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Kendrick T, Chatwin J, Dowrick C, Tylee A, Morriss R, Peveler R, Leese M, McCrone P, Harris T, Moore M, Byng R, Brown G, Barthel S, Mander H, Ring A, Kelly V, Wallace V, Gabbay M, Craig T, Mann A. Randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors plus supportive care, versus supportive care alone, for mild to moderate depression with somatic symptoms in primary care: the THREAD (THREshold for AntiDepressant response) study. Health Technol Assess 2009; 13:iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-159. [PMID: 19401066 DOI: 10.3310/hta13220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine (1) the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment plus supportive care, versus supportive care alone, for mild to moderate depression in patients with somatic symptoms in primary care; and (2) the impact of the initial severity of depression on effectiveness and relative costs. To investigate the impact of demographic and social variables. DESIGN The study was a parallel group, open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING The study took place in a UK primary care setting. Patients were referred by 177 GPs from 115 practices around three academic centres. PARTICIPANTS Patients diagnosed with new episodes of depression and potentially in need of treatment. In total, 602 patients were referred to the study team, of whom 220 were randomised. INTERVENTIONS GPs were asked to provide supportive care to all participants in follow-up consultations 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after the baseline assessment, to prescribe an SSRI of their choice to patients in the SSRI plus supportive care arm and to continue treatment for at least 4 months after recovery. They could switch antidepressants during treatment if necessary. They were asked to refrain from prescribing an antidepressant to those in the supportive care alone arm during the first 12 weeks but could prescribe to these patients if treatment became necessary. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome measure was Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) score at 12-week follow-up. Secondary outcome measures were scores on HDRS at 26-week follow-up, Beck Depression Inventory, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale (MISS), modified Client Service Receipt Inventory and medical record data. RESULTS SSRIs were received by 87% of patients in the SSRI plus supportive care arm and 20% in the supportive care alone arm. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated statistically significant differences in favour of the SSRI plus supportive care arm in terms of lower HDRS scores and higher scores on the SF-36 and MISS. Significant mean differences in HDRS score adjusted for baseline were found at both follow-up points when analysed separately but were relatively small. The numbers needed to treat for remission (to HDRS > 8) were 6 [95% confidence interval (CI) 4 to 26)] at 12 weeks and 6 (95% CI 3 to 31) at 26 weeks, and for significant improvement (HDRS reduction > or = 50%) were 7 (95% CI 4 to 83) and 5 (95% CI 3 to 13) respectively. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios and cost-effectiveness planes suggested that adding an SSRI to supportive care was probably cost-effective. The cost-effectiveness acceptability curve for utility suggested that adding an SSRI to supportive care was cost-effective at the values of 20,000 pounds-30,000 pounds per quality-adjusted life-year. A poorer outcome on the HDRS was significantly related to greater severity at baseline, a higher physical symptom score and being unemployed. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with an SSRI plus supportive care is more effective than supportive care alone for patients with mild to moderate depression, at least for those with symptoms persisting for 8 weeks and an HRDS score of > or = 12. The additional benefit is relatively small, and may be at least in part a placebo effect, but is probably cost-effective at the level used by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to make judgements about recommending treatments within the National Health Service. However, further research is required.
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Scherer ML, Nalls MA, Pawlikowska L, Ziv E, Mitchell G, Huntsman S, Hu D, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Lakatta EG, Hsueh WC, Newman AB, Tandon A, Kim L, Kwok PY, Sung A, Li R, Psaty B, Reiner AP, Harris T. Admixture mapping of ankle-arm index: identification of a candidate locus associated with peripheral arterial disease. J Med Genet 2009; 47:1-7. [PMID: 19586928 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.064808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and has a higher prevalence in African Americans than Caucasians. Ankle-arm index (AAI) is the ratio of systolic blood pressure in the leg to that in the arm, and, when low, is a marker of PAD. METHODS The authors used an admixture mapping approach to search for genetic loci associated with low AAI. Using data from 1040 African American participants in the observational, population based Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study who were genotyped at 1322 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are informative for African versus European ancestry and span the entire genome, we estimated genetic ancestry in each chromosomal region and then tested the association between AAI and genetic ancestry at each locus. RESULTS The authors found a region of chromosome 11 that reaches its peak between 80 and 82 Mb associated with low AAI (p<0.001 for rs12289502 and rs9665943, both within this region). 753 African American participants in the observational, population based Cardiovascular Health Study were genotyped at rs9665943 to test the reproducibility of this association, and this association was also statistically significant (odds ratio (OR) for homozygous African genotype 1.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12 to 2.27). Another candidate SNP (rs1042602) in the same genomic region was tested in both populations, and was also found to be significantly associated with low AAI in both populations (OR for homozygous African genotype 1.89, 95% CI 1.29 to 2.76). CONCLUSION This study identifies a novel region of chromosome 11 representing an area with a potential candidate gene associated with PAD in African Americans.
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Looker AC, Melton LJ, Harris T, Borrud L, Shepherd J, McGowan J. Age, gender, and race/ethnic differences in total body and subregional bone density. Osteoporos Int 2009; 20:1141-9. [PMID: 19048179 PMCID: PMC3057045 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0809-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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SUMMARY Total body bone density of adults from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 differed as expected for some groups (men>women and blacks>whites) but not others (whites>Mexican Americans). Cross-sectional age patterns in bone mineral density (BMD) of older adults differed at skeletal sites that varied by degree of weight-bearing. INTRODUCTION Total body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) data offer the opportunity to compare bone density of demographic groups across the entire skeleton. METHODS The present study uses total body DXA data (Hologic QDR 4500A, Hologic, Bedford MA, USA) from the NHANES 1999-2004 to examine BMD of the total body and selected skeletal subregions in a wide age range of adult men and women from three race/ethnic groups. Total body, lumbar spine, pelvis, right leg, and left arm BMD and lean mass from 13,091 adults aged 20 years and older were used. The subregions were chosen to represent sites with different degrees of weight-bearing. RESULTS Mean BMD varied in expected ways for some demographic characteristics (men>women and non-Hispanic blacks>non-Hispanic whites) but not others (non-Hispanic whites>Mexican Americans). Differences in age patterns in BMD also emerged for some characteristics (sex) but not others (race/ethnicity). Differences in cross-sectional age patterns in BMD and lean mass by degree of weight-bearing in older adults were observed for the pelvis, leg, and arm. CONCLUSION This information may be useful for generating hypotheses about age, race, and sex differences in fracture risk in the population.
