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  1. Article: Routine Epstein-Barr virus diagnostics from the laboratory perspective: still challenging after 35 years.

    Hess, Ralf D

    Journal of clinical microbiology

    2004  Volume 42, Issue 8, Page(s) 3381–3387

    MeSH term(s) Diagnosis, Differential ; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/diagnosis ; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/epidemiology ; Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics ; Herpesvirus 4, Human/growth & development ; Humans ; Prevalence
    Language English
    Publishing date 2004-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 390499-4
    ISSN 1098-660X ; 0095-1137
    ISSN (online) 1098-660X
    ISSN 0095-1137
    DOI 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3381-3387.2004
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  2. Article: The neurosurgical benefit of contactless

    Kuppler, Patrick / Strenge, Paul / Lange, Birgit / Spahr-Hess, Sonja / Draxinger, Wolfgang / Hagel, Christian / Theisen-Kunde, Dirk / Brinkmann, Ralf / Huber, Robert / Tronnier, Volker / Bonsanto, Matteo Mario

    Frontiers in oncology

    2023  Volume 13, Page(s) 1151149

    Abstract: Purpose: In brain tumor surgery, it is crucial to achieve complete tumor resection while conserving adjacent noncancerous brain tissue. Several groups have demonstrated that optical coherence tomography (OCT) has the potential of identifying tumorous ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: In brain tumor surgery, it is crucial to achieve complete tumor resection while conserving adjacent noncancerous brain tissue. Several groups have demonstrated that optical coherence tomography (OCT) has the potential of identifying tumorous brain tissue. However, there is little evidence on human
    Experimental design: Multiple 3-dimensional
    Results: Visual OCT-scan classification correlated well with histopathological findings. Classification with measured OCT image-properties achieved a balanced accuracy of 85%. A neuronal network approach for scan feature recognition achieved 82% and an auto-encoder approach 85% balanced accuracy. Overall applicability showed need for improvement.
    Conclusion: Contactless
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2649216-7
    ISSN 2234-943X
    ISSN 2234-943X
    DOI 10.3389/fonc.2023.1151149
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  3. Article ; Online: Regulatory, biosafety and safety challenges for novel cells as substrates for human vaccines.

    Hess, Ralf D / Weber, Friedemann / Watson, Keith / Schmitt, Siegfried

    Vaccine

    2012  Volume 30, Issue 17, Page(s) 2715–2727

    Abstract: In the development of novel substrates used for production of human vaccines there has been significant progress made in recent years. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases like the recent porcine Influenza A virus (H1N1) pandemic necessitated the ...

    Abstract In the development of novel substrates used for production of human vaccines there has been significant progress made in recent years. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases like the recent porcine Influenza A virus (H1N1) pandemic necessitated the availability of unprecedented amounts of vaccines. In addition, the high demand for vaccines in the industrialised countries has also been paralleled by a steep increase in demand in developing countries. The manufacturing capability for viral vaccines produced in embryonated hen eggs and conventional/classical cell substrates, such as chicken embryo fibroblasts, has now reached its capacity limit. This constraint may be overcome by utilising other recognised cell substrates such as Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) (dog origin), Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) (hamster cells) or Vero cells (monkey origin) or as an alternative, introduce new cell substrates of human or avian origin. Using new cell substrates may prove to be a highly replication-proficient way of producing live viral vaccines such as Influenza A viruses. Despite some advantages, cell substrates may pose a small residual risk to humans since some of them are known to be tumourigenic in immunosuppressed animals. However, this residual risk should be considered acceptable by regulators. Safety testing requirements for cell substrates used in the manufacture of vaccines is mandated by published guidance from organisations such as World Health Organization (WHO), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) and International Conferences on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human use (ICH) as well as requirements laid down in compendial monographs (Ph. Eur. and USP). This paper considers the guidance contained in these regulatory documents. In addition, the safety challenges and almost arbitrary risk-based classification of cell substrates used in the production of human vaccines together with compliance to GCCP (Good Cell Culture Practice) are discussed. Even though there has been tremendous progress in the last few years, reflected mainly by revisions and updates to regulatory guidance documents, there still is still no consensus between regulators nor significant harmonisation of the guidance documents or monographs.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Culture Techniques ; Cell Line ; Humans ; Vaccination/legislation & jurisprudence ; Vaccines/adverse effects ; Vaccines/standards
    Chemical Substances Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-04-05
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 605674-x
    ISSN 1873-2518 ; 0264-410X
    ISSN (online) 1873-2518
    ISSN 0264-410X
    DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.015
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  4. Article: Progressive Liver Disease in Patients With Ataxia Telangiectasia.

