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Clarke K, Toomey DP, McEntee GP. Gloveport hernioscopy. Hernia 2013; 19:429-31. [PMID: 24096410 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-013-1164-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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It can be difficult to exclude occult, necrotic bowel in incarcerated herniae that reduce prior to emergent surgical exploration without resorting to further abdominal wall incisions. This case illustrates the Gloveport hernioscopy technique to identify necrotic small intestine that had spontaneously reduced in a man with a strangulated umbilical hernia. This minimally invasive technique allowed a multichannel examination of the peritoneal cavity without any further insult to the abdominal wall.
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Wainwright EC, Rider OJ, Asaad M, Ntusi N, Hancock G, Pitcher A, Clarke K, Dorrell L, Neubauer S, Holloway C. P2.122 HIV is an Independent Predictor of Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Rider OJ, Cox P, Tyler D, Clarke K, Neubauer S. Myocardial substrate metabolism in obesity. Int J Obes (Lond) 2013; 37:972-9. [PMID: 23069666 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Obesity is linked to a wide variety of cardiac changes, from subclinical diastolic dysfunction to end-stage systolic heart failure. Obesity causes changes in cardiac metabolism, which make ATP production and utilization less efficient, producing functional consequences that are linked to the increased rate of heart failure in this population. As a result of the increases in circulating fatty acids and insulin resistance that accompanies excess fat storage, several of the proteins and genes that are responsible for fatty acid uptake and metabolism are upregulated, and the metabolic machinery responsible for glucose utilization and oxidation are inhibited. The resultant increase in fatty acid metabolism, and the inherent alterations in the proteins of the electron transport chain used to create the gradient needed to drive mitochondrial ATP production, results in a decrease in efficiency of cardiac work and a relative increase in oxygen usage. These changes in cardiac mitochondrial metabolism are potential therapeutic targets for the treatment and prevention of obesity-related heart failure.
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Rider OJ, Francis JM, Tyler D, Byrne J, Clarke K, Neubauer S. Effects of weight loss on myocardial energetics and diastolic function in obesity. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2013; 29:1043-50. [PMID: 23269470 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0174-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A reduced myocardial phosphocreatine/adenosine triphosphate (PCr/ATP) ratio is linked to both diastolic dysfunction and heart failure. Although obesity is well known to cause diastolic dysfunction a link to impaired cardiac energetics has only recently been established. We assessed whether or not long-term weight loss in obesity, which is known to reduce mortality, is accompanied by both improved cardiac energetics and diastolic function. Normal weight (BMI 22 ± 2; n = 18) and obese subjects (BMI 34 ± 4; n = 13) underwent cine-MRI (1.5 Tesla) to determine left ventricular diastolic function using volume-time curve analysis, and (31)P-MR spectroscopy (3 Tesla) to assess cardiac energetics (PCr/ATP ratio). Obese subjects (n = 13) underwent repeat assessment after 1 year of supervised weight loss. Obesity, in the absence of identifiable cardiovascular risk factors, was associated with significantly impaired myocardial high energy phosphate metabolism (PCr/ATP ratio, normal; 2.03 ± 0.27 vs. obese; 1.58 ± 0.47, p = 0.002) and significantly lower peak diastolic filling rate (normal; 4.8 ± 0.8 vs. obese; 3.8 ± 0.7 EDV/s, p = 0.01). Weight loss (on average 9 kg, 55% excess weight) over 1 year resulted in a 24% increase in PCr/ATP ratio (p = 0.01) and an 18% improvement in peak diastolic filling rate (p = 0.01). Myocardial PCr/ATP ratio remained positively correlated with peak diastolic filling rate after weight loss (r = 0.63, p = 0.02). In obesity, weight loss improves impaired cardiac energetics and myocardial relaxation. Improved myocardial energetics appear to play a key role in diastolic functional recovery accompanying weight loss.
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Hunt T, Clarke K, Rupp D. Reconstituted onabotulinumtoxinA retains potency and safety under extended refrigerated storage. Toxicon 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.07.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mansor L, Carr C, Clarke K, Heather L. 249 CARDIAC CHARACTERISATION OF A NEW RAT MODEL OF TYPE 2 DIABETES. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304019.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Mansor L, Mehta K, L Page L, Carr C, Clarke K, Heather L. 234 IMPAIRED METABOLIC AND FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION TO HYPOXIA IN THE TYPE 2 DIABETIC HEART. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304019.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Dodd M, Atherton H, Carr C, Griffin J, Heather L, Stuckey D, Radda G, Clarke K, Tyler D. 216 IMPAIRED IN VIVO MITOCHONDRIAL KREBS CYCLE ACTIVITY FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ASSESSED USING HYPERPOLARIZED MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304019.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bishop KL, Dupuis C, Nanton P, Clarke K, Bolt C, Chin-See C. Perinatal autopsy rates at the University Hospital of the West Indies: 2002-2008. W INDIAN MED J 2013; 62:35-38. [PMID: 24171325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES High perinatal autopsy rates are necessary for institutional management protocols and national policy-making. This study reviews perinatal autopsy rates and factors affecting these rates at the University Hospital of the West Indies. METHOD All perinatal deaths (stillborn infants > or = 24 weeks gestation or 500 g; early neonatal deaths ie 0-7 days old) at the University Hospital of the West Indies, between January 2002 and December 2008, were reviewed retrospectively, using the annual perinatal audit records. The annual autopsy rates were calculated and the reasons why autopsies were not done examined. RESULTS The average stillbirth (SB) autopsy rate was 59.6% (range 51.9 - 76.7%), while that for early neonatal deaths (ENDs) was 47.9% (range 34.4 - 63.2), with an overall average perinatal autopsy rate of 54.0% (range 42.2 - 62.2). Autopsies were requested in 79.3% and 51.7% of SBs and ENDs, respectively. Of those requested, 81.7% were done (75.2% stillbirths; 92.5% ENDs). In the ENDs, failure to request an autopsy was predominantly noted in premature infants weighing < 1000 g (75.2% of those not requested). In stillbirths, the reasons for failure to request were largely unknown with failure to gain permission accounting for only 20.3% of these cases. CONCLUSIONS The average annual perinatal autopsy rate at the University Hospital of the West Indies between 2002 and 2008 was 54.0%. This is below the internationally recommended rate of 75%. Failure to request an autopsy was the most significant factor contributing to this. The reasons for this are not entirely clear and require further study.
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Karakaya E, Franks K, Snee M, Clarke K, Turner R, Stuart R, Murray L. 183 Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: preliminary clinical outcomes. Lung Cancer 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(13)70183-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murray L, Collier N, Monajid M, Thygesen H, Mulatero C, Clarke K, Snee M, Franks K. 28 Retrospective evaluation of 200 patients managed with second-line erlotinib at St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds. Lung Cancer 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(13)70028-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Clarke K, Tong D, Pan Y, Easley KA, Norrick B, Ko C, Wang A, Razavi B, Stein J. Reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections by bundling interventions. Int J Qual Health Care 2012; 25:43-9. [DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cochlin LE, Gomes RSM, Clarke K, Carr CA. 25 An MRI Coil Dual-Tuned by RF Shielding for In-Vivo Detection of Fluorine Labelled Stem-Cells in a Rodent Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302951.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Gomes RSM, Neves R, Cochlin LE, Lima AF, Carvalho R, Korpisalo P, Dragneva G, Paiva A, Ylä-Herttuala S, Clarke K, Carr CA, Ferreira L. 02 Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Cell Tracking & Microrna Delivery. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302951.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Steer⁎ C, Chia P, O'Connor J, Underhill C, Donnelly J, Myers R, Eek R, Clarke K, Packer C. Utilising existing community-based supportive care and aged care resources for older patients with cancer — Updated results of the Care Coordination in the Older Adult with Cancer (CCOAC) project. J Geriatr Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.10.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Becker N, Clarke K, Pekar V, St-Hilaire J, Leavens C, Higgins J, Bezjak A, Sun A, Bissonnette JP. Poster - Thur Eve - 20: Serial FDG 4DPET imaging during radiotherapy in advanced lung cancer patients. Med Phys 2012; 39:4628. [PMID: 28516698 DOI: 10.1118/1.4740128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The availability of respiratory synchronized PET (4DPET) imaging has enabled more accurate analysis of metabolic response since motion blur is minimized. We present our preliminary analysis of serial FDG 4DPET images acquired at weeks 0, 2, 4, and 7 during radiotherapy of seven stage II-III NSCLC patients. The tumor and nodal PTV of the week 0 images restrained a 4DPET image thresholding algorithm to automatically contour SUV levels ranging from 20 to 80% of the maximum SUV, creating an intensity volume histogram (IVH) for each week. These contours allowed analysis of PET volumes and standard PET metrics such as SUVmax and SUVmean . We found a trend for decreasing SUVmax and SUVmean over a treatment course in both the tumor and nodal regions. On average, the SUVmax within the tumor decreased by 17±13% (1 SD) after 2 weeks, 30±13% after 4 weeks, and 39±19% after 7 weeks of radiotherapy. Decreasing volume trends were also observed in the 20 to 80% max SUV autocontours, ranging from 26±29% to 50±40% respectively, over 7 weeks of treatment. Only one patient demonstrated an increase in FDG uptake within the tumor volume between week 0 and week 2 of treatment, and was also the only patient to recur locally at 3 months following treatment. Changes in tumor metabolism over the course of advanced NSCLC radiotherapy are quantifiable with serial FDG 4DPET imaging. Preliminary analysis suggests that variations in these trends could be useful in identifying non-responding patients that may require an alternative radiotherapeutic approach.
