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  1. Article ; Online: Increased risk of persistent neuropathic pain after traumatic nerve injury and surgery for carriers of a human leukocyte antigen haplotype.

    Miclescu, Adriana / Rönngren, Clara / Bengtsson, Mats / Gordh, Torsten / Hedin, Anders

    Pain

    2023  Volume 165, Issue 6, Page(s) 1404–1412

    Abstract: Abstract: It is not known why some patients develop persistent pain after nerve trauma while others do not. Among multiple risk factors for the development of persistent posttrauma and postsurgical pain, a neuropathic mechanism due to iatrogenic nerve ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: It is not known why some patients develop persistent pain after nerve trauma while others do not. Among multiple risk factors for the development of persistent posttrauma and postsurgical pain, a neuropathic mechanism due to iatrogenic nerve lesion has been proposed as the major cause of these conditions. Because there is some evidence that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system plays a role in persistent postsurgical pain, this study aimed to identify the genetic risk factors, specifically among HLA loci, associated with chronic neuropathic pain after traumatic nerve injuries and surgery in the upper extremities. Blood samples were taken to investigate the contribution of HLA alleles (ie, HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1, and HLA-DPB1) in a group of patients with persistent neuropathic pain (n = 70) and a group of patients with neuropathy without pain (n = 61). All subjects had intraoperatively verified nerve damage in the upper extremity. They underwent bedside clinical neurological examination to identify the neuropathic pain component according to the present grading system of neuropathic pain. Statistical analyses on the allele and haplotype were conducted using the BIGDAWG package. We found that the HLA haplotype A*02:01-B*15:01-C*03:04-DRB1*04:01-DQB1*03:02 was associated with an increased risk of developing persistent neuropathic pain in the upper extremity (OR = 9.31 [95% CI 1.28-406.45], P < 0.05). No significant associations were found on an allele level when correcting for multiple testing. Further studies are needed to investigate whether this association is on a haplotypic level or if certain alleles may be causing the association.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Neuralgia/genetics ; Neuralgia/etiology ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Haplotypes ; HLA Antigens/genetics ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries/genetics ; Aged ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics ; Young Adult ; Pain, Postoperative/genetics ; Pain, Postoperative/etiology ; Risk Factors
    Chemical Substances HLA Antigens
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 193153-2
    ISSN 1872-6623 ; 0304-3959
    ISSN (online) 1872-6623
    ISSN 0304-3959
    DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003143
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  2. Book ; Thesis: Immunological reconstitution after autologous bone marrow transplantation

    Bengtsson, Mats

    studies with therapeutic and diagnostic implications

    (Comprehensive summaries of Uppsala dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine ; 319 ; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)

    1991  

    Author's details by Mats Bengtsson
    Series title Comprehensive summaries of Uppsala dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine ; 319
    Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
    Collection
    Language English
    Size 89 S. : graph. Darst.
    Publishing country Sweden
    Document type Book ; Thesis
    Thesis / German Habilitation thesis Uppsala, Univ., Diss., 1991
    HBZ-ID HT007579810
    ISBN 91-554-2795-2 ; 978-91-554-2795-5
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Medicine, Health

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  3. Article ; Online: Donor-derived urologic cancers after renal transplantation: A retrospective non-randomized scientific analysis.

    Hellström, Vivan / Tufveson, Gunnar / Loskog, Angelica / Bengtsson, Mats / Enblad, Gunilla / Lorant, Tomas

    PloS one

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 9, Page(s) e0271293

    Abstract: Background: Malignancies in the urinary tract and the kidney graft are quite common after kidney transplantation. In some selected cases tumours develop from donor-derived tissue.: Objectives: We hypothesised that there is a clinical value to ... ...

