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Wallner K, Chiu-Tsao ST, Roy J, Rosenstein M, Smith H, Fuks Z. A new device to stabilize templates for transperineal I-125 implants. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1991; 20:1075-7. [PMID: 2022508 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(91)90207-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Transperineal Iodine-125 implants of the prostate are currently being performed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center with CT-based treatment planning and transrectal ultrasound for verification of proper needle placement in the prostate at the time of implantation. An adjustable device, the WIPI, has been designed to stabilize the perineal template and rectal obturator during planning and implementation of the procedure. The device is simple to use and is compatible with CT scanning, transrectal ultrasound, and the Mick applicator. Its design and key functional features are described here.
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Atiya MS, Chiang IH, Frank JS, Haggerty JS, Ito MM, Kycia TF, Li KK, Littenberg LS, Stevens A, Strand RC, Louis WC, Akerib DS, Marlow DR, Meyers PD, Selen MA, Shoemaker FC, Smith AJ, Azuelos G, Blackmore EW, Bryman DA, Felawka L, Kitching P, Kuno Y, Macdonald JA, Numao T, Padley P, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Roy J. Upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay pi 0--> nu nu -bar. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1991; 66:2189-2192. [PMID: 10043419 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.66.2189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Deschênes L, Roy J. [Integrated mother-baby nursing care]. THE CANADIAN NURSE 1991; 87:38-42. [PMID: 2015586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The article describes how the obstetrical department at Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal developed a new, integrated approach to maternal-infant care. The first part deals with the family-centred philosophy of the unit, which has had a profound influence on the nursing staff. It explains how the previous system of post-partum care was changed, what physical modifications had to be made in the obstetrical wing and the organizational changes required to make the new system work. The second part of the article deals with the results of all these changes, as perceived by the clients. A study was conducted, using an experimental and a control group. The former consisted of clients who had experienced the new integrated system of mother-infant care. Results showed them to be more satisfied with the care they received than the control group, who received care along the lines of the traditional model. Clients in both groups were equally satisfied with the physical changes in the obstetrical wing. In summary, the new approach seems to respond to the need expressed by many couples to have their baby in a family-style atmosphere.
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Weisdorf SA, Roy J, Snover D, Platt JL, Weisdorf DJ. Inflammatory cells in graft-versus-host disease on the rectum: immunopathologic analysis. Bone Marrow Transplant 1991; 7:297-301. [PMID: 2070136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The inflammatory infiltrate of acute rectal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was investigated by indirect immunofluorescence. Twenty biopsies from 11 allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients were studied in four groups: biopsies before transplantation; biopsies after transplantation without GVHD; biopsies from patients with extra-intestinal GVHD only; and biopsies from patients with intestinal GVHD. Total T cell numbers (CD2+, CD3+) in the lamina propria differed little in the four groups. CD4+ lymphocytes appeared to be decreased in GVHD while CD8+ lymphocytes were significantly increased (p less than 0.01), thus significantly lowering the CD4/CD8 ratio. In pre-transplant patients and in those without GVHD this ratio resembled that in normal peripheral blood (1.44 +/- 0.5 and 2.46 +/- 1.3, respectively) but was significantly lower in both extraintestinal (0.71 +/- 0.08) and intestinal GVHD (0.56 +/- 0.08) (p less than 0.05). Acute intestinal GVHD was marked by a fourfold increase in CD57+ lymphoid cells within the epithelium and the lamina propria (p less than 0.05). The recognition of CD57+ cells, which may include natural killer-like cells, within rectal lymphoid infiltrates suggests a possible role for non-HLA restricted effector cells in GVHD of the rectum.
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Roy J, Snover D, Weisdorf S, Mulvahill A, Filipovich A, Weisdorf D. Simultaneous upper and lower endoscopic biopsy in the diagnosis of intestinal graft-versus-host disease. Transplantation 1991; 51:642-6. [PMID: 2006521 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199103000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Graft-versus-host disease in the upper gastrointestinal tract presents with anorexia, vomiting, and abdominal discomfort. Because these symptoms are not specific, we have proposed that a diagnosis of upper GI GVHD requires histologic confirmation. However, the utility of upper endoscopy in the diagnosis of upper GI GVHD has not been examined. We report a retrospective analysis of 77 allogeneic bone marrow transplantation recipients who received simultaneous upper and lower GI tract biopsies. Upper GI GVHD was found in 44% of patients, of whom 59% also had a positive lower GI tract biopsy (P less than 0.001). Thirty-five percent of the patients with no clinical evidence of lower GI tract GVHD had symptomatic upper GI GVHD confirmed histologically. Patients with and without upper GI GVHD had no significant difference in their clinical symptoms or in their endoscopic findings. We found an association between upper GI and skin GVHD greater than stage I (P = 0.05), a trend to concordance between upper GI GVHD and clinical GVHD in the lower GI tract (P = 0.08), and with the overall clinical GVHD grade (P = 0.08) but no association with clinical liver involvement. Of these 77 patients, 16% had their treatment for acute GVHD changed to include systemic immunosuppression as a result of the upper GI endoscopic biopsy. In addition, 71% had other enteric pathology identified that required specific therapy. These data suggest that upper GI GVHD cannot be diagnosed accurately from its clinical presentation nor inferred from lower GI symptoms or from extraintestinal GVHD. Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy is an important tool in the diagnosis of intestinal GVHD.
