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McDonald C, Henricson E, Oskarsson B, Aguilar C, Nicorici A, Joyce N, Reddy D, Wagner A, deBie E, Goude E, Abresch R, Villareal F, Perkins G, Hathout Y, Dugar S, Schreiner G. Epicatechin enhances mitochondrial biogenesis, increases dystrophin and utrophin, increases follistatin while decreasing myostatin, and improves skeletal muscle exercise response in adults with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Neuromuscul Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2015.06.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Aouadi S, McGarry M, Hammoud R, Torfeh T, Perkins G, Al-Hammadi N. MO-F-CAMPUS-J-05: Toward MRI-Only Radiotherapy: Novel Tissue Segmentation and Pseudo-CT Generation Techniques Based On T1 MRI Sequences. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4925451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Torfeh T, Hammoud R, Perkins G, McGarry M, Al-Hammadi N. SU-E-I-59: Virtual Phantom: A First Step to a Comprehensive Automated Quality Control Program for Magnetic Resonance Image Guided Applications. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4924056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Perkins G. SP-0509: MR Imaging in Radiotherapy: The evolving role of the RTT. Radiother Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)40505-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zhao HW, Gu XQ, Chailangkarn T, Perkins G, Callacondo D, Appenzeller O, Poulsen O, Zhou D, Muotri AR, Haddad GG. Altered iPSC-derived neurons' sodium channel properties in subjects with Monge's disease. Neuroscience 2015; 288:187-99. [PMID: 25559931 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Monge's disease, also known as chronic mountain sickness (CMS), is a disease that potentially threatens more than 140 million highlanders during extended time living at high altitudes (over 2500m). The prevalence of CMS in Andeans is about 15-20%, suggesting that the majority of highlanders (non-CMS) are rather healthy at high altitudes; however, CMS subjects experience severe hypoxemia, erythrocytosis and many neurologic manifestations including migraine, headache, mental fatigue, confusion, and memory loss. The underlying mechanisms of CMS neuropathology are not well understood and no ideal treatment is available to prevent or cure CMS, except for phlebotomy. In the current study, we reprogrammed fibroblast cells from both CMS and non-CMS subjects' skin biopsies into the induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), then differentiated into neurons and compared their neuronal properties. We discovered that CMS neurons were much less excitable (higher rheobase) than non-CMS neurons. This decreased excitability was not caused by differences in passive neuronal properties, but instead by a significantly lowered Na(+) channel current density and by a shift of the voltage-conductance curve in the depolarization direction. Our findings provide, for the first time, evidence of a neuronal abnormality in CMS subjects as compared to non-CMS subjects, hoping that such studies can pave the way to a better understanding of the neuropathology in CMS.
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Dancer R, Parekh D, Perkins G, Thickett D. S97 Long Term Survival In Patients Who Undergo Oesophagectomy Is Lower In Patients Who Develop Post-operative Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Thorax 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206260.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Lad S, Seely J, Elmaadawi M, Peddle S, Perkins G, Robertson S, Ibach K, Haggar F, Arnaout A. Juvenile Papillomatosis: A Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Breast Cancer 2014; 14:e103-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Petric P, Berger D, Hammoud R, Divakar S, Riyas M, Perkins G, Sheim S, El Kaissi T, Paloor S, Hayes J, Azar K, Al-Hammadi N. A Tool for Pretreatment Estimation of Brachytherapy Dose Contribution to Pelvic Lymph Nodes in Cervix Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ong M, Carreira S, Goodall J, Mateo J, Figueiredo I, Rodrigues DN, Perkins G, Seed G, Yap TA, Attard G, de Bono JS. Validation and utilisation of high-coverage next-generation sequencing to deliver the pharmacological audit trail. Br J Cancer 2014; 111:828-36. [PMID: 24983367 PMCID: PMC4150267 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background: Predictive biomarker development is a key challenge for novel cancer therapeutics. We explored the feasibility of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to validate exploratory genomic biomarkers that impact phase I trial selection. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 158 patients with advanced solid tumours referred for phase I clinical trials at the Royal Marsden Hospital (October 2012 to March 2013). After fresh and/or archived tumour tissue were obtained, 93 patients remained candidates for phase I trials. Results from tumour sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq were cross-validated in 27 out of 93 patients on the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (IT-PGM) blinded to results. MiSeq validation with Sequenom MassARRAY OncoCarta 1.0 (Sequenom Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) was performed in a separate cohort. Results: We found 97% concordance of mutation calls by MiSeq and IT-PGM at a variant allele frequency ⩾13% and ⩾500 × depth coverage, and 91% concordance between MiSeq and Sequenom. Common ‘actionable' mutations involved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair (51%), RAS-RAF-MEK (35%), Wnt (26%), and PI3K-AKT-mTOR (24%) signalling. Out of 53, 29 (55%) patients participating in phase I trials were recommended based on identified actionable mutations. Conclusions: Targeted high-coverage NGS panels are a highly feasible single-centre technology well-suited to cross-platform validation, enrichment of trials with molecularly defined populations and hypothesis testing early in drug development.
