… Harald Fricke; Harald Fricke … Kunz and Harald Fricke are employees of Apogenix. No
potential conflicts of interest were disclosed by the other authors. …

Cancer cells can be specifically driven into apoptosis by activating Death-receptor-4 (DR4;
TRAIL-R1) and/or Death-receptor-5 (DR5; TRAIL-R2). Albeit showing promising preclinical …

Our objective was to investigate the properties of [1- 11 C]acetate as a quantitative perfusion
tracer for myocardial PET studies. Methods: We determined the flow dependence of the …

Importance DCVAC/PCa is an active cellular immunotherapy designed to initiate an immune
response against prostate cancer. Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of DCVAC/…

Studies of resting regional cerebral glucose consumption (rCMRGlc) in nondemented patients
with Parkinson's disease (PD) have produced conflicting results, reporting both reduced …

OBJECTIVES: Findings in local cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in Normal pressure hydrocephalus
(NPH) have always been challenged by the variable and inconsistent relation to clinical …

Initiation of hemodialysis causes a further decrease of residual renal function (RRF). To assess
the impact of the biocompatibility of the dialysis membrane, we performed a prospective …

Amyloidosis due to the retention of β 2 -microgιobulin (β 2 -MG) is a frequent complication of
hemodialysis (HD). Significant amounts of β 2 -MG can be removed from the body by highly …

In cardiac SPECT, specificity is significantly affected by artifacts due to photon absorption.
As the success of attenuation correction depends mainly on high-quality attenuation maps, …

Proteinase 3 gene polymorphisms and Wegener's granulomatosis. Background Wegener's
granulomatosis (WG) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease characterized by small-vessel …