TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Ates, M. T1 - A novel method to quantify mechanical tension in cell monolayers. Trzewik, Jürgen; Ates, M., Artmann, Gerhard Michael JF - Biomedizinische Technik. 47 (2002), H. Suppl. 1. Pt. 1 Y1 - 2002 SN - 0013-5585 N1 - Druckausgabe unter 63 Z 47 vorhanden SP - 379 EP - 381 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, Christina A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Determination of the elastic shear modulus of cultured human red blood cells JF - Biomedizinische Technik. 47 (2002), H. Suppl. 1 Pt. 1 Y1 - 2002 SN - 0013-5585 N1 - Druckausgabe unter 63 Z 471 vorhanden SP - 106 EP - 109 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zhou-Stache, J. A1 - Buettner, R. A1 - Mittermayer, C. [u.a.] T1 - Inhibition of TNF-alpha induced cell death in HUVEC and Jurkat cells by protocatechuic acid. Zhou-Stache, J.; Buettner, R.; Artmann, Gerhard Michael; Mittermayer, C.; Bosserhoff, A. K. JF - Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 40 (2002), H. 6 Y1 - 2002 SN - 0140-0118 SP - 698 EP - 703 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Bäumler, H. T1 - Pharmamikrocontainer mit designgesteuerter Permeabilität als Transporter für ausgewählte Pharmaka. Ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt im Forschungsschwerpunkt "Celluar Engineering" [Laufzeit: 01.09.2000 - 28.02.2002] Y1 - 2002 PB - FH Aachen CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, C. A1 - Bork, M. A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Biological and mechanical quality of red blood cells cultured from human umbilical cord blood stem cells JF - Medical and biological engineering and computing. 41 (2003), H. 3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0140-0118 SP - 350 EP - 356 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Burns, Laura A1 - Canaves, Jaume M. A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Circular dichroism spectra of human hemoglobin reveal a reversible structural transition at body temperature JF - European Biophysics Journal. 33 (2004), H. 6 Y1 - 2004 SN - 1432-1017 SP - 490 EP - 496 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Demirci, T. A1 - Trzewik, J. A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Mechanical Stimulation of 3T3 Fibroblasts Activates Genes: Real Time PCR Products and Suppliers by Comparison JF - Biomedizinische Technik . 49 (2004), H. Erg.-Bd. 2 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0932-4666 SP - 1046 EP - 1047 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Demirci, T. A1 - Trzewik, J. A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Mechanical Stimulation of 3T3 Fibroblasts Activates Genes: ITGB5 and p53 Responses as Quantified on the mRNA Level JF - Biomedizinische Technik . 49 (2004), H. Erg.-Bd. 2 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0932-4666 SP - 1030 EP - 1031 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Demirci, T. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Evaluation of lateral mechanical tension in thin-film tissue constructs JF - Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 32 (2004), H. 9 Y1 - 2004 SN - 1573-9686 SP - 1243 EP - 1251 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nishikawa, K. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Cluster air-ion effects on bacteria and moulds JF - Biomedizinische Technik. 49 (2004), H. Erg.-Bd. 2 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0932-4666 SP - 1040 EP - 1041 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar A. A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - The use of bactericidal effects of cluster ions generated by plasma in medical biotechnology JF - Biotechnologija : teorija i praktika (2004) Y1 - 2004 SN - 1028-9399 SP - 46 EP - 52 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Escherichia Coli Infektion und Zellschädigung - Wie perfekt wirken Antibiotika? : Abschlussbericht zum Projekt 1703701 Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:482527137 PB - Technische Informationsbibliothek u. Universitätsbibliothek CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, Christina A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Polystyrene sulfonate/Polyallylamine hydrochloride microcapsules as potential artificial red blood cells - improvement of capsule flexibility JF - Biomedizinische Technik. 50 (2005), H. Erg.-Bd. 1 Y1 - 2005 SP - 324 EP - 326 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - High-throughput testing of mechanical forces generated in thin cell and tissue layers JF - Tissue Engineering. 13 (2007), H. 7 Y1 - 2007 SN - 1076-3279 N1 - Meeting abstract 433 SP - 1778 EP - 1778 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Büldt, Georg A1 - Zaccai, Guiseppe A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Dynamics and interactions of hemoglobin in human red blood cells and concentrated hemoglobin solutions JF - Regenerative medicine. 2 (2007), H. 5 Y1 - 2007 SN - 1746-0751 N1 - Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine. October 18-20, 2007. Leipzig, Germany SP - 573 EP - 573 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Kasischke, Nicole A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, Christina A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Structural transition temperature of hemoglobins correlates with species’ body temperature JF - European Biophysics Journal. 