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Neumann G, Hunter D, Nevitt M, Chibnik LB, Kwoh K, Chen H, Harris T, Satterfield S, Duryea J. Location specific radiographic joint space width for osteoarthritis progression. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2009; 17:761-5. [PMID: 19073368 PMCID: PMC3138121 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish the performance of location specific computer measures of radiographic joint space width (JSW) compared to measurements of minimum joint space width (mJSW) for the assessment of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA). The study also investigated the most disease-responsive location for measuring medial compartment JSW. METHODS Serial bilateral Posterior Anterior (PA) conventional radiographs acquired with a fixed flexion protocol were obtained 36 months apart in 118 persons with knee OA participating in the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. Measurements of medial compartment mJSW and JSW at seven fixed locations were facilitated by the use of semi-automated software that delineated the femoral and tibial margins of the joint. A human reader operated custom software to verify and correct the software-drawn margins where necessary. Paired images were displayed with the reader blinded to the chronological order. The amount of joint space narrowing was measured and the standardized response mean (SRM) was used as a metric to quantify performance. RESULTS For all subjects, the mJSW SRM value was 0.42 while, for the most responsive location specific measure of JSW, it was SRM=0.46. For subjects with a Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) score less than or equal to 1, mJSW (SRM=0.40) was more responsive than the new measures (Maximum SRM=0.30). For KL=2or3, SRM=0.49 for mJSW, and SRM=0.74 for the most responsive location specific measure of JSW. Improved responsiveness was observed in the more central portion of the joint on the more diseased knees. CONCLUSIONS Location specific computer measures of JSW are feasible and potentially provide a superior method to assess radiographic OA for more diseased subjects. This new measure has the potential to improve the power of clinical studies that use a fixed flexion protocol.
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Kannarkat GJ, Harris T, Kelly K, Fracasso P, Moskaluk C. Evaluation of plectin-1 immunohistochemical expression in human colon cancer tumor progression. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e22132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e22132 Background: Plectin-1 (PLEC1), a known scaffolding protein, was recently discovered to be upregulated and redistributed to the cell membrane in multiple cancers, thereby providing a molecular imaging biomarker for disease detection. The purpose of this study was to examine PLEC1 staining in the tumor progression of human colorectal carcinoma. Methods: A tissue microarray of colonic neoplastic progression was stained with antibody to PLEC1. A total PLEC1 immunohistochemical (IHC) staining score was obtained by multiplying the intensity of PLEC1 membrane staining, scored 1 to 3, by the percent of target cells stained, scored 1 (<25%), 2 ( 25%-75%) and 3 (>75%). Each specimen was grouped into low (0–2), intermediate (3–5) or high (6–9) expression. The mean IHC score and group distribution were obtained for each tissue type. Results: Normal colonic tissue showed the lowest membrane expression of PLEC1 with a mean IHC score of 2.24. Approximately 80% of cases were in the low group. Colonic adenomas had a slightly higher mean IHC score, 2.57, with more cases falling in the intermediate group. Invasive colorectal cancer as a whole had a mean IHC score of 3.96 with a third of cases falling into the high expression group. Inflamed colonic tissue (ulcerative colitis) stained the highest with a mean IHC score of 4.83 and all cases falling in the intermediate or high group. Conclusions: There is increasing membrane expression of PLEC1 in colonic epithelium through tumor progression. The observation of a difference in IHC staining of normal and malignant tissue requires larger confirmatory studies, but the redistribution of PLEC1 to the cell surface is a potential biomarker for molecular imaging of cancer and potential target for novel therapeutic agents. However, our finding of increased PLEC1 membrane staining in actively inflamed tissue may indicate an important caveat in the use and implementation of this biomarker in certain clinical situations. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Carey IM, Nightingale CM, DeWilde S, Harris T, Whincup PH, Cook DG. Blood pressure recording bias during a period when the Quality and Outcomes Framework was introduced. J Hum Hypertens 2009; 23:764-70. [DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Taaffe D, Henwood T, Nails M, Walker D, Lang T, Harris T. Alterations in muscle attenuation following detraining and retraining in resistance trained older adults. J Sci Med Sport 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Baldwin A, Harris T, Davies G. Look right! A retrospective study of pedestrian accidents involving overseas visitors to London. Emerg Med J 2008; 25:843-6. [DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.057596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Khau T, Schuliga M, Harris T, Stewart A. 375 POSTER Annexin I regulation of breast cancer cell proliferation. EJC Suppl 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(08)72309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lang T, Koyama A, Li C, Li J, Lu Y, Saeed I, Gazze E, Keyak J, Harris T, Cheng X. Pelvic body composition measurements by quantitative computed tomography: association with recent hip fracture. Bone 2008; 42:798-805. [PMID: 18234578 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Revised: 11/19/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Loss of subcutaneous fat, decreased muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and increased muscle adiposity are related to declining physical function and disability in the elderly, but there is little information about the relationship of these tissue changes to hip fracture. Thus we have compared body composition measures in women with hip fractures to age-matched controls, using quantitative computed tomography (QCT) imaging of the hip to characterize total adiposity, muscle CSA and muscle attenuation coefficient, a measure of adiposity. MATERIALS AND METHODS 45 Chinese women (mean age 74.71+/-5.94) with hip fractures were compared to 66 healthy control subjects (mean age 70.70+/-4.66). Hip QCT scans were analyzed to compute total adipose CSA as well as CSA and attenuation values of muscle groups in the CT scan field of view, including hip extensors, abductors, adductors and flexors. The total femur areal BMD (aBMD) was estimated from the QCT images. Logistic regression was employed to compare body composition measures between fracture subjects and controls after adjustment for age, height, BMI and aBMD. Receiver-operator curve (ROC) analyses determined whether combinations of aBMD and body composition had higher area under curve (AUC) than aBMD alone. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Fracture subjects had lower fat CSA (p<0.0001) than controls but had higher muscle adiposity as indicated by lower attenuation in the adductor, abductor and flexor groups (0.00001<p<0.02). Fracture subjects also had lower extensor and adductor CSA values (p<0.0001). After age and BMI adjustment, the total fat CSA, the extensor and adductor CSA values, and the adductor attenuation values remained significantly lower in the fracture subjects (0.001<p<0.05). In ROC analyses, models combining aBMD with soft tissue measures had higher AUC than models containing only BMD (0.001<p<0.05). Combining body composition with skeletal measures may improve fracture prediction compared to bone measures alone.
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Ward JE, Harris T, Bamford T, Mast A, Pain MCF, Robertson C, Smallwood D, Tran T, Wilson J, Stewart AG. Proliferation is not increased in airway myofibroblasts isolated from asthmatics. Eur Respir J 2008; 32:362-71. [PMID: 18353854 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00119307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Airway mesenchymal cells, such as myofibroblasts and airway smooth muscle cells, contribute to inflammation, airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness in asthma by excessive proliferation and inflammatory mediator production. Using endobronchial biopsies obtained from both nonasthmatic and asthmatic subjects, in situ proliferation was assessed by immunostaining for cyclin D1. The number of immunoreactive cells increased with asthma severity and was restricted to the epithelium and subepithelial connective tissue. Despite increases in smooth muscle area, cyclin D1 was not detected in cells in intact muscle bundles. Biopsy-derived cell cultures were characterised as predominantly myofibroblasts, and were assessed to determine whether proliferation and cytokine production varied with asthma status. Cell enumeration showed that basal proliferation was similar in cells from nonasthmatics and asthmatics, and mitogenic responses to fibroblast growth factor-2, thrombin or serum were either reduced or unchanged in cells from asthmatics. Interleukin (IL)-1-dependent granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and IL-8 release was increased in cell supernatants from asthmatics. Thus, increased rates of cellular proliferation identified in situ in the asthmatic airway occurred outside the expanded smooth muscle compartment. Although reduced proliferative responses were observed in cultured myofibroblasts from asthmatics, the increased cytokine production by these cells suggests that this contributes to and may perpetuate ongoing inflammation in asthma.
