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Peskin A, Barth A, Andrew Rothenberg W, Turzi A, Formoso D, Garcia D, Jent J. New Therapy for a New Normal: Comparing Telehealth and in-Person Time-Limited Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Behav Ther 2024; 55:106-121. [PMID: 38216225 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Telehealth treatment for child disruptive behavior has the potential to overcome multiple barriers to access (e.g., transportation, therapist availability). Traditional Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) has demonstrated efficacy via telehealth in randomized controlled trials. The current study extends this research by examining community-based effectiveness of time-limited (i.e., 18 week) telehealth PCIT, comparing intake and posttreatment child behavior and caregiver skills for both telehealth and in-person PCIT. Participants included predominantly racially, ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse children aged 2 to 8 years, and their caregivers. Dyads (N = 380) received either telehealth (IPCIT) or in-person PCIT.Propensity score analyses were conducted to address potential selection bias due to the nonrandomized sample. Regression analyses revealed no difference between IPCIT and in-person treatment for child disruptive behaviors or compliance outcomes. However, caregivers who received IPCIT demonstrated fewer positive statements and greater corrective/directive statements at posttreatment than caregivers who received in-person treatment.This research demonstrated that time-limited IPCIT can effectively improve child disruptive behavior among a socioeconomically, linguistically, and culturally diverse population, and represents the largest sample to date demonstrating the effectiveness of PCIT via telehealth. Future research is warranted to document intervention sustainability on a more system-wide level, and balance prioritizing caregiver skill acquisition over family-derived treatment goals.
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Jent JF, Rothenberg WA, Peskin A, Acosta J, Weinstein A, Concepcion R, Dale C, Bonatakis J, Sobalvarro C, Chavez F, Hernandez N, Davis E, Garcia D. An 18-week model of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: clinical approaches, treatment formats, and predictors of success for predominantly minoritized families. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1233683. [PMID: 37915519 PMCID: PMC10616824 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1233683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Introduction Disruptive behavior disorders are among the most prevalent pediatric mental health referrals for young children. However, families from historically minoritized social identities have experienced disparities in treatment access, retention, and outcomes. Evidence-based interventions such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) have been found to be effective in reducing children's disruptive behaviors in minoritized families. However, variable treatment length as a result of skill-based graduation criteria (e.g., observed caregiver verbalizations) may slow and/or hinder treatment progress, particularly for families where expected treatment verbalizations are less linguistically relative (e.g., no exact English to Spanish translations) and/or culturally familiar. Time-limited PCIT has been proposed as a strategy for promoting equity in treatment completion and outcomes amongst minoritized families, because treatment progression and/ or completion is not contingent upon caregiver linguistic skill demonstration. Methods The current study evaluated the overall effectiveness of an 18-week model of PCIT and examined predictors of retention and treatment outcomes. Participants (N = 488 dyads) included predominantly racially, ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse children aged two to eight years, and their caregivers. Results Overall findings indicate that the 18-week PCIT model is an effective intervention for reducing children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors and improving caregiver parenting skills for most treatment completers. Despite advances in treatment completion, some caregiver social identities and PCIT treatment characteristics were predictive of lower completion rates and/or less optimal treatment outcomes. Discussion Overall, this study provides strong support for widely disseminating use of the 18-week model of PCIT for most families served. Clinical implications and considerations for continued treatment inequity are discussed.
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- Jason F. Jent
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
- Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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Garcia D, Barnett ML, Rothenberg WA, Tonarely NA, Perez C, Espinosa N, Salem H, Alonso B, Juan JS, Peskin A, Davis EM, Davidson B, Weinstein A, Rivera YM, Orbano-Flores LM, Jent JF. A Natural Helper Intervention to Address Disparities in Parent Child-Interaction Therapy: A Randomized Pilot Study. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2023; 52:343-359. [PMID: 36524764 PMCID: PMC10213097 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2148255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) is an effective intervention to address child externalizing behaviors. However, disparities in access and retention are pervasive, which relate to the availability of PCIT in low-income communities, inadequate workforces to provide culturally appropriate care, and distrust in services due to systemic discrimination. This study incorporated natural helpers who had been trained as community health workers into PCIT delivery to improve disparities in engagement and outcomes. METHOD Families from three low-income, predominately Latino/a/x and Black neighborhoods in Miami qualified for services if they had a child aged 2-8 with clinically elevated externalizing behaviors. Families were randomly assigned into either Standard-PCIT group (N = 30 families; 80% boys, 57% Latino/a/x, 27% Black) or a PCIT plus Natural helper (PCIT+NH) group (N = 51 families; 66% boys, 76% Latino/a/x, 18% Black). Families in the PCIT+NH group received home visits and support addressing barriers to care from a natural helper. Path analyses within an intention-to-treat framework examined group-differences in treatment engagement, child behavior, and parenting skills and stress. RESULTS Families in both groups demonstrated large improvements in child externalizing behavior, caregiver stress, and parenting skills from pre-to-post-treatment. Externalizing behavior improved significantly more in the PCIT+NH group compared to the Standard-PCIT group. There were no significant group differences in parenting skills or caregiver stress. Though differences in engagement were not significant, the PCIT+NH group had a small effect on treatment retention. CONCLUSIONS Natural helpers may help to address structural barriers that systematically impact communities of color, apply treatment in naturalistic environments, and promote improved treatment outcomes.