    Donath, Helena / Woelke, Sandra / Theis, Marius / Heß, Ursula / Knop, Viola / Herrmann, Eva / Krauskopf, Dorothea / Kieslich, Matthias / Schubert, Ralf / Zielen, Stefan

    Frontiers in pediatrics

    2019  Volume 7, Page(s) 458

    Abstract: Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a devastating multi-system disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, immunodeficiency, genetic instability, premature aging and growth retardation. Due to better care the patients get older than in the past ... ...

    Abstract Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a devastating multi-system disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, immunodeficiency, genetic instability, premature aging and growth retardation. Due to better care the patients get older than in the past and new disease entities like disturbed glucose tolerance and liver disease emerge. The objective of the present investigation is to determine the evolution of liver disease and its relation to age and neurological deterioration. The study included 67 patients aged 1 to 38 years with classical A-T. At least two measurements of liver enzymes were performed within a minimum interval of 6 months in 56 patients. The median follow-up period was 4 years (1-16 years). A total of 316 liver enzyme measurements were performed. For analysis, patients were divided into two age groups (Group 1: <12 years; group 2: ≥12 years). In addition, ultrasound of the liver and Klockgether Ataxia Score (KAS) were analyzed. We found significantly higher levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) (226,8 ± 20.87 ng/ml vs. 565,1 ± 24.3 ng/ml,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2711999-3
    ISSN 2296-2360
    ISSN 2296-2360
    DOI 10.3389/fped.2019.00458
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  5. Article: Differentiation of different stages of brain tumor infiltration using optical coherence tomography: Comparison of two systems and histology.

    Strenge, Paul / Lange, Birgit / Draxinger, Wolfgang / Grill, Christin / Danicke, Veit / Theisen-Kunde, Dirk / Hagel, Christian / Spahr-Hess, Sonja / Bonsanto, Matteo M / Handels, Heinz / Huber, Robert / Brinkmann, Ralf

    Frontiers in oncology

    2022  Volume 12, Page(s) 896060

    Abstract: The discrimination of tumor-infiltrated tissue from non-tumorous brain tissue during neurosurgical tumor excision is a major challenge in neurosurgery. It is critical to achieve full tumor removal since it directly correlates with the survival rate of ... ...

    Abstract The discrimination of tumor-infiltrated tissue from non-tumorous brain tissue during neurosurgical tumor excision is a major challenge in neurosurgery. It is critical to achieve full tumor removal since it directly correlates with the survival rate of the patient. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) might be an additional imaging method in the field of neurosurgery that enables the classification of different levels of tumor infiltration and non-tumorous tissue. This work investigated two OCT systems with different imaging wavelengths (930 nm/1310 nm) and different resolutions (axial (air): 4.9 μm/16 μm, lateral: 5.2 μm/22 μm) in their ability to identify different levels of tumor infiltration based on freshly excised
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2649216-7
    ISSN 2234-943X
    ISSN 2234-943X
    DOI 10.3389/fonc.2022.896060
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  6. Article ; Online: Registration of histological brain images onto optical coherence tomography images based on shape information.

    Strenge, Paul / Lange, Birgit / Grill, Christin / Draxinger, Wolfgang / Danicke, Veit / Theisen-Kunde, Dirk / Hagel, Christian / Spahr-Hess, Sonja / Bonsanto, Matteo M / Huber, Robert / Handels, Heinz / Brinkmann, Ralf

    Physics in medicine and biology

    2022  Volume 67, Issue 13

    Abstract: Identifying tumour infiltration zones during tumour resection in order to excise as much tumour tissue as possible without damaging healthy brain tissue is still a major challenge in neurosurgery. The detection of tumour infiltrated regions so far ... ...

