ventilation volumes and pressures and lung aeration in a model of peri-operative mandatory ventilation in healthy pigs.
    Design: Controlled interventional trial.
    Setting: Animal operating facility at a university medical centre.
    Animals: A total of 16 German Landrace hybrid pigs.
    Intervention: The lungs of anaesthetised pigs were ventilated with the EVA mode (n=9) or VCV (control, n=7) for 5 h with positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cmH2O and tidal volume of 8 ml kg. The respiratory rate was adjusted for a target end-tidal CO2 of 4.7 to 6 kPa.
    Main outcome measures: Tracheal pressure, minute volume and arterial blood gases were recorded repeatedly. Computed thoracic tomography was performed to quantify the percentages of normally and poorly aerated lung tissue.
    Results: Two animals in the EVA group were excluded due to unstable ventilation (n=1) or unstable FiO2 delivery (n=1). Mean tracheal pressure and PaO2 were higher in the EVA group compared with control (mean tracheal pressure: 11.6 ± 0.4 versus 9.0 ± 0.3 cmH2O, P < 0.001 and PaO2: 19.2 ± 0.7 versus 17.5 ± 0.4 kPa, P = 0.002) with comparable peak inspiratory tracheal pressure (18.3 ± 0.9 versus 18.0 ± 1.2 cmH2O, P > 0.99). Minute volume was lower in the EVA group compared with control (5.5 ± 0.2 versus 7.0 ± 1.0 l min, P = 0.02) with normoventilation in both groups (PaCO2 5.4 ± 0.3 versus 5.5 ± 0.3 kPa, P > 0.99). In the EVA group, the percentage of normally aerated lung tissue was higher (81.0 ± 3.6 versus 75.8 ± 3.0%, P = 0.017) and of poorly aerated lung tissue lower (9.5 ± 3.3 versus 15.7 ± 3.5%, P = 0.002) compared with control.
    Conclusion: EVA ventilation improves lung aeration via elevated mean tracheal pressure and consequently improves arterial oxygenation at unaltered positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and peak inspiratory pressure (PIP). These findings suggest the EVA mode is a new approach for protective lung ventilation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Exhalation/physiology ; Lung/physiology ; Positive-Pressure Respiration/instrumentation ; Positive-Pressure Respiration/trends ; Respiratory Mechanics/physiology ; Swine ; Ventilators, Mechanical/trends
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-05-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 605770-6
    ISSN 1365-2346 ; 0265-0215
    ISSN (online) 1365-2346
    ISSN 0265-0215
    DOI 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000819
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