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Atiya MS, Chiang IH, Frank JS, Haggerty JS, Ito MM, Kycia TF, Li KK, Littenberg LS, Stevens AJ, Strand RC, Louis WC, Akerib DS, Marlow DR, Meyers PD, Selen MA, Shoemaker FC, Smith AJ, Azuelos G, Blackmore EW, Bryman DA, Felawka L, Kitching P, Kuno Y, Macdonald JA, Numao T, Padley P, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Roy J. Search for the decay K+--> pi + gamma gamma. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1990; 65:1188-1191. [PMID: 10042197 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.1188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Watts SA, Roy J, Walker CW. Ornithine Decarboxylase Exhibits Negative Thermal Modulation in the Sea Star Asterias vulgaris: Potential Regulatory Role During Temperature-Dependent Testicular Growth. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 1990; 179:159-162. [PMID: 29314904 DOI: 10.2307/1541750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The common northern sea star Asterias vulgaris is exposed to seasonal variation in temperature from -2 to 17°C. A. vulgaris exhibits an annual reproductive cycle, i.e., the testes increase slowly in size during fall and winter, and reach maximal size in early spring. Slow testicular growth in the winter has been attributed to low field temperatures. Previous studies indicate that the specific activity of ornithine decarboxylase and the levels of the polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine decrease in mid-winter and increase in the spring, coincident with changes in field temperatures. Kinetic studies show that ornithine decarboxylase assayed from individuals collected in March exhibits negative thermal modulation (Km of ornithine is 0.22 mM and 0.65 mM at 15 and 0°C, respectively). Q10 values are highest at low substrate concentrations and at low temperatures. We hypothesize that during the cold winter months a decrease in the amount of ODC and an increase in the apparent Km causes polyamine synthesis to decline, leading to decreased growth and development of the testis. We suggest that thermal modulation of ODC (and polyamine synthesis) is a mechanism by which seasonal temperature fluctuations influence seasonal spermatogenesis in A. vulgaris. We further suggest that growth of various tissues in many other ectothermal invertebrates may be similarly controlled.
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Ghosh D, Ghosh P, Roy J. Scaling of chaotic multiplicity: A new observation in high-energy interactions. Int J Clin Exp Med 1990; 42:238-240. [PMID: 10012714 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.42.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Roy J. Quantitative fluorescence image analysis--a bladder cancer diagnosis alternative. UROLOGIC NURSING 1990; 10:21-2. [PMID: 2194292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Arrang JM, Roy J, Morgat JL, Schunack W, Schwartz JC. Histamine H3 receptor binding sites in rat brain membranes: modulations by guanine nucleotides and divalent cations. Eur J Pharmacol 1990; 188:219-27. [PMID: 1694777 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(90)90005-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The binding of [3H](R)alpha-methylhistamine, a potent and specific agonist at histamine H3 receptors, was investigated with membranes of rat cerebral cortex. In phosphate buffer the specific binding defined with thioperamide, an H3 receptor antagonist, displayed characters of reversibility and saturability with a Bmax of approximately 30 fmol/mg protein. The KD, derived from either dissociation/association rates or saturation kinetics at equilibrium, was approximately 0.5 nM at 25 degrees C. Competition studies indicated that the binding occurred with a stereoselectivity and pharmacological specificity similar to that of functional H3 autoreceptors regulating histamine release in brain slices. However, whereas the potency of antagonists was closely similar in the two assay systems, that of agonists was approximately 10-fold higher in the binding assay. Among antagonists burimamide was the only one to compete with a pseudo-Hill coefficient significantly different from unity (nH = 0.48 +/- 0.03), indicating a possible heterogeneity among binding sites. The presence of 2.6 mM Ca2+, in a modified Krebs-Ringer medium, promoted the conversion of a larger fraction of sites into a low-affinity component with a KD of 16 nM. The presence of guanylnucleotides in the Krebs-Ringer medium with Ca2+ abolished the binding to this low-affinity component whereas in a phosphate buffer only the KD was slightly increased. It is concluded that the H3 receptor, like many other amine receptors, is coupled to its still unidentified effector system via a G-protein and regulated by Ca2+. However, unlike the latter, the H3 receptor is down-regulated by the divalent cation.
