Publications by authors named "Anna Schappert"
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- The study aimed to explore how self-efficacy and social support relate to Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in hemodialysis patients who participated in the CONVINCE trial.
- Using data from 1,360 patients, the researchers found that higher self-efficacy significantly predicted improved HRQoL across various domains, including mental health, physical function, and pain management.
- While social support also positively influenced cognition and some symptoms, self-efficacy had a notably stronger impact, highlighting its importance in enhancing overall well-being in this patient population.
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- * Researchers also assessed health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across various domains, finding that while both groups experienced a decline, the HDF group showed more favorable changes, particularly in cognitive function.
- * Overall, the trial indicated HDF not only benefits survival rates but also helps slow the decline in quality of life aspects for patients, particularly in physical and cognitive functioning.
Major histocompatibility complexes (MHC) have been used for more than two decades in clinical and pre-clinical approaches of tumor immunotherapy. They have been proven efficient for detecting anti-tumor-specific T cells when utilized as soluble multimers, immobilized on cells or artificial structures such as artificial antigen-presenting cells (aAPC) and have been shown to generate effective anti-tumor responses. In this review we summarize the use of soluble MHC class I complexes in tumor vaccination studies, highlighting the different strategies and their contradicting results.
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