    Abstract Background: Malignancies in the urinary tract and the kidney graft are quite common after kidney transplantation. In some selected cases tumours develop from donor-derived tissue.
    Objectives: We hypothesised that there is a clinical value to investigate donor/recipient origin in urologic malignancies in renal transplant recipients.
    Methods: In this retrospective study, including patients transplanted between the years 1969 and 2014 at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, 11 patients with malignancies in urinary tract and 4 patients with malignancies in kidney transplants were investigated. Donor/recipient origin of tumour tissue was analysed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genotypes or by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH analysis) of sex chromosomes. HLA genotype and sex chromosomes of the tumour were compared to the known HLA genotype and sex chromosomes of recipient and donor.
    Results: Three of ten cancers in the urinary tract and three of four cancers in the kidney transplants were donor-derived.
    Conclusions: We suggest that urologic malignancies in renal transplant recipients can be investigated for transplant origin. In addition to conventional therapy the allograft immune response against these tumours can be valuable to treat donor-derived cancers.
    MeSH term(s) Graft Survival ; HLA Antigens ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects ; Retrospective Studies ; Tissue Donors ; Urologic Neoplasms/genetics
    Chemical Substances HLA Antigens
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0271293
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  4. Book ; Online: EVM Mitigation with PAPR and ACLR Constraints in Large-Scale MIMO-OFDM Using TOP-ADMM

    Kant, Shashi / Bengtsson, Mats / Fodor, Gabor / Göransson, Bo / Fischione, Carlo

    2022  

    Abstract: Although signal distortion-based peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction is a feasible candidate for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) to meet standard/regulatory requirements, the error vector magnitude (EVM) stemming from the PAPR ... ...

    Abstract Although signal distortion-based peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction is a feasible candidate for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) to meet standard/regulatory requirements, the error vector magnitude (EVM) stemming from the PAPR reduction has a deleterious impact on the performance of high data-rate achieving multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Moreover, these systems must constrain the adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) to comply with regulatory requirements. Several recent works have investigated the mitigation of the EVM seen at the receivers by capitalizing on the excess spatial dimensions inherent in the large-scale MIMO that assume the availability of perfect channel state information (CSI) with spatially uncorrelated wireless channels. Unfortunately, practical systems operate with erroneous CSI and spatially correlated channels. Additionally, most standards support user-specific/CSI-aware beamformed and cell-specific/non-CSI-aware broadcasting channels. Hence, we formulate a robust EVM mitigation problem under channel uncertainty with nonconvex PAPR and ACLR constraints catering to beamforming/broadcasting. To solve this formidable problem, we develop an efficient scheme using our recently proposed three-operator alternating direction method of multipliers (TOP-ADMM) algorithm and benchmark it against two three-operator algorithms previously presented for machine learning purposes. Numerical results show the efficacy of the proposed algorithm under imperfect CSI and spatially correlated channels.

    Comment: Accepted to IEEE Transactions in Wireless Communications (TWC). This version fixes some typographical errors that may exist in the early access version of IEEE TWC
    Keywords Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing ; Mathematics - Optimization and Control
    Subject code 003
    Publishing date 2022-05-25
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: Identification of the novel HLA-B*08:181 allele in a volunteer donor for hematopoietic stem cells.

    Sörman, Anna / Knutson, Carina / Bengtsson, Mats

    HLA

    2019  Volume 93, Issue 6, Page(s) 485–486

    Abstract: HLA-B*08:181 differs from HLA-B*08:01:01:01 in codon 94, 95, 97 and 99 of exon 3. ...

    Abstract HLA-B*08:181 differs from HLA-B*08:01:01:01 in codon 94, 95, 97 and 99 of exon 3.
    MeSH term(s) Alleles ; Codon ; Exons ; Genomics ; Genotype ; HLA-B8 Antigen/genetics ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; Humans ; Phenotype ; Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Tissue Donors
    Chemical Substances Codon ; HLA-B8 Antigen
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2845111-9
    ISSN 2059-2310 ; 2059-2302
    ISSN (online) 2059-2310
    ISSN 2059-2302
    DOI 10.1111/tan.13491
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  6. Article ; Online: A new allele found in a volunteer hematopoietic stem cell donor: HLA-B*15:465.

    Hedin, Anders / Knutson, Carina / Bengtsson, Mats

    HLA

    2019  Volume 93, Issue 4, Page(s) 223–224

    Abstract: HLA-B*15:465 differs from HLA-B*15:01:01:01 in codon 336 of exon 7. ...