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McNulty SE, Roy J, Torjman M, Seltzer JL. Relationship between arterial carbon dioxide and end-tidal carbon dioxide when a nasal sampling port is used. J Clin Monit Comput 1990; 6:93-8. [PMID: 2112592 DOI: 10.1007/bf02828284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) values obtained from awake nonintubated patients may prove to be useful in estimating a patient's ventilatory status. This study examined the relationship between arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) and ETCO2 during the preoperative period in 20 premedicated patients undergoing various surgical procedures. ETCO2 was sampled from a 16-gauge intravenous catheter pierced through one of the two nasal oxygen prongs and measured at various oxygen flow rates (2, 4, and 6 L/min) by an on-line ETCO2 monitor with analog display. Both peak and time-averaged values for ETCO2 were recorded. The results showed that the peak ETCO2 values (mean = 38.8 mm Hg) correlated more closely with the PaCO2 values (mean = 38.8 mm Hg; correlation coefficient r = 0.76) than did the average ETCO2 values irrespective of the oxygen flow rates. The time-averaged PaCO2-ETCO2 difference was significantly greater than the PaCO2-peak ETCO2 difference (P less than 0.001). Values for subgroups within the patient population were also analyzed, and it was shown that patients with minute respiratory rates greater than 20 but less than 30 and patients age 65 years or older did not differ from the overall studied patient population with regard to PaCO2-ETCO2 difference. A small subset of patients with respiratory rates of 30/min or greater (n = 30) did show a significant increase in the PaCO2-ETCO2 difference (P less than 0.001). It was concluded that under the conditions of this study, peak ETCO2 values did correlate with PaCO2 values and were not significantly affected by oxygen flow rate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Macera MJ, Roy J, Verma RS. Ammonium chloride pretreatment of bloody amniotic fluids for cytogenetic analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990; 162:868-70. [PMID: 2316600 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)91036-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Watts SA, Hines G, Lee K, Jaffurs D, Roy J, Smith F, Walker C. Seasonal patterns of ornithine decarboxylase activity and levels of polyamines in relation to the cytology of germinal cells during spermatogenesis in the sea star, Asterias vulgaris. Tissue Cell 1990; 22:435-47. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(90)90073-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/1989] [Revised: 04/06/1990] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Atiya MS, Chiang I, Frank JS, Haggerty JS, Ito MM, Kycia TF, Li KK, Littenberg LS, Stevens A, Strand RC, Louis WC, Akerib DS, Marlow DR, Meyers PD, Selen MA, Shoemaker FC, Smith AJ, Azuelos G, Blackmore EW, Bryman DA, Felawka L, Kitching P, Kuno Y, Macdonald JA, Numao T, Padley P, Poutissou J, Poutissou R, Roy J. Search for the decay K+--> pi + nu nu -bar. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1990; 64:21-24. [PMID: 10041263 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.64.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Roy J, Guilleret M, Visier JP, Molenat F. [The physician and the disclosure of handicap in the newborn]. ARCHIVES FRANCAISES DE PEDIATRIE 1989; 46:751-7. [PMID: 2627146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Atiya MS, Chiang IH, Frank JS, Haggerty JS, Ito MM, Kycia TF, Li KK, Littenberg LS, Stevens A, Strand RC, Louis WC, Akerib DS, Hildreth M, Marlow DR, Meyers PD, Selen MA, Shoemaker FC, Smith AJ, Azuelos G, Blackmore EW, Bryman DA, Felawka L, Kitching P, Kuno Y, Macdonald JA, Numao T, Padley P, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Roy J. Search for a light Higgs boson in the decay K+--> pi +H, H--> micro+ micro-. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1989; 63:2177-2180. [PMID: 10040820 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.63.2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Crosby ET, Halpern S, Bill KM, Flynnn RJ, Moore J, Navaneelan C, Cunningham A, Yu PYH, Gamling DR, McMorland GH, Perreault C, Guay J, Gaudreault P, Hollman C, Meloche R, Hackman T, Sheps SB, Murray WB, Heiman PA, Slinger P, Triolet W, Jain U, Rao TLK, Dasari M, Pifarre R, Sullivan H, Calandra D, Friesen RM, Bjornson J, Hatton G, Parlow JL, Casey WF, Broadman LM, Rice LJ, Dailey M, Andrews WR, Stigi S, Jendrek V, Shevde K, Withington DE, Saoud AT, Ramsay JG, Bilodeau J, Johnson D, Mayers I, Doran RJ, Wong PY, Mullen BJ, Wigglesworth D, Byrick RJ, Kay JC, Stubbing JF, Sweeney BP, Dagher E, Dumont L, Lagace G, Chartrand C, Badner NH, Sandier AN, Leitch L, Koren G, Erian RF, Bunegin L, Shulman DL, Burrows F, O’Sullivan K, Bouchier D, Kashin BA, Wynands JE, Villeneuve E, Blaise G, Guerrard MJ, Buluran J, Effa E, Vaghadia H, Jenkins LC, Janisse T, Scudamore CH, Patel PM, Mutch WAC, Ruta TS, McNeill BR, Murkin JM, Gelb AW, Farrar JK, Johnson GD, Adams MA, Lillicrap DP, Lindblad T, Beattie WS, Buckley DN, Forrest JB, Lessard MR, Trépanier CA, Baribault JP, Brochu JG, Brousseau CA, Cote JJ, Denault P, Whang P, Moudgil GC, Daly N, Morrison DH, Ogilvie R, Man J, Ehler T, Leitch LF, Dupuis JY, Martin R, Tessonnier JM, Barry AW, Milne B, Quintin L, Gillon JY, Pujol JF, DeMonte F, Zhang C, Hamilton JT, Zhou Y, Plourde G, Picton TW, Kellett A, Pilato MA, Bissonnette B, Lerman J, Brown KA, Dundee JW, Sosis M, Dillon F, Stetson JB, Voorhees WD, Bourland JD, Geddes LA, Shoenlein WE, O’Leary G, Teasdale S, Knill RL, Rose EA, Berko SL, Smith CE, Sadler JM, Bevan JC, Donati F, Bevan DR, Tellez J, Turner D, Kao YJ, Salidivia V, Roldan L, Orrego H, Carmicheal FJ, Kent AP, Parker CJR, Hunter JM, Finley GA, Goresky GV, Klassen K, McDiarmid C, Shaffer E, Vaughan M, Randolph