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Clarke K, Taremi M, Dahele M, Freeman M, Fung S, Franks K, Bezjak A, Brade A, Cho J, Hope A, Sun A. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): is FDG-PET a predictor of outcome? Radiother Oncol 2012; 104:62-6. [PMID: 22682749 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Distant metastases are the dominant mode of failure after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The primary study objective was to evaluate if the maximum standardized uptake value (SUV(max)) on pre-treatment FDG-PET/CT predicted clinical outcomes. Secondary objectives were to correlate 3-month post-SBRT SUV(max) and change in SUV(max) with outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with medically inoperable early-stage NSCLC and an FDG-PET/CT scan before (n=82) and 3 months after (n=62) SBRT. RESULTS Median follow up was 2 years. On univariate analysis baseline SUV(max) predicted for distant failure (p=0.0096), relapse free survival (RFS) (p=0.037) and local failure (p=0.044). On multivariate analysis baseline SUV(max) predicted for RFS (p=0.037). Baseline SUV(max) of above 5 was the most statistically significant cut off point for predicting distant failure (p=0.0002). Baseline SUV(max) ≥4.75 (median) was correlated with a higher risk of distant failure (p=0.012) and poorer RFS (p=0.04). Patients with a post-SBRT SUV(max) ≥2 and a reduction of <2.55 had a significantly higher rate of distant failure. CONCLUSIONS Pre-SBRT SUV(max) on FDG-PET/CT correlated most strongly with distant failure. A cut off of ≥5 was the most significant. Post-SBRT SUV(max) ≥2 and a reduction of <2.55 were associated with a higher risk of distant failure.
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Musunuru H, Lilley J, Naisbit M, Ramasamy S, Kirwin S, Snee M, Clarke K, Turner R, Stuart R, Franks K. PD-0290 CORRELATION BETWEEN DOSE VOLUME PARAMETERS AND TOXICITY IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH SABR FOR STAGE 1 LUNG CANCER. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)70629-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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McCloskey P, Ford V, Bissonnette J, Higgins J, Clarke K, Becker N, Leavens C, Bezjak A, Hope A, Sun A. PO-0745 CAN FDG PET DURING THE COURSE OF RADIATION THERAPY FOR LUNG CANCER PREDICT FOR ESOPHAGITIS AND PNEUMONITIS OUTCOME? Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71078-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bland R, Clarke K, Levine T. In-Office Intravenous Treatment for Intractable Headaches (P03.234). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p03.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Clark R, Männikkö R, Stuckey DJ, Iberl M, Clarke K, Ashcroft FM. Mice expressing a human K(ATP) channel mutation have altered channel ATP sensitivity but no cardiac abnormalities. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1195-204. [PMID: 22252471 PMCID: PMC3296019 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2428-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Patients with severe gain-of-function mutations in the Kir6.2 subunit of the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, have neonatal diabetes, muscle hypotonia and mental and motor developmental delay-a condition known as iDEND syndrome. However, despite the fact that Kir6.2 forms the pore of the cardiac K(ATP) channel, patients show no obvious cardiac symptoms. The aim of this project was to use a mouse model of iDEND syndrome to determine whether iDEND mutations affect cardiac function and cardiac K(ATP) channel ATP sensitivity. METHODS We performed patch-clamp and in vivo cine-MRI studies on mice in which the most common iDEND mutation (Kir6.2-V59M) was targeted to cardiac muscle using Cre-lox technology (m-V59M mice). RESULTS Patch-clamp studies of isolated cardiac myocytes revealed a markedly reduced K(ATP) channel sensitivity to MgATP inhibition in m-V59M mice (IC(50) 62 μmol/l compared with 13 μmol/l for littermate controls). In vivo cine-MRI revealed there were no gross morphological differences and no differences in heart rate, end diastolic volume, end systolic volume, stroke volume, ejection fraction, cardiac output or wall thickening between m-V59M and control hearts, either under resting conditions or under dobutamine stress. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The common iDEND mutation Kir6.2-V59M decreases ATP block of cardiac K(ATP) channels but was without obvious effect on heart function, suggesting that metabolic changes fail to open the mutated channel to an extent that affects function (at least in the absence of ischaemia). This may have implications for the choice of sulfonylurea used to treat neonatal diabetes.