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Pajala S, Petersen H, Siggeirsdottir K, Sigurdsson G, Eiriksdottir G, Jonsson P, Lang T, Harris T, vanBuchem M, Launer L. P2.037 Association between balance impairment, falls and agerelated white matter lesions in MRI: a population based Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(08)70266-9] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Hunter DJ, Zhang YQ, Niu JB, Felson DT, Kwoh K, Newman A, Kritchevsky S, Harris T, Carbone L, Nevitt M. Patella malalignment, pain and patellofemoral progression: the Health ABC Study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2007; 15:1120-7. [PMID: 17502158 PMCID: PMC2042530 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Patellofemoral (PF) joint osteoarthritis (OA) is strongly correlated with lower extremity disability and knee pain. Risk factors for pain and structural progression in PF OA are poorly understood. Our objective was to determine the association between patella malalignment and its relation to pain severity, and PF OA disease progression. METHODS We conducted an analysis of data from the Health ABC knee OA study. Health ABC is a community based, multi-center cohort study of 3075 Caucasian and Black men and women aged 70-79 at enrollment. Weight bearing skyline knee X-rays were obtained in a subset (595) of subjects, with and without knee pain, at year 2 and year 5 (mean follow-up 36 months). Films were read paired, and PF osteophytes (OST) and joint space narrowing (JSN) were scored on a 0-3 scale using the Osteoarthritis Research Society International atlas. We defined progression of PF OA as any increase in JSN score. Three measures of patella malalignment were made: sulcus angle; patella tilt angle; and patella subluxation medially or laterally (bisect offset). Knee symptoms were assessed using a knee specific Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) knee pain subscale. We assessed the relationship between baseline patella malalignment and pain severity (linear regression for WOMAC) and compartment specific PF OA progression (logistic regression for dichotomous outcomes). We classified continuous measures of patella alignment into quartile groups. We performed multivariable adjusted logistic regression models, including age, gender and body mass index (BMI) to assess the relation of baseline patella alignment to the occurrence of PF JSN progression using generalized estimating equations (GEE). RESULTS The subjects had a mean age 73.6 (SD 2.9), BMI 28.8 (SD 4.9), 40.3% male, and 46% were Black. Medial displacement of the patella predisposed to medial JSN progression; odds for each quartile 1, 1.2, 1.2, 2.2 (P for trend=0.03), whilst protecting from lateral JSN progression; odds for each quartile 1, 0.7, 0.6, 0.4 (P for trend=0.0004). Increasing patella tilt protected from medial JSN progression; odds for each quartile 1, 0.8, 0.5, 0.2 (P<0.0001) and trended to increasing pain severity (P=0.09). CONCLUSION Patella malalignment is associated with PF disease progression. Medial displacement and tilt of the patella predisposes to medial JSN progression, whilst lateral displacement is predictive of lateral JSN progression. The influence of patella malalignment has important implications since it is potentially modifiable through footwear, taping and/or knee bracing.
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Farhat GN, Newman AB, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Matthews KA, Boudreau R, Schwartz AV, Harris T, Tylavsky F, Visser M, Cauley JA. The association of bone mineral density measures with incident cardiovascular disease in older adults. Osteoporos Int 2007; 18:999-1008. [PMID: 17285350 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-007-0338-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED The associations of volumetric and areal bone mineral density (BMD) measures with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) were studied in a biracial cohort of 2,310 older adults. BMD measures were inversely related to CVD in women and white men, independent of age and shared risk factors for osteoporosis and CVD. INTRODUCTION We investigated the associations of volumetric (vBMD) and areal (aBMD) bone mineral density measures with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older adults enrolled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. METHODS The incidence of CVD was ascertained in 2,310 well-functioning white and black participants (42% black; 55% women), aged 68-80 years. aBMD measures of the hip were assessed using DXA. Spine trabecular, integral, and cortical vBMD measures were obtained using QCT. RESULTS During an average follow-up of 5.4 years, 23% of men and 14% of women had incident CVD. Spine vBMD measures were inversely associated with incident CVD in white men [HR(integral)=1.39, 95% CI 1.03-1.87; HR(cortical)=1.38, 95% CI 1.03-1.84], but not in black men. In women, aBMD measures of the total hip (HR = 1.36, 95% CI 1.03-1.78), femoral neck (HR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.10-1.90), and trochanter (HR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.04-1.72) exhibited significant associations with CVD in blacks, but not in whites. All associations were independent of age and shared risk factors between osteoporosis and CVD, and were not explained by inflammatory cytokines or oxidized LDL. CONCLUSION Our results provide support for an inverse association between BMD and incident CVD. Further research should elucidate possible pathophysiological mechanisms linking osteoporosis and CVD.
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Yim JE, Heshka S, Albu J, Heymsfield S, Kuznia P, Harris T, Gallagher D. Intermuscular adipose tissue rivals visceral adipose tissue in independent associations with cardiovascular risk. Int J Obes (Lond) 2007; 31:1400-5. [PMID: 17452994 PMCID: PMC2752367 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The metabolic implications of intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) are poorly understood compared to those of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) even though the absolute quantities of both depots are similar in many individuals. OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine the independent relationship between whole-body IMAT and cardiovascular risk factor parameters. DESIGN Whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to quantify total skeletal muscle (SM), total adipose tissue (TAT) of which IMAT, defined as the AT visible by MRI within the boundary of the muscle fascia, is a sub-component. Fasting serum measures (n=262) of glucose, total cholesterol (T-Chol), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-Chol), triglycerides (TG), protein bound glucose (PBG, n=206) and insulin (n=119) were acquired in healthy African-American (AA, n=78) and Caucasian (Ca, n=109) women (body mass index (BMI) 26.5+/-5.7 kg/m(2); 44.4+/-16.4 years) and men (39 AA, 62 Ca; BMI 25.6+/-3.5 kg/m(2); 45.6+/-17.4 years). General linear models identified the independent effects of IMAT after covarying for SM, VAT, TAT, race, sex and two-way interactions. RESULTS Significant independent associations were observed for IMAT with glucose (P<0.001), PBG (P<0.001) and T-Chol (P<0.05). The association of IMAT with cholesterol differed by race in such a manner that for a unit increase in IMAT, T-Chol increased more rapidly in Ca compared to AA (P<0.05). TG, HDL-Chol and insulin had no independent association with IMAT. CONCLUSION The strong independent associations of IMAT with fasting glucose and PBG suggest that IMAT may be related to glucose metabolism; however, IMAT is also associated with T-Chol in Ca.
