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Alzheimer's Disease Metaphors as Mirror and Lens to the Stigma of Dementia by Zimmermann, Martina

“…This essay gives an overview of the metaphors that patients in comparison to caregivers employ to conceptualize their experience with the chronic degenerative,…”
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A Deep Learning Algorithm for Prediction of Age-Related Eye Disease Study Severity Scale for Age-Related Macular Degeneration from Color Fundus Photography by Grassmann, Felix, Mengelkamp, Judith, Brandl, Caroline, Harsch, Sebastian, Zimmermann, Martina E., Linkohr, Birgit, Peters, Annette, Heid, Iris M., Palm, Christoph, Weber, Bernhard H.F.

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common threat to vision. While classification of disease stages is critical to understanding disease risk and…”
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Prophesying Success in the Higher Education System of Multilingual Switzerland by Zimmermann, Martina

“…This paper investigates the conditions under which stakeholders in the higher education system in multilingual Switzerland link expectations of students'…”
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Generation of highly purified human cardiomyocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cell-derived induced pluripotent stem cells by Fuerstenau-Sharp, Maya, Zimmermann, Martina E, Stark, Klaus, Jentsch, Nico, Klingenstein, Melanie, Drzymalski, Marzena, Wagner, Stefan, Maier, Lars S, Hehr, Ute, Baessler, Andrea, Fischer, Marcus, Hengstenberg, Christian

“…Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have an enormous potential for physiological studies. A novel protocol was developed combining the derivation of iPS from…”
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NT-proBNP Predicts Cardiovascular Death in the General Population Independent of Left Ventricular Mass and Function: Insights from a Large Population-Based Study with Long-Term Follow-Up by Dietl, Alexander, Stark, Klaus, Zimmermann, Martina E, Meisinger, Christa, Schunkert, Heribert, Birner, Christoph, Maier, Lars S, Peters, Annette, Heid, Iris M, Luchner, Andreas

“…B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) predict cardiovascular endpoints in patients and all-cause death in the general population…”
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Retinal Layer Thicknesses in Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Results From the German AugUR Study by Brandl, Caroline, Brücklmayer, Christiane, Günther, Felix, Zimmermann, Martina E, Küchenhoff, Helmut, Helbig, Horst, Weber, Bernhard H F, Heid, Iris M, Stark, Klaus J

“…To systematically analyze thicknesses of retinal layers in an older population and their link to early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In the AugUR…”
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Structure-property relationships of imperfect additively manufactured lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces by Günther, Fabian, Hirsch, Franz, Pilz, Stefan, Wagner, Markus, Gebert, Annett, Kästner, Markus, Zimmermann, Martina

“…[Display omitted] •Ti-42Nb alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion shows promise for bone tissue engineering.•Surface roughness and excess material on…”
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Adenoviral vector with shield and adapter increases tumor specificity and escapes liver and immune control by Schmid, Markus, Ernst, Patrick, Honegger, Annemarie, Suomalainen, Maarit, Zimmermann, Martina, Braun, Lukas, Stauffer, Sarah, Thom, Cristian, Dreier, Birgit, Eibauer, Matthias, Kipar, Anja, Vogel, Viola, Greber, Urs F., Medalia, Ohad, Plückthun, Andreas

“…Most systemic viral gene therapies have been limited by sequestration and degradation of virions, innate and adaptive immunity, and silencing of therapeutic…”
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Systemic Evidence for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Age-Related Macular Degeneration as Revealed by mtDNA Copy Number Measurements in Peripheral Blood by Koller, Adriana, Lamina, Claudia, Brandl, Caroline, Zimmermann, Martina E., Stark, Klaus J., Weissensteiner, Hansi, Würzner, Reinhard, Heid, Iris M., Kronenberg, Florian

“…Mitochondrial dysfunction is a common occurrence in the aging process and is observed in diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Increased…”
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Understanding the Impact of Active-to-Passive Area Ratio on Deformation in One-Dimensional Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Uniaxial Strain State by Liebscher, Hans, Koenigsdorff, Markus, Endesfelder, Anett, Mersch, Johannes, Zimmermann, Martina, Gerlach, Gerald

“…There is increasing interest in the use of novel elastomers with inherent or modified advanced dielectric and mechanical properties, as components of…”
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Relative Telomere Length Is Associated With Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Women by Koller, Adriana, Brandl, Caroline, Lamina, Claudia, Zimmermann, Martina E, Summerer, Monika, Stark, Klaus J, Würzner, Reinhard, Heid, Iris M, Kronenberg, Florian

“…Relative telomere length (RTL) is a biomarker for physiological aging. Premature shortening of telomeres is associated with oxidative stress, which is one…”
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DNA extraction from clotted blood in genotyping quality by Stanzick, Kira J, Simon, Josef, Zimmermann, Martina E, Schachtner, Michael, Peterhoff, David, Niller, Hans-Helmut, Überla, Klaus, Wagner, Ralf, Heid, Iris M, Stark, Klaus J

“…DNA extraction from frozen blood clots is challenging. Here, the authors applied QIAGEN Clotspin Baskets and the Gentra Puregene Blood Kit for DNA extraction…”
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Experimental and numerical characterization of imperfect additively manufactured lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces by Günther, Fabian, Pilz, Stefan, Hirsch, Franz, Wagner, Markus, Kästner, Markus, Gebert, Annett, Zimmermann, Martina

“…•Additively manufactured lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces exhibit excess material and surface roughness.•The presented modeling procedure…”
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Population-based reference values for kidney function and kidney function decline in 25- to 95-year-old Germans without and with diabetes by Herold, Janina M, Wiegrebe, Simon, Nano, Jana, Jung, Bettina, Gorski, Mathias, Thorand, Barbara, Koenig, Wolfgang, Zeller, Tanja, Zimmermann, Martina E, Burkhardt, Ralph, Banas, Bernhard, Küchenhoff, Helmut, Stark, Klaus J, Peters, Annette, Böger, Carsten A, Heid, Iris M

“…Understanding normal aging of kidney function is pivotal to help distinguish individuals at particular risk for chronic kidney disease. Glomerular filtration…”
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Dysfunctional nitric oxide signalling increases risk of myocardial infarction by Erdmann, Jeanette, Stark, Klaus, Esslinger, Ulrike B., Rumpf, Philipp Moritz, Koesling, Doris, de Wit, Cor, Kaiser, Frank J., Braunholz, Diana, Medack, Anja, Fischer, Marcus, Zimmermann, Martina E., Tennstedt, Stephanie, Graf, Elisabeth, Eck, Sebastian, Aherrahrou, Zouhair, Nahrstaedt, Janja, Willenborg, Christina, Bruse, Petra, Brænne, Ingrid, Nöthen, Markus M., Hofmann, Per, Braund, Peter S., Mergia, Evanthia, Reinhard, Wibke, Burgdorf, Christof, Schreiber, Stefan, Balmforth, Anthony J., Hall, Alistair S., Bertram, Lars, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Li, Shu-Chen, März, Winfried, Reilly, Muredach, Kathiresan, Sekar, McPherson, Ruth, Walter, Ulrich, Ott, Jurg, Samani, Nilesh J., Strom, Tim M., Meitinger, Thomas, Hengstenberg, Christian, Schunkert, Heribert

“…Two private, heterozygous mutations in two functionally related genes, GUCY1A3 and CCT7 , are identified in an extended family with myocardial infarction;…”
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Controlling the Young’s modulus of a ß-type Ti-Nb alloy via strong texturing by LPBF by Pilz, Stefan, Gustmann, Tobias, Günther, Fabian, Zimmermann, Martina, Kühn, Uta, Gebert, Annett

“…[Display omitted] •The ß-type Ti-42Nb alloy was processed by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) with an infrared top hat laser configuration.•A high build rate of…”
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A joint view on genetic variants for adiposity differentiates subtypes with distinct metabolic implications by Winkler, Thomas W, Günther, Felix, Höllerer, Simon, Zimmermann, Martina, Loos, Ruth JF, Kutalik, Zoltán, Heid, Iris M

“…The problem of the genetics of related phenotypes is often addressed by analyzing adjusted-model traits, but such traits warrant cautious interpretation. Here,…”
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A Worm-Like Biomimetic Crawling Robot Based on Cylindrical Dielectric Elastomer Actuators by Pfeil, Sascha, Henke, Markus, Katzer, Konrad, Zimmermann, Martina, Gerlach, Gerald

“…In recent years the field of soft robotics has gained a lot of interest both in academia and industry. In contrast to rigid robots, which are potentially very…”
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Vpma phase variation is important for survival and persistence of Mycoplasma agalactiae in the immunocompetent host by Chopra-Dewasthaly, Rohini, Spergser, Joachim, Zimmermann, Martina, Citti, Christine, Jechlinger, Wolfgang, Rosengarten, Renate

“…Despite very small genomes, mycoplasmas retain large multigene families encoding variable antigens whose exact role in pathogenesis needs to be proven. To…”
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Secretome Signature Identifies ADAM17 as Novel Target for Radiosensitization of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Sharma, Ashish, Bender, Sabine, Zimmermann, Martina, Riesterer, Oliver, Broggini-Tenzer, Angela, Pruschy, Martin N

“…Ionizing radiation (IR) induces intracellular signaling processes as part of a treatment-induced stress response. Here we investigate IR-induced ADAM17…”
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