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Williams JM, Uebelhart D, Thonar EJ, Kocsis K, Módis L. Alteration and recovery of the spatial orientation of the collagen network of articular cartilage in adolescent rabbits following intra-articular chymopapain injection. Connect Tissue Res 1996; 34:105-17. [PMID: 8909875 DOI: 10.3109/03008209609021496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have used polarized light (POL) to monitor changes in the organization of the articular cartilage collagen network and matrix proteoglycans (PGs) after intra-articular injection of chymopapain (CP). POL viewing of sirius red stained sections revealed a loss of normal birefringence suggesting an apparent collapse of the collagen network following intra-articular CP. After 21 days, knees injected with 2.0 mg CP showed no return of normal birefringence, however, normal birefringence was noted in knees injected with only 0.2 mg CP. POL viewing of toluidine blue stained sections revealed a severe loss of matrix PGs followed by PG restoration in animals injected with 0.2 mg CP. The most important inference from the data is that articular cartilage can recover from enzyme-induced alterations in the spatial collapse of its fibrillar network. This is an important finding since it has often been inferred that damage to the collagen network leads invariably to progressive articular cartilage destruction.
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Williams JM, Ellis NC, Tyers C, Healy H, Rose G, MacLeod AK. The specificity of autobiographical memory and imageability of the future. Mem Cognit 1996; 24:116-25. [PMID: 8822164 DOI: 10.3758/bf03197278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Three studies examined whether the specificity with which people retrieve episodes from their past determines the specificity with which they imagine the future. In the first study, suicidal patients and nondepressed controls generated autobiographical events and possible future events in response to cues. Suicidal subjects' memory and future responses were more generic, and specificity level for the past and the future was significantly correlated for both groups. In the second and third studies, the effect of experimental manipulation of retrieval style was examined by instructing subjects to retrieve specific events or summaries of events from their past (Experiment 2) or by giving high- or low-imageable words to cue memories (Experiment 3). Results showed that induction of a generic retrieval style reduced the specificity of images of the future. It is suggested that the association between memory retrieval and future imaging arises because the intermediate descriptions used in searching autobiographical memory are also used to generate images of possible events in the future.
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Goldberg MA, Lubniewski AJ, Williams JM, Smith ME, Pepose JS. Cystic hydrops and spontaneous perforation in Fuchs' superficial marginal keratitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1996; 121:91-3. [PMID: 8554086 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70539-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE We studied a case of Fuchs' superficial marginal keratitis in which cystic corneal hydrops developed in one eye, and spontaneous corneal perforation occurred in the fellow eye. METHODS The patient underwent bilateral annular corneoscleral lamellar patch grafts for tectonic support. RESULTS The patient had an uncomplicated postoperative course and visual acuity of 20/25 bilaterally. CONCLUSION Stromal loss in Fuchs' superficial marginal keratitis may be severe enough to result in cystic corneal hydrops. Patients with this disorder should be counseled regarding the possibility of corneal perforation.
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Divgi CR, Scott AM, Gulec S, Broussard EK, Levy N, Young C, Capitelli P, Daghighian F, Williams JM, Finn RD. Pilot radioimmunotherapy trial with 131I-labeled murine monoclonal antibody CC49 and deoxyspergualin in metastatic colon carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 1995; 1:1503-10. [PMID: 9815950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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An antimouse immune response is invariable following administration of murine monoclonal antibody (mAb), precluding effective multidose therapy. In advanced colorectal cancer patients, we carried out a pilot study with multiple doses of 131I-labeled CC49 administered with deoxyspergualin (DSG), an immunomodulator, to determine its effect on immune response. Cumulative toxicity and efficacy were also evaluated. Six patients with tumor-associated glycoprotein 72-expressing colorectal cancer were treated i.v. with 15 mCi/m2 131I-labeled to 20 mg mAb CC49 biweekly, along with concurrent DSG 200 mg/m2 daily for 5 days, for a maximum of four courses. None had received prior murine mAbs. All patients had targeting of radioactivity to known tumor sites following initial infusion. Four of six patients received all four courses of therapy, three without any acute side effects. In these patients, there was no change in serum clearance with variable tumor targeting following repeat infusions. Two patients had </= grade II anaphylactoid reactions, which were treated without sequelae. One of these had faster serum clearance of radioactivity following repeat infusions of 131I-labeled CC49. Human antimouse antibody titers in all patients were significantly less compared to concurrent times in patients receiving CC49 without DSG (P < 0.05). There was no correlation between the human antimouse antibody titer and serum clearance or tumor targeting of 131I-labeled CC49. There were no clinical responses. We concluded that multiple doses of murine antibody 131I-labeled CC49 can be safely administered with no change in serum or whole-body kinetics in 50% of patients treated biweekly. DSG may reduce the human immune response to the murine mAb.