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Li R, Nicklas B, Pahor M, Newman A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Harris T, Lakatta E, Bauer DC, Ding J, Satterfield S, Kritchevsky SB. Polymorphisms of angiotensinogen and angiotensin-converting enzyme associated with lower extremity arterial disease in the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. J Hum Hypertens 2007; 21:673-82. [PMID: 17429448 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The role of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) genes on the risk of lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) in elderly people remains unclear. We assessed the relationship of genetic polymorphisms in RAS: G-6A, T174M and M235T of the angiotensinogen (AGT) gene, and the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE_I/D) variant to the risk of LEAD in the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. This analysis included 1228 black and 1306 white men and women whose age ranged between 70 and 79 years at the study enrollment. LEAD was defined as ankle-arm index (AAI) <0.9. Genotype-phenotype associations were estimated by regression analyses with and without adjustment for established cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. The proportion of LEAD was significantly higher in black (21.1%) than that in white elderly people (10.1%, P<0.0001). The distribution of AGT polymorphisms was also significantly different between black and white participants. There was no statistically significant association between the selected RAS genetic variants and LEAD after adjustment for age, antihypertensive medications, lipid-lowering medication, pack-year smoking, body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and prevalent diabetes and coronary heart disease. However, A-T haplotype of G-6A and M235T interacting with homozygous ACE_II (beta=-1.07, P=0.006) and with ACE inhibitors (beta=-1.03, P=0.01) significantly decreased the risk of LEAD in white but not in black participants after adjustment for the selected CVD risk factors. In conclusion, the study observed a gene-gene and gene-drug interaction for LEAD in the white elderly.
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Harris T, Crawford PJM. Case report: teeth and tonsils: the use of culture and sensitivity testing for antibiotic prescribing in dental infection. Br Dent J 2007; 202:463-4. [PMID: 17471206 DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This case report highlights the usefulness of bacterial culture and sensitivity testing in the prescribing of antibiotics for dental infections, demonstrated by the management of a 10-year-old child with a non-vital upper central incisor and, reportedly, associated recurrent tonsillitis.
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Harris T, Soussan L, Isseroff R, Sun Y, Rafailovich MH, Frenkel AI. EXAFS Studies of Palladium Nanoparticles: Size Control and Hydrogenation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2644653] [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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Pope SK, Kritchevsky SB, Morris MC, Block G, Tylavsky FA, Lee JS, Stewart S, Harris T, Rubin SM, Simonsick EM. Cognitive ability is associated with suspected reporting errors on food frequency questionnaires. J Nutr Health Aging 2007; 11:55-8. [PMID: 17315081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine potential for bias in reported total energy intake on a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) among older adults. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SUBJECTS/SETTING 2,706 Community-dwelling Black and White older adults, aged 70-79 years, enrolled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted with potential errors on reported total energy intake on the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) as the outcome variable and with cognitive ability, measured by the Modified Mini Mental State Exam (3MS) as the primary independent variable. The regression model controlled for site, race, gender, age, body size, and physical activity. Separate models were fit using 3MS as a continuous variable and for multiple 3MS cutpoints. All models revealed similar findings. RESULTS Cognitive ability was inversely associated with potential errors in reporting total energy intake, whereby a five-point increase in 3MS scores was associated with a 14% decreased likelihood of reporting errors (Odds Ratio=0.86, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.77, 0.95). Additionally, compared to White women, White men were 2 times more likely, and Black women and Black men were 3 times more likely, to have errors in reporting total energy intake. CONCLUSION This study provides evidence that for older adults, lower cognition scores are associated with increased potential errors in reporting total energy intake. APPLICATIONS Dietary reporting from older adults may be inaccurate due to cognitive deficits. A brief assessment of cognitive function may assist clinicians in dietary evaluations and recommendation and may benefit studies using FFQ data where the measure of cognitive function could be utilized to stratify data analyses and conduct sensitivity analyses.
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Yaffe K, Barnes D, Lindquist K, Cauley J, Simonsick EM, Penninx B, Satterfield S, Harris T, Cummings SR. Endogenous sex hormone levels and risk of cognitive decline in an older biracial cohort. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 28:171-8. [PMID: 17097195 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 09/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Older women treated with conjugated estrogens may have an increased risk of dementia, but the effect of naturally occurring sex hormones on cognition is not certain. METHODS Bioavailable estradiol and free testosterone level were obtained from 792 (55% men, 51% black) participants. We assessed cognition with the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS), Selective Reminding Test (SRT) and CLOX 1 at baseline and 2 years later. RESULTS Women in the lowest estradiol tertile were more likely than those in the highest tertile to decline (> or = 1.0 S.D. of change) on 3MS (25% versus 9%, adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 3.9; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-9.6) and on SRT (28% versus 12%, adjusted OR [95% CI] = 3.3 [1.4-7.9]) but not CLOX 1. There was a borderline association between low estradiol tertile and decline on SRT in men (22% versus 14%, adjusted OR [95% CI] = 1.9 [0.9-3.9]). Testosterone level was not associated with decline in cognition in either men or women. Findings did not differ by race. CONCLUSIONS Older women with low estradiol levels were more likely to experience decline in global cognitive function and verbal memory, and a similar trend was observed for verbal memory in men. This supports the hypothesis that endogenous sex hormones may play an important role in the maintenance of cognitive function in older adults.
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Yaffe K, Kanaya AM, Lindquist K, Hsueh WC, Cummings SR, Beamer B, Newman A, Rosano C, Li R, Harris T. PPAR-gamma Pro12Ala genotype and risk of cognitive decline in elders. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 29:78-83. [PMID: 17052804 PMCID: PMC2233891 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Revised: 08/03/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Pro12Ala polymorphism of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) has been associated with decreased risk of diabetes and obesity, both disorders linked to cognitive impairment. We tested whether this polymorphism is associated with cognition. METHODS Two thousand nine hundred sixty-one participants (mean age, 74.1; 41% Black; 52% women) were administered the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) at baseline and 4 year follow-up. Test scores were adjusted for age, sex, education, cerebrovascular disease, depression and APOE genotype and additionally for race. We determined the association between Ala allele and development of cognitive decline (3MS decline of > or = 5 points). RESULTS At baseline, unadjusted scores on both cognitive tests were higher for Ala carriers compared to non-carriers (3MS, 94.2 versus 92.5, p<0.001; DSST, 40.2 versus 34.5, p<0.001). Similarly, follow-up scores were higher for Ala carriers. Multivariable adjustment led to similar results; additional adjustment for race attenuated the baseline 3MS results. After 4 years, 17.5% of Ala carriers developed cognitive decline compared to 25% among non-carriers (unadjusted OR=0.61; 95%CI, 0.46-0.82; adjusted OR=0.75; 95%CI, 0.55-1.02). Further adjustment for metabolic variables including fasting blood glucose and lipid level did not change the results. CONCLUSIONS The PPAR-gamma Ala12 allele carriers may have less risk of developing cognitive decline.
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Bonacci JV, Schuliga M, Harris T, Stewart AG. Collagen impairs glucocorticoid actions in airway smooth muscle through integrin signalling. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 149:365-73. [PMID: 16967051 PMCID: PMC1978431 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Airway wall remodelling in asthma is characterised by a number of structural changes, including an increase in the volume of airway smooth muscle (ASM), and the abundance of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, collagen, is increased. We have investigated the mechanism of collagen-induced glucocorticoid resistance of proliferation, and migration of ASM. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH ASM cultured from human airways has been seeded on to either type I monomeric collagen or a laminin pentapeptide, YIGSR. The role of alpha2beta1 integrin in the collagen-induced glucocorticoid resistance was investigated using a function blocking monoclonal antibody. KEY RESULTS Culture of ASM on collagen I, but not laminin, led to a greater proliferative response that was insensitive to regulation by dexamethasone (100 nM). The anti-migratory effects of the glucocorticoid, fluticasone propionate (1 nM) were also impaired by contact of ASM with collagen. The impaired anti-mitogenic action of dexamethasone was associated with a failure to reduce the levels of the rate-limiting cell cycle regulatory protein, cyclin D1. When signalling through the alpha2beta1 integrin was reduced, dexamethasone-mediated reductions in proliferation and cyclin D1 levels were restored. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS In the collagen-rich microenvironment of the inflamed and fibrotic asthmatic airway, integrin/ECM interactions may contribute to glucocorticoid resistance.