J, Szalados JE, Lazzell VA, Creighton RE, Poon AO, Mclntyre B, Douglas MJ, Swenerton JE, Farquharson DF, Landry D, Petit F, Riegert D, Koch JP, Maggisano R, Devitt JH, Jense HG, Dubin SA, Silverstein PI, Rodriguez N, Wakefield ML, Williams R, Dubin S, Smith JJ, Hofmann VC, Jarvis AP, Forbes RB, Murray DJ, Dillman JB, Dull DL, Cohen MM, Cameron CB, Johnston RG, Konopad E, Jivraj K, Hunt D, Eastley R, Strunin L, Fairbrass MJ, Laganiere S, McGilvery M, Foster B, Young P, Weisel D, Parra L, Suarez Isla BA, Lopez JR, Hall RI, Hawwa R, Kashtan H, Edelist G, Mallon J, Kapala D, Dhamee MS, Reynolds AC, Olund T, Entress J, Kalbfleisch J, Bell SD, Goldberg ME, Bracey BJ, Goldhill DR, Bennett MH, Emmott RS, Innis RF, Yate PM, Flynn PJ, Gill SS, Saunders PR, Geisecke AH, Feldman JM, Banner MJ, Siriwardhana SA, Kawas A, Lipton JL, Giesecke AH, Doyle DJ, Volgyesi GA, Hillier SC, Gallagher J, Hargaden K, Hamil M, Cunningham AJ, Scott WAC, Sielecka D, Illing LH, Jani K, Scarr M, Maltby JR, Roy J, McNulty SE, Torjman M, Carey C, Bracey B, Markham K, Durcan J, Blackstock D, DaSilva CA, Demars PD, Montgomery CJ, Steward DJ, Sessler DI, Laflamme P, McDevitt S, Kamal GD, Symreng T, Tatman DJ, Durcharme J, Varin F, Besner JG, Dyck JB, Chung F, Arellano R, Lim G, Bailey DG, Bayliff CD, Cunningham DG, Ewen A, Sheppard SD, Mahoney LT, Bacon GS, Rice LR, Newman K, Loe W, Toth M, Pilato M, Classen K, McDiamid C, Burrows FA, Irish CL, Casey W, Hauser GJ, Chan MM, Midgley FM, Holbrook PR, Elliott ME, Man WK, Finegan BA, Clanachan AS, Hudson RJ, Thomson IR, Burgess PM, Rosenbloom M, Fisher JM, O’Connor JP, Ralley FE, Robbins GR, Moote CA, Manninen PH, English M, Farmer C, Scott A, White IWC, Biehl D, Donen N, Mansfield J, Cohen M, Wade JG, Woodward C, Ducharme J, Gerardi A, Mijares A, Code WE, Hertz L, Chung A, Meier HMR, Lautenschlaeger E, Seyone C, Wassef MR, Devitt FH, Cheng DCH, Dyck B, Chan VWS, Ferrante FM, Arthur GR, Rice L, Annallah RH, Etches RC, Loulmet D, Lacombe P, Hollmann C, Tanguay M, Blaise GA, Lenis SG, Fear DW, Lang SA, Ha HC, Germain H, Neion A, Dorian P, Salter D, Pollick C, Cervenko F, Parlow J, Pym J, Nakatsu K, Elliott D, Miller DR, Martineau RJ, Ewing D, Martineau RJ, Knox JWD, Oxorn DC, O’Connor JP, Whalley DG, Rogers KH, Kay JC, Mazer CD, Belo SE, Hew-Wing P, Hew E, Tessonier JM, Thibault G, Testaert E, Chartrand D, Cusson JR, Kuchel O, Larochelle P, Couture J. Abstracts. Can J Anaesth 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03005330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Paluku KM, Breman JG, Moore M, Ngimbi NP, Sexton JD, Roy J, Steketee RW, Weinman JM, Kalisa-Ruti, ma-Disu M. Response of children with Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and development of a national malaria treatment policy in Zaire. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1988; 82:353-7. [PMID: 3068841 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90113-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In vivo sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine was evaluated in 4 of 9 regions of Zaire in 1985 to develop a national strategy for treatment of malaria. Children less than 5 years of age were treated with either a single dose of chloroquine base, 10 mg/kg, or a dose of 25 mg/kg given over 3 d. A modified 7-day World Health Organization in vivo test was used with follow-up 2, 3 and 7 d after the start of treatment. 339 children were studied. In Bwamanda 92% of children were aparasitaemic 7 days after chloroquine, 10 mg/kg, but in Kinshasa only 44% were free of parasites after 25 mg/kg chloroquine. The mean drop in parasite density among those who did not clear parasites by day 7 was greater than 98% of the initial value. Although the parasite density decreased markedly, the failure of most subjects to become aparasitaemic indicated a marked decrease in parasite sensitivity since 1983. Only one child of 51 who were initially febrile remained febrile, although 14 (28%) of these had resistant parasites. The decrease in parasitaemia and temperature, even among children with resistant strains, led the Ministry of Health to recommend 25 mg/kg chloroquine as first line treatment for fever/malaria in their national malaria control plan. The plan includes drug sensitivity surveillance and a referral system for patients who do not respond to chloroquine treatment.
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Steketee RW, Breman JG, Paluku KM, Moore M, Roy J, Ma-Disu M. Malaria infection in pregnant women in Zaire: the effects and the potential for intervention. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 1988; 82:113-20. [PMID: 3052331 DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1988.11812217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In five maternity centres in urban and rural Zaire we evaluated the maternal prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia and recorded fever, the frequency of abortions and stillbirths, newborn birth weights and the feasibility of delivering antimalarial chemoprophylaxis. Women in their first and second pregnancy, compared to others (greater than or equal to third pregnancies), had a higher frequency of parasitaemia (38 v. 15%, respectively, P less than 0.001), higher parasite densities (geometric mean densities 927 per mm3 v. 277 per mm3, respectively, P = 0.01), higher rates of stillbirths and low birth weight babies (24% v. 6.4%, P less than 0.001). On average, pregnant women first attended prenatal clinics in the sixth to seventh month of gestation and made three to four visits before delivery. In these areas of Zaire, antimalarial interventions during pregnancy would have the largest impact if they were targeted to women in their first and second pregnancy. In the study areas, maternal attitudes and prenatal care-seeking behaviours do not appear to be barriers to providing an antimalarial intervention.
