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Zorrilla CD, Wright R, Osiyemi OO, Yasin S, Baugh B, Brown K, Coate B, Verboven P, Mrus J, Falcon R, Kakuda TN. Total and unbound darunavir pharmacokinetics in pregnant women infected with HIV-1: results of a study of darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg administered twice daily. HIV Med 2013; 15:50-6. [PMID: 23731450 PMCID: PMC4231999 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Objectives Antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy is recommended to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and for maternal care management. Physiological changes during pregnancy can affect pharmacokinetics, potentially altering pharmacological activity. We therefore evaluated the pharmacokinetics of twice-daily (bid) darunavir in HIV-1-infected pregnant women. Methods HIV-1-infected pregnant women receiving an antiretroviral regimen containing darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg bid were enrolled in this study. Total and unbound darunavir and total ritonavir plasma concentrations were obtained over 12 h during the second and third trimesters and postpartum. Total darunavir and ritonavir plasma concentrations were determined using a validated high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay and unbound darunavir was determined using 14C-darunavir-fortified plasma. Pharmacokinetic parameters were derived using noncompartmental analysis. Results Data were available for 14 women. The area under the plasma concentration–time curve from 0 to 12 h (AUC12h) for total darunavir was 17–24% lower during pregnancy than postpartum. The AUC12h for unbound darunavir was minimally reduced during pregnancy vs. postpartum. The minimum plasma concentration (Cmin) of total and unbound darunavir was on average 43–86% and 10–14% higher, respectively, during pregnancy vs. postpartum. The antiviral response (< 50 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL) was 33% at baseline and increased to 73–90% during treatment; the percentage CD4 count increased over time. One serious adverse event was reported (increased transaminase). All 12 infants born to women remaining in the study at delivery were HIV-1-negative; four of these infants were premature. Conclusions Total darunavir exposure decreased during pregnancy. No clinically relevant change in unbound (active) darunavir occurred during pregnancy, suggesting that no dose adjustment is required for darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg bid in pregnant women.
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Beynon AL, Brown MR, Wright R, Rees MI, Sheldon IM, Davies JS. Ghrelin inhibits LPS-induced release of IL-6 from mouse dopaminergic neurones. J Neuroinflammation 2013; 10:40. [PMID: 23509933 PMCID: PMC3614890 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ghrelin is an orexigenic stomach hormone that acts centrally to increase mid-brain dopamine neurone activity, amplify dopamine signaling and protect against neurotoxin-induced dopamine cell death in the mouse substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). In addition, ghrelin inhibits the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from peripheral macrophages, T-cells and from LPS stimulated microglia. Here we sought to determine whether ghrelin attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokine release from dopaminergic neurones. FINDINGS The dopaminergic SN4741 cell-line, which derives from the mouse substantia nigra (SN) and expresses the ghrelin-receptor (growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R)) and the ghrelin-O-acyl transferase (GOAT) enzyme, was used to determine the neuro-immunomodulatory action of ghrelin. We induced innate immune activation via LPS challenge (1 μg/ml) of SN4741 neurones that had been pre-cultured in the presence or absence of ghrelin (1, 10, 100 nM) for 4 h. After 24 h supernatants were collected for detection of IL-1 beta (IL-1β ), TNF alpha (TNF-α) and IL-6 cytokines via enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analysis. Nuclear translocation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) was analyzed by Western blotting, and to determine viability of treatments a cell viability assay and caspase-3 immunohistochemistry were performed.We provide evidence that while IL-1β and TNF-α were not detectable under any conditions, SN4741 neurones constitutively released IL-6 under basal conditions and treatment with LPS significantly increased IL-6 secretion. Pre-treatment of neurones with ghrelin attenuated LPS-mediated IL-6 release at 24 h, an affect that was inhibited by the GHS-R antagonist [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6. However, while ghrelin pre-treatment attenuated the LPS-mediated increase in NF-κB, there was no alteration in its nuclear translocation. Cell viability assay and caspase-3 immunocytochemistry demonstrated that the results were independent from activation of cytotoxic and/or apoptotic mechanisms in the neuronal population, respectively. CONCLUSION Our results provide evidence that the gut-hormone, ghrelin, attenuates IL-6 secretion to LPS challenge in mid-brain dopaminergic neurones. These data suggest that ghrelin may protect against dopaminergic SN nerve cell damage or death via modulation of the innate immune response.
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Lewis JW, Morley NJ, Ahmad M, Challis GL, Wright R, Bicker R, Morritt D. Structural changes in freshwater fish and chironomids exposed to bacterial exotoxins. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 80:37-44. [PMID: 22381615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mass fish mortalities have been reported in the past decade from British waters, often coinciding with blooms of filamentous actinobacteria, particularly strains of Streptomyces griseus. The present study has shown that some fractions of the exudate of S. griseus, prepared after a series of high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) separations, and analysed with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS), induced pathological changes to the gills of carp and/or tench fry following exposure under laboratory conditions up to 96 h Similar changes were induced by streptomycin, a secondary metabolite of S. griseus, and these included loss of microridging and fusion of secondary lamellae, with carp fry in the case of the exudate of S. griseus being more sensitive than tench fry, especially with exposure to fraction 9 and selected sub-fractions of 9. Some deformities using a severity index were also observed in the head capsule of larvae of the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius, including loss and splitting of teeth on the mentum. The results are discussed in relation to further identification of metabolites derived from samples of the organic filtrate of S. griseus and implications for the functioning of freshwater ecosystems.
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Khan S, Saidmeerasah A, Hunjan R, Wright R, Swanson N, Sutton A, Muir D, Carter J, Hall J, de Belder M. 029 Management and outcomes of patients following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301877b.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Wright R. Paying for Retirement: Sex Differences in Inclusion in Employer-Provided Retirement Plans. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2011; 52:231-44. [DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Calvo O, Matzen T, Wright R, Gutiérrez A. SU-E-T-213: Preliminary Testing of a 2-D Fluence Measurement Prototype Device (Delta4-AT) for In-Vivo Patient Verification Dosimetry. Med Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3612163] [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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Ren C, Baccarelli A, Wilker E, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Wright R, Schwartz J. Lipid and endothelium-related genes, ambient particulate matter, and heart rate variability--the VA Normative Aging Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2011; 64:49-56. [PMID: 19602472 DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many studies have shown that exposures to air pollution are associated with cardiovascular events, although the mechanism remains to be clarified. To identify whether exposures to ambient particles act on autonomic function via the lipid/endothelial metabolism pathway, whether effects of particulate matter <2.5 mum in aerodynamic diameter (PM(2.5)) on heart rate variability (HRV) were modified by gene polymorphisms related to those pathways were evaluated. METHODS HRV and gene data from the Normative Aging Study and PM(2.5) from a monitor located a kilometre from the examination site were used. A mixed model was fitted to investigate the associations between PM(2.5) and repeated measurements of HRV by gene polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E (APOE), lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) adjusting for potential confounders chosen a priori. RESULTS A 10 microg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) in the 2 days before the examination was associated with 3.8% (95% CI 0.2% to 7.4%), 7.8% (95 CI 0.4% to 15.3%) and 10.6% (95% CI 1.8% to 19.4%) decreases of the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals, the low frequency and the high frequency, respectively. Overall, carriers of wild-type APOE, LPL and VEGF genes had stronger effects of particles on HRV than those with hetero- or homozygous types. Variations of LPL-N291S, LPL-D9N and APOE-G113C significantly modified effects of PM(2.5) on HRV. CONCLUSION Associations between PM(2.5) and HRV were modified by gene polymorphisms of APOE, LPL and VEGF; the biological metabolism remains to be identified.
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Erwin GS, Wright R, Doherty CJ. Hypovitaminosis-C and Pulmonary Tuberculosis. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2011; 1:688-9. [PMID: 20783070 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4138.688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hsü KJ, He Q, McKenzie JA, Weissert H, Perch-Nielsen K, Oberhänsli H, Kelts K, Labrecque J, Tauxe L, Krähenbühl U, Percival SF, Wright R, Karpoff AM, Petersen N, Tucker P, Poore RZ, Gombos AM, Pisciotto K, Carman MF, Schreiber E. Mass mortality and its environmental and evolutionary consequences. Science 2010; 216:249-56. [PMID: 17832725 DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4543.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The latest Mesozoic and earliest Tertiary sediments at Deep Sea Drilling Project site 524 provide an amplified record of environmental and biostratographic changes at the end of Cretaceous. Closely spaced samples, representing time intervals as short as 10(2) or 10(3) years, were analyzed for their bulk carbonate and trace-metal compositions, and for oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions. The data indicate that at the end of Cretaceous, when a high proportion of the ocean's planktic organisms were eliminated, an associated reduction in productivity led to a partial transfer of dissolved carbon dioxide from the oceans to the atmosphere. This resulted in a large increase of the atmospheric carbon dioxide during the next 50,000 years, which is believed to have caused a temperature rise revealed by the oxygen-isotope data. The lowermost Tertiary sediments at site 524 include fossils with Cretaceous affinities, which may include both reworked individuals and some forms that survived for a while after the catastrophe. Our data indicate that many of the Cretaceous pelagic organisms became extinct over a period of a few tens of thousands of years, and do not contradict the scenario of cometary impact as a cause of mass mortality in the oceans, as suggested by an iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.
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Wright R, Brandt S, Allan K. 143 THORACIC RADIOFREQUENCY MEDIAL BRANCH ABLATION: DESCRIPTION OF A NOVEL DEVICE, NOVEL TECHNIQUE, AND IN VIVO THERMAL MAPPING SAFETY STUDY. Eur J Pain 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1090-3801(09)60146-4] [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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Pfund C, Miller S, Brenner K, Bruns P, Chang A, Ebert-May D, Fagen AP, Gentile J, Gossens S, Khan IM, Labov JB, Pribbenow CM, Susman M, Tong L, Wright R, Yuan RT, Wood WB, Handelsman J. Summer Institute to Improve University Science Teaching. Science 2009; 324:470-1. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1170015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Lewis JW, Morley NJ, Drinkall J, Jamieson BJ, Wright R, Parry JD. Toxic effects of Streptomyces griseus spores and exudate on gill pathology of freshwater fish. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2009; 72:173-181. [PMID: 18755510 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Many unexplained fish-kills in British waters are considered microbial in origin and a large proportion of field sites contains elevated concentrations of filamentous actinobacteria. The present study has shown that a strain of Streptomyces griseus, isolated from field sites, elicits pathological changes to the gills of fish under laboratory conditions which mirror those found in situ. These changes include hyperplasia leading to fusion of the secondary lamellae and loss of microridging on the filamental epithelium of the primary lamellae. Juveniles of up to six fish species were exposed to spore suspensions or exudate of S. griseus in the range of 1 x 10(2)-1 x 10(6)spores ml(-1) for up to 96 h. The exudate was more potent than the spores and there was a positive correlation between exudate concentration and the rate and extent of fish gill pathology with bream and rainbow trout being more sensitive than carp, tench and roach. The results are discussed in the context of recognising and managing potential fish mortalities caused by microbial toxins.
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Eade OE, Grice D, Krawitt EL, Trowell J, Albertini R, Festenstein H, Wright R. HLA A and B locus antigens in patients with unexplained hepatitis following halothane anaesthesia. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2008; 17:428-32. [PMID: 7330846 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1981.tb00724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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HLA A and B locus antigens were determined in 17 patients who had recovered from unexplained hepatitis following halothane anaesthesia. The greatest deviations from expected frequencies were observed with A1, A11 and BW22, but these differences were not statistically significant when the P values were corrected for the number of antigens tested. Although a larger series might show such deviations to be significantly different, HLA typing is of no predictive value in determining those at risk to hepatitis following repeated halothane exposure.
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Wright R, Hughes M, Tanner P, Hughes K, Gasworth L, Peklo D, Gill J. 273: Is Whole Body Computed Tomography Imaging Necessary to Identify “Clinically Significant” Injuries in Low Risk Blunt Trauma Patients? Ann Emerg Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brown C, McNicholl B, Wright R. Ultrasound simulator for venous access. Emerg Med J 2008; 25:122. [PMID: 18212166 DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.051151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Roy A, Pallaniappan K, Hu H, Wright R, Balakrishnan K. Predictors of Blood Lead Among 3–7-Year-Old Children in Chennai, India. Epidemiology 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000276873.24287.7f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Faber J, Krivtsov A, Stubbs M, Wright R, van den Heuvel-Eibrink M, Kung A, Zwaan C, Armstrong S. Suppression of HOX A cluster genes inhibits proliferation and induces cell death in human mixed-lineage leukemias. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.14020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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14020 Background: Leukemias harboring translocations of the mixed lineage leukemia locus (MLL) are generally associated with poor clinical prognosis. Using gene expression profiling we and others have previously shown that Homeobox (HOX) A cluster genes are highly expressed in leukemias with MLL rearrangements. Methods: Here we studied the role of aberrant HOXA9 expression in human MLL- rearranged and non-rearranged leukemias utilizing an shRNA mediated knockdown approach. Results: Three different shRNA constructs targeting human HOXA9 were synthesized and stably introduced into t(9;11) MOLM14 cells utilizing a lentiviral vector system. 75–80% HOXA9 RNA knockdown was confirmed by quantitative PCR and Western Blot analysis. In a panel of 17 AML/ALL cell lines (7 MLL rearranged, 10 non rearranged), HOXA9 directed shRNA inhibited cell proliferation starting as early as 48h after transduction, and induced apoptosis beginning at 72h. Interestingly, impaired cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis was significantly higher in the MLL rearranged cell lines (mean viability: 51.88%) than in the non-rearranged cells (mean viability: 90.98%; p=0.007) and also significantly correlated with the baseline HOXA9 mRNA expression before knockdown (R= 0.8, p=0.00017). We then further analyzed the effect of HOXA9 knockdown in MLL rearranged and non-rearranged primary human AML cells. Similar to our findings in cell lines, a marked induction of cell death was observed, which was significantly higher in leukemias with an MLL translocation (p=0.005) and also significantly correlated with the baseline HOXA9 mRNA expression (R= 0.8, p=0.001). Next, the in vivo effect of HOXA9 knockdown was assessed by transplanting luciferase-expressing SEMK2 (t4;11) cells into SCID-beige mice followed by in vivo bioluminescent imaging. Leukemia burden was significantly reduced in HOXA9 shRNA treated mice (n=10) with a peak difference at day 15 (p=0.000059) shortly before mice of the control group (n=10) succumbed from overt leukemia. At this point all mice of the HOXA9 shRNA treated group were still healthy with no signs of leukemia. Conclusions: Taken together our data implicates that depletion of HOXA9 might be a novel approach for targeted therapy in human MLL rearranged leukemias. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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McQueen A, Wright R, Krauss B. Post-discharge Adverse Behavioral Events in Children Receiving Fentanyl/Midazolam Versus Ketamine in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Patillo D, Rudzki JR, Johnson JE, Matava MJ, Wright R. Lisfranc injury in a national hockey league player: a case report. Int J Sports Med 2007; 28:980-4. [PMID: 17455124 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-964971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tarsometatarsal joint dislocations and fracture-dislocations are uncommon injuries most frequently resulting from high-energy trauma as encountered in crush injuries, falls, and motor vehicle accidents. Although less common in athletes, this injury is being recognized with greater frequency and may carry a poor prognosis for return to high levels of competition. These injuries present a considerable challenge to orthopedic surgeons caring for athletes because of the prolonged period of recovery often required [ 1,2,5,6,12]. The literature contains descriptions of this injury in football players, gymnasts, tennis players, and track and field athletes [2,5,9]. To our knowledge, no report of such a Lisfranc injury to a hockey player has been described. This is a case report of a National Hockey League player that sustained a Lisfranc injury requiring surgical stabilization, but was able to return to elite hockey play.
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Hopkins M, Hernandez-Avila M, Tellez-Rojo M, Bellinger D, Hu H, Wright R. Genetic Predictors of Blood and Bone Lead Levels in Women and Children. Epidemiology 2006. [DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200611001-00912] [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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Becker C, Wright R, Satchi-Fainaro R, Funakoshi T, Folkman J, Kung A, D'Amato R. Nicht-invasive Überwachung des Effekts antiangiogener Therapie in einem neuartigen transgenen Mausmodell für Endometriose. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-952248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Rajan P, Kelsey K, Schwartz J, Bellinger D, Sparrow D, Spiro III A, Smith T, Wright R, Nieh H, Hu H. Prospective Study of Lead and Psychiatric Symptoms and the Modifying Influence of the δ-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase (ALAD) Polymorphism: The Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s238-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Splittstoesser DF, Wright R, Hucker GJ. Studies on Media for Enumerating Enterococci in Frozen Vegetables. Appl Microbiol 2006; 9:303-8. [PMID: 16349607 PMCID: PMC1057730 DOI: 10.1128/am.9.4.303-308.1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A study was made of the relative sensitivity and specificity of presumptive and confirmatory media for the most probable number enumeration of enterococci in frozen vegetables. Azide dextrose broth yielded the highest numbers of confirmable enterococci and its sensitivity was shown to be comparable to nonselective media. The use of ethyl violet azide broth as a confirmatory medium resulted in a significant number of false positive tests. Growth in broth containing 6.5% sodium chloride incubated at 45 C for 2 days was found to be a more specific confirmatory test for enterococci.
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Hughes S, Wright R, Barry M. Virtual reconstruction and morphological analysis of the cranium of an ancient Egyptian mummy. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2005; 28:122-7. [PMID: 16060319 DOI: 10.1007/bf03178703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A mummy of an Egyptian priestess dating from the 22nd dynasty (c. 770 BC), completely enclosed in an anthropoid (human shaped) coffin, was scanned on a CT scanner. An accurate reconstruction of the cranium was generated from 115 x 2 mm CT images using AVS/Express on a SGI computer. Linear measurements were obtained from six orthogonal cranial views and used in a morphometric analysis software package (CRANID). The analyses carried out were both linear and nearest neighbour discriminant analysis. The results show that there is a 52.9% probability that the mummy is an Egyptian female, with a 24.5% probability that the mummy is an African female. Thus the technique confirms that the coffin contains an Egyptian female, which is consistent with the inscription on the coffin and the shape of the pelvic bones as revealed by plain X-rays. These results show that this technique has potential for analysing forensic cases where the bones are obscured by soft tissue and clothing. This technique may have an application in virtual autopsies.
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Walensky L, Kung A, Escher I, Malia T, Barbuto S, Wright R, Wagner G, Verdine G, Korsmeyer S. 464 Regulation of apoptosis by synthetic helices of the BCL-2 family. EJC Suppl 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(04)80472-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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