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Farhat GN, Strotmeyer ES, Newman AB, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Bauer DC, Harris T, Johnson KC, Taaffe DR, Cauley JA. Volumetric and areal bone mineral density measures are associated with cardiovascular disease in older men and women: the health, aging, and body composition study. Calcif Tissue Int 2006; 79:102-11. [PMID: 16927045 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-006-0052-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [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: 02/25/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The associations of volumetric (vBMD) and areal (aBMD) bone mineral density measures with prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and subclinical peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were investigated in a cohort of older men and women enrolled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Participants were 3,075 well-functioning white and black men and women (42% black, 51% women), aged 68-80 years. Total hip, femoral neck, and trochanter aBMD were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Quantitative computed tomography was used to evaluate spine trabecular, integral, and cortical vBMD measures in a subgroup (n = 1,489). Logistic regression was performed to examine associations of BMD measures with CVD and PAD. The prevalence of CVD (defined by coronary heart disease, PAD, cerebrovascular disease, or congestive heart failure) was 29.8%. Among participants without CVD, 10% had subclinical PAD (defined as ankle-arm index <0.9). Spine vBMD measures were inversely associated with CVD in men (odds ratio of integral [OR(integral)] = 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-1.63; OR(trabecular )= 1.25, 95% CI 1.02-1.53; OR(cortical )= 1.36, 95% CI 1.11-1.65). In women, for each standard deviation decrease in integral vBMD, cortical vBMD, or trochanter aBMD, the odds of CVD were significantly increased by 28%, 27%, and 22%, respectively. Total hip aBMD was associated with subclinical PAD in men (OR = 1.39, 95% CI 1.03-1.84) but not in women. All associations were independent of age and shared risk factors between BMD and CVD and were not influenced by inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factors-alpha). In conclusion, our results provide further evidence for an inverse association between BMD and CVD in men and women. Future research should investigate common pathophysiological links for osteoporosis and CVD.
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Drake CG, Kelleher C, Bruno T, Harris T, Flies D, Getnet D, Hipkiss E, Maris C, Grosso J. Blocking the regulatory T cell molecule LAG-3 augments in vivo anti-tumor immunity in an autochthonous model of prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.2573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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2573 Background: LAG-3 is a CD4 homolog expressed on activated T cells, NK cells, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), and plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Recently, we showed that LAG-3 was relatively overexpressed in specific T cells rendered unresponsive in vivo by the presence of cognate self-antigen. These anergic T cells display regulatory function both in vitro and in vivo, and blockade of LAG-3 with a non-depleting monoclonal antibody significantly mitigates their regulatory T cell activity. Methods: Using a novel model of prostate cancer in which a tumor-specific antigen is expressed in autochthonous tumors, we tested whether treatment with a non-depleting anti-LAG-3 antibody affected trafficking and function of tumor-specific T cells. Results: LAG-3 blockade significantly augments specific CD8 T cell trafficking to antigen-expressing tumors, but not to normal tissue. Most significantly, LAG-3 blockade functionally reversed CD8 T cell tolerance as assayed by an in vivo cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) assay. Combining LAG-3 blockade with specific anti-tumor vaccination results in a dramatic increase in activated CD8 T cells in the tumor parenchyma. Conclusions: Taken together, these data support the concept that treatment with a LAG-3 blocking antibody may significantly delay disease progression in patients with cancer. We have recently generated a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against human LAG-3; several of these antibodies significantly augment human T cell responses in vitro. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Patel K, Harris T, Faulhaber M, Angleman S, Bauer D, Connelly S, Kuller L. Racial Variation in the Relationship of Anemia with Mortality in Older Adults. Am J Epidemiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s174-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Harris T, Meek S. When should we thrombolyse patients with pulmonary embolism? A systematic review of the literature. Emerg Med J 2006; 22:766-71. [PMID: 16244331 PMCID: PMC1726594 DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.011965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The early mortality in pulmonary embolism (PE) is largely predicted by the associated cardiovascular response, with progressive right ventricular failure, hypotension, shock, and circulatory arrest being associated with increasing mortality. Thrombolysis may improve the prognosis of PE associated with these varying degrees of circulatory collapse, but has no place in the treatment of small emboli with no cardiovascular compromise, as it carries a significant risk of haemorrhage. This review sets out to guide the emergency physician in deciding which patients with PE may benefit from thrombolysis.
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Zaoutis T, Naftel D, Chrisant M, Kaufman B, Pearce B, Spicer R, Harris T, Webber S. 125. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.11.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Maraldi C, Volpato S, Kritchevsky S, Andresen E, Harris T, Newman A, Kanaya A, Johnson K, Fellin R, Pahor M. We-W36:5 Alcohol consumption, mortality and cardiac events: Effect of inflammation, the health, aging, and body composition study. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(06)81271-7] [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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Phypers M, Harris T, Power C. CNS tuberculosis: a longitudinal analysis of epidemiological and clinical features. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006; 10:99-103. [PMID: 16466045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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In a prospective Canadian cohort of 82 764 patients with tuberculosis (TB), the risk of developing central nervous system manifestations of TB (CNS-TB) (1%) was higher among younger, female, Aboriginal and foreign-born persons (P < 0.005), together with an elevated mortality risk (RR 4.23), compared to controls with only pulmonary TB. TB detection was lower in the CNS-TB group (P < 0.005), while the likelihood of being cured was also reduced (P < 0.005). CNS-TB remains a serious complication of TB in the industrialised world.
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Neogi T, Nevitt M, Niu J, LaValley MP, Hunter DJ, Terkeltaub R, Carbone L, Chen H, Harris T, Kwoh K, Guermazi A, Felson DT. Lack of association between chondrocalcinosis and increased risk of cartilage loss in knees with osteoarthritis: Results of two prospective longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:1822-8. [PMID: 16729275 DOI: 10.1002/art.21903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between chondrocalcinosis and the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) using longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessments. METHODS Longitudinal knee MRIs were obtained in the Boston OA Knee Study (BOKS) and in the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. Chondrocalcinosis was determined as present or absent on baseline knee radiographs. Cartilage morphology was graded on paired longitudinal MRIs using the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score in 5 cartilage subregions of each of the medial and lateral tibiofemoral joints. Cartilage loss in a subregion was defined as an increase in the cartilage score of > or = 1 (0-4 scale). The risk for change in the number of subregions with cartilage loss was assessed using Poisson regression, with generalized estimating equations to account for correlations. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, baseline cartilage score, and presence of damaged menisci. RESULTS In BOKS, 23 of the 265 included knees (9%) had chondrocalcinosis. In Health ABC, 373 knees were included, of which 69 knees (18.5%) had chondrocalcinosis. In BOKS, knees with chondrocalcinosis had a lower risk of cartilage loss compared with knees without chondrocalcinosis (adjusted risk ratio [RR] 0.4, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.2-0.7) (P = 0.002), and there was no difference in risk in Health ABC (adjusted RR 0.9, 95% CI 0.6-1.5) (P = 0.7). Stratification by intact versus damaged menisci produced similar results within each cohort. CONCLUSION In knees with OA, the presence of chondrocalcinosis was not associated with increased cartilage loss. These findings do not support the hypothesis that chondrocalcinosis worsens OA progression.