    Abstract HLA-B*15:465 differs from HLA-B*15:01:01:01 in codon 336 of exon 7.
    MeSH term(s) Alleles ; HLA-B Antigens/genetics ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; Humans ; Tissue Donors
    Chemical Substances HLA-B Antigens
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2845111-9
    ISSN 2059-2310 ; 2059-2302
    ISSN (online) 2059-2310
    ISSN 2059-2302
    DOI 10.1111/tan.13477
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  7. Article ; Online: Safety of Use of Tantalum in Total Hip Arthroplasty.

    Brüggemann, Anders / Mallmin, Hans / Bengtsson, Mats / Hailer, Nils P

    The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume

    2020  Volume 102, Issue 5, Page(s) 368–374

    Abstract: Background: Tantalum implants have been used in >500,000 orthopaedic patients. Although the risks of metallosis and aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesions (ALVAL) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) are being debated, we are not aware ...

    Abstract Background: Tantalum implants have been used in >500,000 orthopaedic patients. Although the risks of metallosis and aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesions (ALVAL) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) are being debated, we are not aware of any studies investigating the liberation of tantalum ions and their potential effects on the immune system. We evaluated whether tantalum concentrations are elevated after THA with acetabular tantalum implants and assessed potential alterations in T-cell subpopulations.
    Methods: After a mean follow-up of 4 years (range, 0.5 to 8.9 years) of 144 patients who had undergone THA, blood samples were analyzed regarding blood tantalum concentrations, total white blood-cell counts, and lymphocyte subsets in 3 groups of patients: those treated with non-tantalum primary THA ("primary non-tantalum," n = 30), those treated with primary THA with a tantalum cup ("primary tantalum," n = 30), and those who underwent revision surgery with a tantalum shell ("revision tantalum," n = 84). Blood donors served as controls for immunological parameters (n = 59). Correlations between tantalum concentrations and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR T cells were calculated, radiographic signs of implant loosening were assessed, and the Harris hip score (HHS) was used to evaluate hip function.
    Results: The median tantalum concentration was similar to the detection limit both in the primary non-tantalum group (0.05 µg/L, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.05 to 0.05 µg/L) and in the primary tantalum group (0.051 µg/L, 95% CI = 0.050 to 0.055 µg/L), and it was 0.091 µg/L (95% CI = 0.083 to 0.112 µg/L) in the revision tantalum group (p < 0.0001 in the group-wise comparison with both primary non-tantalum and primary tantalum). We found a weak negative correlation of higher tantalum concentration with the concentration of HLA-DR/CD8 T cells (r = -0.22, 95% CI = -0.35 to -0.05, p = 0.01) but no correlation of tantalum concentration with the concentration of HLA-DR/CD4 T cells (r = -0.11, 95% CI = -0.27 to 0.06, p = 0.24). The values for all lymphocyte subgroups were within normal ranges. No implants were deemed loose. The median HHS was good to excellent.
    Conclusions: Exposure to stable tantalum cups is associated with low blood concentrations of tantalum. Signs of T-cell activation typical of ALVAL seem to be lacking.
    Level of evidence: Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
    MeSH term(s) Acetabulum ; Aged ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/adverse effects ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/instrumentation ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip Prosthesis ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Count ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications/blood ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Prosthesis Design ; Reoperation ; Retrospective Studies ; Tantalum/blood
    Chemical Substances Tantalum (6424HBN274)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 220625-0
    ISSN 1535-1386 ; 0021-9355
    ISSN (online) 1535-1386
    ISSN 0021-9355
    DOI 10.2106/JBJS.19.00366
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  8. Book ; Online: Deep unfolding of the weighted MMSE beamforming algorithm

    Pellaco, Lissy / Bengtsson, Mats / Jaldén, Joakim

    2020  

    Abstract: Downlink beamforming is a key technology for cellular networks. However, computing the transmit beamformer that maximizes the weighted sum rate subject to a power constraint is an NP-hard problem. As a result, iterative algorithms that converge to a ... ...

