Lukas Kern
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
22 Papers
91 Citations
Lukas Kern is an academic researcher from Kantonsspital St. Gallen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 13 publications. Previous affiliations of Lukas Kern include University of St. Gallen.
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Papers
Severe COVID-19 is associated with elevated serum IgA and antiphospholipid IgA-antibodies.
Omar Ali,Omar Ali,Omar Ali,David Bomze,David Bomze,Lorenz Risch,Silvio D. Brugger,Matthias Paprotny,Myriam Weber,Sarah Thiel,Lukas Kern,Werner C. Albrich,Philipp Kohler,Christian R Kahlert,Christian R Kahlert,Pietro Vernazza,Philipp K Bühler,Reto Schüpbach,Alejandro Gómez-Mejia,Alexandra Popa,Andreas Bergthaler,Josef M. Penninger,Josef M. Penninger,Lukas Flatz +23 more
TL;DR: Higher total IgA and IgA-aPL were consistently associated with severe illness and strongly suggest that a vigorous antiviral IgA -response, possibly triggered in the bronchial mucosa, induces systemic autoimmunity.
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Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is Associated With Elevated Serum Immunoglobulin (Ig) A and Antiphospholipid IgA Antibodies.
Omar Ali,Omar Ali,Omar Ali,David Bomze,David Bomze,Lorenz Risch,Silvio D. Brugger,Matthias Paprotny,Myriam Weber,Sarah Thiel,Lukas Kern,Werner C. Albrich,Philipp Kohler,Christian R Kahlert,Christian R Kahlert,Pietro Vernazza,Philipp K Bühler,Reto Schüpbach,Alejandro Gómez-Mejia,Alexandra Popa,Andreas Bergthaler,Josef M. Penninger,Josef M. Penninger,Lukas Flatz +23 more
TL;DR: In this article, a retrospective cohort study was conducted to determine whether severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a vigorous total IgA response and whether IgA antibodies are associated with complications of severe illness.
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Six-Minute Walk Test Enhanced by Mobile Telemetric Cardiopulmonary Monitoring
Claudia Tueller,Lukas Kern,Andrea Azzola,Florent Baty,Sophie Condrau,Jan Wiegand,Michael Tamm,Martin Brutsche +7 more
TL;DR: An MOB-enhanced 6MWT is feasible within daily routine and safe in patients with various diseases and does not negatively affect WD.
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Oxygen kinetics during 6-minute walk tests in patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
Lukas Kern,Sophie Condrau,Florent Baty,Jan Wiegand,Arno J R van Gestel,Arno J R van Gestel,Andrea Azzola,Michael Tamm,Martin Brutsche +8 more
TL;DR: O2 kinetics at the onset of exercise are associated with exercise capacity in all patients and wMRT was found to be an important prognostic factor in patients with congestive heart failure, but not with pulmonary diseases.
Severe COVID-19 is associated with elevated serum IgA and antiphospholipid IgA-antibodies
Omar Ali,David Bomze,Lorenz Risch,Silvio D. Brugger,Matthias Paprotny,Myriam Weber,Sarah Thiel,Lukas Kern,Werner C. Albrich,Philipp Kohler,Christian R Kahlert,Pietro Vernazza,Philipp K. Buehler,Reto A. Schuepbach,Alejandro Gómez-Mejia,Alexandra Popa,Andreas Bergthaler,Josef M. Penninger,Lukas Flatz +18 more
TL;DR: Higher total IgA and IgA-aPL were consistently associated with severe illness and strongly suggest that a vigorous antiviral Ig a-response triggered in the bronchial mucosa induces systemic autoimmunity.
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