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Yende S, Waterer GW, Tolley EA, Newman AB, Bauer DC, Taaffe DR, Jensen R, Crapo R, Rubin S, Nevitt M, Simonsick EM, Satterfield S, Harris T, Kritchevsky SB. Inflammatory markers are associated with ventilatory limitation and muscle dysfunction in obstructive lung disease in well functioning elderly subjects. Thorax 2005; 61:10-6. [PMID: 16284220 PMCID: PMC2080698 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.034181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inflammatory markers are increased in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are hypothesised to play an important part in muscle dysfunction and exercise intolerance. METHODS The Health Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study is a prospective observational cohort of well functioning individuals aged 70-79 years. A cross sectional analysis of the baseline data was conducted to examine the association between inflammatory markers and ventilatory limitation, muscle strength, and exercise capacity. These associations were compared in participants with and without obstructive lung disease (OLD). RESULTS Of the 3075 participants enrolled in the Health ABC cohort, OLD was identified by spirometric testing in 268 participants and 2005 participants had normal spirometric results. Of the participants with OLD, 35%, 38%, and 27% participants had mild, moderate, and severe OLD, respectively. Participants with OLD had lower quadriceps strength (102.5 Nm v 108.9 Nm, p = 0.02), lower maximum inspiratory pressure (64.7 cm H(2)O v 74.2 cm H(2)O, p<0.0001), higher systemic interleukin (IL)-6 levels (2.6 pg/ml v 2.2 pg/ml, p<0.0001), and higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (3.5 mg/l v 2.5 mg/l, p<0.0001) than those with normal spirometry. In participants with OLD and those with normal spirometry, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) was associated with IL-6 (adjusted regression coefficients (beta) = -5.3 (95% CI -9.1 to-1.5) and -3.1 (95% CI -4.3 to -1.9), respectively). IL-6 and TNF were also associated with quadriceps strength among participants with OLD and those with normal spirometry (beta = -6.4 (95% CI -12.8 to -0.03) and -3.4 (95% CI -5.4 to -1.3), respectively, for IL-6 and beta = -10.1 (95% CI -18.7 to -1.5) and -3.8 (95% CI -7 to -0.6), respectively, for TNF). IL-6, quadriceps strength, and maximum inspiratory pressures were independent predictors of reduced exercise capacity in both groups. CONCLUSIONS In well functioning elderly subjects with or without OLD, IL-6 is associated with reduced FEV(1), quadriceps strength, and exercise capacity.
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Frenkel AI, Nemzer S, Pister I, Soussan L, Harris T, Sun Y, Rafailovich MH. Size-controlled synthesis and characterization of thiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles. J Chem Phys 2005; 123:184701. [PMID: 16292915 DOI: 10.1063/1.2126666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Size-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles of less than a few nanometers in size is a challenge due to the spatial resolution limit of most scattering and imaging techniques used for their structural characterization. We present the self-consistent analysis of the extended x-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy data of ligand-stabilized metal nanoclusters. Our method employs the coordination number truncation and the surface-tension models in order to measure the average diameter and analyze the structure of the nanoparticles. EXAFS analysis was performed on the two series of dodecanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles prepared by one-phase and two-phase syntheses where the only control parameter was the gold/thiol ratio xi, varied between 6:1 and 1:6. The two-phase synthesis resulted in the smaller particles whose size decreased monotonically and stabilized at 16 A when xi was lowered below 1:1. This behavior is consistent with the theoretically predicted thermodynamic limit obtained previously in the framework of the spherical drop model of Au nanoparticles.
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Harris T. Animal transport and welfare: a global challenge. REV SCI TECH OIE 2005; 24:647-53. [PMID: 16358515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Animal welfare has moved on from being a concern of a caring few to the stuff of international legislation. The author argues that more research is needed into animal welfare, especially since legislation should be based on sound science rather than emotion or anthropomorphism. The farming and animal handling community should consider the potential benefits of animal welfare rather than viewing the whole issue as a threat. The animal welfare community can assist both animals and themselves by stressing the economic advantages to be obtained from better animal welfare. Better welfare requires more than just being kind to animals, but a combination of skills, science and experience that need to be combined into one overall effective discipline.
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Lockey DJ, Mackenzie R, Redhead J, Wise D, Harris T, Weaver A, Hines K, Davies GE. London bombings July 2005: The immediate pre-hospital medical response. Resuscitation 2005; 66:ix-xii. [PMID: 16053939 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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On July 7th 2005 a series of terrorist bombs exploded in London. The transport system was targeted and at least 54 passengers were killed and around 700 injured. This paper describes the immediate pre-hospital medical response to the four scenes. From the perspective of the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service the deployment, difficulties on scene and the initial lessons learned are discussed.
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Catov J, Newman AB, Roberts J, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kelsey S, Colbert L, Satterfield S, Harris T, Ayonayon H, Ness RB. 375-S: Association Between Infant Birth Weight and Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Am J Epidemiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/161.supplement_1.s94b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Thorpe RJ, Simonsick EM, Brach J, Ayonayon H, Satterfield S, Garcia M, Harris T, Kritchevsky S. 002-S: Relationship Between Dog Walking and Maintained Mobility in Older Adults from the Health ABC Study. Am J Epidemiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/161.supplement_1.s1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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O'Callaghan FJK, Harris T, Joinson C, Bolton P, Noakes M, Presdee D, Renowden S, Shiell A, Martyn CN, Osborne JP. The relation of infantile spasms, tubers, and intelligence in tuberous sclerosis complex. Arch Dis Child 2004; 89:530-3. [PMID: 15155396 PMCID: PMC1719953 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.026815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aetiology of the learning difficulty in tuberous sclerosis is debated. It may be related to the amount of tubers in the brain or caused by the infantile spasms that occur in early life. AIMS To examine the relative contributions to final intelligence (IQ) made by both cerebral tubers and infantile spasms. METHODS As part of an epidemiological study of tuberous sclerosis in the south of England, patients were recruited who were able to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without the need for an anaesthetic. Epilepsy history was determined by interview and review of clinical records. IQ was assessed using either Wechsler intelligence scales or Raven's matrices. RESULTS A total of 41 patients consented to have an MRI scan. IQ scores were normally distributed about a mean of 91. Twenty six patients had a positive history of epilepsy, and 11 had suffered from infantile spasms. There was a significant relation between the number of tubers and IQ. Infantile spasm status partly confounded the relation between tubers and IQ, but did not render the relation statistically insignificant. The relation between infantile spasms and learning difficulty remained strong even when controlling for the number of tubers.