    Abstract Downlink beamforming is a key technology for cellular networks. However, computing the transmit beamformer that maximizes the weighted sum rate subject to a power constraint is an NP-hard problem. As a result, iterative algorithms that converge to a local optimum are used in practice. Among them, the weighted minimum mean square error (WMMSE) algorithm has gained popularity, but its computational complexity and consequent latency has motivated the need for lower-complexity approximations at the expense of performance. Motivated by the recent success of deep unfolding in the trade-off between complexity and performance, we propose the novel application of deep unfolding to the WMMSE algorithm for a MISO downlink channel. The main idea consists of mapping a fixed number of iterations of the WMMSE algorithm into trainable neural network layers, whose architecture reflects the structure of the original algorithm. With respect to traditional end-to-end learning, deep unfolding naturally incorporates expert knowledge, with the benefits of immediate and well-grounded architecture selection, fewer trainable parameters, and better explainability. However, the formulation of the WMMSE algorithm, as described in Shi et al., is not amenable to be unfolded due to a matrix inversion, an eigendecomposition, and a bisection search performed at each iteration. Therefore, we present an alternative formulation that circumvents these operations by resorting to projected gradient descent. By means of simulations, we show that, in most of the settings, the unfolded WMMSE outperforms or performs equally to the WMMSE for a fixed number of iterations, with the advantage of a lower computational load.
    Keywords Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing ; Computer Science - Machine Learning
    Subject code 006
    Publishing date 2020-06-15
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  9. Book ; Online: A Learning-Based Approach to Address Complexity-Reliability Tradeoff in OS Decoders

    Cavarec, Baptiste / Celebi, Hasan Basri / Bengtsson, Mats / Skoglund, Mikael

    2021  

    Abstract: In this paper, we study the tradeoffs between complexity and reliability for decoding large linear block codes. We show that using artificial neural networks to predict the required order of an ordered statistics based decoder helps in reducing the ... ...

    Abstract In this paper, we study the tradeoffs between complexity and reliability for decoding large linear block codes. We show that using artificial neural networks to predict the required order of an ordered statistics based decoder helps in reducing the average complexity and hence the latency of the decoder. We numerically validate the approach through Monte Carlo simulations.

    Comment: Presented at the 2020 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers
    Keywords Computer Science - Information Theory ; Computer Science - Machine Learning
    Publishing date 2021-03-05
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: HLA-DQ heterodimers in hematopoietic cell transplantation.

    Petersdorf, Effie W / Bengtsson, Mats / Horowitz, Mary / McKallor, Caroline / Spellman, Stephen R / Spierings, Eric / Gooley, Ted A / Stevenson, Phil

    Blood

    2022  Volume 139, Issue 20, Page(s) 3009–3017

    Abstract: HLA-DQ heterodimers increase the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, but their role in hematopoietic cell transplantation is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that outcome after HLA-matched and HLA-DQ-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation is ... ...

    Abstract HLA-DQ heterodimers increase the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, but their role in hematopoietic cell transplantation is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that outcome after HLA-matched and HLA-DQ-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation is influenced by HLA-DQ heterodimers. Heterodimers were defined in 5164 HLA-matched and 520 HLA-DQ-mismatched patients and their transplant donors according to well-established crystallographic criteria. Group 1 (G1) heterodimers are any DQA1*02/03/04/05/06α paired with any DQB1*02/03/04β. Group 2 (G2) heterodimers are DQA1*01α paired with any DQB1*05/06β. Multivariable models identified significantly higher relapse risk in G1G2 and G2G2 compared with G1G1 HLA-matched patients with malignant disease; risk increased with an increasing number of G2 molecules. In HLA-DQ-mismatched transplantation for malignant diseases, matching or mismatching for G2 increased relapse risk. G2 lowered disease-free survival after both HLA-matched and HLA-DQ-mismatched transplantation. A paradigm based on HLA-DQ heterodimers provides a functional definition of the hematopoietic cell transplantation barrier and a means to lower risks for future patients.
    MeSH term(s) Alleles ; HLA-DQ Antigens/genetics ; HLA-DQ beta-Chains ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; Recurrence ; Tissue Donors
    Chemical Substances HLA-DQ Antigens ; HLA-DQ beta-Chains
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 80069-7
    ISSN 1528-0020 ; 0006-4971
    ISSN (online) 1528-0020
    ISSN 0006-4971
    DOI 10.1182/blood.2022015860
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