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Jones C, Newby TJ, Holt T, Doster A, Stone M, Ciacci-Zanella J, Webster CJ, Jackwood MW. Analysis of latency in cattle after inoculation with a temperature sensitive mutant of bovine herpesvirus 1 (RLB106). Vaccine 2000; 18:3185-95. [PMID: 10856798 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00106-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Calves were inoculated with the bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1) vaccine strain (RLB 106), which is a temperature sensitive mutant. The route of inoculation was intranasal instillation or intramuscular (i.m.) injection (flank or neck). As a control, five calves were given placebo by i.m. injection of the neck. Regardless of the infection route, clinical symptoms did not occur. However, BHV-1 neutralizing antibodies were detected after inoculation demonstrating that sero-conversion occurred. At 60 days post-inoculation, dexamethasone was given by i.m. injection to attempt reactivation of RLB 106. Only those calves inoculated by the intranasal route shed virus leading to an increase in BHV-1 specific antibodies. As expected, viral DNA and the latency related-RNA were detected in trigeminal ganglia (TG) of calves inoculated by the intranasal route. In contrast, viral nucleic acid was not detected in TG of calves inoculated by the i.m. route or in calves inoculated with placebo. In cervical ganglia or sacral dorsal root ganglia, viral nucleic acid was not consistently detected. This study provides evidence that efficient latency and reactivation does not occur following i.m. inoculation. Since serum-neutralizing antibodies were detected in all inoculated calves, i.m. inoculation led to sero-conversion.
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Richards M, Brayne C, Dening T, Abas M, Carter J, Price M, Jones C, Levy R. Cognitive function in UK community-dwelling African Caribbean and white elders: a pilot study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2000; 15:621-30. [PMID: 10918343 DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200007)15:7<621::aid-gps164>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In recent years there has been interest in risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in populations of African origin. Little is known about this risk in older African Caribbean residents in the UK. One difficulty is lack of consensus over an adequate cognitive test battery for this community. Forty-five African Caribbean and 45 age and gender matched white community residents were recruited by household enumeration of an inner London electoral ward. These participants were administered the MMSE during a screening interview. Where possible, this was followed up by tests from the CERAD and CAMCOG neuropsychological batteries, a medical examination, and a structured interview with an informant. Based on these data, a psychiatrist blind to ethnicity independently rated 86 of these participants (41 of the African Caribbeans, all 45 of the whites) as cognitively normal, cognitively impaired, or demented. Of 41 African Caribbeans, 18 (44%) were rated as cognitively normal, 9 (22%) were rated as cognitively impaired, and 14 (34%) were rated as demented. Of the 45 whites, 39 (87%) were rated as cognitively normal, 4 (9%) were rated as cognitively impaired, and 2 (4%) were rated as demented. African Caribbeans scored significantly lower than whites in most cognitive test scores, which was not accounted for by their lower educational and occupational attainment, or their higher frequency of cardiovascular risk factors. African Caribbean elders in the UK appear to be at high risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. However, the influence of potential confounding factors such as socio-economic position and ill-health, and the effect of cultural test bias, cannot be ruled out.
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Wadenberg ML, Kapur S, Soliman A, Jones C, Vaccarino F. Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy predicts catalepsy and the suppression of conditioned avoidance response behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2000; 150:422-9. [PMID: 10958084 DOI: 10.1007/s002130000466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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RATIONALE Human positron emission tomography (PET) shows that striatal dopamine D2 receptor occupancy predicts extrapyramidal side effects (EPS). Patients showed a clinical response with > or = 65% D2 occupancy, but EPS only when D2 occupancy >78%. Catalepsy and the selective suppression of conditioned avoidance response (CAR) are often used as animal models to predict EPS and antipsychotic effect, respectively. However, the quantitative relationship between striatal D2 occupancy and effects in these models is not known. OBJECTIVES The present study intended to investigate the relationship between animal catalepsy, suppression of CAR, and D2 receptor blockade using a method of evaluating D2 receptor occupancy similar in principle to that used in patients. METHODS In vivo binding of [11C]-raclopride and [3H]-raclopride was compared. Doses of cold raclopride were chosen to provide a D2 occupancy from 0 to 95%. The relationship between dose/time course of catalepsy and D2 occupancy was assessed. Effects of raclopride on conditioned avoidance response (CAR) behavior were tested. RESULTS In vivo binding of [11C]-raclopride compared to [3H]-raclopride was virtually the same. Using [3H]-raclopride, cold raclopride (0.01-0.2 mg/kg) produced 16-77% D2 receptor occupancy and no catalepsy. Raclopride (0.5-2 mg/kg) produced 83-95% D2 occupancy and significant catalepsy. Raclopride (2 mg/kg) produced on average 95% and 87% D2 receptor occupancy 1 and 2 h after administration, respectively, and maximum catalepsy. D2 occupancy at 4, 8 and 24 h was on average 58%, 46%, and 4%, respectively. No catalepsy was observed. Raclopride (0.2 mg/kg), estimated at 70-75% D2 occupancy, produced suppression of CAR. CONCLUSIONS In vivo D2 occupancy measurements in rats using [3H]-raclopride is analogous to using [11C]-raclopride in human PET scanning. Suppression of CAR occurred at a D2 occupancy of around 70-75%, and catalepsy at D2 occupancy >80%. Results closely resembled human studies where 65-70% D2 occupancy was required for antipsychotic response, while > or = 80% D2 occupancy led to EPS. Brain mechanisms involved in mediation of catalepsy in rats and EPS in humans might indeed be similar. Both suppression of CAR in rats and antipsychotic response in humans might share an underlying construct, i.e. the need for around 70% D2 receptor blockade.
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Phagoo SB, Yaqoob M, Herrera-Martinez E, McIntyre P, Jones C, Burgess GM. Regulation of bradykinin receptor gene expression in human lung fibroblasts. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 397:237-46. [PMID: 10844120 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00323-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In WI-38 human fibroblasts, interleukin-1 beta and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) increased bradykinin B(1) receptor mRNA, which peaked between 2 and 4 h, remaining elevated for 20 h. Binding of the bradykinin B(1) receptor selective ligand [3H]des-Arg(10)-kallidin, also increased, peaking at 4 h and remaining elevated for 20 h. The B(max) value for [3H]des-Arg(10)-kallidin rose from 280+/-102 fmol/mg (n=3) to 701+/-147 fmol/mg (n=3), but the K(D) value remained unaltered (control, 1.04+/-0.33 nM (n=3); interleukin-1 beta, 0.88+/-0.41 nM (n=3)). The interleukin-1 beta-induced [3H]des-Arg(10)-kallidin binding sites were functional receptors, as bradykinin B(1) receptor agonist-induced responses increased in treated cells. Bradykinin B(2) receptor mRNA and [3H]bradykinin binding were upregulated by interleukin-1 beta, but not TNF-alpha. The effect of interleukin-1 beta on bradykinin B(2) receptors was smaller than for bradykinin B(1) receptors. Cycloheximide prevented interleukin-1 beta-mediated increases in B(1) and B(2) binding, but not mRNA suggesting that de novo synthesis of a transcriptional activator was unnecessary.
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Gamian A, Jones C, Lipiński T, Korzeniowska-Kowal A, Ravenscroft N. Structure of the sialic acid-containing O-specific polysaccharide from Salmonella enterica serovar Toucra O48 lipopolysaccharide. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:3160-7. [PMID: 10824100 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide was extracted from cells of Salmonella enterica serovar Toucra O48 and, after mild acid hydrolysis (1% AcOH, 1 h, 100 degrees C or 0.1 M NaOH-AcOH, pH 4.5, 5 h, 100 degrees C), the O-specific polysaccharide was isolated and characterized. The core and an oligosaccharide containing a fragment of the repeating unit linked to the core region were also obtained, depending on hydrolysis conditions. On the basis of sugar and methylation analyses and NMR spectroscopy of the hydrolysis products, the biological repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide was shown to be the following trisaccharide: -->4)-alpha-Neup5Ac(2-->3)-L-alpha-FucpNAc(1-->3)-D-beta-Glc pNAc(1--> The polysaccharide O-chain was substituted with a single molar equivalent of O-acetyl group, distributed between the Neu5Ac O-9 and O-7 positions, in an approximate ratio of 7 : 3.
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Jacobs IA, Kelly K, Valenziano C, Chevinsky AH, Pawar J, Jones C. Cost savings associated with changes in routine laboratory tests ordered for victims of trauma. Am Surg 2000; 66:579-84. [PMID: 10888135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Not all trauma victims evaluated by the trauma service require a full complement of laboratory tests upon admission. This study set out to determine the cost savings and safety of limited laboratory testing of trauma victims. Before 1998, our admission trauma protocol included 11 laboratory tests for all trauma victims. In 1998, we created two categories: Trauma Blue--severe injury likely (Glasgow Coma Score <13; systolic blood pressure <100 mm Hg at any time; significant head, chest, abdominal, or proximal long bone injury; or clinical suspicion of need for operative or intensive care unit management) and Trauma Yellow--severe injury unlikely. The triage decision was made by the team leader or attending physician. Trauma Blue laboratory tests included an arterial blood gas, blood alcohol, type and screen or crossmatch, and urine dipstick. All patients who did not meet Trauma Blue criteria were entered in the Trauma Yellow group. There were only two tests for the Trauma Yellow group, a venous blood gas and blood alcohol. All arterial and venous blood gases measured pH, pO2, pCO2, HCO3, base deficit, hemoglobin, sodium, potassium, and ionized calcium. Other laboratory tests were done if requested by the trauma team leader or attending physician. All trauma admissions for a 3-month period were entered into this prospective study. The admitting trauma surgeon was surveyed after each admission to evaluate any problems in patient care. The test group was compared with a historical control of 100 consecutive patients under the original laboratory trauma protocol. One hundred and forty-eight (148) patients were entered into the study. Average laboratory cost per patient was $29.82 less with the study protocol. No patient care problem was identified. A cost savings of $29.82 per patient or $20,000.00 a year was realized for our institution, with no change in the quality of patient care. Trauma protocols designed to reflect a patient's potential for serious injury can result in a significant cost savings while preserving patient safety.
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Bignell GR, Warren W, Seal S, Takahashi M, Rapley E, Barfoot R, Green H, Brown C, Biggs PJ, Lakhani SR, Jones C, Hansen J, Blair E, Hofmann B, Siebert R, Turner G, Evans DG, Schrander-Stumpel C, Beemer FA, van Den Ouweland A, Halley D, Delpech B, Cleveland MG, Leigh I, Leisti J, Rasmussen S. Identification of the familial cylindromatosis tumour-suppressor gene. Nat Genet 2000; 25:160-5. [PMID: 10835629 DOI: 10.1038/76006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 521] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Familial cylindromatosis is an autosomal dominant genetic predisposition to multiple tumours of the skin appendages. The susceptibility gene (CYLD) has previously been localized to chromosome 16q and has the genetic attributes of a tumour-suppressor gene (recessive oncogene). Here we have identified CYLD by detecting germline mutations in 21 cylindromatosis families and somatic mutations in 1 sporadic and 5 familial cylindromas. All mutations predict truncation or absence of the encoded protein. CYLD encodes three cytoskeletal-associated-protein-glycine-conserved (CAP-GLY) domains, which are found in proteins that coordinate the attachment of organelles to microtubules. CYLD also has sequence homology to the catalytic domain of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolases (UCH).
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Catalytic Domain
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- Contig Mapping
- Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD
- Exons/genetics
- Female
- Genes, Dominant/genetics
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor/genetics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics
- Germ-Line Mutation/genetics
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity/genetics
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation/genetics
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology
- Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics
- Proteins/chemistry
- Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Tagged Sites
- Skin Neoplasms/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Thiolester Hydrolases/chemistry
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
- Ubiquitin Thiolesterase
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Jones C, Chapman YB. The lived experience of seven people treated with autologous bone marrow/peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Int J Nurs Pract 2000; 6:153-9. [PMID: 11249414 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Autologous bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant are recent treatments to offer hope of a cure or prolonged remission for certain types of cancer. Current literature predominantly has either a biomedical focus or deals with survivorship issues. The ways in which survivors perceive this treatment option is important in providing nurses with a deeper insight and understanding with which to inform nursing practice. Using methods consistent with hermeneutic phenomenology, seven people who survived this treatment were invited to participate in sharing their stories in individual audiotaped interviews. Themes that emerged from their stories include changing concepts of self, the significance of relationships, being different from the past and temporality.
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Jones C, Foschini MP, Chaggar R, Lu YJ, Wells D, Shipley JM, Eusebi V, Lakhani SR. Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast. J Transl Med 2000; 80:831-6. [PMID: 10879734 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Although there seems to be a common stem cell for the two epithelial cell types in the breast, the vast majority of breast cancers exhibit a luminal phenotype. Pure myoepithelial carcinomas are rare. We report our findings of genetic alterations in these tumors. We have analyzed 10 cases of pure myoepithelial cell carcinomas using laser capture microdissection and comparative genomic hybridization. The mean number of changes was 2.1 (range 0-4), compared with a mean of 8.6 (range 3.6-13.8) in unselected ductal carcinomas. Common alterations included loss at 16q (3/10 cases), 17p (3/10), 11q (2/10), and 16p (2/10), regions also commonly deleted in ductal carcinomas. The single case in which both pure myoepithelial carcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma was present showed 2 alterations in the myoepithelial tumor (losses at 17p and 17q), whereas the invasive ductal component showed 15 alterations (5 gains and 9 losses), including loss at 17p. The sharing of 17p loss in myoepithelial and ductal carcinoma is consistent with a common stem cell model in the breast. The relatively few genetic alterations in otherwise aggressive neoplasms suggests that myoepithelial tumors may be a good model for the delineation of genes important in breast tumorigenesis.
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Kapur S, Zipursky R, Jones C, Shammi CS, Remington G, Seeman P. A positron emission tomography study of quetiapine in schizophrenia: a preliminary finding of an antipsychotic effect with only transiently high dopamine D2 receptor occupancy. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY 2000; 57:553-9. [PMID: 10839333 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.6.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Quetiapine is a new atypical antipsychotic medication. As such, relatively little has been published regarding its in vivo effects at the dopamine type 2 (D2) and serotonin type 2a (5-HT2a) receptor systems. The following study was undertaken to explore these effects across the clinical dose range and relate this information to its clinical profile. METHODS Twelve patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to doses of 150 to 600 mg/d (n=3, at 150, 300, 450, and 600 mg/d) of quetiapine. After 3 weeks of treatment, D2 and 5-HT2a occupancy were measured using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, 12 to 14 hours after the last dose. Clinical efficacy and adverse effect ratings were obtained at baseline, at the time of PET scanning, and at 12 weeks. Two additional patients were included to examine the effects of the drug 2 to 3 hours after last dose. RESULTS Quetiapine was an effective antipsychotic and improved the extrapyramidal symptoms and prolactin level elevation noted at baseline. It achieved these results with minimal (0%-27%) D2 occupancy 12 hours after the last dose. Study of the additional subjects revealed that quetiapine does give rise to transiently high (58%-64%) D2 occupancy 2 to 3 hours after a single dose that then decreases to minimal levels in 12 hours. CONCLUSIONS Quetiapine shows a transiently high D2 occupancy, which decreases to very low levels by the end of the dosing interval. Quetiapine's low D2 occupancy can explain its freedom from extrapyramidal symptoms and prolactin level elevation. The data suggest that transient D2 occupancy may be sufficient for its antipsychotic effect. Future studies controlling for nonpharmacological effects as well as activities on other receptors will be necessary to confirm this suggestion.
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Winkler MT, Doster A, Jones C. Persistence and reactivation of bovine herpesvirus 1 in the tonsils of latently infected calves. J Virol 2000; 74:5337-46. [PMID: 10799611 PMCID: PMC110889 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.11.5337-5346.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), like other members of the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily, establishes latent infection in sensory neurons. Reactivation from latency can occur after natural or corticosteroid-induced stress culminating in recurrent disease and/or virus transmission to uninfected animals. Our previous results concluded that CD4(+) T cells in the tonsil and other adjacent lymph nodes are infected and undergo apoptosis during acute infection (M. T. Winkler, A. Doster, and C. Jones, J. Virol. 73:8657-8668, 1999). To test whether BHV-1 persisted in lymphoreticular tissue, we analyzed tonsils of latently infected calves for the presence of viral DNA and gene expression. BHV-1 DNA was consistently detected in the tonsils of latently infected calves. Detection of the latency-related transcript (LRT) in tonsils of latently infected calves required nested reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) suggesting that only a few cells contained viral DNA or that LRT is not an abundant transcript. bICP0 (immediate-early and early transcripts), ribonucleotide reductase (early transcript), and glycoprotein C (late transcript) were not detected by RT-PCR in latently infected calves. When reactivation was initiated by dexamethasone, bICP0 and ribonucleotide reductase transcripts were detected. Following dexamethasone treatment, viral nucleic acid was detected simultaneously in trigeminal ganglionic neurons and lymphoid follicles of tonsil. LRT was detected at 6 and 24 h after dexamethasone treatment but not at 48 h. Dexamethasone-induced reactivation led to apoptosis that was localized to tonsillar lymphoid follicles. Taken together, these findings suggest that the tonsil is a site for persistence or latency from which virus can be reactivated by dexamethasone. We further hypothesize that the shedding of virus from the tonsil during reactivation plays a role in virus transmission.
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Krasner A, Wallace L, Thiagalingam A, Jones C, Lengauer C, Minahan L, Ma Y, Kalikin L, Feinberg AP, Jabs EW, Tunnacliffe A, Baylin SB, Ball DW, Nelkin BD. Cloning and chromosomal localization of the human BARX2 homeobox protein gene. Gene 2000; 250:171-80. [PMID: 10854790 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The human BARX2 gene encodes a homeodomain-containing protein of 254 amino acids, which binds optimally to the DNA consensus sequence YYTAATGRTTTTY. BARX2 is highly expressed in adult salivary gland and is expressed at lower levels in other tissues, including mammary gland, kidney, and placenta. The BARX2 gene consists of four exons, and is located on human chromosome 11q25. This chromosomal location is within the minimal deletion region for Jacobsen syndrome, a syndrome including craniosynostosis and other developmental abnormalities. This chromosomal location, along with the reported expression of murine barx2 in craniofacial development, suggests that BARX2 may be causally involved in the craniofacial abnormalities in Jacobsen syndrome.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Binding, Competitive
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- Contig Mapping
- Craniofacial Abnormalities/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Genes, Homeobox/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotides/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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McNamara BR, Wise M, Nulsen PE, David LP, Sarazin CL, Bautz M, Markevitch M, Vikhlinin A, Forman WR, Jones C, Harris DE. Chandra X-Ray Observations of the Hydra A Cluster: An Interaction between the Radio Source and the X-Ray-emitting Gas. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 2000; 534:L135-L138. [PMID: 10813666 DOI: 10.1086/312662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2000] [Accepted: 03/17/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present Chandra X-ray observations of the Hydra A cluster of galaxies, and we report the discovery of structure in the central 80 kpc of the cluster's X-ray-emitting gas. The most remarkable structures are depressions in the X-ray surface brightness, approximately 25-35 kpc in diameter, that are coincident with Hydra A's radio lobes. The depressions are nearly devoid of X-ray-emitting gas, and there is no evidence for shock-heated gas surrounding the radio lobes. We suggest that the gas within the surface brightness depressions was displaced as the radio lobes expanded subsonically, leaving cavities in the hot atmosphere. The gas temperature declines from 4 keV at 70 kpc to 3 keV in the inner 20 kpc of the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), and the cooling time of the gas is approximately 600 Myr in the inner 10 kpc. These properties are consistent with the presence of an approximately 34 M middle dot in circle yr-1 cooling flow within a 70 kpc radius. Bright X-ray emission is present in the BCG surrounding a recently accreted disk of nebular emission and young stars. The star formation rate is commensurate with the cooling rate of the hot gas within the volume of the disk, although the sink for the material that may be cooling at larger radii remains elusive. A bright, unresolved X-ray source is present in the BCG's nucleus, coincident with the radio core. Its X-ray spectrum is consistent with a power law absorbed by a foreground NH approximately 4x1022 cm-2 column of hydrogen. This column is roughly consistent with the hydrogen column seen in absorption toward the less, similar24 pc diameter VLBA radio source. Apart from the point source, no evidence for excess X-ray absorption above the Galactic column is found.
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Jones C, Skirrow P, Griffiths R, Humphris G, Dawson S, Eddleston J. The characteristics of patients given antidepressants while recovering from critical illness. Br J Anaesth 2000. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/84.5.666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Allen K, Griffiths R, Jones C. Reduced fungal infection in critically ill patients randomized to a glutamine containing parenteral nutrition. Br J Anaesth 2000. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/84.5.690-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jones C, Skirrow P, Griffiths R, Humphris G, Dawson S, Eddleston J. Predicting intensive care relatives at risk of post traumatic stress disorder. Br J Anaesth 2000. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/84.5.666-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jones C, Müllenbach R, Grossfeld P, Auer R, Favier R, Chien K, James M, Tunnacliffe A, Cotter F. Co-localisation of CCG repeats and chromosome deletion breakpoints in Jacobsen syndrome: evidence for a common mechanism of chromosome breakage. Hum Mol Genet 2000; 9:1201-8. [PMID: 10767345 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.8.1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Folate-sensitive fragile sites are associated with the expansion and hypermethylation of CCG-repeats. The fragile site in 11q23.3, FRA11B, has been shown to cause chromosome deletions in vivo, its expression being associated with Jacobsen (11q-) syndrome. However, the majority of Jacobsen deletions are distal to FRA11B and are not related to its expression. To test the hypothesis that other unidentified fragile sites might be located in 11q23.3-24 and may cause these deletions, we have identified and characterised CCG-trinucleotide repeats within a 40 Mb YAC contig spanning distal chromosome 11q. Only eight CCG-repeats were identified within the entire YAC contig (not including FRA11B ), six of which map to the region of 11q23.3-24 that includes Jacobsen deletions. We have previously collated the deletion mapping data of 24 Jacobsen patients with the physical map of chromosome 11q, and accurately localised six breakpoints to short intervals corresponding to individual YAC clones. We now show that in each of these cases, YAC clones found to contain a deletion breakpoint also contain a CCG-repeat. The improved analysis of one of these deletions, together with those of several new Jacobsen cases, further strengthens this association by localising five breakpoints to individual PAC clones containing CCG-repeats. These data provide strong evidence for the non-random clustering of chromosome deletion breakpoints with CCG-repeats, and suggests that they may play an important role in a common mechanism of chromosome breakage.
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Jones C, Whitley C, Lemercinier X. Full assignment of the proton and carbon NMR spectra and revised structure for the capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 17F. Carbohydr Res 2000; 325:192-201. [PMID: 10795810 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00331-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Full proton, 13C and 31P NMR assignments for the capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 17F are reported, and a revised structure differing in the anomeric configuration of the sidechain beta-Galp residue proposed. This polysaccharide is a component of the current 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine. The implications of this revised structure for published work are discussed.
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An interdisciplinary process for the reduction of medication errors was implemented at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The Medication Administration Review and Safety Committee expanded the error reporting system with a comprehensive concurrent chart review process. Safe administration of medications through a systems approach has led to a reduction of documentation deficiencies, a new follow-up process, and an increase in reported errors.
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Kapur S, Zipursky R, Jones C, Remington G, Houle S. Relationship between dopamine D(2) occupancy, clinical response, and side effects: a double-blind PET study of first-episode schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:514-20. [PMID: 10739409 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 705] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Since all antipsychotics block dopamine D(2) receptors, the authors investigated how well D(2) receptor occupancy in vivo predicts clinical response, extrapyramidal side effects, and hyperprolactinemia. METHOD In a double-blind study, 22 patients with first-episode schizophrenia were randomly assigned to 1.0 or 2. 5 mg/day of haloperidol. After 2 weeks of treatment, D(2) receptor occupancy was determined with [(11)C]raclopride and positron emission tomography, and clinical response, extrapyramidal side effects, and prolactin levels were measured. Patients who showed adequate responses continued taking their initial doses, those who did not respond had their doses increased to 5.0 mg/day, and evaluations were repeated at 4 weeks for all patients. RESULTS The patients showed a wide range of D(2) occupancy (38%-87%). The degree of receptor occupancy predicted clinical improvement, hyperprolactinemia, and extrapyramidal side effects. The likelihood of clinical response, hyperprolactinemia, and extrapyramidal side effects increased significantly as D(2) occupancy exceeded 65%, 72%, and 78%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The study confirms that D(2) occupancy is an important mediator of response and side effects in antipsychotic treatment. The data are consistent with a "target and trigger" hypothesis of antipsychotic action, i.e., that the D(2) receptor specificity of antipsychotics permits them to target discrete neurons and that their antagonist properties trigger within those neurons intracellular changes that ultimately beget antipsychotic response. While limited to haloperidol, the relationship between D(2) occupancy and side effects in this study helps explain many of the observed clinical differences between typical and atypical antipsychotics.
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Payne J, Jones C, Lakhani S, Kortenkamp A. Improving the reproducibility of the MCF-7 cell proliferation assay for the detection of xenoestrogens. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2000; 248:51-62. [PMID: 10807042 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(99)00479-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The MCF-7 cell proliferation assay is potentially a simple and highly reproducible tool for the identification of estrogenic compounds. However, its widespread use has been complicated by the lack of a standardised protocol, resulting in considerable inter-laboratory variability. We have explored the sources of variability both in relation to cell lines and test regimens and report on optimised procedures for the identification of estrogenic agents. Two supposedly identical MCF-7 parent cell lines (designated UCL and SOP), and the BUS subline were cultured according to an existing protocol, and responses to 17-estradiol (E2) assessed. Despite yielding almost identical EC50 values, the proliferative response varied widely between cell lines from 0.98-fold over controls (UCL) to 8.9-fold (BUS) indicating major differences between them. The underlying causes may be genetic, and to assess this we used comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH), a technique which allows the detection of DNA sequence copy number changes on a genome-wide scale. Although numerous similarities existed between the different cell lines, the least oestrogen-responsive line (MCF-7/UCL) exhibited the greatest number of cytogenetic changes, many of which were not seen in MCF-7/SOP cells. We suggest that care must be taken, therefore, when choosing a cell line for MCF-7 cell-based experiments. Selecting the MCF-7/SOP line for further work, we carried out a thorough and systematic optimisation of the MCF-7 cell proliferation assay, finding that a 72-h period in oestrogen-free medium before treatment strongly influenced the cells response to E2. With 1 nM E2, proliferation increased from 1.5-fold to 6.5-fold relative to vehicle-treated controls, a response similar to that seen with MCF-7/BUS cells in the E-SCREEN protocol devised by Soto et al. With parent MCF-7 cells, other laboratories have reported only 4.5-fold increases as maximal. Here we present evidence that the choice of cell line and culture conditions are crucial in determining test outcomes, and once chosen and adhered to the assay yields reproducible results.
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Jones C, Kortenkamp A. RAPD library fingerprinting of bacterial and human DNA: applications in mutation detection. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 2000; 20:49-63. [PMID: 10679749 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6866(2000)20:2<49::aid-tcm1>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting is a modification of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which utilises a single, arbitrarily-chosen primer to amplify a number of fragments from a given template DNA to generate a discrete "fingerprint" when resolved by gel electrophoresis. Alterations by as little as a single base in the primer sequence lead to marked alterations in the fingerprints generated with a given template under optimised conditions. By inference, single base alterations in the genomic template DNA may also lead to changes in the RAPD fingerprints. We have examined this potential application to detect mutations in bacteria and cultured human cells. We have utilised Escherichia coli and human lymphoblastoid cell lines exposed to UV radiation, selected for by cellular mutation assays, and compared RAPD fingerprints of mutant and non-mutant samples. Polymorphisms became evident as the presence and/or absence of DNA fragments between the two samples. A dose-dependent increase in the number of polymorphic bands was seen with UV irradiation of E. coli. To a lesser degree, polymorphisms were also evident for human lymphoblastoid DNA. The possible underlying mechanisms for these alterations in fingerprints as a result of mutation(s) in the primer binding site(s) are discussed. The ability of RAPD fingerprinting to detect a mutant in a population of non-mutants is evaluated, and whilst the lack of sensitivity inherent in the technique precludes its use as a mutation screening assay, its potential for generation of mutant and non-mutant DNA probes for other mutation detection techniques may prove to be of great merit. Teratogenesis Carcinog. Mutagen. 20:49-63, 2000.
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Jones C, Foschini MP, Chaggar R, Lu YJ, Wells D, Shipley JM, Eusebi V, Lakhani SR. Comparative genomic hybridisation analysis of myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast. Breast Cancer Res 2000. [PMCID: PMC3300876 DOI: 10.1186/bcr178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kraft RP, Forman W, Jones C, Kenter AT, Murray SS, Aldcroft TL, Elvis MS, Evans IN, Fabbiano G, Isobe T, Jerius D, Karovska M, Kim D, Prestwich AH, Primini FA, Schwartz DA, Schreier EJ, Vikhlinin AA. A Chandra High-Resolution X-ray Image of Centaurus A. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 2000; 531:L9-L12. [PMID: 10673402 DOI: 10.1086/312519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present first results from a Chandra X-Ray Observatory observation of the radio galaxy Centaurus A with the High-Resolution Camera. All previously reported major sources of X-ray emission including the bright nucleus, the jet, individual point sources, and diffuse emission are resolved or detected. The spatial resolution of this observation is better than 1&arcsec; in the center of the field of view and allows us to resolve X-ray features of this galaxy not previously seen. In particular, we resolve individual knots of emission in the inner jet and diffuse emission between the knots. All of the knots are diffuse at the 1&arcsec; level, and several exhibit complex spatial structure. We find the nucleus to be extended by a few tenths of an arcsecond. Our image also suggests the presence of an X-ray counterjet. Weak X-ray emission from the southwest radio lobe is also seen, and we detect 63 pointlike galactic sources (probably X-ray binaries and supernova remnants) above a luminosity limit of approximately 1.7x1037 ergs s-1.
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Ravenscroft N, Jones C. Glycoconjugate vaccines. CURRENT OPINION IN DRUG DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT 2000; 3:222-231. [PMID: 19649853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Licensed glycoconjugate vaccines provide protective immunity against bacterial pathogens by eliciting a T-cell-dependent immune response to the corresponding bacterial saccharide covalently linked to a protein carrier. The field is rapidly expanding to include the introduction of novel carrier proteins and conjugation chemistries, the development of novel antimicrobial vaccines and an improved understanding of the mechanisms by which these vaccines induce protective responses. An exciting application is to the area of antitumor immunotherapeutics.
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