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- Dainelys Garcia
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 93106-9490
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
- Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy, 302 Towerview Rd, Durham, NC, USA 27708
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- ConnectFamilias, 1111 SW 8 Street, Miami, FL, USA 33130
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development, 1600 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, USA 33136
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Garcia D, Blizzard AM, Peskin A, Rothenberg WA, Schmidt E, Piscitello J, Espinosa N, Salem H, Rodriguez GM, Sherman JA, Parlade MV, Landa AL, Davis EM, Weinstein A, Garcia A, Perez C, Rivera JM, Martinez C, Jent JF. Correction to: Rapid, Full-Scale Change to Virtual PCIT During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation and Clinical Implications. Prev Sci 2021; 22:284-287. [PMID: 33792828 PMCID: PMC8012410 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-021-01225-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Dainelys Garcia
- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA.
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA.,Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy, Coral Gables, 33146, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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Garcia D, Blizzard AM, Peskin A, Rothenberg WA, Schmidt E, Piscitello J, Espinosa N, Salem H, Rodriguez GM, Sherman JA, Parlade MV, Landa AL, Davis EM, Weinstein A, Garcia A, Perez C, Rivera JM, Martinez C, Jent JF. Rapid, Full-Scale Change to Virtual PCIT During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation and Clinical Implications. Prev Sci 2021; 22:269-283. [PMID: 33586056 PMCID: PMC7882248 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-021-01211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Health agencies call for the immediate mobilization of existing interventions in response to numerous child and family mental health concerns that have arisen as result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Answering this call, this pilot study describes the rapid, full-scale change from a primarily clinic-based Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) model to a virtual service model (i.e., I-PCIT) in an academic and community-based program in Miami, Florida. First, we describe the virtual service training model our program developed and its implementation with 17 therapists (MAge = 32.35, 88.2% female, 47.1% Hispanic) to enable our clinic to shift from providing virtual services to a small portion of the families served (29.1%) to all of the families served. Second, we examine the effect of I-PCIT on child and caregiver outcomes during the 2-month stay-at-home period between March 16, 2020, and May 16, 2020, in 86 families (MChildAge = 4.75, 71% Hispanic). Due to the rapid nature of the current study, all active participants were transferred to virtual services, and therefore there was no comparison or control group, and outcomes represent the most recently available scores and not treatment completion. Results reveal that I-PCIT reduced child externalizing and internalizing problems and caregiver stress, and increased parenting skills and child compliance with medium to large effects even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the study examined components of our virtual service training model associated with the greatest improvements in child and caregiver outcomes. Preliminary findings revealed that locally and collaboratively developed strategies (e.g., online communities of practice, training videos and guides) had the strongest association with child and caregiver outcomes. Implications for virtual service delivery, implementation, and practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed.
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- Dainelys Garcia
- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA.
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA.,Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy, Coral Gables, 33146, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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- Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33137, USA
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Chalfoun J, Kociolek M, Dima A, Halter M, Cardone A, Peskin A, Bajcsy P, Brady M. Segmenting time-lapse phase contrast images of adjacent NIH 3T3 cells. J Microsc 2012; 249:41-52. [PMID: 23126432 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03678.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We present a new method for segmenting phase contrast images of NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells that is accurate even when cells are physically in contact with each other. The problem of segmentation, when cells are in contact, poses a challenge to the accurate automation of cell counting, tracking and lineage modelling in cell biology. The segmentation method presented in this paper consists of (1) background reconstruction to obtain noise-free foreground pixels and (2) incorporation of biological insight about dividing and nondividing cells into the segmentation process to achieve reliable separation of foreground pixels defined as pixels associated with individual cells. The segmentation results for a time-lapse image stack were compared against 238 manually segmented images (8219 cells) provided by experts, which we consider as reference data. We chose two metrics to measure the accuracy of segmentation: the 'Adjusted Rand Index' which compares similarities at a pixel level between masks resulting from manual and automated segmentation, and the 'Number of Cells per Field' (NCF) which compares the number of cells identified in the field by manual versus automated analysis. Our results show that the automated segmentation compared to manual segmentation has an average adjusted rand index of 0.96 (1 being a perfect match), with a standard deviation of 0.03, and an average difference of the two numbers of cells per field equal to 5.39% with a standard deviation of 4.6%.