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Amiche M, Delfour A, Morgat JL, Roy J, Houvet J, Nicolas P. Specific opioid binding sites for dermorphin in rat brain. A radioreceptor assay using the tritiated hormone as primary ligand. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 148:1432-9. [PMID: 2825686 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(87)80292-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Dermorphin, a heptapeptide amide isolated from amphibian skin, is the most potent of the naturally occurring opioid peptides. (3H)-dermorphin (52 Ci/mmol, 1294 GBq/mmol) was prepared by catalytic tritiation of the synthetic (2,5-iodotyrosyl 1,5)-dermorphin precursor. High affinity specific binding sites for dermorphin were labeled in rat brain membranes using tritiated dermorphin as primary ligand. The binding was saturable and time-dependent. Scatchard analysis revealed a single population of non-interacting high affinity sites (Kd = 0.86 nM). Dermorphin and the specific opiate antagonist naloxone inhibited specific (3H)-dermorphin binding in a concentration dependent manner. The displacement curves could be fit to a simple competitive model assuming only one population of binding sites, with IC 50 of 1.6 nM and 3.4 nM for dermorphin and naloxone, respectively. The use of tritiated dermorphin will be helpful to ascertain unequivocally the selectivity of dermorphin for the different opioid receptor subtypes in the central nervous system.
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Ghosh D, Roy J, Sengupta R, Ghosh A, Mukherjee A. Evidence of multiplicity scaling of medium energy protons emitted in relativistic heavy ion collisions and antiproton annihilation in nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1987; 35:1595-1597. [PMID: 9953943 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.35.1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Daftari I, Gray L, Kalogeropoulos TE, Roy J. Evidence for a new meson: A quasinuclear NN-bar bound state? PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1987; 58:859-862. [PMID: 10035056 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.58.859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Banerjee AK, Roy J, Chattopadhyay DJ. Effect of proteolytic digestion on the function of vesicular stomatitis virus ribonucleoprotein complex. J Biosci 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02704700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sobell MB, Brochu S, Sobell LC, Roy J, Stevens JA. Alcohol treatment outcome evaluation methodology: state of the art 1980-1984. Addict Behav 1987; 12:113-28. [PMID: 3630798 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4603(87)90018-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The methodology of alcohol treatment outcome studies published during two sequential intervals from 1976 through mid-1984 is critically reviewed. Although considerable methodological improvements have occurred over time, major methodological deficiencies continue to characterize much of the literature, with inadequate reporting of subjects' pretreatment characteristics (e.g., severity of dependence) being the most striking problem. Pervasive differences across studies regarding the types of data gathered and the ways in which findings are reported seriously impede attempts to compare studies and weaken the types of conclusions that can be drawn about treatment efficacy in general. It is suggested that journal editors establish standards of reporting for follow-up studies.
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Roy J. Psychiatric residents and geriatric psychiatry. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 1986; 31:797-8. [PMID: 3801996 DOI: 10.1177/070674378603100901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Ragnaud JM, Lamouliatte H, Paix MA, Fleury H, Roy J, Magnol R. [Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a case with jaundice]. GASTROENTEROLOGIE CLINIQUE ET BIOLOGIQUE 1986; 10:686. [PMID: 2878854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Guidoin R, Bénichoux R, Marois M, Domurado D, Blais P, Sigot-Luizard MF, Martin L, Roy J, Gosselin C. Chemically fixed human umbilical cord vein grafts as arterial substitutes: potential and limits. Eur Surg Res 1986; 18:318-30. [PMID: 3758137 DOI: 10.1159/000128541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In spite of reported successes, synthetic fabric grafts and microporous and plain synthetic conduits have proven unsuitable for aorto-coronary bypasses and showed weaknesses below the knee. Readily available and uniform diameter vascular substitutes with biological and mechanical properties comparable to human vessels would be of paramount interest. Following reported successes with chemically fixed human umbilical veins (HUV), we have attempted to develop smaller diameter blood conduits and have improved the currently prevalent techniques of fixation, preparation and storage to generate more convenient surgical products. In vitro assessment of the processed HUV demonstrated that the HUV can be easily processed to make an arterial substitute that can be preserved either in a liquid medium or as a dry product. However, the in vivo implantations in dogs led to disappointing results for liquid-preserved or albuminated veins. Critical-point dried grafts gave better results, unfortunately they do not heal and they can only degrade after implantation.
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Létourneau J, Roy J, Blais R. [762 cases of laryngeal cancer: results 10 years later]. L'UNION MEDICALE DU CANADA 1985; 114:786-7. [PMID: 4060351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Redouane K, Sokoloff P, Schwartz JC, Hamdi P, Mann A, Wermuth CG, Roy J, Morgat JL. Photoaffinity labeling of D-2 dopamine binding subunits from rat striatum, anterior pituitary and olfactory bulb with a new probe, [3H]azidosulpride. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985; 130:1086-92. [PMID: 3161508 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)91727-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A novel photoaffinity probe [3H] azidosulpride has been developed for biochemical studies of D-2 dopamine receptors. This ligand binds to the receptors with high affinity (Kd = 3.1 +/- 0.2 nM) and, upon photoactivation, about 20% of the radioactivity bound to membranes becomes covalently incorporated. More than 90% of this irreversible binding is protectable by dopaminergic agents including D-2 selective compounds, whereas D-1 selective and non-dopaminergic compounds are ineffective. Analysis by sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis reveals a single band at Mr = 85 kDa for labeled receptors in striatum, anterior pituitary or olfactory bulb, where pharmacologically distinct binding sites have been previously detected.
