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    Comparison of post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variants delta and omicron—results of the Cross-Sectoral Platform of the German National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON-SUEP)

    The influence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on the post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) remains unanswered. Therefore, we examined the prevalence and predictors of PCC-related symptoms in patients infected with the SARS...

    Sina M. Hopff, Katharina S. Appel, Olga Miljukov, Johannes Schneider in Infection (2024)

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    Definition of the Post-COVID syndrome using a symptom-based Post-COVID score in a prospective, multi-center, cross-sectoral cohort of the German National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON)

    The objective examination of the Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) remains difficult due to heterogeneous definitions and clinical phenotypes. The aim of the study was to verify the functionality and correlates of a r...

    Katharina S. Appel, Carolin Nürnberger, Thomas Bahmer, Christian Förster in Infection (2024)

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    Ethical and coordinative challenges in setting up a national cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

    With the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), global researchers were confronted with major challenges. The German National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON) was launched in...

    Katharina Tilch, Sina M. Hopff, Katharina Appel, Monika Kraus in BMC Medical Ethics (2023)

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    Statistical biases due to anonymization evaluated in an open clinical dataset from COVID-19 patients

    Anonymization has the potential to foster the sharing of medical data. State-of-the-art methods use mathematical models to modify data to reduce privacy risks. However, the degree of protection must be balance...

    Carolin E. M. Koll, Sina M. Hopff, Thierry Meurers, Chin Huang Lee in Scientific Data (2022)

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    A metal-free salalen ligand with anti-tumor and synergistic activity in resistant leukemia and solid tumor cells via mitochondrial pathway

    Since the discovery of the well-known cis-platin, transition metal complexes are highly recognized as cytostatic agents. However, toxic side effects of the metal ions present in the complexes may pose signific...

    Sina M. Hopff, Qifang Wang, Corazon Frias in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical On… (2021)

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    Sensitizing multidrug-resistant leukemia cells to common cytostatics by an aluminium-salen complex that has high-apoptotic effects in leukemia, lymphoma and mamma carcinoma cells

    We investigated the aluminium-salen complex MBR-8 as a potential anti-cancer agent. To see apoptotic effects induced by MBR-8, alone and in combination with common cytostatic drugs, DNA-fragmentations were studie...

    Sina M. Hopff, Liliane A. Onambele, Marc Brandenburg, Albrecht Berkessel in BioMetals (2021)