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University Medicine Greifswald

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Measurement of Antibody Effects on Cellular Function of Isolated Cardiomyocytes

Lars G. Eckerle¹, Stephan B. Felix¹, Lars R. Herda¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald

The presented method offers a way to detect functional effective cardiotropic autoantibodies in the plasma of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, irrespective of the specific antigen, by analysing the impact of isolated patient immunoglobulin on cellular shortening and intracellular calcium transients in isolated rat cardiomyocytes.

Behavior

Visualization of Intensity Levels to Reduce the Gap Between Self-Reported and Directly Measured Physical Activity

Lisa Voigt^1,4, Antje Ullrich^1,4, Ulrike Siewert-Markus^1,2,4, Marcus Dörr^3,4, Ulrich John^1,4, Sabina Ulbricht^1,4

¹Institute of Social Medicine and Prevention, University Medicine Greifswald, ²Institute for Medical Psychology, University Medicine Greifswald, ³Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, ⁴partner site Greifswald, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)

This protocol describes a randomized controlled trial as a method to test the effect of a video demonstration on the intra-individual difference between self-reported and accelerometer-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.