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Sherman NK, Davidson WF, Nowak A, Kosaki M, Roy J, Delbianco W, Kajrys G. Electron-pair creation on the uranium nucleus. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1985; 54:1649-1651. [PMID: 10031098 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.54.1649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ghosh D, Roy J, Banerjee D, Dutta A, Sengupta R, Sengupta K, Naha S. Evidence of anomalous behavior of relativistic alpha particles emitted in 12C-emulsion interaction at 4.5 GeV/nucleon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1985; 54:396-397. [PMID: 10031504 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.54.396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Skinner HA, Holt S, Schuller R, Roy J, Israel Y. Identification of alcohol abuse using laboratory tests and a history of trauma. Ann Intern Med 1984; 101:847-51. [PMID: 6149716 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-101-6-847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In a study involving 68 ambulatory patients with known alcohol problems and 68 social drinkers matched for age and sex, a questionnaire about the patients' history of trauma identified 7 out of 10 subjects with drinking problems. In contrast, abnormal values for gamma-glutamyl transferase, mean corpuscular volume, or high-density lipoproteins had only moderate sensitivity (26% to 40%) for identifying alcohol problems but excellent specificity (88% to 99%) for ruling out cases. Similar rates of sensitivity and specificity were found among 61 family practice patients. Diagnostic accuracy was improved by combining tests results, using computer-based logistic regression analysis. This study suggests that a brief questionnaire on history of trauma is valuable for the earlier detection of problem drinking in ambulatory populations, in contrast to laboratory tests, which appear to have high sensitivity only with more chronic alcoholics.
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Mayrovitz HN, Roy J. Microvascular blood flow: evidence indicating a cubic dependence on arteriolar diameter. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1983; 245:H1031-8. [PMID: 6660303 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1983.245.6.h1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The primary objectives of this study were 1) to determine the functional relationship between microvascular blood flow (Q) and arteriolar internal diameter (D) and 2) to determine whether this relationship conformed to a theoretical optimality prediction--that blood flow is proportional to the cube of the diameter (Q = kD3). Paired blood velocity and arteriolar diameter measurements in the cremaster muscle microvasculature of eight normotensive (WKY) and eight hypertensive (SHR) rats were made under control conditions and following maximal dilation of the microvasculature with topically applied adenosine. A total of 160 paired flow-diameter measurements were made in arteriolar vessels with diameters ranging from 6 to 108 micron. Analysis of this data showed that Q and D were functionally linked by Q = kDm with k = 417 and m = 3.01 with D expressed in centimeters. Confidence intervals at the 99.9% level were 331-503 and 2.86-3.14 for k and m, respectively. A theoretical development based on the minimization of the energy cost of blood volume and arteriolar wall volume led to a theoretical estimate for the range of k to be 92-132 and a value for m to be 3. Predicted pressure gradients in single vessels of the cat mesentery and shear rates in the rat cremaster based on Q = kD3 compared well with measured data reported in the literature and that determined in the present study. On the basis of the direct and predictive evidence, it is concluded that the relationship Q = kD3 represents a general average property of the microvasculature.
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Roy U, Gazis D, Dal Pan G, Schwartz IL, Roy J. Role of the carboxamide groups of the asparagine and glycinamide residues of oxytocin. Syntheses and biological properties of [5-beta-cyanoalanine] oxytocin and [9-alpha-aminoacetonitrile] oxytocin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1983; 22:525-38. [PMID: 6654601 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In an attempt to see whether the C=O and the NH2 of CONH2 of asparagine5 and glycinamide9 are both essential for biological activity, [5-beta-cyanoalanine] oxytocin and [9-alpha-aminoacetonitrile] oxytocin have been synthesized. Each of these analogs contains a nitrile group in place of the carboxamide group of Asn5 and GlyNH92 respectively; the nitrile group can simulate the carbonyl portion of the carboxamide, but lacks the hydrogen-bond donating capacity of its NH2 portion. Substitution of a nitrile group produced opposite biological effects in the 5 and the 9 positions; the 5-substituted analog showed very low activities (less than 3% of those of oxytocin) while the 9-substituted analog showed extremely high activities (with an in vivo uterine activity of 906 U/mg almost twice that of oxytocin). The results clearly suggest that the mechanisms of interaction of the carboxamide groups with the receptor sites are different for residues 5 and 9.
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Roy U, Gazis D, Schwartz IL, Roy J. Biofunctional evaluation of two hydrogen bonds stabilizing the beta-turn in the acyclic component of oxytocin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1983; 22:398-403. [PMID: 6654586 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The depsipeptide [8-alpha-hydroxyisocaproic acid, 9-glycolic amide]-oxytocin, which has ester linkages replacing the peptide linkages between the 7th and 8th and the 8th and 9th residues of oxytocin, has been synthesized by a (6 + 3) condensation of Boc-tocinoic acid with Pro-O-HyIc-O-Glyc-NH2, followed by deprotection of the resulting product. The analog exhibited the following activities in rats: 258 +/- 11 and 28 +/- 5 U/mg, uterus in vitro in the absence and presence, respectively, of Mg+2; 54 +/- 4 U/mg, uterus in vivo; 19.3 +/- 2.1 U/mg, milk ejection; 0.153 +/- 0.026 U/mg, antidiuretic activity; and no pressor activity. The need for the presence of the peptide linkages mentioned above as sources for internal hydrogen bonds to stabilize the "biologically significant" conformation is discussed.
