Eckhard Thiel

Transplantation of selected or transgenic blood stem cells – a future treatment for HIV/AIDS? (2009)

Hütter, Gero, Schneider, Thomas, Thiel, Eckhard

Abstract Interaction with the chemokine receptor, CCR5, is a necessary precondition for maintaining HIV-1 infection. Individuals with the CCR5-delta32 deletion who lack this receptor are highly...

An intron 9 containing splice variant of PAX2 (2009)

Busse, Antonia, Rietz, Anika, Schwartz, Stefan, Thiel, Eckhard, Keilholz, Ulrich

Abstract Background PAX2 is a transcription factor with an important role in embryogenic development. However, PAX2 expression was frequently identified in neoplasia responsible for the growth and...

High correlation of the proteome patterns in bone marrow and peripheral blood blast cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (2009)

Hütter, Gero, Letsch, Anne, Nowak, Daniel, Poland, Julia, Sinha, Pranav, Thiel, Eckhard, ...

Abstract Background When comparing myelogenous blasts from bone marrow and peripheral blood, immunophenotyping usually show a strong correlation of expression of surface antigens. However, it remains...

First report on a prospective trial with yttrium-90-labeled ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin) in primary CNS lymphoma (2009)

Maza, Sofiane, Kiewe, Philipp, Munz, Dieter L., Korfel, Agnieszka, Hamm, Bernd, Jahnke, Kristoph, ...

Most patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) relapse after primary therapy. Standard salvage treatment has not yet been established in PCNSL. Anti-CD20 immunotherapy has expanded treatment options...

Differential Effects of a Stem Cell Factor-Immunoglobulin Fusion Protein on (2008)

Normal Hematopoietic Cells, Ulrike Erben, Eckhard Thiel, Michael Notter

We genetically connected the extracellular domain of human stem cell factor to the Fc-portion of human IgG1. The chimeric recombinant stem cell factor IgG1 fusion protein (rSCF-IgG1) had an apparent...

Relative quantification of TCR Vbeta-chain families by real time PCR for identification of clonal T-cell populations (2008)

Ochsenreither, Sebastian, Fusi, Alberto, Busse, Antonia, Nagorsen, Dirk, Schrama, David, Becker, Jürgen, ...

Abstract Background Quantification of T-cell receptor (TCR) chain families can be utilized for detection of clonal T-cell populations. Besides southern blotting and antibody-based approaches,...

Fractionated Irradiation Can Induce Functionally Relevant Multidrug Resistance Gene and Protein Expression in Human Tumor Cell Lines (2008)

Dirk Bottke, Daniel Koychev, Antonia Busse, Karin Heufelder, Thomas Wiegel, Eckhard Thiel, ...

Bottke, D., Koychev, D., Busse, A., Heufelder, K., Wiegel, T., Thiel, E., Hinkelbein, W. and Keilholz, U. Fractionated Irradiation Can Induce Functionally Relevant Multidrug Resistance Gene and...

A MLL-KIAA0284 fusion gene in a patient with secondary acute myeloid leukemia and t(11;14)(q23;q32) (2008)

Burmeister, Thomas, Meyer, Claus, Thiel, Gundula, Reinhardt, Richard, Thiel, Eckhard, Marschalek, Rolf

MLL aberrations are found in approximately 10% of acute leukemias. More than 80 different MLL fusion genes have been cytogenetically described but a significant number of MLL fusion partners remain...

Tumor-infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells in human colorectal cancer: relation to local regulatory T cells, systemic T-cell response against tumor-associated antigens and survival (2007)

Nagorsen, Dirk, Voigt, Sabine, Berg, Erika, Stein, Harald, Thiel, Eckhard, Loddenkemper, Christoph

Abstract Introduction Although systemic T-cell responses against tumor antigens and tumor infiltration by T cells have been investigated in colorectal cancer (CRC), the initiation of spontaneous...

No genetic evidence for involvement of Deltaretroviruses in adult patients with precursor and mature T-cell neoplasms (2007)

Burmeister, Thomas, Schwartz, Stefan, Hummel, Michael, Hoelzer, Dieter, Thiel, Eckhard

Abstract Background The Deltaretrovirus genus comprises viruses that infect humans (HTLV), various simian species (STLV) and cattle (BLV). HTLV-I is the main causative agent in adult T-cell leukemia...

High-dose methotrexate is beneficial in parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin suspicious for primary CNS lymphoma (2007)

Kiewe, Philipp, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Reinwald, Mark, Thiel, Eckhard, Korfel, Agnieszka

In patients with parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin responsive to corticosteroids, primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) should be considered. PCNSL is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that is...

High-dose methotrexate is beneficial in parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin suspicious for primary CNS lymphoma (2007)

Kiewe, Philipp, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Reinwald, Mark, Thiel, Eckhard, Korfel, Agnieszka

In patients with parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin responsive to corticosteroids, primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) should be considered. PCNSL is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that is...

