TY - JOUR A1 - Rudolph, C. A1 - Sieverling, N. A1 - Schillinger, U. A1 - Lesina, E. A1 - Plank, C. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Schönberger, H. A1 - Rosenecker, J. T1 - Thyroid hormone (T3)-modification of polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-polyethyleneimine (PEI) graft copolymers for improved gene delivery to hepatocytes JF - Biomaterials N2 - Targeting of gene vectors to liver hepatocytes could offer the opportunity to cure various acquired and inherited diseases. Efficient gene delivery to the liver parenchyma has been obscured from efficient targeting of hepatocytes. Here we show that the thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), can be used to improve the gene transfer efficiency of nonviral gene vectors to hepatocytes in vitro and to the liver of mice in vivo. T3 conjugated to the distal ends of fluorescent labeled PEG-g-dextran resulted in T3-specific cellular endosomal uptake into the hepatocellular cell line HepG2. PEG-g-PEI graft copolymers with increasing molar PEG-ratios were synthesized, complexed with plasmid DNA, and transfected into HepG2 or HeLa cells. Gene transfer efficiency decreased as the number of PEG blocks increased. T3 conjugation to PEI and the distal ends of PEG blocks resulted in T3 specific gene transfer in HepG2 cells as evidenced by reduction of gene transfer efficiency after pre-incubation of cells with excess of T3. In vivo application of T3-PEG-g-PEI based gene vectors in mice after tail vein injection resulted in a significantly 7-fold increase of gene expression in the liver compared with PEG-g-PEI based gene vectors. KW - Nonviral KW - PEI KW - Gene transfer KW - Thyroid hormone KW - T3 KW - Liver PY - 2007 SN - 0142-9612 VL - 28 IS - 10 SP - 1900 EP - 1911 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-14521 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Ligterink, F. J. A1 - Pedersoli Jr., J. L. A1 - Teule, R. A1 - Havermans, J. A1 - Balas, C. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Rudolph, Pascale ED - Daniels, V. T1 - Laser technology as a solution to unanswered cleaning problems in paper conservation - PARELA - a new European cooperative research project T2 - Works of art on paper T2 - Baltimore Congress CY - Baltimore, MD, USA DA - 2002-09-02 PY - 2002 SN - 0-9500525-7-4 SP - 1(?) EP - 2(?) CY - London AN - OPUS4-1584 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Rudolph, Pascale A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Maywald-Pitellos, C. A1 - Bansa, H. A1 - Grösswang, H. A1 - König, E. T1 - Near-UV laser interaction with contaminants and pigments on parchment: laser cleaning diagnostics by SE-microscopy, VIS-, and IR-spectroscopy JF - Journal of cultural heritage PY - 2000 SN - 1296-2074 SN - 1778-3674 VL - 1 IS - sup.1 PB - Elsevier CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-5981 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Korn, Rudolph A1 - Boerner, C. T1 - Versuche mit dem Schopperschen Torsionsprüfer zur Bestimmung der Verdrehungszahl von Kabelpapieren (Original: Papier-Zeitung Bd. 59, Heft 95, S. 1643, 1934; Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation Bd. 65, Heft 51, S. 897, 1934; Papier-Fabrikant Bd. 33, Heft 1, S. 2, 1935.) JF - Mitteilungen der Deutschen Materialprüfungsanstalten PY - 1936 IS - 19 SP - 299 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-28235 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Rudolph, Pascale A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Maywald-Pitellos, C. A1 - Bansa, H. A1 - Grösswang, H. A1 - König, W. ED - Fotakis, C. T1 - Near-Ultraviolet Pulsed Laser Interaction with Contaminants and Pigments on Parchment: Spectroscopic Diagnostics for Laser Cleaning Safety T2 - Optics and lasers in biomedicine and culture T2 - 5th International Conference on Optics within Life Sciences CY - H¯erakleion, Greece DA - 1998-01-01 PY - 2000 SN - 3-540-66648-6 N1 - Serientitel: Optics within life sciences – Series title: Optics within life sciences IS - 5 SP - 100 EP - 107 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-6189 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Starke, K. A1 - Ristau, D. A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Allenspacher, P. A1 - Riede, W. A1 - Meister, S. A1 - Theiss, C. A1 - Sabbah, A. A1 - Rudolph, W. A1 - Raab, V. A1 - Grigonis, R. A1 - Rakickas, T. A1 - Sirutkaitis, V. ED - Exarhos, G. J. T1 - Results of a round-robin experiment in multiple-pulse LIDT measurement with ultrashort pulses T2 - Laser-induced damage in optical materials - 2003 T2 - 35th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium ; 35th Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers CY - Boulder, CO, USA DA - 2003-09-22 KW - Multiple-pulse damage KW - ISO 11254-2 KW - S on 1-LIDT KW - Round-robin experiment KW - CHOCLAB PY - 2004 SN - 0-8194-5163-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525135 SN - 0038-7355 N1 - Serientitel: Proceedings of SPIE – Series title: Proceedings of SPIE IS - 5273 SP - 388 EP - 395 PB - SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-4948 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weiss, S. I. A1 - Sieverling, N. A1 - Niclasen, M. A1 - Maucksch, Ch. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Möhwald, H. A1 - Reinhardt, D. A1 - Rosenecker, J. A1 - Rudolph, C. T1 - Uronic acids functionalized polyethyleneimine (PEI)-polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-graft-copolymers as novel synthetic gene carriers JF - Biomaterials N2 - In this study, we investigated galacturonic (GalAc)- and mannuronic (ManAc) acids as novel targeting ligands for receptor-mediated gene delivery. GalAc and ManAc were coupled to either polyethyleneimine (PEI) or PEI–polyethyleneglycol (PEG). Furthermore, lactobionic acid (LacAc), which comprises a GalAc-related carbohydrate ring, was coupled to each of the polymers through its open-chain gluconic acid moiety. The molar mass distributions of the polymers were characterized by analytical ultracentrifugation and size exclusion chromatography. PEI-conjugate–pDNA complexes were transfected into HepG2-, HeLa-, and 16HBE14o--cells. Gene expression mediated by GalAc- and LacAc-functionalized PEI-conjugates was lower than for PEI. In contrast, gene expression mediated by ManAc-functionalized PEI-conjugates was up to three orders of magnitude higher than for the other tested PEI-conjugates, in particular for negatively charged gene vectors at low N/P ratios, independent of the cell line. Pre-incubation of cells with an excess of ManAc before transfection significantly inhibited transfection rates only for ManAc-functionalized PEI-conjugates. Coupling of methyl-α-D-mannuronic acid to PEI resulted in significantly lower transfection rates than for ManAc-PEI based complexes. Together with fluorescence microscopy images of fluorescein-labelled ManAc-functionalized dextrans and FACS analyses of cells, these results demonstrate that receptor-mediated endocytosis of ManAc–PEI-conjugate–pDNA complexes via ManAc-specific receptors was involved in gene transfer. In conclusion, ManAc-modification of PEI-polymers represents a novel strategy for receptor-mediated gene delivery which could be promising for in vivo application. KW - Gene therapy KW - Gene transfer KW - Polyethylene oxide KW - Nanoparticle PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.11.011 SN - 0142-9612 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 2302 EP - 2312 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-11678 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Deroubaix, G. A1 - Labat, G. A1 - Lebayon, I. A1 - Legay, S. A1 - Marchal, P. A1 - Yrieix, C. A1 - Melcher, E. A1 - Peek, R.-D. A1 - De Geyter, S. A1 - van Acker, J. A1 - Homan, W. A1 - Dickinson, D. A1 - Murphy, R. A1 - Suttie, E. A1 - Nurmi, A. A1 - Ritschkoff, A. A1 - Rudolph, Dieter A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Aston, D. A1 - Baines, E. A1 - Simonin, J. T1 - Environmental Risk Assessment of Treated Timber in Service - the Environment Focus Group Approach T2 - Proceedings of the 31th annual meeting of the international research group on wood preservation N2 - In the context of the Biocidal Products Directive (98/8/EC), and of the OECD work on wood preservatives, the Environment Focus Group (EFG), comprising 8 institutes and the European Wood Preservative Manufacturers Group, has been working on the environmental risk assessment of treated timber in service. A literature review of emissions from treated timber has revealed that very little existing data is usable for environmental risk assessment; the most relevant data are kinetic curves of emissions over time, which show clearly the non-linear emissions behaviour of treated wood over time. The EFG has suggested real exposure conditions for treated timber in the environment, and listed typical exposure scenarios. Five representative scenarios are characterised in detail, for use in the calculation of Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PECs). The existing methods to determine emissions from treated wood have been reviewed. Most existing experimental models cannot be used to predict environmental emissions. Monitoring of commodities in service has its specific constraints. Chemical analysis and ecotoxicity testing have also been reviewed and their relationship has been discussed. Principles for the design of experimental models, for the determination of emission fluxes from treated wood to the environment, have been established. T2 - 31th Annual Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation CY - Kona, HI, USA DA - 2000-05-14 PY - 2000 UR - http://www.irg-wp.com/irgdocs/details.aspx?id=42bc629a-609f-4689-8a62-3542121b4a79 SP - Paper 50162, 1 EP - 17 PB - International Research Group on Wood Preservation CY - Stockholm AN - OPUS4-4455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mero, M. A1 - Clapp, B. A1 - Jasapara, J.C. A1 - Rudolph, W. A1 - Ristau, D. A1 - Starke, K. A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - On the damage behavior of dielectric films when illuminated with multiple femtosecond laser pulses JF - Optical engineering N2 - The physical effects reducing the damage threshold of dielectric films when exposed to multiple femtosecond pulses are investigated. The measured temperature increase of a Ta2O5 film scales exponentially with the pulse fluence. A polarized luminescence signal is observed that depends quadratically on the pulse fluence and is attributed to twophoton excitation of self-trapped excitons that form after band-to-band excitation. The damage fluence decreases with increasing pulse number, but is independent of the repetition rate from 1 Hz to 1 kHz at a constant pulse number. The repetition rate dependence of the breakdown threshold is also measured for TiO2 , HfO2, Al2O3, and SiO2 films. A theoretical model is presented that explains these findings. KW - Laser-induced damage KW - Laser materials KW - Ultrafast phenomena KW - Coatings PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1905343 SN - 0892-354X VL - 44 IS - 5 SP - 051107-1-051107-7 PB - Dekker CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-7406 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -