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Lee BY, Wong KF, Bartsch SM, Yilmaz SL, Avery TR, Brown ST, Song Y, Singh A, Kim DS, Huang SS. The Regional Healthcare Ecosystem Analyst (RHEA): a simulation modeling tool to assist infectious disease control in a health system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013; 20:e139-46. [PMID: 23571848 DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE As healthcare systems continue to expand and interconnect with each other through patient sharing, administrators, policy makers, infection control specialists, and other decision makers may have to take account of the entire healthcare 'ecosystem' in infection control. MATERIALS AND METHODS We developed a software tool, the Regional Healthcare Ecosystem Analyst (RHEA), that can accept user-inputted data to rapidly create a detailed agent-based simulation model (ABM) of the healthcare ecosystem (ie, all healthcare facilities, their adjoining community, and patient flow among the facilities) of any region to better understand the spread and control of infectious diseases. RESULTS To demonstrate RHEA's capabilities, we fed extensive data from Orange County, California, USA, into RHEA to create an ABM of a healthcare ecosystem and simulate the spread and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Various experiments explored the effects of changing different parameters (eg, degree of transmission, length of stay, and bed capacity). DISCUSSION Our model emphasizes how individual healthcare facilities are components of integrated and dynamic networks connected via patient movement and how occurrences in one healthcare facility may affect many other healthcare facilities. CONCLUSIONS A decision maker can utilize RHEA to generate a detailed ABM of any healthcare system of interest, which in turn can serve as a virtual laboratory to test different policies and interventions.
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Lee BY, Bartsch SM, Wong KF, Yilmaz SL, Avery TR, Singh A, Song Y, Kim DS, Brown ST, Potter MA, Platt R, Huang SS. Simulation shows hospitals that cooperate on infection control obtain better results than hospitals acting alone. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013; 31:2295-303. [PMID: 23048111 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Efforts to control life-threatening infections, such as with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), can be complicated when patients are transferred from one hospital to another. Using a detailed computer simulation model of all hospitals in Orange County, California, we explored the effects when combinations of hospitals tested all patients at admission for MRSA and adopted procedures to limit transmission among patients who tested positive. Called "contact isolation," these procedures specify precautions for health care workers interacting with an infected patient, such as wearing gloves and gowns. Our simulation demonstrated that each hospital's decision to test for MRSA and implement contact isolation procedures could affect the MRSA prevalence in all other hospitals. Thus, our study makes the case that further cooperation among hospitals--which is already reflected in a few limited collaborative infection control efforts under way--could help individual hospitals achieve better infection control than they could achieve on their own.
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Shrestha R, Lee KM, Chang WS, Kim DS, Rhee GH, Choi TY. Steady heat conduction-based thermal conductivity measurement of single walled carbon nanotubes thin film using a micropipette thermal sensor. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2013; 84:034901. [PMID: 23556837 PMCID: PMC3598871 DOI: 10.1063/1.4792841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In this paper, we describe the thermal conductivity measurement of single-walled carbon nanotubes thin film using a laser point source-based steady state heat conduction method. A high precision micropipette thermal sensor fabricated with a sensing tip size varying from 2 μm to 5 μm and capable of measuring thermal fluctuation with resolution of ±0.01 K was used to measure the temperature gradient across the suspended carbon nanotubes (CNT) film with a thickness of 100 nm. We used a steady heat conduction model to correlate the temperature gradient to the thermal conductivity of the film. We measured the average thermal conductivity of CNT film as 74.3 ± 7.9 W m(-1) K(-1) at room temperature.
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Lee SH, Lee MW, Yoo KH, Kim DS, Son MH, Sung KW, Cheuh H, Choi SJ, Oh W, Yang YS, Koo HH. Co-transplantation of third-party umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs promotes engraftment in children undergoing unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2013; 48:1040-5. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2013.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Revised: 01/05/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Lee BY, Singh A, Bartsch SM, Wong KF, Kim DS, Avery TR, Brown ST, Murphy CR, Yilmaz SL, Huang SS. The potential regional impact of contact precaution use in nursing homes to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012; 34:151-60. [PMID: 23295561 DOI: 10.1086/669091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Implementation of contact precautions in nursing homes to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission could cost time and effort and may have wide-ranging effects throughout multiple health facilities. Computational modeling could forecast the potential effects and guide policy making. DESIGN Our multihospital computational agent-based model, Regional Healthcare Ecosystem Analyst (RHEA). SETTING All hospitals and nursing homes in Orange County, California. METHODS Our simulation model compared the following 3 contact precaution strategies: (1) no contact precautions applied to any nursing home residents, (2) contact precautions applied to those with clinically apparent MRSA infections, and (3) contact precautions applied to all known MRSA carriers as determined by MRSA screening performed by hospitals. RESULTS Our model demonstrated that contact precautions for patients with clinically apparent MRSA infections in nursing homes resulted in a median 0.4% (range, 0%-1.6%) relative decrease in MRSA prevalence in nursing homes (with 50% adherence) but had no effect on hospital MRSA prevalence, even 5 years after initiation. Implementation of contact precautions (with 50% adherence) in nursing homes for all known MRSA carriers was associated with a median 14.2% (range, 2.1%-21.8%) relative decrease in MRSA prevalence in nursing homes and a 2.3% decrease (range, 0%-7.1%) in hospitals 1 year after implementation. Benefits accrued over time and increased with increasing compliance. CONCLUSIONS Our modeling study demonstrated the substantial benefits of extending contact precautions in nursing homes from just those residents with clinically apparent infection to all MRSA carriers, which suggests the benefits of hospitals and nursing homes sharing and coordinating information on MRSA surveillance and carriage status.
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Baek NI, Kim JM, Park JH, Ryu JH, Kim DS, Lee YH, Park JD, Kim SI. Ginsenoside Rs(3), a genuine dammarane-glycoside from Korean red ginseng. Arch Pharm Res 2012; 20:280-2. [PMID: 18975165 DOI: 10.1007/bf02976158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/1997] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A genuine dammarane-glycoside, named as ginsenoside Rs(3), was isolated from the MeOH extracts of Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) through repeated silica gel column chromatographies and its chemical structure was determined as (20S)-protopanaxadiol 3-O-[6''-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranoside on the basis of several spectral and physical evidences including HMBC and FAB-MS.
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Kim DS, Baek NI, Oh SR, Jung KY, Lee IS, Kim JH, Lee HK. Anticomplementary activity of ergosterol peroxide fromNaematoloma fasciculare and reassignment of NMR data. Arch Pharm Res 2012; 20:201-5. [PMID: 18975152 DOI: 10.1007/bf02976145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/1996] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A very high content (at least 0.23%) of ergosterol peroxide was isolated fromNaematoloma fasciculare Karst. Not only ergosterol peroxide but also ergosterol showed very strong anticomplementary activity on the classical pathway, the IC(50) values being 5.0 muM and 1.0 muM, respectively. The(1)H and(13)C NMR data of ergosterol peroxide were revised and completely assigned by DEPT,(1)H-(1)H COSY, HMQC and HMBC correlations.
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Kim DS. [Radiation ecological environment in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the vicinity of the reactors and on the territory of the Semipalatinsk Test Site]. RADIATSIONNAIA BIOLOGIIA, RADIOECOLOGIIA 2012; 52:409-418. [PMID: 23033802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The results of research into the environmental conditions in the regions of location of the pressurized water reactor WWR-K, fast neutron breeder BN-350 and on the territory of the Semipalatinsk Test Site are represented. The effects of the exposure to aerosol emissions from WWR-K and BN-350 reactors on the environment are summarized. We present some arguments in favor of the safe operation of fission reactors in compliance with the rules and norms of nuclear and radiation protection and the efficient disposal of radioactive waste on the territory of the Republic.
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Kang JS, Rhim EM, Huh SY, Ahn SJ, Kim DS, Kim SY, Park SH. The effects of humidity and serum on the surface microhardness and morphology of five retrograde filling materials. SCANNING 2012; 34:207-214. [PMID: 22076731 DOI: 10.1002/sca.20295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to compare the surface morphology and surface hardness of five materials 24 h after filling, in conditions of 100% humidity, and fetal bovine serum. The five materials were ProRoot Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA), Super-EBA, Intermediate Restorative Materials (IRM), Zinc Oxide Eugenol (ZOE), and Amalgam. The microhardness of these materials was evaluated by Vickers microhardness test, and their morphologies were compared by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). To evaluate the microhardness, the mixed five materials were measured with Vickers microhardness test. Differences between the experimental groups were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple comparison tests. All analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). For the microstructural morphological evaluation, the cross cut and root-end cavity prepared surfaces followed by retrograde filling with five different materials were observed under a Scanning Electron Microscope (Steroscan 440; Leica, Cambridge, England) at ×500. To summarize, Super EBA was less influenced by storage medium than the other materials, especially MTA. However, further long-term studies considering other factors, such as biocompatibility (i.e. cellular toxicity) and retention, are needed to be collaborated with these findings in the clinical context.
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Lee KJ, Kim JB, Ha BK, Kim SH, Kang SY, Lee BM, Kim DS. Proteomic characterization of Kunitz trypsin inhibitor variants, Tia and Tib, in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]. Amino Acids 2012; 43:379-88. [PMID: 22002793 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1092-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTi) has several polymorphic variants. Of these, Tia and Tib, which differ by nine amino acids, are the two main types. In this study, differences in KTi proteome between Tia and Tib were investigated using three soybean cultivars and three mutant lines. Two cultivars, Baekwoon (BW) and Paldal (PD), and one mutant line, SW115-24, were Tia type, whereas one soybean cultivar, Suwon115 (SW115), and two mutant lines, BW-7-2 and PD-5-10, were Tib type. Protein from the six soybean lines was extracted and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (non-denaturing PAGE), and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE). By SDS-PAGE, there was no difference between soybean cultivars and mutant lines, except for SW115-24. Western blot analysis revealed that, in comparison with Tia, Tib type accumulated relatively low amounts of KTi. By non-denaturing PAGE, the three soybean lines of Tib type were characterized by slower mobility than the three soybean lines of Tia type. Zymography detected eight distinct zones of trypsin inhibitory activity among which Tia and Tib lacked the fifth and sixth zone, respectively. By two-dimensional native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DN), the spots related to trypsin inhibitory activity showed different mobilities, whereas only one KTi (21.5 kDa) spot was resolved by 2-DE. By two-dimensional zymography (2-DZ), Tib showed a broader activity zone (pI 4-7) in comparison with Tia (pI 4-5). The results indicate that the genotypes with a different type of KTi present different proteomic profiles and trypsin inhibitory activities.
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Kim JH, Kang YJ, Kim DS, Lee CH, Jeon YS, Lee NK, Oh MH. The relationship between mast cell density and tumour grade in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. J Int Med Res 2012; 39:1675-81. [PMID: 22117967 DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study investigated the relationship between mast cell numbers and the grade of bladder transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). Bladder TCC biopsies were obtained via transurethral resection and 45 stage T1 specimens were included in the study. Specimens were sorted into two groups, low grade (grade I) and high grade (grades II and III). Samples were stained using haematoxylin and eosin, toluidine blue and immunohistochemical staining for tryptase. Mast cells were examined by light microscopy and cell density was recorded. Mast cell density was significantly higher in high-grade TCC than low-grade TCC. There was also a significant relationship between the number of mast cells identified using toluidine blue staining or immunohistochemical staining for tryptase. Detailed studies of mast cell function will enable the development of more effective antitumour therapies via mast cell manipulation.
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Yoon M, Park W, Nam YK, Kim DS. Shallow Population Genetic Structures of Thread-sail Filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) Populations from Korean Coastal Waters. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2012; 25:170-6. [PMID: 25049547 PMCID: PMC4093131 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Genetic diversities, population genetic structures and demographic histories of the thread-sail filefish Stephanolepis cirrhifer were investigated by nucleotide sequencing of 336 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region in 111 individuals collected from six populations in Korean coastal waters. A total of 70 haplotypes were defined by 58 variable nucleotide sites. The neighbor-joining tree of the 70 haplotypes was shallow and did not provide evidence of geographical associations. Expansion of S. cirrhifer populations began approximate 51,000 to 102,000 years before present, correlating with the period of sea level rise since the late Pleistocene glacial maximum. High levels of haplotype diversities (0.974±0.029 to 1.000±0.076) and nucleotide diversities (0.014 to 0.019), and low levels of genetic differentiation among populations inferred from pairwise population FST values (−0.007 to 0.107), support an expansion of the S. cirrhifer population. Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed weak but significant genetic structures among three groups (FCT = 0.028, p<0.05), and no genetic variation within groups (0.53%; FSC = 0.005, p = 0.23). These results may help establish appropriate fishery management strategies for stocks of S. cirrhifer and related species.
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Cho SH, Kim KT, Choi IC, Jeon GH, Kim DS. Compensatory Growth of Grower Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) with Different Feeding Regime at Suboptimal Temperature. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2012; 25:272-7. [PMID: 25049562 PMCID: PMC4093137 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Compensatory growth of grower olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) was determined at suboptimal temperature (13.0±1.9°C). Fifteen fish averaging 201.1 g per tank were distributed into 18 of 300 L flow-through tanks. Six treatments were prepared in triplicate: fish were hand-fed with an extruded pellet to apparent satiation once a day for 16 weeks (16 WF); and the other five groups of fish were hand-fed for 15, 14, 13, 12 and 10 weeks after 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-week feed deprivation, referred to as 15 WF, 14 WF, 13 WF, 12 WF and 10 WF, respectively. A linear relationship between body weight of fish and feed deprivation was observed: Y (Body weight of fish) = −1.81X (Weeks of feed deprivation)+201.07, R2 = 0.83. Weight gain of grower olive flounder in 15 WF, 14 WF, 13 WF and 12 WF treatments was comparable to that of fish in 16 WF treatment, but lower than that of fish in 10 WF treatment. Specific growth rate of fish in 15 WF treatment was higher than that of fish in 16 WF, 14 WF and 10 WF treatments. Feed consumption of fish was not affected by feeding regime. Feed and protein efficiency ratios of fish in 15 WF treatment were higher than those of fish in 13 WF, 12 WF and 10 WF treatments. Grower olive flounder could achieve full compensatory growth when fish were daily fed for 12 weeks after 4-week feed deprivation at suboptimal temperature.
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Elkins KR, Nguyen CM, Kim DS, Meyers H, Cheung M, Huang SS. Successful strategies for high participation in three regional healthcare surveys: an observational study. BMC Med Res Methodol 2011; 11:176. [PMID: 22208721 PMCID: PMC3261126 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Regional healthcare facility surveys to quantitatively assess nosocomial infection rates are important for confirming standardized data collection and assessing health outcomes in the era of mandatory reporting. This is particularly important for the assessment of infection control policies and healthcare associated infection rates among hospitals. However, the success of such surveys depends upon high participation and representativeness of respondents. METHODS This descriptive paper provides methodologies that may have contributed to high participation in a series of administrative, infection control, and microbiology laboratory surveys of all 31 hospitals in a large southern California county. We also report 85% (N = 72) countywide participation in an administrative survey among nursing homes in this same area. RESULTS Using in-person recruitment, 48% of hospitals and nursing homes were recruited within one quarter, with 75% recruited within three quarters. CONCLUSIONS Potentially useful strategies for successful recruitment included in-person recruitment, partnership with the local public health department, assurance of anonymity when presenting survey results, and provision of staff labor for the completion of detailed survey tables on the rates of healthcare associated pathogens. Data collection assistance was provided for three-fourths of surveys. High compliance quantitative regional surveys require substantial recruitment time and study staff support for high participation.
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Lee BY, Song Y, Bartsch SM, Kim DS, Singh A, Avery TR, Brown ST, Yilmaz SL, Wong KF, Potter MA, Burke DS, Platt R, Huang SS. Long-term care facilities: important participants of the acute care facility social network? PLoS One 2011; 6:e29342. [PMID: 22216255 PMCID: PMC3246493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute care facilities are connected via patient sharing, forming a network. However, patient sharing extends beyond this immediate network to include sharing with long-term care facilities. The extent of long-term care facility patient sharing on the acute care facility network is unknown. The objective of this study was to characterize and determine the extent and pattern of patient transfers to, from, and between long-term care facilities on the network of acute care facilities in a large metropolitan county. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We applied social network constructs principles, measures, and frameworks to all 2007 annual adult and pediatric patient transfers among the healthcare facilities in Orange County, California, using data from surveys and several datasets. We evaluated general network and centrality measures as well as individual ego measures and further constructed sociograms. Our results show that over the course of a year, 66 of 72 long-term care facilities directly sent and 67 directly received patients from other long-term care facilities. Long-term care facilities added 1,524 ties between the acute care facilities when ties represented at least one patient transfer. Geodesic distance did not closely correlate with the geographic distance among facilities. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE This study demonstrates the extent to which long-term care facilities are connected to the acute care facility patient sharing network. Many long-term care facilities were connected by patient transfers and further added many connections to the acute care facility network. This suggests that policy-makers and health officials should account for patient sharing with and among long-term care facilities as well as those among acute care facilities when evaluating policies and interventions.
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Lee JS, Song JW, Wolters PJ, Elicker BM, King TE, Kim DS, Collard HR. Bronchoalveolar lavage pepsin in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J 2011; 39:352-8. [PMID: 22183478 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00050911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Some patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis experience acute exacerbations in their respiratory status leading to substantial morbidity and mortality. Occult aspiration of gastric contents has been proposed as one possible mechanism leading to these acute exacerbations. We sought to determine whether pepsin, a marker of gastric aspiration, is elevated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from patients during acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, compared with that obtained in stable disease. Lavage samples were obtained in a case-control study of well-characterised patients. Acute exacerbation was defined using standard criteria. Levels of lavage pepsin were compared in cases and controls, and were correlated with clinical features and disease course. 24 cases with acute exacerbations and 30 stable controls were identified. There were no significant differences in baseline demographics between the two groups. Pepsin level was an indicator of acute exacerbation status (p=0.04). On average, pepsin appeared higher in patients with acute exacerbations compared with stable controls. This difference was driven by a subgroup of eight patients (33%) with pepsin levels ≥70 ng·mL(-1). Pepsin level was not an independent predictor of survival time. These results suggest occult aspiration may play a role in some cases of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Ra SW, Lyu J, Choi CM, Oh YM, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Shim TS. Distinguishing tuberculosis from Mycobacterium avium complex disease using an interferon-gamma release assay. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011; 15:635-40. [PMID: 21756514 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING The QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) test can be used to distinguish between tuberculosis (TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease, but a high background TB infection rate may pose a problem. Although the QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) test, the first-generation QFT-G test, employs a non-specific PPD antigen, avium sensitin is also used as a stimulating antigen. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the utility of these two interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs), QFT-G and QFT, and the tuberculin skin test (TST), to differentiate TB from Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease in an intermediate TB burden country. METHODS We compared the diagnostic performance of these three tests in 38 prospectively enrolled patients with TB and 40 with MAC lung disease. RESULTS The TST yielded positive results in 70.6% of TB and 47.5% of MAC patients; the proportions were respectively 89.5% and 34.3% for QFT-G and 86.8% and 35.3% for QFT. The three tests were of similar accuracy, sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing TB. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that the TST and IGRAs could not discriminate between active TB and MAC disease or latent TB infection in a TB-endemic area.
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Park S, Kim DS, Kwon DY, Yang HJ. Long-term central infusion of adiponectin improves energy and glucose homeostasis by decreasing fat storage and suppressing hepatic gluconeogenesis without changing food intake. J Neuroendocrinol 2011; 23:687-98. [PMID: 21599766 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Adiponectin is known to be an anti-diabetic adipocytokine. However, the action mechanism by which it produces this effect remains controversial. In the present study, we investigated the long-term central effect of adiponectin on energy homeostasis, peripheral insulin resistance, β-cell function and mass in rats and aimed to determine the mechanism by which its effect was achieved. Intracerebroventricular infusion of adiponectin (50 ng/h) and artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was conducted by means of an osmotic pump for 4 weeks on nondiabetic rats and 90% pancreatectomised diabetic rats that were both fed 45% energy fat diets. After 4-weeks of treatment, i.c.v. adiponectin improved hypothalamic insulin/leptin signalling in nondiabetic and diabetic rats compared to i.c.v. CSF but it did not change the phosphorylation of AMP kinase (AMPK) in the hypothalamus. Adiponectin infusion decreased epididymal fats, representing visceral fat, by increasing energy expenditure and fat oxidation. During the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp, i.c.v. adiponectin improved whole body insulin sensitivity and decreased hepatic glucose output in the hyperinsulinaemic state by attenuating hepatic insulin resistance. Central infusion of adiponectin did not modulate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion during the hyperglycaemic clamp compared to i.c.v. CSF infusion but it enhanced insulin sensitivity at a hyperglycaemic state. Although there were no changes in insulin secretion capacity, central adiponectin increased pancreatic β-cell mass in nondiabetic and diabetic rats as a result of decreasing β-cell death. In conclusion, long-term central infusion of adiponectin enhanced energy homeostasis by increasing energy expenditure via activating hypothalamic leptin and insulin signalling pathways but without potentiating AMPK signalling; it also improved glucose homeostasis by attenuating insulin resistance.
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Aamodt K, Abelev B, Abrahantes Quintana A, Adamová D, Adare AM, Aggarwal MM, Aglieri Rinella G, Agocs AG, Agostinelli A, Aguilar Salazar S, Ahammed Z, Ahmad N, Ahmad Masoodi A, Ahn SU, Akindinov A, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfaro Molina R, Alici A, Alkin A, Almaráz Aviña E, Alt T, Altini V, Altsybeev I, Andrei C, Andronic A, Anguelov V, Anson C, Antičić T, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arbor N, Arcelli S, Arend A, Armesto N, Arnaldi R, Aronsson T, Arsene IC, Arslandok M, Asryan A, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Äystö J, Azmi MD, Bach M, Badalà A, Baek YW, Bailhache R, Bala R, Baldini Ferroli R, Baldisseri A, Baldit A, Bán J, Baral RC, Barbera R, Barile F, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barret V, Bartke J, Basile M, Bastid N, Bathen B, Batigne G, Batyunya B, Baumann C, Bearden IG, Beck H, Belikov I, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belmont-Moreno E, Beole S, Berceanu I, Bercuci A, Berdermann E, Berdnikov Y, Bergmann C, Betev L, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bianchi L, Bianchi N, Bianchin C, Bielčík J, Bielčíková J, Bilandzic A, Biolcati E, Blanco F, Blanco F, Blau D, Blume C, Boccioli M, Bock N, Bogdanov A, Bøggild H, Bogolyubsky M, Boldizsár L, Bombara M, Bombonati C, Book J, Borel H, Borissov A, Bortolin C, Bose S, Bossú F, Botje M, Böttger S, Boyer B, Braun-Munzinger P, Bravina L, Bregant M, Breitner T, Broz M, Brun R, Bruna E, Bruno GE, Budnikov D, Buesching H, Bufalino S, Bugaiev K, Busch O, Buthelezi Z, Caffarri D, Cai X, Caines H, Calvo Villar E, Camerini P, Canoa Roman V, Cara Romeo G, Carena F, Carena W, Carlin Filho N, Carminati F, Casanova Díaz A, Caselle M, Castillo Castellanos J, Castillo Hernandez JF, Catanescu V, Cavicchioli C, Cepila J, Cerello P, Chang B, Chapeland S, Charvet JL, Chattopadhyay S, Chattopadhyay S, Cherney M, Cheshkov C, Cheynis B, Chibante Barroso V, Chinellato DD, Chochula P, Chojnacki M, Christakoglou P, Christensen CH, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Cicalo C, Cifarelli L, Cindolo F, Cleymans J, Coccetti F, Coffin JP, Conesa Balbastre G, Conesa del Valle Z, Constantin P, Contin G, Contreras JG, Cormier TM, Corrales Morales Y, Cortese P, Cortés Maldonado I, Cosentino MR, Costa F, Cotallo ME, Crescio E, Crochet P, Cuautle E, Cunqueiro L, Dainese A, Dalsgaard HH, Danu A, Das I, Das D, Dash S, Dash A, De S, De Azevedo Moregula A, de Barros GOV, De Caro A, de Cataldo G, de Cuveland J, De Falco A, De Gruttola D, Delagrange H, Del Castillo Sanchez E, Delgado Mercado Y, Dellacasa G, Deloff A, Demanov V, De Marco N, Dénes E, De Pasquale S, Deppman A, Erasmo GD, de Rooij R, Di Bari D, Dietel T, Di Giglio C, Di Liberto S, Di Mauro A, Di Nezza P, Divià R, Djuvsland Ø, Dobrin A, Dobrowolski T, Domínguez I, Dönigus B, Dordic O, Driga O, Dubey AK, Ducroux L, Dupieux P, Dutta Majumdar MR, Dutta Majumdar AK, Elia D, Emschermann D, Engel H, Erdal HA, Espagnon B, Estienne M, Esumi S, Evans D, Evrard S, Eyyubova G, Fabjan CW, Fabris D, Faivre J, Falchieri D, Fantoni A, Fasel M, Fearick R, Fedunov A, Fehlker D, Fekete V, Felea D, Feofilov G, Fernández Téllez A, Ferretti R, Ferretti A, Figueredo MAS, Filchagin S, Fini R, Finogeev D, Fionda FM, Fiore EM, Floris M, Foertsch S, Foka P, Fokin S, Fragiacomo E, Fragkiadakis M, Frankenfeld U, Fuchs U, Furano F, Furget C, Fusco Girard M, Gaardhøje JJ, Gadrat S, Gagliardi M, Gago A, Gallio M, Gangadharan DR, Ganoti P, Garabatos C, Garcia-Solis E, Gemme R, Gerhard J, Germain M, Geuna C, Gheata M, Gheata A, Ghidini B, Ghosh P, Gianotti P, Girard MR, Giubellino P, Gladysz-Dziadus E, Glässel P, Gomez R, Ferreiro EG, González-Trueba LH, González-Zamora P, Gorbunov S, Gotovac S, Grabski V, Graczykowski LK, Grajcarek R, Grelli A, Grigoras C, Grigoras A, Grigoriev V, Grigoryan S, Grigoryan A, Grinyov B, Grion N, Gros P, Grosse-Oetringhaus JF, Grossiord JY, Guber F, Guernane R, Guerra Gutierrez C, Guerzoni B, Guilbaud M, Gulbrandsen K, Gulkanyan H, Gunji T, Gupta R, Gupta A, Gutbrod H, Haaland Ø, Hadjidakis C, Haiduc M, Hamagaki H, Hamar G, Han BH, Hanratty LD, Harmanova Z, Harris JW, Hartig M, Hasegan D, Hatzifotiadou D, Hayrapetyan A, Heide M, Heinz M, Helstrup H, Herghelegiu A, Herrera Corral G, Herrmann N, Hetland KF, Hicks B, Hille PT, Hippolyte B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hristov P, Hřivnáčová I, Huang M, Huber S, Humanic TJ, Hwang DS, Ilkaev R, Ilkiv I, Inaba M, Incani E, Innocenti GM, Ippolitov M, Irfan M, Ivan C, Ivanov V, Ivanov A, Ivanov M, Jachołkowski A, Jacobs PM, Jancurová L, Jangal S, Janik MA, Janik R, Jayarathna PHSY, Jena S, Jirden L, Jones GT, Jones PG, Jovanović P, Jung W, Jung H, Jusko A, Kaidalov AB, Kalcher S, Kaliňák P, Kalisky M, Kalliokoski T, Kalweit A, Kamermans R, Kanaki K, Kang JH, Kang E, Kaplin V, Karasu Uysal A, Karavichev O, Karavicheva T, Karpechev E, Kazantsev A, Kebschull U, Keidel R, Khan MM, Khan P, Khanzadeev A, Kharlov Y, Kileng B, Kim S, Kim B, Kim DJ, Kim SH, Kim DS, Kim DW, Kim JH, Kim JS, Kim M, Kirsch S, Kisel I, Kiselev S, Kisiel A, Klay JL, Klein J, Klein-Bösing C, Kliemant M, Kluge A, Knichel ML, Koch K, Köhler MK, Kolojvari A, Kondratiev V, Kondratyeva N, Konevskih A, Kornaś E, Kottachchi Kankanamge Don C, Kour R, Kowalski M, Kox S, Koyithatta Meethaleveedu G, Kozlov K, Kral J, Králik I, Kramer F, Kraus I, Krawutschke T, Kretz M, Krivda M, Krizek F, Krus M, Kryshen E, Krzewicki M, Kucheriaev Y, Kuhn C, Kuijer PG, Kurashvili P, Kurepin A, Kurepin AB, Kuryakin A, Kushpil S, Kushpil V, Kvaerno H, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Ladrón de Guevara P, Lafage V, Lakomov I, Lara C, Lardeux A, La Rocca P, Larsen DT, Lazzeroni C, Lea R, Le Bornec Y, Lee KS, Lee SC, Lefèvre F, Lehnert J, Leistam L, Lenhardt M, Lenti V, León H, León Monzón I, León Vargas H, Lévai P, Li X, Lien J, Lietava R, Lindal S, Lindenstruth V, Lippmann C, Lisa MA, Liu L, Loenne PI, Loggins VR, Loginov V, Lohn S, Lohner D, Loizides C, Loo KK, Lopez X, López Noriega M, López Torres E, Løvhøiden G, Lu XG, Luettig P, Lunardon M, Luparello G, Luquin L, Luzzi C, Ma K, Ma R, Madagodahettige-Don DM, Maevskaya A, Mager M, Mahapatra DP, Maire A, Malaev M, Maldonado Cervantes I, Mal'Kevich D, Malzacher P, Mamonov A, Mangotra L, Manko V, Manso F, Manzari V, Mao Y, Marchisone M, Mareš J, Margagliotti GV, Margotti A, Marín A, Markert C, Martashvili I, Martinengo P, Martínez MI, Martínez Davalos A, Martínez García G, Martynov Y, Mas A, Masciocchi S, Masera M, Masoni A, Massacrier L, Mastromarco M, Mastroserio A, Matthews ZL, Matyja A, Mayani D, Mazzoni MA, Meddi F, Menchaca-Rocha A, Mendez Lorenzo P, Mercado Pérez J, Meres M, Miake Y, Midori J, Milano L, Milosevic J, Mischke A, Miśkowiec D, Mitu C, Mlynarz J, Mohanty B, Mohanty AK, Molnar L, Montaño Zetina L, Monteno M, Montes E, Morando M, Moreira De Godoy DA, Moretto S, Morsch A, Muccifora V, Mudnic E, Muhuri S, Müller H, Munhoz MG, Musa L, Musso A, Nagle JL, Nandi BK, Nania R, Nappi E, Nattrass C, Navach F, Navin S, Nayak TK, Nazarenko S, Nazarov G, Nedosekin A, Nicassio M, Nielsen BS, Niida T, Nikolaev S, Nikolic V, Nikulin S, Nikulin V, Nilsen BS, Nilsson MS, Noferini F, Nooren G, Novitzky N, Nyanin A, Nyatha A, Nygaard C, Nystrand J, Obayashi H, Ochirov A, Oeschler H, Oh SK, Oleniacz J, Oppedisano C, Ortiz Velasquez A, Ortona G, Oskarsson A, Ostrowski P, Otwinowski J, Oyama K, Ozawa K, Pachmayer Y, Pachr M, Padilla F, Pagano P, Paić G, Painke F, Pajares C, Pal SK, Pal S, Palaha A, Palmeri A, Pappalardo GS, Park WJ, Pastirčák B, Patalakha DI, Paticchio V, Pavlinov A, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Peresunko D, Pérez Lara CE, Perini D, Peryt W, Pesci A, Peskov V, Pestov Y, Peters AJ, Petráček V, Petran M, Petris M, Petrov P, Petrovici M, Petta C, Piano S, Piccotti A, Pikna M, Pillot P, Pinazza O, Pinsky L, Pitz N, Piyarathna DB, Platt R, Płoskoń M, Pluta J, Pocheptsov T, Pochybova S, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Poghosyan MG, Polák K, Polichtchouk B, Pop A, Pospíšil V, Potukuchi B, Prasad SK, Preghenella R, Prino F, Pruneau CA, Pshenichnov I, Puddu G, Pulvirenti A, Punin V, Putiš M, Putschke J, Qvigstad H, Rachevski A, Rademakers A, Radomski S, Räihä TS, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ramello L, Ramírez Reyes A, Rammler M, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Räsänen SS, Rathee D, Read KF, Real JS, Redlich K, Reichelt P, Reicher M, Renfordt R, Reolon AR, Reshetin A, Rettig F, Revol JP, Reygers K, Ricaud H, Riccati L, Ricci RA, Richter M, Riedler P, Riegler W, Riggi F, Rodríguez Cahuantzi M, Rohr D, Röhrich D, Romita R, Ronchetti F, Rosinský P, Rosnet P, Rossegger S, Rossi A, Roukoutakis F, Rousseau S, Roy P, Roy C, Rubio Montero AJ, Rui R, Ryabinkin E, Rybicki A, Sadovsky S, Šafařík K, Sahoo R, Sahu PK, Saiz P, Sakaguchi H, Sakai S, Sakata D, Salgado CA, Sambyal S, Samsonov V, Sanchez Castro X, Šándor L, Sandoval A, Sano S, Sano M, Santo R, Santoro R, Sarkamo J, Saturnini P, Scapparone E, Scarlassara F, Scharenberg RP, Schiaua C, Schicker R, Schmidt C, Schmidt HR, Schreiner S, Schuchmann S, Schukraft J, Schutz Y, Schwarz K, Schweda K, Scioli G, Scomparin E, Scott R, Scott PA, Segato G, Selyuzhenkov I, Senyukov S, Serci S, Serradilla E, Sevcenco A, Sgura I, Shabratova G, Shahoyan R, Sharma S, Sharma N, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shtejer K, Sibiriak Y, Siciliano M, Sicking E, Siemiarczuk T, Silvermyr D, Simonetti G, Singaraju R, Singh R, Singha S, Sinha T, Sinha BC, Sitar B, Sitta M, Skaali TB, Skjerdal K, Smakal R, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Søgaard C, Soltz R, Son H, Song M, Song J, Soos C, Soramel F, Spyropoulou-Stassinaki M, Srivastava BK, Stachel J, Stan I, Stefanek G, Steinbeck T, Steinpreis M, Stenlund E, Steyn G, Stocco D, Stokkevag CH, Stolpovskiy M, Strmen P, Suaide AAP, Subieta Vásquez MA, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhorukov M, Sumbera M, Susa T, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Szarka I, Szostak A, Tagridis C, Takahashi J, Tapia Takaki JD, Tauro A, Tejeda Muñoz G, Telesca A, Terrevoli C, Thäder J, Thomas D, Thomas JH, Tieulent R, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Toia A, Torii H, Toscano L, Traczyk T, Truesdale D, Trzaska WH, Tsuji T, Tumkin A, Turrisi R, Turvey AJ, Tveter TS, Ulery J, Ullaland K, Uras A, Urbán J, Urciuoli GM, Usai GL, Vajzer M, Vala 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Higher harmonic anisotropic flow measurements of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s(NN)) = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:032301. [PMID: 21838350 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.032301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on the first measurement of the triangular v3, quadrangular v4, and pentagonal v5 charged particle flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s(NN)) = 2.76 TeV measured with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We show that the triangular flow can be described in terms of the initial spatial anisotropy and its fluctuations, which provides strong constraints on its origin. In the most central events, where the elliptic flow v2 and v3 have similar magnitude, a double peaked structure in the two-particle azimuthal correlations is observed, which is often interpreted as a Mach cone response to fast partons. We show that this structure can be naturally explained from the measured anisotropic flow Fourier coefficients.
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Chun JK, Jeon BY, Kang DW, Kim DS. Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) can induce Kawasaki disease-like features in programmed death-1 (PD-1) gene knockout mice. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2011; 29:743-750. [PMID: 21906434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Various genetic variants of inhibitory immune signals have been suspected as feasible causes of Kawasaki disease (KD). We investigated the associative role of programmed death-1 (PD-1) gene in the pathogenesis of KD by injecting bacilli Calmette Guérin (BCG) to PD-1 gene knockout (PD-1KO) mice. METHODS In order to induce KD-like clinical manifestations in young PD-1KO mice, intradermal injection of the bacilli Calmette Guérin (BCG) was performed twice on the abdominal skin with a 4-week interval. For defining the role of BCG, heat shock protein (HSP) 65 was challenged. In addition, Staphylococcus aureus was adopted as a microorganism that does not contain HSP65 structure. One month after the second injection, heart, liver, and kidneys were removed and examined. RESULTS PD-1KO mice showed KD-like features including prolonged fever for more than 5 days, erythematous swelling on soles, tail skin desquamation, and gallbladder (GB) hydrops. Inflammatory cell aggregation and intimal proliferation in at least more than one coronary artery was found in all PD-1KO mice whereas scanty coronary lesion was found in wild type (WT) mice. When the PD-1KO mice were injected twice with HSP65, coronary arterial lesions similar to those seen after BCG injection were observed. Inflammatory reactions in other organs including hepatic arteries, renal arteries, and biliary arteries were also observed in PD-1KO mice. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that PD-1 gene may be one of the genetic predispositions of KD and antigens containing HSP65 structure could be a triggering factor of KD by our animal model of KD.
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Aamodt K, Abrahantes Quintana A, Adamová D, Adare AM, Aggarwal MM, Aglieri Rinella G, Agocs AG, Aguilar Salazar S, Ahammed Z, Ahmad N, Ahmad Masoodi A, Ahn SU, Akindinov A, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfaro Molina R, Alici A, Alkin A, Almaráz Aviña E, Alt T, Altini V, Altinpinar S, Altsybeev I, Andrei C, Andronic A, Anguelov V, Anson C, Antičić T, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arbor N, Arcelli S, Arend A, Armesto N, Arnaldi R, Aronsson T, Arsene IC, Asryan A, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Aystö J, Azmi MD, Bach M, Badalà A, Baek YW, Bagnasco S, Bailhache R, Bala R, Baldini Ferroli R, Baldisseri A, Baldit A, Bán J, Barbera R, Barile F, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barret V, Bartke J, Basile M, Bastid N, Bathen B, Batigne G, Batyunya B, Baumann C, Bearden IG, Beck H, Belikov I, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belmont-Moreno E, Beole S, Berceanu I, Bercuci A, Berdermann E, Berdnikov Y, Betev L, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bianchi L, Bianchi N, Bianchin C, Bielčík J, Bielčíková J, Bilandzic A, Biolcati E, Blanc A, Blanco F, Blanco F, Blau D, Blume C, Boccioli M, Bock N, Bogdanov A, Bøggild H, Bogolyubsky M, Boldizsár L, Bombara M, Bombonati C, Book J, Borel H, Bortolin C, Bose S, Bossú F, Botje M, Böttger S, Boyer B, Braun-Munzinger P, Bravina L, Bregant M, Breitner T, Broz M, Brun R, Bruna E, Bruno GE, Budnikov D, Buesching H, Busch O, Buthelezi Z, Caffarri D, Cai X, Caines H, Calvo Villar E, Camerini P, Canoa Roman V, Cara Romeo G, Carena F, Carena W, Carminati F, Casanova Díaz A, Caselle M, Castillo Castellanos J, Catanescu V, Cavicchioli C, Cerello P, Chang B, Chapeland S, Charvet JL, Chattopadhyay S, Chattopadhyay S, Cherney M, Cheshkov C, Cheynis B, Chiavassa E, Chibante Barroso V, Chinellato DD, Chochula P, Chojnacki M, Christakoglou P, Christensen CH, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Cicalo C, Cifarelli L, Cindolo F, Cleymans J, Coccetti F, Coffin JP, Coli S, Conesa Balbastre G, Conesa Del Valle Z, Constantin P, Contin G, Contreras JG, Cormier TM, Corrales Morales Y, Cortés Maldonado I, Cortese P, Cosentino MR, Costa F, Cotallo ME, Crescio E, Crochet P, Cuautle E, Cunqueiro L, Erasmo GD, Dainese A, Dalsgaard HH, Danu A, Das D, Das I, Dash A, Dash S, De S, De Azevedo Moregula A, de Barros GOV, De Caro A, de Cataldo G, de Cuveland J, De Falco A, De Gruttola D, De Marco N, De Pasquale S, De Remigis R, de Rooij R, Delagrange H, Delgado Mercado Y, Dellacasa G, Deloff A, Demanov V, Dénes E, Deppman A, Di Bari D, Di Giglio C, Di Liberto S, Di Mauro A, Di Nezza P, Dietel T, Divià R, Djuvsland Ø, Dobrin A, Dobrowolski T, Domínguez I, Dönigus B, Dordic O, Driga O, Dubey AK, Ducroux L, Dupieux P, Dutta Majumdar AK, Dutta Majumdar MR, Elia D, Emschermann D, Engel H, Erdal HA, Espagnon B, Estienne M, Esumi S, Evans D, Evrard S, Eyyubova G, Fabjan CW, Fabris D, Faivre J, Falchieri D, Fantoni A, Fasel M, Fearick R, Fedunov A, Fehlker D, Fekete V, Felea D, Feofilov G, Fernández Téllez A, Ferretti A, Ferretti R, Figueredo MAS, Filchagin S, Fini R, Finogeev D, Fionda FM, Fiore EM, Floris M, Foertsch S, Foka P, Fokin S, Fragiacomo E, Fragkiadakis M, Frankenfeld U, Fuchs U, Furano F, Furget C, Fusco Girard M, Gaardhøje JJ, Gadrat S, Gagliardi M, Gago A, Gallio M, Ganoti P, Garabatos C, Gemme R, Gerhard J, Germain M, Geuna C, Gheata A, Gheata M, Ghidini B, Ghosh P, Girard MR, Giraudo G, Giubellino P, Gladysz-Dziadus E, Glässel P, Gomez R, González-Trueba LH, González-Zamora P, González Santos H, Gorbunov S, Gotovac S, Grabski V, Grajcarek R, Grelli A, Grigoras A, Grigoras C, Grigoriev V, Grigoryan A, Grigoryan S, Grinyov B, Grion N, Gros P, Grosse-Oetringhaus JF, Grossiord JY, Grosso R, Guber F, Guernane R, Guerra Gutierrez C, Guerzoni B, Gulbrandsen K, Gulkanyan H, Gunji T, Gupta A, Gupta R, Gutbrod H, Haaland Ø, Hadjidakis C, Haiduc M, Hamagaki H, Hamar G, Harris JW, Hartig M, Hasch D, Hasegan D, Hatzifotiadou D, Hayrapetyan A, Heide M, Heinz M, Helstrup H, Herghelegiu A, Hernández C, Herrera Corral G, Herrmann N, Hetland KF, Hicks B, Hille PT, Hippolyte B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hristov P, Hřivnáčová I, Huang M, Huber S, Humanic TJ, Hwang DS, Ichou R, Ilkaev R, Ilkiv I, Inaba M, Incani E, Innocenti GM, Innocenti PG, Ippolitov M, Irfan M, Ivan C, Ivanov A, Ivanov M, Ivanov V, Jachołkowski A, Jacobs PM, Jancurová L, Jangal S, Janik R, Jayarathna SP, Jena S, Jirden L, Jones GT, Jones PG, Jovanović P, Jung H, Jung W, Jusko A, Kalcher S, Kaliňák P, Kalisky M, Kalliokoski T, Kalweit A, Kamermans R, Kanaki K, Kang E, Kang JH, Kaplin V, Karavichev O, Karavicheva T, Karpechev E, Kazantsev A, Kebschull U, Keidel R, Khan MM, Khanzadeev A, Kharlov Y, Kileng B, Kim DJ, Kim DS, Kim DW, Kim HN, Kim JH, Kim JS, Kim M, Kim M, Kim S, Kim SH, Kirsch S, Kisel I, Kiselev S, Kisiel A, Klay JL, Klein J, Klein-Bösing C, Kliemant M, Klovning A, Kluge A, Knichel ML, Koch K, Köhler MK, Kolevatov R, Kolojvari A, Kondratiev V, Kondratyeva N, Konevskih A, Kornaś E, Kottachchi Kankanamge Don C, Kour R, Kowalski M, Kox S, Koyithatta Meethaleveedu G, Kozlov K, Kral J, Králik I, Kramer F, Kraus I, Krawutschke T, Kretz M, Krivda M, Krumbhorn D, Krus M, Kryshen E, Krzewicki M, Kucheriaev Y, Kuhn C, Kuijer PG, Kurashvili P, Kurepin A, Kurepin AB, Kuryakin A, Kushpil S, Kushpil V, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, La Rocca P, Ladrón de Guevara P, Lafage V, Lara C, Larsen DT, Lazzeroni C, Le Bornec Y, Lea R, Lee KS, Lee SC, Lefèvre F, Lehnert J, Leistam L, Lenhardt M, Lenti V, León Monzón I, León Vargas H, Lévai P, Li X, Lietava R, Lindal S, Lindenstruth V, Lippmann C, Lisa MA, Liu L, Loggins VR, Loginov V, Lohn S, Lohner D, Loizides C, Lopez X, López Noriega M, López Torres E, Løvhøiden G, Lu XG, Luettig P, Lunardon M, Luparello G, Luquin L, Luzzi C, Ma K, Ma R, Madagodahettige-Don DM, Maevskaya A, Mager M, Mahapatra DP, Maire A, Malaev M, Maldonado Cervantes I, Mal'Kevich D, Malzacher P, Mamonov A, Manceau L, Mangotra L, Manko V, Manso F, Manzari V, Mao Y, Mareš J, Margagliotti GV, Margotti A, Marín A, Martashvili I, Martinengo P, 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Centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s(NN)] = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:032301. [PMID: 21405267 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.032301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=2.76 TeV is presented. The charged-particle density normalized per participating nucleon pair increases by about a factor of 2 from peripheral (70%-80%) to central (0%-5%) collisions. The centrality dependence is found to be similar to that observed at lower collision energies. The data are compared with models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.
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Cho HJ, Jung YH, Kim YD, Nam HS, Kim DS, Heo JH. The different infarct patterns between adulthood-onset and childhood-onset moyamoya disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011; 82:38-40. [PMID: 20587492 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.181487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The pattern of infarctions based on the findings of diffusion-weighted image was assessed, and it was also investigated whether there are any age-specific differences in patients with moyamoya disease (MMD). METHODS The subjects were 66 consecutive patients with MMD who had an acute cerebral infarction. Each ischaemic lesion was categorised into one of seven patterns (gyral, atypical territorial, honeycomb, classic territorial, multiple-dot, borderzone, deep lacunar) based on diffusion-weighted image findings. The patterns were compared between adulthood-onset MMD (A-MMD, ≥20 years old, 34 patients) and childhood/adolescent-onset MMD (C-MMD, <20 years old, 32 patients) according to their ages of infarct presentation. RESULTS A total of 91 infarct patterns were observed from 66 patients. The gyral, atypical territorial, and honeycomb patterns, which are not usually seen in conventional stroke patients, were common in MMD (68.1%). Among all patterns, a gyral pattern was most common (40/91, 44.0%). Borderzone and deep lacunar patterns were infrequent. Gyral and borderzone patterns were more frequently seen in the C-MMD group, whereas a honeycomb pattern was not seen in young patients. Honeycomb pattern was more common at advanced vascular stages. Infarctions confined to the cortex were more common in the C-MMD group (26/32, 75.0%) than in A-MMD patients (14/34, 41.2%). CONCLUSIONS Moyamoya disease showed various characteristic and age-specific infarct patterns. Different infarct patterns between the A-MMD and C-MMD groups may be associated with age-specific vulnerability of the brain to ischaemia, stage of arteriopathy or changes of abnormal collateral pathways.
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A, Vechernin V, Veldhoen M, Venaruzzo M, Vercellin E, Vergara S, Vernekohl DC, Vernet R, Verweij M, Vickovic L, Viesti G, Vikhlyantsev O, Vilakazi Z, Baillie OV, Vinogradov A, Vinogradov L, Vinogradov Y, Virgili T, Viyogi YP, Vodopyanov A, Voloshin K, Voloshin S, Volpe G, von Haller B, Vranic D, Øvrebekk G, Vrláková J, Vulpescu B, Vyushin A, Wagner B, Wagner V, Wan R, Wang D, Wang Y, Wang Y, Watanabe K, Wessels JP, Westerhoff U, Wiechula J, Wikne J, Wilde M, Wilk A, Wilk G, Williams MCS, Windelband B, Karampatsos LX, Yang H, Yang S, Yasnopolskiy S, Yi J, Yin Z, Yokoyama H, Yoo IK, Yu W, Yuan X, Yushmanov I, Zabrodin E, Zach C, Zampolli C, Zaporozhets S, Zarochentsev A, Závada P, Zaviyalov N, Zbroszczyk H, Zelnicek P, Zenin A, Zgura I, Zhalov M, Zhang X, Zhou D, Zichichi A, Zinovjev G, Zoccarato Y, Zynovyev M. Elliptic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[S(NN)] = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:252302. [PMID: 21231580 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.252302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the first measurement of charged particle elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[S(NN)] =2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement is performed in the central pseudorapidity region (|η|<0.8) and transverse momentum range 0.2<p t<5.0 GeV/c. The elliptic flow signal v₂, measured using the 4-particle correlation method, averaged over transverse momentum and pseudorapidity is 0.087 ± 0.002(stat) ± 0.003(syst) in the 40%-50% centrality class. The differential elliptic flow v₂ p t reaches a maximum of 0.2 near p t =3 GeV/c. Compared to RHIC Au-Au collisions at sqrt[S(NN)] 200 GeV, the elliptic flow increases by about 30%. Some hydrodynamic model predictions which include viscous corrections are in agreement with the observed increase.
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F, Revol JP, Reygers K, Ricaud H, Riccati L, Ricci RA, Richter M, Riedler P, Riegler W, Riggi F, Cahuantzi MR, Rohr D, Röhrich D, Romita R, Ronchetti F, Rosinský P, Rosnet P, Rossegger S, Rossi A, Roukoutakis F, Rousseau S, Roy C, Roy P, Montero AJR, Rui R, Rivetti A, Rusanov I, Ryabinkin E, Rybicki A, Sadovsky S, Safařík K, Sahoo R, Sahu PK, Saini J, Saiz P, Sakai S, Sakata D, Salgado CA, Samanta T, Sambyal S, Samsonov V, Castro XS, Sándor L, Sandoval A, Sano M, Sano S, Santo R, Santoro R, Sarkamo J, Saturnini P, Scapparone E, Scarlassara F, Scharenberg RP, Schiaua C, Schicker R, Schmidt C, Schmidt HR, Schreiner S, Schuchmann S, Schukraft J, Schutz Y, Schwarz K, Schweda K, Scioli G, Scomparin E, Scott PA, Scott R, Segato G, Selyuzhenkov I, Senyukov S, Seo J, Serci S, Serradilla E, Sevcenco A, Sgura I, Shabratova G, Shahoyan R, Sharma N, Sharma S, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shtejer K, Sibiriak Y, Siciliano M, Sicking E, Siemiarczuk T, Silenzi A, Silvermyr D, Simonetti G, Singaraju R, Singh R, Singhal V, Sinha BC, Sinha T, Sitar B, Sitta M, Skaali TB, Skjerdal K, Smakal R, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Søgaard C, Soloviev A, Soltz R, Son H, Song J, Song M, Soos C, Soramel F, Spyropoulou-Stassinaki M, Srivastava BK, Stachel J, Stan I, Stefanek G, Stefanini G, Steinbeck T, Steinpreis M, Stenlund E, Steyn G, Stocco D, Stock R, Stokkevag CH, Stolpovskiy M, Strmen P, Suaide AAP, Vásquez MAS, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhorukov M, Sumbera M, Susa T, Swoboda D, Symons TJM, de Toledo AS, Szarka I, Szostak A, Tagridis C, Takahashi J, Takaki JDT, Tauro A, Tavlet M, Muñoz GT, Telesca A, Terrevoli C, Thäder J, Thomas D, Thomas JH, Tieulent R, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Toia A, Torii H, Toscano L, Tosello F, Traczyk T, Truesdale D, Trzaska WH, Tsuji T, Tumkin A, Turrisi R, Turvey AJ, Tveter TS, Ulery J, Ullaland K, Uras A, Urbán J, Urciuoli GM, Usai GL, Vacchi A, Vajzer M, Vala M, Palomo LV, Vallero S, van der Kolk N, van Leeuwen M, Vande Vyvre P, Vannucci L, Vargas A, Varma R, Vasileiou M, Vasiliev A, Vechernin V, Veldhoen M, Venaruzzo M, Vercellin E, Vergara S, Vernekohl DC, Vernet R, Verweij M, Vickovic L, Viesti G, Vikhlyantsev O, Vilakazi Z, Baillie OV, Vinogradov A, Vinogradov L, Vinogradov Y, Virgili T, Viyogi YP, Vodopyanov A, Voloshin K, Voloshin S, Volpe G, von Haller B, Vranic D, Øvrebekk G, Vrláková J, Vulpescu B, Vyushin A, Wagner B, Wagner V, Wan R, Wang D, Wang Y, Wang Y, Watanabe K, Wessels JP, Westerhoff U, Wiechula J, Wikne J, Wilde M, Wilk A, Wilk G, Williams MCS, Windelband B, Karampatsos LX, Yang H, Yang S, Yasnopolskiy S, Yi J, Yin Z, Yokoyama H, Yoo IK, Yu W, Yuan X, Yushmanov I, Zabrodin E, Zach C, Zampolli C, Zaporozhets S, Zarochentsev A, Závada P, Zaviyalov N, Zbroszczyk H, Zelnicek P, Zenin A, Zgura I, Zhalov M, Zhang X, Zhou D, Zichichi A, Zinovjev G, Zoccarato Y, Zynovyev M. Charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in central Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[S(NN)] = 2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:252301. [PMID: 21231579 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.252301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √ S NN = 2.76 TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section, the pseudorapidity density of primary charged particles at midrapidity is 1584 ± 4(stat) ± 76(syst), which corresponds to 8.3 ± 0.4(syst) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au collisions at √ S NN = 2.76 TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.
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Lim J, Lyu J, Choi CM, Oh YM, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Lee H, Shim TS. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases presenting as solitary pulmonary nodules. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010; 14:1635-1640. [PMID: 21144251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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SETTING South Korea, 2005-2007. BACKGROUND Non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases presenting as solitary pulmonary nodules (NTM-SPN) are rare and may be misdiagnosed as tuberculoma. DESIGN Eleven NTM-SPN patients were enrolled retrospectively and compared with two groups each of 33 patients with upper lobe cavitary (UC) and nodular bronchiectatic (NB) type NTM diseases, respectively. RESULTS The patients' median age was 52 years. Compared with UC-type disease, NTM-SPN patients showed female (n = 9) and never smoker (n = 8) predominance and fewer comorbidities (n = 0; P < 0.05 for each). Mycobacterium avium (n = 9) was predominant in NTM-SPN patients, followed by M. intracellulare (n = 2), whereas M. intracellulare was most frequently isolated from patients with both UC- and NB-type NTM (P < 0.05). The nodules were a median of 2.3 cm in diameter (range 1.6-6.3 cm) and were distributed evenly in all lobes. In all patients, percutaneous needle aspiration/biopsy was performed with a median 71 days of diagnostic delay. Ten patients successfully completed treatment, and one showed spontaneous reduction of nodule size without treatment. Reverse blot hybridisation assays of six DNA samples identified four subjects with M.avium-intracellulare complex (MAC), in line with conventional test data. CONCLUSION NTM-SPN was caused exclusively by MAC. Although clinical outcome was favourable, confirmatory diagnosis was delayed. Molecular methods are needed for early diagnosis of NTM-SPN.
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