A33scFv Green fluorescent protein, a recombinant single-chain fusion protein for tumor targeting (2007)

Petrausch, Ulf, Dernedde, Jens, Coelho, Vânia, Panjideh, Hossein, Frey, Dietmar, Fuchs, Hendrik, ...

Chemical conjugates of monoclonal antibodies with fluorophores or enzymes have long been used for diagnostic purposes and experimental therapeutic approaches. Recombinant technology allows for the...

High-dose methotrexate is beneficial in parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin suspicious for primary CNS lymphoma (2007)

Kiewe, Philipp, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Reinwald, Mark, Thiel, Eckhard, Korfel, Agnieszka

In patients with parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin responsive to corticosteroids, primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) should be considered. PCNSL is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that is...

In situ analysis of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in human colorectal cancer (2006)

Loddenkemper, Christoph, Schernus, Martin, Noutsias, Michel, Stein, Harald, Thiel, Eckhard, Nagorsen, Dirk

Abstract The immune system spontaneously responds to tumor-associated antigens in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Regulatory T cells (Treg) are suspected of influencing the...

A novel sporadic Burkitt lymphoma cell line (BLUE-1) with a unique t(6;20)(q15;q11.2) rearrangement (2006)

Burmeister, Thomas, MacLeod, Roderick A. F., Reinhardt, Richard, Mansmann, Veit, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Marinets, Olga, ...

We report the establishment and characterization, including HLA-typing, immunophenotypic and molecular cytogenetic analysis, of a novel EBV-negative cell line (BLUE-1) derived from adult relapsed...

T cell responses against tumor associated antigens and prognosis in colorectal cancer patients (2005)

Nagorsen, Dirk, Scheibenbogen, Carmen, Letsch, Anne, Germer, Christoph-Thomas, Buhr, Heinz-Johannes, Hegewisch-Becker, Susanna, ...

Abstract Introduction Spontaneous T cell responses against specific tumor-associated antigens (TAA) are frequently detected in peripheral blood of tumor patients of various histiotypes. However,...

Mutation Analysis of hCDC4 in AML Cells Identifies a New Intronic Polymorphism

Nowak, Daniel, Mossner, Maximilian, Baldus, Claudia D., Hopfer, Olaf, Thiel, Eckhard, Hofmann, Wolf-Karsten

hCDC4 (FBW7, FBXW7) is a new potential tumor suppressor gene which provides substrate specificity for SCF (Skp–Cullin–F-box) ubiquitin ligases and thereby regulates the degradation of potent...

Mutation Analysis of hCDC4 in AML Cells Identifies a New Intronic Polymorphism

Nowak, Daniel, Mossner, Maximilian, Baldus, Claudia D., Hopfer, Olaf, Thiel, Eckhard, Hofmann, Wolf-Karsten

hCDC4 (FBW7, FBXW7) is a new potential tumor suppressor gene which provides substrate specificity for SCF (Skp–Cullin–F-box) ubiquitin ligases and thereby regulates the degradation of potent...

In situ analysis of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in human colorectal cancer

Loddenkemper, Christoph, Schernus, Martin, Noutsias, Michel, Stein, Harald, Thiel, Eckhard, Nagorsen, Dirk

The immune system spontaneously responds to tumor-associated antigens in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Regulatory T cells (Treg) are suspected of influencing the interaction...

High-dose methotrexate is beneficial in parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin suspicious for primary CNS lymphoma

Kiewe, Philipp, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Reinwald, Mark, Thiel, Eckhard, Korfel, Agnieszka

In patients with parenchymal brain masses of uncertain origin responsive to corticosteroids, primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) should be considered. PCNSL is a rare but aggressive brain tumor that is...

CD56 expression in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is associated with non-thymic phenotype and resistance to induction therapy but no inferior survival after risk-adapted therapy

Fischer, Lars, Gökbuget, Nicola, Schwartz, Stefan, Burmeister, Thomas, Rieder, Harald, Brüggemann, Monika, ...

The findings of this study indicate that CD56 is expressed on a subset of adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells with distinct immunophenotypic features and greater resistance to therapy....

Transplantation of selected or transgenic blood stem cells – a future treatment for HIV/AIDS?

Hütter, Gero, Schneider, Thomas, Thiel, Eckhard

Interaction with the chemokine receptor, CCR5, is a necessary precondition for maintaining HIV-1 infection. Individuals with the CCR5-delta32 deletion who lack this receptor are highly resistant to...

Diagnosis and management of primary intraocular lymphoma: an update

Jahnke, Kristoph, Thiel, Eckhard, Abrey, Lauren E, Neuwelt, Edward A, Korfel, Agnieszka

Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis of primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL) remains poor, and the optimal treatment has yet to be defined. This review presents an...

Prognostic implications of NOTCH1 and FBXW7 mutations in adult acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia

Baldus, Claudia D., Thibaut, Julia, Goekbuget, Nicola, Stroux, Andrea, Schlee, Cornelia, Mossner, Max, ...

NOTCH1 mutations are found in more than 50 % of patients with T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (TALL), and have been associated with a favorable outcome in pediatric T-ALL. FBXW7 mutations are...