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Ryder KM, Tylavsky F, Strotmeyer E, Harris T, Shorr R. 257 LOW INITIATION OF FRACTURE REDUCING THERAPY IN OLDER WOMEN WITH REDUCED BONE DENSITY. J Investig Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1136/jim-52-suppl1-810] [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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Haggerty C, Waterer G, Crapo R, Taaffe D, Harris T, Kritchevsky S, Bauer D, Jensen R, Rubin S, Newman A. Hormone replacement therapy is associated with better spirometry and maximum inspiratory pressure. Ann Epidemiol 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(03)00161-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Szmukler G, Kuipers E, Joyce J, Harris T, Leese M, Maphosa W, Staples E. An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a support programme for carers of patients with a psychosis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2003; 38:411-8. [PMID: 12910336 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0652-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite an acknowledgement of the impact of serious mental disorders on informal caregivers, we still know little about how to best help them. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a two-phased carers' intervention comprising family sessions followed by relatives' groups. This intervention was designed to be of 'intermediate' intensity, that is,one lying between brief educational programmes and long-term family psychoeducational treatments. METHODS An exploratory randomised controlled trial was conducted comparing the experimental support programme with 'standard' care. All carers of patients with a psychotic disorder from a defined population were approached. Outcome measures were based on a 'stress-appraisal-coping' model of caregiving. RESULTS Despite concerted attempts to engage carers, only 42% participated in the study. The carers' programme did not offer any significant advantage on any of the outcome measures: psychological morbidity, negative appraisal, coping or social support. The severity of caregiving difficulties decreased over the study period for the group as a whole. CONCLUSIONS There is still uncertainty about the most effective interventions for carers. Meeting 'needs' may not improve caregiver distress.
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Yaffe K, Lindquist K, Penninx BW, Simonsick EM, Pahor M, Kritchevsky S, Launer L, Kuller L, Rubin S, Harris T. Inflammatory markers and cognition in well-functioning African-American and white elders. Neurology 2003; 61:76-80. [PMID: 12847160 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000073620.42047.d7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 496] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several lines of evidence suggest that inflammatory mechanisms contribute to AD. OBJECTIVE To examine whether several markers of inflammation are associated with cognitive decline in African-American and white well-functioning elders. METHODS The authors studied 3,031 African-American and white men and women (mean age 74 years) enrolled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) and plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) were measured at baseline; cognition was assessed with the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) at baseline and at follow-up. Cognitive decline was defined as a decline of >5 points. RESULTS In age-adjusted analyses, participants in the highest tertile of IL-6 or CRP performed nearly 2 points lower (worse) on baseline and follow-up 3MS (p < 0.001 for all) and declined by almost 1 point over the >2 years (p = 0.01 for IL-6 and p = 0.04 for CRP) compared with those in the lowest tertile. After multivariate adjustment, 3MS scores among participants in the highest tertile of IL-6 and CRP were similar at baseline but remained significantly lower at follow-up (p < or = 0.05 for both). Those in the highest inflammatory marker tertile were also more likely to have cognitive decline compared with the lowest tertile for IL-6 (26 vs 20%; age-adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.34; 95% CI 1.06 to 1.69) and for CRP (24 vs 19%; OR = 1.41; 95% CI 1.10 to 1.79) but not for TNFalpha (23 vs 21%; OR = 1.12; 95% CI 0.88 to 1.43). There was no significant interaction between race and inflammatory marker or between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and inflammatory marker on cognition. CONCLUSIONS Serum markers of inflammation, especially IL-6 and CRP, are prospectively associated with cognitive decline in well-functioning elders. These findings support the hypothesis that inflammation contributes to cognitive decline in the elderly.
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Russo CR, Lauretani F, Bandinelli S, Bartali B, Di Iorio A, Volpato S, Guralnik JM, Harris T, Ferrucci L. Aging bone in men and women: beyond changes in bone mineral density. Osteoporos Int 2003; 14:531-8. [PMID: 12827220 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-002-1322-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2002] [Accepted: 09/06/2002] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) we assessed trabecular and cortical bone density, mass and geometric distribution at the tibia level in 512 men and 693 women, age range 20-102 years, randomly selected from the population living in the Chianti area, Tuscany, Italy. Total, trabecular and cortical bone density decreased linearly with age ( p<0.0001 in both sexes), and the slope of age-associated decline was steeper in women than in men. In men, the cortical bone area was similar in different age groups, while in women older than 60 years it was significantly smaller by approximately 1% per year. The total cross-sectional area of the bone became progressively wider with age, but the magnitude of the age-associated increment was significantly higher in men than in women ( p<0.001). The minimum moment of inertia, an index of mechanical resistance to bending, remained stable with age in men, while it was significantly lower in older compared with younger women (0.5% per year). The increase in bone cross-sectional area in aging men may contribute to the maintenance of adequate bone mechanical competence in the face of declining bone density. In women this compensatory mechanism appears to be less efficient and, accordingly, the bone mechanical competence declines with age. The geometric adaptation of increasing cross-sectional bone size is an important component in the assessment of bone mechanical resistance which is completely overlooked, and potentially misinterpreted, by traditional planar densitometry.
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Huo Z, Miles J, Harris T, Riches P. Effect of Pneumovax II vaccination in high-risk individuals on specific antibody and opsonic capacity against specific and non-specific antigen. Vaccine 2003; 20:3532-4. [PMID: 12297398 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(02)00339-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pneumovax II vaccine has been used in many countries including the UK for adults in high-risk groups to prevent pneumococcal infections. However, its effectiveness has been a controversial issue. In this study, the specific antibody concentration and opsonic capacity of serum against specific and non-specific antigens were measured in 16 high-risk adults vaccinated with Pneumovax II. The results indicated that 38% of these individuals could make an antibody response to specific antigens post-vaccination; vaccination had a clear effect in increasing the opsonic capacity of serum against specific pneumococcal antigen (S14 serotype) in 31% of patients, but did not have any effect against non-specific antigen. The specific antibody concentration did not significantly positively correlate with the opsonic capacity of serum. Therefore, it is concluded that the protective effect of Pneumovax II vaccination against a specific serotype in high-risk individuals will only be around 30%.
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Joyce J, Leese M, Kuipers E, Szmukler G, Harris T, Staples E. Evaluating a model of caregiving for people with psychosis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2003; 38:189-95. [PMID: 12664229 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0618-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The caregiving experience has been conceptualised as distress or satisfaction attributed to various factors in the carer's external and internal world. AIMS The aim of this study was to test how such factors relate to one another in the framework of a 'stress-coping' model using data from a group of carers of people with psychosis. METHOD Standard univariate analyses and graphical modelling techniques were applied to baseline and follow-up interview data available from a clinical trial of a support package offered to 77 carers in contact with a community psychiatric service. RESULTS Results at baseline were consistent with a stress-coping model. Carer distress was most strongly associated with coping. In turn, coping was associated with two sets of factors - one related to appraisal and caregiving difficulty, the other to social support. Using a small sample of longitudinal data (n = 38), most individual measures were predictable from baseline. However, there was again a strong association between carer distress and current coping. Support from confidants assumed an important relationship to effective coping. The level of effective coping increased over time while caregiving difficulty decreased, but carer appraisal and distress did not change. CONCLUSIONS The findings provide some support for an interactive, stress-coping model of caregiving in psychosis. Effective coping in caregivers may improve with support from confidants. Carer distress may not change while caregiving continues.