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- J Chalfoun
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
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Samei E, Christianson O, Chen J, Yang Z, Saiprasad G, Dima A, Filliben J, Peskin A, Siegel E. TH-E-217BCD-09: Task-Based Image Quality of CT Iterative Reconstruction Across Three Commercial Implementations. Med Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4736383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Chen J, Yang Z, Samei E, Christianson O, Dima A, Filliben J, Peskin A, Saiprasad G, Siegel E. SU-C-217BCD-02: Evaluating the Impact of Iterative Reconstruction for Three Major CT Vendors. Med Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4734637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Growth promotion by oxidants is observed with cultured human and mouse fibroblasts as well as epidermal cells. It is expected to play a role in inflammation, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis. Indeed, oxidants trigger (patho)physiological reactions that resemble those induced by growth and differentiation factors. For example, active oxygen activates protein kinases, causes DNA breakage, and induces the growth competence-related protooncogenes c-fos and c-myc. The cellular antioxidant defenses affect the consequences of oxidant exposure. Transfectants of mouse epidermal cells that overproduce Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) were sensitized to the toxic effects of an extracellular burst of O2-. plus H2O2, whereas overproducers of catalase (CAT) were protected. Transfection of SOD overproducers with CAT corrected their hypersensitivity. Inducibility of the protooncogene c-fos by oxidants was diminished in SOD and CAT overproducers, albeit probably for different reasons. It is concluded that a fine balance of the multiple components of the antioxidant defense determines the growth response of cells to oxidative stress. In studies of the mechanism of the transcriptional induction of c-fos by oxidants, we identified the joint DSE-AP1 elements (dyad symmetry element, DSE) as major enhancer motifs in the 5'-upstream regulatory sequences of c-fos. Oxidants also increased the de novo synthesis of protein factors that bind to the fos-AP1 enhancer motif. Protein kinase and ADPR transferase inhibitors suppressed the transcriptional induction of c-fos as well as the increase in factor binding to fos-AP1. We conclude that protein phosphorylation and protein polyADP-ribosylation are required for the transcriptional induction of c-fos and the synthesis of protein factors that bind to fos-AP1. It is likely that the FOS and JUN proteins are among these factors and that they participate in the regulation of c-fos expression by oxidants.
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- P Cerutti
- Department of Carcinogenesis, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges/Lausanne
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Amstad P, Peskin A, Shah G, Mirault ME, Moret R, Zbinden I, Cerutti P. The balance between Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase and catalase affects the sensitivity of mouse epidermal cells to oxidative stress. Biochemistry 1991; 30:9305-13. [PMID: 1654093 DOI: 10.1021/bi00102a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Oxidants are toxic, but at low doses they can stimulate rather than inhibit the growth of mammalian cells and play a role in the etiology of cancer and fibrosis. The effect of oxidants on cells is modulated by multiple interacting antioxidant defense systems. We have studied the individual roles and the interaction of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in transfectants with human cDNAs of mouse epidermal cells JB6 clone 41. Since only moderate increases in these enzymes are physiologically meaningful, we chose the following five clones for in-depth characterization: CAT 4 and CAT 12 with 2.6-fold and 4.2-fold increased catalase activities, respectively, SOD 15 and SOD 3 with 2.3-fold and 3.6-fold increased Cu,Zn-SOD activities, respectively, and SOCAT 3 with a 3-fold higher catalase activity and 1.7-fold higher Cu,Zn-SOD activity than the parent JB6 clone 41. While the increases in enzyme activities were moderate, the human cDNAs were highly expressed in the transfectants. As demonstrated for the clone SOD 15, this discordance between message concentrations and enzyme activities may be due to the low stability of the human Cu,Zn-SOD mRNA in the mouse recipient cells. According to immunoblots the content of Mn-SOD was unaltered in the transfectants. While the activities of glutathione peroxidase were comparable in all strains, the concentrations of reduced glutathione (GSH) were significantly lower in SOD 3 and SOD 15. This decrease in GSH may reflect a chronic prooxidant state in these Cu,Zn-SOD overproducers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P Amstad
- Department of Carcinogenesis, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Lausanne
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Ausubel F, Riedel G, Cannon F, Peskin A, Margolskee R. Cloning nitrogen fixing genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae in vitro and the isolation of NIF promoter mutants affecting glutamine synthetase regulation. Basic Life Sci 1977; 9:111-28. [PMID: 21649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-0880-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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