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BACKGROUND: Reference intervals for leukocyte subsets from peripheral blood are helpful for the understanding of disease states and therapy effects. METHODS: We performed in-depth immunophenotyping for 608 healthy German adults from the Leipzig region from 40 to 79 years by 10-color flow cytometry (FCM) to gain reference information for various leukocyte subsets including subsets of granulocytes, monocytes and lymphocytes. RESULTS: First, we derived gender- and age-specific reference intervals ...

We present an extensive and detailed study on the gene expression landscape of peripheral blood of healthy individuals based on transcriptome data of 3,388 individuals screened in the population study LIFE between 2011 and 2014. For analysis we applied a neural network technique using self-organizing maps (SOM). Our home-made R-program ‘oposSOM’ enables to reduce the dimension of expression data from tens of thousands of genes to a few thousand ‘meta-genes’ and generates portraits of transcriptional ...

Gene expression of 270 patients with head and neck cancer Within the Leipzig Head and Neck Group (LHNG) we designed an observational cohort study to include consecutive patients with primary and metachronous secondary HNSCC of oral cavity, larynx, oro-, and hypopharynx. All tumors were pathohistologically classified as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (ICDO-M-8070/3, 8071/3, 8083/3). Excluded from the study were patients with prior history of cancer other than HNSCC within the last 5 years. ...

Normative data concerning the speaking voice in the general population were gathered with the aim to establish standard values for clinical diagnostics. Associations between the speaking voice and sociodemographic factors were examined.