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Zuo F, Khizroev S, Alexandrakis GC, Schlueter JA, Geiser U, Williams JM. Anomalous magnetization in single-crystal kappa -. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 52:13126-13129. [PMID: 9980495 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.r13126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Williams JM. Pacific memories. MARYLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1985) 1995; 44:883-7. [PMID: 8538398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Kesner RP, Williams JM. Memory for magnitude of reinforcement: dissociation between the amygdala and hippocampus. Neurobiol Learn Mem 1995; 64:237-44. [PMID: 8564377 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1995.0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Rats were trained on a successive delayed conditional discrimination task measuring memory for magnitude of reinforcement. In the study phase of the task, the rats were given one of two cereals. One cereal contained 25% sugar; the other 50% sugar. One of the two cereals was always designated the positive stimulus and the other the negative stimulus. This study phase was followed by the test phase in which the rat was shown an object which covered a food well. If the rat was given the negative stimulus in the study phase of the trial, no food reward was placed beneath the object. Whenever the positive stimulus was presented a food reward was available beneath the object. Performance was measured as the latency to uncover the food well. After reaching criterion level, the rats were given amygdala, hippocampal, or control lesions. Amygdala-lesioned rats showed significant deficits in performance, whereas no long-term deficits were observed for the hippocampal-lesioned groups even at longer retention delays. In additional experiments, it was shown that amygdala-lesioned, like normal, rats had similar taste preferences. Finally, normal and hippocampal-, but not amygdala-, lesioned rats transferred readily to different cereals containing 25% or 50% sugar. Thus, it appears that the amygdala, but not the hippocampus, plays a significant role in explicit data-based or working memory for affect information based on magnitude of reinforcement.
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Slichter CP, Kini AM, Wang HH, Geiser U, Williams JM. 13C NMR studies of the normal and superconducting states of the organic superconductor kappa -(ET)2Cu. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 52:10364-10368. [PMID: 9980088 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.10364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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White RA, Williams JM. Intracapsular prostatic omentalization: a new technique for management of prostatic abscesses in dogs. Vet Surg 1995; 24:390-5. [PMID: 8585146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1995.tb01349.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Twenty dogs with abscessation of the prostate gland were treated by celiotomy, drainage, and digital exploration of the gland through bilateral capsulectomy wounds. Omentum was introduced through the capsulectomy wounds and packed into the abscess cavities around the prostatic urethra. Most dogs were discharged from the hospital within 48 hours of the surgery. Long-term resolution of the problem (no recurrence within 12 months) was achieved in 19 dogs. One dog had recurrent abscessation that was managed by the placement of dependent Penrose drains. Temporary tube cystostomy was performed postoperatively in one dog for the management of transient dysuria. One dog with septic peritonitis resulting from preoperative abscess rupture was managed by concurrent open peritoneal drainage. Intracapsular prostatic omentalization was a simple and effective means of managing prostatic abscessation with minimal requirement for postoperative hospitalization of the patient. The frequency of serious complications, including postoperative urinary incontinence, was low.
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Williams JM, Price KJ, Hanson PJ. Investigation of the Ca(2+)-dependency of nitric oxide synthase induced in rat colonic mucosa by intravenous lipopolysaccharide. Biochem Soc Trans 1995; 23:455S. [PMID: 8566346 DOI: 10.1042/bst023455s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Liu R, Ding H, Campuzano JC, Wang HH, Williams JM, Carlson KD. Electronic structure of organic superconductors kappa -(ET)2Cu. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:13000-13004. [PMID: 9978094 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Williams JM, Furbee PM, Prescott JE, Paulson DJ. The emergency department log as a simple injury-surveillance tool. Ann Emerg Med 1995; 25:686-91. [PMID: 7741348 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70184-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the development of an injury-surveillance system based on the emergency department log. SETTING An ED with 40,000 visits annually, tertiary care center. PARTICIPANTS All patients to our ED during a 6-month period. ED logs are used to collect basic information such as demographics, chief complaint, mode of arrival, and disposition. Our log was modified for collection of injury-related information such as whether the ED visit was because of an injury and, if so, the mechanism of injury. A list of 16 mechanism-of-injury codes was developed on the basis of review of existing literature and on a 1-month review of injuries in our population. The ED log data were entered into a database, and descriptive analysis was performed. RESULTS A list of mechanisms of injury was developed that, when implemented, was successful in coding 93% of injured patients in our ED population. The expansion of the ED log for collection of injury data required minimal training and cost. An example of the data obtained is presented to demonstrate the type of information available. Of the 18,742 patients, the ED log identified 5,067 patients (27%) as having been injured. Most were male (2,972 of 5,067 [59%]), and most were between 15 and 40 years of age (2,857 of 5,067 [61%]). Common mechanisms of injury included falls (907 of 5,067 [19%]), transportation (706 of 5,067 [15%]), cuts or punctures (332 of 5,067 [7%]), sports (323 of 5,067 [7%]), and assaults (245 of 5,067 [5%]). CONCLUSION With minimal training and cost, the ED log can be adapted for collection of injury data on all patients seen in the ED.