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Gazis D, Roy U, Schwartz IL, Roy J. [1-Desaminopenicillamine, 8-alpha-hydroxyisocaproic acid] oxytocin. A selective inhibitor in rats of the uterine response to oxytocin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1983; 22:450-5. [PMID: 6654592 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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[1-Desaminopenicillamine, 8-alpha-hydroxyisocaproic acid] oxytocin was synthesized by a 6 + 3 fragment condensation from precursors which had been formed by solution methods. This analog inhibited uterine responses to oxytocin (pA2 7.37, 7.9, 6.17; uterus in vitro without Mg++, in vitro with Mg++, and in vivo, respectively) and showed little or no activity in other bioassays.
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Chanda PK, Roy J, Banerjee AK. In vitro synthesis of genome length complementary RNA of vesicular stomatitis virus in the presence of inosine 5'-triphosphate. Virology 1983; 129:225-9. [PMID: 6310881 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(83)90410-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The virion-associated RNA polymerase of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) synthesizes RNA in vitro when GTP is replaced by inosine 5'-triphosphate (ITP). The synthesis is optimal at an ITP concentration of 200 microM and the extent of synthesis is between 15 to 20% compared to normal transcription in the presence of GTP. Analyses of the RNA products revealed that approximately 10% of the product RNA represented plus-strand complement of the genome RNA. Defective interfering particles of VSV were also capable of synthesizing complementary RNA in the presence of ITP, in addition to 46-base RNA, although in lesser amount (2%). Since I substitution facilitates read-through of the genome RNA, these results suggest that interaction of the product RNA with the genome template or ITP-mediated modification of a viral protein may be involved in the read-through process in vitro.
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Morgat JL, Roy J, Wichrowski B, Michel E, Heymans F, Godfroid JJ. Radio-labelling of 1-O-alkyl, 2-O-acetyl, sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine, 1-O-(9,10-di3H)-octadecyl PAF-acether. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1982; 12:705-6. [PMID: 7164942 DOI: 10.1007/bf01965085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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3H-labelling of 1-3H-PAF-aceter was prepared by catalytic reduction of 1-O-(9,10)-octadecenyl-2-O-benzyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine and then acetylated. 5 mumoles of this dehydro derivative dissolved in methanol was treated during 4 hours with tritium gas (80 Ci) and compressed until 1.1 bar by an automatic tritium transfer unit [1]. The catalyst was removed by filtration over Millex (Millipore) and labile tritium atoms eliminated by rotatory flash evaporation. The chemical purity was checked by 3H scanning and autoradiography. It was finally recovered through preparative thin-layer chromatography and then acetylated. The specific radioactivity was found to be close to 40-50 Ci/mmole.
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Singh B, Thornton GB, Roy J, Talib S, De BP, Banerjee AK. Frequent intragenic transcription termination within the N gene of vesicular stomatitis virus. Virology 1982; 122:239-50. [PMID: 6293173 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(82)90224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Majumder PP, Roy J, Barrai I, Bhale RB, Chakraborty R, Cheverud JM, Curtain CC, Sharma PD, Roychoudhury AK, Saha N, Smith DG, Sunderland E, Tyagi D. Distribution of ABO Blood Groups on the Indian Subcontinent: A Cluster-Analytic Approach [and Comments and Reply]. CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY 1982. [DOI: 10.1086/202896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Llorens C, Malfroy B, Schwartz JC, Gacel G, Roques BP, Roy J, Morgat JL, Javoy-Agid F, Agid Y. Enkephalin dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase (enkephalinase) activity: selective radioassay, properties, and regional distribution in human brain. J Neurochem 1982; 39:1081-9. [PMID: 6811698 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb11500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The compound [3H]Tyr1,D-Ala2,Leu-OH5]enkephalin has been synthesised as a potentially selective substrate for enkephalin dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase (enkephalinase) activity in brain. Incubations in the presence of homogenates and particulate fractions from rodent and human brain result in the formation of [3H]Tyr-D-Ala-Gly, which can be conveniently isolated by polystyrene bead column chromatography. The enzyme activity responsible for the hydrolysis of the Gly3-Phe4 amide bond of this substrate displays close resemblance to that hydrolysing the natural enkephalins at the same level. In addition, enkephalinase activity characterised in postmortem human brain is closely similar to that in rodent brain, with regard to optimal pH and apparent affinities of various substrates and inhibitors, including the potent compound thiorphan. Enkephalinase activity is distributed in a highly heterogeneous fashion among regions of human brain, the highest levels being found in globus pallidus and pars reticulata of the substantia nigra. This distribution is poorly correlated with that of opiate receptor binding sites but displays some resemblance to that of reported Met5-enkephalin levels.
