TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bialonski, Stephan
A1  - Wendler, Martin
A1  - Lehnertz, Klaus
T1  - Unraveling spurious properties of interaction networks with tailored random networks
JF  - Plos one
N2  - We investigate interaction networks that we derive from multivariate time series with methods frequently employed in diverse scientific fields such as biology, quantitative finance, physics, earth and climate sciences, and the neurosciences. Mimicking experimental situations, we generate time series with finite length and varying frequency content but from independent stochastic processes. Using the correlation coefficient and the maximum cross-correlation, we estimate interdependencies between these time series. With clustering coefficient and average shortest path length, we observe unweighted interaction networks, derived via thresholding the values of interdependence, to possess non-trivial topologies as compared to Erdös-Rényi networks, which would indicate small-world characteristics. These topologies reflect the mostly unavoidable finiteness of the data, which limits the reliability of typically used estimators of signal interdependence. We propose random networks that are tailored to the way interaction networks are derived from empirical data. Through an exemplary investigation of multichannel electroencephalographic recordings of epileptic seizures – known for their complex spatial and temporal dynamics – we show that such random networks help to distinguish network properties of interdependence structures related to seizure dynamics from those spuriously induced by the applied methods of analysis.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022826
VL  - 6
IS  - 8
PB  - Plos
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Immel, Timo A.
A1  - Groth, Ulrich
A1  - Huhn, Thomas
A1  - Öhlschläger, Peter
T1  - Titanium salan complexes displays strong antitumor properties in vitro and in vivo in mice
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - The anticancer activity of titanium complexes has been known since the groundbreaking studies of Köpf and Köpf-Maier on titanocen dichloride. Unfortunately, possibly due to their fast hydrolysis, derivatives of titanocen dichloride failed in clinical studies. Recently, the new family of titanium salan complexes containing tetradentate ONNO ligands with anti-cancer properties has been discovered. These salan complexes are much more stabile in aqueous media. In this study we describe the biological activity of two titanium salan complexes in a mouse model of cervical cancer. High efficiency of this promising complex family was demonstrated for the first time in vivo. From these data we conclude that titanium salan complexes display very strong antitumor properties exhibiting only minor side effects. Our results may influence the chemotherapy with metallo therapeutics in the future.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017869
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
PB  - Plos
CY  - San Francisco, California, US
ER  -