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Perkins G, McGarry M, Torfeh T, Hammoud R, Fierro D, Al Hammadi N. OC-0181: Optimization of a novel multi-echo 3D UTE volumetric sequence for tissue segmentation in MRI-only RT planning. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)30286-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Perkins G, McGarry M, Hammoud R, Divakar S, Riyas M, Torfeh T, Al Hammadi N. MRI-Based Radiation Therapy Planning of Prostate Cancer: Clinical Feasibility and Assessment of Dosimetric Accuracy for Different Treatment Techniques. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.1914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pappas E, Maris T, Hammoud R, Perkins G, Al Hammadi N. An Innovative Method for Patient-Specific Pretreatment Plan Verification (PTPV) in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Treatments: Preliminary Results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Boisson F, Wimberley CJ, Lehnert W, Zahra D, Pham T, Perkins G, Hamze H, Gregoire MC, Reilhac A. NEMA NU 4-2008 validation and applications of the PET-SORTEO Monte Carlo simulations platform for the geometry of the Inveon PET preclinical scanner. Phys Med Biol 2013; 58:6749-63. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/19/6749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sharif A, Paloor S, Sheim S, McGarry M, Pienaar S, Perkins G, Hammoud R, Al Hammadi N. SU-E-J-177: Comparison Between VMAT CT Planning and Segmented MRI Images with Assigned Bulk Density: A Dosimetric Study for Intact Prostate Patients. Med Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4814389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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McLellan J, McGarry M, Hammoud R, Riyas M, Divakar S, Al-Hammadi N, Perkins G. OC-0347: Adjuvant RT for Gastric Cancer: A dosimetric comparison of 3DCRT, RapidArcÆ and conventional IMRT techniques. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32653-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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McGarry M, Perkins G, Hammoud R, Torfeh T, Divakar S, Riyas M, Al-Hammadi N. OC-0074: Radiation therapist led quality assurance of a CT-MRI SIM localisation protocol for patients undergoing H&N RT. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32380-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Torfeh T, Perkins G, McGarry M, Al-Hammadi N, Hammoud R. EP-1287: Software module for the characterization of geometric distortion in MRI-SIM using a large field of view phantom. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)33593-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sathyamurthy R, Manney S, Webster C, Krishna T, Perkins G, Mansur AH. P3 Oxidative Distress and Antioxidants in Severe Asthma: Abstract P3 Table 1. Thorax 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202678.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Perkins G, Hammoud R, Pienaar S, Paloor S, Al Hammadi N. A Novel Open Architecture Purpose Built Phased Coil Array for Head and Neck MR-SIM: Characterization, Protocol Optimization, and Imaging Performance Using Subjects Immobilized in the Treatment Position. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.1968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hammoud R, Perkins G, Paloor S, Al Hammadi N. QA Procedures for the Assessment of Geometric Accuracy for MRI-SIM Using a Novel Large Field of View Phantom: System Performance Tests and Validation of Clinical Protocols. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.1965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kydd JH, Slater J, Osterrieder N, Lunn DP, Antczak DF, Azab W, Balasuriya U, Barnett C, Brosnahan M, Cook C, Damiani A, Elton D, Frampton A, Gilkerson J, Goehring L, Horohov D, Maxwell L, Minke J, Morley P, Nauwynck H, Newton R, Perkins G, Pusterla N, Soboll-Hussey G, Traub-Dargatz J, Townsend H, Van de walle GR, Wagner B. Third International Havemeyer Workshop on Equine Herpesvirus type 1. Equine Vet J 2012; 44:513-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00604.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mathew J, Paloor S, Riyas M, Divakar S, Perkins G, Hammoud R, Al-Hammadi N. SU-E-T-649: Evaluation of RapidArc- Based Stereotactic Cranial Radiotherapy Plans with MU Objective Using Multiple Non Coplanar Arcs in Comparison with Conventional Dynamic Conformal Arc Technique. Med Phys 2012; 39:3855. [PMID: 28517549 DOI: 10.1118/1.4735738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Previous researches reported that RapidArc plans for stereotactic cranial radiotherapy have two to three times more MUs as compared to Conventional Dynamic Conformal Arc (DCA) Technique. This study aims to evaluate RapidArc plans using multiple non- coplanar arcs, developed with MU objective constraint in the optimization stage. METHODS Five single brain metastasis and three multiple metastases cases previously planned using DCA techniques