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Scott J, Williams JM, Brittlebank A, Ferrier IN. The relationship between premorbid neuroticism, cognitive dysfunction and persistence of depression: a 1-year follow-up. J Affect Disord 1995; 33:167-72. [PMID: 7790668 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(94)00085-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In a previous report of patients with unipolar major depressive disorder, we found that deficits in autobiographical memory predicted depression levels over a 7-month interval. This follow-up examined predictors of recovery as defined by a period of 8 weeks with no or minimal symptoms of depression and examined the extra predictor variable, neuroticism. In a sample of 21 patients, episode duration was significantly correlated with high levels of premorbid neuroticism, dysfunctional attitudes and overgeneral autobiographical memories produced in response to emotionally negative cue words. When severity of depression was partialled out, high N score was significantly but independently correlated with each of these cognitive variables. The implication of these attitudinal and information processing biases were explored.
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Liu R, Ding H, Campuzano JC, Wang HH, Williams JM, Carlson KD. Unusual electronic structure near EF in the organic superconductor kappa -. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:6155-6158. [PMID: 9979544 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.6155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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McKenna JP, Williams JM, Hanson PJ. The alpha isoform of protein kinase C inhibits histamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in a particulate fraction of the human gastric cancer cell line HGT-1. Inflamm Res 1995; 44:66-9. [PMID: 7544678 DOI: 10.1007/bf01793214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The isoform of protein kinase C responsible for the inhibition of histamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase by the phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), has been investigated in a particulate fraction prepared from the human gastric cancer cell line HGT-1. The alpha and epsilon isoforms of protein kinase C were detected in HGT-1 cells and in a 40,000 x g particulate fraction by immunoblotting procedures. The inhibitory effect of TPA on histamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase was enhanced by the presence of Ca2+, but decreased in a concentration-dependent manner by anti-peptide antibody to protein kinase C alpha, but not to protein kinase C epsilon. Addition of Ca2+ and TPA to the 40,000 x g particulate fraction stimulated the phosphorylation of the protein kinase C substrate myelin basic peptide 4-14. Protein kinase C alpha is probably the isoform responsible for inhibition of histamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase in HGT-1 cells.
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Lahaise UG, Chen Q, Brock CP, Wang HH, Carlson KD, Schlueter JA, Williams JM. Anomalous vortex dynamics in kappa -. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:3301-3304. [PMID: 9979134 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.3301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Sabers CJ, Martin MM, Brunn GJ, Williams JM, Dumont FJ, Wiederrecht G, Abraham RT. Isolation of a protein target of the FKBP12-rapamycin complex in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:815-22. [PMID: 7822316 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.2.815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 644] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The immunosuppressive drug, rapamycin, interferes with an undefined signaling pathway required for the progression of G1-phase T-cells into S phase. Genetic analyses in yeast indicate that binding of rapamycin to its intracellular receptor, FKBP12, generates a toxic complex that inhibits cell growth in G1 phase. These analyses implicated two related proteins, TOR1 and TOR2, as targets of the FKBP12-rapamycin complex in yeast. In this study, we have used a glutathione S-transferase (GST)-FKBP12-rapamycin affinity matrix to isolate putative mammalian targets of rapamycin (mTOR) from tissue extracts. In the presence of rapamycin, immobilized GST-FKBP12 specifically precipitates similar high molecular mass proteins from both rat brain and murine T-lymphoma cell extracts. Binding experiments performed with rapamycin-sensitive and -resistant mutant clones derived from the YAC-1 T-lymphoma cell line demonstrate that the GST-FKBP12-rapamycin complex recovers significantly lower amounts of the candidate mTOR from rapamycin-resistant cell lines. The latter results suggest that mTOR is a relevant target of rapamycin in these cells. Finally, we report the isolation of a full-length mTOR cDNA that encodes a direct ligand for the FKBP12-rapamycin complex. The deduced amino acid sequence of mTOR displays 42 and 45% identity to those of yeast TOR1 and TOR2, respectively. These results strongly suggest that the FKBP12-rapamycin complex interacts with homologous ligands in yeast and mammalian cells and that the loss of mTOR function is directly related to the inhibitory effect of rapamycin on G1- to S-phase progression in T-lymphocytes and other sensitive cell types.