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Roy J, Gazis D, Shakman R, Schwartz L. Biofunctional evaluation of a hydrogen bond stabilizing the conformation in the cyclic part of oxytocin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1982; 20:35-42. [PMID: 7118427 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1982.tb02649.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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[5-beta-Malamidic acid]oxytocin was synthesized to study the importance of the hydrogen bond between the C=O of Tyr2 and the peptide N-H of Asn5 for the stabilization of a biologically functional conformation of oxytocin. This analog lacks the peptide N-H at residue 5 required for the formation of a hydrogen bond with the C-O of Tyr2. [5-beta-Malamidic acid] oxytocin exhibited 45.1 +/- 2.5 U/mg and 65.6 +/- 5.9 U/mg of uterotonic activity, in vitro, in the absence and in the presence, respectively, of Mg2+, 147 +/- 14 U/mg of uterotonic activity in vivo, 203 +/- 13 U/mg of milk-ejecting activity, 0.37 +/- 0.03 U/mg of pressor activity and 0.32 +/- 0.29 U/mg of antidiuretic activity. It is concluded that devoid of the hydrogen bond under question, an oxytocin-like peptide can still assume the conformation needed to interact with the oxytocin receptors.
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Roy J, Chanda PK, Thornton GB, Luk D, Banerjee AK. Activation of the virion-associated RNA polymerase of vesicular stomatitis virus by melittin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1982; 105:1265-71. [PMID: 6285902 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(82)90923-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Audigier Y, Mazarguil H, Roy J, Morgat JL, Cros J. Binding and metabolism studies with [3H](D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide and [3H](D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide: evidence for a selective interaction of (D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide with mu-receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1981; 74:273-8. [PMID: 6271558 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(81)90045-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have compared the binding characteristics of [3H](D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide and [3H](D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide on a washed homogenate from mouse brain. The maximum number of binding sites for [3H](D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide was twice that obtained with [3H](D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide. Hill slopes of the displacement curves for opiates and (D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide obtained against [3H](D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide were considerably lower than that of (D-Ala2,Met5)enkephalinamide and (D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide. In contrast, Hill slopes for morphine, ketocyclazocine and (D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide were similar for the displacement of [3H](D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide. These results are discussed and interpreted in terms of a selective interaction for (D-Ala2,Pro5)enkephalinamide with mu-receptors and a similar affinity of (D-Ala2,Leu5)enkephalinamide for mu- and delta-receptors. Since metabolism studies did not show any difference in the degradation rate of these two enkephalin analogs, the discrepancy between in vitro and in vivo activity cannot result from the catabolism processes. Another possible explanation is proposed.
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Guidoin R, Doyon B, Blais P, Domurado D, Boyce B, Marois M, Martin L, Roy J, Gosselin C. Effects of traumatic manipulations on grafts, sutures, and host arteries during vascular surgery procedures. Experiments on dogs. RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE EXPERIMENTELLE MEDIZIN EINSCHLIESSLICH EXPERIMENTELLER CHIRURGIE 1981; 179:1-21. [PMID: 7022597 DOI: 10.1007/bf01852121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Scanning electron microscopy was used to diagnose incidents of trauma and the pattern of healing following surgical implantation of microporous blood vessel substitutes. Vascular reconstruction procedures using autogenous or synthetic prosthetic material inflict damage to the adjacent tissues as well as the prosthesis. This affects the thrombotic behavior and healing pattern of the area. The prognosis for long-term success are, as a consequence, directly influenced. Various vessel-occluding devices were evaluated in canine models with respect to their ability to damage blood vessels at the clamped site. The impact of suture needles on tissues and prosthetic materials was also considered. Of the various vessel-clamping devices which are commercially available, those which have elastomeric shields on the clamping components were found to be most satisfactory. The development of less traumatic surgical devices is discussed with the aim of further reducing surgical trauma.
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Roy J, Guidoin R, Martin L, Lephat H, Blais P, Marois M, Gagnon D, Awad J. Defibrinogenation as an alternative to heparinization in prolonged extracorporeal circulation. RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE EXPERIMENTELLE MEDIZIN EINSCHLIESSLICH EXPERIMENTELLER CHIRURGIE 1980; 176:219-34. [PMID: 6988926 DOI: 10.1007/bf01855842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Complications arising from difficulty controlled bleeding and thrombus formation during procedures which require extracorporeal circulation with heparin as anticoagulant motivate the search for better hemostasis and anticoagulant technology. An enzyme (Defibrase), having a specific interaction with fibrinopeptide A such as to cause fibrin depletion in a soluble form, has been proposed as an alternative to heparin. Defibrase, in contrast to heparin, does not affect blood platelet function. Heparin and Defibrase as anticoagulants were compared in 8 h perfusion studies using arterio-venous extracorporeal blood circuits in dogs; the circuitry included pumps, membrane oxygenators and filters serially. Thrombus formation, in the filters and the oxygenators as well as pathology of the perfused animal were investigated. The results suggest that defibrase-like enzymes have potential for enhanced control of hemorrhagic and thrombotic phenomena. Although impeded by a latency of several hours before the full anticoagulant properties are developed in vivo, it appears that enzymatically mediated defibrinogenation of blood may be a valuable alternative to heparinization in extracorporeal circulation procedures.
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Geneste R, Durandeau A, Gauzère JM, Roy J. [The treatment of fracture-dislocation of the humeral head by blind pinning (author's transl)]. REVUE DE CHIRURGIE ORTHOPEDIQUE ET REPARATRICE DE L'APPAREIL MOTEUR 1980; 66:383-6. [PMID: 6450987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The authors have treated 7 fracture-dislocations of the humeral head by blind pinning. The fractures were reduced by traction under general anaesthesia. 3 or 4 pins were then introduced into the olecranon fossa and driven up through the humeral head. After an average follow up of 29 months, the results were excellent in 9 cases, good in 5 and fair in 3. In 3 cases only, necrosis of the humeral head was noted.
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