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Davidson SM, Duchen MM, Yellon DM, Fields L, Zaccolo M, Laeremans H, Daskalopoulos EP, Janssen BJA, Blankesteijn WM, Tillmanns J, Hoffmann D, Habbaba Y, Fraccarollo D, Galuppo P, Bauersachs J, Novella S, Segarra G, Dantas AP, Bueno-Beti C, Novensa L, Lazaro-Franco M, Martinez-Gil N, Medina P, Hermenegildo C, Ohanian J, Liao A, Trafford AW, Ohanian V, Perez-Moreno A, Garcia-Canadilla P, Dominguez JM, Crispi F, Gratacos E, Amat-Roldan I, Gotschy A, Herold V, Bauer E, Schrodt C, Lykowsky G, Rommel E, Jakob P, Bauer W, Shah M, Sikkel MB, Desplantez T, Collins TP, O'Gara P, Harding SE, Lyon AR, Macleod KT, Ferrantini C, Sacconi L, Lotti I, Coppini R, Tesi C, Yan P, Loew LM, Cerbai E, Poggesi C, Pavone FS, Franco D, Daimi H, Dominguez JN, Hove-Madsen L, Cinca J, Vazquez E, Aranega AE, Poon KL, Kirchmaier BC, Schwerte T, Huisken J, Winkler C, Jungblut BC, Stainier DY, Brand T, Stuckey DJ, Tremoleda JL, Mcsweeney S, Fiedler L, Harada M, Carr CA, Tyler DJ, Gsell W, Clarke K, Schneider MD, Sequeira V, Regan JA, Michels M, Ten Cate FJ, Van Slegtenhorst MA, Stienen GJM, Dos Remedios C, Van Der Velden J. Oral abstract presentations. Cardiovasc Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ramasamy S, Sangha V, Flatley M, Turner R, Stuart R, Clarke K, Needham A, Liley J, Snee M, Franks K. 148 2 year results of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for medically inoperable peripheral stage I NSCLC at the St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds. Lung Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(12)70149-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Church DN, Phillips BR, Stuckey DJ, Barnes DJ, Buffa FM, Manek S, Clarke K, Harris AL, Carter EJ, Hassan AB. Igf2 ligand dependency of Pten(+/-) developmental and tumour phenotypes in the mouse. Oncogene 2011; 31:3635-46. [PMID: 22120709 PMCID: PMC3419984 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The tumour suppressor PTEN is a key negative regulator of the PI3K-Akt pathway, and is frequently either reduced or lost in human tumours. Murine genetic studies have confirmed that reduction of Pten promotes tumourigenesis in multiple organs, and demonstrated dependency of tumour development on the activation of downstream components such as Akt. Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) act via IGF1R to activate the PI3K-Akt pathway, and are commonly upregulated in cancer. A context-dependent interplay between IGFs and PTEN exists in normal tissue and tumours; increased IGF2 ligand supply induces Pten expression creating an autoregulatory negative feedback loop, whereas complete loss of PTEN may either cooperate with IGF overexpression in tumour promotion, or result in desensitisation to IGF ligand. However, it remains unknown whether neoplasia associated with Pten loss is dependent on upstream IGF ligand supply in vivo. We evaluated this by generation of Pten+/− mice with differing allelic dosage of Igf2, an imprinted gene encoding the potent embryonic and tumour growth factor Igf2. We show that biallelic Igf2 supply potentiates a previously unreported Pten+/− placental phenotype and results in strain-dependent cardiac hyperplasia and neonatal lethality. Importantly, we also show that the effects of Pten loss in vivo are modified by Igf2 supply, as lack of Igf2 results in extended survival and delayed tumour development while biallelic supply is associated with reduced lifespan and accelerated neoplasia in females. Furthermore, we demonstrate that reduction of PTEN protein to heterozygote levels in human MCF7 cells is associated with increased proliferation in response to IGF2, and does not result in desensitisation to IGF2 signalling. These data indicate that the effects of Pten loss at heterozygote levels commonly observed in human tumours are modified by Igf2 ligand, and emphasise the importance of the evaluation of upstream pathways in tumours with Pten loss.
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Tan SC, Yeoh KK, Carr CA, Heather LC, Ambrose L, Tan JJ, Schofield C, Clarke K. 37 Use of prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to induce HIF-related metabolic changes and increase c-Kit expression in cardiosphere-derived cells. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300920b.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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