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Teasdale JD, Segal Z, Williams JM. How does cognitive therapy prevent depressive relapse and why should attentional control (mindfulness) training help? Behav Res Ther 1995; 33:25-39. [PMID: 7872934 DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(94)e0011-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 568] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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There is encouraging evidence that structured psychological treatments for depression, in particular cognitive therapy, can reduce subsequent relapse after the period of initial treatment has been completed. However, there is a continuing need for prophylactic psychological approaches that can be administered to recovered patients in euthymic mood. An information-processing analysis of depressive maintenance and relapse is used to define the requirements for effective prevention, and to propose mechanisms through which cognitive therapy achieves its prophylactic effects. This analysis suggests that similar effects can be achieved using techniques of stress-reduction based on the skills of attentional control taught in mindfulness meditation. An information-processing analysis is presented of mindfulness and mindlessness, and of their relevance to preventing depressive relapse. This analysis provides the basis for the development of Attentional Control Training, a new approach to preventing relapse that integrates features of cognitive therapy and mindfulness training and is applicable to recovered depressed patients.
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Beetar JT, Williams JM. Malingering response styles on the memory assessment scales and symptom validity tests. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 1995; 10:57-72. [PMID: 14588450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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This study identified malingering strategies of test performance and investigated their presence in the responses to computer-mediated versions of Rey's Dot-Counting and 15-Items tests, a forced-choice symptom validity procedure and the Memory Assessment Scales (MAS). Sixty volunteer subjects were randomly assigned to control (n = 30) or malingering (n = 30) groups. The control subjects were instructed to perform their best and the malingerers were instructed to fake a poor performance on the tests. As expected, malingering subjects scored significantly worse than control subjects on virtually all tests. Malingerers had slower response times on most tests. They also performed worse on recognition tasks in contrast to performance on recall tasks. Their response style was characterized by intentional wrong and random responding on recognition tasks. Malingerers did not show the expected worse-than-chance responding on the forced-choice symptom validity procedure. Current tests of symptom validity may not have sufficient sensitivity to detect milder forms of malingering.
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Ishiguro N, Thonar EJ, Uebelhart D, Williams JM. Immunolocalization of atypical chondroitin sulfate chains in rabbit articular cartilage after chymopapain-induced injury. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 1994; 2:285-8. [PMID: 11550715 DOI: 10.1016/s1063-4584(05)80081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this case report we describe a successful embolectomy of a partially migrated Bird's Nest Caval Filter with attached embolic material. We used transesophageal echocardiography to guide the surgical approach. The patient recovered uneventfully from both the embolectomy and the subsequent pelvic operation.
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Gu C, Veal BW, Liu R, Paulikas AP, Kostic P, Ding H, Gofron K, Campuzano JC, Schlueter JA, Wang HH, Geiser U, Williams JM. Electronic structure and superconducting energy gap in Rb3C60 single crystals studied by photoemission spectroscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 50:16566-16569. [PMID: 9976043 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.16566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Copeland RA, Williams JM, Giannaras J, Nurnberg S, Covington M, Pinto D, Pick S, Trzaskos JM. Mechanism of selective inhibition of the inducible isoform of prostaglandin G/H synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:11202-6. [PMID: 7972034 PMCID: PMC45195 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.23.11202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Selective inhibition of the inducible isoform of prostaglandin G/H synthase (cyclooxygenase-2; COX2; EC 1.14.99.1) can be achieved with compounds of the general form of aryl methyl sulfonyls and aryl methyl sulfonamides. DuP 697 and NS-398 are representative examples of these compounds. Both inhibit the constitute (COX1) and inducible (COX2) isoforms of the enzyme with equal potency shortly after mixing, but their potencies increase with time for COX2 selectively. This time-dependent inhibition follows first-order kinetics, and the rate constant for inactivation of COX2 is dose dependent for both compounds. Kinetic analysis allows us to determine KI and kinact (the maximal rate of inactivation) for each inhibitor. The potency of both compounds is substrate concentration dependent, as expected for time-dependent competitive inhibitors. COX2 that has been incubated with these inhibitors, and then extensively dialyzed against buffer, shows no recovery of enzyme activity, while complete recovery of activity is seen for COX1. Thus, these inhibitors irreversibly inactivate COX2 with time, while showing minimal reversible inhibition of COX1. We isolated these inhibitors after long incubation with excess enzyme and subsequent denaturation of the enzyme. Both inhibitors showed no loss of potency resulting from interactions with COX2, suggesting that inhibition is not mediated by covalent modification of the enzyme. These data suggest that binding of these inhibitors to COX2 induces a slow structural transition of the enzyme that results in its selective inactivation.
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Dressel M, Klein O, Grüner G, Carlson KD, Wang HH, Williams JM. Electrodynamics of the organic superconductorsinebreak kappa -(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 and kappa -(BEDT-TTF)2Cu. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 50:13603-13615. [PMID: 9975555 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.13603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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