in BrainLab iPlan Version 4.1 were investigated in this study. For each case, the target was defined on CT-MR fused images in iPlan. The CT images and contours of these patients were exported from iPlan to Varian Eclipse TPS Version 8.6. For each case, a DCA plan and a RapidArc plan with multiple non-coplanar arcs with and without using MU objective in the optimization stage were generated using Varian Trilogy machine with Millennium 120 MLC keeping the same prescription and critical structure dose limits. All plans were evaluated according to Conformity Index (CI-modified Paddick) Homogeneity Index (HI), and the normal tissue volume receiving various dose levels (V80%, V50%, V25% and V10%). RESULTS In all the plans, the target objectives were met and dose to OARs was within tolerance dose constraints. RapidArc plans with and without MU objective showed better CI and HI as supposed to DCA plans. V80%, V50%, V25% and V10% of normal tissue for RapidArc plans are equal or lesser than DCA plans. Single isocentre RapidArc plan for closely spaced multiple metastases cases showed better dose fall off between the lesions as supposed to DCA plans. RapidArc plans with MU objective resulted in comparable MUs as that of DCA plans. CONCLUSIONS Our study showed RapidArc plans done with and without MU objective have no significant dosimetric difference in plan objectives. Therefore, multiple non-coplanar RapidArc plans with MU objective is clinically feasible and can provide better treatment plans than conventional DCA plans, especially for complicated cases.
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Cohen L, Chandwani K, Raghuram N, Haddad R, Perkins G, Spelman A, Nagarathna R, Johnson K, Fortier A, Arun B, Wei Q, Kirschbaum C, Nagendra H. OA10.02. Yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy (XRT): a randomized clinical trial with an active stretching control group. Altern Ther Health Med 2012. [PMCID: PMC3373721 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-s1-o38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mumcuoglu EU, Hassanpour R, Tasel SF, Perkins G, Martone ME, Gurcan MN. Computerized detection and segmentation of mitochondria on electron microscope images. J Microsc 2012; 246:248-65. [PMID: 22506967 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mitochondrial function plays an important role in the regulation of cellular life and death, including disease states. Disturbance in mitochondrial function and distribution can be accompanied by significant morphological alterations. Electron microscopy tomography (EMT) is a powerful technique to study the 3D structure of mitochondria, but the automatic detection and segmentation of mitochondria in EMT volumes has been challenging due to the presence of subcellular structures and imaging artifacts. Therefore, the interpretation, measurement and analysis of mitochondrial distribution and features have been time consuming, and development of specialized software tools is very important for high-throughput analyses needed to expedite the myriad studies on cellular events. Typically, mitochondrial EMT volumes are segmented manually using special software tools. Automatic contour extraction on large images with multiple mitochondria and many other subcellular structures is still an unaddressed problem. The purpose of this work is to develop computer algorithms to detect and segment both fully and partially seen mitochondria on electron microscopy images. The detection method relies on mitochondria's approximately elliptical shape and double membrane boundary. Initial detection results are first refined using active contours. Then, our seed point selection method automatically selects reliable seed points along the contour, and segmentation is finalized by automatically incorporating a live-wire graph search algorithm between these seed points. In our evaluations on four images containing multiple mitochondria, 52 ellipses are detected among which 42 are true and 10 are false detections. After false ellipses are eliminated manually, 14 out of 15 fully seen mitochondria and 4 out of 7 partially seen mitochondria are successfully detected. When compared with the segmentation of a trained reader, 91% Dice similarity coefficient was achieved with an average 4.9 nm boundary error.
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AI Hammadi N, Perkins G, Rasul K, Wannenmacher M. Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. Qatar Med J 2011. [DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2011.2.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) is a rare multifocal spindle cell tumor with four epidemiologic variants: classic KS, African endemic KS, AIDS related KS, and immunosuppressant therapy related KS. Classic KS remains a rare but challenging disease because of its protracted, indolent course. The authors describe a case recently observed in our clinic, emphasizing the clinical management of the disease.
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