    Abstract Identifying tumour infiltration zones during tumour resection in order to excise as much tumour tissue as possible without damaging healthy brain tissue is still a major challenge in neurosurgery. The detection of tumour infiltrated regions so far requires histological analysis of biopsies taken from at expected tumour boundaries. The gold standard for histological analysis is the staining of thin cut specimen and the evaluation by a neuropathologist. This work presents a way to transfer the histological evaluation of a neuropathologist onto optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. OCT is a method suitable for real time
    MeSH term(s) Biopsy ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Neurosurgical Procedures ; Staining and Labeling ; Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 208857-5
    ISSN 1361-6560 ; 0031-9155
    ISSN (online) 1361-6560
    ISSN 0031-9155
    DOI 10.1088/1361-6560/ac6d9d
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  7. Article: Regulatory, biosafety and safety challenges for novel cells as substrates for human vaccines

    Hess, Ralf D / Weber, Friedemann / Watson, Keith / Schmitt, Siegfried

    Vaccine. 2012 Apr. 5, v. 30, no. 17

    2012  

    Abstract: In the development of novel substrates used for production of human vaccines there has been significant progress made in recent years. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases like the recent porcine Influenza A virus (H1N1) pandemic necessitated the ...

    Abstract In the development of novel substrates used for production of human vaccines there has been significant progress made in recent years. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases like the recent porcine Influenza A virus (H1N1) pandemic necessitated the availability of unprecedented amounts of vaccines. In addition, the high demand for vaccines in the industrialised countries has also been paralleled by a steep increase in demand in developing countries. The manufacturing capability for viral vaccines produced in embryonated hen eggs and conventional/classical cell substrates, such as chicken embryo fibroblasts, has now reached its capacity limit. This constraint may be overcome by utilising other recognised cell substrates such as Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) (dog origin), Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) (hamster cells) or Vero cells (monkey origin) or as an alternative, introduce new cell substrates of human or avian origin. Using new cell substrates may prove to be a highly replication-proficient way of producing live viral vaccines such as Influenza A viruses. Despite some advantages, cell substrates may pose a small residual risk to humans since some of them are known to be tumourigenic in immunosuppressed animals. However, this residual risk should be considered acceptable by regulators. Safety testing requirements for cell substrates used in the manufacture of vaccines is mandated by published guidance from organisations such as World Health Organization (WHO), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) and International Conferences on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human use (ICH) as well as requirements laid down in compendial monographs (Ph. Eur. and USP). This paper considers the guidance contained in these regulatory documents. In addition, the safety challenges and almost arbitrary risk-based classification of cell substrates used in the production of human vaccines together with compliance to GCCP (Good Cell Culture Practice) are discussed. Even though there has been tremendous progress in the last few years, reflected mainly by revisions and updates to regulatory guidance documents, there still is still no consensus between regulators nor significant harmonisation of the guidance documents or monographs.
    Keywords Chinese hamsters ; Food and Drug Administration ; Orthomyxoviridae ; World Health Organization ; biosafety ; cell culture ; compliance ; developed countries ; developing countries ; dogs ; eggs ; fibroblasts ; hens ; humans ; kidneys ; manufacturing ; monkeys ; pandemic ; risk ; safety testing ; swine influenza ; viral vaccines
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2012-0405
    Size p. 2715-2727.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 605674-x
    ISSN 1873-2518 ; 0264-410X
    ISSN (online) 1873-2518
    ISSN 0264-410X
    DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.015
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  8. Article: Meeting report: Part 1. Notes from the Molecular Virology Workshop, 23-24 April 2004, Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA.

    Hess, Ralf D / Gärtner, Barbara C / Garrett, Patricia E

    Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology

    2005  Volume 32, Issue 3, Page(s) 259–262

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; DNA, Viral/analysis ; Humans ; Virology/methods ; Virus Diseases/diagnosis ; Viruses/genetics ; Viruses/isolation & purification
    Chemical Substances DNA, Viral
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-08-03
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Congress
    ZDB-ID 1446080-4
    ISSN 1873-5967 ; 1386-6532
    ISSN (online) 1873-5967
    ISSN 1386-6532
    DOI 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.08.012
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  9. Article: Meeting report: Part II. Notes from the Twentieth Annual Clinical Virology Symposium.