37 (2007), H. 1 Y1 - 2007 SN - 1432-1017 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. T1 - Physical discontinuities at body temperature in human red blood cells / Artmann, GM ; Zerlin, K ; Digel, I ; Stadler, A ; Zaccai, G ; Temiz, AA JF - Tissue Engineering. 13 (2007), H. 7 Y1 - 2007 SN - 1076-3279 N1 - TERMIS-EU Meeting Abstracts London, UK September 4–7, 2007 SP - 1778 EP - 1778 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Hueck, Isgard S. A1 - Rossiter, Katharine A1 - Schmid-Schönbein, Geert W. T1 - Fluid Shear Attenuates Endothelial Pseudopodia Formation into the Capillary Lumen / Hueck, Isgard S. ; Rossiter, Katharine ; Artman, Gerhard M. ; Schmid-Schönbein, Geert W. JF - Microcirculation. 15 (2008), H. 6 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1549-8719 SP - 531 EP - 542 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Bioengineering in Cell and Tissue Research / Artmann, Gerhard M. ; Chien, Shu (Eds.) Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-540-75408-4 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Hemoglobin Senses Body Temperature JF - Bioengineering in Cell and Tissue Research / Artmann, Gerhard M. ; Chien, Shu (Eds.) Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-540-75408-4 SP - 415 EP - 447 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaul, D. K. A1 - Koshkaryev, A. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Barshtein, G. A1 - Yedgar, S. T1 - Additive effect of red blood cell rigidity and adherence to endothelial cells in inducing vascular resistance JF - American Journal of Physiology : Heart and Circulation Physiology . 295 (2008), H. 4 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1522-1539 VL - 295 IS - 4 SP - H1788 EP - H1793 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, A. M. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Embs, Jan P. A1 - Zaccai, Joe A1 - Büldt, Georg T1 - Hemoglobin Dynamics in Red Blood Cells: Correlation to Body Temperature JF - Biophysical Journal. 95 (2008), H. 11 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1542-0086 SP - 5449 EP - 5461 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, C. A1 - Wallang, C. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Jakse, G. T1 - Mechanotransduction-bioreactor for tissue engineering of a ureter prosthesis JF - International Journal of Artificial Organs, The Y1 - 2008 SN - 0391-3988 N1 - Abstracts from the XXXV Congress of the European Society for Artificial Organs: 'Towards Future Biomedical Technologies' - ORAL PRESENTATIONS VL - 31 IS - 7 SP - 583 EP - 583 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Embs, Jan P. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Unruh, Tobias A1 - Büldt, Georg A1 - Zaccai, Guiseppe T1 - Cytoplasmic water and hydration layer dynamics in human red blood cells JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society. 50 (2008), H. 130 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1520-5126 SP - 16852 EP - 16853 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Molecular processes in biological thermosensation JF - Journal of Biophysics. 2008 (2008) Y1 - 2008 SN - 1687-8000 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Büldt, Georg A1 - Zaccai, Guiseppe A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Dynamics and interactions of hemoglobin in red blood cells JF - Tissue Engineering Part A. 14 (2008), H. 5 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1937-3341 N1 - TERMIS EU 2008 Porto Meeting June 22–26, 2008 Porto Congress Center–Alfândega Portugal SP - 724 EP - 724 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Porst, Dariusz T1 - Mechanism of haemoglobin sensing body temperature JF - Tissue Engineering Part A. 14 (2008), H. 5 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1937-3341 N1 - TERMIS EU 2008 Porto Meeting June 22–26, 2008 Porto Congress Center–Alfândega Portugal SP - 754 EP - 754 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, Christina A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Stadler, David A1 - Dikta, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Hemoglobin senses body temperature JF - European Biophysics Journal Y1 - 2009 SN - 0175-7571 VL - 38 IS - 5 SP - 589 EP - 600 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sadykov, Rustam A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Savitskaya, Irina A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar T1 - Oral lead exposure induces dysbacteriosis in rats JF - Journal of Occupational Health. 51 (2009) (2009), H. 1 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1348-9585 SP - 64 EP - 73 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Demirci, Taylan A1 - Kurulgan Demirci, Eylem A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Sakizli, Meral A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Gene expression profile analysis of 3T3/NIH fibroblasts after one hour mechanical stress JF - IUBMB Life. 61 (2009), H. 3 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1521-6543 N1 - Abstracts: Turkish Society of Molecular Medicine, Third International Congress of Molecular Medicine, May 5-8, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey SP - 311 EP - 312 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Amin, Rashid A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Lazarovici, Philip A1 - Lelkes, Peter I. T1 - Permeability of an In Vitro Model of Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) JF - 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering / Lim, Chwee Teck [Ed.] Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-540-92841-6 N1 - IFMBE Proceedings ; 23, Track 1 ; ICBME 2008 3–6 December 2008 Singapore SP - 81 EP - 84 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Embs, Jan P. A1 - Unruh, Tobias A1 - Tehei, M. A1 - Zaccai, G. A1 - Büldt, G. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - From powder to solution : Hydration dependence of human hemoglobin dynamics correlated to body temperature JF - Biophysical Journal. 96 (2009), H. 12 Y1 - 2009 SN - 0006-3495 SP - 5073 EP - 5081 PB - Cell Press CY - Cambridge, Mass. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurulgan Demirci, Eylem A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Demirci, Taylan A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Contractile tension of endothelial cells: An LPS based in-vitro sepsis model JF - IUBMB Life. 61 (2009), H. 3 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1521-6543 N1 - Abstracts: Turkish Society of Molecular Medicine, Third International Congress of Molecular Medicine, May 5-8, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey SP - 307 EP - 308 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Funke, O. T1 - A concept of a probe for particle analysis and life detection in icy environments Y1 - 2009 N1 - International workshop “Europa lander: science goals and experiments”, Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia 9-13 February 2009 SP - 1 EP - 24 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leimena, W. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Gossmann, Matthias A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Feasibility of an in-situ microbial decontamination of an ice-melting probe JF - Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal. 12 (2010), H. 2 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1562-3920 SP - 145 EP - 150 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, N. Sh. A1 - Zhubanova, A. A. A1 - Mansurov, Z. A. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Use of Carbonized Rise Shell for the local treatment of wounds JF - Eurasian ChemTech Journal N2 - On the model of musculocutaneous wound in rats, the effect of applicative sorption by carbonized rise shell (CRS) on the healing of festering wound was studied. It has been shown, that cytological changes end with rapid scar formation. The use of CRS at the period of severe purulent wound contributes to its favorable course, prevents the development of complications of the animals from sepsis. Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.18321/ectj35 SN - 2522-4867 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 133 EP - 138 PB - Institute of Combustion Problems CY - Almaty ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kozhalakova, A. A. A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar A. A1 - Mansurov, Z. A. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Tazhibayeva, S. M. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Adsorption of bacterial lipopolysaccharides on carbonized rice shell JF - Science of Central Asia (2010) Y1 - 2010 SP - 50 EP - 54 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurz, R. A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Rüffer, M. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Rothermel, A. A1 - Robitzki, A. A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Contractile tension and beating rates of self-exciting monolayers and 3D-tissue constructs of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes JF - Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing N2 - The CellDrum technology (The term 'CellDrum technology' includes a couple of slightly different technological setups for measuring lateral mechanical tension in various types of cell monolayers or 3D-tissue constructs) was designed to quantify the contraction rate and mechanical tension of self-exciting cardiac myocytes. Cells were grown either within flexible, circular collagen gels or as monolayer on top of respective 1-mum thin silicone membranes. Membrane and cells were bulged outwards by air pressure. This biaxial strain distribution is rather similar the beating, blood-filled heart. The setup allowed presetting the mechanical residual stress level externally by adjusting the centre deflection, thus, mimicking hypertension in vitro. Tension was measured as oscillating differential pressure change between chamber and environment. A 0.5-mm thick collagen-cardiac myocyte tissue construct induced after 2 days of culturing (initial cell density 2 x 10(4) cells/ml), a mechanical tension of 1.62 +/- 0.17 microN/mm(2). Mechanical load is an important growth regulator in the developing heart, and the orientation and alignment of cardiomyocytes is stress sensitive. Therefore, it was necessary to develop the CellDrum technology with its biaxial stress-strain distribution and defined mechanical boundary conditions. Cells were exposed to strain in two directions, radially and circumferentially, which is similar to biaxial loading in real heart tissues. Thus, from a biomechanical point of view, the system is preferable to previous setups based on uniaxial stretching. Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-009-0552-y SN - 1741-0444 VL - 48 IS - 1 SP - 59 EP - 65 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eijck, Lambert van A1 - Demmel, Franz A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Stadtler, Andreas Maximilian T1 - Macromolecular dynamics in red blood cells investigated using neutron spectroscopy JF - Journal of the Royal Society Interface Y1 - 2011 SN - 1742-5689 VL - 8 IS - 57 SP - 590 EP - 600 PB - The Royal Society CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurulgan Demirci, Eylem A1 - Demirci, T. A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Karakulah, G. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Sakizli, M. A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Genome-Wide Gene Expression Analysis of NIH 3T3 Cell Line Under Mechanical Stimulation JF - Cellular and molecular bioengineering. 4 (2011), H. 1 Y1 - 2011 SN - 1865-5025 SP - 46 EP - 55 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Stem cell engineering : principles and applications / Gerhard M. Artmann ... eds. Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-3-642-11864-7 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - HPBioforce: Integrierte und automatisierte Screening Plattform eines 96-Well-Hochdurchsatz-Testsystems zur funktionellen Kraftmessung an einige um dicken Zell- und Gewebeschichten für die Arzneimittelforschung : gemeinsamer Abschlussbericht der FH Aachen, Hitec Zang GmbH, IKFE Mainz, IKFE Berlin und der Dr. Gerhard Schmidt GmbH zum InnoNet-Projekt ... ; Programm "Förderung von innovativen Netzwerken" (InnoNet) des Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) ; Laufzeit: 01.05.2007 bis 31.12.2010 Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:68757076X N1 - Förderkennzeichen BMWi 16IN0536. - Verbund-Nr. 01056220 PB - Technische Informationsbibliothek u. Universitätsbibliothek CY - Aachen [u.a.] ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - FhprofUnd EasyBioforce Abschlussbericht : Miniaturisierte, integrierte und automatisierte Screening Plattform eines 36-Well-Hochdurchsatz-Testsystems zur funktionellen Kraftmessung an Zell- und Gewebeschichten für die Arzneimittelforschung : Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 01.03.2007 - 31.12.2010 Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:782964621 N1 - Förderkennzeichen BMBF 1760X07 PB - Technische Informationsbibliothek u. Universitätsbibliothek CY - Aachen ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Plant mutant scanner : Hochdurchsatzscanner zur Charakterisierung von Pflanzenmutanten. Abschlussbericht ; FHprofUnd ; PhytoScan ; Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 01.07.2008 - 30.06.2011 Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:747569150 N1 - Förderkennzeichen BMBF 1736X08 PB - Technische Informationsbibliothek u. Universitätsbibliothek CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Garvey, G. J. A1 - Bocahut, A. A1 - Sacquin-Mora, S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Schneider, G. J. A1 - Natali, F. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zaccai, G. T1 - Thermal fluctuations of haemoglobin from different species : adaptation to temperature via conformational dynamics JF - Journal of the Royal Society Interface N2 - Thermodynamic stability, configurational motions and internal forces of haemoglobin (Hb) of three endotherms (platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus; domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus and human, Homo sapiens) and an ectotherm (salt water crocodile, Crocodylus porosus) were investigated using circular dichroism, incoherent elastic neutron scattering and coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations. The experimental results from Hb solutions revealed a direct correlation between protein resilience, melting temperature and average body temperature of the different species on the 0.1 ns time scale. Molecular forces appeared to be adapted to permit conformational fluctuations with a root mean square displacement close to 1.2 Å at the corresponding average body temperature of the endotherms. Strong forces within crocodile Hb maintain the amplitudes of motion within a narrow limit over the entire temperature range in which the animal lives. In fully hydrated powder samples of human and chicken, Hb mean square displacements and effective force constants on the 1 ns time scale showed no differences over the whole temperature range from 10 to 300 K, in contrast to the solution case. A complementary result of the study, therefore, is that one hydration layer is not sufficient to activate all conformational fluctuations of Hb in the pico- to nanosecond time scale which might be relevant for biological function. Coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations permitted to explore residue-specific effects. They indicated that temperature sensing of human and chicken Hb occurs mainly at residues lining internal cavities in the β-subunits. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0364 SN - 1742-5689 VL - 9 IS - 76 SP - 2845 EP - 2855 PB - The Royal Society CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurulgan Demirci, Eylem A1 - Demirci, Taylan A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Trzewik, Jürgen A1 - Gierkowski, Jessica Ricarda A1 - Gossmann, Matthias A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - rhAPC reduces the endothelial cell permeability via a decrease of contractile tensions induced by endothelial cells JF - Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering N2 - All cells generate contractile tension. This strain is crucial for mechanically controlling the cell shape, function and survival. In this study, the CellDrum technology quantifying cell's (the cellular) mechanical tension on a pico-scale was used to investigate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on human aortic endothelial cell (HAoEC) tension. The LPS effect during gram-negative sepsis on endothelial cells is cell