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Joinson C, O'Callaghan FJ, Osborne JP, Martyn C, Harris T, Bolton PF. Learning disability and epilepsy in an epidemiological sample of individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex. Psychol Med 2003; 33:335-344. [PMID: 12622312 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291702007092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intellectual impairments are a recognized feature of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), but the frequency and degree of intellectual impairments has not been systematically studied in large epidemiological samples using standardized measures. As such, the form of the IQ distribution (uni- or bi-modal) has not been established and the relationship between IQ and other features (e.g. epilepsy history) is poorly delineated. To address these shortcomings, we assessed the intellectual abilities of a large epidemiological sample of individuals with TSC, drawn from the 'Wessex' area of SW England and compared them with the abilities of their unaffected siblings. METHOD Standardized tests were used to estimate the abilities of 108 (56 males, 52 females, median age = 25, range = 4-75) individuals with TSC and 29 unaffected siblings (14 males, 15 females, median age = 18, range = 6-55). Seizure history was obtained from informants and medical records. RESULTS Estimated IQ was bi-modally distributed: 55.5% had an IQ in the normal range; 14% had mild to severe impairments: and 30.5% had profound disability (IQ < 21). Forty-four per cent of the individuals with TSC had an IQ < 70. In the subset of normally intelligent individuals with TSC, IQ was normally distributed with a mean of 93.6. This mean was significantly lower than the mean IQ of unaffected siblings (IQ = 105.6). All individuals with learning disability had a history of seizures that usually commenced before 12 months of age and that often presented as infantile spasms. Multivariate analyses indicated that a history of seizures as well as a history of infantile spasms was predictive of the degree of intellectual impairment. CONCLUSIONS Intellectual abilities were bi-modally distributed in a representative sample of individuals with TSC. The likelihood of impairment was associated with a history of seizures, particularly infantile spasms. The genetic and brain basis of these findings requires further investigation.
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Buchanan SG, Sauder JM, Harris T. The promise of structural genomics in the discovery of new antimicrobial agents. Curr Pharm Des 2002; 8:1173-88. [PMID: 12052226 DOI: 10.2174/1381612023394809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Structural Genomics stands out among the emerging fields of proteomics since it influences the drug discovery process at so many points. Recent developments in protein expression technologies, x-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy provide the essential elements for high-throughput structure determination platforms. Bioinformatics methods to interrogate the resulting data will provide comprehensive, genome-wide databases of protein structure. Genomic sequencing and methods for high-throughput expression and protein purification are furthest advanced for microbial genes and so these have been the early targets for structural genomics initiatives. The information will be invaluable in understanding gene function, designing broad-spectrum small molecule inhibitors and in better understanding drug-host interactions.
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Weaver JD, Huang MH, Albert M, Harris T, Rowe JW, Seeman TE. Interleukin-6 and risk of cognitive decline: MacArthur studies of successful aging. Neurology 2002; 59:371-8. [PMID: 12177370 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.59.3.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 384] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) is cross-sectionally related to poorer cognitive function and whether a baseline plasma IL-6 measurement can predict risk for decline in cognitive function in longitudinal follow-up of a population-based sample of nondisabled elderly people. METHODS A prospective cohort study of 779 high-functioning men and women aged 70 to 79 from the MacArthur Study of Successful Aging was conducted. Regression modeling was used to investigate whether baseline IL-6 levels (classified by tertiles) were associated with initial cognitive function and whether IL-6 levels predicted subsequent declines in cognitive function from 1988 to 1991 (2.5-year follow-up) and from 1988 to 1995 (7-year follow-up). RESULTS Subjects in the highest tertile for plasma IL-6 were marginally more likely to exhibit poorer baseline cognitive function (i.e., scores below the median), independent of demographic status, social status, health and health behaviors, and other physiologic variables (odds ratio [OR] = 1.46; 95% CI: 0.97, 2.20). At 2.5 years, those in both the second tertile of IL-6 (OR = 2.21; 95% CI: 1.44, 3.42) and the third tertile (OR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.30, 3.19) were at increased risk of cognitive decline even after adjusting for all confounders. At 7 years of follow-up, only those in the highest IL-6 tertile were significantly more likely to exhibit declines in cognition (OR = 1.90; 95% CI: 1.14, 3.18) after adjustment for all confounders. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest a relationship between elevated baseline plasma IL-6 and risk for subsequent decline in cognitive function. These findings are consistent with the hypothesized relationship between brain inflammation, as measured here by elevated plasma IL-6, and neuropathologic disorders.
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Huo ZM, Miles J, Riches PG, Harris T. Limitations of Pneumovax as a detection antigen in the measurement of serotype-specific antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Ann Clin Biochem 2002; 39:398-403. [PMID: 12117444 DOI: 10.1258/000456302760042164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Measurement of antibody responses to polysaccharide antigens is regarded as an important assessment of an individual's ability to respond to carbohydrate antigens. The currently used assays for the measurement of pneumococcal-specific antibody use the multi-serotype vaccine Pneumovax as the detection antigen. METHODS An equal potency enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system was used to compare the measurement of serotype-specific antibody with the multi-serotype assay. RESULTS Our results show that the concentration of specific antibody to Pneumovax is not related to the concentration of antibody to the individual serotypes. Neither is any correlation found between the antibody concentrations to any of the three single serotypes investigated, to the mixture of the three serotypes or to Pneumovax. CONCLUSION We conclude that the measurement of the concentration of the specific antibody to the mixed serotypes present in Pneumovax has serious limitations when used to evaluate the protection acquired from Pneumovax immunization against any specific serotype.
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Anderson RF, Fisher LJ, Harris T. The 'pivotal antioxidant' hypothesis for the role of flavonoids in their reduction of HO* radical-induced damage on DNA. Redox Rep 2002; 6:197-9. [PMID: 11523599 DOI: 10.1179/135100001101536201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Gonzalez J, Harris T, Childs G, Prystowsky MB. Rapamycin blocks IL-2-driven T cell cycle progression while preserving T cell survival. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2002; 27:572-85. [PMID: 11355896 DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2001.0420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Effective cellular immune responses require increases in antigen-specific T lymphocytes; IL-2 drives antigen-stimulated T cell proliferation and is largely responsible for the increases observed. We used microarrays containing approximately 9000 mouse cDNAs to study IL-2-induced gene expression. IL-2 induces the expression of genes that regulate cell cycle progression, control cell survival, and increase synthetic and metabolic processes during proliferation. IL-2 also suppresses expression of genes that block cell cycle progression and promote cell death. Rapamycin inhibits IL-2-driven proliferation by downregulating the expression of genes required for key processes required for cell cycle progression. Rapamycin also preserves cell survival by keeping intact the IL-2-induced cell survival programs. These complex multifaceted programs of gene expression permit a dynamic regulation of cellular proliferation and cellular survival.
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