    Hess, Ralf D / Gärtner, Barbara C / Garrett, Patricia E

    Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology

    2005  Volume 32, Issue 4, Page(s) 342–346

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Blood Donors ; Humans ; Monkeypox virus/isolation & purification ; Monkeypox virus/physiology ; Norovirus/pathogenicity ; Norovirus/physiology ; SARS Virus/isolation & purification ; SARS Virus/physiology ; Teaching ; Virology/education ; Virology/methods ; Virus Diseases/diagnosis ; Virus Diseases/epidemiology ; Virus Diseases/prevention & control
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-01-08
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Congress
    ZDB-ID 1446080-4
    ISSN 1873-5967 ; 1386-6532
    ISSN (online) 1873-5967
    ISSN 1386-6532
    DOI 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.11.005
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  10. Article ; Online: Phase 2 study of the bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) antibody blinatumomab in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

    Viardot, Andreas / Goebeler, Marie-Elisabeth / Hess, Georg / Neumann, Svenja / Pfreundschuh, Michael / Adrian, Nicole / Zettl, Florian / Libicher, Martin / Sayehli, Cyrus / Stieglmaier, Julia / Zhang, Alicia / Nagorsen, Dirk / Bargou, Ralf C

    Blood

    2016  Volume 127, Issue 11, Page(s) 1410–1416

    Abstract: ... T cells to CD19-positive B cells. This phase 2 study evaluated stepwise (9-28-112 μg/d with weekly dose ... increases; n = 23) or flat (112 μg/d; n = 2) dosing of blinatumomab by continuous infusion ...

    Abstract Few patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) achieve prolonged disease-free survival. Blinatumomab, a bispecific T-cell engaging antibody construct, transiently links CD3-positive T cells to CD19-positive B cells. This phase 2 study evaluated stepwise (9-28-112 μg/d with weekly dose increases; n = 23) or flat (112 μg/d; n = 2) dosing of blinatumomab by continuous infusion, with dexamethasone prophylaxis, in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL. Patients received a median of 3 prior lines of therapy. Median time since last regimen was 1.5 months. Seventeen patients ended treatment in cycle 1 (induction), 7 in cycle 2 (consolidation), and 1 in retreatment. Among 21 evaluable patients, the overall response rate after 1 blinatumomab cycle was 43%, including complete responses (CRs) in 19%. Three patients had late CR in follow-up without other treatment. The most common adverse events with stepwise dosing were tremor (48%), pyrexia (44%), fatigue (26%), and edema (26%). Grade 3 neurologic events with stepwise dosing were encephalopathy and aphasia (each 9%) and tremor, speech disorder, dizziness, somnolence, and disorientation (each 4%). Of 5 (22%) patients who discontinued stepwise dosing because of adverse events, 4 (17%) had neurologic events. Most neurologic events resolved. The flat-dose cohort was stopped because of grade 3 neurologic events in both patients. Blinatumomab monotherapy appears effective in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL, a heavily pretreated patient population with a high unmet medical need. Further studies need to define the optimal approach to achieve the target dose without early dropout. The study was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01741792.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Antibodies, Bispecific/administration & dosage ; Antibodies, Bispecific/adverse effects ; Antibodies, Bispecific/immunology ; Antibodies, Bispecific/therapeutic use ; Antigens, CD19/immunology ; Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology ; Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage ; Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects ; Antineoplastic Agents/immunology ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use ; CD3 Complex/immunology ; Dexamethasone/therapeutic use ; Disease-Free Survival ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Fatigue/chemically induced ; Female ; Fever/chemically induced ; Humans ; Immunotherapy ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Nervous System Diseases/chemically induced ; Recurrence ; Remission Induction ; Salvage Therapy ; Tumor Burden
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Bispecific ; Antigens, CD19 ; Antigens, Neoplasm ; Antineoplastic Agents ; CD3 Complex ; blinatumomab (4FR53SIF3A) ; Dexamethasone (7S5I7G3JQL)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-01-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Clinical Trial, Phase II ; Journal Article ; Multicenter Study
    ZDB-ID 80069-7
    ISSN 1528-0020 ; 0006-4971
    ISSN (online) 1528-0020
    ISSN 0006-4971
    DOI 10.1182/blood-2015-06-651380
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