contraction causing endothelium permeability increase. The aim was to finding out whether recombinant activated protein C (rhAPC) would reverse the endothelial cell response in an in-vitro sepsis model. In this study, the established in-vitro sepsis model was confirmed by interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels at the proteomic and genomic levels by ELISA, real time-PCR and reactive oxygen species (ROS) activation by florescence staining. The thrombin cellular contraction effect on endothelial cells was used as a positive control when the CellDrum technology was applied. Additionally, the Ras homolog gene family, member A (RhoA) mRNA expression level was checked by real time-PCR to support contractile tension results. According to contractile tension results, the mechanical predominance of actin stress fibers was a reason of the increased endothelial contractile tension leading to enhanced endothelium contractility and thus permeability enhancement. The originality of this data supports firstly the basic measurement principles of the CellDrum technology and secondly that rhAPC has a beneficial effect on sepsis influenced cellular tension. The technology presented here is promising for future high-throughput cellular tension analysis that will help identify pathological contractile tension responses of cells and prove further cell in-vitro models. KW - Cell permeability KW - Cellular force KW - Endothelial cells KW - Recombinant activated protein C KW - Lipopolysaccharide KW - Contractile tension KW - CellDrum Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.03.019 SN - 1347-4421 VL - 113 IS - 2 SP - 212 EP - 219 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Hescheler, Jürgen A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on the thermal stability of hemoglobin JF - BMC Biophysics N2 - Background Minor changes in protein structure induced by small organic and inorganic molecules can result in significant metabolic effects. The effects can be even more profound if the molecular players are chemically active and present in the cell in considerable amounts. The aim of our study was to investigate effects of a nitric oxide donor (spermine NONOate), ATP and sodium/potassium environment on the dynamics of thermal unfolding of human hemoglobin (Hb). The effect of these molecules was examined by means of circular dichroism spectrometry (CD) in the temperature range between 25°C and 70°C. The alpha-helical content of buffered hemoglobin samples (0.1 mg/ml) was estimated via ellipticity change measurements at a heating rate of 1°C/min. Results Major results were: 1) spermine NONOate persistently decreased the hemoglobin unfolding temperature T u irrespectively of the Na + /K + environment, 2) ATP instead increased the unfolding temperature by 3°C in both sodium-based and potassium-based buffers and 3) mutual effects of ATP and NO were strongly influenced by particular buffer ionic compositions. Moreover, the presence of potassium facilitated a partial unfolding of alpha-helical structures even at room temperature. Conclusion The obtained data might shed more light on molecular mechanisms and biophysics involved in the regulation of protein activity by small solutes in the cell. KW - Nitric Oxide Donor KW - NONOate KW - Circular Dichroism KW - Nitric Oxide Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-1682-5-16 SN - 2046-1682 VL - 5 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Hescheler, Jürgen A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on protein aggregation: light scattering evidences JF - BMC Biophysics Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?10.1186/2046-1682-6-1 SN - 2046-1682 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Micili, Serap C. A1 - Valter, Markus A1 - Oflaz, Hakan A1 - Ozogul, Candan A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Föckler, Nicole A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Optical coherence tomography : a potential tool to predict premature rupture of fetal membranes JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H : Journal of engineering in medicine Y1 - 2013 SN - 0046-2039 (Print) ; 2041-3033 (E-Journal) VL - Vol. 227 IS - No. 4 SP - 393 EP - 401 PB - Sage CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Arinkin, Vladimir A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Phenotyping date palm varieties via leaflet cross-sectional imaging and artificial neural network application JF - BMC bioinformatics N2 - Background True date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) are impressive trees and have served as an indispensable source of food for mankind in tropical and subtropical countries for centuries. The aim of this study is to differentiate date palm tree varieties by analysing leaflet cross sections with technical/optical methods and artificial neural networks (ANN). Results Fluorescence microscopy images of leaflet cross sections have been taken from a set of five date palm tree cultivars (Hewlat al Jouf, Khlas, Nabot Soltan, Shishi, Um Raheem). After features extraction from images, the obtained data have been fed in a multilayer perceptron ANN with backpropagation learning algorithm. Conclusions Overall, an accurate result in prediction and differentiation of date palm tree cultivars was achieved with average prediction in tenfold cross-validation is 89.1% and reached 100% in one of the best ANN. Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-15-55 SN - 1471-2105 VL - 15 IS - 55 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER -